Movement Strategy Center Explores Architecture, Community Engagement, and Mentorship with Walter Hunt At the core of the environmental movement is a vision to reshape and align our communities toward a regenerative relationship with the earth. At Movement Strategy Center (MSC), we’re not just embracing this vision;…
Movement Strategy Center Shares the Sandbranch Revitalization Fund’s Progress Sandbranch’s relationship with water paints a poignant narrative of resilience. The absence of safe, clean water reverberates throughout the entire fabric of the community, touching upon every aspect of life — people, productivity, and the natural world…
More Than Ever We Need to Come Together to Realize Transformative Change by Aisha Shillingford Originally published on August 8, 2015. One year after Michael Brown’s murder and the uprising in Ferguson, we need vision more than ever. As a Black woman, I know that we…
Movement Strategy Center Remembers ibrahim abdul-matin, Environmental Activist, Urban Strategist, and Dear Friend of the MSC Ecosystem It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of ibrahim abdul-matin, a bright, playful spirit who made a lasting impact as an environmental activist, urban strategist, and…
Movement Strategy Center’s Advancement Team Met in Person for the First Time for Strategy, Culture, and Fun by David Malinowski Originating from Arizona, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Texas, MSC’s Advancement team converged in the hills of Oakland, CA for their first in-person retreat.…
Movement Strategy Center Proudly Sponsors a Weekend of Mesmerizing Dance Movement Strategy Center (MSC) recently co-sponsored the fifth annual Queer Afro Latin Dance Fest in San Jose, CA. This incredible annual event showcases extraordinary talent and passion within the dance community — with dancers, instructors, and…
Movement Strategy Center Explores Point Reyes National Seashore with FSP Alliance For Felix Cove In the ever-growing movement to restore Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands, the Alliance for Felix Cove stands at the forefront in Northern California, fiercely fighting to protect, restore, and rematriate the ancestral…
MSC Chats with Breathe’s Tania Abdul, Journalist Rebecca Bowe, and Activist Renay Jenkins about the Series and Bayview-Hunters Point Early this year, Breathe, a Bay Area fiscally sponsored project of MSC, partnered with freelance journalist Rebecca Bowe to release a three-part podcast called Sandblasted at the…
Movement Strategy Center on Shifting Philanthropic Power Dynamics Towards Interdependence and Resilience Every degree of warming intensifies the risk of species extinction, highlighting the urgency of addressing climate change. As we watch the weather report on any given day, the unfolding realities of our changing climate…
Movement Strategy Center Staff Pull Weeds and Sip Tea during a Team-building Volunteer Day at Festival Beach Food Forest in Austin As a mostly remote workforce, MSC staffers don’t have a lot of opportunity to connect and socialize in person. But last month, MSC’s Movement Infrastructure…
