Movement capabilities and how to build power from the bottom and to the left
As we face a globalized capitalism destroying the physical conditions of a livable planet, we need to build a movement capable of not only confronting it but also dismantling it. This involves building power from the bottom and to the left.
This webinar is about exploring several movement capabilities (disruptive, narrative, institutional, and others) that our invited speakers have invested in, discussing what capabilities we need now, and learning from past experience on movement capability building.
12 May - 13:00 UTC - Online
Speakers
Gabriela Mitidieri works at CELS, a human rights organization in Argentina. Her main focus of research is the growth of the far right in Argentina and worldwide. Between 2016 and 2021, she received a doctoral scholarship from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). She has a PhD in History from the University of Buenos Aires. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses at various national universities. She has published academic articles in national and international scientific journals. In the field of activism, over the last ten years, she has conducted workshops on gender perspective in social, territorial, and political organizations. She has participated in feminist and LGBTQI+ community organizations in the city of Buenos Aires.
Yotam Marom is an organizer and facilitator based in New York City. Yotam played a leadership role in Occupy Wall Street and other direct action movements before and since around a variety of issues, from Israel/Palestine to deportation to climate emergency. He has founded and led a few organizations, and now spends most of his time as a facilitator and coach for leadership teams of social movement organizations, supporting them to work through group conflicts and make hard strategic decisions. Yotam also has two very cute kids, likes to cook, reads fictions, and has some fun hobbies; you can find his writing and more at www.yotammarom.net.
Moderator: Matilde Alvim is a climate justice activist based in Lisbon. She was co-founder and organizer of the Fridays for Future strikes in Portugal in 2019, as well as organizer of the “End Fossil: Occupy!” movement between 2022 and early 2024 at both national and international level. For the past year, she has been more active in Climáximo. In her free time, she is an anthropologist.