Don't leave your friends behind : concrete ways to support families in social justice movements and communities

Summary: A collection of suggestions, tips, and narratives on ways everyone can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, this book focuses on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. One of the few books dealing with community support for issues facing children and families, this reflection on inclusivity in social awareness offers real-life ways to reach out to the families involved in campaigns such as the Occupy Movement. Contributors include the Bay Area Childcare Collective, the London Pro-Feminist Men's Group, and Mamas of Color Rising Chapter 1. Challenging the status quo. Audacious enough mama / Fabiola Sandoval -- Fathering the world / Tomas Moniz -- We're here ... we're queer ... and that's not all / Rei -- Doing it together: an interview with Diana Block on childcare, movement support, and parenting underground / Victoria Law Chapter 2. Building blocks. The red crayon / Jessica Trimbath -- La casita is ours! A conversation with children in struggle / Rosalinda Borcila -- New kids on the block / Ramsey Beyer -- Lactivists do it better: what radical parents' allies can learn from La Leche League International / Mariah Boone -- The unfinished universe / Darran White Tilghman Chapter 3. What's gender, race, and class got to do with it? This poem is in honor of mothers / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia -- Is everyone at the table? An interview with Noemi Martinez, Fabiola Sandoval, and Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz: three single mother of color media makers / Victoria Law, China Martens -- How to build a community that involves single parents / Noemi Martinez -- Mami vs. Mommy, mami'hood vs. motherhood: what do mami movements need? / Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz -- Support can be conditional when you're trans or queer: an interview with Katie Kaput and Jennifer Fichter / Victoria Law -- Performing allyship: notes from a queer migrant paren / a de la maza perez tamayo -- On fear and commitments / Mustafa Shukur Chapter 4. Collective action. A message from Mamas of Color Rising and Young Women United: Mother's Day, 2010 -- Reclaim the commons / Maxina Ventura -- Experiencing critical resistance 10 (CR10) through the children's program / Kate Shapiro -- Whose city? Kidz City! / Sine Hwang Jensen, Harriet Moon Smith, China Martens -- Homefulness / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia -- Mothers among us: the prison birth project / Marianne Bullock -- Organizing within an anarcha-feminist childrearing collective / Crap! Collective -- An open letter to movement men / David Gilbert -- Men running childcare / London Pro-Feminist Men's Group -- Continuing the struggle: lessons learned from mothers and children in Zapatista communities / Victoria Law Chapter 5. Lists, lessons, and concrete tips for supporting children and caregivers. Tips on how to support your friend during pregnancy / Jessica Hoffmann -- Taking care of your friends postpartum / Clayton Dewey -- Babyproofing for punks / Clayton Dewey -- Supporting your friend who lost their newborn infant / Mikaela Shafer -- Concrete things you can do to support parents and children in your scene: suggestions brainstormed at La Rivolta!, an anarcha-feminist conference in Boston, 2006 -- Lessons from planning radical childcare / China Martens -- Radical childcare collective start-up notes / Amariah Love -- Wizards around the rainbow / Encian Pastel & the Bay Area Childcare Collective -- Activities for children / Rahula Janowski, China Martens, Victoria Law -- Creating family space / Jason Gonzales -- Don't forget familiez on the rez! / Mari Villaluna -- Concrete ways to support parents and children fighting white supremacy from a Pan-Afrikan perspective / Monalisa Lennon Diallo a.k.a. Oluko Lumumba, Agnes Johnson, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie -- Holistic first aid for all ages / Traci Picard Chapter 6. Different approaches. Taking community-building seriously / Heather Jackson -- Equal access: community childcare for special needs / Jennifer Silverman -- How do we integrate kids and adults? What are our expectations about integrating with each other as a community? (snippets from a discussion on the a-parenting listserv) / Laura Gyre, Simon Knaphus, Briana Cavanaugh -- Call to destiny / A.S. Givens -- Supporting unschooling families / Sasha Luci -- Ways to support single mothers / mama raccoon -- At my church, we call it "radical hospitality" / Coleen Murphy Chapter 7. Don't leave anyone behind. Accessibility / Stacey Milbern -- Don't leave your mental health behind / Lindsey Campbell -- Parental caregiving and loss: ideas for caregivers and their allies / Kathleen McIntyre, Cynthia Ann Schemmer -- Un corazon separado por una frontera / A heart separated by a border / Ingrid DeLeon, Carina Lomeli -- Through all the transitions: a duet on caregiving, family, and community / Jessica Mills, Amanda Rich

A collection of suggestions, tips, and narratives on ways everyone can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, this book focuses on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. One of the few books dealing with community support for issues facing children and families, this reflection on inclusivity in social awareness offers real-life ways to reach out to the families involved in campaigns such as the Occupy Movement. Contributors include the Bay Area Childcare Collective, the London Pro-Feminist Men's Group, and Mamas of Color Rising.

A collection of articles and narratives on ways people can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, focusing on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation