Conflict is Inevitable (aka Caring is Sharing v.2.0) - 12 March 2024
Join us (Gastivists Collective, Global Grassroots Support Network, Alternative Justice and RadHR) on Tuesday 12 March for the follow-up from October’s initial Caring is Sharing event, to delve into the policies, processes, and practices we can use in our groups, collectives and networks, to work with conflict when - and before - it surfaces. Because: Conflict is Inevitable.
The organising team has pooled a range of topics that came up before the last event, as well as others from our respective communities, to shape a slightly-more-structured agenda for this second event. We want to host a gathering that gets to the depth of some of the immense challenges that many of us are working through in our groups.
We know that most organisational conflict processes and policies will default to more punitive approaches and will avoid looking at either the deeper personal aspects of conflict, or the wider systemic dimensions of it. We are hoping this can be a space where we can look a bit more closely at what’s working for us, as we try to support alternatives to grow in our groups. We also think that conflict can be very influenced by context and want to surface differences in approaches that are happening in different countries and cultures.
An initial list of break out room topics will include:
Navigating & mapping power differences in conflict
Practicing self-accountability
Creating group cultures around conflict
Tools for difficult conversations
Generative (& destructive) elements of conflict
What is accountability (healthy vs. unhealthy)
Accountability processes (how to engage when things get really tough)
Conflict and neurodivergence
So sign up now and spread the word with anyone that you think might be interested (on Insta, Twitter or Facebook)!
In solidarity,
Liam (RadHR)
Mari (Gastivists Collective)
Nishma (Alternative Justice)
Kenzie (Global Grassroots Support Network)