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  Can we build a better web AND protect our planet at the same time? For those of us working on decentralized tech, how can we achieve both critical goals? https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/1500927490688180224 At the March DWeb Meetup, we join hands with Mozfest 2022 to tackle this big question with Kelsey Breseman, Civic Science Fellow at the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, where she works on environmental accountability, data ownership models, and intentional community. Kelsey has written this thought-provoking essay (https://blog.archive.org/2021/09/20/ecological-awareness-for-the-decentralized-web/) on ecological awareness, one of the core principles of the DWeb. … Continued

Biden won’t cancel student debt – until we force him that he must. That’s why we’re preparing for our national student debt strike on May 1. A debt strike is the act of refusing to pay back one’s debts for political, economic, and moral reasons. A debt strike is one of the strongest forms of debtors’ collective power, but ** it is not for everyone.** Going on debt strike comes with serious risks and potential long-term consequences, which do not fall equally on all. Join this call to learn more if … Continued

This 5-part course is designed for anyone interested in studying technology and data as the new frontier in organizing against the systems of enforcement and criminalization that harm our communities. Three years since beginning our monumental #NoTechForICE campaign, we’re launching this course to share resources we’ve developed and to create a digital space for deepening our collective understanding of the ever-expanding state of surveillance––and how to organize against it. By signing up for this course, you will hear from organizers, professors, and movement leaders who contribute towards this powerful movement for a … Continued

This training will take participants through many of the strategies, tools and considerations of direct action, including power and privilege, de-escalation, blockades, legal, direct action organizing models, and the opportunity to form affinity groups. This training will be an important place to get plugged into for upcoming actions in 2022. COVID Protocols: Please stay home if you have tested + for COVID, have COVID symptons or have been exposed to someone who has tested + for COVID. We’ll be in an inside/outside space. Part of the time in a warehouse … Continued

We will gather on the steps of the CPUC at 9 AM, where we will hear from coalition partners followed by a collective call-in to the virtual PUC meeting taking place at 10 AM. Donuts and coffee provided! If you cannot join in person, please RSVP to call in to the virtual meeting by clicking here. 69634

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This 5-part course is designed for anyone interested in studying technology and data as the new frontier in organizing against the systems of enforcement and criminalization that harm our communities. Three years since beginning our monumental #NoTechForICE campaign, we’re launching this course to share resources we’ve developed and to create a digital space for deepening our collective understanding of the ever-expanding state of surveillance––and how to organize against it. By signing up for this course, you will hear from organizers, professors, and movement leaders who contribute towards this powerful movement for a … Continued

Join us for this Virtual Arts Training with long-time movement artists and activists, David Solnit, Jetsonorama (aka Chip Thomas) and others. On the training, we will walk you through step-by-step tips for pasting, using art in your actions, and setting up a pop-up art show. This training is designed for people who plan to participate in the #DefundClimateChaos Week of Arts Actions69637