• Planned dates: 8-13 August
  • Assembly: 8-11 August
  • Field trip: 12-13 August
• Place: Bantu Mountain lodge (Gathiuru Forest, Nanyuki – Kenya)
• Local partner: Society for Alternative Learning and Transformation (SALT)

The Assembly included two parts: i) assembly sessions between August 8-11, and ii) a field visit on August 12-13 to learn from community governance practices in a nearby place.

For logistical and budgetary reasons, we estimated a maximum of 60 people participating in the meeting. The group of participants was formed by: WeaverA local, regional, or national network or organization that connects or consists of multiple Alternatives on different themes/spheres, in an inter-sectorial way. A global network cannot be a Waever, neither a thematic one. It should be a collective process of some kind, rather than only a single individual or single organization. By being a "weaver", they are committed to participate in the GTA, developing ways of dialogue, interconnection, collaboration and solidarity with other Weavers. GTA promotes the interconnection of the Weavers, identifying [[:weavers:criteria|a series common criteria for the weaving of Alternatives]]. Examples: Vikalp Sangam and Crianza Mutua.'s representatives; Endorsers's representatives; GTAGlobal Tapestry of Alternatives Core Members and local participants.

Four critical threads:

1. Reflect upon which GTA world we are located in - which alternatives/territories are we located (taking into consideration the diversity of alternatives according to the different territories and the internal diversity).
2. Centering grassroots movements and weavers and acknowledging power dynamics - by putting at the center grassroots movements and then weaving outward with other endorsers and core groups.
3. Building connection, collaboration and alternatives together, consider the document of Weavers criteria that we are building in GTA and nurture in the Assembly.
4. All of us reflecting upon our own doing in a dialogue that weaves together (not as an academic but as owners of our own process) - gender, culture, race, class, ability, linguistic, etc. Acknowledging the diversity and how people are constructing their alternatives to take care of life in different ways according to the struggles they face and the varied types of resources they can access.

Current elements of the plan are four-fold but open to change:

• Day 1 - Getting to know each other and GTA
• Day 2 - Nurturing weaving and cross-pollination to build global solidarity
• Day 3 - Weaving the tapestry of alternatives and nourishing the GTA process going forward
• Day 4 - Earthy steps and plans and closing

The last two days wild be devoted to the field visits:

• Day 5 - Field visit to Tharaka Community
• Day 6 - Field visit to Il Ngwesi Community Conservancy

• Kenya Hosts Global Event In Nanyuki by Kenya News Agency
• Participated in the first general assembly of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) by Ashik Krishnan
• Global Tapestry of Alternatives: A Gathering of Movements from Around the World by Civil Diplomacy Center - North and East Syria
• African campaigners call for better ecological governance to hasten green transition by ChinaNews
• Seeking alternative solutions to climate disasters By Isaiah Esipisu (Nation)
• The Global Tapestry of Alternatives meets in Kenya by Ashish Kothari
• Necibe Qeredaxi, on jineoloji and the Kurdish freedom movement (video)
• Nourshan Husain, CDC, N-E Syria, on Kurdish freedom movement (video)
• Virginia Gomes's personal documentation
• Bantu Mountain Lodge: A Resort With a Heart by Ashish Kothari

• Logistics information
• Field visits