https://www.districtcommons.org/home daily 1.0 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/1602029102400-4MJPLZ0TNI18194D6XDU/IMG_20200818_102909.jpg Home - The Second Life Project Falling under our community initiates program area, The Second Life Project is an autonomous, self-determined intentional community project, built around transformation and empowerment, by, with, and for formerly incarcerated humans, and manifesting alternative justices approaches and values. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/a00552ad-deab-4f22-bbf6-107b6d177cfa/Screenshot+2023-05-16+at+1.23.44+PM.png Home - The Radical Reading Room The Radical Reading Room is a quiet reading, writing & study area that contains a curated selection of books. Our book selection centers around social, political & economic futures and societal change. We rely on patrons to keep this space free for all, please support us by pledging a monthly amount here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/b35d1532-2c88-4a9c-a29e-5116bbf77989/Emotional+Solidarities.org Home - Emotional Solidarities Emerging out of all our work is the idea that Transformation and healing are work we do in common and in community. This program is where we share the tools and resources for everyone to participate. Our hope is to encourage all communities to engage in this type of care and kinship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/1579830569199-SFZ14TS5AQE8AWBFGV5C/IMG_20190802_081844.jpg Home - The Alternative Justices Project The Alternative Justices Project is a community initiative that works as a radical, decentralized, all-volunteer collective. They builds towards consent culture and prison abolition while developing, implementing, and sharing ways to transform harms, with a special focus on sexual and partner violence, in communities everywhere. https://www.districtcommons.org/team daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://www.districtcommons.org/programs daily 0.75 2022-03-22 https://www.districtcommons.org/speakers daily 0.75 2021-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/1602032284838-0FGM2ZWUJS3GLMFFQSK7/conference.jpg Speakers Bureau - Our expertise personally crafted for your needs Our Speakers Bureau is made up of community members, staff, and board members. Our team has expertise on a number of topics based on lifetimes of vast professional and personal experience including: Equitable Non-profit Management Community Governance Values Alignment Creating a Culture of Experimentation Emotional Community Wellbeing Community-based Marketing Diversity and Inclusion Harm Prevention and Response We offer sliding-scale, donation-based pricing for communities, intentional houses, start-ups, and other businesses. All proceeds go to funding our mission to amplify the liberatory power of community. We are happy to offers our services in various formats ranging from intimate sessions with leadership to lecture-sized speaking engagements. https://www.districtcommons.org/mission daily 0.75 2020-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/1602096896815-V5ZFSWZER9BY372M1L23/IMG_20200808_154242837.jpg Our Mission - Our Mission District Commons amplifies the emancipatory power of communities to create collective possibilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e11444af5616362c704c326/1602096793538-HORD10JNGVBJOR4ZLGJG/IMG_20200808_151913703.jpg Our Mission - Our Approach Commoning, or equitably sharing and building resources, supports liberation Communities are experts on themselves Experimentation is vital for creating change Immersive experiences lead to deeper learning