The definitions and language used mean many different things to different people. This intellectual approach to landscaping power can unintentionally disempower our organizations and communities.
While it’s hard to quantify spiritual or emotional power, leaving it out of the overall picture leaves little room for us to imagine ourselves as powerful.” Kristen Zimmerman, Neelam Pathikonda, Brenda Salgado, Taj JamesFeedback from activists and advocates across sectors on this framework helped refine the concept. To behold while grounding in spirit-based and liberatory practices calls for first touching base with beloved and be still. For those within bureaucratic systems, Becoming can look like “hospicing” the things that are dying, which are also harming our collective well-being and health, and “hacking” or breaking up and through oppressive structures and practices.Building power and organizing economically, politically, socially, and spiritually are key to strengthening the branches and bridging structures in the tree of belonging. Indigenous peoples for millennia have led with holistic representations of life, often referred to as the relational worldview model, which emphasize balance, sustainability, relationship, spirit-based practice, environmental well-being, and cultural cohesion. More movements are choosing to lead with traditionally marginalized people who carry cognitive and spiritual maps together with the wealth and wisdom of their own lived experiences. It’s not just about thinking our way out of problems.
He was removed from office just two weeks after this track's release thanks to the Watergate scandal, but this hard-charging stomp still works as a general attack on economically apathetic government leaders.Released in 1974, the track rings especially true with the added emotional boost of The Chi-Lites are best known to pop audiences for their ballads, sweet pseudo-Philadelphia soul classics like "Oh Girl" and "Have You Seen Her?" The entertainment industry is giving rise to marginalized experiences, reflecting liberatory movements and visionary ideas. By doing this sort of intentional and holistic reflection we solidify healthier ways of being, and going back to our old more destructive ways will be unthinkable (Dr. Darya Funches, Founder of REAP Unlimited, on the meaning of transformation).“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson Mandela“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais NinOur shared work in justice-related efforts calls for us to renew, cocreate, and follow boldly emergent narratives and frames that urge us to embody belonging every step of the way. Our systems are built to stretch, tear down and repair, and heal in the movement toward greater wholeness and balance, which does not mean toward some idealized vision of perfection. By using LiveAbout, you accept our "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder (1974) "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" by The Chi-Lites (1971) "Fight the Power (Parts 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers (1975) "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973) "The Times They Are a-Changin'" by Bob Dylan (1964/1965) "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck (1977) "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown (1974) "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (199) Songs Protesting George W. Bush and the War in Iraq12 Compelling Documentaries About the Power of Money10 Influential Political and Protest Folk Music Artists It requires an expansive quality—the ability to zoom out and expand our circles of concern and care. On the other hand, many involved in equity work often leave out a discussion of anything perceived as spiritual because it is seen as synonymous with the negative aspects of religion affecting populations across the globe for centuries. They stretched in a line, from Gimbels to Times Square, thousands and thousands and thousands, chanting, … What are some practices in believe that can help us lead to greater belonging and co-liberation? Capitalism and supremacy run deep socially, and I am constantly shocked by how something so huge, so systemic can affect what we can see and understand in the first place before any related strategic action even happens. LiveAbout uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. Some are connected, and some aren’t. A critique of using the word “decolonizing” is that such practices do not point us to where we want to be. I don’t know where many of these images came from. Not satisfied with waiting for incremental change while holding hands and singing songs dating from the age of legal slavery, the Black Power political movement had a natural corollary in music.Although its roots can be traced back beginning as far back as Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” (nothing genteel about that one) through Sam Cooke’s inspired “A Change is Gonna Come,” the soundtrack of Black Power had harder-driving rhythms with less conciliatory lyrics. First, epistemic injustice has been perpetuated for centuries around splitting spirit from matter and spiritual suffering from social suffering. The experience of such angst and “weathering” is not equal across populations. The figure is folded inward, surrounding a circular object in the middle. The impetus for the following framework is the recognition of our need to make better alignments toward what is healthy for all of us. Indigenous communities are leading movements in visionary ways that are rooted in ancient cultural and spiritual beliefs. Within the process of creating belonging is the need to eliminate or reduce the negative effects of harmful and oppressive structures.