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== Logos Cells ==

=== Summary ===
Logos is building a global network of volunteer-driven local communities, which we call Cells. We are looking to provide funding to impactful short-term initiatives in the real world that strengthen civic engagement and develop leadership skills at the grassroots level. At the same time, we are also looking for organisers who can grow a genuine community, one meetup at a time.

=== What is a Logos Cell? ===
Logos Cells are self-organising local groups that meet regularly to address community issues with a hands-on approach. By building relationships within themselves and their communities to create decentralised solutions that promote local autonomy and parallel institutions, they will eventually form alternatives to existing systems.

=== What does a Logos Cell do? ===
Each Cell's mission is to improve its community by addressing its unique challenges. This includes education, outreach, political discussion, and technical preparation to sustain the required technical infrastructure, develop governing institutions, and eventually, onboard people into the ecosystem through real-world impact. As each Cell is embedded in a different local community, we expect each roadmap to be different.

For example:
* Start a learning group to discuss the key issues Logos is advocating for, their solutions and how Cell members can participate in supporting them.
* Regular self-organised meetups to plan and evaluate progress towards the mission, such as onboarding new members, discussing local issues, and planning ad hoc activities.
* Running nodes for the Logos technology stack or others.
* Form partnerships with local organisations working in similar fields or with similar goals, including businesses that see the value in crypto.
* Ongoing education programs based on courses designed, sponsored, or vetted by Logos on finance, security, privacy, crypto, and perennial philosophy. Host seminars with local professors, founders, technologists, and experts to attract new participants.
* Organising contacts with local officials to lobby for specific changes and needs.
* Organising outreach activities for each chapter, such as social media, websites, and internal communication channels.
* Charity and community work with partner organisations or other Cells around the world.
* Create frameworks on how to organise effectively in order to coach other newer Cells around the world.

=== How to start a Cell? ===
Find like-minded people, either in the existing Operator community or outside of it, and start hosting regular local meetups in your area. For example, start a local Cell on OpChan or look for others in your area by checking the global registry on Discord. The team will help you connect in a private channel.

For the first meetings, the goal is simple: to get to know other members and get their commitment to attend and organise the Cell’s activities. Organising with others in such a way is a radical political gesture that can profoundly transform society.

=== Why is community organising important? ===

[[Community Organising]] is essential to re-vitalising our societies. Since the 1970s, political participation has declined as campaigns stopped engaging with people directly, focusing instead on TV advertising and polling - thus creating a negative feedback loop and emotional desensitization. The Obama campaign and Howard Dean's approach highlighted the disconnect from the power source of politics, thanks to their success in grassroots style social organising and focusing on inspiring leadership. We aim to use those same techniques to build a robust power base for Logos, by focusing on making people’s lives better through crypto’s technology and philosophy- with a particular focus on solving real world local issues.