Private home and land ownership are a primary driver of wealth-building and, conversely, of generational wealth gaps. Join this discussion with panelists whose work addresses the challenges of the current property ownership and housing landscape.
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As inflation and economic inequality dominate the airwaves, we shine a light on experiments in local currencies that are building resilient economic networks to benefit local communities.
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Young activists from Kingston High School who are members of the Period Power! Club, a newly formed www.Period.Org Chapter of Ulster County will be hosting an Open Mic Night at Good Work Institute.
Period Power! Open Mic Night invites you to express your creativity through spoken words, songs, story telling, and/or dance. Sign up to secure your performance spot! We are asking all performances to be original work ONLY! Performances should be no longer than 4 minutes, and we will close sign-ups with a maximum of 20 performances.
Democratizing wealth, communities, and work is one of the principles of Just Transition that we want to uplift in our places. Through this gathering we offer a platform to learn from each other, connect with ideas and initiatives, and facilitate the hard and powerful conversations that come with looking at how we might better share resources to shift from individual survival to collective thriving.
We will ask big questions to reimagine money and shared resources:
With activists, entrepreneurs, storytellers, community builders, and explorers as our guides, we will gather to learn from the projects underway to create stable, dynamic, just abundance in our communities. We also face the real fact that there is trauma around money, and we’ll bring forward ways to heal, to move away from the scarcity that global capitalism imbeds in us. Lastly, we will celebrate the creativity inherent in all of us and take the opportunity to be together in-person!
We all have stories related to money. Whether we grew up with a lot of money or very little, our access to wealth greatly shaped our lives. TMI Project will facilitate a space where, through the use of prompts, participants will free-write and have the opportunity to read.
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Happy Spring!
How are you? Do you have any new projects in the works? Do you need support in your Good Work? What is happening in your community? We are inviting you to connect with old friends, meet some new ones and answer some of these questions on Wednesday, April 20th at 12pm.
We have been learning about some of the initiatives happening across the Network of those doing Good Work towards Just Transition here in this valley of the Mahicantuck river. We also know that there are so many more things happening, big and small, that are adding up to making a difference in our region. Sharing these is a crucial part of the work. It’s how we inspire each other, how we increase what’s possible and collectively imagine and build.
Join us in a virtual space to share what’s happening in your community. At this session, we will hear from each other, ask each other questions, and share calls of action. Feel free to enjoy your lunch while we connect and share with each other so that we can support each other in carrying this momentum forward. We will host this event via Zoom. The link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.
This is event is free, but registration is required. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].
“We say we want peace in the world, yet we’re not peaceful ourselves.” Shri Shiva Rudra Balayogi.
In order to dismantle the systems of oppression that exist in the world we must face the systems of oppression that live within us. This requires heartfulness, mindfulness, and the cultivation of internal peace. Practicing mindfulness supports us in our commitment to drive racial justice and social equity, which is in turn central to Just Transition.
This workshop starts with your interest in the practice of mindfulness as a path to social change and willingness to take a look at your own capacity for change and peace. Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, without judgement. Woven in with opportunities to practice, we will invite you to explore the meaning of “radical” and “mindfulness” and how they offer a means of recognizing the oppression that lives within, and to see how mindfulness serves as a foundation for those who are working to change the world.
Note: Those who attend this workshop will be invited to participate in Radical Mindfulness 2: From Recognition to Repair that is scheduled for later in the year.
Continuing a series begun in the winter of 2021, GWI is collaborating with Wild Earth, offering an opportunity for BIPOC to gather outdoors.
Together we will spend timeless space around the fire, cooking a locally sourced meal featuring venison stew*, acorn pancakes and root tea sweetened with maple sap, which we will boil down to syrup together! This day will be all about nourishment as we sit around the fire, learn about local food, explore cooking fire techniques, and make herbal tonics. In conversation and comfort food, we will build connections to each other, ourselves and the land that supports each and every one of us!
*We will have vegetarian options available for lunch.
If you identify as part of a BIPOC community and are interested in participating in this event, please email [email protected].
Join GWI as we explore the tools, policies, practices, and culture of shared leadership and democratic decision making.
Continue readingJoin GWI as we explore the tools, policies, practices, and culture of shared leadership and democratic decision making.
Continue readingJoin GWI as we explore the tools, policies, practices, and culture of shared leadership and democratic decision making.
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*We have decided to postpone the online version of this retreat in hopes of rescheduling in person later in 2022. If you would like to be notified of the new date, share your contact info by clicking the REGISTER button on the left.*
What does it take to create social equity? This online retreat supports you to become a more fully engaged ally and empowered partner in bringing more justice to this world.
Over the course of this online weekend retreat, you will be invited to grapple with power, privilege and difference, develop a social equity practice you can integrate into your Good Work, and emerge with a clear framework to facilitate individual and organizational awareness of changes needed, ways to work toward them, and next steps to take. The retreat draws on a framework that was offered to two cohorts of GWI Fellows and thousands of others over the past 20 years and honed by a dedicated team of facilitators, including the two who will guide the weekend. The experiences each of us brings to this workshop will be honored as we are invited to share our wisdom and gain from the wisdom of others – wherever we are on our lifelong learning journey towards achieving social equity.
Through readings before the retreat, and presentations, story sharing, discussions, exercises, and videos during it, you will:
