collective dreaming
How do we encourage those around us to be active dreamers without coming off as people with their heads in the clouds? The phrase “dream a little” can be so hard to even imagine as people who have been so conditioned to not push past the corners of their own imaginations.
studioananda.space • Dreaming Into Action With Annika Hansteen-Izora
• Use your imagination as a way to practice exploring possibilities…and discover the many ways this is connected to real-world hope.
Morgan Harper Nichols • A Necessary Imagination
What we offer as organizers is not simply alarming information, nor is it the guarantee of success in a particular campaign. We must offer people a vision of how things could be and the opportunity to connect with the people, projects, and movements that can bring this vision to fruition. That is the organizer’s unique gift: an invitation to
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
History holds too many examples of what happens when the masses suddenly wake up to a sense of overwhelming dread
Viviane Zandonadi • How to De-Zombify People
What does strategic dreaming look like? What is the material link between spirituality and strategy? I think it changes from person to person and like you said, access and relationship to spirituality is different for everyone. I don’t think we are necessarily required to engage in spiritual practices to build a foundation for our organising but I
... See moreLeah McIntosh • Is Affection Just Another Word for Love?
What we need are visions of the future of technology that are values-driven, but we don’t need just design fictions. We need business model fictions, engineering feasibility study fictions, interop protocol specification fictions, investment return fictions.
Matt Webb • Towards the Orthogonal Technology Lab, V0.1
What incremental changes do we make to our internal algorithms to lurch our way to ever-more confident means of thriving in this world? The question is not only what injustices are you fighting against, but what do you in your heart of hearts want to create?
Stephanie Dinkins • Afro-Now-Ism
Communal dreaming is not about escapism, nor is it avoidance of the collapsing crises of our lived realities. Dreaming can be found in radical imagination as described by Robin D.G. Kelley in his book Freedom Dreams: “a collective imagination engaged in an actual movement for liberation. It is fundamentally a product of struggle, of victories and
... See moreAnnika Hansteen-Izora • Time is Water
If you have ever found yourself hoping for the future, yet, at times, it feels too big or too impossible; I hope you can carve out some space to dream in your own way and keep building on those dreams. Keep imagining what could be, even if you don’t know how it makes sense yet.