The Horizons Project

🌟 December Vista is out! 💞 As the year comes to a close, we wish for all our partners deep rest and connection with family and friends this season. 🎁 Enjoy the resources we’ve been reading, watching, and listening to this month, and happy holidays from the entire Horizons’ team. 🔗 link in the comments Julia Roig Maria J. Stephan Tabatha Pilgrim Thompson Nilanka Seneviratne Jarvis Williams

The Great Transition: ReFrame’s 2025 Predictions are here! 🚀 What narratives will define labor, climate justice, immigration and gender equity this year? Our report dives into the battles taking place on these narrative fronts—and the opportunities ahead. Pair that with our retrospective blog, where we reflect on past predictions and the trends shaping our future. Ready to connect the dots and take action? 🔗 Read Now Here https://lnkd.in/evN4F_FC #ReFrameNarrativePredictions25

📢 NEW PODCAST SERIES! In this series, HKS Professor Marshall Ganz walks you through the five key practices of #leadership, #organizing, and #action & provides practical strategies to learn this craft. 🎧 Listen to episodes 1-3: https://lnkd.in/eUng6G9j

🎧 ICYMI, take a listen to Chief Organizer Maria J. Stephan ‘s latest podcast interview with 22nd Century Initiative’s Scot Nakagawa & Sue Hyde “While political violence is not new in the United States, incidents of violence are on the rise. These events are gaining more attention in public discourse. Maria Stephan, an organizer, author, and expert on non-violent movements joins to discuss the historic success of protest and non-violent civil disobedience in protecting democracy. What makes nonviolence strategic, especially in times of rising authoritarianism? What can we do to make political violence backfire in our communities?” 🔗 link to episode in the comments

You might have noticed that there is a movement toward healing and restoration underway across the world. We at Collective Change Lab (CCL) see this as a journey – first becoming trauma informed to see where and how trauma impacts our systems, and then moving to becoming healing orientated, building the capacities for healing-centered work. We believe that “Healing Centered Systems Change” is now vital in creating systems where all beings and our planet can flourish. And we are inviting you to join us for our new course: the Healing-Centered Systems Change Journey, to learn how to bring healing practices to your change efforts, so we can build systems that truly serve everyone. Part 1 of our learning series will focus on Trauma-Informed Systems Change, introducing healing inclined practitioners to the ways in which trauma manifests in our systems and holds progress back on our most entrenched social and environmental challenges. This experiential learning journey will give practitioners practical tools and frameworks to see how social change work often sits on top of hundreds of years of trauma entanglements, and without working with those entanglements they can often begin to have a fragmenting impact on the work. This is why we say trauma often leads a system and trauma needs to be healed, not followed. I will have the honor of co-facilitating the journey with my dear colleagues Louise Marra, Senior Associate with CCL, and CCL Founder and ED, John Kania, and we are delighted to invite you to join us! If you are: ✨ Leading change within complex systems ✨ Curious about integrating healing and systems change ✨ Seeking tools to foster collective healing and equity this course is for you! Come join us! 📅 Starts: February 13, 2025 📍 Online Sign up now and find more information on the course here👇🏽: Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/gBPrJ74Y #HealingCenteredChange #SystemsChange #HealingSystems #Trauma #CollectiveHealing #Systems

ICYMI, check out this great recap of the recent #FacingRace conference in USA TODAY with a quote from Horizons’ own Director for Race & Democracy Jarvis Williams. https://lnkd.in/gdbrwDxg

📆 JOIN US - Thursday, December 5 at 11 PT / 2 ET Securing Safe Civic Spaces: Strategies for Non-Violent Events with The Horizons Project Disagreement is inevitable, violence doesn't have to be. Nonviolent movements, even in adverse circumstances, are often more successful in securing long-term change. Are you thinking about how to hold the powerful to account? Are you exploring organizing strategies for 2025 and beyond? Enter Maria J. Stephan. Maria serves as Co-Lead & Chief Organizer of The Horizons Project, a Spitfire 'Best-Case Scenario' partner organizing against political violence and leading non-violence efforts for change. She will lead this conversation about how to secure the best-case scenario: safe, healthy civic spaces. Together, we’ll review: ⏺️ How to do the pre-work, such as relationship-building, so you’ve taken every step to make sure an event is safe and free of political violence. ⏺️ De-escalation, codes of conducts, security protocols and other tools to ensure safe, healthy civic spaces. ⏺️ Reviewing ideas from around the U.S. and the world for healthy, safe and non-violent events that can generate media coverage and send a message. Examples Maria noted in a recent op-ed include banging of pots and pans in Chile, turning on and off of lights in Turkey, and wearing of paper clips in Denmark. (Copy of Maria's op-ed in the comments) Register for the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/eyVvNjM7

📣 JOIN US for a webinar on RESILIENCE & POST-ELECTION MANAGEMENT 📆 Tuesday, Dec. 3rd @1:00 pm EST In the aftermath of elections, whether they bring victory, disappointment, or controversy, movements promoting democracy and human rights often face critical challenges in sustaining momentum and navigating political realities. This webinar brings together trainers and seasoned practitioners from the United States and Zimbabwe to share insights, strategies, and lessons learned from managing movements during the crucial post-election period. With a focus on resilience, care, innovation, and solidarity, this discussion will explore how movements can adapt to shifting landscapes, attract new people, and build resilience for the long-term movement work needed to push for systemic change. Pivotal questions we’ll be discussing: ⁉️How can movements maintain momentum and sustain public engagement once the immediate focus of the election fades? ⁉️What measures can be taken to protect activists from burnout in politically volatile environments, while building resilience? ⁉️How can movements effectively transform short-term campaigns into enduring efforts, and adapt to electoral outcomes? Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/egd6BATr Tabatha Pilgrim Thompson Maria J. Stephan Xochilt Exué Hernández Leiva Duncan Autrey Julia Roig Nilanka Seneviratne Jarvis Williams Evan Mawarire

Last week over 4,000 racial justice leaders came together because we know the truth: justice is not a moment, it’s a movement. It’s the long, hard work of bending that arc—not alone, but together. We remain steadfast, because we are not just witnesses to history—we are its makers. #FacingRace2024 #RaceForward #Belonging #Governance #Democracy

🌟 The November VISTA is out today 🌟 As we go into the holiday week in the U.S., we hope you'll enjoy this month's newsletter, full of resources and inspiration for continuing our collective work towards a multi-racial, pluralistic, inclusive democracy. 🙏 With deep appreciation for all our partners producing these important insights. 🔗 link in the comments Julia Roig Jarvis Williams Maria J. Stephan Nilanka Seneviratne