#StirToAction is underway! 🎉 Excited to see familiar and new faces today & tomorrow. Interested in community-powered high streets, & securing & reviving assets for local benefit? 🏘️🌆 Catch us with Stour Trust, Footwork, @makespaceoxford Artspace Lifespace at 12 and at 2!

Rebecca Trevalyan (inactive account) Juliet Can Stour Trust Andy Edwards (He/him) @makespaceoxford Artspace Lifespace (We missed People Dem Collective's Victoria Barrow Williams and know many of you were looking forward to hearing about their amazing work in Margate. Do give them a like and follow: peopledemcollective.com) /End 🧵

If you're ready to steward, iterate and socialise regenerative, distributive-by-design financial systems, as part of an ambitious capital project where many kinds of value are generated and shared, you could be the Financial Systems Lead we're looking for: bit.ly/FinanceCS

Join me at 11am for the screening of Outgrow the System and workshop, as we open up the convo about our economic system at the scale of our neighbourhoods: what would alternatives look + feel like? what would be happening, how would they operate + how do we move towards that?

Just jumping on the train to Brum, soo looking forward to experiencing another B16 extravaganza! I’ll be sharing our work @makespaceoxford alongside an inspirational bunch ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur Indy Johar Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias C——— on the enticing theme of ‘Neighbourhoods as the Heart of Systems Change’ 💚

This months #RepairCafe is on September 15th @makespaceoxford. We offer a variety of #repairs such as Electrical , Mechanical, sewing and even bike repair. book your slot now shareoxford.org/repair/

The boy made a little library box at CIVIC SQUARE for the street with WeCanMake It'll be called THE INCREDIBLE LIBRARY (Allen's Cross). It will hold more than books - toys, the odd cat (!) & lovely things to bless folk in this community. Painting this week. So cool!

A bit damper this year, but with even more warmth, heart and ✨ - shout out to CIVIC SQUARE for being such fabulous hosts and curators - yesterday was another packed extravaganza of thought provoking talks, discussions, sumptuous music, food, crafts, inspiration and connections!

The big day is here ☀️ - join us 6pm for a lively conversation on how we can open up our city & resources to unlock the Just Transition we all need… With inspiration from the wonderful CIVIC SQUARE and local architects Transition by Design and organisers Oxford Community Action

🌿 Do you envision a just land system where we can grow good food, have access to affordable housing, & restore our landscapes, rivers & soils? 📣❗Respond to Labour's planning policy consultation today & make your voice heard! Info & sample answers: buff.ly/3ZiZsdS

Day 2 - Victory day for Marieha Hussain. A 🧵 on how day 2 of the trial prosecuting Marieha ended in a resounding victory for her and her defence team, and how the CPS has been shown again to overpolice and prosecute people of colour. CAGE International Nels Abbey Kehinde Andrews

What can we learn from our shared history that could inspire solutions to the most urgent challenges facing humanity today? Explore this with a day of immersive workshops with Khadijah Carberry, Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias C——— and aliyah hasinah 🇧🇧🇯🇲 free 🇵🇸, finishing off the day with an evening dinner connecting over

Many MPs urged gov't to include rent controls in Renters Rights Bill last week (see t.ly/VZ79-) But Matthew Pennycook MP & Angela Rayner argued rent controls wld reduce supply of homes Short🧵w/ data to show this risk is small & can be mitigated, and benefits outweigh costs

A valuable gift in dark times 💚

The point is dismantling the idea of land ownership entirely, not just having more ‘communities’ owning it. A step along the way for that might be getting the freeholds for communities and rewriting the rules yes. But, just stopping at community ownership is just be a new cycle.

📣 Job! We’re looking for someone who wants to grow a thing: help local authorities to adopt digital planning tools & services that make planning simpler, for everyone. Come and join a brilliant team, working on making stuff better, at scale. opensystemslab.io/jobs/plan-adop…

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While #Madleen must be released immediately, every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity, and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together—united, they will be unstoppable. #BreakingTheSiege is a legal duty for states, and a moral imperative for all of us.