Out in the Open — Remarks on the Trump Election
Bureau of public secrets. November 16, 2016
The Donald Trump campaign has exposed some very ugly aspects of American society. They’re not pretty to look at, but it’s probably better that they’re out there in the open where we can all see them and no one can deny them. It has also revealed some genuine grievances that had been ignored, and it’s good that those too are now out in the open.
The case of North Kelvin Meadows and The Glasgow Effect
The Common Good Awareness Project, will be at Centre Human Ecology in the Pearce Institute every Thursday from between 1 – 4:00 Or by pre arranged times: Also outside Shopping Centre 12 till 2:00 on same day on occasion.
CHE Pearce Institute, 840-860
Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU
Phone: 07811263923
email: info@inthecommongood.org
Web :commgood.wordpress.com
PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT
Part of the PAR To increase understanding and encourage participation in helping to build local institutions where research can be shared, discussed and developed with others.
Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley from Makila, Coop on Vimeo.
Scottish Unemployed Workers Network, Wed. 10 June will be holding a public meeting for anyone who is interested in finding out more about SUWN, and the work they are doing. This will be at Plantation Productions, The Portal, 978 Govan Road MAP
Common Good Awareness Project – Farmhouse. Interested to find out what we’ve got planned at the Farmhouse Project? Want to share your ideas and get involved? Keen to contribute to a discussion about the current and future status of the Farmhouse and Garden?
Come along to our public meeting on the 19th of May from 6.30 at Plantation Productions. 978 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3AJ7:00 To 9:00 Doors open 6:30
EMAIL: info@inthecommongood.org
WEB: commgood.wordpress.com
Facebook.com/commongooodawareness
Finding access to tools that enable the community to conduct their own learning – Find their own inspiration – Shape their own environment and share their adventure with whoever is interested.
Interesting 70s film on squatting, self help, self made, communities
The weather is changing, time to get out and about. Come and help our brothers and sisters to build their bothy in the Concrete Community Garden, Possil. We want to finish it for our busy summer activities. If you have some time pop in. No experience necessary – but if you have all the better. Banter is passable, good crack, and the food is good. We will even pay your bus fare and you will learn something. Hod me back!
Preparing The Path – Event 7th Feb
After a well attended “Farmhouse Town Hall” meeting the general feeling was to start looking at doing some concrete activities
Preparing The Path – Event
Community Garden visit 11:00 Plantation lunch and discussion 1:00 (Click image for details)
Preparing the path, meet-up will consist of a garden visit to look at building, a local walk and talk. Then. Next step conversations at Plantation Productions meeting space. Take a look at the physical space of the site, make some notes and look at a strategy for proceeding and formulating some ideas to get going.
For instance
We need a team in to clear space to set up a container workshop; to be kitted out as a learning pod, in which an organised program of activities could be put together.
So we need to put a shipping container in garden to function as a work space, meeting space and fit it with tools and equipment to suit a variety of activities. A place where groups and individuals could, meet, do workshops, and learn about a whole bunch of things.
Set up cargo bike, from (Free Wheel North) as traveling information centre, we can take to schools, events, groups, etc.
Set up Local building group – to connect with other projects. Organise workshops in basic building skills
Start off our Participatory Action Research project and media group. Make programs and updates for Sunny Govan Radio.
Look at the “Well Said” project at plantation who will be filming Farmhouse activities and training people up in media skills.
Putting together presentations to further education departments for student field work to support different aspects of the project.
A schools Common Good Fund information pack to engage children in understanding what the commons is.
These are a few of the ideas we could talk about but it is important that folk feel that they can contribute their own ideas. What will be important is, how we will proceed to do things in the right order and how we go about building capacity for the tasks at hand.
We look forward to seeing you. Project Development Team
Idea:
Take an old farmhouse part of Govan’s Common Good Fund and turn it into an independent community resource centre.Use the entire process from planning to building as a learning project and include as much of the community as possible.
Website: commgood.wordpress.com
Video: http://youtu.be/Oh-LJs6v-B0
Farmhouse Project – Raise the Roof Beams
January 13th 2015 7:00 Pearce Institute You are invited to a Common Good evening to find out about and discuss the Farmhouse project. Developing an independent resource centre in Govan. In this our first TownHall meeting. We will set out plans for the Farmhouse and discuss ways of how folk could become involved. Then open it to the floor for peoples input and ideas. What we will look at on the night is: – A short presentation of the farmhouse and ideas for future developments in 2015. – Why independent commons assets are important to our communities. – Why it is important to different organisations in the wider context. – The commons in helping to create new community models relevant to local people. - How we protect the Common Good Fund for future generations, by understanding what it is and using it to empower communities. Light refreshments and some snacks will be supplied during evening