BLACK FUTURE MONTH

Emory Douglas
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Revolutionary Musings
By Barbara Ransby, Contributor
Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Gender an...
Join the revolution!
Brandan BMike Odums
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How We Learned (Are Learning) Transformative Justice
By Adrienne Maree Brown, Contributor
Co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Just...
We survive, we learn, we have agency about our next steps.
Alyssa Osasere
BLACK VOICES
I Dream Of Healthy Black Futures
By Renee Bracey Sherman, Guest Writer
Guest Writer
If we are going to withstand the destructive policies of this incoming administration, we’ll have to be even more creative.
Babusi Nyoni
BLACK VOICES
Black Land And Its Role In The Liberation of Black People
By Karissa Lewis, Contributor
Interim Executive Director at the Center for Third World Organ...
Land is power. Land provides the opportunity for self-determination.
Felix Jackson Jr
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The Black Possibilities Coup
By Amtyah Osunbunmi Asili, Contributor
National Political Organizer for Communications Workers of Ame...
Your Black future is yours to create!
Sharee Miller
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Pay Young Black Folks To Do The Work They Want To Do
By Tiffany Dena Loftin, Contributor
Senior Program Specialist in Community Advocacy and Partnershi...
Young black people have got this every bit as much as the next person, and maybe more so.
Sadie Barnett
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June's Psalm: Realized Rights And Unquestioned Humanity
By Jasmine Burnett, Contributor
Director of Community Organizing with New Voices for Reproduct...
Because we know the abundance of all that is ours, we demand justice.
Nyanza D
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Black Sex Matters: No More Fear Of Flying
By Sonya Renee Taylor, Contributor
Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Ap...
We make radical Black freedom with our radically Black bodies.
Karmimadeebora McMillan
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Creating Black Futures Within The Present
By Thulile Gamedze, Contributor
Artist, activist, writer and member of the collective, iQhiya
Oppressed people simply need more space for our imaginations to live, cultivate and comfort each other.
Lucas Alvarado Farar Sabaah Folayan
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My Fight For $15 Is About Black Futures
By Naquasia Legrand, Contributor
Member of the Fight for 15 National Organizing Committee
I’ve always lived in poverty, but living in poverty and having someone depend on me is a completely different story.
Nia Keturah
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Environmental And Health Justice Intersect for Healthy Black Futures
By Elizabeth Dawes Gay, Contributor
Health & social justice advocate based in Washington, DC. @Ech...
Environmental racism is the problem. Environmental justice can be the solution.
Keena Tarrant
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Apocalyptic Faith
By Latishia James, Contributor
Chaplain Unbound
A theological context, apocalypse may give hope that after the destruction of evil, restoration can occur.
Alyssa Osasere
BLACK VOICES
In America, Aging While Black Takes Solidarity, Activism And Magic
By Evelyn Reynolds, Contributor
Associate Professor of Sociology at Parkland College in Champa...
"The eradication of ageism is important for thriving Black lives and free Black futures.”
Aaryn Lang
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2017 Is The Year To Fight For Black Trans Futures
By Janetta Johnson, Contributor
Transgender Gender Variant and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project
We all need to get to this future together, but we’re not starting from the same place.
Vincent Ballentine
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Black Friendship, Black Love
By Amber J. Phillips, Contributor
Writer, organizer, and digital strategist working to advance t...
If we are invested in the liberation of all Black people, we must be in healthy relationship with the community we claim to love.
Ethan X Parker
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Black Cripples Are Your Comrades, Not Your Counterpoint
By Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Contributor
Poetry Editor at The Deaf Poets Society
The black activist mainstream has been slow to add disability justice to their platforms for a brighter black future.
TIFFANY LENOI JONES
BLACK VOICES
For The Love Of Black Transwomen, Black LGBTQIA Folks Resist
By Ace Portis, Contributor
Social justice fundraiser
What if the march towards Black liberation centered the lives of Black transwomen?
Damon Davis
BLACK VOICES
Healing Justice Is How We Can Sustain Black Lives
By Prentis Hemphill, Contributor
Director of Healing Justice at Black Lives Matter
We are literally – not figuratively – in a fight for our lives.
Artwork by Sandra Khalifa
Sandra Khalifa
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Black Muslim Futures Matter
By Miski Noor, Contributor
Communications Strategist for the Black Lives Matter Global Ne...
I am Black and I am Muslim, and the Black Muslim experience is real. We matter.
Miles Regis
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Black Futures Of Safety, Security And Non-Surveillance
By Chinyere Tutashinda, Contributor
Founding member of The BlackOUT Collective
In the 21st century, the overseer has jumped from outside on the street to online in your home.
Kohshin Finley
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A More Abundant Share – The Future Of Food Is Black
By Shakirah Simley, Contributor
Co-founder of Nourish|Resist. Community Programs Manager and C...
Young Black people will lead the conversation on changing our food and farming systems.
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
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Make Our Way Home: Radical Legacies Of A Black Feminist Living Room
By Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Contributor
Community cherished black feminist writer, scholar and educator.
Our communities are creating housing, spiritual space to breathe and collective space to gather without permission.
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