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THE
KNOWLEDGE 
COMMONS

The Knowledge Commons is a hub for tools, insights, and stories focused on culture and community power building. Its purpose is to break down siloed thinking and strengthen our collective wisdom.

Highlights

[ Featured Resource ]

A Conversation about Cultural Strategy
Jeff Chang, Liz Manne & Erin Potts
Dreams of Solitude
Resources — 3 Feb ’25

[ Featured Resource ]

Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy
Anasa Troutman
A group of Black women, some standing in the background. In the forefront, one woman is in the middle of dancing, and another waves a bright orange and yellow silk
Resources — 7 Feb ’25

CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMONS

Your voice and insights matter. The Knowledge Commons thrives on contributions from practitioners, organizers, and researchers working on the ground. Submit your ideas, tools, frameworks, or experiences. The C&CPF team will work with you to get the word out.

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Tool
—11 Feb ’25
Cover of The Commoners Catalog for Changemaking by David Bollier
The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking
David Bollier
Research
—11 Feb ’25
Screenshot 2025-02-14 alle 17
Measuring Love in the Journey for Justice: A Brown Paper
Sammy Nuñez and Shiree Teng
Tool
—11 Feb ’25
A graphic showing how we own what we make. Colorful blobs around the center read: We tell our own story, we build our own power, we create our own value, and are connected to one another by arrows.
How To… Organize for community cultural and economic development
ART in a DEMOCRACY
Tool
—11 Feb ’25
A group of adults sit in a circle on wooden chairs, listening to one another
How To Facilitate a Story Circle
Roadside Theater (importantly, see also Junebug Productions)
Research
—11 Feb ’25
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Social Movement Investing
The Center For Economic Democracy
Tool
—11 Feb ’25
A group of adults discussing a power map in a conference room
Training: Power Mapping and Analysis
SCOPE LA
Tool
—11 Feb ’25
A power map shows interconnected circles pointing toward and away from Mr. X
Power Mapping
Beautiful Trouble (and many others)
Resources
—7 Feb ’25
Steve Dubb, Emily Kawano - Beyond Capitalism - illustration by Komi Olaf
Beyond Capitalism: Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future
Steve Dubb and Emily Kawano
Resources
—7 Feb ’25
A group of Black women, some standing in the background. In the forefront, one woman is in the middle of dancing, and another waves a bright orange and yellow silk
Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy
Anasa Troutman
Resources
—7 Feb ’25
A collage of newspaper articles and city planning documents
Root Shock Twenty Years On [Symposium Highlights]
University of Orange
Resources
—7 Feb ’25
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How to Tend to Your People AND Your Organization
Ananda Valenzuela, Rooted in Vibrant Communities
Resources
—7 Feb ’25
Screenshot of Archon Fung delivering a talk next to text that says Labor Union Agency Fees
Talk: Power and Social Change
Archon Fung of Harvard Kennedy School
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