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While you wait, make this thing!

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Check out

https://is.gd/onepagezine

If you're stuck.

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What to do when you lose

(energy)

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Goals

  1. Identify ways we've built power in conflict, even when we felt like we've lost.
  2. Brainstorm and strategize .
  3. Explore low-fi media making as a way to focus.

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https://www.mixedricezines.com/

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https://wizardzines.com/

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http://mariamekaba.com/publications/

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Name a conflict where it felt like you lost.

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Who had the power? Why did you lose?

E.g. Framing, language, process, FOIA, do (or not do) a story/project, ...

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How did you fight?

What did you learn? What resources did you pull together? What connections or relationships did you make? What changed?

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How did you fight?

What did you learn? What resources did you pull together? What connections or relationships did you make? What changed?

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How did that build power? How could it? How do you make this a strategy?

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Example Strategy: Book Club

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Example Strategy: "Conflict memo"

  • Restate your case
  • Identify that's not what's happening
  • Add context
  • Keep it moving

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Send me your zine (page)!

  • geoffhing@gmail.com
  • @geoffhing

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This is not conflict resolution (but it's not not)