The NOVA Web Development cooperative and its partner cooperative in Liberia, Jetro Web Development, have been discussing building a solidarity economy school in Liberia with the goal of providing education in social justice computing and ot…

We are currently using the Assembly module for Decidim and are technically an assembly. However, we are building a network, in our own words and as part of VASEN. “Network” is understood without elaboration. Considerations: (1) we…

The Terms of Service of our Decidim platform were not set. I set them currently to something broad like, "Users of this site agree to share the values of NoVA SEN, the VA SEN, the US SEN, and RIPESS." But let's deliberate and collaborati…

Hello! We are collectively redesigning the UI and if you’ve found it difficult to locate anything, don’t like the look of the something or think something is already great, please let us know! Thank you!

A solidarity economy will only exist in the age of information technology when we the people have democratic control of the technological infrastructure we depend on to get through our day in the 21st century. We need to away from surveill…

Collective purchasing is when a group of citizens, neighbors, consumers come together and order something in bulk quantity to get better pricing — typically from a producer, rather than a store.  This can save 50%+ off costs at the store — …

Last meeting we mentioned the idea of creating task forces within NOVASEN. After attending the dual power gathering, we got some ideas of what those may be. Here's some ideas: 1. A rapid response network/ action for immigration (spec…

In an attempt to test out how to share a new proposal on our Decidim instance here, I opted to "Create new initiative" but it is possible that there is a way to post a new "Proposal" specifically that I have not figured out how to do yet. …

We should collaboratively create an OER (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources) curriculum for use in both formal and informal educational settings for teaching and learning about the solidarity economy and worker coopera…

A plan of action to provide tenants the platform to be heard, to be provided with alternatives, and to help with moving through with such alternatives. Consider land sovereignty as insurance of a community’s ability to self-determine with r…