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02
Sep
Photo of microphone with Freedom Radio microphone flag.

Welcome to Freedom Radio! 💬🎵✨

Let's talk about freedom.
4 min read
12
Jul
You are my sunshine, Wangechi Mutu (2015). A painted collage depicting two, dark-skinned figures facing each other with arms entwined.

Imagining beyond the American project

What if we turned away from the work of making the United States better, and toward a future that is worthy of our aspirations?
8 min read
28
May
Photo credit: Robbie Sweeny Image ID: Photograph of six dancers in flowing white outfits standing in a line connecting their arms to make a curving wave.

Liberatory movement with Sarah Crowell

“We are leaning in the direction of transformation—we’re not there, but we can move toward it together.”
9 min read
22
Apr
Seeking My Summer Song (2024) Della Wells - A colorful collage featuring a Black woman looking upward while surrounded by a vibrant neighborhood scene.

Ways to tap into a familiar freedom

The knowledge of interconnected freedom may exist within us, but it’s up to us to figure out how to lean into its instincts.
6 min read
11
Mar
Quilt 35 (Vex), Sanford Biggers (Image ID: A multicolored quilt with branches and yellow flowers.

Wintering on the brink of spring

What if we thought about human possibility as a state of being that can be learned from, instead of a set of actions to achieve?
4 min read
29
Jan
La Siembra (2017), Zamara Cuyun (Image ID: A brightly colored portrait of a woman planting seeds.

How we make light in the dark

Which tools can build a future worthy of our labor?
3 min read
05
Nov
A Moment's Pleasure #2 (2008) Mickalene Thomas - A dazzling double portrait of two Black women in a colorful and textured domestic setting.

Survival is a solidarity skill

How can we create the cultures of care we need to survive now and thrive in the future?
4 min read
20
Aug
Nyado: The Thing Around Her Neck (2011), Njideka Akunyili Crosby – Art made from painting and collage depicting a seated person embraced from behind by another person

In honor of care

What if we all felt a joyful duty to care for each other with whatever skills and capacities we have?
4 min read
30
May
Art Credit: Intelligent Mischief - cosmit image of a woman holding an umbrella in front of the earth, with the words "WHAT IF WE LET OUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD?"

Bring Freedom’s Revival to Your People ✨

How do we get grounded in interconnected freedom?
4 min read
27
Mar
Photo Credit: Bethanie Hines - Black and white photo of Next River's event, with three speakers on the r and the crowd seated watching.

Gathering, greeting spring, and meeting this moment

If we cannot bring care, healing, and accountability into the relationships closest to us, we cannot bring them into our systems?
7 min read