Description: When we begin to design a system of accountability, our first challenge is to synthesize the personal definitions we hold for accountability into something we agree upon collectively. Our second challenge is to unpack the personal and often traumatic experiences we bring from spaces where accountability was not practiced well. In this training, we will start with a bit of storytelling to understand what accountability means to each of us and learn more about how we would like accountability to feel in practice in our organization.

Michael Tekhen Strode [EN] he/him
Mike is a writer, urban cyclist, facilitator, and solidarity economy organizer with the Kola Nut Collaborative timebank residing in southeast Chicago. He serves on the boards of US Solidarity Economy Network, New Economy Coalition, TimeBanks.Org, and as a Program Officer with Open Collective Foundation. Through Coop Clinic work with US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, he has supported Equity Research Cooperative, Obvious Agency, TONYC, and Vigilant Love in mapping their journey toward a democratic organization and workplace.