In part two of this two-part webinar series on community futures, we’ll dive deeper into some of the tools we can use to bring possible futures into the present and explore how we can apply this thinking to our efforts at shaping collective and collaborative work leading transformative change. We’ll investigate the highly interactive Futures Literacy Lab approach in more detail and discuss how it can help us to critically explore and interact with possible futures, new ways to approach collective resilience and risk aversion, and how we can co-design shared, actionable objectives for the near and mid-term.
If you are planning or are currently involved in collaborative, shared work with communities and have questions about how we might envision a longer-term, sustainable and transformative way to collectively map and navigate our complex, entangled world, this webinar will introduce some new and exciting ways of thinking and interacting with our shared futures.
While it builds on discussions from part 1 in this series, it’s a more practically focused webinar and can be attended even if you missed part 1.
Speakers
Daren Okafo, Consulting Director of Collective Leadership, Tamarack Institute Learning Centre 
Daren Okafo is the Consulting Director of Collective Leadership at The Tamarack Institute Learning Centre. Originally hailing from Dublin, Ireland, Daren has spent his entire 30-year career working in community development and engagement, learning alongside communities throughout Canada, Europe and Africa.
A veteran community adult educator, for 16 years Daren honed his popular education and facilitation skills at The Coady International Institute, drawing directly from the storied Antigonish Movement. He founded and led The Coady’s Innovations and Technology work and has pioneered a number of critical methodologies for community-led technology education and co-design. More recently, he has evolved his critical pedagogy leading to a community-centric, collective leadership practice that centers dialogue and participation with a crucial focus on collective futures, power, race and coloniality. In his spare time, Daren is an award-winning Afrofuturist artist and is always on the lookout for a decent cup of tea and a good, heartwarming chat.