Municipalism Cohort Fellowship
PROJECT
Fiscal Host: Solidarity Research Center
A 12-week series on radical municipalist theory & practice for organizers trying to reclaim the right to their cities and self-organize as rebel cities.
About
Municipalism Cohort Fellowship is a 12-week online program, beginning on September 16th 2023 and ending December 2nd, that presents radical municipalist theory and practice to grassroots organizers trying to reclaim the right to their cities and self-organize as rebel cities.
This cohort fellowship aims to make municipalist approaches and techniques more accessible and present on the ground in North America. Weaving a variety of pedagogical approaches, the seminar will:
- Provide an incubator for critical reflection, applied research, and the sharing of translocal ideas and tactics.
- - Network municipalist projects across North America.
- - Support skills development (e.g. design thinking and facilitating assemblies)
- - Prioritize participants from Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), working class, immigrant, women, LGBTQIA+ and gender nonconforming, and justice-impacted communities.
- - Foster new and original perspectives, bringing municipalism into conversation with grounded movements and struggles.
- - Collectively develop a Municipalist Toolkit via participant contributions.
We’re extremely excited about our inaugural cohort fellows. We accepted 27 participants, representing a number of local organizing initiatives from around the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, including the Lucy Parsons Labs in Chicago, La Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico, Common Ground Collective in Baltimore, Paterson People’s Assembly in New Jersey, and Aetna Street Solidarity in Los Angeles. Some of our participants organize workers, others the unhoused, and others the area along the US-Mexico border. All seek to build democratic power at the municipal level.
Our team
Yvonne Yen Liu
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Admin
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Fellowship Budget
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