Is Creating Freedom Movements
​for Me?

  • Do you want to collaborate with others to create more justice and joy within our liberation movements?
  • Do you want to expand your skill-sets and deepen relationships with folks who share visions for Racial, Gender, Disability, Economic, & Transformative Justice?
  • Are you committed to cross-movement community building & the courageous dialogue that this work demands?
  • Do you want to learn about a range of social justice issues, modalities, & tools?
  • Are you more interested in collective healing, radical self-compassion, and transformative growth than in performing ally-ship or social justice perfection?
  • Are you emotionally ready to do this intimate work across racial, class, and educational differences, while centering the experiences & leadership of folks who are most impacted (including your own when appropriate)?
  • Do you want to address the dangers we face in our changing world without losing touch with nature, joy, fun, and community?
  • Do you want to be a part of healing yourself so you can heal your community?
  • Do you perceive liberation to be a spiritual and embodiment practice requiring you to learn to live sustainably?
  • Do you believe that, alongside rapid response to crises, we need to put time into the slower work of transforming ourselves, our relationships, and our institutions?
  • Do you have the time and capacity to honor the work and visioning that this program requires, including: attending weekly workshops, light reading and preparation before workshops, & incubating and presenting on a justice and joy adventure project at the end of the cohort year?

Schedule, Location & Accessibility

The 2022 Cohort will begin mid-September. Stay tuned for details.

Workshops will take place weekly for 2.5 hours. There is also one daylong workshop per month. Exact times TBD.

Due to COVID19, all workshops will take place on zoom, with automatic captioning provided.

Scholarships & Sliding-Scale

We offer a deeply sliding scale so as to keep this program financially accessible to all. The true cost of this year-long intensive program is $5,200 per participant, however our sliding scale goes from $0 to $10,000. For those who can afford to do so, paying above the true program cost allows us to offer partial and full scholarships to those who could not otherwise participate. Keeping our program financially accessible to all is a deep commitment of ours, and we appreciate your participation in that commitment through redistributing resources in that way.

There is more information in the application to help you assess and reflect on where to place yourself on the sliding scale. As you make your decision, please consider not only your own income/assets and financial responsibilities, but also resources you have access to as a result of your wider network–for example, a job that has professional development funds to supplement your participation in this program or friends/family members who could contribute to your participation. Because this program is not about your personal social mobility but is about strengthening your capacities to help create a more just and joyful world, we encourage you to engage your community in supporting your participation -- whether that is financially, in the form of childcare or rides, emotional/moral/intellectual support, etc.
Note: To apply, you must be at least 18 years old.
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"Every single workshop has been extremely impactful and powerful and valuable to me. It's amazing to me how much I receive from both the presenters of a workshop and from what the members of the cohort share. The workshops that stand out particularly to me are those focused on Disability Justice (DJ). DJ is so incredibly inclusive in every way and intersects every other possible justice movement. It has been life-changing in the ways that I am able to see myself and others and has really helped me counter a lot of shame. One of the ways I've been trying to include learnings from those workshops in everyday life is by remembering to not center/assume certain bodies/minds in the way that I think, talk and interact with people, especially in spaces where I have an opportunity to facilitate."

​–Lauren, 2020 Cohort
Creating Freedom Movements nurtures visionary grassroots leaders who build beloved community, cross-issue solidarity and infrastructures of justice & joy. We heal people and the planet by moving from cultures of separation & domination to cultures of connection & reciprocity.