The MSC Storytelling Series: Julie Quiroz
Our Storytelling Series Features the Folks Most Associated With MSC's History: Meet Julie Quiroz In this installment we get to know strategist and storyteller Julie Quiroz — formerly of Movement Strategy Center (MSC) and founder of New Moon Collaborations, a Movement Strategy Network (MSN) partner. “Are we here for change or are we here for transformation?” It’s an important…
The MSC Storytelling Series: Kristen Zimmerman
Our Storytelling Series Features the Folks Most Associated With MSC's History: Meet Kristen Zimmerman
In this installment we get to know activist, artist and storyteller Kristen Zimmerman — co-founder of Movement Strategy Center (MSC) and Root. Rise. Pollinate!, and illustrator of the new graphic guide Ten Thousand Beloved Communities, a project of Beloved Communities Network.…
The MSC Storytelling Series: Jacqui Patterson
Our Storytelling Series Features the Folks Most Associated With MSC's History: Meet Jacqui Patterson
In this installment we get to know researcher, advocate, and activist Jacqueline “Jacqui” Patterson founder and executive director of the Chisholm Legacy Project — former director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program; co-founder of Women of Color United; and proud…
A New Graphic Novel Celebrates Beloved Community and the Wisdom of MSC’s Transitions Initiative
Beloved Communities Network Launches Kickstarter for Ten Thousand Beloved Communities
In the earliest and most precarious days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Leila McCabe of Beloved Communities Network (BCN) and Kristen Zimmerman of Root. Rise. Pollinate! hosted a series of powerful conversations with ecosystem buddies including Aisha Shillingford of Intelligent Mischief and Mimi Ho,…
Reimagining History and Healing
MSC Celebrates Anasa Trouman’s Vision for Memphis as a Beacon of Hope As Women's History Month draws to a close and we approach the anniversary of the pivotal end of the sanitation workers' strike on April 16, we seek to honor new chapters written in the legacy of this historical event by MSC’s board member Anasa Troutman and her work at Historic Clayborn Temple.
Nestled in the heart of…
Community Chronicles: Stories of Solidarity, Spring 2024
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem
Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs), the Movement Strategy Network (MSN),…
Jacqui Patterson Named a Time Woman of the Year
2024 Time Woman of the Year, Earth Award Recipient, and MSC Board Member We’re thrilled to celebrate Movement Strategy Center (MSC) Board Member Jacqui Patterson being chosen as one of 12 2024 Time Women of the Year! Patterson’s Woman of the Year profile lifts up her interconnected approach to environmental justice, poverty, racial discrimination, and gender inequality and highlights her…
Gender Just Climate Solutions with Jane Fonda and Jacqui Patterson
A Climate Week Gathering Highlights Small Projects, Big Impacts, and the Work of Women Climate Week NYC — the largest annual climate event of its kind — offers in-person, hybrid, and online events and activities for activists, businesses, and politicians from all over the world. Hosted by Climate Group, an international nonprofit that supports climate action, the focus of these…