What drives us to learn? And how do we, deep in old habits and comforts, find the way to unlearn that which harms ourselves, each other and the world? As we all know, education doesn’t just happen in school— and when it comes to justice, the decisions affecting our health, and what’s needed to avert totally compromising our planet— we need to look more and more to the communities that are learning how to transform and transition themselves That’s why this month we’re highlighting Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project. |
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Movement Generation could represent many other basic needs we highlight throughout the year: Environment, health, justice, economy, but we chose to highlight them for education to celebrate the work being done outside the institution, from the ground up. Movement Generation works to opens eyes and sharpens the lens for a just transition towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture. They have engaged over 150 organizations and thousands of change agents (community leaders, activists, and organizers) through intensive retreats, political education, hands-on skills workshops, peer exchange, campaign development, alliance building, strategic support and more. Their justice-based approach to ecology brings a keen lens to the work of existing organizations, Like many of the organizations we have chosen to highlight this year, Movement Generation works by activating and supporting the power of coalitions and shared platforms, focusing on deep-seated and transformative relationships as the basis of their work. |
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This is not the time to return to normal... We are in a pivotal moment. The Global Pandemic and the continued injustice toward people and the planet is changing life as we know it. So much is being lost, taken away, or destroyed. We say: enough is enough." from the Creative Wildfire Manifesto |
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And like any leap towards new models and pathways, Movement Generation recognizes creativity as an essential tool of transformation. Their Creative Wildfire Project, in collaboration with past CSAction orgs Climate Justice Alliance and New Economy Coalition, organizes artists and cultural workers around the Just Transition framework while supporting them to create work that uplifts the larger cultural shifts underway. Check out the showcase event here. |
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Rekindle... Movement Generation is currently still working with the 25+ organizing pods that formed in September for their Study and Strategy series Rekindle– supporting and exploring local and translocal organizing strategies moving on the ground, and to reconnect, and rekindle our relationships. |
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Listen in... Movement Generation’s new podcast Did We Go Too Far? takes on parenting in a pandemic, and offers perspectives on Queer Ecology, Black Land & Liberation, and being okay with the unknown, with hosts Tré Vasquez & Layel Camargo. Check it out! |
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There is so much more to learn. Check them out directly HERE. |
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Connecting the basic needs dots ... It’s a theme! All three organizations this year for our CSAction have focused on this idea of a Just Transition. And all three have held that as a complex process involving economy, justice and ecology. That’s because to get to where we need to go from where we are, requires a leap. Transitions are often messy, awkward, costly. Change is hard. But the risk of staying where we are is literal economic and ecological collapse. That’s why we celebrate those with the courage and sight to create the meaningful pathways towards a transition that recognizes people’s history, needs and the needs of the planet. |
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We’re excited to support MOVEMENT GENERATION this month and throughout the year through our Community Supported Action Fund. Thank you for your support now and always. |
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Photo Credits & Descriptions: 1. Group gathering outside at a farm for justice/ecology retreat 2. Core team group shot at their 2020 Propagate, Pollinate, Practice training in 2020, photo by Brooke Anderson; 3. An illustrated graphic poster of different models of energy with the words "Clean Energy for a Bright Future" created by Jackie Fawn; 4. An illustrated poster with two women exchanging wisdom in the form of land and plants, with the words "Food 4 all," art by Jackie Fawn; 5.A screen capture of Rekindle's online workshop "if it's the right thing to do, we have every right to do it." 6. An illustrated poster of MG's new podcast Did we Go Too Far? 7. A MG retreat group carrying a large water tank over a garden. |
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