Assembly for a Fashion Commons Edition 1: Fashion Commoners, what do you need to flourish?

Join us for a People's Assembly hosted by Our Common Market. In an ongoing series of events, we'll listen to experts and deliberate on what collective action should be taken to support community-based non-extractive clothing systems. Our first assembly will listen to speakers from the fashion commons talk about their motivation, vision, needs and challenges. We'll then discuss how we,  those hosting and attending, can help these types of initiatives thrive. We will draw on the knowledge and experiences of all participants to draw conclusions.  

Fashion Act Now are building Our Common Market (OCM): a place to find clothing culture through community participation not purchase. The purpose of OCM is to nurture a clothing commons where clothing culture exists not to serve the market, but to serve the customs, culture and needs of ordinary people.

As a commons, participatory decision making is integral to OCM and People's Assemblies are…