2020 Agenda

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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

Opening Session

(9.00 PT / 17.00 UTC)

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

Break

(10.50 PT / 18.50 UTC)

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!

  • Leveraging our collective 'sense of crisis' to avoid going back to business-as usual
  • Weaving collective care in our work and activism
  • Moving an organization to a place where we can talk meaningfully about our mission and values
  • Running virtual meetings that have heart and don't suck
  • Working for Economic Justice work in East Los Angeles
  • Alternative infrastructure for social movements: what dare we dream?

Closing Session

(12.40 PT / 20.40 UTC)

Adjourn

(13.00 PT / 21.00 UTC)

Social time

Thursday, November 19

Opening Session

(9.00 PT / 17.00 UTC)

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!

  • 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

Break

(10.50 PT / 18.50 UTC)

Skillshare and Demo Session

(11.10 PT / 19.10 UTC)

Closing Session

(12.40 PT / 20.40 UTC)

Adjourn

(13.00 PT / 21.00 UTC)

Friday, November 20

Opening Session

(9.00 PT / 17.00 UTC)

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

Break

(10.50 PT / 18.50 UTC)

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!

Closing Session

(12.40 PT / 20.40 UTC)

Adjourn

(13.00 PT / 21.00 UTC)

Self-organized meetups and other fun

Job Board and Book Recommendations