adrienne maree brown's emergent strategy

Imagination turns Brown bombers into terrorists and white bombers into mentally ill victims.

Imagination has people thinking they can go from being poor to a millionaire as part of a shared American dream. And that imagination is so respected that those who kill, based on an imagined, radicalized fear of Black people, are rarely held accountable. Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown and Renisha McBride and so many others are dead because, in some white imagination, they were dangerous. And who among us can’t benefit from that? In short, it is a how-to guide for changing the world, and a fun and fascinating read to boot. Their book-length exploration of these themes weaves together a patchwork of practical ways to rethink and reshape the work one does, as well as the world around them. Focus on critical connections more than critical mass-build the resilience by building the relationshipsīrown’s work applies concepts from ecology to social justice movements – the work that many of our clients, and other nonprofit organizations, are doing right now.There is a conversation in the room that only these people at this moment can have.There is always enough time for the right work.Her core tenets of emergent strategy can go a long way for nonprofits - and their staff! In brown’s words: Instead, brown’s exploration weaves song lyrics, quotes, diagrams, and poetry together with concrete advice and big-picture thinking. Her book explores what she’s learned from her experiences as an organizational leader - but does not follow the traditional nonfiction narrative format. Adrienne maree brown, an activist, social justice facilitator, healer, and doula as well as author, has been part of many social justice movements in recent years, including Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street.

Adrienne maree brown's emergent strategy