Logistics are one of the ways to intentionally adapt our collective behaviors together! Consider questions such as:

Side conversations, or one on ones, should help us get better understanding, not check out.

recognize when a space/group needs a chance to heal and gather without their current or historical oppressor(s) in the room, as a stage of a longer-term journey. Caucus work can be very powerful to create room for nuanced, identity-specific processing.

Audre Lorde said, “The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.”

Be honest and direct—while holding compassion.

To get better results, to even imagine a true victory (a win that elevates our basic rights and needs out of the space of political debate), we must experiment with different strategies and tactics, different formations.

facilitation is making it as easy as possible for groups of people to do the hard work of dreaming, planning, visioning, and organizing together; and mediation is supporting people when conflicts or misunderstandings arise that make it hard for them to hear and understand each other in direct conversation.

Very few things can actually happen in a large group. Almost nothing can happen in a large group without trust. Often, a group may want to have an involved, large-group conversation to build alignment. Without trust, these kinds of conversations can quickly become a space of performance and posturing. This can be a set-up. It’s harder to hold hate,

Questions to help people unveil their collective longings, and to help you articulate your own facilitation commitment: