Please complete this form to help us plan for the Cooperative's 2024 Intention Setting Retreat February 26th - March 1. Immerse yourself in the the Cooperative's first ever virtual retreat! Topics include: Familiarizing the Cooperative, Positionality, Defining Membership, Building an Intentional Container for Healthcare Abolition, and more.
Sessions are intended to be interactive and participatory.
The virtual and scheduling format is intended to allow for folks to participate as suits their schedules and interests. Do what feels most aligned with your life and bring a friend or two!
But first, let us know if you will be joining us and how we can support you in attending.
Retreat Schedule (all sessions are virtual and listed in Central Time)
Session 1: Familiarizing the Cooperative
This session will review the history of the Cooperative. A time for folks who are new to the space to learn some of the history and ask questions.
Offered on:
Monday, February 26th 9:30am - 10:30am
Thursday, February 29th 9:30am - 10:30am
Session 2: Positionality
This session will be a facilitated session to think through one’s position as it relates to the work of healthcare abolition. The Cooperative requires that all members, volunteers, and staff must investigate positionality and create an accountability plan prior to engagement.
Offered on:
Tuesday, February 27th 11:00am - 12:00pm
Session 3: Defining Membership
A time to talk about what the attributes of membership are presently and can grow into.
Offered on:
Tuesday, February 27th 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Session 4: Building an Intentional Container for Healthcare Abolition
This session will discuss the culture of space and place. What is the organizational cadence? What does it mean to build in the growth of skills and community for after this container exists?
Offered on:
Thursday, February 29th, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Session 5: 2024 Reparations Project
This brainstorming session will hold space for folks to dream into what a campaign for healthcare reparations could look like in 2024.
No final decisions will be made, it is meant to be generative and playful.
Explore how this can align with other movements happening locally, regionally, and nationally.
Offered on:
Friday, March 1st 9:30am - 11:00am
Session 6: Political Education Planning
Come together to outline and begin drafting up to 9 PE sessions. Want to take leadership of one? Sweet!
Offered on:
Friday, March 1st 11:30am - 12:30pm
Session 7: Opportunities to Plug In
This session will be a time for folks who want to engage more deeply to brainstorm ways to plug in.
Offered on:
Thursday, February 29th 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Friday, March 1st 1:00pm - 2:00pm
