Workshop: Sustainable Collective Organizing and Collaboration

Collective organizing—full of joys, full of...headaches. Anyone who has lived, worked, or organized within collective structures knows that this type of collaboration comes with its own unique set of challenges. So what are some concrete steps we can take to work together more sustainably? How can we continue to recognize and value each other’s humanity, even—and especially—when times get tough? In this conversation-based interactive workshop, we will explore practical tools, strategies, and frameworks for meeting and working together in more sustainable ways. Some topics we will touch on: access, embodiment, intentions, consensus, and emergent strategy. The workshop format draws on the lived experiences of participants in the space, and the facilitator will also share some cherished practices from their own experiences working with and as part of many collectives and groups over the years. Come prepared to learn, experiment, and maybe even have a little fun. Sarj Lynch is a Berlin-based facilitator, collaboration designer, and community care organizer with a deep sense of curiosity. They are interested in dreaming up new realities and practicing utopias with people who care. They are a co-founder of aequa (2017), the aequa Workshops Collective (2020), and Berlin Collective Action e.V. (2020). They are also a resident of Refuge Worldwide, hosting the monthly aequa Radio show. Growing more capable and more alive in community is their passion, especially when music and food are involved. March 12, 3 – 5:30 p.m. Online, via Zoom Registration via: awareness@clubcommission.de   An initiative of the Awareness Academy of the Club Culture Hub of Clubcommission Berlin e.V., funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Musicboard Berlin GmbH, and the European Regional Development Fund – EFRE “Strengthening Innovation Potential in Culture – INP-III.”