Building Relationships at Home in Newburgh and in the South “Wherever we are, we engage people all the time.” That’s why every Monday, you can find After Incarceration (AI) founder Jose Pineda and his team out on Liberty Street in Newburgh, New York. They distribute water…
MSC Joins After Incarceration to Build Beloved Community in Alabama On Sunday, March 7, 1965, John Lewis led over 600 activists and allies across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. The march, organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),…
A Visit to a High School Justice Club Inspires Teens and MSC Staffers Alike Earlier this year, we received an email from the Wilcox High School Justice Club. Dedicated to social justice, movement building, and transformative change, the club connected with us in order to learn…
Art.coop’s New Fellowship Supports Six Arts and Culture Groups Remember the Future At a time when the future seems more uncertain than ever, many of us will be looking toward artists and the arts to help us imagine a world of liberation, interdependence, and resilience. We…
Love Wins NYC Combats Food Insecurity With Compassion For All Welcome to New York “Everyone gets a hug.” Daniel Puerto, founder of Love Wins NYC , a queer-centric, volunteer-led organization helping combat food insecurity throughout the city, greets volunteers and community members alike with open arms,…
Movement Strategy Center Visits a Beacon of Community Revitalization April weather is anything but predictable in Saginaw, Mich. It was sunshine one moment and rain showers the next; cool in the morning with temperatures and humidity sneaking up over the course of the day. That unpredictability…
A Convergence of Community, Collaboration, and Commitment Towards a Sustainable Future with When Black + Brown Go Green (WBBGG) Since its inception in 2018 in the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles, CA, where access to green spaces is not a given , When Black +…
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…
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;…
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…
