🌹STUDENTS ALL SUMMER🌹 Highlander Center is honored to partner with @DrJaimeeSwift of @blackwomenradicals, who will lead the teach-in, “Maroon Politics: Septima Poinsette Clark, Citizenship Schools, and Praxes of Black Feminist Freedom”, which examines the life, leadership, and legacy of Septima Poinsette Clark through the ideological, political, spatial, and symbolic perspectives of marronage, specifically Black feminist marronage. Interrogating Clark’s pivotal formation of Citizenship Schools and emphasis on grassroots literacy and political education as examples of Black fugitivity, freedom, and futurity, this teach-in explores Clark’s organizing as a radical blueprint and conduit on the possibilities and realities of Black self-determination and worldmaking. This teach-in is also a part of Black Women Radicals teach-in series, “Black Feminist Marronage”. In their walk toward a place of their own, BWR are considering the Black Women who have shown us how to make space. We will host this Teach In at @littleriverculturalgarden in Miami, Fl. Founded by Max Pierre, this community-based membership space is an honest platform where ethnic communities are considered and respected within Miamis’ ever-changing landscape. Since 1932, Highlander has centered the experiences of directly-impacted people in our region, knowing that together, we have the solutions to address the challenges we face in our communities and to build more just, equitable, and sustainable systems and structures. We’ll see you in class. Register Here: bit.ly/SeptimaClarkTI Learn more about Highlander Center at: HighlanderCenter.org Learn more about Black Women Radicals at: BlackWomenRadicals.com Learn more about Little River Cultural Garden at: LittleRiverCulturalGarden.com (fb)

Via: @blacksolidarityeconomyfund 🗣️ Join the New Economy Coalition for a funder briefing to support the longevity of the Black Solidarity Economy Fund (BSEF). In this session, we’ll share lessons learned in the first 5 years of operating this participatory fund, and how we can mobilize resources for the next half-decade. 🔗 Use the first branch in our tree to register for the event Details 🌹 Date 📅 May 28, 2025 Time ⌚ 3-4 PM ET | 2-3 PM CT | 12-1 PM PT Where 📍 Zoom Unfortunately, this event does not have simultaneous interpretation. Who is this event for? This event is for funders, donors, organizers, and anyone who wants to mobilize to grow the Black Solidarity Economy Fund. We will be making an “ask” to contribute, but the fund accepts gifts of any amount. While we are seeking philanthropy to step up to grow the fund, BSEF itself was originally seeded not from philanthropy, but from mutual aid contributions from NEC’s own members. *Please note that this briefing will not be recorded Why now? This year, BSEF will celebrate its fifth anniversary and redistribute its millionth dollar. This year also marks a reckoning that birthed the fund itself– George Floyd’s murder and the 2020 Uprisings. This popular movement opened national discourse, policy, and markets to abolition, anti-racism, participatory budgeting, worker power, harm reduction, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yet, a mere 1-2% of philanthropic funds make their way to Black communities. BSEF is our organization’s primary organizing tool for building out regional solidarity economies and growing our membership base. ✨ Join us for a moment of reflection, recommitment, and repair and/or by making a monthly donation to the Black Solidarity Economy Fund. #SolidarityEconomy #KatalyFoundation #womendonorsnetwork (fb)