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We are more than resistance —
we are irresistible
We celebrate the many traditions of movement leaders, cultural workers, and spiritual teachers who remind us to embody the liberation we are pursuing. Listen to Becoming Irresistible to learn about the many rivers that led us to this vision.
Together, we’re building movements for justice that are expansive, vibrant, and fully alive.
The need runs deep
Our lives depend on our ability to make urgent, dramatic, liberatory change in our society. But many models of activist culture deplete us and replicate patterns of trauma, harm, oppression, and workaholism. We’ve lost too many of our visionary leaders to exhaustion, depression, and under-supported conflict.
We are the strategy
“People power” means that we are our own most precious resource. We cannot afford to burn ourselves and each other out. If we want to welcome enough people to our movements to really transform our world, we have to make the experience of participating sustainable, healing, and irresistible.
Let’s transform movement culture
We are a community supporting each other to make joyful lifelong commitments to social justice work. We learn from many lineages, and connect and visibilize stories, strategies, & practices that fortify our movements for change.
Welcome to the resilience archives
Founded by organizer Kate Werning in the bedroom of her collective house in 2017, this project shared conversations & accompanying practices from over 100 social movement leaders, and was made possible by dozens of incredible volunteers and collaborators.
In our 3 years of active operation, the podcast surpassed 1.5 million downloads - which is a powerful testament to the hunger & need for this kind of work worldwide.
This archive is the largest catalog of publicly accessible wisdom & practices around healing in social justice work today. We hope the library of conversations, practices, additional resources and transcripts will be a powerful support for you and your people to lean on.
Book Club 📚
A global community of learning gathered here for collective readings in social justice & healing from 2019-2020. You hosted your own gatherings locally & virtually, started practice groups, met up to read on blankets by the river, and joined authors for live discussions. Your joy & commitment in study and practice was a beautiful force.
Now that Book Club has sunset, we share all resources from past selections here for the benefit of the public. We bow in deep gratitude to the authors and to each of you for moving this transformative knowledge.
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Written & gathered by adrienne maree brown (Spring 2019)
Pick up the book directly from AK Press
Listen to the episode with adrienne maree brown & Amita Swadhin
Practice along with adrienne: From #MeToo to #WeConsent
Work through the Discussion Guide as a group or on your own
Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture by Nora Samaran (Fall 2019)
Pick up the book directly from AK Press
Listen to the episode with Nora Samaran & Serena Lukas Bhandar
Practice along with Nora & Serena: Reconnecting with Ourselves
Work through the Discussion Guide as a group or on your own
Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga (Winter 2020)
Pick up the book directly from Parallax Press
Listen to the episode with Kazu Haga & Carlos Saavedra
Practice along with Kazu: Metta Meditation
Work through the Discussion Guide as a group or on your own
Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger
by Lama Rod Owens (Spring 2020)
Listen to the episode with Lama Rod Owens & BJSTAR
Photo credit: Lama Rod Owens’ Instagram, @lamarodowens