So if you’re here and you’re reading this, I’m just glad this is an incubator for community organizers. We talk about direct action, outreach and publishing as a three part system to build power and drive impact. If you are fired about up about doing that for yourself or your neighborhood, that’s very good. You know, Atlanta has what’s marketed as a long history of pushing for justice. But we also have, I mean a lot of that is marketing. We, we also have a long history of jaw dropping corruption, just like any major city. So being a part of that is important.

The way the world is right now is enough to motivate anybody. And if you’re using that motivation to show up in the lives of the people around you, in your neighborhood, in your city, in your trade, that’s very powerful because not everybody gets that far. But I want to talk to you here in this very first video because while you’re here and you’re agitated and you’re interested and you’re curious and you’re motivated, I want that is the moment for you to think about your ability to pass that feeling to others around you. That is where organizing starts. It is about taking the spark that is inside of you and spreading it around to other people. And since you’re here, I want to encourage you to take the next steps. So, so the first thing that I want you to do now that you are here is to take our membership survey.

And it’s here, you’re looking at it and it has your name, your email, do you have any disability or accommodation needs? Are you a union member or retired union? How often do you like meetings? What kind of committees or working groups are you interested in working in? How would you like those meetings to go? This is. If you didn’t know anything about Mosaic Atlanta and you are starting from scratch, what do you want this to be?

Because we actually take that, that information on when we meet, what topics we cover, how often we meet and you know, all of those things and we integrate it into the work that you’re going to see here. And if you’re looking for like specific things to do, we have descriptions of official tasks that are here and we’re just so grateful that we have this kind of thing written out. So if you are interested in any of these roles, proactively take them. If you have a skill with accounting, if you want to take records, if you are good at posting and know a little front end WordPress development, if you want to be on wellness or coordinating or anything else, we’re going to talk about those things in detail. So that’s how you do it. And really looking forward to that. If you have any interest, grab it, be proactive.

And yeah, if it sounds like you, jump in. We have descriptions of each role available. If you need more information and we obviously do need you. I also want to briefly talk about our social media policy. I know everybody’s not going to be on social media with the organization in general, but it also helps you understand how we talk as an organization, which means you will always be just on topic with what we’re saying and what we’re doing and stuff like that. Yeah, that’s it. Say no more.

And yeah, that’s the social media policy. Give it a look. It will be linked underneath this video. So no problems there. This is from Scott Britton’s blog. It covers the map of consciousness developed by David R. Hawkins. Some of these concepts are a little bit wooey, but it’s important for you to at least know what this is because it’s going to help you understand how we write and how we talk.

When we talk about like negative things that are like anger, fear, guilt, shame, apathy, the survival paradigm, we want to acknowledge those things. It’s almost like a thermostat.

It’s not like you. Our goal is to create steam. It’s only that our goal is to acknowledge the full spectrum of human emotion, be uplifting. So you want to acknowledge when someone is in a state like this, you want to move them from being in solely a survival paradigm to being able to engage with issues with region integrity, to being able to have spiritual feelings like togetherness, oneness, friendship, happiness, joy, compassion. You get the idea. This is a model that helps us understand different emotional and mental states that people experience. And each level is a different way of seeing the world and interacting with it.

And you may have lower levels based on survival instincts and defending yourself, but you know, even though these emotions can’t keep you alive, they can also keep you stuck in blame and fear and resentment. But courage can be a turning point. And if you’re here, you’re in a state of courage for sure. It is when you decide to take action no matter what. And this is what drives change in the world. They move us from just being angry to doing something productive with our anger. And when it comes to organizing understanding, this concept can help us meet people where they are.

Some people are stuck in fear or apathy, and that’s fine because that’s where we’ve all been. Our job is to Meet them where we are, help them see what is possible and support them as they move upwards. If we’re going to build a movement, we need to do that and we need to understand where people come from and why and help them grow. Now, if you have an idea that you are passionate about, we definitely want to hear it. And the first step will be to share it with other people who are in the group and talking about why you’re fired up about it and why you care. So that’s what we’re going to talk about next. And you know, this is a space for collaboration and sometimes the best ideas are the ideas that come from many people working together.

So if you’re interested in feedback and developing your idea, whatever it is, we can make it something more powerful. And finally, if you have just any book or movie or anything, you know, if people come and go from our organization sometimes and that just sucks. It’s so great when I meet someone for even a minute or an hour or a day and they have something really important to share. So if you have whatever the most important thing that you have to share is, I would really love it if you talked about it, shared it, put it in a document and sent it our way so that even when you go, we can remember Boy John was here for like one month and the vibes were great and they left a book that they thought we should all know about so that years from now we can look back at it and know that, hey, this was something that you cared about and you were passionate about. So if you can do that, then feel free to so action items. Check out the member survey, see where you can get involved. We’re always looking for officers and coordinating committee members.

If any of these roles sound like you, please step up. Please take a look at the levels of consciousness from Scott Britton’s blog. Think about how it applies to your organizing work. Understanding this helps us connect with people. If you have a book, movie or anything else to add to our reading list, please share it. Always looking for new perspectives. That is video one.

That’s week one. And I hope that it’s giving you a start. Help you understand who we are, what we’re doing, and also giving you like core things to look at. And next week we’ll have even more.

Okay, so odds are that you already are aware of something that is going on, like an event or a campaign or something, and it’s probably why you’re here in the first place. You probably already have some context and some passion that’s already Driving you. But when you share your ideas, we can all join in, participate together. So this is all about practical tools for getting your events in front of members. When you have an idea that’s really at you and one that you can make, think, can make a real difference, you can bring it to us as a group. And sharing your ideas is really powerful because the passion and creativity of the members is just how we create an ecosystem. So that when you go and you look at the calendar that’s here and attached, you’re gonna see some events, or if you see viewer events, that means there’s just less activity with the membership.

If you see more events, there’s more activity from the membership.

So all you’ve got to do is.

Go to the submission page that’s under this video. It’s very simple and straightforward. You put in basics like, what is the event? What are the details, what’s the URL? What’s cool about this is it integrates with Google Calendar. Someone on the staff can approve your event, look at it, they like it. And everybody can be in sync.

So there are a few places to get started there. Make sure that you’re, you know, open to feedback and, you know, all working together. We make the idea stronger. Yeah, no, listen, that’s it. And remember that you can always skip lessons. Like, if you’re ready to dive in, you can do more. But look, here we are.

Just get in here. You see the page here? What event? What’s happening? When is it?

What is it? Where is it? When is it over? Beginning, ending. What’s the link? Is the event organizer a member? We just want to, like, have just some idea.

Who is this? I find in left wing groups, there’s just. Everybody’s always chasing some invisible ideal. Who are these people? Why aren’t. If they’re not members, why not? Are we trying to become cool to gain their approval?

We think that they’re doing some work that we can’t do, and if not, let’s get them in here.

All right, Event image. Event image.

Submit form. That’s it.

And just like showing you, you know, when you make a event, don’t worry too much because, buddy, it’s here. I mean, you know, it’s, it’s right here. Bam. A different account. Yeah, you see here, it’s got the data and it integrates really smoothly.

So people should be able to RSVP for this. Pretty quick, Pretty smooth. Yeah. All right. And just like showing you, you know, when you make a event, don’t worry too much. Because, buddy, it’s here. I mean, you know, it’s.

It’s right here. Bam. A different account. Yeah. You see here, it’s got the data, and it integrates really smoothly, so people should be able to RSVP for this pretty quick. Pretty smooth. Yeah. All right.