more justice, more joy
Creating Freedom Movements is a year-long popular education program that nurtures visionary grassroots leaders who build beloved community, cross-issue solidarity and infrastructures of justice & joy. Bringing together social movement history and analysis, healing practices, the arts, and practical skills, we heal people and the planet by moving from cultures of separation & domination to cultures of connection & reciprocity.
The social analysis component of our curriculum makes sure that we do not underestimate what we are up against. The social movement history, artistic practices and healing practices components make sure that we do not underestimate our capacities to create change. The practical skills component provides us with some of the specific skillsets to implement the ideas we dream up.
The program is open to all, regardless of prior educational background, and consists of 9 months of workshops followed by 3 months of regular mentorship meetings which support participants in cultivating projects that increase justice and joy in their own communities. In this way, we aim to divest from oppressive institutions and build alternative infrastructures for a world in which all can flourish.
