May 10 - May 24 Event Links: Node & Working Group Meetups; Just Transitions Webinar + Celebrating 50 Years Of The Combahee River Collective
Events Happening In Our Network
Check our Events page on the DJN website for updates between newsletters.
Wednesday, May 15 @ 6pm PDT (UTC-7): DJN Portland Node Meetup (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Friday, May 24 @ 10am EDT (UTC-4): Instructional Design Working Group Monthly Meeting (Free, Online, Open, Registration 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, May 14 @ 12pm EDT (UTC-7): Community Governance & Self-Determination, Just Transitions Webinar Series facilitated by Gopal Dayaneni of Movement Generation and Samir Doshi of CS Fund
Wednesday, May 15 @ 6pm CEST (UTC+2): Visual Narratives of Resistance: Graphic Design and the Palestinian Movement with Engy Aly and Ghalia Elsrakbi, co-moderated by Randa Hadi for Futuress (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Tuesday, May 21 @ 3pm PDT (UTC-7): The Power Of Online Spaces with Hope Ghazala for Peoples Hub (Sliding Scale [$40+], Online, Open, Registration Required)
Wednesday, May 22 @ 6:30pm EDT (UTC-4): 50 Years Of Combahee; Celebrating 50 Years Of The Combahee River Collective, with Demita Frazier and Barbara Smith (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Event Pages Our Team Follows
Folks on our team recommend these curated event pages from community peers and partners.
#UjimaWednesdays hybrid workshops with Boston Ujima Project on Wednesdays in May (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) @ 6pm EDT (UTC-4)
30 min virtual space for space-holders, facilitators and practitioners to restore, reflect, and play; sessions scheduled on select Wednesdays through spring and summer.
Community Care Clinics for Disabled & Chronically Ill Movement Folks
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.
State of Solidarity Series, SolidarityIs at the Building Movement Project
A series exploring the evolving praxis, demands, and trajectories of solidarity within social justice movements with sessions scheduled through November.
Shared As Recommended Reading
Reading 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 for deeper reflection on design justice.
Redlines: Retaliation In The Media Industry During The War On Gaza
A report, with recommendations, from the National Writers Union who tracked 44 cases of retaliation that impacted more than 100 media workers, who are disproportionately people of color.
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