Act Build Change Members Living Room

As we grow and learn in our organising, connecting with other organisers helps us in sharing experiences and seeing where we can learn from each other and where there are places we can build power together. This virtual event will be a space to meet other organisers, discuss triumphs we are experiencing, and dissect challenges and issues that are coming up for us. We will also be spending time together to brainstorm ways in which we can support each other, and ways in which Act Build Change can support members in the issues they are facing.

Please Note:

This event is for Full Members and partners of Act Build Change only. If you are interested in Full Membership, check out our membership page for more details.

When you sign up for the event you will initially be put on a waitlist until we approve your membership/partnership status. Once approved you will then be able to receive a ticket. If you have any questions please email: info@actbuildchange.com

Facilitator:

Ariel Lew Ai Le Whitson, Senior Organiser, has over a decade of experience as a community organiser focused on social justice issues, primarily with environmental and land justice. Before joining Act Build Change, she was the Senior Director of Community Organising and Education at TreePeople, a leading Los Angeles-based NGO, where she led a team of 40 organisers and educators supporting communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Prior to TreePeople, she ran major advocacy campaigns at Ten Strands, securing significant legislative and funding victories for climate literacy. Ariel is passionate about healing the violent separation of land and people through organising.

Kennedy Walker, Senior Collective Care Trainer, is a coach and facilitator. They’ve helped individuals, groups and organisations move through conflict, build power, cultivate knowledge and strengthen skills for over ten years. They’ve trained with the Gestalt Centre in London, Navigate, Action Learning Associates and more in counselling skills, trauma informed facilitation, coaching, and mediation. They've co founded organisations such as Kinfolk Network in 2017 and others that aim to strengthen collective care, learning and power. Kennedy holds a master's degree in Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice and is currently a trainee counsellor.

Accessibility:

To avoid technical difficulties accessing the webinar, please ensure that you register for the event with the same email address as is attached to the Zoom account you will use to access the session.

Is there anything we need to know to support you to be able to participate well in this online session? This includes but is not limited to language, comfort, access (physical, emotional, technological). Please get in touch and we will do our best to support.