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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 4h

Our live #MutualAid 101 series continues! On Tuesday, October 21, in partnership with The Tool Library Alliance, we are hosting "Tool Libraries, Mutual Aid, and Community-Led Disaster Response."

🗓️Tuesday, October 21 at 1 PM PT/4PM ET
Sign up:🔗MutualAid101.org

Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 1d

Our second session of the Fall 2025 Colloquium is tomorrow at 12pm EST, “The Pointillistic City: Well-Being and Equity in Communities & their Places”, with Dan O'Brien Northeastern University.

🎧 It's free and virtual on zoom. bit.ly/42rTEjc

“The Pointillistic City: Well-Being and Equity in Communities & their Places”, with Dan O'Brien Northeastern University. Fall 2025 Colloquium Wednesday, October 8, 12pm EST. Virtual on Zoom.

🎧 It's free and virtual on zoom. https://bit.ly/42rTEjc

Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 8d

New episode! On the latest episode of, The Response, we were joined by Jordan Seaberry, co-director of the US Dept of Arts and Culture (USDAC). We discussed Artists against fascism: People power and resistance.

🔗https://shareable.net/.../artists-against-fascism.../

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 15d

The first session of the Fall 2025 Colloquium is tomorrow at 12pm EST, Freedom Farming: Agricultural Resistance and Institution Building, with Monica White of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

It's free and virtual, sign up via link bit.ly/46RwMvN

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 16d

Featured Article! Syrian communities form grassroots emergency networks as coastal wildfires overwhelm state response by Amer al-Mari. Check out the article via the link below.
www.shareable.net/syrian-commu...

Stories title. Syrian communities form grassroots emergency networks as coastal wildfires overwhelm state response. Amer Al-Mari. Shareable

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 20d

Our ED, Tom Llewellyn, will speak at Neighborhood Economics Sep. 29 – Oct. 1 at Venue SIX10 in Chicago’s South Loop. Join us and meet other innovators, investors, faith leaders, policy shapers, and neighborhood champions.

For tickets, visit neighborhoodeconomics.org/chicago-2025/.

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · 22d

Our friends at LIFT Economy are launching their fall cohort of the #NextEconomyMBA on 9/30 — aimed to equip social impact leaders with the tools they need to lead in these critical times.
Grab a free 15 min coffee chat with a facilitator. bit.ly/nembacoffeec...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 22d

otherWise: a cosmolocal learning community. otherWise hosts small, place-rooted gatherings and deep, slow virtual inquiry.

Explore offerings on a wide range of topics, from gardening and motherhood to grief work to care and creativity at the margins: otherwise.one

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Shareable team is excited to announce upcoming events with the Cities@Tufts Fall 2025 Colloquium. All events are free, virtual, and open to everyone. Check the link below or in our bio!
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Sep 5

Join us for free, one-hour events through the rest of 2025!

Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and @share-able.bsky.social co-present Cities@Tufts.

Register to explore pressing topics and actions: www.eventbrite.com/cc/citiestuf...

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 28

Check out our latest story on ABCD, Asset-based community development by April Doner.
Link here: www.shareable.net/restoring-ou...

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“What ABCD might offer in this time goes beyond its conceptual lens or a set of tools. Rather, the heart of this movement’s offering may lie in its trained focus on that “special something” that people—all people—have within them, which is held individually but only truly ignited collectively.” April Doner

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Aug 25

The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) is a civil society network that facilitates collaboration to support ecologically regenerative and sustainable systems change.

Register for NENA’s conference Oct 10-12 (single day passes available): www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-events/...

#postgrowthalliance

White text with abstract green dashes reads, "Pathways to a thriving world, ancient wisdom, bioengineering & new economies. NENA Conference, October 10-12, 2025, Broadbeach, Qld, www.neweconomy.org.au." The background features stepping stones in a small river, with partner logos lining the bottom.

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 22

Do we need a solidarity economy now? Our last article by Rick Wilson, highlights how local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize for a better future. Read the latest originally published on Waging Nonviolence.

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Social graphic that states, Why we need a solidarity economy now. By Rick Wilson. Title of graphic is Solidarity Economy.

Graphic that states: As the US faces historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize for a better future.

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 19

We have more key takeaways to share from Section 5: Surveillance, cybersecurity, and financial tech of our Mutual Aid 101 Toolkit.

Download our Mutual Aid toolkit. We have summarized these key resources and more. Download it! MutualAid101.org

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 14

We're sharing one of latest articles Chris Dols & Alissa Tafti about Federal workers are organizing for democracy—from the inside out.
Originally published by NPQ Online on June 25, 2025.
www.shareable.net/federal-work...

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out our clip from Pastor Al (more to come) from our documentary theater performance, Voices of The Response, at the Oregon Country Fair. Sharing stories is at the center of our work. We believe storytelling creates access and builds cooperative solutions.
#TheResponse #shareable

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 31

Are social co-ops an innovative solution to our social care crisis? Elias Crim explores this question in one of our latest articles. Read the story: www.shareable.net/social-co-op...

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 22

🌱Check out these Key Takeaways about Legal Basics in our Mutual Aid toolkit from Erika Sato. We’ve sourced them from our webinar series and from participants. Tap into these tools to increase your knowledge and create a community of care. mutualaid101.org

Legal structure option 1: Peer-to-peer giving
The organization doesn’t control the money itself. Instead, direct cash transfers are made peer-to-peer. This is the most simple and direct option, but organizers lack control or clarity over what is happening. There are also low tax risks.
Legal structure option 2: Volunteer collects and distributes funds
One option is that an individual reports the income and expenses on Schedule C.
Participants have to pay little to no taxes, but it is not recommended to do this for more than a year.
Alternatively, an individual may act as an agent or trustee of an organization, and the organization reports the income.
These, unfortunately, cannot be classified as a gift.

Legal structure option 3: Start an organization to receive and pay out funds
Various organizational structures exist, mix and match elements to create an organization that works for you.
Unincorporated associations are often a great option for mutual aid groups.
Formal incorporation or registration is another option, which offers a liability shield, but creates rigidity and a culture shift. A common example is 501(c)(3) status.
If an organization chooses not to incorporate, other options are available to limit liability.
If an organization seeks tax-exempt status, that will create limits on what that organization can legally do.
Record-keeping will be necessary, which may go against the spirit of mutual aid organizing.
Other drawbacks for 501(c)(3) status include having to publicly disclose information, the likely need to hire professionals, and limits on what the organization is allowed to do.
Fiscal sponsorship is a contractual relationship where one organization borrows an organization’s tax-exempt status. It may be a great option for many mutual aid groups Essentially, one organization becomes a “project” of another organization.
Lawyers are necessary for movements to have, but at times, the movement may best be served by not listening to those lawyers.

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 18

Last weekend, our ED, Tom Llewellyn, brought our documentary theater performance, Voices of The Response, to the Oregon Country Fair.
It's more than just a performance; it is a call to action—a reminder of our collective ability to unite, rebuild, and reclaim our futures.

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 17

New Article! Author David Bollier considers that our very definition of what “the economy” is needs expansion. Check it out.
www.shareable.net/the-liberati...

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 16

✨ New episode! On the latest episode of The Response, we were joined by Daisy Carter and Aracely Jimenez-Hudis of @survivalbloc.

Survival Bloc is a BIPOC-led network of leaders. Listen here: www.shareable.net/response/org...

Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jul 15

What does it mean to wake up and take regenerative action? Join We Hope Magazine their official launch of of their 4th edition, #RegenerativeAction
📅 Monday, July 28 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST
📍 Online event - Zoom link will be shared with participants, www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-hope-ma...

We Hope Magazine Launch Event

Join us to celebrate the 4th edition of our magazine and meet the authors!

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jul 5

Global South feminists are reclaiming refugee discourse this 7th July.

Recently, 49 white South Africans claimed “refugee” status—erasing real exile.

Join efforts to create a Pan-Afrikan, Anti-Imperial, Feminist Migration and Foreign Policy: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jun 26

New Article! Can you imagine a world in which solidarity economy is at the center of the response to a failing system? Check out this article by Jem Bendell and his perspective when we confront systemic challenges with a sharing economy lens.
www.shareable.net/systems-are-...

Systems are breaking—And that’s our opportunity

A few months ago, I reconnected with a friend whom I had worked with on an initiative on ‘the sharing economy’. At the time, we were both ‘Young Global

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Jun 24

Join our Library of Things Co-Lab today, June 24, 4pm est. Link here! shareable.net/.../library-...

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