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COLLECTIVE FUTURES

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01/31/26 - Assembly: A Holding Space for Culture - ItsOk* by its_a_local

It is Friday again. I’m back on the mic. You tryna get free? I’m tryna get free too.

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1/31/26 - Assembly: A Holding Space for Culture - ItsOk* by its_a_local

Close-up of a presentation slide with yellow text on a black background discussing collective futures, creative change-makers, community, and infrastructure.
Text on a black background with a pattern overlay, reading 'We Mobilize' in large blue font, followed by a list of roles in white and colored text including artists, architects, city planners, community builders, community land trust stewards, designers, educators, futurists, social innovators, space holders, storytellers, and students across disciplines.
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A black presentation slide with yellow and white text titled "We Bridge" discussing arts, cultural practice, and city building for social impact. Bullet points include themes like alternative governance, place-based needs, research, education, storytelling, and co-creation.
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𓇢𓆸𖧧 Planting seeds for our collective futures ⚘❀.ೃ࿔

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View fullsize @adrianlayner of @bookclubtoronto.ca started a series called ‘Read the Room’ at CoFu’s program Assembly @designtofestival in January! 📕📗Adrian’s next readings are happening today at @itsok.world featuring Sam Sabzaveri shari
View fullsize We are excited to have artist, sculptor, musician @whyteerica performing tonight at our @designtofestival closing! See you after 7pm (or 4:30 if you’re attending the mapping workshop) 👀
View fullsize Excited to have new media artist and mask-maker @taramoves in our DJ lineup for our @designtofestival closing party tonight! See you there👀😌
View fullsize 🪅come celebrate with us! We’re throwing an @designtofestival closing ceremony + party at @itsok.world for our exhibition/ gathering space this Saturday from 7-11pm 👀 featuring performances from @gizaadaa @whyteerica @taramoves @izzypaez @vero
View fullsize ❣️Announcing the Assembly: A Holding Space for Culture @designtofestival workshops & events to book into your calendar! 📆 schedule on 🛝2️⃣ & registration link in bio ⛓️‍💥 ❣️Presented in collab with @bookclubtoronto.ca @thethirdtakepod
View fullsize Here we are! Announcing Collective Futures aka CoFu’s program, Assembly: A holding space for culture, as part of @designtofestival 🌞 with space being held for us at @itsok.world 🤲🏽 Assembly is a gallery, gathering space and workshop series,
View fullsize Wake up! Our city needs more creative people bridging practices between arts + culture, city building & social impact and here we are 👀 ✮ ⋆˚｡𖦹༻🌉༺꩜⋆｡°✩ alternative governance, spatial design, engagement, knowledge exchange, & storytell
View fullsize Who are we? ✮ ⋆˚｡𖦹༻🫶🏾༺꩜⋆｡°✩ We are made up of an incredible group of creative change-makers across disciplines- all committed to designing more equitable, resilient, & responsive systems for our communities, cultures, & generations aft
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