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Learning to Labor Together

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Learning to Labor Together

Wednesday March 26, 2025

  • Pacific time: 8-9am
  • Mountain time: 9am-10am
  • Central time: 10-11am
  • Eastern time: 11am-12pm

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Longtime communitarian Yana Ludwig helps us all think about the dynamics around getting work done in community. From labor budgets to hard conversations, this session is a high-level look at ways we can do a more balanced job of managing work in the Learning to Labor Together webinar.

About the event

Labor is one of the most important ways that we contribute to making our communities real. Longtime communitarian Yana Ludwig helps us think about the dynamics around getting work done in community. From labor budgets to hard conversations about money and contributions, this session is a high-level look at ways we can do a more balanced job of managing work. This stimulating session will be thought-provoking for both forming communities and ones that are many years into the journey together.

In this session, we’ll explore the power of 4 key questions to help us develop healthy work systems in our groups:

  • Why are we here?
  • How much work is needed?
  • How do we make it fulfilling?
  • How do we talk about it?

About your presenter

Yana Ludwig

Yana served on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Intentional Community for over a decade. She has lived in community for 26 years and was a founder 4 times – all of her work is grounded in deep community experience.

Her writing includes The Cooperative Culture Handbook (co-authored with Karen Gimnig) focuses on articulating a vision and practical pathway for intentional culture building; and many articles in Communities magazine. Her latest book is on starting intentional communities, Building Belonging: Your Guide to Starting a Residential Intentional Community.

Yana is the former Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and the North Coast Food Web in Oregon. Bringing what we learn in community into nonprofit and worker co-op spaces is one of her passions. She is a dynamic, compassionate and thoughtful speaker and teacher, committed to creating a more just and resilient world. Learn more about Yana here.

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Live StreamYard Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to view a live session on StreamYard with the panelists.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.

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Learning to Labor Together

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Learning to Labor Together

Wednesday March 26, 2025

  • Pacific time: 8-9am
  • Mountain time: 9am-10am
  • Central time: 10-11am
  • Eastern time: 11am-12pm

View your local time here.

REGISTER NOW

Longtime communitarian Yana Ludwig helps us all think about the dynamics around getting work done in community. From labor budgets to hard conversations, this session is a high-level look at ways we can do a more balanced job of managing work in the Learning to Labor Together webinar.

About the event

Labor is one of the most important ways that we contribute to making our communities real. Longtime communitarian Yana Ludwig helps us think about the dynamics around getting work done in community. From labor budgets to hard conversations about money and contributions, this session is a high-level look at ways we can do a more balanced job of managing work. This stimulating session will be thought-provoking for both forming communities and ones that are many years into the journey together.

In this session, we’ll explore the power of 4 key questions to help us develop healthy work systems in our groups:

  • Why are we here?
  • How much work is needed?
  • How do we make it fulfilling?
  • How do we talk about it?

About your presenter

Yana Ludwig

Yana served on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Intentional Community for over a decade. She has lived in community for 26 years and was a founder 4 times – all of her work is grounded in deep community experience.

Her writing includes The Cooperative Culture Handbook (co-authored with Karen Gimnig) focuses on articulating a vision and practical pathway for intentional culture building; and many articles in Communities magazine. Her latest book is on starting intentional communities, Building Belonging: Your Guide to Starting a Residential Intentional Community.

Yana is the former Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and the North Coast Food Web in Oregon. Bringing what we learn in community into nonprofit and worker co-op spaces is one of her passions. She is a dynamic, compassionate and thoughtful speaker and teacher, committed to creating a more just and resilient world. Learn more about Yana here.

Location

You’ll get the Zoom link after you register in your confirmation email. Please check the spam folder of the inbox you use to register for an email from or****@**.org.

Download Zoom

The Online Event Experience

Live StreamYard Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to view a live session on StreamYard with the panelists.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for 60 days. So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.

Registration

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