JULY 12-14, 2024 - The Praxis Project is thrilled to bring our Roots & Remedies convening to Cincinnati, Ohio, from July 12-14, 2024! Join us for a convening of social justice activists and progressive networks to connect, plot, and build. More information—including registration, scholarships, and sponsorship opportunities—will be available soon.
Read MoreJULY 14-16, 2023 - The Praxis Project is honored to host our first in-person Roots & Remedies in three years in St. Louis, MO, a city at the forefront of many of the impactful social movements of our time. This convening is intentionally designed to be a liberatory space where we are free to be our full selves as we explore new places, experience great organizing, celebrate culture, and share our talents with one another. Roots & Remedies is a beautiful, love-filled retreat that is truly grounded in the communities and the future that we are building together.
Read MoreJULY 11-15, 2022 - At this virtual convening, we're bringing together community organizers from across the nation to explore what it means to unapologetically center rest, joy, play and healing. We'll cook together, dance, deepen relationship, learn how to improve our sleep and rest, and explore where pleasure lives in our lives - reminding us of the joy that exists within our activism and our bodies every single day.
Read MorePraxis hosted our second virtual Roots and Remedies convening with a theme of Love and Liberation: Rooted in Community on Friday, July 9th on Zoom. At this virtual convening, we brought together community organizers from across the nation to center our organizing as healing, share and celebrate our wins, and envision the future we want to create. We'll also made a playlist, shared our favorite recipes, read our poetry, and connected over our art to remind us of each other, of love and liberation, and of the beautiful community that we have made with each other.
Read MoreFrom May through October 2020, the Praxis Project, along with Living Hope Wheelchair Association and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, convened 44 basebuilding organizers to participate in a virtual, long-term Learning Circle over zoom, with a specific focus on discussing the principles of, tools for, needs, and opportunities within disaster justice.
Read MoreFrom May through October 2020, The Praxis Project convened a small cohort of 20 community partners from across the United States to participate in a virtual, long-term Learning Circle over zoom, with a specific focus to learn, develop, workshop, and produce digital video stories that are for, by, and of us on mobile devices.
Read MoreIn Fall 2019, two cohorts of 39 and 25 basebuilding organizers respectively were convened for a Learning Circle in Standing Rock, ND to build capacity in areas of need and discuss approaches to civic participation.
Read MoreIn Winter 2019, two cohorts of around 30 basebuilding organizers each were convened for a Learning Circle in Albuquerque, NM to build capacity in areas of need and provide feedback on the Communities of Praxis.
Read MoreIn Fall 2018, two cohorts of 38 and 25 basebuilding organizers respectively were convened for a Learning Circle in Houston, TX to build capacity in areas of need and discuss the role of culture in organizing.
Read MoreIn Spring 2018, two cohorts of around 30 basebuilding organizers were convened for a Learning Circle in Milwaukee, WI to build capacity in areas of need and discuss approaches to healing and trauma.
Read MoreIn Fall 2017, nearly 100 basebuilding organizers convened in five Learning Circles held across the country to build capacity in areas of need and discuss building and measuring power. These five Learning Circles followed two different capacity building/technical assistance tracks: Communication Strategy and Social Media and Fundraising, Funding Models, and Budgeting.
Read MoreIn Fall 2017, nearly 100 basebuilding organizers convened in five Learning Circles held across the country to build capacity in areas of need and discuss building and measuring power. These five Learning Circles followed two different capacity building/technical assistance tracks: Communication Strategy and Social Media and Fundraising, Funding Models, and Budgeting.
Read MoreIn Spring 2017, 20 basebuilding organizations from across the Western United States, Alaska, Hawai'i, and Pacific Islands were invited to co-produce and contribute to the weekend's document around issues of framing health justice, understanding how the existing landscape affects organizing, identifying intersectionalities, and developing collective strategies to address intersectionalities.
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