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…

MSC’s 73 Questions With Aisha Shillingford

Movement Strategy Center Chats With Aisha Shillingford of Intelligent Mischief in a 73 Questions-Style Interview Movement Strategy Center and Intelligent Mischief present MSC’s 73 Questions with Aisha Shillingford, creative director of Intelligent Mischief. This is our take on Vogue’s iconic 73 questions and in it we discuss Afrofuturism,…

It Seemed Like an Open and Shut Case

Movement Strategy Center on the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict A minor with an illicitly-sourced military-grade semi automatic firearm crossed state lines to join a group of pro-police vigilantes who gathered in Kenosha to allegedly protect homes and businesses from those protesting yet another instance of extreme police brutality against yet another Black…

Essential Shifts in Funding Practices

Movement Strategy Center on How Philanthropy Must Evolve Funding Practices Today Last summer, we witnessed many institutions and nonprofits denounce systemic racism amid the world’s sharp focus on George Floyd’s murder and the larger Black liberation movement, yet few organizations have moved toward tangible action. A recent report from PolicyLink and…

Acting Boldly, Creatively, and Collectively on Climate Change

This Crisis is Real, Intersectional, and It’s Already Happening Changing by Alisa Singer, used in the IPCC Climate Report. This summer, the normally pleasant Pacific Northwest has seen three-digit temperatures while unprecedented heat advisories were in place for 80 million Americans across 20 states. As you’re reading this, 97 large wildfires are…

Reconsidering Regranting

Movement Strategy Center Reimagines Equitable Regranting Through Philanthropic Innovation Regranting Today In 2006, Warren Buffett announced he would donate 85 percent of his Berkshire Hathaway stock to charity. At the time, Buffett was the richest person in the United States, and his portfolio of stock in the holding company he founded was worth $44…

It’s Time For a Vision That is More Humane

Movement Strategy Center Stands with Cuba, Haiti, and All Victims of Imperialism “The Brothers in pain tinted with blood on the island of Cuba” by @alejandro_sin_barreras. On July 11th, for the first time in 62 years, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in Havana and other cities, calling for freedom, vaccines, and food. Since then, two…

Condemning Violence and Colonialism and Standing With Palestinians

Movement Strategy Center's Thoughts on Israel and Palestine Follow @thecitizenraja on Instagram. This week, Muslims around the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan and the holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr. In Palestine, however, days meant for families and communities coming together in joy and prayer have been marked by brutal violence and oppression. As we…

Relief, Reflection, a Reminder to Keep Fighting

Movement Strategy Center's Thoughts in the Wake of Derek Chauvin's Conviction Follow @shirien.creates on Instagram. We at Movement Strategy Center acknowledge Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the egregious murder of George Floyd last May for what it is: A bittersweet victory that won’t bring Floyd back. His loss is one his family and our communities will…

Supporting Our AAPI Friends and Neighbors

Movement Strategy Center Stands With the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community  Movement Strategy Center (MSC) recognizes that the world we live in is dominated by white supremacy and Anti-Blackness, and we have spent our first 20 years incubating a diverse coalition of BIPOC- and women-led activist organizations as they tackle systemic…