In this text, I summarize some of the lesson learned from organizing with the Casino for Social Medicine -from how usefulness creates belonging, to the pitfalls of being needed, to our discomfort with needs, organizer burnout and infighting.
Read the full text here: https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=92e027fde1a42627db7711809&id=eb4d782f59
The text was later published as part of the Waiting Room publication ed. by Cassie Thornton for their exhibition of the same name at Dream Farm Commons in the spring of 2026.