June 14 - June 28 Event Links: Node & Working Group Meetups | New Recommended Readings & Recordings
Events Happening In Our Network
Check our Events page on the DJN website for updates between newsletters.
Wednesday, Jun 19 @ 6pm EDT (UTC-4): DJN Toronto Monthly Node Meetup (Free, Online, Open)
Wednesday, Jun 26 @ 7pm EDT (UTC-4): DJN Philly Monthly Node Meetup (Free, Online, Open)
Tuesday, Jun 25 @ 7pm BST (UTC+1): DJN UK North Meetup (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Wednesday, Jun 26 @ 6pm PDT (UTC-7): DJN Portland Monthly Node Meetup (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Feature topic Design Justice in Practice with DJN member Anushka Jajodia
*** Quarterly Seasonal Pause Dates: June 15 - June 22 2024 ***
Members on the Network’s Steering Committee and contractors who support different programming or operations of DJN may practice rest by slowing down or stopping their responses to DJN-specific emails, engagement on or with DJN’s social media accounts, or work on specific projects, wherever possible. Explore the history of Seasonal Pauses for our Network through announcements and updates archived on our News page.
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.
Saturday, Jun 15 @ 6pm PDT (UTC-7): Identifying and Rejecting Ableism in Movement Work Workshop by ABOLISH TIME, hosted by Sick in Quarters (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Friday, Jun 28 @ 4pm PDT (UTC-7): Starting a Garden, Resourcing Your Community 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.
30 min virtual space for space-holders, facilitators and practitioners to restore, reflect, and play; sessions scheduled on select Wednesdays through spring and summer. ← two more sessions left!
Community Care Clinics for Disabled & Chronically Ill Movement Folks, Peoples Hub
An ongoing community care peer support space aimed at expanding possibilities for living and working as disabled and chronically ill people; sessions scheduled through June. ← last one June 17!
Virtual community space for co-regulation and somatic practice; sessions are every Thursday at 12:30pm EDT through June and July.
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.
Engaging Dreams of Liberation + Care, Embodying Healing Justice Lineages with DJN’s Care Pod Team
A recent article on the rise of funding for health equity initiatives names the work of our Care Pod collaborators, Denise Shanté Brown, Corina Fadel, and Jody Chan as an example of initiatives designed to sustain the wellbeing of changemakers in social movement spaces. We invite you to recognize their impact with us by tracing the lineages of healing justice work informing our Network’s current care practices and Care Pod experiences.
Radical Joy and Liberation Education Newsletter by AORTA Co-op
A monthly curation of resources to inspire and support anti-oppression practice; shared here is the IG snapshot of June’s newsletter – here’s the newsletter signup link!
No, Seriously, F**k Engagement: Building a More Human Web, David Dylan Thomas
Previewed for DJN in last year’s Member Story sessions, David’s full talk given at the 2024 beyond tellerrand conference is now available on YouTube.
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.
*Or sometimes Friday. 😅 There will be no newsletter sent next Thursday, June 20 2024, due to this quarter’s Seasonal Pause. Event newsletters resume the following Thursday, June 27 2024.