Describe yourself in three words. Playful, resourceful, earnest. Tell us about the work you brought into your Fellowship and why this work is important to you. I work as the Director of Political Education & Research at Rising Majority (RM). RM is a broad-based, multisectoral, and multiracial formation that was convened by the Movement for […]
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Fellow: K. Rae | Category: Case Studies K. Rae is a literary editor, poet, and self-taught visual artist who emerged from Baltimore and DC performance scenes. Prior collaborations include the Underground Rainbow Experiment and SCRIBEONHIGH consulting work, along with disability justice participation through People’s Hub and Fireweed Collective. Fellowship Project Overview The fellowship focused on […]
Describe yourself in three words. I am a weaver of diasporal stories. Tell us about yourself. I am a digital communications consultant and adjunct professor who specializes in creating robust communications strategies for non-profit domestic and international organizations. This includes narrative development, communications training and coaching, digital advocacy and outreach, crisis communications, and strategic communications. […]
Black domestic servants were forced to enter through backdoors, earn pennies for hours of labor, clean homes they were forbidden to own and prepare food for tables they were not allowed to eat from. Realizing Chicago neighborhoods were just as segregated as Southern lunch counters, my Grandma Lucille was one of the first Blacks to […]
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Describe yourself in three words. Resilient, Resourceful, Rebellious Tell us about yourself. I was always drawn to the creative arts, and their application to social justice. In college I learned to code in art classes and began experimenting with new media art and creative coding. In that process I learned how influential the tools we […]
Our annual Top Social Justice Memes considers memes used or created by our movements to challenge the status quo and shape politics and pop culture. This year, democracy — the ideal, the vision, the value — is the thing we are concerned with. Memes spread meaning through story, via symbols and practices. More than just […]
If you live or work on the land of the Sogorea Té Land Trust, you can join CSS and many others in contributing to the land tax as an organization or individual. We wear the threads of so many stories in our lives, often without examining their weave more closely. The practice of land acknowledgements […]
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By Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett In 2015, the author’s self-care routine involved learning the Dothraki language from Game of Thrones by practicing pronunciation in private. At that time, they identified as both an activist and writer but had abandoned writing to focus solely on campaign work against corporations and politicians. Despite some campaign victories, they experienced […]