Liberating our Future: Common Infrastructure for Collective Action
Join Open Future Coalition & our convening partners for an interactive day of participatory engagement to accelerate the co-development of common infrastructure for collective action.
In response to the urgency and possibility of this moment, we aim to equip place-based and sectoral initiatives with the tools, partnerships, and resources needed to scale community-led solutions.
We are curating funders, technologists, practitioners, and community leaders to join us in building shared infrastructure for the common good.
Through dynamic workshops, presentations, and cross-sectoral dialogues, and networking we’ll strengthen cooperation across the impact ecosystem and nurture the field for the emergence of adaptable tools, services, and resources that can sustain and strengthen coalitions of coalitions.
Confirmed convening partners & presenters include: Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance, American Sustainability Business Network, BioFi Project, Buckminster Fuller Institute, Cerulean Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Dashboard.Earth, Earth Guardians, Enduring Planet, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, Milken Institute, NDN Collective, Nature Tech Collective, Nia Tero, Open TEAM, Regen Network, Regenerosity, and WhiteLabel Impact
Let’s build together!
SCHEDULE:
9:00am- Coffee, pastries + mingling
9:30am- OFC opening presentation: Liberating Our Future: Common Infrastructure for Collective Action
Opening presentation with Open Future Coalition Founder Kaitlin Archambault and Co-Founder Jamaica Stevens on Liberating Our Future: Common Infrastructure for Collective Action. Together, we’ll share how Open Future Coalition is building the connective tissue between communities, movements, and sectors through our tools, programs, and partnerships. Grounded in applied practice and a with deep commitment to strengthening local communities- as well as global learning- this conversation will explore how common infrastructure can catalyze collaboration, unlock resources, and scale community-led solutions in service to a just and regenerative future.
10:00am- Workshop 1: Powering People-Powered Movements: Practices for Mobilizing, Coordinating, & Scaling Networks
At the root of our collective work are the leaders mobilizing communities, coordinating action, strengthening distributed leadership, and advancing shared narratives. How can we best support their vital work? In this interactive workshop, we’ll hear from network and community leaders organizing across regions and generations who will share their approaches, common challenges, and visions for a more just and connected future. After a round of brief presentations, we’ll spark key questions and break out into group discussions, gathering proposals for pathways moving forward.
Confirmed presenters: Earth Guardians, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, Dashboard Earth, American Sustainable Business Network
11:00am- Workshop 2: Growing the Commons: Pathways for Building & Resourcing Common Infrastructure
Shared tools, platforms, and cooperative infrastructure play a vital role in enabling collective action and driving resilience at local, regional, and global scales. How can we fuel and sustain he often-invisible social, technical, and financial structures that underpin community-led efforts? In this interactive workshop, we’ll hear from organizations, networks, and funders building and resourcing common infrastructure and demonstrating pathways for ongoing interoperability, co-development, and governance. After a round of brief presentations, we’ll spark key questions and break out into group discussions, gathering proposals for pathways moving forward.
Confirmed presenters: Milken Institute Community Infrastructure Center, Regen Network, Open TEAM, Cerulean Ventures, Nia Tero, Nature Tech Collective
12:00pm- Light Lunch
12:30pm- Workshop 3: Nurturing the Field: Supporting Funding Pathways that Honor Self-Determination & Fill the “Missing Middle”
How can we invest in the core services and infrastructure that grow the capacity of local communities to receive and distribute larger flows of resources? In this interactive workshop, we’ll hear novel examples from funders and organizations investing in predevelopment, bridging philanthropy and investment, and taking the time and trust to nurture and cultivate the long-term capacity of community leaders to absorb and deploy funding on their own terms. After a round of brief presentations, we’ll spark key questions and break out into group discussions, gathering proposals for pathways moving forward.
Confirmed presenters: Cisco Foundation, Regenerosity, BioFi Project, NDN Collective, Enduring Planet
1:30pm- Collective harvest
2pm- Event ends