Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Publisher Verso Books
Author Dean Spade
Around the world, people are faced with crisis after crisis, from the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond to—or actively engineer—each crisis, ordinary people are finding bold and innovative ways to share resources and support vulnerable members of their communities. This survival work, when done alongside social movement demands for transformative change, is called mutual aid. This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid has been a part of all larger, powerful social movements, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout. Mutual aid isn’t charity: it’s a form of organizing where people get to create new systems of care and generosity so we can survive.
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Author Dean Spade
Around the world, people are faced with crisis after crisis, from the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond to—or actively engineer—each crisis, ordinary people are finding bold and innovative ways to share resources and support vulnerable members of their communities. This survival work, when done alongside social movement demands for transformative change, is called mutual aid. This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid has been a part of all larger, powerful social movements, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout. Mutual aid isn’t charity: it’s a form of organizing where people get to create new systems of care and generosity so we can survive.
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DEFUND THE POLICE
DEFUND THE POLICE
Publisher Drum Machine Editions
Author Erik Pedersen
Police reform doesn't work. That's why all profits from the sale of these broadsides will be redirected to Critical Resistance (criticalresistance.org) to support their ongoing abolition work. DIMENSIONS: 11”x17” PROCESS: risography INK COLORS: black, medium blue PAPER: Domtar Cougar Natural Smooth, 65# cover Illustration, design, and printing by Erik Pedersen. Typeset in Martin by Vocal Type / Tré Seals. "CRITICAL RESISTANCE seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope." —criticalresistance.org
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Author Erik Pedersen
Police reform doesn't work. That's why all profits from the sale of these broadsides will be redirected to Critical Resistance (criticalresistance.org) to support their ongoing abolition work. DIMENSIONS: 11”x17” PROCESS: risography INK COLORS: black, medium blue PAPER: Domtar Cougar Natural Smooth, 65# cover Illustration, design, and printing by Erik Pedersen. Typeset in Martin by Vocal Type / Tré Seals. "CRITICAL RESISTANCE seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope." —criticalresistance.org
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Prints of Protest
Prints of Protest
Publisher Mira Dayal, Nicole Kaack, and Katy Nelson, as an extension of the publishing project "prompt:"
Author Tony Cokes, Anaïs Duplan, Erica Génécé, Neema Githere, Julian Louis Phillips, Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Highlighting the work and words of Black artists, the risograph prints available in this fundraiser originated as Instagram posts recommended by a group of artists the organizers have worked with through the collaborative artist publication prompt:. The prints constitute a mini archive of how artists in our wider community have responded to ongoing violence and recent protests over police brutality, using social media as a space for reflection or collectivization. Proceeds benefit organizations that are supporting people of color and working to dismantle racist institutions. Special thanks to our printer, Endless Editions, for supporting this project.
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Author Tony Cokes, Anaïs Duplan, Erica Génécé, Neema Githere, Julian Louis Phillips, Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Highlighting the work and words of Black artists, the risograph prints available in this fundraiser originated as Instagram posts recommended by a group of artists the organizers have worked with through the collaborative artist publication prompt:. The prints constitute a mini archive of how artists in our wider community have responded to ongoing violence and recent protests over police brutality, using social media as a space for reflection or collectivization. Proceeds benefit organizations that are supporting people of color and working to dismantle racist institutions. Special thanks to our printer, Endless Editions, for supporting this project.
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Inimitable Flowers
Inimitable Flowers
Publisher Auriane Benabou
Author Auriane Benabou
I created this coloring book the summer of 2020 partially as a way to heal and take time to process the events unfolding before us all. My idea was to create images of BIPOC joy occupying space in nature, a place where we are not usually imagined. The project is meant to eventually be sold to fund local activist/black led organizations in Providence and I am still searching for collaborators to make this a realization. Redistribution of wealth is just one small way to get people involved and gain interest in the movements toward abolition of the police, ICE, and prison and to garner support for organizations dedicated to protecting and uplifting the lives of BIPOC folx.
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Author Auriane Benabou
I created this coloring book the summer of 2020 partially as a way to heal and take time to process the events unfolding before us all. My idea was to create images of BIPOC joy occupying space in nature, a place where we are not usually imagined. The project is meant to eventually be sold to fund local activist/black led organizations in Providence and I am still searching for collaborators to make this a realization. Redistribution of wealth is just one small way to get people involved and gain interest in the movements toward abolition of the police, ICE, and prison and to garner support for organizations dedicated to protecting and uplifting the lives of BIPOC folx.
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America is Invading Itself
America is Invading Itself
Publisher Dale Zine
Author Bobuq Sayed
Friends and family who are confused about what's going on in America right now, especially non-Black folks and those of you abroad, I want to spell it out: After the murder of George Floyd by a racist white police officer, protestors took to the streets to demand justice for Black folks, who have been systemically disempowered by the political system and murdered without repercussions by police since the conception of this country (modern policing here begun with patrols to recapture runaway slaves); The ensuing demonstrations gained steam because the violent inequality that Floyd's death represents is part of the racist bedrock of America, which continues to keep Black folks down through housing policies like redlining, through education, through income inequality, through access to public services and healthcare, through prisons filled with Black folks, and even with deaths from covid-19 in America so disproportionately affecting Black folks; What we are seeing now is the military being mobilized against protestors who are demanding equality. These are tactics dictators use to quell rebellion. Please do not let the media convince you that looting is the important narrative at play here. Black folks have spent 400 years trying to appeal to the moral sense of dominant culture for equality and it hasn't worked, property can be replaced
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Author Bobuq Sayed
Friends and family who are confused about what's going on in America right now, especially non-Black folks and those of you abroad, I want to spell it out: After the murder of George Floyd by a racist white police officer, protestors took to the streets to demand justice for Black folks, who have been systemically disempowered by the political system and murdered without repercussions by police since the conception of this country (modern policing here begun with patrols to recapture runaway slaves); The ensuing demonstrations gained steam because the violent inequality that Floyd's death represents is part of the racist bedrock of America, which continues to keep Black folks down through housing policies like redlining, through education, through income inequality, through access to public services and healthcare, through prisons filled with Black folks, and even with deaths from covid-19 in America so disproportionately affecting Black folks; What we are seeing now is the military being mobilized against protestors who are demanding equality. These are tactics dictators use to quell rebellion. Please do not let the media convince you that looting is the important narrative at play here. Black folks have spent 400 years trying to appeal to the moral sense of dominant culture for equality and it hasn't worked, property can be replaced
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Abolish the Police for Breonna Taylor
Abolish the Police for Breonna Taylor
Publisher Groundwork Zine
Author Kimberly Enjoli
Groundwork Zine is a love note from Black abolitionist grassroots organizers to our communities. We've produced three issues a year since 2017. Usually zines are printed and disseminated at protests but this year's summer issue was primarily shared digitally.
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Author Kimberly Enjoli
Groundwork Zine is a love note from Black abolitionist grassroots organizers to our communities. We've produced three issues a year since 2017. Usually zines are printed and disseminated at protests but this year's summer issue was primarily shared digitally.
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William Lofton
William Lofton
Publisher Books for All Press
Author William Lofton
This publication is a collection of works on paper by 33 year old artist William Lofton. Mr. Lofton lives and works in New York. The works in this book are a collection of pieces he has made throughout the years, some dating back to 2001, but all unseen by the public. The works along with the text included (written by William) show his keen and poetic observation of people and culture. Our mission at Books for All Press is to publish artist's books with artists living with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. The prime goal in these books is to let the work be seen solely as art work, devoid of any narrative about the artist's disabilities or illnesses. It places the artists among their contemporary peers and is seen without any preconception. The books are all distributed at bookstores, book fairs, and online. Talks of this publication began before the pandemic hit, but then once stay at home orders began, the funding to produce this book became more difficult to obtain, while knowing the work was needed in the world. People with developmental disabilities are at a higher risk for infection and severe long term effects. This compounded with the loss of their daily activities that are so instrumental to their wellness and mental health, proved to be a significant challenge. It became clearer that we needed to proceed with getting this book made and into the hands of the public and the artist himself. This book can is provided a sense of accomplishment both for the artist and publisher, seeing what can be done when faced with an ever declining economy and the massive set backs most are facing in the United States right now.
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Author William Lofton
This publication is a collection of works on paper by 33 year old artist William Lofton. Mr. Lofton lives and works in New York. The works in this book are a collection of pieces he has made throughout the years, some dating back to 2001, but all unseen by the public. The works along with the text included (written by William) show his keen and poetic observation of people and culture. Our mission at Books for All Press is to publish artist's books with artists living with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. The prime goal in these books is to let the work be seen solely as art work, devoid of any narrative about the artist's disabilities or illnesses. It places the artists among their contemporary peers and is seen without any preconception. The books are all distributed at bookstores, book fairs, and online. Talks of this publication began before the pandemic hit, but then once stay at home orders began, the funding to produce this book became more difficult to obtain, while knowing the work was needed in the world. People with developmental disabilities are at a higher risk for infection and severe long term effects. This compounded with the loss of their daily activities that are so instrumental to their wellness and mental health, proved to be a significant challenge. It became clearer that we needed to proceed with getting this book made and into the hands of the public and the artist himself. This book can is provided a sense of accomplishment both for the artist and publisher, seeing what can be done when faced with an ever declining economy and the massive set backs most are facing in the United States right now.
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COVID-19 Action & Informative Design Series
COVID-19 Action & Informative Design Series
Publisher Instagram/Raina Wellman/Lauren Sarkissian
Author Raina Wellman (and certain collabs with Lauren Sarkissian)
This document is made up of informational posts I created to inform people about COVID-19 and other health/social issues. I took inspiration from my ongoing research project on infectious disease & visual communication, which has primarily focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, syphilis, and smallpox. The projects “Shame is a Bad Public Health Tool”, “Pandemiquette,” “Assessing Symptoms and Risks,” “COVID-19 Updates,” and “Practical Guide to Protesting & Pandemic Prevention” were created in collaboration with Lauren Sarkissian, a MPH candidate at University of Washington. Both in collaborations with Lauren and independently, the goal of this work is to make urgent and often complicated information accessible, clear, and based in ongoing research.
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Author Raina Wellman (and certain collabs with Lauren Sarkissian)
This document is made up of informational posts I created to inform people about COVID-19 and other health/social issues. I took inspiration from my ongoing research project on infectious disease & visual communication, which has primarily focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, syphilis, and smallpox. The projects “Shame is a Bad Public Health Tool”, “Pandemiquette,” “Assessing Symptoms and Risks,” “COVID-19 Updates,” and “Practical Guide to Protesting & Pandemic Prevention” were created in collaboration with Lauren Sarkissian, a MPH candidate at University of Washington. Both in collaborations with Lauren and independently, the goal of this work is to make urgent and often complicated information accessible, clear, and based in ongoing research.
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Care Not Cops
Care Not Cops
Publisher Lucky Risograph
Author Julia Schaefer and Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Crown Heights Mutual Aid (CHMA) was formed in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. We are a network of neighbors supporting one another and the most vulnerable in our community, mobilizing against the COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing crises of state violence, food injustice, and housing inequality. CHMA is also a tool for building connections and reciprocal relationships: we all have something to offer, and we all have something we need as we struggle towards justice. This poster is intended to both spread awareness of how to get involved with Crown Heights Mutual Aid and fundraise for our neighbors’ groceries. “Care Not Cops” makes explicit that CHMA is a long-term project, and we are committed to building processes and finding sustainable solutions. Operating in the spirit of collective care and responsibility, we refuse to collaborate with law enforcement in our aid work; much of what we do is necessitated by the violence and oppression carried out by the police and America’s carceral apparatus. Lucky Risograph, who continues to offer free printing services for activists and movement organizers, printed all of our posters. All money raised went toward getting groceries to our neighbors.
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Author Julia Schaefer and Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Crown Heights Mutual Aid (CHMA) was formed in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. We are a network of neighbors supporting one another and the most vulnerable in our community, mobilizing against the COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing crises of state violence, food injustice, and housing inequality. CHMA is also a tool for building connections and reciprocal relationships: we all have something to offer, and we all have something we need as we struggle towards justice. This poster is intended to both spread awareness of how to get involved with Crown Heights Mutual Aid and fundraise for our neighbors’ groceries. “Care Not Cops” makes explicit that CHMA is a long-term project, and we are committed to building processes and finding sustainable solutions. Operating in the spirit of collective care and responsibility, we refuse to collaborate with law enforcement in our aid work; much of what we do is necessitated by the violence and oppression carried out by the police and America’s carceral apparatus. Lucky Risograph, who continues to offer free printing services for activists and movement organizers, printed all of our posters. All money raised went toward getting groceries to our neighbors.
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Defund the Police
Defund the Police
Publisher Irrelevant Press
Author Irrelevant Press
What it means to defund the police and abolish prisons, and why the time is now.
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Author Irrelevant Press
What it means to defund the police and abolish prisons, and why the time is now.
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Black Lives Matter ABC's
Black Lives Matter ABC's
Publisher Cabrón James
Author Cabrón James
This free zine features an A-Z list of 318 Black Americans who were killed by the hands of police since Eric Garner’s death in 2014.
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Author Cabrón James
This free zine features an A-Z list of 318 Black Americans who were killed by the hands of police since Eric Garner’s death in 2014.
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A History of Anti-Black Racism on Long Island
A History of Anti-Black Racism on Long Island
Publisher Ilana Luther
Author Ilana Luther
This zine details a history of institutional anti-Blackness in housing, education, public health, and criminal justice on Long Island, and examines the region's segregationist history.
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Author Ilana Luther
This zine details a history of institutional anti-Blackness in housing, education, public health, and criminal justice on Long Island, and examines the region's segregationist history.
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The First Amendment and You: a short zine on knowing your rights
The First Amendment and You: a short zine on knowing your rights
Publisher Shori Sims
Author halieadorable211
The First Amendment and You is an 8-page zine that is made to be copied and easily disseminated for activists and protestors in the field. The zine serves as a short primer (by non-lawyers) on your rights concerning civil disobedience, freedom of speech and freedom of expression. It also focuses on debunking commonly held misconceptions concerning the First Amendment: such as the idea that constitutional rights only apply to legal United States citizens.
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Author halieadorable211
The First Amendment and You is an 8-page zine that is made to be copied and easily disseminated for activists and protestors in the field. The zine serves as a short primer (by non-lawyers) on your rights concerning civil disobedience, freedom of speech and freedom of expression. It also focuses on debunking commonly held misconceptions concerning the First Amendment: such as the idea that constitutional rights only apply to legal United States citizens.
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We Expand: A Black Women's Herbal
We Expand: A Black Women's Herbal
Publisher Anklebiters Publishing
Author Lyric Hunter (editor)
We Expand: A Black Women's Herbal is a creative herbal-- a collection of recipes, stories, poems, and artwork intended to nourish Black women's bodies and spirits-- that emerged in the aftermath of the 2016 election. The herbal features the voices of Black women and nonbinary people, and it is for the Black women, the Black transwomen, and the Black nonbinary people who are tired.
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Author Lyric Hunter (editor)
We Expand: A Black Women's Herbal is a creative herbal-- a collection of recipes, stories, poems, and artwork intended to nourish Black women's bodies and spirits-- that emerged in the aftermath of the 2016 election. The herbal features the voices of Black women and nonbinary people, and it is for the Black women, the Black transwomen, and the Black nonbinary people who are tired.
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Even the Score, The Revolution, Volume III
Even the Score, The Revolution, Volume III
Publisher Homie House Press
Author The Sistren
In the wake of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Rayshard Brooks, Malcolm Harsch, Dominique Alexander, Riah Milton, Robert Fuller, Oluwatoyin Salau, and the many more that Rest In Power— we have seen black folx and their accomplices rise up and fight the powers of racism world wide. This is just the beginning, its been 3 weeks, but we know that the duration of protests that create change are long-lasting and rigorous work. The Birmingham movement was 38 days, The Greensboro sit-ins lasted 176, The Freedom Riders was 227, The Chicago freedom movement was 232, and The Montgomery bus boycott was 382 days. We have witnessed many in our community doing the work to create real and tangible change. We see you and we honor you, alongside the names turned into hashtags, and the ancestors that brought us here. Keep doing the work, but with that same spirit, allow yourself to rest and take time to heal. We need all of us in this for the long haul. We must prioritize naps, food, mediation, however that looks for you, in order to continue to show up and out for the rebellion. With that sentiment, we have collaborated with The Sistren to bring you this Special Edition of Even The Score. It comes to life at a very specific time for a very explicit purpose. We want to highlight an often delayed, ignored, or all together forgotten piece of the revolution; Healing & Rest. May this zine be a resource used and handed out when fatigue, depression, exhaustion draws near. This edition is focuses on healing outlets for black folx first, but there are resources here for everyone. Spread this freely, that is the point. Happy Rebellion!
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Author The Sistren
In the wake of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Rayshard Brooks, Malcolm Harsch, Dominique Alexander, Riah Milton, Robert Fuller, Oluwatoyin Salau, and the many more that Rest In Power— we have seen black folx and their accomplices rise up and fight the powers of racism world wide. This is just the beginning, its been 3 weeks, but we know that the duration of protests that create change are long-lasting and rigorous work. The Birmingham movement was 38 days, The Greensboro sit-ins lasted 176, The Freedom Riders was 227, The Chicago freedom movement was 232, and The Montgomery bus boycott was 382 days. We have witnessed many in our community doing the work to create real and tangible change. We see you and we honor you, alongside the names turned into hashtags, and the ancestors that brought us here. Keep doing the work, but with that same spirit, allow yourself to rest and take time to heal. We need all of us in this for the long haul. We must prioritize naps, food, mediation, however that looks for you, in order to continue to show up and out for the rebellion. With that sentiment, we have collaborated with The Sistren to bring you this Special Edition of Even The Score. It comes to life at a very specific time for a very explicit purpose. We want to highlight an often delayed, ignored, or all together forgotten piece of the revolution; Healing & Rest. May this zine be a resource used and handed out when fatigue, depression, exhaustion draws near. This edition is focuses on healing outlets for black folx first, but there are resources here for everyone. Spread this freely, that is the point. Happy Rebellion!
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Safer in the Streets
Safer in the Streets
Publisher Safer in the Streets Collective
Author Safer in the Streets Collective
A zine on best practices for dealing with the police from a cartoonist collective. As people hit the streets across America to protest the murder of George Floyd and stand for Black lives, we’ve all seen authorities respond to our protests against police brutality with more police brutality. Now no one can plausibly deny that the police are violent, regardless of whether demonstrators are breaking windows or just exercising their alleged freedoms. And yet, we cannot allow the cops to beat the resistance out of us. Safer in the Streets is a tool for protesters that illustrates best practices for dealing with the police. In the series, seven different cartoonists interpret a basic principle of street tactics, from snake marches to how to make sure you don’t break your fingers. It’s free to read and share for everyone, and it’s formatted to print as a two-sheet zine for passing out. Compliance won’t protect us out there, so we need to be smart, careful, and brave if we’re going to be safer in the streets.
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Author Safer in the Streets Collective
A zine on best practices for dealing with the police from a cartoonist collective. As people hit the streets across America to protest the murder of George Floyd and stand for Black lives, we’ve all seen authorities respond to our protests against police brutality with more police brutality. Now no one can plausibly deny that the police are violent, regardless of whether demonstrators are breaking windows or just exercising their alleged freedoms. And yet, we cannot allow the cops to beat the resistance out of us. Safer in the Streets is a tool for protesters that illustrates best practices for dealing with the police. In the series, seven different cartoonists interpret a basic principle of street tactics, from snake marches to how to make sure you don’t break your fingers. It’s free to read and share for everyone, and it’s formatted to print as a two-sheet zine for passing out. Compliance won’t protect us out there, so we need to be smart, careful, and brave if we’re going to be safer in the streets.
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Revolution & Us: Pocket Guide to Direct Action
Revolution & Us: Pocket Guide to Direct Action
Publisher Multiple
Author Allison Chan, Zainab Aliyu, BUFU (By Us For Us)
Revolution & Us: A Pocket Guide to Direct Action— let’s get this vital info out IRL, not everyone is in our networks & needs to know, let’s keep each other safe. The guide is in defense of Black lives and includes information on checking in first; emergency contacts; what to wear and carry; how to protest (find a pod, move with intention, how cops kettle, find your role, recording cops, don't snitch); how to stay safe (the golden rule, digital self-defense, pandemic rules, chemical weapons, in case of arrest); how to care for yourself (care before, during and after action); + protest chants.
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Author Allison Chan, Zainab Aliyu, BUFU (By Us For Us)
Revolution & Us: A Pocket Guide to Direct Action— let’s get this vital info out IRL, not everyone is in our networks & needs to know, let’s keep each other safe. The guide is in defense of Black lives and includes information on checking in first; emergency contacts; what to wear and carry; how to protest (find a pod, move with intention, how cops kettle, find your role, recording cops, don't snitch); how to stay safe (the golden rule, digital self-defense, pandemic rules, chemical weapons, in case of arrest); how to care for yourself (care before, during and after action); + protest chants.
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A Guide Toward Storytelling Sovereignty
A Guide Toward Storytelling Sovereignty
Publisher BEEN Media
Author noyekim
"There is an urgency that we make and take space for our ways of knowing, being, and telling, recognizing that although for generations upon generations we’ve been storytelling – our imaginaries have also been silenced, distorted, and commodified. There is also a call to slow down, for in order for us to create the just futures we seek, we need to abandon and unlearn the harmful imaginaries and defaults that have gotten us in this mess in the first place. One of the greatest solutions I see is the amplification of our stories, ideas, concepts, designs, and multitudes as told through our eyes and minds, making space to create not just the new, but to remember the old. For so long, our imaginations have been colonized to see and think only one way, but our storytelling is the literal antithesis to these singular (or binary) defaults. I hope this adds to that conversation. Additionally, I hope BIPOC can simply use this when yt folx refuse to pay or compensate, when they try to censor us, or when we aren’t supported in telling our stories unapologetically. While this doesn’t cover every nuance, it also does not allow for these harmful practices to go unnamed any longer. After all, as much as we must name to create the future, we also must name to dismantle."
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Author noyekim
"There is an urgency that we make and take space for our ways of knowing, being, and telling, recognizing that although for generations upon generations we’ve been storytelling – our imaginaries have also been silenced, distorted, and commodified. There is also a call to slow down, for in order for us to create the just futures we seek, we need to abandon and unlearn the harmful imaginaries and defaults that have gotten us in this mess in the first place. One of the greatest solutions I see is the amplification of our stories, ideas, concepts, designs, and multitudes as told through our eyes and minds, making space to create not just the new, but to remember the old. For so long, our imaginations have been colonized to see and think only one way, but our storytelling is the literal antithesis to these singular (or binary) defaults. I hope this adds to that conversation. Additionally, I hope BIPOC can simply use this when yt folx refuse to pay or compensate, when they try to censor us, or when we aren’t supported in telling our stories unapologetically. While this doesn’t cover every nuance, it also does not allow for these harmful practices to go unnamed any longer. After all, as much as we must name to create the future, we also must name to dismantle."
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