#participation — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/iran/278951/ Tehran Warns Seoul: Any Hormuz Deployment Means Joining the War on Iran #a #against #aggression #amount #and #any #Deployment #direct #Friday #has #Hormuz #in #involvement #Iran #iranian #Islam #Joining #korea #means #Military #of #official #on #participation #political #said #security #senior #Seoul #south #strait #Tehran #that #the #Times #to #War #warned #warns #would

Weitere Laptopspenden aus Deutschland haben Schüler und Schülerinnen an Schulen in Tschernihiv , Ukraine erreicht. Dort ermöglichen sie den Jugendlichen digitale Teilhabe in schwierigen Zeiten.
Danke Ira für die Koordination und Hilfe bei der Logistik. Alles Gute.
#labdoo #ukraine #tschernihiw #chernihiv #laptop #bildung #education #teilhabe #participation
— in Tschernihiw, Oblast Tschernihiw, Ukraine.

Weitere Laptopspenden aus Deutschland haben Schüler und Schülerinnen an Schulen in Tschernihiv , Ukraine erreicht. Dort ermöglichen sie den Jugendlichen digitale Teilhabe in schwierigen Zeiten.
Danke Ira für die Koordination und Hilfe bei der Logistik. Alles Gute.
#labdoo #ukraine #tschernihiw #chernihiv #laptop #bildung #education #teilhabe #participation
— in Tschernihiw, Oblast Tschernihiw, Ukraine.

🇪🇪 Estonia confirms Eurovision 2027 participation https://www.byteseu.com/2335697/ #EestiLaul #ESC #ESC2027 #Estonia #eurovision #Eurovision2027 #EurovisionSongContest #participation

Regen Melbourne

I can’t believe I have not written about Regen Melbourne before. I have been loosely involved with them from the beginning and the crafting of their original co-created vision statement, based on Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics model. I have also had the pleasure of being part of some of their workshops, and they have also been of great help and support with my own personal regeneration project.

Over the years, Regen Melbourne’s work has steadily evolved and now coalesces around three key Earthshots. An Earthshot is a declaration of intent to solve complex social and ecological challenges. Earthshots recognise that social and ecological regeneration are inseparable. They set an ambition of possibility, coherence of a collective response, and agitation of the conditions we operate within. Earthshots are whole-of-city in scope, long-term in commitment, and open to many entry points.

Each Earthshot has six key qualities.

Wildly Ambitious

Because the scale of the challenges demand it. We are all invested in the social and ecological future of this place.

Systems-oriented

Looking at the conditions we need not just outputs. Oriented towards multi-benefits not single solutions.

Whole-of-city

No one organisation can own the scope of the Earthshot. We are interconnected, so too must our response be.

Coherence, not consensus

There is no blueprint. Forward-leaning action looks like smart collaboration, not waiting for everyone to agree.

Long-term and open

Committed to building broad support over time. An Earthshot is a platform for entry points, not a closed project.

Of and for Melbourne

These Earthshots are in service to place. They build on what makes this city thrive and centre care for our future.

The current Earthshots they are focussing on are:

Swimmable Birrarung
A thriving and swimmable Birrarung, from source to sea
300,000 Streets
A city of participatory and truly liveable streets
Nourished Neighbourhoods
A network of resilient local food economies across our city

You can find a load more about all of this on their website but what caught my eye recently was this particular article, The Power of Participation: Strengthening the civic muscle of Greater Melbourne. [LINK] The author, Joel Backwell, covers a lot of ground in this post talking about Participatory Urbanism in Melbourne, from “what we are seeing” now, to “where to from here”. For anyone living in Melbourne it’s a great snapshot of some of the wonderful projects and orgs operating on the ground and the work they are doing. The article asks the big questions about participation as well as explaining its importance. Something I have done in previous posts: HERE and HERE

“What we are interested in is how all this participation comes together, in service of Greater Melbourne. How intentional must we be in directing this participation towards influencing and shaping power? Or is it enough to just create opportunities for people to come together to discuss what matters to them and their neighbourhoods, and then let a thousand flowers bloom? Can we expect that participation, in response to societal and environmental challenges, will organically scale up to political action? Or will it require organisations like Regen Melbourne to help join the dots, bring these spheres of activity together and build new spaces and institutions for collaboration and collective decision-making at a city scale?“

I’ll wrap this up here because I hope I’ve given enough reasons to go and read the post and check out more about what Regen Melbourne is doing in general on their website here: https://regen.melbourne They have their fingers in a lot of pies, so for anyone interested in Climate Change, Social Justice, or Regeneration, you will find loads of stuff to dive into: Climate Change Exchange – Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box – Connected Corridors – School Streets

Other links

You can follow The REGEN Gazette here: https://regen.melbourne/the-gazette
The People’s Plan for Footscray https://peoplesplanfootscray.net/
McKinnon and Foundations for Tomorrow https://foundationsfortomorrow.org
Doing Co: https://doingco.org/

@aredridel @hongminhee

Yes well said! In society we lack ways to deal with wicked problems. The kind where there is no one single solution. It is a given that special interest groups apply their lobbying and propaganda powers to influence public opinion. And that #activism for the good cause and against malign actors lacks ways to spark a large mass of people into coordinated #resistance and onto pathways towards #solutions. The call of the #activist is for #awareness and #participation, but that all too often requires 'sacrifice'. Often harsh moral judgment is given to those who contribute insufficiently in the eyes of the activist. As result the activist does not win people over, and activism may even backfire.

Social experience design, while focused on tech foundations first, is a generic solution development methodology aimed at ability to affect societal impact and solve wicked problems. It defines #CALMculture as a way to organize activism in a commons.

https://discuss.coding.social/t/challenge-calm-culture-to-mitigate-polarization/681

The new uncomfortable normality
No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience (report): National security starts at the front door – not at the territorial borders.

"For most Australians, the 18-month research project revealed, national security starts at their front door – not at the territorial borders of the island continent. It showed they are worried the country is not prepared for the demands of a volatile 21st century in a polluted information ecosystem, where the rules-based international order is crumbling, economic precarity has become uncomfortably normal and trust is more fragile." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/29/surging-anxiety-australia-national-security-patriotism-ntwnfb

Report: No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience >>
https://nsc.anu.edu.au/research/no-worries-australian-attitudes-national-security-risk-and-resilience

#PublicAnxiety #anxiety #Australia #worries #trust #precarity #inequality #polycrisis #instability #safety #stability #participation #SocialIntegration #FarRight #SocialCohesion #belonging #HyperIndIvidualisation #UncomfortableNormality #climate #NationalSecurity #war

Social cohesion and gritted-teeth tolerance

"In 2022, for the first time in decades, the government commissioned a review of multiculturalism, Towards Fairness. It found Australia had muddled on, but squandered its world-leading status and recommended the government create a minister, a permanent commission and department for multiculturalism. Labor MP Dr Anne Aly was appointed multicultural affairs minister in 2025."

She delivered a powerful speech last November:

"Aly declared it was time to end “the conditional form of multiculturalism, that kind of gritted-teeth tolerance that,

'You are welcome here as long as your food tastes good,

your celebrations are colourful, and

your music is present to the ears.’"

"But any questioning, any speaking out, any disruptive participation in any practice of citizenship will not be tolerated. Instead, acts of citizenship afforded to the broader community are viewed as acts of defiance when performed by the other and are met with cries of, ‘Go back to where you came from,’ and ‘Love Australia or leave it.’ " >>
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/mar/23/social-cohesion-meaning-has-lost-feelgood-vibe

Full speech: Reimagining Multiculturalism in Australia, The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2025 >>
https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/anne-aly-2025

#SocialCohesion #ethnonationalism #Anglosphere #SettlerSociety #mainstream #belonging #diversity #IndigenousPeoples #CALD #hate #racism #silencing #culture #entertainment #SongAndDance #ScarilyDiverse #representation #participation #Australia #culture

Nutt Los 💥ZERSTÖRT💥 die Psychologie als Fach: "So können wir die psychologischen Fakultäten schließen" 🤓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QtvCUS9cQc

#ClickBait #Informationsflut #Ignorieren #SocialMedia #StreisandEffekt #StreisanEffect #Media #Politics #Democracy #ContradicitioInAdiecto #Bildung #Education #Aufklärung #Enlightenment #Irony #Ironie #Selbstwiderspruch #PerformativerSelbstwiderspruch #Demorkatie #Paradox #Paradoxon #Bias #StephanLewandowsky #Ignoranz #Ignoriering #Participation #SZ #Sueddeutsche

📢 Cher·e·s adhérent·e·s, la #SFBI a besoin de vous pour faire grimper le compteur des #votes pour le #renouvellement du #bureau mais également pour le #bilan #moral et #financier❗️
Nous comptons sur votre #participation❗️
La barre des 40% n'est pas si loin, on y croit 💪

— The #collegiate #leagues should #pass a #rule that if a #team #forfeits a #match without a #reasonable and #clearly #articulable #justification, they will be #banned from #participation for the rest of the #season."

"Le tribunal de Lille a condamné trois dirigeants d’Emmaüs pour travail dissimulé. À Montauban, la justice a placé en garde à vue deux autres dirigeants notamment pour travail dissimulé et rémunération insuffisante ou inexistante" : https://www.streetpress.com/sujet/1720607234-emmaus-mises-examen-dirigeants-condamnations-travail-dissimule-remuneration-revelations-streetpress

#victoire #victoires #luttes #sansPapiers #exilés #immigrés #dominationAdulte #sousTraitance #travail #association #associations #management #participation #encadrement #salariat #subventions #coût #Emmaüs #Nieppe #EmmaüsNieppe #EmmaüsFrance #exploitation #StreetPress #clivageRacial #ligneDeCouleur #Montauban #racisme

#Discrimination #lawsuit brought by #transgender #powerlifter sent back to #Minnesota #trial #court.

#JayCeeCooper, a #transgender #woman, sued #USAPowerlifting in 2021 after the #organization #denied her 2018 #request for #participation.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Minnesota #Entertainment #Sports #Weightlifting #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/discrimination-lawsuit-brought-transgender-powerlifter-sent-back-minne-rcna144038

#Pastor Who #Served #Church for 17 Years #Fired for "#AHopeforChange," #Essay that summarizes the #ChurchofTheNazarene’s #opposing #stance on #gay #marriages.

He said in the #essay that he was "unable to #justify telling a #couple who are in #love with #Christ and each other, seeking #godly #counsel and #participating in the #life of the #church, that I must refuse them #blessing and #participation in the #sacrament of #marriage."

https://themessenger.com/news/pastor-who-served-same-church-for-almost-two-decades-fired-over-gay-marriage-essay

#USACycling Sent Out a #Survey on #Transgender #Participation in #Sport. Many Are Calling It #Dehumanizing.

The #cycling #community is calling for the #problematic #survey to be #rescinded and #rethought.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a43963902/usa-cycling-survey-on-transgender-participation-in-sport/

Only six days left to apply!

At #WWU, we are searching for a colleague who is fond of #SurveyDesign / #SurveyAnalysis and likes to work with us in a #HorizonEurope project on #democracy, #participation, and #sustainability. It is a full position (100%) without teaching obligations that runs until end of February 2026. PhD is a plus, but not a must.

I am happy to answer any questions on the position and / or the project! @politicalscience @surveystatisticsandmethodology

🚨 Project Researcher (100%, until 28 February 2026!) 🚨

For work packages including #SurveyDesign and #SurveyAnalysis regarding #democracy, #participation, and #sustainability, we are currently offering a position as a project researcher / research associate (100%).

More information here: https://go.wwu.de/2ltea or just send me an email / DM.

Deadline is 10 April 2023!

@politicalscience @surveystatisticsandmethodology

#FutureHistories #Podcast S02E33 - Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordination

#PatDevine, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Podcast, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Planning, #Sozialismus, #Socialism, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #SocialistDemocracy, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Cooperation, #Decisionmaking, #Participation, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Postcapitalism, #ParticipatoryEconomics, #NegociatedCoordination, #Socialownership, #SelfgoverningSociety, #ScienceandSociety, #RobinHahnel, #DavidLaibman, #Marxism, #MarxistEconomics

https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s02e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/