Reclaiming power with women’s self-defence in Belarus and Poland
With a ‘stunning democratic breakdown’ occurring across much of the Balkans, LGBTQI+ people are living within an increasingly overt hostile environment. We interviewed 5 activists from across the region to learn first-hand how resilience and resistance are being woven together within queer organizing circles.
Resilience as Resistance: LGBTQI+ Movement Building in the Balkans
Apologies, we are currently in the process of translating the Ulex site into Catalan and Spanish. Please be patient with us – this page will be coming soon! With a ‘stunning democratic breakdown’ occurring across much of the Balkans, LGBTQI+ people are living within an increasingly overt hostile environment. We interviewed 5 activists from across […]
Tools & Practices for Navigating Uncertainty : 2020 Regenerative Activism Series
When navigating through stress and uncertainty what are some of the ways we might develop resilience and collective care in a time of Deep Change?
Somatic Spaces for Healing Activist Trauma
An interview with Ulex trainer Lou Hemmerman about the importance of trauma-informed sustainable activism and how body-based practices can support healing at both an individual and movement level.
The Landworkers Alliance – Building resilience into our organisational structures.
In November 2019, the Ulex Project worked with the Landworkers Alliance to design a bespoke training in ‘Facilitation, sustainable organising and movement building’ to support their staff to better build skills and strategies for organising effective projects and campaigns. Roz Corbett, who participated in the training, shares a little of her experience.
Regenerative Activism online series May 2020
For the third year running the Ulex Project is collaborating with Advaya to offer the Regenerative Activism series, this time in the online space.
Ulex Team Update: we’re growing!
Since we launched in 2016 the Ulex coordination team has grown, with the original crew of Gee, Ella, Lindsay and Carol joined by five new members – Eweryst, Lou, Neus, Kat and Sheila. Our logistics and hosting team have also grown with Sana now joined by Sergi and Frida.
8 Resilience Trainers offer their 2 top tips
In these increasingly challenging and uncertain times, the need to build resilience into our organising structures becomes ever more essential. But what are some of the ways we might develop resilience, both within ourselves and our movements?
Active Allyship: Turning privilege into change
For some in social justice circles ‘ally’ has become a somewhat loaded term, with many arguing that the word has lost its power to build trust or meaningful solidarity. We spoke with trans activist and anti-oppression facilitator Kyle Sawyer about call-out culture, ways of turning privilege into change, and what it means to live a life of possibility.
The Commons Library : New chapters for social change
We spoke with activist educator Holly Hammond about the newly launched Commons Social Change Library, an online repository of freely available social movement stories, strategies and tools.