The CWS Brainstorm Worksheet is the starting point for anyone exploring the Community Welfare System, whether you're a neighbor ready to get involved, an organizer coming out of mutual aid work, or someone inside a nonprofit or institution looking to build closer to community.
In these 7 pages, the worksheet helps you think through:
The one issue you're building around, and who is already showing up for it
Where you stand today across the four pillars: Shared Leadership, Mutual Aid Resource Pool, Operational Programs, and Organized Community Participation
What you already have to work with, including people, spaces, and resources
One first step you can take, and where to go from here
If you're coming from an existing organization or effort, the optional Going Deeper page invites you to reflect honestly on where your current structure strains and which pillar is being held together by one person's effort.
Work through it on your own or with the people you organize with. When you're ready to build, the Pillar Implementation Worksheet picks up where this one leaves off.
The CWS Brainstorm Worksheet is the starting point for anyone exploring the Community Welfare System, whether you're a neighbor ready to get involved, an organizer coming out of mutual aid work, or someone inside a nonprofit or institution looking to build closer to community.
In these 7 pages, the worksheet helps you think through:
The one issue you're building around, and who is already showing up for it
Where you stand today across the four pillars: Shared Leadership, Mutual Aid Resource Pool, Operational Programs, and Organized Community Participation
What you already have to work with, including people, spaces, and resources
One first step you can take, and where to go from here
If you're coming from an existing organization or effort, the optional Going Deeper page invites you to reflect honestly on where your current structure strains and which pillar is being held together by one person's effort.
Work through it on your own or with the people you organize with. When you're ready to build, the Pillar Implementation Worksheet picks up where this one leaves off.
