Are you interested in re-examining your conventional knowledge and assumptions of colonialism and the NPIC? Come deepen your anti-colonial analysis of the NPIC with a 3-part reading series where we will dive into the history and violence of foreign aid, identify colonial legacies in international development and nonprofits, and interrogate the practice of international development. Over the course of 3 weeks, we will use readings from Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Dambisa Moyo, Walter Rodney, Arundhati Roy, Angela Davis, Michael Parenti, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, and more. Each session will include a short recap or lecture from the facilitator to frame the content.

Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

Did you know that the Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) is global and reaches far beyond the U.S. and into the Global South? The NPIC dictates underdevelopment for poverty stricken and oppressed nations and communities and has strong ties to race and capitalism. If you work in a non-profit, foundation, and or the international development sector, this primer is for you. Join Both/And in analyzing the NPIC from an anti-colonial lens. We will explore the basis for NPIC’s global role and examine how it upholds structures of colonialism and imperialism that are still active today through mechanisms such as foreign aid, the IMF, World Bank, and USAID.

*Although not necessary, we do recommend that you have taken our primer “What is the Non-Profit Industrial Complex?”

Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

If you are looking to explore what the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC) is, how it is used to maintain wealth and power, and how it suppresses and co-opts radical movements, this is the reading group for you! Over the course of 3 weeks, we will use readings from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Joy James, Paul Kivel, Dean Spade, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Sidra Morgan-Montoya and more to explore the structural elements of the NPIC. Each session will include a short recap or lecture from the facilitator to frame the content.
This reading group is a primer for other topics that will be explored throughout the year, including a global analysis of the NPIC, labor within the NPIC, and what an abolitionist praxis of the NPIC can look like.

Facilitated by Zara Cadoux (She/Her).

Join us for a primer on what the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC) is, how it functions, and how the elite use it to maintain wealth and power. This teach-in will explore the history of philanthropy, pose questions about how we came to see nonprofits as inherently good and social change as a job, and interrogate how capitalist power structures are maintained through the nonprofit sector. The session will conclude by introducing how the NPIC co-opts and suppresses radical movements. Facilitated by Zara Cadoux (She/Her).

Since the beginning of the nonprofit sector, white women and non-binary people have shaped and sustained its systems, reinforcing white supremacy and patriarchy even as we try to "do good". This workshop series is an introduction to white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and patriarchy as they show up in us and our work. We will work together to build a foundation from which to dismantle systems from the inside out. This workshop series is for white women and non-binary people working in the nonprofit sector, grant-making, or philanthropy. Facilitated by Leanna Powell (she/her) and Zara Cadoux (she/her).

The 2017 Women’s March was a worldwide protest asserting to the world and the incoming U.S. president that women’s rights are human rights. Hundreds of thousands of women gathered of which many hired other women to look after their children so they could attend the march. Such is just one example of the contradictions of the Women’s March that begs the question of “Which women was the march actually for?”. Feminism has gone through numerous shifts in its history as it addresses contradictions such as race and wealth, but are these considerations taking into account a global analysis, and are First World Women keeping up? Session 1 of a 3-part series will introduce you to Third World Feminism and invite participants to further unpack and interrogate their concept of feminism and solidarity in feminism. Sessions 2 and 3 will delve into connecting current issues to our everyday narratives and methods to build our anti-oppression practice. Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

This workshop is an introduction to concepts of class and will deepen participants' understanding of U.S. and global systems through a class analysis. In this session we will review concepts of classism and capitalism, leading us to understand why a class analysis is imperative in justice and liberation work, why/how we have been largely ignoring it, and how we are contributing to disparities and roadblocks with our classist patterns. This is an interactive workshop that requires active participation in activities, dialogue, and reflection. Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

In this moment of COVID-19 and rising anti-Asian racism, we’re reminded of a long history of racism and exclusion towards Asian American communities. Why do Chinatowns exist? Why are there so few Asian American celebrities? Is “Chinese take-out” more American than apple pie? Where did Asian Americans go to school during segregation? Are Asian Americans people of color? What does it mean to be a US citizen, but not seen as American? This is an introductory course to Asian American history that seeks to fill in the gaps from typical K-12 US history courses.

Over the course of four weeks we will investigate themes of Asian American history, immigration, war, empire, activism, and culture. This course also unpacks the origins of the term “Asian American,” the intersections of race and gender in Asian American history, and moments of inter- and intra-racial solidarity. Moreover, we will look at how the history of Asian American experiences relates to how we think about ourselves and each other, including feelings of otherness and non-belonging.This course is designed to be an affinity space for Asian American* folks to share and discuss our history, our stories, and our experiences, with the main goal to build community and solidarity with each other. While we have designed it with the ultimate community in mind, this course is not restricted only to ultimate players. Facilitated by Rena Kawabata (She/Her) and Chip Chang (She/Her).

*The Asian American diaspora encompasses a wide variety of experiences, cultures, ethnicities, and histories. By placing a label as wide as “Asian American,” there’s an undesired effect of white-washing, homogenizing, and erasing of our differences. However, we use the term “Asian American,” as it was originally intended, to acknowledge our differences and find parallels in our stories where we can find community, solidarity, and affinity across our experiences and within a US constructed racial category. And we are choosing to use this term to differentiate the unique immigrant & Asian experience from that of Asian people who live in the social and structural contexts of Asian countries.

There exists an acknowledgment that ultimate frisbee is a predominantly white, cis, privileged sport -- this workshop will be exploring how these identities intentionally/unintentionally aid and sustain white, colonial structures while participating in youth outreach. This workshop will be discussing the broader ideas spurring youth outreach through a white, colonial lens vs. concentrated to a specific location. Facilitated by Khunsa Amin (she/her).