Commonality
Still navigating the complexity of the Edgeryders site, so just coming across your inspiring post @Alex_Levene , immense work, with an impressive span. I’d not come across Good Chance Theatre - inspirational!
I’m interested in the trajectory from reactionary group to largest grassroots charity - seems to be a common thread around groups forming in response to urgent needs. I wonder how it might be better understood so that it can be more deliberately resourced across a range of issues? I’m also curious about your statement “Ethos is heavily on grassroots, non-NGO, Non-Political, but partisan actors” and what observations, experiences are behind it. I’m guessing it might relate to the theme I’m curating for the OpenVillage event. Your original post is a much bigger scope but there are commonalities and I wonder if you’re further forward in the ‘focussed brief’ you mention? A number of the discussions you’ve listed would help in illuminating the enabling factors that create and maintain grassroots care responses.
I think “practices for developing cohesion and integration” are key and would love to create some space to explore these in a session. It’s fundamental to your later discussion point: Tech and refugees. How do we stop building apps and start building communities? Its obvious that there will be many insights from the grassroots work you’ve outlined that will be very relevant to wider discussions on citizen led health and social care.
Good to hear where you’re at. Gehan