🧠In a time of crisis, come build something different.
Right-wing extremism is on the rise. Climate change is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. More and more people are being pushed out of safe, stable housing.
Meanwhile, governments keep offering the same tired solutions, and wealth and power remain concentrated in the hands of a few.
📢 Share Wealth, Shift Power, Build Justice
Join us for Share Wealth, Shift Power, Build Justice: Resource Movement’s 2025 National Gathering, happening September 26-28 in Ottawa. A weekend to connect, reflect, strategize, and take action.
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At the Gathering, we’ll:
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Dig into the political and economic systems shaping inequality in Canada and beyond
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Build skills for organizing, redistribution, and solidarity
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Reflect on our own positions and responsibilities in this moment
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Set priorities for collective action in the years ahead​​
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You don’t need to be “in” Resource Movement to attend. The Gathering is open to anyone curious about redistributing wealth, land, and power. Whether you’re brand new or have been around for years, you’re warmly invited.
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Registration is now open here.​​​​
What's this all about?
Grounded in joy, honesty, and a commitment to building just futures, the Gathering connects like-minded folks in deep exploration of the forces shaping wealth inequality in Canada and reflection on where we fit within struggles for liberation.
The National Gathering features:
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Panel discussions featuring grassroots movement leaders
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Workshops to build key knowledge and skills for supporting social movements as a person with class privilege
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Strategy sessions, to shape RM's priorities for the coming year(s)
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Collective care: lots of breaks, long lunches, chill spaces, childcare, active listeners, etc
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Casual identity-based caucus chats (e.g. BIPOC, upper middle-class folks, francophone, white, sick/disabled/temporarily disabled, Gen-Z and ultra high-net wealth folks) to reflect and look forward on RM’s work within our communities
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Shared food and community building: Delicious meals, abundant snacks, art, singing, and more!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The National Gathering is taking place at Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop in Ottawa, ON from September 26-28 2025.
The programming for Share Wealth, Shift Power, Build Justice is a work in progress... And we're sharing our progress in real time!
Click here to view the most recent update of our beautiful draft schedule for the weekend :)
Who is this for?
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Do you identify as a young person with access to class privilege and/or wealth*?
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Are you committed to working towards a more just and equitable society?
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Do you want to do collective work with other young people with wealth / class privilege, anchored in relationships to grassroots social movements?
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Are you eager to spend less energy hiding / feeling immobilized by your privilege, and more energy leveraging it for economic, racial, and social justice?​
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, this gathering is for you!​​
​​​​​​​​​* Many of us in the top 20% economically believe we’re “middle class”, because we compare ourselves to people who have more than us. In answering this question, we encourage you to use these income percentile and wealth percentile calculators to find out where you and your family fit (and if that feels overwhelming, you can definitely just guess for now).​
Accessibility
We want this event to be as accessible as possible for everyone in our community!
Disability justice is not just about accommodations. It’s about modeling the futures we envision and proving that a care-based community is possible.
As we practice these possibilities together, we are shaping a world in which all our people are safe day to day, especially those who are disabled, live with chronic illness, are racialized, are queer and trans, or hold other identities that disproportionately experience violence in today’s society. At this gathering, we will do everything we can for you to feel seen and cared for.
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Some access considerations you can expect include:​​​
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All activities will take place in spaces that are: wheelchair-accessible, scent-free, air-conditioned/well ventilated, with comfortable seating for all body shapes & sizes
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COVID protocol: masking required while indoors (except while eating/drinking), COVID rapid testing required - masks and rapid tests will be provided
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Breaks & chill spaces: we'll have 15-minute breaks between all sessions, and two designated chill spaces (one quiet, one silent) for people to use at any time
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Childcare will be available, and children will be welcome in all sessions
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Simultaneous interpretation (English/French) will be available in all sessions
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Active listeners will be available for 1-on-1 debriefs/support chats at all times
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Dietary needs will be taken into account for all meals and snacks
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We'd love to hear from you with ideas for ways we can do better!
Please reach out to jon@resourcemovement.org with any suggestions, or share them in the designated portion of the registration form.
PAST GATHERING FEEDBACK
2023 RMNG Attendee:
The best part of the Gathering was the people. Everyone was so sweet and welcoming.
2024 RMNG Attendee:
I appreciated being able to learn new skills. I loved the little touches like the class traitor profiles and I loved the food.
2023 RMNG Attendee:
The Gathering really gave a sense of possibilities for plugging into social change in a meaningful way *from* my social location, rather than in spite of it, and without needing to completely overhaul my life.
2024 RMNG Attendee:
The Gathering was welcoming to everyone with all their needs and flaws. There was care from each person and care in the very thoughtful and intentional set up of the space.