meditation with june jordan’s Moving Towards Home, and the brilliance of dandelions

" @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social has created a work of speculative fiction that resonates deeply with the present moment. That’s the Grievers trilogy, the third volume of which—titled Ancestors—is due out soon; its plot blends a story of urban transformation with a heady amount of (literal) magic."

This episode, everything. On repeat. @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social And Autumn Brown #podcast #self #work #listen

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Listen to our full conversation with writer and organizer @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social on death, witching, and the alchemy that happens when we turn toward each other in relationship: atmos.earth/staying-root...

it’s a list of ancestor allies. my favorite taurus (happy birthday) is an ancestor 🙏🏽

“don’t be a passive observer of the decline of society…you’ll sleep better at night if you’re trying.” @ayanaeliza.bsky.social on We Can Do Hard Things

Sometimes when I’m struggling to give my attention to fruitful, community-building things, I refer to the Emergent Strategy principle that “what you pay attention to grows” and that helps me. Grateful everyday for @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and the impact her work has made on me.

breathing wide
across our wingspan
into that sacred and constant silk web
where we belong

For #NationalPoetryMonth we're sharing poems from The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. Today's: spell for reclaiming the moment by adrienne maree brown: bit.ly/3XIOoUl
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Happy 10th birthday 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘥 and congratulations @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social & Walidah Imarisha! 🎉 A decade and 75,000 copies later, this book has made a huge impact in movement spaces and beyond. Have you read it yet? www.akpress.org/octavia-s-br...

If you are upset about what's going on but aren't sure what to do: start by calling your reps. This app 👇 makes it easy.

Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.

“The most important thing is he changes the way his teammates think about their own play,” Lebron James on Nikola Jokic. “When you’re able to inspire your teammates to play at a level that sometimes they don’t even feel like they can play at, that’s a true testament of a great one.”

In this episode, I talk to visionary thinker, organizer and artist @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social (author of EMERGENT STRATEGY, GRIEVERS & LOVING CORRECTIONS) about the role of the artist during times of chaos and creating beauty from pain and uncertainty. (Ep. 156)

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my dad’s childhood friend is a vet currently in hospice who could use help to be buried in the place he grew up. help me make a small miracle?

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Finally got around to listen to this.

This was a *great* episode.

The more you dig into US history, the darker it gets.

There’s a reason they want to outlaw scholarship in the US.

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If you're looking for a guide to what transformative organizing looks and feels like, then you're looking for Emergent Strategy by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social

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what is something you learned/know that you wish everyone knew about boycotts?

how (including and beyond social media commentary) will you help grow our collective wisdom and precision for this practice?

can you boycott one more day? one more week? how long can you imagine, and what would make that longer?
(and if not keeping up total boycotts against fascism, genocide and/or resegregation, which parts of it can you sustain the longest?)

did you let companies or elected officials know what you were up to?

what made your boycott possible?

what made your boycott challenging?

how was your boycott day one? (or one thousand or ninety - if you’ve been boycotting, how did it feel to have others join?)

questions for reflection, journaling or conversation with people in your community:

“It is not possible to step away from humanity to assert humanity. We always must step towards it.”
@adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
From Octavia’s Parables podcast, which has provided me with calmness and clarity in the past couple months, for which I am increasingly and immeasurably grateful.