July 26 - Aug 9 Event Links: Final Care Pod Series Event + Node Meetups | Virtual Movie Night with Seeding Sovereignty
Events Happening In Our Network
Check our Events page on the DJN website for updates between newsletters.
Saturday, Jul 27 @ 11am EDT (UTC-4): Plancestral Roadmaps with Layla K Feghali, Practice Space for July Care Pod Series (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Our Care Pod’s July series, connecting with nature and our inner ecologies, is the last of four themes chosen to shape Care Pod gatherings through this season of dreaming and designing liberatory cultures of care. July 27th’s session is the second for this two-part series; watch the first session, the Care Circle, on DJN’s YouTube channel.
Tuesday, Jul 30 @ 1pm BST (UTC+1): DJN UK North Meetup (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Wednesday, Jul 31 @ 6pm EDT (UTC-4):DJN Toronto Meetup (Free, Onsite [Toronto, Canada], Open, RSVP Required)
Events Shared Through The Network
Relevant events are regularly shared with our team via email, on Slack and social media by members, signatories, other sponsored projects with AMP, and our subscribers.
Tuesday, Jul 30 @ 5pm EDT (UTC-4): “With No One To Help” Virtual Community Movie Night, by Seeding Sovereignty (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Event Series Our Team Follows
Folks on our team recommend these curated event pages from community peers and partners.
This virtual immersion by Black Emotional + Mental Health Collective provides practical peer support tools to support Black mental health for those working with and living in Black communities who want to strengthen their skills; scheduled on Thursday afternoons PDT, July through August.
Community Care Clinic for Disabled and Chronically Ill Movement Folks
An ongoing community care peer support space aimed at expanding possibilities around how we live and work as disabled and chronically ill people. Sessions in July, August and September.
Shared As Recommended Readings & Recordings
Reading and recording recommendations are offered for your consideration by members of our team and Network – whether you’re staying in, biding time in a Zoom waiting room, or just looking for something to read or watch for deeper reflection on design justice.
Time-Based Organizing and Phases of Exodus
Taylor Simone, a DJN member who has also previously supported our Network as a special project organizer, shares insights and prompts following the release of the Exodus School of Expression’s Transfigured Oracle Deck for Change last month.
Event times are given in the time zone the event is located, when known or applicable; you can use a time zone converter (like Every Time Zone or World Time Buddy) to compare the listed time with your local time.
Share an event to include in the next issue of this mini-newsletter! It’s sent out weekly on Thursdays; use DJN’s Share Request Form and choose Event as the request type. Alternatively, you can tag the DJN accounts on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter/X and use #DJNSpotlight if you just need a repost/retweet of an event link. We repost/retweet, plus share event links via IG Stories to curate as a Highlight on our IG profile page in between newsletters.