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…
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…
How the Right to Migrate, Climate Justice, and Global Interdependence are all Interwoven by Taj James Originally published on August 28, 2015. As I write this, the bodies of hundreds of people are being pulled from the water off the coast of Libya after two boats…
How Liberation, Freedom, and Self Love Form the Foundation of Parenting in White Supremacy by Trina Greene Brown Originally published on August 19, 2015. I am raising a young Black boy in a society that is set up to set him up for failure. This means…
MSC’s Transition Labs Offer a New Perspective on Transformative Movement Building by Julie Quiroz Originally published on April 16, 2015. “Reality is not destiny,” wrote Eduardo Galeano, the extraordinary Uruguayan writer who inspired social justice activists around the globe with his unflinching commitment to truth. Galeano,…
With Great Love, MSC Offers This Excerpt From Love With Power: Practicing Transformation for Social Justice by Julie Quiroz and Kristen Zimmerman Originally Published on February 12, 2015. We, humanity, need a movement, a really big movement. A movement big and bold enough to get us…
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…
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…
One of Movement Strategy Center’s Board Members Brings Native Organizing to Cambridge Judith LeBlanc isn’t just one of Movement Strategy Center’s board members — she’s a movement icon. LeBlanc, an enrolled member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, probably wouldn’t admit to her icon status. You’d…
MSC Board Member Tomás Garduño on Getting to the “How,” and Other Insights From the Transitions Labs Originally published on December 2, 2014. A few weeks ago I got to spend two days in Oakland with a tremendous group of wonderful people brought together by the…
