U? is launching a Monthly Reading Group
Over the past several years, we've been actively reflecting (both internally and in dialogue with various collaborators) on how the relationships between (cultural) institutions and grassroots organizations, collectives and communities can be more thoughtfully nurtured. We recognize that these relationships require careful and sustained attention.
Each month, we’ll come together to explore questions that matter to the people in the room: How can we build collaborations that are non-extractive and non-hierarchical between grassroots initiatives and institutions? What practices, emotions or experiences hold us together as communities? And in a world that increasingly feels disconnected, how can we find ways to stay in touch in a human way?