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With focus on the relationship between time, budget, and commitment in event planning the need for flexibility and periodic adjustments is emphasized. It suggests planning timelines by working backward from the event's start date. Key resources include templat...

Sample emails and communications for planning and coordinating CommsLabs events, including templates for logistics, coordination, and safety information, streamline the process. Sample CommsLabs Emails & Comms: a compilation of sample emails and communicati...

Safety and security was addressed through tools for identifying and addressing potential concerns, including a scenario planning template for in-person gatherings. A travel safety template captures important local information, emergency contacts, and action pl...

Preparation for CommsLabs event includes structured planning through the Co-Design Session, Co-Design Agenda Workshop, and co-designed agenda and facilitation plans. Developed floor plans help organize agenda into a visual format, while comprehensive program d...

Hybrid events require careful planning to ensure all participants feel included and engaged. Emphasizing adaptation, flexibility, and community leadership fosters inclusive participation, while continuous evaluation and documentation help capture valuable insi...

We are at the last circle, the last round of smiles, nodding, rising of arms with hands waving appreciation and gratitude. Agreement rises and diffuse gently as a low paced tide. The event has flown seamlessly with everyone contributing to its magic. Folks ha...

After the event, communal infrastructure plays a crucial role in sustaining connections, fostering networking, and enabling ongoing knowledge sharing. It can be leveraged to organize future events, support network building and advocacy efforts. Potential of i...

Generational and present-day trauma from experiences with state and other forms of violence deeply impacts those working in movements for social justice. Healing justice is a response to this trauma, lifting up practices that support wellness and safety to our...

Language justice is a concept that emphasizes the right of all individuals to communicate in their preferred language and to have their language and cultural identities respected and valued. In the context of activism and translation/interpreting, language jus...

Nurturing an environment where each person feels seen and heard, with an acknowledgment of their experience, contributes to a work flow that welcomes shared learning, intersectional conversations, mutual support, and creative collaboration.  Here are our prin...

Introduction In light of the specific context of Covid19, APC collaborated with Astraea translating CommsLabs to a hybrid setting, addressing additional safety and security considerations on creating safer places for organizers, advisory board, and participan...

How to make a participatory and community centered CommsLab? Deep dive into presentations of online session

Commslabs Resource 2.0 What is CommsLabs? What is CommsLabs? From CommsLabs 1.0 to 2.0 About CommsLabs 2.0 History and context The "look": visual and design assets Research Landscape Research Digital Infrastructure Commslabs spaces D...

Infrastructure specifications Inception and Design The CommsLabs digital infrastructure was designed as online spaces to support the CommsLabs events. The idea originated when the CommsLabs were being redesigned to be remote or hybrid events as opposed to fu...

Online Spaces Design The Online Spaces are meant to be a shared space for folks involved in preparing, shaping and taking part in an event. For fulfilling these multiple roles, it needs to be designed carefully in order to be practical, accessible and invitin...

Example – Setting up monthly Activist Advisory Board meeting  1. Coordination Team Meeting scheduled over email & recorded in calendar (top layer being the high level workplan >> decides frequency of Coordination Team meeting > > decides Coordination Team me...

Time is not a variable neither is an infinite endless resource. Across time events unfold. We plan from beginning towards the end. We use tools and methodologies to measure, monitor time. Beside what we can call the general timeline of an event there are ten...