GM Systems Changers
We are a network of organisations, activists and artists based in Greater Manchester.
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- At our Autumn Members Meeting to continue our discussions on how we make decisions as a network and what we want to do together #GreaterManchester #Network #DecisionMaking #Weaving #SelfOrganising #DeepDemocracy
- Our hearts are with the victims of this morning attack against a synagogue in Manchester, on the most important day of the Jewish calendar. We're sending love and support to their families, and everyone who feels hurt and unsafe right now. We hold one another in grief, and solidarity.
- Our network is shaped by the proposals that members bring forward. If you, as a GM SC member, have an idea you’d like the network to explore, now is the time to share it for the next Members’ Meeting. #GreaterManchester #SystemsChange #NetworkWeaving #CollectiveDecisionMaking
- Hi beautiful people! In this month's newsletter, you'll find: - Invitation to the next Members' Meeting - Template to submit proposals to discuss as a network - Form to register new circles - Decisions tracker - Updates from members and allies mailchi.mp/1d7e53f29b0a... #SystemsChange #Network
- Don't miss our last newsletter! In this month's edition, you will find out more about how we became a member-led network, our history and strategy up until this point, and news from our partners and allies.
- If you haven't received it, you can read it and sign up for the next one here: mailchi.mp/35ba9a761381... #GreaterManchester #SystemsChange #Network #Newsletter
- At GM SC, we center and organise in solidarity with working-class women and young people, predominantly of colour, who are leading movements for justice, care, and liberation. ⤵️
- On International Women’s Rights Day, we honour those who have always been at the forefront of struggle, challenging systems that seek to exploit and oppress us, and building alternative to them. #IWD2025
- For us, women’s rights are not just about representation but about dismantling capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy in all the ways they shape our lives.
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View full threadWe celebrate mutual aid, radical care, collective power, and all the work being done to make another world possible.
- At GM SC, we have been trying to build a radical, practical space where the most marginalised are centred and leading. 1/4
- We recognise the cycles of harm that our communities face, and resist, and build alternatives to the charitable industrial complex that pushes us to depoliticise our struggles, accept scarcity as inevitable, and prioritise survival over liberation. 2/4
- Our work is rooted in solidarity, collective liberation, and unlearning oppression, creating spaces where we can grow, organise, and build power together.
- These principles guide how we show up, share space, and shape a future beyond capitalism, colonialism, and oppression. Read more about the values that have shaped our work so far, in order to inform where we might be going next. 4/4
- Reposted by GM Systems Changers👮 Witness an arrest at a protest? Here's what you can do...🧵 First you should check if a Legal Observer (orange bib🦺) is nearby, call them over and they can do this. If not, do as much of the following as you can. Don't worry if you don't get everything! 1/8
- Don't miss this month's newsletter! If you haven't received it, you can read it and sign up for the next one here: mailchi.mp/d50182684f96... In it you'll find ⤵️ #GreaterManchester #SystemsChange #Network #Newsletter
- 1) An invitation to our partners (organisation we've funded over the past 4 years) to join us for the next set of forums to decide the future of our network:
- 2) An invitation to our partners to our next Learning into Liberation on care and how we are with each other:
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View full thread4) And finally, news from our partners and allies with their new initiatives, their events for #IWD2025, new reports and funding opportunities:
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- GM SC was established in 2021. From the outset, the core team was set up to be temporary, prioritising justice over charity and seeking to shift power and resources towards grassroots communities and movement-building. gmsystemschangers.org.uk
- By 2022, GM SC moved away from traditional systems change approaches, instead, we focused on redistributing funds and resources in solidarity with working-class women and young people, predominantly of colour.
- Through participatory and traditional grant-making, funding was directed towards grassroots collectives, creative practices, and initiatives like Universal Basic Income demonstrators. Many of these organisations, led largely by women and youth of colour, received their first funding through GM SC.
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View full threadThis next phase will be rooted in collective dreaming and action, continuing our work of resisting oppression and nurturing alternative futures through creativity, solidarity, and systemic change. If you have received funding from us in the past, join us: gmsystemschangers.org.uk/decision-mak...
- Opportunity for partners in GM: free places on the ABCs of Community Assets, a workshop and study visit programme that starts in early March. What to expect: www.stirtoaction.com/abcs-workshops Places are limited, so please share with your networks! Sign-up: airtable.com/appS96XFMePt...
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersStronger together ✊🏽❤️
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- We are stronger together, but what does it really take to build a culture of collectivism? Throughout history & the world, communities have come together to resist oppression, support one another, and create change. What can we learn from them, and how can we apply those lessons to our work today?
- In this session, we’ll explore real examples of collectivism, challenge the forces that push us towards individualism, and imagine how we can build a future rooted in solidarity and shared power. Sign up now, to our monthly learning space, open to all GM SC partners: forms.gle/PwugMFD3f6VR...
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersBenefits Tips Social! Advice, Peer support, Networking, and Creativity to help you deal with the Benefits system. Online Thursday 13th Feb 6 - 9pm Book now! gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersWell done @jengba.bsky.social making to the Big Issue top 100 changemakers 2025. #jointenterprise back in the spotlight 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
- Reposted by GM Systems Changers👮The Gangs Matrix was found to be unlawful Now police are 'burning the paper trail' on 13 February NO ONE after this date will be able to find out if they were on it or how their lives were impacted 🚨 We demand police delay the deletion so people can appeal for justice 🚨
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View full threadReposted by GM Systems Changers‼️There's still time to act Submit a Subject Access Request before 13 Feb It may be the only way to find out if you were on it and challenge any actions taken against you 👇👇👇 www.erasethedatabase.uk/action
- Reposted by GM Systems Changers🌿Join our online series of events beginning with a panel discussion with Zinesters Hamja Ahsan, Seleena Laverne Daye & Dal Kular we will talk about their work & thoughts about past, present & future of zine-making!📚 📅: Friday 21st February ⏰: 3-4:30pm 💻: Online (zoom) 🔗Register using link in bio
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersSir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Govt - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud & error. These Orwellian new powers will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the govt. Sign the petition, write to your MP.
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersArtificial Intelligence and Disability Conference Thurs 20th March, People's History Museum & Online with Keynote Speaker Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social Book Now! gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...
- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersHeading out to a protest? Here's our top legal tips🧵 for you and your comrades to remember... 🚫No comment 🚫No personal details ❓ Under what power? 🚫No duty solicitor 🚫No caution ☎️ See an arrest? Have a legal question? Call 07946 541 511 (1/9)
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- Reposted by GM Systems ChangersThe case of Manchester 10 -- where young men were given prison sentences for sending texts -- was bleak. Around it, however, an inspiring community campaign was built to support the boys + families. I spoke to a key organiser about it. Read more: wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/p/the-big-re...
