At its core, Black Lives Matter and the Movement for Black Lives is FOR our children. This work is about building a just and free world for them (and ourselves). The system of White supremacist heteronormative patriarchal capitalism pushes a parenting model that centers a nuclear family that was never the truth of who we are as African people. In raising the children of the movement, we reclaim our concept and practice of an African family that extends beyond a two-parent model, affirms the village, and embraces children as an integral part of all of our work. This workshop is about how organizers are raising our children as a core part of the movement and how that process empowers children, fuels the movement, and allows parents to develop a sense of wholeness. The session will be led by a movement mama and two of her daughters. Children, parents and the entire village are encouraged to participate.
