Don't leave your friends behind : concrete ways to support families in social justice movements and communities / Victoria Law and China Martens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Law, Victoria.

Contributor:

Martens, China, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--United States.

Social movements.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oakland : PM Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of articles and narratives on ways people can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, focusing on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Challenging the status quo. Audacious enough mama / Fabiola Sandoval

Fathering the world / Tomas Moniz

We're here ... we're queer ... and that's not all / Rei

Doing it together: an interview with Diana Block on childcare, movement support, and parenting underground / Victoria Law ; Chapter 2. Building blocks. The red crayon / Jessica Trimbath

La casita is ours! A conversation with children in struggle / Rosalinda Borcila

New kids on the block / Ramsey Beyer

Lactivists do it better: what radical parents' allies can learn from La Leche League International / Mariah Boone

The unfinished universe / Darran White Tilghman ; Chapter 3. What's gender, race, and class got to do with it? This poem is in honor of mothers / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia

Is everyone at the table? An interview with Noemi Martinez, Fabiola Sandoval, and Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz: three single mother of color media makers / Victoria Law, China Martens

How to build a community that involves single parents / Noemi Martinez

Mami vs. Mommy, mami'hood vs. motherhood: what do mami movements need? / Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz

Support can be conditional when you're trans or queer: an interview with Katie Kaput and Jennifer Fichter / Victoria Law

Performing allyship: notes from a queer migrant paren / a de la maza perez tamayo

On fear and commitments / Mustafa Shukur ; Chapter 4. Collective action. A message from Mamas of Color Rising and Young Women United: Mother's Day, 2010

Reclaim the commons / Maxina Ventura

Experiencing critical resistance 10 (CR10) through the children's program / Kate Shapiro

Whose city? Kidz City! / Sine Hwang Jensen, Harriet Moon Smith, China Martens

Homefulness / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia

Mothers among us: the prison birth project / Marianne Bullock

Organizing within an anarcha-feminist childrearing collective / Crap! Collective

An open letter to movement men / David Gilbert

Men running childcare / London Pro-Feminist Men's Group

Continuing the struggle: lessons learned from mothers and children in Zapatista communities / Victoria Law.

Chapter 5. Lists, lessons, and concrete tips for supporting children and caregivers. Tips on how to support your friend during pregnancy / Jessica Hoffmann

Taking care of your friends postpartum / Clayton Dewey

Babyproofing for punks / Clayton Dewey

Supporting your friend who lost their newborn infant / Mikaela Shafer

Concrete things you can do to support parents and children in your scene: suggestions brainstormed at La Rivolta!, an anarcha-feminist conference in Boston, 2006

Lessons from planning radical childcare / China Martens

Radical childcare collective start-up notes / Amariah Love

Wizards around the rainbow / Encian Pastel & the Bay Area Childcare Collective

Activities for children / Rahula Janowski, China Martens, Victoria Law

Creating family space / Jason Gonzales

Don't forget familiez on the rez! / Mari Villaluna

Concrete ways to support parents and children fighting white supremacy from a Pan-Afrikan perspective / Monalisa Lennon Diallo a.k.a. Oluko Lumumba, Agnes Johnson, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Holistic first aid for all ages / Traci Picard ; Chapter 6. Different approaches. Taking community-building seriously / Heather Jackson

Equal access: community childcare for special needs / Jennifer Silverman

How do we integrate kids and adults? What are our expectations about integrating with each other as a community? (snippets from a discussion on the a-parenting listserv) / Laura Gyre, Simon Knaphus, Briana Cavanaugh

Call to destiny / A.S. Givens

Supporting unschooling families / Sasha Luci

Ways to support single mothers / mama raccoon

At my church, we call it "radical hospitality" / Coleen Murphy ; Chapter 7. Don't leave anyone behind. Accessibility / Stacey Milbern

Don't leave your mental health behind / Lindsey Campbell

Parental caregiving and loss: ideas for caregivers and their allies / Kathleen McIntyre, Cynthia Ann Schemmer

Un corazon separado por una frontera / A heart separated by a border / Ingrid DeLeon, Carina Lomeli

Through all the transitions: a duet on caregiving, family, and community / Jessica Mills, Amanda Rich.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-60486-396-X

OCLC:

815480102