
14:43
Turning your mic off helps with sound quality <3

15:01
Nick (he/him) Charleston SC!

15:01
Dawn she/her Nashville TN

15:02
Mildred Powell

15:03
Yara, She/her, Boise Idaho!

15:04
Okaikor from NJ!!!

15:05
Steve Roller, Boston MA

15:05
Taylor (she/her) from Miami, FL!

15:05
Sharlia: Pronouns She/Her. Calling in from Miami

15:06
Eric S from Lehigh Valley he/him

15:06
Veronica she her from pa

15:06
Mike Solorio from Santa Ana, CA :)

15:06
Very excited to be here: Emily, she/her/hers from CO!

15:06
Jaynna, they/them, East Texas

15:06
hey Folks, Eleven calling in from NOLA

15:07
Erin from Stockton University -- Southern New Jersey

15:07
Sandra she/her from Austin, TX

15:08
Tim he/him Washington, DC

15:08
mel/she,her/Lafayette, Indiana

15:08
Hey y’all! Sabrina, She/they here in Miami!

15:08
Jesse, he/him, Troy NY

15:08
Eli he/him Nashville!

15:08
Calling in from London, England but from Louisville, KY

15:09
Erica she/her Las Cruces, NM

15:09
Jason Martens (he/him) Berkeley CA

15:09
Haley. She/her. Calling in from Athens, GA.

15:10
She/Her

15:10
hey, Caroline in Knoxville, she/her

15:10
Matthew (he/they) calling in from new Orleans!

15:11
neil he/him nyc!

15:11
Becca she/her Somerville, MA

15:11
Sadie she/her Greensboro NC

15:11
rob they them. from Sioux falls!

15:11
Savannah (she/they) Piedmont, SC

15:12
Adriana from Austin!

15:12
Adina She/Her Durham, NC

15:12
Adam T, RN/Harm Reductionist Lexington KY

15:12
Miami!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

15:13
Mary Snow, Asheville NC

15:13
Philly PA!

15:13
Juana, she/her fort worth, tx

15:13
Emily she/her ATL

15:14
Sebastian (he/him) Phoenix, AZ

15:14
Sarah she/her Washington DC

15:14
Hannah Bonner (she/her/hers) Tucson, AZ

15:15
Mitch, any pronoun but it, Boston area, Massachusetts

15:15
Billy calling in from New Zealand!

15:15
Emily in Kentucky, she/her

15:16
Kristen she/her Michigan!

15:16
Anna from Boone. She/her

15:16
Crosby, they/them…. Oakland, CA

15:16
Kimberly Bradford, She/Her, Knoxville TN

15:16
Faith here (she/her/hers) Portland, OR

15:17
Amy (she/her) from Minneapolis, calling in from Chile

15:17
gabby gillespie, they/them, big stone gap, va

15:17
Catherine (she/they) from Miami FL

15:17
Molly she/her calling from Cambridge, MA

15:17
corey; he/him/his; nyc

15:18
amie and daughter Abigail in Portland here!

15:18
Anne Kirkner, Queens NY (She/her)

15:18
Kelcey, they/them & participating from Philadelphia

15:19
hey y'all! María Luisa, here in New Orleans, she/her

15:19
Karen she/her Ithaca, NY

15:19
Magandang Araw! Dalton, Boise Idaho, all pronouns

15:20
Rev. Robbie Phillips. Disaster Recovery Director Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance, Beaufort, NC

15:21
Fran, she, her, hers -Boston

15:21
Jeremy, Boston - he/him

15:21
Sarah, she/her from Reading, Berks County, PA

15:22
Alli, she/her, Long Island NY

15:22
Maxwell Scales, he/him, Brooklyn

15:22
Ariana from Chicago (she/her/hers)

15:23
Morgan Louisiana she/ her

15:23
Elise Krews, Nashville (South Nash Woodbine area) she/her

15:23
Mike Strode
He/Him
The Kola Nut Collaborative
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group
Chicago, IL

15:23
Jacob from Atlanta - he/him

15:23
She/her in Chochenyo territory of Berkeley, CA

15:23
Casey, she/her, Chicago IL

15:23
Nova, she/her, from Queens, NY!

15:23
nika zarazvand from new haven! she/they

15:23
Mekyah Davis (he/him) Big Stone Gap, VA!

15:24
Stonna in Minneapolis

15:24
Germaine (she, her, they, theirs) North Charleston SC

15:24
Nick he/him Central Ohio

15:25
Edith and Don Allison/Amherst MA

15:25
Jessica Xiao, she/her, Washington, DC

15:25
Lissa from northern Wisconsin! Listening in an isolated spot in a county with NO cases so far!

15:25
Joanna, she/her, Durham, NC

15:26
Shemona, she/her, Seattle WA

15:27
oof

15:27
Beth (she/her) - Baltimore

15:27
Robert, He/Him, Manhattan NYC

15:27
Hi all, Bonnie (she/her), Knoxville, TN

15:28
Dan Finlay from the Bay Area, CA!

15:28
Sarah in San Antonio, Texas

15:28
Jonathan (he) and Christen (she) in Keezletown, VA, the Shenandoah Valley!

15:28
Shannon (she/her) - Seattle, WA

15:29
Christine - she/they - White People 4 Black Lives - Los Angeles

15:29
Maria (she/her/hers) Austin, TX

15:29
Danny he/him Ypsilanti MI

15:30
Mo they/them from Durham NC

15:30
This is Jessica Roxann, She/her. From Seattle.

15:30
Fola; She/her from Atlanta, GA

15:30
Julia, she/her, in Portland Maine

15:31
Faron Levesque! Memphis y’all! They/them/their

15:31
Anastasia (she/her) New Jersey

15:31
Emilie Miyauchi, she/her NYC

15:32
Caleb (he/him) from Johnson City, TN

15:32
David (he/him), Oakland, CA

15:33
Eva Curry (she/her), Nova Scotia

15:34
David, Washington DC, he/him/his

15:35
mia (they/them) - toronto!

15:35
Adam (he/him) Dallas, TX

15:35
Nathaniel, he/him, Brooklyn NY

15:36
Grace Morris, she/hers, New Orleans, LA

15:36
Hi y’all, this is Kate (she/her, they/them) and Schaffer (she/her) from Oakland.

15:37
Ondine from Kentucky!

15:37
Ulyssa, checking in from Lafayette, IN!

15:37
wow, big turnout!

15:38
Hey all - Rachel Humphrey from Coast Miwok territory, north of San Francisco. She/her/hers

15:39
Lara. from Harrisonburg, VA (Shenandoah Valley). she/they

15:39
Lisa Rung from Sewanee TN, she/her

15:40
Hi everyone. Kori here from NYC

15:40
Caldwell Akers :Nashville TN

15:41
molly (she/her) in Nashville, TN

15:41
Laura, she/her Boone, NC

15:41
Jennifer she/her Los Angeles, CA

15:41
Hi, Gail. West Virginia.

15:42
Nicole she/ her yellowspringfield ohio

15:42
Ricky • he/him • Durham, NC • North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign :)

15:43
Ambureen (she/they, maine!

15:44
Kathi Huber Maryville, TN

15:44
Maryville TN

15:45
group from Lafayette, Indiana! Emily (she/her), Neil (he/him), Ulyssa (they/them)!!

15:47
Peter Rachleff, East Side Freedom Library, St. Paul, MN

15:47
Nathan, Stevens Point, WI

15:48
CHGO

15:51
Margaret and Michael in Cobbs creek philadelphia pa thank you for bringing us in on this history

15:52
Victoria, she/her, Portland, ME

15:52
John Beynon he/him Fresno CA

15:52
Nancy from Los Angeles

15:53
North eastern appalachians

15:53
kelley // chicago // they them

15:53
hi! noa, they/them, calling in from durham, nc!

15:54
cauce she/her in Virginia from NC

15:54
Tina, she/hers, Charlotte NC

15:56
Artis from Vancleave, MS

15:59
chelsea badgett she/her/hers

16:00
Lori, Harrisonburg, VA she/her

16:00
Hiiiiii!!!! I’m Rae. I’m a full-spectrum doula in Richmond, VA —she/her/hers

16:00
Elsbeth, she/hers, Phoenix, AZ

16:01
I'm a Georgia peach tho. Born and raised. 😌

16:03
Dana Wright she/her Oakland, CA

16:06
Lou Murrey (they/them) New Market, TN/Boone, NC

16:06
Apologies. Failed to share where I’m from! Mildred Powell, Fund for Democratic Communities, Greensboro, NC

16:07
knoxville tn

16:10
Fern, chicago, she/her

16:12
Hannah she/her/hers Portland, OR

16:16
Anna she/her Seattle

16:17
Richard Rice, Birmingham, AL he/him

16:21
Jenn, she/her - Los Angeles!

16:22
Edwin, NJ, He/him

16:22
Brooklyn...

16:22
Tee they/them sf, ca // Williamsburg, va

16:24
Uhuru, NC BLOC Ella Baker Project, All Pronouns Welcome -Charlotte

16:29
Marc Mascarenhas-Swan - Berkeley!

16:29
Allison (she/her) Durham, NC

16:30
Addy, they/them, providence RI

16:30
Rachel Rudi, she/they, VT

16:31
helen, she/her, brooklyn, ny

16:31
Chicago!

16:31
Angela she/her TN

16:31
victoria she/her/hers tri-cities tennessee

16:33
tucson. az

16:34
Kyla, she/her, Portland OR

16:34
Kristie she/her chicago

16:37
Samuel from Lexington, KY! Party for Socialism and Liberation.

16:39
Right back at you Ash-Lee..Grateful for you sis

16:41
Sarah She

16:42
carol, she/her, durham

16:44
Beth, she/her, Waxhaw, NC

16:46
Jean from San Antonio, TX she/her

16:47
Austin, Charlottesville, VA moving home to Knoxville, TN soon, he/him

16:48
This is Steph Guilloud with Project South in Atlanta! She pronouns, but don’t call me ma’am ;)

16:52
Galadriel, she/hers, Providence RI

16:52
Mah Nu they/them Chicago IL♡

16:52
Andrew, He/him/his Denver, CO

16:53
Matt, he/him, Philly

16:53
Leilani, she/her, Seattle

16:54
Madison WI

17:01
Heidi she/her Erwin, TN

17:03
Sarah she/her Cambridge, MA

17:13
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17:13
LLeweLLyn currently in Dallas

17:21
Tucson AZ too hi Liane

17:21
Aidil she/her/Ella, Durham, NC

17:31
Latoya (she, her, hers) Asheville, NC

17:38
Hi. Bree in NC she/her

17:38
Juan Livas- Laredo, TX- Laredo Immigrant Alliance

17:40
Marilyn she/her. Cottageville, SC (very rural) DSA at large member but participate in Charleston DSA

17:52
Ari, they/them, Maryville TN

17:55
he/him

18:02
Viky She/her/ella Laredo, Texas - Laredo Immigrant Alliance too with @JuanLivas

18:05
Good eve, Judith LeBlanc, citizen of Caddo Nation of OK & Native Organizers Alliance

18:29
Kandi Workman she/her Madison, WV

18:53
Interpretation en español Time: Mar 26, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/691808656?pwd=QkdLbEt0cEZ1YS8xQ05pVFFGWm95UT09 Meeting ID: 691 808 656 Password: 804601 One tap mobile +13126266799,,691808656# US (Chicago) +19292056099,,691808656# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 691 808 656 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/akUDXT2gD --

18:59
Thank you for your work Maria Alejandra!!! Gracias por tu trabajo Maria Alejandra!!

20:24
Cline (they/she) - Knoxville, TN. First Aid Collective Knox (@firstaidcollectiveknox)

20:33
time frame for the mtg?

21:01
hi

21:02
*wave*

21:04
hi

21:08
👋

21:09
*wave*

21:10
LOVE HIGHLANDER <3

22:09
oh yeah

22:12
a lot

23:26
Erin & Ursa <3

23:39
can we get a copy of the recording?

24:33
time frame for tonight?

24:44
going for 1 hour call

24:51
https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/

24:52
thnx

25:05
My name is Nora and my pronouns are she/her. Here from mid-Michigan. My kid’s name is Ursula! (she was excited to hear there’s an Ursa!)

25:36
yes!

25:37
YES

25:37
oh yea

25:37
yes

25:40
yup!

25:41
YES

25:44
yes!

25:45
mhm

25:46
YOU DA BEST

25:47
yes!

25:56
chitchat paddy whack!

25:58
YES THANKS YALL

26:06
Zoom Polls, magical

26:39
🙌

27:26
Gawd yes

27:29
yes so much face slapping

27:34
yep...

27:34
yup

27:38
did a drive by protest outside the jail in new haven for still detaining folks!

27:38
yesss

27:44
Calls all day at the hospital

27:46
a,em

27:49
*amen

28:25
yeah for dogs and babies

28:29
dog!

28:32
way to go

29:00
we are the ones we have been waiting for

29:34
now

29:36
now

29:36
now

29:36
now

29:37
Present

29:37
now

29:37
now

29:37
now

29:38
now

29:38
now

29:38
presence

29:38
now

29:38
present

29:38
we

29:38
alive

29:39
Present

29:39
now

29:40
yes

29:40
present

29:40
prayer

29:40
now

29:40
together

29:40
together

29:40
gift

29:41
together

29:41
be

29:41
This

29:41
now

29:41
present

29:41
collective

29:41
self

29:41
enough

29:42
present

29:42
now

29:42
sti;;

29:42
present

29:42
here

29:42
current

29:42
heart

29:42
now

29:42
alive

29:42
grateful

29:43
grounded

29:43
place

29:43
we

29:43
be

29:43
together

29:43
happening

29:43
alive

29:43
now

29:43
awake

29:44
present

29:44
home

29:44
this

29:44
grounded

29:44
with

29:44
now

29:44
Collective

29:44
sometimes

29:44
I am

29:45
hear

29:45
now

29:45
together

29:45
family

29:45
we

29:45
now

29:45
now

29:46
being

29:46
Present

29:46
alive

29:46
Always

29:46
Together

29:46
together

29:47
Yes

29:47
breath

29:47
planet

29:47
steady

29:47
now

29:47
this

29:48
present

29:48
together

29:48
home

29:48
i miss my mom

29:48
arrival

29:48
present

29:49
now

29:49
Right

29:49
now

29:49
Present

29:49
Eternally

29:49
be

29:49
Now

29:49
open

29:49
home

29:49
present

29:50
The potent presence steady and consistent

29:50
center

29:50
love

29:50
Alive

29:50
home

29:50
presence

29:51
Present

29:51
now

29:51
local

29:51
present

29:51
tierra

29:52
presence

29:52
soil

29:52
now

29:52
in touch

29:52
hope

29:52
alive

29:53
now

29:53
sit

29:54
now

29:54
present

29:54
present

29:55
Right now

29:55
dedicated

29:55
grounded

29:57
there

29:57
breathing

29:58
eternal

29:58
everything

29:59
community

29:59
focus

30:00
grounded

30:00
place

30:01
present

30:01
dreaming

30:03
home

30:03
space

30:06
burger

30:07
embodied

30:07
together

30:09
choose

30:09
now

30:10
This monent

30:10
spring

30:12
in awe

30:15
present

30:17
grateful

30:18
inhale

30:21
impactable

30:22
relationality

30:24
now

30:25
moment

30:26
my mom said she had a paragraph, not just one word

30:27
together

30:36
ready

30:43
open

30:45
eager

30:45
ready

30:46
ahead

30:46
hope

30:46
excited

30:46
full

30:46
anxious

30:46
open

30:47
awake

30:47
mother

30:47
ready

30:47
anxious

30:47
emergent

30:48
pregnant pause

30:48
hope

30:48
need

30:48
ready

30:48
ready

30:48
action

30:48
desired

30:48
willing

30:49
hopeful

30:49
almost

30:49
change

30:50
ready

30:50
better

30:50
mother

30:50
Obligation

30:50
open

30:50
birth

30:50
hopeful

30:51
waiting

30:51
waiting

30:51
dropping

30:51
uncertain

30:52
birth

30:52
baby

30:52
Inquisitive

30:52
worry

30:52
fertile

30:52
advent

30:53
hope

30:53
coming

30:53
wonder

30:53
waiting

30:53
release

30:53
to help

30:53
release

30:54
rejuvenation

30:54
anxiety

30:54
pregnant

30:54
hopeful

30:54
prepared

30:54
mother

30:55
hope

30:55
hope

30:55
hopeful

30:55
change

30:55
peace

30:55
precipice

30:56
work

30:56
uncertain

30:56
next

30:56
freedom

30:56
yes

30:57
Victories

30:57
anxious

30:57
ready

30:57
love

30:57
Already

30:57
thirsty

30:58
beginnings

30:58
transformation

30:58
ambiguous

30:58
hope

30:58
patience

30:58
transform

30:58
hope

30:59
pause

30:59
optimistic

30:59
hopeful

30:59
unknown

30:59
pregnant

31:00
new

31:00
ready

31:01
get it!

31:01
emergent

31:01
eager

31:01
pregnant

31:01
Ready

31:01
anxiety

31:02
poised

31:02
open

31:02
future

31:02
unknown

31:02
hush

31:03
hopeful

31:03
newbirth

31:03
joy

31:03
birth

31:03
possibility

31:03
new life

31:03
waiting

31:04
ready

31:04
evolving

31:04
attentive

31:04
dread

31:04
everything

31:04
hopeful

31:04
to be strong

31:05
mirror

31:06
transformation

31:06
breath

31:07
bursting

31:07
full

31:07
ready

31:08
duty

31:08
exposed and expressed

31:10
fire

31:11
hopeful

31:11
pregnant

31:12
revolution

31:13
flow

31:13
ready

31:13
future

31:15
imminent

31:16
transform

31:16
bloom

31:19
breath

31:19
possibilities

31:20
emergerging

31:20
anticipating

31:26
aSHE

31:28
change

31:34
transformative

31:57
held

31:57
secure

31:58
home

31:59
home

31:59
secure

31:59
together

31:59
home

31:59
warm

31:59
home

32:00
together

32:00
home

32:00
love

32:00
storm

32:00
trust

32:00
together

32:00
solidarity

32:00
together

32:00
community

32:00
full

32:00
love

32:01
home

32:01
held

32:01
shelter

32:01
space

32:01
here

32:01
collective

32:01
With others

32:01
held

32:02
space

32:02
held

32:02
rest

32:02
together

32:02
home

32:02
possible

32:02
with you

32:02
home

32:02
home

32:02
warmth

32:02
home

32:03
family

32:03
deserving

32:03
dignity

32:03
love

32:03
healthy

32:03
embrace

32:03
community

32:03
comfort

32:03
home

32:03
cared for

32:03
wholeness

32:03
everyone

32:03
care

32:03
bed

32:04
always

32:04
home

32:04
accepting

32:04
together

32:04
together

32:04
together

32:04
protected

32:05
warm

32:05
community

32:05
free

32:05
family

32:05
here

32:05
default

32:05
family

32:05
us

32:06
comfort

32:06
community

32:06
home

32:06
home

32:06
free!

32:07
together

32:07
there

32:07
community

32:07
possible?

32:07
protected

32:08
home

32:08
home

32:08
whole

32:09
held

32:09
embrace

32:09
hug

32:09
Entitled

32:10
minimum

32:10
together

32:10
Together

32:10
everyone

32:10
family

32:10
squad

32:11
loved

32:11
responsible

32:12
home

32:12
with each other

32:12
family

32:12
community

32:12
community

32:12
Warmth

32:13
home

32:13
haven

32:13
trust

32:13
embodied

32:13
family

32:13
community

32:14
hold

32:14
everyone

32:14
efforts

32:14
liberation

32:15
risings

32:15
A utopia like no place is

32:15
blessed

32:16
flanked

32:17
solidarity

32:17
us

32:17
family

32:17
breath

32:17
verdant

32:19
priveledge

32:19
harbor

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wholesome

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free

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warm

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aware

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trust

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world building

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with

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chosen

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Freedom

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Spirit

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empowered

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love

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shelter

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belonging

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held

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no fear

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others

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water

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together

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us

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empathy

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seen

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free

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others

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unharmed

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reimagine

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calm

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together

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emotional

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home

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distant

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WOOHOOO

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WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thanks!

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whooo!

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thank you!

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THANK YOU

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thankyou!

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whoop

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thank you so beautiful!!

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<3

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much love

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🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

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gratitude!!

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thank you

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Thank you!!!

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wooo hhooo!

34:33
YES YES YES big gratitude

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Thank you!

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thank YOUUUU

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Yesss thank you!

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<3

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thank you

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nnaps

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Thank you

34:35
amazing. Thank you

34:36
*snaps

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thank you <3

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thank you@

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<3

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<3

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clap whoop whoop

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Thank youu

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THANKS!!!!!!

34:37
Thank you!

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snaps*

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thank you!

34:38
Amazing, thank you!

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Woot!

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Thank you!

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Thanks!!!!

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Thank you!

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thank you!!

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❤️

34:43
Thank you! Je Nae.. Luv you!

34:43
Thank you

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<3

34:44
Thank you!

34:44
Axé

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amazing <3

34:45
awesome!

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yaaaay! thank you thank you <3

34:47
gratitude

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<3

34:48
Thank you!!

34:49
💙💙💙

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thank you

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thank you

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🙌🏻

34:53
💖 gratitude, thank you

34:55
mad props

34:56
#SocialSolidarityPhysicalDistance

34:58
thanks! I’m going to use this grounding in my orgs.

34:59
ayeeee

35:04
next level, masterful zoom call facilitation skills - deep gratitude!

35:11
^ yes

35:14
Learning so much

35:19
Thank you!!!!

35:20
^yess

35:35
Link?

35:43
You can watch it w/o facebook https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/

36:07
thanks!

36:09
thank you for that

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yeah

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Yeah

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yes!

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yup

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!!

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yes

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for sure

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yes!

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yes!!

36:37
<3

39:41
could you repeat those 4 organizing questions if you get a chance please?

39:54
HI MOM!

39:56
<3

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<3

39:57
lets go mama!

39:57
aye!!! welcome mama Shawn!

39:58
<3

39:59
facebook live is not linked on the video fb drop down ):

40:02
yay to moms!!😍😍😍😍

40:03
thank you to the mothers!!

40:03
way to go, mom! glad you are here!

40:04
yay for moms!

40:04
woohoo shawn's mama!

40:09
shout out to Shawn's mom!

40:09
precious!

40:10
great youre here mom!

40:12
Yes to amazing moms

40:39
https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/ this works for me

41:13
Yep! What infrastructure could we build that makes it possible for us to care for our own communities (community care)? What are the lessons from the history and principles of mutual aid that we could be utilizing to save lives and resist harm now? What are we doing to lesson our dependence on the state? What are we resisting and building?

41:32
thanks :-)

41:39
🔥

41:48
“I believe in facilitation NOT empowerment.”—Shawn

41:53
Our people innately have power

41:54
<3

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Yes!

42:12
thank you for the link! shoutout to annie for the tech work, please add the fb live link to the drop down on the top left of the screen? not sure if that’s possible

42:21
<3

43:43
Yup.

44:40
please slow dow

45:21
I can just keep pasting the link. Don't think zoom has that feature. What infrastructure could we build that makes it possible for us to care for our own communities (community care)? What are the lessons from the history and principles of mutual aid that we could be utilizing to save lives and resist harm now? What are we doing to lesson our dependence on the state? What are we resisting and building?

45:33
woops https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/

46:13
Thanks Eric. I don’t think zoom has that feature either. Appreciate you!

46:30
yea WV!!!!

47:12
What was the former panther’s name?

47:23
Malik Rahim

47:56
Thank you Eric! I copied it but its great for looping in others

49:54
If you’ve got questions about the history and principles of mutual aid, be sure to drop them in the chat <3

50:22
can you explain what exactly mutual aid is, what is the practice

51:02
I know nothing about mutual aid, but I have a social justice background and lens in reproductive justice.

51:16
can you explain more for me?

51:49
Thanks!

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<3

51:53
Got you <3

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hello

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thanks!

52:27
mutual aid is bottom up, meeting people where they at vs charity is top down corporate response

52:55
Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity. What does that mean? It means we recognize that our well-being, health and dignity are all bound up in each other. It means that we understand our survival depends on cooperation, not competition (Mariam Kabe).

53:12
Shoutout to Mariam Kabe! <3

53:20
❤️

53:33
**Mariame Kaba

54:13
I recently got harassed by the cops for feeding homeless folks. It was radicalizing and I already considered myself a radical.

54:30
Super helpful explanation. I definitely see folks practicing incompletely

54:31
https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/

55:11
can we repost that definition here?

55:18
Can you copy that definition in the chat? Spoke so fast!

55:28
Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity. What does that mean? It means we recognize that our well-being, health and dignity are all bound up in each other. It means that we understand our survival depends on cooperation, not competition (Mariam Kabe).

55:31
Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity. What does that mean? It means we recognize that our well-being, health and dignity are all bound up in each other. It means that we understand our survival depends on cooperation, not competition

55:34
thank you!

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<3

55:57
+++

56:01
adrienne maree brown!

56:06
Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution by Peter Kropotkin explains in detail what Shawn is talking about.

56:32
feels so good to hear you all saying this. yes to symbiosis!

56:46
<3

57:18
here’s a Line from the doc Ash shared that is hitting home on charity - big ups on sharing: “Charity” is a framework that often means rich people giving a little bit to poor people to make themselves look better in the eyes of God or other people. Usually there are lots of strings attached to what they give: e.g., giving only to mothers, only to children, only to sober people, only to people of faith and other “deserving poor” models. This means that charity is often a strategy for controlling poor people.

57:42
To care for a family member, friend, or pet in another household, and to transport family members, friends, or pets as allowed by this Order.”Including mutual aid in the order is a natural extension of these essential activities and connections, which is distinct from “family members, friends, or pets” as specified in the order. Some members of our community don’t necessarily have a neighborhood or family or even a pet to lean on. But even more profoundly, surely we want to extend care as part of our commitment to a common humanity, whether or not they are friend or kin. This is the wider meaning of “to take care of others” that is recognized as a basis of most spiritual traditions. We very much appreciate the functions of the city and the county in responding to this pandemic. We want an equal valuing of the role of residents of Durham (City and County) in this function of wellness and safety.

58:42
^^^

59:28
can y'all speak to the relationship between mutual aid and longer term organizing/contesting for power? in your experience.

59:36
Green New Deal… feminist economy… new world paradigms

59:39
dual power

59:40
What is the role of the community in mutual aid beyond identifying the needs they want “outsiders” to help meet? Hoe do we incorporate the strengths and capacities of the community in these efforts?

59:45
*REMAIN CORRUPT.

01:00:01
++ to this question! “can y'all speak to the relationship between mutual aid and longer term organizing”

01:00:35
the world is different now -- how do we organize ourselves in a new way?

01:00:37
The passage above that begins “to care for a family members or friend” is part of a collective letter that people in Durham are sending to the Mayor and City Council to ask that they include “mutual aid” in the definition of responses of “Care for Each Other” and that it be recognized as a legitimate reason for people engaged in mutual aid to travel around the city.

01:01:10
Mab, can you email me the letter? Or drop a link?

01:01:24
ash-lee@highlandercenter.org

01:01:32
Please see the CJA report on Puerto Rico just recovery work featuring mutual aid work, especially through a food soveriregnty lens https://climatejusticealliance.org/our-power-puerto-rico-report/

01:01:44
Could a link to what you're referencing be shared in the chat?

01:02:46
wanna shout out ujimaa medics in chicago doing dope mutual aid work : https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-abolition-mutual-aid-spotlight-ujimaa-medics

01:02:50
Thank you for lifting up the power of community and engaging with one another. Is there a conversation about the importance of building community in advance of a crisis, as well? #MakeAFriendBeforeYouNeedAFriend

01:04:14
we’re not here to recreate the state, and we’re not here to help the state

01:04:42
-shawn

01:04:53
<3

01:04:54
Thank you!

01:04:56
Good knowledge

01:04:57
yes yes yes!

01:04:57
thanks Shawn n Noah!

01:04:57
!!!!

01:04:57
👏🏻

01:04:58
thank youuu

01:04:59
awesome!!

01:05:00
<33

01:05:00
thank you!!!!

01:05:01
Thank y’all!!!!!

01:05:03
thanks!

01:05:04
thank you!

01:05:04
thx Kelley

01:05:05
thank you

01:05:08
Ash==Lee I did send you the link.

01:05:11
amazing!! Thank you!!

01:05:12
great stories!

01:05:14
!*!*!

01:05:17
claps thank you!

01:05:23
thank you!!

01:05:28
Context and history is CRUCIAL

01:05:30
History is a tool of liberation y'all

01:05:34
^^ yes

01:05:38
yes!

01:05:38
YUP

01:05:39
ABSOLUTELY

01:05:39
yes!

01:05:40
yes!!

01:05:40
yes!!

01:05:40
100%

01:05:41
yes

01:05:41
PREACE

01:05:42
FOR SURE

01:05:42
yes yes!

01:05:43
yes

01:05:43
PREACH

01:05:43
uh huh

01:05:43
yea!!

01:05:44
Yes!

01:05:46
Buying gift cards from small businesses ain't it.

01:05:48
agreed!!!

01:05:51
Hi!!

01:05:53
thanks! Summary from Shawn

01:05:55
Hi!

01:05:56
YES

01:05:56
yes

01:05:56
yes please

01:05:57
yeah

01:05:58
yess

01:06:00
yes

01:06:00
les do it!!!

01:06:01
yeah

01:06:08
's wrap-up:1. solidarity, not charity

01:06:08
appreciate the grounding and form first

01:06:16
2. liberation, not recuperation

01:06:24
How can these projects and initiatives that have been started with the resources from our communities be sustained by and supplemented by outside resources? like it's beautiful that we already have all that we need AND how can we reclaim resources that were stolen from our people?

01:06:30
3. building for autonomy & facilitating power

01:06:34
4. ... ?

01:06:58
yup

01:07:04
Recent history and in present moment!! Shout out and celebration of North Nashville community in early March checking in on each other without power and damaged houses after tornado, getting supplies needed to people based on what they need. Especially gideon's army and the crew on Underwood Street! <3

01:08:15
I do too!

01:08:25
Relationship of Mutual Aid to Contesting for Power - https://movementgeneration.org/resources/key-concepts/resiliencebasedorganizing/

01:08:32
this question is so so good

01:09:03
can we write the questions?

01:09:12
affinity groups!

01:09:17
as we close out please email me your haikus at jenae@highlandercenter.org

01:09:32
yes, affinity groups!!

01:09:34
shawn said liberation not rep.... what was the r word he used?

01:09:39
recuperation

01:09:41
Feel free to drop questions in the chat

01:09:44
thank you

01:09:50
this was wonderful. much needed. deepest gratitude to all.

01:09:50
(and this sense of mutuality and making a friend etc, goes both ways..for folks offering support, as well as welcoming support. Both roles require relationship and community)

01:09:56
how do we use mutual aid groups to develop alternative production/distribution/consumption networks that are outside capitalist relations of production?

01:10:05
can y'all speak to the relationship between mutual aid and longer term organizing/contesting for power? in your experience.

01:10:08
what was Shawn's 4th summary point, before the questions?

01:10:14
Thank you for lifting up the power of community and engaging with one another. Is there a conversation about the importance of building community in advance of a crisis, as well? #MakeAFriendBeforeYouNeedAFriend

01:10:14
recreation of the state

01:10:32
facilitating power #4

01:10:33
“facilitating power”

01:10:42
the podcast "The Women's War" just started. It's about Rojava. Basically explains how mutual aid turns into a revolutionary program in North Syria. Good resource so far.

01:10:56
as we close out please email me your haikus at jenae@highlandercenter.org

01:11:05
When I think about mutual aid, I think of people such as Emma Goldman and Kropotkin. It has a long history in this country. Could we talk about this?

01:11:07
Yes again to affinity groups!

01:11:10
reposting in case there's time and it was lost in the chat - How can these projects and initiatives that have been started with the resources from our communities be sustained by and supplemented by outside resources? like it's beautiful that we already have all that we need AND how can we reclaim resources that were stolen from our people?

01:11:26
What is the goal of building power? What is the intention for it’s use?

01:11:37
also re principles - “political action is achieved through meeting each other where we’re at” and “everything for everyone, nothing for us. lead by asking”

01:12:05
1. solidarity, not charity2. liberation, not recuperation3. building for autonomy4. facilitating power?

01:12:16
yes yes yes

01:12:42
doing the thing again https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/

01:12:47
NATIONAL MUTUAL AID NETWORK: https://join.slack.com/t/mutualaidnational/shared_invite/zt-cs6npzra-1~A9RFuKusoN_cb~Bqy8Gg

01:13:00
5. Everything for everyone

01:13:01
Eva, you might be looking for “cooperation not competition"

01:13:20
how do we use mutual aid groups to develop alternative production/distribution/consumption networks that are outside capitalist relations of production?

01:13:37
@ eva curry politics are actions

01:13:42
thank you thank you thank you for sharing all this dope and inspiring wisdom

01:13:45
snaps!

01:13:57
How can these projects and initiatives that have been started with the resources from our communities be sustained by and supplemented by outside resources? like it's beautiful that we already have all that we need AND how can we reclaim resources that were stolen from our people?

01:14:14
sparkle fingers

01:14:18
participatory economics is one model being tried

01:14:19
it feels like a lot of times my communities are doing mutual aid in response to crises - how can we make this work more sustainable and develop mutual aid efforts not always in direct response to a crisis/fucked up institution?

01:14:20
What is the role of the community in mutual aid beyond identifying the needs they want “outsiders” to help meet? Hoe do we incorporate the strengths and capacities of the community in these efforts?

01:14:38
I've been thinking about mutual-aid type networks being so needed very already and increasingly for holding grief/grief groups/spiritual support in my rural PA community?

01:15:35
Much gratitude for this amazing event and discussion. Would love to understand what mutual aid looks like in the era of physical distance and shelter-in-place.

01:16:02
I second your question, Rishi

01:16:06
How is mutual aid applicable in an epidemic. What is the same and what is different from other mutual aid efforts?

01:16:27
how do we work with communities that don't have access to technology when we can't be together in common place and space?

01:18:36
Mutual aid in an epidemic just includes more 9:1 bleach solution.

01:19:07
^^😂

01:19:15
also- its not always us/them, right? It's also us helping eachother...

01:19:26
http://www.axislab.org/covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1iBwd9wm2Wh28vMVdkjKDeMShd43NDkfPNdvSfsteKOsNlImqAzmcKdOA

01:19:26
YES!!!

01:19:40
We definitely need a rural/urban connection here in Eastern PA.

01:19:40
^good resource for folx asking about physical distancing & mutual aid rn

01:19:42
How do we develop those new rural/urban exchange/production networks?

01:19:45
Thank you!

01:19:52
how do you find patience and grace for the time it takes to expand these networks?

01:19:54
yes! my area in PA has a huge urban/rural divide and this feels like such both a challenge and a moment

01:19:55
we need some of that medicine in NOLA

01:19:55
They seem so hard to develop and share

01:20:11
Thank Kelley! If other folks have resources, email them to elizabeth@highlandercenter.org! We’re collecting them and sending them out weekly <3

01:20:12
form follows function looks like reframing the way we think...it might just start with believing that we can, so we will

01:20:32
social media is facilitating MA groups and networks are solidifying

01:20:35
@liane its dedication not a past time, its reframing whats important to us.

01:21:06
Another safety resource. https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-SupplyDistro-MASafetyPracticesZine-WEB.pdf

01:21:07
To what extent is there a contradiction in trying to develop sustainable production/exchange networks that require transporting goods long distances (i.e. rural to urban)?

01:21:10
https://medium.com/movement-generation-justice-and-ecology-project

01:21:17
Yes Noah, yes!

01:21:47
I'm loving EVERYTHING you're talking about re: trading resources Noah

01:21:55
a guide the Fat Rose Mutual Aid group put together so fat fat and disabled folx don't get triaged out of living in this moment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zz7EchIvq05wFDZ1EysJkGiMJTpzXxi998M2Ij2hYhg/edit

01:22:30
that fat rose doc is *chef's kiss*

01:23:10
THANKS to everyone sharing resources. In this together y’all!

01:23:33
can we use this conversation to begin developing urban-rural partnerships for sustainable grassroots economies?

01:23:39
Great resource list:

01:23:41
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rcan4C_e6OBFBI5bUn7MtYK74Ab-WarxyJmDvZUI_YA

01:23:56
Thank you for this resources.

01:24:34
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rcan4C_e6OBFBI5bUn7MtYK74Ab-WarxyJmDvZUI_YA

01:24:43
mutual aid resources

01:25:21
here here!

01:25:23
same here

01:25:30
here too

01:25:33
Thank you all! I’ve learned a lot and hope to put it into practice (I have to hop off but super appreciate everyone here)

01:25:33
me too

01:25:53
resources for sex workers: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13hcknQInSzyZHrygrvL8X9x1JYtQD-i_9yXorRiz2V8

01:25:55
yessss

01:26:02
Air hugs

01:26:06
sending hugs...

01:26:14
e-hugs :’)

01:26:21
I know we are out of time for questions, but wondering how folks on here that might be fighting COVID symptoms (I have for weeks now) are holding their self care boundaries while also contributing to mutual aid projects?

01:26:23
#consensualvirtualhugs

01:26:47
Yes <3

01:26:52
yes!!!

01:27:04
Spot on

01:27:07
<3

01:27:08
Love all this…

01:27:11
YES

01:27:12
that is a word

01:27:19
We appreciate yall

01:27:20
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

01:27:22
first aid collective Knox resources: https://linktr.ee/firstaidcollectiveknox

01:27:26
thank yall! ash-lee, thank you again for coming to braden program in oakland last yr & speaking - still take all that with me everyday. we all we got <3

01:27:31
We need to develop those urban-rural relationships/networks… I don’t know how! :(

01:27:38
Thank you!

01:27:46
please!!!!

01:27:53
Yes yes yesss

01:27:55
Heck yeah!

01:27:57
yesss

01:28:02
Pod mapping!!!

01:28:02
totally

01:28:05
Absolutely

01:28:06
I'd miss like 200 DSA calls for this...

01:28:06
and soon?

01:28:06
T

01:28:13
Thanks!

01:28:14
yes

01:28:16
would be amazing!

01:28:17
omg. Bree Newsome, a true shero, is here! #fangirlinghard

01:28:18
Beautifully spoken, thank you all so much!

01:28:19
Yess pleeeze

01:28:21
Heylll yeah

01:28:38
pod mapping: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10C0iWjVQS-8yqwJGhzr7BilRDoCpp4iaMyTAWgDexvk

01:28:40
sí

01:28:42
THANK YOU!

01:28:59
who sasid nah??

01:29:09
awesome thank you for your leadership!

01:29:25
Thank y'all so much!

01:29:35
So grateful.

01:29:54
Thank you for your work

01:29:57
gratitude

01:29:59
thx!

01:30:07
grateful for this! looking forward to next week.

01:30:07
thank you!

01:30:08
thank all y’all!!!!!!! <3

01:30:24
thanks for all your labor!

01:30:31
Oops, sorry y’all :)

01:30:35
Yes, thank you.

01:30:48
Can y

01:30:49
Yall really are everything. Yes. Thank you for your thoughtful planful leadership

01:30:54
more resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpMzMzsA83jbVEXS8m7QKOtK4nj6gIUk1U1t6P4wShY

01:30:55
y’all. thanks so so much for sharing this knowledge and history and encouragement. for the awesome facilitation, for the questions answered, for the grounding at the beginning. love y’all. thank you thank you.

01:31:03
Can y’all drop Elizabeth’s email again for folx, please?

01:31:07
those haikus were dope!

01:31:20
Elizabeth@highlandercenter.org

01:31:21
best zoom meeting ever

01:31:22
thank you discussion leaders!

01:31:28
Thank you! ✊🏾💜😘

01:31:37
Thank you all soooo much for this amazing chat <3 i am ever grateful

01:31:39
For next time, if we can understand a bit better how to do power mapping to use as a political education tool as we approach people.

01:31:43
This was very good, feel recharged, thank you!

01:31:47
Elizabeth@highlandercenter.org

01:31:48
Thank you so so much!

01:31:51
thank you!!!!

01:31:54
you had me at singing...yup

01:32:11
https://www.facebook.com/highlandercenter/videos/227691845263277/

01:32:23
mental health resources during covid19: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HYChUvqT9Gp19KMvJAyxN6I80s1B-45khwa82RIXnkE

01:32:31
Thank you highlander!!!!!!!!

01:32:33
thanks for holding space for the work and the vision!

01:32:39
when the happy hour!!!

01:32:46
Thank you

01:32:48
Thanks y’all, always grateful. Stronger together.

01:32:55
Thank you all for creating these spaces for us to come together. As a person out in rural East Texas, these spaces are nourishing.