Parenting for Liberation: My Practice and the MSC Transitions Labs

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 I am often in protection mode: protection against educational inequity, unfair discipline practices,…

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Navigating With Vision: Transitions Lab Nurtures Leaps Into the Unknown

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, who lived through…

A person holds a poster board sign that reads #Black Lives Matter. They are surrounded by people holding candles in the dark of the night.

#BlackLivesMatter: “It’s About How We Are Together”

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. In early October 2014, Alicia Garza arrived in Ferguson, Missouri. Less than two months after Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed…

Calling for Love With Power

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 out of the mess we have gotten ourselves into, and one that will get…

A Black-owned Farm Blooms
in Sonoma County

Inspired by Octavia E. Butler, Pandora Thomas Grows Fruit and Community at EARTHseed Farm As climate disasters dominate headlines, and rent hikes, state-sponsored violence, and union-busting billionaires fuel social inequalities, the premise of the Parable Series, sci-fi books by the beloved ancestor and New York Times best-selling writer Octavia E. Butler, can…

Honoring Our Connections and Putting Love at the Center

Practicing Our Future Now — Beloved Communities Network and Movement Strategy Network Present: Living the Practices of Transformative Movement Building, Part 2  What do we need to consciously practice to be the people who reflect our shared vision? How do we honor our connections, build community trust, and put love at the center? Maintaining a sense…

What Do We Want and How Deeply Do We Want It?

Practicing Our Future Now — Beloved Communities Network and Movement Strategy Center Present: Living the Practices of Transformative Movement Building, Part 1 What do we want and how deeply do we want it? What choices can we make that bring ourselves and our whole communities forward through unpredictable conditions?  Maintaining a sense of radical…