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Neighbourism
Seven reasons why hosting a silly little potluck (or game night, or porch hang, or book club, or group hike) is essential to defeating fascism
Garrett Bucksopen.substack.com
“To host is not only to extend care, but to take part in the re-making of the world itself.” - Amahra Spence on Radical Hospitality
To practice radical hospitality, then, is not to extend a temporary welcome within a violent system. It is to build an alternative system of relations — one that centres care, co-presence, and shared futures. It teaches us that spatial justice, emotional liberation, and collective imagination are inseparable from how we host, share, stay and
... See moreEverything we know about systems tells us relationships are the core. Most collective impact leaders ascribe to the mantra: If you want to change the system, get the system in the room . As the late systems theorist Brenda Zimmerman said, “The most important unit of analysis in a system is not the part (e.g. individual, organization, or... See more
Katherine Milligan • The Relational Work of Systems Change
Relationships are the essence and fabric of collective impact. What’s critical for those who facilitate collective impact efforts is to support relationship development in ways that build true empathy and compassion so that authentic connections happen, particularly between diverse participants. These deeper connections can form new avenues for... See more
Katherine Milligan • The Relational Work of Systems Change
Sometimes we lose sight of a simple truth about systems: They are made up of people.
Katherine Milligan • The Relational Work of Systems Change
I think relationships are everything. The failure of them is under all those very concrete problems my esteemed colleagues are throwing their lives at, the healing of them the source of our deepest gladness. You could say we are pack animals living as lone wolves. Or we are creatures made in the image of a relational divine, living in outright... See more
Elizabeth Oldfield • Make 2026 the Year of Neighbouring
We all, however, have contact with people. We can all find ways to resist the isolating, dehumanising tides of our time attempting to turn us into machines. We can all figure out a few small ways to be together more, in our bodies, to call a friend to ask for help, to offer a place to sleep or a cup of tea. These things seem soft, naive even but... See more