grow spiritually in community and organizations to exist differentY

Exist Differently: The Building Blocks of Visionary Organizing is VOLs flagship introduction to Visionary Organizing for individuals and communities. Participants develop a framework and skills to Exist Differently by examining the rise of the modern era, the decline of capitalism, and by exploring how people are creating conditions to Exist Differently and equally emphasize material and non-material needs by practicing community self-reliance.

    • People who are involved in community self-reliance type projects and are curious about their work’s implications

    • Community self-reliance curious

    • Network Weavers

    • People who are excited about human potential and are solutions oriented

    • Question askers

    • Systems Thinkers

    • Curious, open-hearted people

    • People who want to understand how the world got so crazy so quickly

    • People who want to learn about VO

    • Solutions oriented people

    • An understanding of Visionary Organizing and its six components as an approach to Existing Differently that utilizes community self-reliance as a tactic and equally emphasizes material and non-material needs for things like connection and community

    • An understanding of how community self-reliance projects that equally emphasize material and non-material needs can make us less dependent on the current economy and help us Exist Differently by being the basis for a new economy and culture

    • An understanding of how Visionary Organizing can facilitate systems transition into a more dignity affirming and sustainable system by interconnecting community self-reliance projects and equally emphasizing material and non-material needs

    • A framework and step-by-step guide to practice Visionary Organizing

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