Stas and Leander had the chance to sit down with consulting client and Getting Free Together program alumni Bre Dovez of Joy as Resistance, a Colorado-based queer mental health nonprofit to talk about succession planning within collective governance. Bre (any pronouns) founded JAR in 2020, and the organization has always practiced shared power in some format. They spent the last 18 months beginning to implement sociocracy and preparing to hand the reins to new co-Executive Directors Rafa and Janei! In this episode hear about their journey, the queer art of emergent co-design, embracing the identities of artist and magician.
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In this episode, we are in conversation with our new co-owner Brianna. Together we explore our embodiment practices, how we navigate risk individually and collectively, what those practices looked like in the Palestinian solidarity encampments on campus, what the role of therapy alongside other community support systems, and how unions and worker ownership show up not only in universities but in reality TV.
Read Brianna's article: Care Work is Necessary for Anti-Imperialist Struggle
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In the first episode, hosts Stas and Leander speak with our co-founder and Alchemist, shaïna. We talk about how Spring Up emerged and has evolved over the last decade, and the role it has played in sustaining creative community work in our lives. We also talk about how getting back into video games as adults has created space for imagination, play, and exploring other worlds.
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