In a world that shifts faster than we can keep up, we often carry questions of safety, purpose, and impact. When we hear the word governance, it can bring to mind systems that feel distant—or even working against us—especially in these times.
What would it take to build systems rooted in mutual care?
This is How WeGovern: An Applied Learning Space offers a guided space to slow down, connect, and practice collective governance as something we live daily. Over six sessions, we move between reflection, shared inquiry, and applied practice—building the “governing muscles” that help us act with clarity, intention, and care for ourselves and our communities.
Dates:
June 23 | June 25 | June 30 | July 2 | July 7 | July 9
We center everyday people to activate radical imagination, claim collective governance, and rebuild interconnection for collective healing and transformation.
More about the program
What We’re Exploring
This is How WeGovern invites each of us—everyday people, leaders, organizers, changemakers—to step into a practice of governance that is as intentional, relational, and accountable as our hope is bold. It’s an invitation to explore not just the rules that govern us, but the ways we can actively create systems that center dignity, mutual care, and interdependence.
These Clinics are designed as fertile ground—where curiosity and intention can grow into practical, strategic, and grounded application. Over the course of six sessions, we will gather as a learning and practice group to explore:
- How do we live with integrity, clarity, and community when everything feels unstable?
- What is required of us to hold a stance of collective governance—especially when it feels out of reach?
- What does it take to transform the conditions that shape our lived experience—not in theory, but in practice?
What to Expect
We intentionally bring together people across communities, places, disciplines, and professions, because we know that the practice of governance is nuanced, relational, and expansive. Whether we apply collective governance interpersonally, structurally, or in the many spaces in between, we contribute to the emergence of systems rooted in dignity, mutual care, and interdependence through:
This program offers:
- Light, self-guided practices between sessions to support integration
- Zoom sessions that feel as though time has slowed down—with space to reflect, listen, and be heard
- Facilitators who balance structure with responsiveness to the needs and energy of the group
- Invitations into conversation, embodiment, storytelling, and shared reflection
Who is this program for?
- Everyday people committed to practicing governance rooted in dignity, care, and interdependence
- Leaders and changemakers seeking to channel their efforts into collective action while staying grounded in uncertain conditions
- Groups and teams ready to experiment with shared leadership and responsibility
You will leave this program with:
- A deeper understanding of governance as a living, participatory practice
- Concrete pathways for applying collective governance in your daily life and work
- Tools for values-aligned decision-making, storytelling, and collective problem-solving
- Connections with leaders and changemakers practicing collective governance across movements and communities.
- A companion workbook and renewed clarity for the path ahead.
Through shared stories, guided exercises, and peer connection, participants leave grounded, energized, and better equipped to navigate change together.
Agenda at a glance:
Week I: Foundations of Collective Governance
- Opening circle: touchstone practices, intros and connection, intention-setting
- Introduction to #WeGovern agreements and origin story
- Understanding governance as shared leadership and responsibility
- Guided exploration of positionality: With who/when/where we will practice mutual care, responsibility, and interdependence
- Group discussion, reflection, and interactive practices (may incl. embodiment, art + story, peer sharing, resonant listening)
Week II: Exploring Governance Practices
- Collective inquiry: How do we live with integrity, clarity, and community when everything feels unstable?
- Learnings from the Resonance team’s lived experience implementing collective governance (ex: consent-based decision-making, role matrixes, conflict repair)
- Identifying governance challenges and opportunities related to specific communities, policies, and/or issues
- Group discussion, reflection, and interactive practices (may incl. embodiment, art + story, peer sharing, resonant listening)
Week III: Bridging Collective Governance into Daily Practice
- Closing circle: gratitude, reflections, and next steps
- Collective inquiry: What is required of us to hold a stance of collective governance, especially when it feels so far out of reach?
- Choosing specific settings and/or contexts in which we will (continue to) practice collective governance beyond the program
- Drafting implementation roadmaps that include specific goals, practices, and pivots necessary to apply collective governance
- Group discussion, reflection, and interactive practices (may incl. embodiment, art + story, peer sharing, resonant listening)
Logistics & details:
Explore collective power rooted in dignity and interdependence.
Registration fees:
We are deeply committed to ensuring cost is no barrier to people’s participation. A sliding scale fee is available with a request that participants choose the highest contribution level that is within their means. This makes it possible for us to offer full or partial scholarships for those who need the most financial assistance. We appreciate your participation in community care as you make your choice. If there is another amount that would better fit your financial reality, please email info@resonance-network.org
Ticket type
Sliding scale
Price
Community rate: $100
Sustainer rate: $200
Solidarity rate: $300
Generative rate: $400
Abundance rate: $500
Sponsorship
Bridge Sponsor — $750
Steward Sponsor — $1,000
Visionary Sponsor — $1,250
We prioritize accessibility for all who wish to participate in our programs. Please consider registering as a sponsor to support the full cost of producing this virtual training, scholarships, and management of the network.
Group rates & scholarships
Get in touch
To register a group or team, or to inquire about scholarships, reach out to us at info@resonance-network.org.
