Is there a topic you’re interested in learning more about, but you haven’t had the time or known where to start? Are you interested in studying with others in DC who are passionate about creating a better world for all and improving their skills and knowledge base to accelerate their work?
Hub DC is partnering with Citizen Circles, a network of peer-to-peer learning catalysts who are working with people around the world who are passionate about social change to design their own learning experiences with small, local peer groups. Citizen Circles participants are making new connections, advancing their personal goals, and actively changing their lives and communities for the better.
The Winter 2012 round of Hub DC Citizen Circles has begun.
The following groups have formed as part of the winter round:
- Exploring the City
- Privilege and Social Justice
- Community Organizing
- Climate Action Organizing
- Education Organizing
- Responsible Fatherhood
- Systems Mapping in the Community
- Creative writing
- Food justice
- Urban Farming, Picking, and Preserving
- Building community wealth
Past Citizen Circles have included:
- Corporations and society
- Time Banking
- Design thinking
- Social enterprise
- Strengthening personal resilience
- Conflict transformation
- Women as social innovators
The Following are proposed Citizen Circles that have not yet formed. Let us know if you would like to hear more about any of these:
- Nonprofit Innovation
- Strengthening Social Imagination through A People’s History
- GED Prep
- Tax Prep
- Bridging Cultural Divides in DC
- Public Speaking
- Clean energy / weatherization
- Creating alternative healthcare structures
- Exploring indigenous knowledge
- Drive and Motivation
- The Power of Storytelling
- Social theory reading & discussion group
Since the Summer of 2011, Hub DC has organized citizen circles that meet at least 6 times to explore their idea in depth – combining reading, viewing, discussing, and experiential elements for a rich peer-to-peer learning experience. We all come together at points along the way to connect, share what we’ve learned, and talk about how this will fuel our work for social change. As of the end of 2011, more than 30 people participated in 8 Citizen Circles.
If you would like to learn about how to get involved with one of the groups or move your name on the list, email Allison at allison.basile@the-hub.net.
