2020 Agenda

Aspiration events are first and foremost convened to strengthen the ties and social networks of activists, organizers, and technology practitioners in the nonprofit/nongovernmental sectors.

The Dev Summit agenda is designed and facilitated using Aspiration's participatory model, in an environment where powerpoint slides are not a thing, and dialogue and collaboration drive the learning.

Our philosophy centers around getting participants into small-group discussions where they can discuss topics they are passionate about and get answers to their questions and curiosities. Sessions at Aspiration events have particular traits; we de-emphasize broadcast behaviors and fetishizing expertism, and instead focus on working sessions that are self-organized whenever possible to meet the specific needs of those present, in accessible, inclusive ways.

Please note: This is a truly dynamic agenda, and sessions are likely to move around and evolve. We thank everyone in advance for the flexibility.

Wednesday November 18

Story sharing from across our community

(10.05 PT / 18.05 UTC)

Lifting up stories and projects from across our network:

• Campaigning and organizing for justice in Texas
• What's new and what's happening with Tor Browser and Tor Community
• Fundraising during Covid using open source tools
• AccessNow HelpLine: Supporting security needs of human rights activists
• Gender-based violence: the tolls of raising awareness in Mexican online spaces during 2020
• SignalBoost - Lessons from the real world of secure and anonymous organizing and protest
• Organizing in the DWeb Community and DWeb principles
• OpenStreetMap and the state of open mapping in 2020

Working Sessions I

(11.10 PT / 19.10 UTC)

Confirmed sessions are below, and we look forward to co-creating additional sessions in each Working Sessions time slot!

• Moving an organization to a place where we can talk meaningfully about our mission and values
• Leveraging our collective 'sense of crisis' to avoid going back to business-as usual
• Running virtual meetings that have heart and don't suck
• Campaigning for housing rights in East Los Angeles
• Indigenous opinions on the state of tech: How we can leverage skills and organize within and outside of traditional tech culture
• Alternative infrastructure for social movements: what dare we dream?

Thursday, November 19

Working Sessions II

(9.20 PT / 17.20 UTC)

Confirmed sessions are below, and we look forward to co-creating additional sessions in each Working Sessions time slot!

• Weaving collective care in our work and activism
• Strategy and leadership vs tools: striking a sustainable balance
• The state of press freedom and what you can do to help Freedom of the Press Foundation
• Advocating for health and safety with a "progressive" administration: challenges and lessons on moving to work from home with immigrant populations - (E)
• Sharing and comparing “believable accountability processes”: Peer sharing on what has worked and what hasn’t worked
• The state of nonprofit CRM

Skillshare and Demo Session

(11.10 PT / 19.10 UTC)

• Add your skill offers or skill requests here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/aspirationdevsummit20-skillshare

Friday, November 20

Working Sessions III

(9.20 PT / 17.20 UTC)

Confirmed sessions are below, and we look forward to co-creating additional sessions in each Working Sessions time slot!

• Coops Solidarity Session
• Facilitating leadership development as a group learning process
• Organizing mutual aid and trauma-sensitive support after the Alameda Fires, Rogue Valley
• Practicing self care and avoiding burnout in the time of Covid

Working Sessions IV

(11.10 PT / 19.10 UTC)

Confirmed sessions are below, and we look forward to co-creating additional sessions in each Working Sessions time slot!

Job Board and Book Recommendations

• Job Board

• Book Recommendations