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We pledge to move boldly forward, grounding our actions in fierce love.
When I Dare to be powerful, to use my strength in service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
- Audre Lorde
IN THIS MOMENT, THE DEEPEST UGLINESS OF THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN REVEALED, BROUGHT TO LIGHT, AND STAMPED WITH A FALSE SEAL OF LEGITIMACY.
People -- both ordinary community members and those who hold political power -- are escalating attacks against many people: Black, Muslim, Indigenous, immigrant and refugee, queer and trans, individuals with disabilities, and so many others. Violence is escalating against the sovereign Indigenous nations of this land. The irreparable damage to our climate is accelerating. Many of us fear for our lives and our loved ones, our democracy and our earth.
AGAINST THESE ODDS, WE ARE A PEOPLE RISING IN COURAGEOUS AND POWERFUL RESISTANCE.
We are a people of hope and fierceness, of love and fight, a people of vibrancy, of joy and courage. We are those who stand resolute for #BlackLivesMatter, #Not1More, #Our100, #StandwithStandingRock, and #SanctuaryEverywhere. We are the voices singing our bravest songs of freedom and liberation for each and every one of us.
IN THE COMING DAYS, MONTHS, AND YEARS, EACH OF US WILL BE CALLED TO BOLD ACTION TO CHALLENGE THE NORMALIZING OF HATE.
Now is not the time for ignoring real differences. Now is not the time for denial of real threats. Now is the time for beloved community, for deep democracy, and for action.
OUR ACTION IS NECESSARY TO REVEAL THAT POWER RESTS IN THE PEOPLE.
Our power and love are greater than any authority acting in service of domination and violence.
OUR POWER IS LOVE.
Love for ourselves nourishes and strengthens us. Love for our families and our peoples gives us courage and perspective. Love for humanity allows us to believe in transformation beyond what seems possible in this moment. Love for our Mother Earth emboldens us for the most visionary action.
Grounded in love we will dare to be powerful.
We will use our strength in the service of our vision.
I WILL GROUND MYSELF AND MY ACTIONS IN BOLD VISION AND FIERCE LOVE.
- I will name and affirm a vision of the world that values and supports everyone, restores our relationship with the earth, and ensures a future for our children’s children.
- I will ask myself and my community to live the values of dignity, justice, and love, as we support individual and community self-determination in this political climate.
- I will cultivate my capacity for bold, loving action through walks, meditation, prayer, dance, art, music and other acts of daily restoration.
I WILL MOVE BOLDLY FORWARD.
- I will gather in community to build and strengthen our commitment to care for each other through deep listening and mutual support.
- I will center the leadership of people targeted by hate. Black, Muslim, Indigenous, migrant, refugee, LGBTQ, and other communities are navigating attacks and have wisdom to share. Targeted communities must raise our voices and our stories. Share your stories and listen when people share theirs.
+ Action Ideas
- Leadership of Women of Color: #Our100
- 13 Intersectional Grassroots Organizations to Donate to Right Now
- Black Lives Matter post-election statement: #BLM
- List of Pro-Immigrant, Pro-Earth, Anti-Bigotry Organizations That Need Your Support
- Protecting Reproductive Justice
- The Election Crash: The End of the Inside Game
- StandWithStandingRock.net
- NYC Stands With Standing Rock Syllabus
- Margins to Center Reflection
- I will protect and care for people and communities targeted by hateful acts and policies. These actions may include providing sanctuary, creating employment opportunities, providing sustenance, interrupting hateful acts both large and small, resisting the acts of the government and stepping forward to lead towards solutions that serve all.
+ Action Ideas
- Sanctuary Cities in an Age of Targeted Deportation: #SanctuaryCampus
- Bystander intervention trainings
- If You Feel You’re at Risk
- Public School Resolution to Protect Undocumented Students
- Recommendations for Schools to Protect Undocumented Students
- Human Chain Around Praying Students
- How Cities Can Protect People
- Transgender Law Center Statement
- One Human Family
- Ten Ways to Fight Hate: Community Response Guide
- Hate Free Zones
- BreakOUT!'s Guide to Street Safety & Preserving Rights with Police
- I will publicly demonstrate my resistance to actions and policies that normalize hate.
+ Action Ideas
- “RESIST and RECLAIM” from MLK to Inauguration Day
- The Women's March on Washington
- Opposition Day of Action
- #AltoTrump!
- ¡Nunca Mas! People Powered Strategy in the Time of Trump
- Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: What You Can Do
- 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
- Weekly Resistance Online
- Gathering Storm of Protest
- Don’t Leave DAPL to Trump
- Students Walk Out to Demand Sanctuary
- Electoral College members Just Launched Anti-Trump Revolt
- Color of Change: Block Sessions
- Ten Ways to Resist Trump
- Sanctuary Campus Movement: Local Points of Resistance
- We Need the Biggest Demonstration in US History
- DRUM: Prevent Trump's Muslim Registry Petition
- DRUM: Resistance to Registry & Deportation
- #HereToStay
- I will create opportunities to declare and spread a commitment to stand together and affirm our shared humanity. and affirm our shared humanity.
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Mia Birdsong
Family Story
Vanessa Daniel
Groundswell Fund
Scot Nakagawa
Makani Themba
Eveline Shen
Forward Together
Yamani Hernandez
National Network of Abortion Funds
Corrine Sanchez
Tewa Women United
Denise Abdul-Rahman
NAACP
Andrea Lee
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Johnny Buck
Native Youth Leadership Alliance
Miya Yoshitani
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Lee Ann Hall
People’s Action
George Goehl
People’s Action
Mimi Ho
Movement Strategy Center (MSC)
Taj JamesMovement Strategy Center (MSC)
Arif Mamdani
Kaleo Center for Faith, Justice, and Social Transformation
Jodeen Olguín-Tayler
Demos & #Our100
Tomás Garduño
Organizing and Civic Engagement Coach
Brenda Salgado
Nepantla Center for Healing and Renewal
Yalini Dream
Artist, Vision, Change, Win & AwQward Talent
Scott Nine
Jeremy Lahoud
Youth & Intergenerational Organizing, MSC
Joanne N. Smith
Girls for Gender Equity
Joann Lo
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Tammy Johnson
Art Works Practice
Anasa Troutman
eLoveate
Stephanie Wong
Innovation Center, MSC
Trina Greene Brown
Parenting for Liberation
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Author
Julie Quiroz
Movement Strategy Center (MSC)
Tannia Esparza
Young Women United
Ejeris Dixon
Vision Change, Win
Christine Cordero
Center for Story Based Strategy
Roque Armenta
Youth & Intergenerational Organizing, MSC
Sandra Kim
Everyday Feminism
Nikki Bas
Partnership for Working Families
Judith LeBlanc
Native Organizers Alliance
Jovida Ross
Movement Strategy Center (MSC)
Mateo Nube
Movement Generation
Libero Della Piana
People's Action
Carmen Iñiguez
Youth Organizing, MSC
Navina Khanna
HEAL Food Alliance
Alex Thibadeau
MSC
Aisha Shillingford
Intelligent Mischief
Terry Marshall
Intelligent Mischief
Jesse Bachrach
MSC
Victoria Benson
Community Climate Solutions, MSC
Michelle Long
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)
Erica Woodland
Social Worker, National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
Chris Crass
Author & Educator
Rosa González
Community Climate Solutions, MSC
Kelly Miller
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
Norma Wong
Institute for Applied Zen
Shadiin Garcia
Educator
Melissa Saavedra
Financing Transition, MSC
Jung Hee Choi
Social Justice Communicator
Jennifer Near
Philanthropic Consultant
Nwamaka Agbo
Next Economy, MSC
Michelle Gislason
CompassPoint
Kristen Zimmerman
Luis Sanchez
Youth & Intergenerational Organizing, MSC
Dana Kawaoka-Chen
Bay Area Justice Funders Network
Lauren Roberts
Solutions Project
Kimberly Serrano
UC Irvine Sustainability Initiative
Cristy Chung
Aparna Shah
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
Calvin Williams
Youth & Intergenerational Organizing, MSC
Malia Collins
Author & Educator
Holly Bartling
General Service Foundation
Jose Plascencia
Innovation Center, MSC
Annika M. Gifford
Philliph Drummond
MSC
Abby Reyes
UC Irvine Sustainability Initiative
Ariel Jacobson
Restaurant Opportunities Center
Ayanna Davis
Innovation Center, MSC
Khalif Williams
Educator
Vicente Garcia
Transitions Initiative, MSC
Dana Ginn-Paredes
Momentum Institute
Sarah Shanley Hope
Solutions Project
Naina Khanna
Positive Women’s Network
Weyam Ghadbian
Shared Story, MSC
Maria Carolina Morales
Social Justice Advocate
Rachel Humphrey
Bay Area Justice Funders Network
Rachel Burrows
Innovation Center, MSC
Beckie Masaki
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
Quinton Sankofa
Movement Generation
Jose Oliva
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan
Movement Generation
Lateefah Simon
Akonadi Foundation
Genaro Rendon
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Supriya Pillai
Financing Transition, MSC
Doria Robinson
Urban Tilth