![]() ![]() Includes contributions by Autumn Brown, Sage Crump, Malkia Devich-Cyril, Ejeris Dixon, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Prentis Hemphill, Micky ScottBey Jones, N’Tanya Lee, and Makani Themba. The majority of the book is sourced from brown’s twenty-plus years of facilitation and mediation work with movement groups. Holding Change is about attending to coordination, to conflict, to being humans in right relationship with each other, not as a constant ongoing state, but rather as a magnificent, mysterious, ever-evolving dynamic in which we must involve ourselves, shape ourselves and each other. This must have to do with the way she sees possibility for change absolutely everywhere, which came about through her many roles. You’re inspired by her hope, belief, and commitment just enough to muster your own. How do we practice them in ways that align with nature, with pleasure, with our best imagining of our future? How do we attend to generating the ease necessary to help us move through the inevitable struggles of life? How do we practice the art of holding others without losing ourselves? Black feminists have answers to those questions that can serve anyone working to create changes in our world, changes great and small individually, interpersonally, and within our organizations. Holding Change is a guide for attending to both in ways that align with nature, with pleasure, with our best imaginings of our future. When you talk to author and activist adrienne maree brown, you feel everything is going to be all right. ![]() ![]() In our complex world, facilitation and mediation skills are as important for individuals as they are for organizations. ![]()
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