Building Together:
Insights on Co-Creation from the i-Center

Exploring the Power of Collaboration and Inclusivity in Grassroots Organizing for a Stronger California Illustration by Kristen Zimmerman for The i-Center.Nonprofits and philanthropic organizations…

Parenting for Liberation: My Practice & the MSC Transitions Lab

From the Archives: How Liberation, Freedom, and Self Love Form the Foundation of Parenting in White Supremacy by Trina Greene BrownOriginally published on August 19, 2015 I am raising a young Black boy in a society that is set up to set…

A group of people holding their extended arms out to either side of their body in front of towering windows with trees outside.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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?…