ION Glasgow Relaunch Summary and Upcoming Meetings
Hi there,
Thank you to all who attended our relaunch meeting earlier this month! We think it went well, and we're now gearing up to continue with regular monthly meetings, aiming for the third Saturday of each month.
📝 Couldn't attend the relaunch? Here's a quick recap:
We heard from a number of different projects and organisations, shared info about upcoming events, and took time to chat and connect with each other. Want to share your project or ask for support in-between meetings? Check out the Projects & Offers category on the forum.
We participated in a mini resource-mapping workshop, brainstorming what sorts of things we as a movement could use, what we already have access to, and how we might organise collectively towards getting and sharing more of what we need. See this forum thread to join the conversation!
We broke into groups to discuss a variety of movement building organising streams (infrastructure, movement research, resource mapping, community engagement). We'll continue to connect around these at each in-person meeting, but in the mean time we've also added an Organising Streams forum category where we can continue discussions online.
📅 We've scheduled the next two meetings, for the third Saturdays of April and May. So, coming up:
April 2025 Meeting: 19 April, 2-5pm at the Quaker Meeting House. Discussion Theme: Real Radical Projects. For this meeting, the discussion section in the second half of the meeting will be dedicated to a workshop on 'radical ideas and putting them into practice'. A discussion on how people can make anarchism (the principles of mutual aid, non-hierarchical organising etc) a reality where they live - sharing examples from all round the world and talking about which ones might (or already do!) work well in Glasgow. Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/IONGlasgow0425Agenda
May 2025 Meeting: 17 May, 2-5pm at the Quaker Meeting House. Discussion Theme: "Let's Talk About (Anti)Fascism." The discussion section for this meeting will focus on a conversation about the ongoing global rise of fascism, reflections on what's been happening in Glasgow over the past year, and where we, as antifascists, go from here. Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/IONGlasgow0525Agenda
Asks and ways to get involved
💬 Please share these dates widely with any people, groups or networks you think would be interested in ION.
✍ If you'd like to pitch your group or project during the meeting, please fill out this short form so we can allocate a slot for you (it will also be possible to sign up on the day, schedule permitting).
📚 Feel free to bring contributions (books, zines, stickers, etc.) for a literature table.
We want ION to be a self-organised project! We could always use more people to help with the basic work of making sure these meetings continue to happen - venue hiring, general outreach, comms, etc. Many hands make light work. Additionally, if you have ideas about other things ION could be doing, we'd love to hear them - and help you make them happen!
Get in touch & connect
Join the discussion forum at forum.ion-glasgow.net to get involved with ION organising, or simply to chat and get connected with others. You can also email us at IONGlasgow@proton.me to get involved.
In solidarity,
ION Glasgow - Comms Working Group