NEW: Special series on Black fugitivity

 

Dreaming Out Loud A mini-series exploring Black fugitivity & how Black folks are conjuring up spaces where Black lives thrive

Bioneer,  We're excited to introduce Dreaming Out Loud: a short series that explores stories of Black fugitivity, creative resistance and how Black expressions and imaginations have offered a blueprint in creating a world in which Black folks are afforded the love and care to relish in the rich, vibrant depths of their Blackness. Looking to the past, the present, and the future, Dreaming Out Loud engages with pivotal moments and transformative figures in Black culture. Against the backdrop of a country that does not offer certain folks humanizing love, these stories traverse the beauty of Black minds as they dare to dream out loud and resist domination for a future that contains radical possibility.    View the Full Series This series is the culmination of the inaugural Bioneers Young Leaders Fellowship Program. For two decades, the Bioneers Youth Leadership Program has served as an incubator for many thousands of youth to deepen their passion and power through self-expression, skills development, mentorship and deep relationship building within the broader community of Bioneers. The Bioneers Young Leaders Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for a young leader to pursue a project of their choice, supported by resources and mentorship, with the ultimate goal of producing a polished and vibrant final piece of work to be published on Bioneers.org and beyond. Dreaming Out Loud is the result of the first round of this fellowship program, written and researched by Brittiny Moore, the inaugural Bioneers Young Leaders Fellow. Below, learn more about each piece in the series. Black Fugitivity and the Need for Spaces that Belong to Black Communities Black folks are taking up space and paving their own paths toward self-determination to subvert a society built on racialized violence. Read this Article Fight against food apartheid requires creating spaces for Black food & farming to thrive In a country with a violent history of food injustice in Black communities, Black food leaders are emerging to create spaces for healing. Read this Article Black reproductive justice: Black birthing spaces and support could be the key to maternal health The African ancestry of birth work is saving countless lives in a society where Black birthing parents and their babies are dying at an alarming rate. Read this Article How Black Creative Spaces Can Be Havens for Resistance Against the backdrop of a society that does not offer Black folks humanizing care, Black creative minds dare to dream out loud for a future that contains radical possibility. Read this Article Dreaming Out Loud is authored by Brittiny Moore, a Bioneers Young Leaders Fellow. She is a writer, researcher, and intersectional environmentalist who is passionate about environmental justice, Black agency in environmental spaces, and storytelling for racial and social justice. Do you know people who might enjoy reading this? Please share it with them! Share Tweet Share Forward

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