How To… Organize for community cultural and economic development

ART in a DEMOCRACY
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.
The theoretical framework: how telling stories, building power, and creating value connect and reinforce each other. Graphic designed by Emily Robinson, Studio Two Three.

A set of tools by Roadside Theater, built from the rural Appalachian theater company’s 45-year search for a form of artistic expression that advances the project of American democracy.

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—11 Feb ’25
Cover of The Commoners Catalog for Changemaking by David Bollier
The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking
David Bollier
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—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)
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—11 Feb ’25
A group of adults discussing a power map in a conference room
Training: Power Mapping and Analysis
SCOPE LA