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Category Archives: Learn In
Winter Network Meeting
February 20th – 6pm – Online Register to join the meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DrxJdDHTTmytm4xTw5j2CA Interpretation available While fear and anxiety surrounds us, the VA Solidarity Economy Network is here to support and connect the wealth of work this is taking place to build a world that allows us to thrive. From what we see and hear, thereContinue reading “Winter Network Meeting”
Fall Network Meeting
October 3rd 6pm Register to Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-2spjguHNCCmHwZgqNqMFmzxkR177K_ We hope to have interpretation between English and Spanish. After a summer hiatus for rest and care, the VA Solidarity Economy is back. Once again, we wanted to bring our people back together to hear what you have been up to, what needs you have, andContinue reading “Fall Network Meeting”
Learn-in: Mutual Aid
Thursday May 23nd 6pm Register to Join Zoom Meetinghttps://virginia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoduyoqTspGdIaCOMJj-Bh9gI3ULbEpged Four years ago, as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was just beginning, may of us were impacted by the uncertainty about our health, our jobs, and were to go for help. What we saw across the country were mutual aid efforts, created by community, stepContinue reading “Learn-in: Mutual Aid”
Learn-in: Movement Finances
February 22nd 6pm Online – https://virginia.zoom.us/j/91646373398?pwd=dGRPQ0FNeHRpVnd1QTU1Q3AwYUVQZz09 Meeting ID: 916 4637 3398 Passcode: 254692 One of the things we’ve been hearing from our community is the need to think about how our finances impact our movement. We know that the traditional systems do not support us nor do they fit into our way of working. ForContinue reading “Learn-in: Movement Finances”
March Learn-in: Worker Coop Ecosystems
Tuesday – March 21th – 6:00-7:30pm Online – Register by clicking this LINK. In Spanish and English When we look at the global movement to create a solidarity economy, the development of worker cooperatives are a central goal. Much of this has to do with a focus on placing the control and benefits that aContinue reading “March Learn-in: Worker Coop Ecosystems”
December Learn-in: Building Care Economies
December 8th – 6:00-7:30pm When we think about what it takes to make our community healthy and well, we typically point at the hospitals, doctors, dentists, pharmacies, and insurance that provide direct care. While important, these systems of healthcare do not necessarily encompass the breadth of community needs and in many ways are driven byContinue reading “December Learn-in: Building Care Economies”
November Learn-in: Asserting People Power
November 17th – 6:00-7:30pm The new context of pandemics, global climate crises, and political upheaval is overturning ideas of what is possible in socially provisioning our human needs and in ways of living on this planet, both for people invested in the status quo and for those who were already exploring alternatives. How can aContinue reading “November Learn-in: Asserting People Power”
Building A New Virginia
For VASEN’s October Learn-In, we wanted to bring together a few of the many voices that are striving to understand and realize new economic ecosystems with a little perspective about what others are doing across the South.
Feel to Real
Thursday – September 22, 2022 – 6:30pm Feel to Real is a kick off event for the coming year of events, readings, and projects that will be at the center of the Virginia Solidarity Economy Network. The goal of this event is to create a space both for people that are new to these ideasContinue reading “Feel to Real”