Building Community Power, Growing Community Wealth Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025 Northern Virginia is changing fast. At this...| Next System Studies
George Mason University is now at the center of a national debate over the future of higher education. This is a debate about who governs our...| Next System Studies
SASE in Montreal, ISA in Rabat, Mobilization in San Diego, APSA in Vancouver, and ASA, SSSP, DSA, LSA in Chicago, and more!| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
What would it mean to build a Northern Virginia that is democratic, sustainable, just, and inclusive – and what tools do we already have to get there?| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
"As the world collapses around us: Can we build the next system? Another world is possible. A next system is necessary. This work is in your hands."| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
We are all well aware of the danger our universities, communities, and municipalities are in. This is why we need to get to work and make our Teach-Ins a reality.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
The Summit brought together more than 100 participants – including students, faculty, community leaders, and local government officials – from across Northern Virginia (NOVA) for a weekend of panels, workshops, and dialogue.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
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Explore our new website nextsystem.org - everything you need to know about the Next System Teach-Ins all in one place.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
As the world is collapsing around us, we have a choice: accept the broken systems or build something new. Join a two-day convergence. You can build the next system.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Join us for a powerful virtual conversation between renowned scholar Jessica Gordon Nembhard and frontline organizers in Atlanta as they explore the city’s rich history of resistance, collective building, and the ongoing fight for justice.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Next System Studies welcomes Anthony Cook, Samantha Agarwal, and Eleanor Finley as this year's guests for our 2025 Next System Speakers series!| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Join Democratizing NOVA for our second regional summit. Through talks, panels, workshops, and storytelling initiatives, participants will learn from each other as well as from community wealth, solidarity economy, just transition, restorative justice, community safety, participatory democracy, constitutional change, and other next system initiatives local and global.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Next System Studies (NSS) at George Mason University is seeking a Volunteer Coordination & Logistics Manager to support event planning and execution for an upcoming summit on April 26-27 at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
On December 15, 2024, an alliance of worker cooperatives including NOVA Web Development, Democratizing NOVA, and SECOSOL convened a solidarity economy gathering and potluck dinner at the Tenants and Workers United Community Center in Alexandria, Virginia.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Ben Wikler is one of the two front-runners for the position of Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). In today's The Capital Times, GMU professor Ben Manski recalls Wikler's early years.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
GMU Next System Studies is thrilled to announce our Spring 2025 cohort of Next System Fellows!| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
This Special Collection will advance an emergent field of scholarly research, which is coalescing around the concept of “revolutionary constitutionalism”, understood as the participatory practices of a social movement in deliberating, articulating, and constituting a new social order.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
How can we harness society's potential to change the trajectory of the climate crisis? So many of us feel helpless in the face of corporate environmental destruction, however, in Practicing Social Ecology Eleanor Finley shows that there is an amazing well of untapped power in our communities, we just need to know how to use it.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Bill Fletcher Jr., Cheri Honkala, and Stephanie Luce discuss what the U.S. presidential election says about our current system and the possibility for change.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
In this collection of articles, Gus Speth delves into various frameworks and movements at the forefront of Next System Studies. From post-capitalist economies to alternative governance structures and ecological sustainability, these resources offer a range of perspectives on how we can build a better world.| New From Next System Studies at George Mason University
Saturday, April 26 - Sunday, April 27, 2025 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT. Merten Hall, Horizon Hall REGISTER TODAY Summit Program Northern Virginia is...| Next System Studies
Our entire region is changing rapidly and will continue to change for years to come. Northern Virginia (NOVA) will be very different in ten years....| Next System Studies