GROUNDED 2022 Speaker Series - Sessions 1 and 2 available!
The first two sessions from the GROUNDED 2022 Speaker Series are now available for viewing!
Grounded in Belief (recorded June 17)
Grounded in Belief: Contributing to community building and transformation. How places of worship transformed into places of access and resources during the course of the pandemic, and how these places transforming their role in communities. Listen/watch to learn from faith leaders how places of worship have contributed to community building and transformation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and community needs. Thank you to panelists Pastor Lina Thomas (Lake Burien Presbyterian Church) and Shaykh Adam Jamal (Muslim Association of Puget Sound - MAPS)!
Grounded in Space/Place (recorded July 21)
Grounded in Space/Place: Reclaiming and making of home in the age of displacement. How organizations are strategizing to reclaim and reconnect to land, space and community in the face of gentrification and displacement. Listen/watch the conversation with Aaron Garcia (White Center CDA) and Ishmael Nuñez (BDS Planning & Urban Design) on the learnings and pathway to the development of the White Center Community HUB as a response to community expressed needs and priorities. Including, establishing capacity building as part of community development agreements - and planning for property management & maintenance, resident services, and long-term stewardship.
We invite you to join us for the remaining sessions of the 2022 GROUNDED Speaker Series! This free, online event series moves from cultivating to grounding, and from storytelling to conversations on implementation and how groups and organizations have moved forward with their visions to action and outcome.
The GROUNDED Speakers Series is designed to learn from the efforts of community-driven programs, projects, initiatives, and organizations. This 5-part series will continue to share the “how to” of how organizations are:
August 18, 12-1:30pm: Creating a culture for youth to lead. How adults are stepping aside, and alongside youth in support of youth leadership and ownership of transformative organizing work. How local organizations are creating a culture for youth to lead.
September 15, 12-1:30pm: Creating equitable budgets. Abundance is possible and local organizations and coalitions are shifting their practices and narratives, in order to support larger transformations towards abundance and away from scarcity models and cultures. Learn from presenters how to create equitable and sustainable budgets that are rooted in race equity principles.
October 20, 12-1:30pm: Centering our voices in our stories. Being able to tell our stories, in our words, is incredibly powerful. Join to learn how others are using their voices in crafting and uplifting their own stories.
All Speaker Series sessions produced by La Roxay Productions.