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Resisting Covid Denialism Community of Practice

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Resisting Covid Denialism Community of Practice

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*REGISTRATION IS CLOSED*

As a followup to last fall’s Resisting COVID Denialism series, we are facilitating a Community of Practice where organizers against COVID denialism can work on developing their practices and strategies together, and ultimately coalesce as a broader movement rooted in the principles of disability justice.

PLEASE NOTE: This offering is only for participants of our 2023 Resisting COVID Denialism series unless you've been nominated to register.

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Dates and Times

May - July: 3 sessions, 6-8pm ET

  • May 29, 3-5pm PT / 5-7pm CT / 6-8pm ET: session 1
  • June 26, 3-5pm PT / 5-6pm CT 6-8pm ET: session 2
  • July 31, 3-5pm PT / 5-7pm CT / 6-8pm ET: session 3

Sept - Nov: 3 sessions, TBD, we will assess with participants before July 31on what days/times are best.

Program Full-Description

As the conditions of COVID change – and also stay the same or even regress – organizers against COVID denialism are constantly making adjustments and searching for new connections and resources. Many of our organizations are local and/or isolated, and have few points of connection with a broader movement rooted in the principles of disability justice. 

This is a 6-part Community of Practice series to support organizers in making these connections. There will be 3 sessions in the spring and 3 sessions in the fall. Joining the community of practice means making a commitment to prioritize attendance and active participation. This is a collective commitment not just to the space, but to each other and to the ongoing shared work of strategizing against COVID denialism.

This offering is a followup to the COVID Denialism Clinics held in 2023, for attendees who wanted to develop working practices together. The goal of the spring sessions is to strategize based on the current organizing conditions and contexts, assess a range of approaches, go out and try the practices applicable to each of our contexts, and then come back to this group to share learnings and offer support. We’ll use case studies from the group to learn about different strategies; folks can then decide what makes sense to bring back to their contexts, and share back in the fall sessions

Throughout this Community of Practice, the group will...

  • Feel more rooted in a community and network of folks organizing against COVID denialism. 
  • Develop groups to be more resourced to share organizing and support practices with others  
  • Troubleshoot common issues related to organizing against COVID denialism

This program is designed for:

  • Participants from PeoplesHub's COVID denialism clinics
  • Nominated folks who have been organizing in relation to COVID or disability justice

The expectation is that you're actively practicing something whether you identify as an organizer or not.

This community of practice will include strategizing to redistribute power. Since people of the global majority have been and continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID denialism, we aim to uplift and center the global majority’s needs. Redistributing power requires active participation by people of the global majority; it also requires active participation by white folks who recognize the greater visibility given to white-led/dominated COVID advocacy organizing efforts. This offering is open to all those who wish to work actively against these realities and there will be affinity spaces to do so.

To prepare for this Community of Practice:

  • Ensure that you attended either PeoplesHub's Resisting COVID Denialism series. If you did not attend these you can be nominated by a participant and name them in your registration submission.
  • Fill out the registration form.

Accessibility:

Access requests, including interpretation and captioners, can be made during registration or by emailing Dustin Gibson at dustin@peopleshub.org.  Requests for interpreters and captioners that are made less than 48 hours before the event typically are more difficult to meet. We will try and notify you if we cannot secure requested access. 

Attendance:

We ask that registrants commit to attending all 6 sessions if possible.

Registration:

*REGISTRATION IS CLOSED*

Please fill out the registration form.

After registering, we will review your submission. Qualified registrants will have attended last fall's PeoplesHub Resisting COVID Denialism series. If you did not attend these, you can share who you were nominated by and we will consider your registration.

If your submission is approved, you will receive an email with a link to a web page where you can complete the registration process. It is not until completing this step will your registration be finalized.

If you have questions about this offering or technical needs registering for this event, please contact registration support.

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Cost

Free! Though we appreciate donations from those who can afford to do so.

At PeoplesHub we are committed to communication access, radical hospitality, supporting facilitators, and making our offerings financially accessible. Donations allow us to continue offering programs like this one and pay speakers, tech support leads, interpreters, captioners, and other support staff a fair wage for their time and expertise.Like you, those who support our trainings work hard for change in their communities and have often developed the knowledge, skill and gifts that they are offering through many unpaid hours — let’s support them to be sustainable in their work and craft!