IN THIS EDITION: - Schedule of Upcoming Events
- JUST ADDED - November 14th: Book Launch for Community Matters
- October 25th: Land Reform in Scotland
- World CLT Day: Coming Soon on October 28th and 29th!
Please join us in celebrating the publication of the latest book from Terra Nostra Press, Community Matters. This webinar will bring together CLT practitioners from Boston, Brussels, London, Houston, and San Juan whose perspectives on community organizing and resident engagement are featured in the book. The book’s contributors will be reflecting on questions and issues that come from editor John Emmeus Davis — as well as from webinar attendees.
This webinar will be offered with simultaneous translation in English and Spanish.
Book Description
Community Matters: Conversations with Reflective Practitioners about the Value and Variety of Resident Engagement in Community Land Trusts is the first in our interview series of publications, featuring leading CLT practitioners from around the globe.
Community land trusts (CLTs) are distinguished from many other nonprofit housing developers by the degree to which residents of the places served by a CLT are woven into the culture, structure, and operation of the organization itself. This participatory element — the “C” in CLT — is just as important to what a CLT is and does as its distinctive approach to the ownership of land and the stewardship of housing.
The practitioners featured in the present volume epitomize the persistence of this commitment to community — and its complexity. Working with CLTs in Boston, Brussels, Houston, London, and San Juan, they have championed a variety of strategies for giving residents an active voice in planning and development. They have also changed strategies when needed. The stories of these experienced practitioners explore the whys and ways of keeping “community” alive in organizations like theirs. They offer a virtual master class in resilient resident engagement.
Webinar on Land Reform in Scotland October 25th, 3 PM GMT, 11 AM Eastern (US)
Join us for a discussion on Scottish Land Reform and the land reform agenda’s ties to community-led housing and community empowerment. The session will include presentations from the Scottish Land Commission, Community Land Scotland, and Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative, followed by Q&A. This one-hour webinar will provide a lively conversation on Land Reform and community ownership in Scotland (and beyond), with input from policy experts, community members, and community-led housing practitioners. Hosted by South of Scotland Community Housing and the Center for CLT Innovation. All are welcome!
The webinar will be presented in English. We will be adding translated subtitles to the webinar recording.
David Stewart is Senior Policy Officer at the Scottish Land Commission since 2019. His main areas of work are around land assembly, placemaking, and housing land markets.
Linsay Chalmers is the Development Manager at Community Land Scotland, where she oversees the organisation’s work supporting communities and raising awareness of community landownership.
Nick Walker is a retired psychiatrist, active in his local community. He was part of setting up Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative, a community company whose mission is to bring neglected land and property into community ownership.
We’re inviting all CLTs around the world to come together on October 28th and 29th to join us in celebration of the community land trust movement. We’re a diverse and widespread movement, and World CLT Day is an opportunity to give visibility to the growing community of CLTs and share your exciting work with peers around the globe.
Our theme is "community matters" to acknowledge the importance of putting the "C" in CLT, and all the ways that CLTs engage with their local communities.
How do you participate? Just upload a video, photo, or text featuring people and places from your CLT to Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #worldcltday2022. Check out the World CLT Day website for the details on how to participate.
Join us for a discussion on Scottish Land Reform and the land reform agenda’s ties to community-led housing and community empowerment. The session will include presentations from the Scottish Land Commission, Community Land Scotland, and Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative, followed by Q&A. This one-hour webinar will provide a lively conversation on Land Reform and community ownership in Scotland (and beyond), with input from policy experts, community members, and community-led housing practitioners. Hosted by South of Scotland Community Housing and the Center for CLT Innovation. All are welcome!
