Resilience Circles / Common Security Clubs
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ShareResilience Circles are also called Common Security Clubs. They are groups of people who have come together to support each other in hard times by offering mutual aid, taking social action, and learning about the economic forces that impact their lives.
For more information, visit localcircles.org.
How Small Groups Can Power Big Change
Progressive social movements don’t often take inspiration from conservative megachurches. But their lessons about organizational structure may be worth a second look.
In Small Groups and Small Towns, Opposition to Citizens United Spreads
Ordinary, introverted Jennifer Robinson helped convince her town to officially oppose the Supreme Court decision. You can, too, with a little help from your friends.
Building a Resilient Congregation
Religious congregations are embracing a new role: economic support groups.
Don’t Get Fooled Again: Writing Our Own Economic Future
My neighbors and I know we can't go back to the old economy. But what can we do to build a new one?
What Makes Us Secure?
It's not about deadbolts and surveillance cameras—it's about having people you can turn to for help.
In it Together: Organizing a Common Security Club
How to overcome the obstacles and cultivate a caring, supportive community group in the face of tough economic times.
Learning to Live on Less
Connie Allen started a support group for friends adjusting to smaller incomes.
Relearning the Skills of Community
How members of Common Security Clubs help each other relearn how to live in community.
Can Small Group Organizing Save the Country?
Without the support of others, we get drained, we burn out, we sit out elections, or we vote our fears. With it, we can make real change.
Support Groups for Hard Times
How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?
Sticking Together in Tough Times
With more workers facing long-term joblessness, the unemployed are working together for change.
Dry Run: Bostonians Learn to Appreciate Clean Water
On May 1st, Bostonians got a remarkable glimpse of our water commons and how we might respond to future disruptions.
DIY U
As the price of college skyrockets, a new book looks to "edupunk" alternatives.
Neighbors for a New Economy
In Greenfield, Mass., a group of neighbors have formed a support group to face their changing world.
Up By Our Bootstraps?
Sharing our stories of tough times can help us discover that we're not facing them alone—and that we can support each other in building a society that works for everyone.
No Car, No Problem
Car-free living not only cuts back on your greenhouse gas emissions. It also builds local community, brings families closer together, and helps support local economies.
Church in Our Times: Spirit and Security in the Face of Crisis
Churches are rediscovering their role as community centers, helping to relocalize and revitalize struggling communities.
Living in Borrowed Times
In common security clubs around the country, participants wrestle with the questions: What does it mean to live in these “borrowed times?” How do we prepare ourselves and our communities for the economic transitions ahead?
When Clutter Contains Us
Common Security Club members are reevaluating their relationships with the excess stuff in their lives.
Economic Trouble? Join the Club
How can we support each other through hard times? An update from Common Security Clubs in Portland, Boston, and Fort Lauderdale.
