DPG Midwest is a follow-up to the national Dual Power Gathering at the Indiana Dunes in 2022, but is more regionally focused in an attempt to bring people from the midwest together to meet, spend time together, and discuss dual power strategies. Those beyond this region are certainly welcome as well.
Similar to DPG 2022, the event will be structured using an unconference model, and will be an experiment in collective learning and relationship building. During the event, we hope to foster an atmosphere of generative co-learning and co-creativity. We want to connect people and bring them together around shared work.
We seek to create a space where ideas are exchanged, stories are told, and futures are imagined, especially in the context of building dual power. With a few exceptions, the gathering won't have a solid schedule going into it. Rather, we'll collectively create the spaces we want and need to see throughout the weekend.

What we saw last year and what we hope to see this year

Mapping and growing Dual Power in your area
Crafting stories and narratives around our movements
Building utopian visions
Workshops and skill-shares
Conversations about how white supremacy, ableism, transphobia, and other forms of hierarchical power arise in social movement spaces
Education and analysis of specific theories and strategies for liberation
Building connections for local food sovereignty and food justice
Collective strategies for ecological disaster and ecosystem collapse
Regionally-focused conversations, like building resource-sharing networks, growing the capacity to act in regional solidarity, discovering our shared struggles

In addition to the self-organized unconference sessions, you can also expect many shared meals and collaborative art making :)

ADA accessible cabins/camping space, ADA compliant bathrooms + showers, a limited shuttling service, and vegan food will be available to all participants. Participation in the gathering is open to everyone, not just those camping: feel free to participate on any day in any activity or session that you choose to! We want the event to be as accessible as possible. If you have any access needs that you would like to share or any questions about the accessibility of the event, please feel free to get in touch with us at midwestdualpower@protonmail.com

Dual Power Gathering Midwest will take place on the traditional lands of the Miami, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo. The campsite is approximately 30 minutes south of downtown Chicago.

https://dpgmidwest.org/