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Organizing AR+ Community coLABs for 2024

Members of AR+ met together to kick off our activities for 2024. In co-designing a few coLABs, we’re creating spaces for practicing together.  We’re also connecting up our various systems solutions orientation within the relational and personal spirit of transformative change associated with Action Research for Transformations.   A roll-call around the world offers a taste […]

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Mycelium dreams by Freek Sanders Poet Laureate helps kick off 2024 at AR+

We get to have our own Poet Laureate at AR+, woohoo! Freek Sanders  from the Netherlands, read his poem Mycelium Dreams in our kick off to 2024 organizing meeting. Video snippet below. Freek (pronounced in the Dutch way as “Frake”) calls fellow ARTists “unelected representatives” of the future. We’ll take that. He also refers to […]

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meeting dilemmas and finding new cultures together with Naia Begiristain.

Naia Begiristain’s helped us kick off the new year in workshopping mode.  Naia led us in exploring how political actors co-create a new culture of shared governance. They do this by facing unresolved dilemmas that emerge, even if it feels like an avalanche. The preparation and facilitation within the workshop was with Hilary Bradbury. After […]

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Elders Action Network – Grady McGonagill

Action researcher Grady McGonagill founded the Massachusetts Chapter of Elders Climate Action. In his 15 mins. interview with Michael Sales who now co-leads the organization, Grady explains why he did what he did. And importantly for ARTists he explains how.  Grady opened to his new identity as climate activist from reading a short piece in […]

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University Empowering Students, Transforming Communities. A PAR journey

Izaro Gorostidi and colleagues Ormazabal & Ahedo, just published their paper with ARJ on University and democratization: A training project in action research with social movements. Izaro explains: “Embarking on the journey toward a fairer, more egalitarian, and democratic world requires universities to take a proactive role. In this context, our study places action and […]

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