#incite!

[thoughtportal]

download The Revolution Will Not Be Funded, a set of essays on philanthropy and NGOs

[socialjusticequotations]

But the point is, when you start paying people to do activism, you can start to attract people to the work who are not primarily motivated by or dedicated to the struggle. (105)

Madonna Thunder Hawk "Native organizing before the non-profit industrial complex" in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

[gothicmagpie]

”The struggle for revolutionary change in this country has been derailed not only due to institutionalization of social justice movements, but also because of our inability to quiet our egos. Individual leaders and organizations are constantly playing the “fame game” —reinventing the wheel and promoting their own names instead of focusing on what is truly needed to bring about change. Sometimes what is needed is not so “sexy.” Sometimes the most radical thing we can do is to follow the lead of others. Social change is only radical if it promotes struggle and growth at every level—for the society at large, in our intimate and everyday relationships, and internally within ourselves.”

from “Radical Social Change” by Adjoa Florência Jones de Almeida, as printed in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded.

[socialjusticequotations]

We also had security concerns with COINTELPRO … We learned that the FBI would fabricate information, so we were a loose-knit group (104)

Madonna Thunder Hawk "Native organizing before the non-profit industrial complex" in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

[socialjusticequotations]

We did not worry if our work would upset funders; we just worried about whether the work would help our communities (104)

Madonna Thunder Hawk "Native organizing before the non-profit industrial complex" in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

[lulunation-crew-mrb]

June 2: Legacy of Queer and Trans People of Color Organizing & Resistance ‪

Community Accountability; Transformative Justice; and the cooptation of movements by the non-profit industrial complex with Kiyomi Fujikawa and Stacy Torre fresh from the Color of Violence 4 #cov4 by INCITE! Women and Trans People of Color Against Violence

Community Accountability; Transformative Justice; and the cooptation of movements by the non-profit industrial complex with Kiyomi Fujikawa and Stacy Torre fresh from the Color of Violence 4 #cov4 by INCITE! Women and Trans People of Color Against Violence

[le-zah]

landing,thebeg.