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Experimental prose roleplaying server for people to imagine how they would live in a commune if we fortified ourselves against Westminster!

It's very quiet, but I'm hoping it'll keep growing.

The context can be found at... http://www.CLGamble.com/above-the-law

https://discord.gg/Ztk6vNG522

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MANIFESTO FOR FUTURE OF PARTICIPATORY ART

SEEDS OF HOPE

BRANCHES OF LISTENING, OF CARING, OF ACCEPTANCE

OUR DEMANDS

TIME TO MEMORIALISE, TO CELEBRATE, TO LOOK BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS

ACCEPT THE LIMITS OF WHAT YOU, AND YOUR ORGANISATION CAN DO

RECOGNISE PERSONALISE AND PROFESSIONAL LIMITS

NOT ACCEPTING THE ‘NORMALISING’ STANDARDS SOCIETY SOMETIMES SET FOR US

ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BE THEMSELVES

THE ABILITY TO ASK WHY

AND TO UNDO THE CENTURIES OF CONDITIONING – AND NOT INFLICT THESE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAD OURSELVES

PATIENCE. SPACE TO REFLECT

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

DIFFERENT TACTICS OF CARE

TIME TO SIT AND ASSESS OUR OWN NEEDS

Ardis, Julie, Liz and Lucy

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Don't hoard resources - especially property! Force landlords to allow communities to use vacant shopping centre, etc spaces for community/creativity

LONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE RESIDENCIES - allows for more engagement, build in "office hours" for dialogue with locals

Decentralise Power - decisions made by people to address what they want, not a nation wide programme or concept that is imposed not negotiated / collaborative

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Plant a jerico rose as a symbol for resilience, adaptability, and endurance
Slow growth as an act of resistance in a fast moving, disposable world
Participatory arts as an increasingly participated plataform for care and resistance, from local to global

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trellace- infrastructure- stable access for inclusion to prevent plants from withering, to support threshold and entry.

sunflowers-regenerative- seeds fall and feed others. They replant themselves.

collective imagination- vision of where to plant things, where will the sun hit? Permission to replant/restructure in response to the weather.

Adaptability. Holistic overview-time to think-creating blue prints for the garden.

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awaking slowly
upwardly inspired
buzzing renewed

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Creating, sharing

Supporting radical kindness

Building resilience

Nat + Bethan

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Ready to listen,
curious to receive and
to fill up our cup

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Eager to process
Excited to be present
Young People of now

Allan, Abril, Sarah, Katie

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We are making space
For whoever comes along
To be who you are

Lucy, Liz and Danielle

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Interdependent
Stretching our leaves to the sun
In nourishing soil

Ardis, Juliette, Emilian

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Sometimes care is hard
being a good ancestor
our journey needs time

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We came up with the first two lines! I finished the last one, it could be fun to see others final lines, feel free :D

Enthusiasm
location no barrier
meet . connect . blend . love

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connect big ideas
into the hyper local
a micro magic

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Restful, Radical
We have no destination
Truth, trust, expansion

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Driving compassion
To be the evolution
Reparative rest

by Sarah & Rach

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A messy jigsaw that doesn't always fit

The parts don’t always match, but still something still emerges

Its shared and connected, through misunderstandings, listening and hard work, we join the dots

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Ears wide listening
Comforting Community
Moving Us forward

Katie, Allan, Emilian

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Discuss one idea, thought or challenge that has emerged for you through the presentations and discussion?’

Rest - paid rest how they work and establish this in this - fighting against board requirements , targets . starting from

skills sharing - asking who their role models would be for the future - portraiture photography . Reciprocal relationships .Monthly sessions more consistent

worrying changing economic sessions, during COVID there was more focus on quality rather than quantity.

How do we keep our integrity during all of this

Neurodiversity and Mental health are going to be growing problems .

Asylum seekers limited in what you can do because of political embargos working for council how can we be part of preserving their human identity and not be reduced to a problem to be solved.

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We started with the following points being raised:

expanding routes into the sector to reflect young people’s ways of connecting and collaborating

that those we have historically spoken of as ’the minority’ in the sector are now ’the majority’

tokenism - the narrative has to change

Then the conversation developed around the following specific points:

Someone from an organisation spoke of the importance of a whole variety of routes into the sector, not just lead artist, e.g. front of house, ushers etc. The need for transparency around the variety of job roles was applauded but important to recognise that more often than not these roles are entry level, zero hours and poorly paid with little or not support. There need to be opportunities to move on and up out of any entry level role.

Volunteering was mentioned as a route into the sector, but that often it’s a route to add experience to your CV but never transitions into paid work, so you become a perpetual volunteer.

Rising speaking about intentionally being an ‘agency’ not a charity. Organisations recognising that they get stuck in the cycle of fundraising for a project with a community, delivering that project then stepping away to apply for the next round of funding.

Feeling that if your face doesn’t fit then the only option is to set up your own organisation.

Question around how to create real change in a sector that is so under resourced? Recommendation to look at Rising’s OnBoard model of bringing young people into strategic roles at Board level, recognising this is often where the power sits and that doing this does not require additional resources but an open mind and willingness to take this leap.

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Some areas we discussed in our break out - we identifyed the need to look back at the long lineage of participatory practice and situate current practice within this - what can be learnt, what difference can be felt knowing you're part of a longer history of activist practice and drawing on the theorising of those practices to link to your own. Also the need to acknowledge and better include representation from more rural areas and practices with young people and the unique contexts of practices in difference places in the UK. That it would be useful to have a more visible network of youth producers/ activists to connect with, feel supported by and understand each other's unique contexts and practices

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Honest generous

Holding Vulnerability

Sharing Power

Jane, Euella and Fran

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Collaboration
Being open without fear
Young voices heard

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Challenge to create
Inspiration for change
Like minded people

Corrie, Ros and Shona

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Connecting with you
Creating new views
Inspiration for something new

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shared empowerment
circle of nurturing dreams
for learning and growth

Danielle and Rhian

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Balancing perspectives
Challenging norms and values
Active listening

C.L, Emma and Nat, Rachel

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New space to connect
The rain brings us together
Learn from each other

Ardis, Juliette, Emily

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Clouds floating slowly,
birds singing, their voices loud.
The future is bright.

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Active engagement
Inspiring audiences
Next generation

By Allan & Rach

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Link to the Gathering Garden Reading Room 

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Link to the Gathering Garden Reading Room 

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Coming together
We're gathering momentum
To make lasting change

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Collective Dreaming
Hope to challenge status quo
Including us all