vision and practice for transformative social change
“Without a way to name our pain, we are also without the words to articulate our pleasure.” bell hooks, author, feminist, social activist
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. — Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Argentine Revolutionary
“People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage” John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist
“Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.” Mohandas […]
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” —John Muir, Naturalist & Author
“Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light, and join the lights together […]
“Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.” Angela Davis, Activist, Educator, Author
“The future depends on what you do today.” Mohandas K. Gandhi, political and ideological leader of India
“Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nation live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations.” Ben Okri, Nigerian poet & […]
“You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.” —Marian Wright Edelman, […]
“I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves […]
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” — Carl Jung, psychiatrist & natural scientist