Connecting African and Diasporic Solidarity Economy Practices
Wednesday 26th March
6-8pm
Online
With so many exciting experiments in economics, it’s time for us to learn from our Afrikan and Afrodescendent siblings across the globe about what’s out there running and functioning, right now. Join Kinfolk Network and Decolonising Economics for an Inspiring Evening with The Medicine Project: Connecting African and Diasporic Solidarity Economy Practices
For our fourth event on the Medicine Project, we’re hearing about lessons in Afrikan economic interdependence practices outside the UK.
Join us for an evening of storytelling, exploration and debate, with the aim of creating a virtual space for global exchange on the plurality of ways that Afrikan, Afrodescendent and Black peoples are utilising solidarity economic practice as a tool for social, political and ecological transformation.
(Re)-igniting the fire in our bellies, our siblings are sure to inspire us with stories of how they are organising time, labour and money in alignment with solidarity economy principles of social and ecological interdependence, wellbeing and sustainability in resistance to capitalism.
Together we’ll explore how solidarity economic practice can be a tool for social, political and ecological transformation.
Expect to learn about:
- How the foundations of solidarity economics connect with specific Afrikan cultural heritages and histories.
- The journey and challenges of solidarity economic practices in Zimbabwe, Columbia and more.
- The limitations and barriers preventing solidarity economy practices from manifesting the post-capitalist liberated futures we envision.
This event was curated by Tanita JL, an Afrikan-Caribbean grassroots organiser, researcher and facilitator focusing on the decolonisation of education and of the economy in the global struggle for Afrikan liberation and Zahra Dalilah, a Black feminist writer, thinker and activist who is engaged in struggles for Black liberation, ecological harmony and economic reorganisation.
This event is for and by Black people.
Access Information:
This event will take place on Zoom with automated captioning.
About the Political Education Series:
This political education series is designed for Black organisers and activists who are interested in dismantling capitalism but feel overwhelmed about the steps needed to create nourishing economic realities.
We’re calling on Black organisers and activists across the UK who want to engage more with solidarity economics organising, rooted deeply in our histories and cultures as African and Afro-diasporic communities. Through in person and online events, this political education series will take organisers on a journey of reclaiming and popularising alternative ways of dismantling capitalism, rooted in the tools of elders such as savings circles (Pardner, Susu, Ayuuto), squats, housing cooperatives, community gardens, labour sharing and much more.
Using the African oral history tradition, this political education series will foster intergenerational and international dialogue, seeking to create space for the diaspora to reconnect with practices that have sustained life and health - practices that resist and offer a pathway out of racial capitalism.
This Political Education Series Is Perfect For You If:
- You are a Black organiser
- You hate capitalism but don’t know what else is there
- You are new to economics and want to learn more about it
- You’re interested in mutual aid
- You’re looking to connect to Black activists from across the UK
Here’s what we’ve got coming up this year:
📅 Healing in Community - date TBC in Glasgow