Everything we attempt, everything we do, is either growing up as its roots go deeper, or it’s decomposing, leaving its lessons in the soil for the next attempt.”

― Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds ([link removed])

In the AMP Fall Newsletter, we will share the harvest of what we have learned, how we have deepened connection, and how we are recommitting to nourishing an ecosystem of visionary creativity as a compass toward another possible world that we co-create with each action, each day.

What does a harvest mean in a season of increased pressure?

Can we think of harvest as a way to come back to the collective and the strategies we have used to bolster each other, survive, and thrive in seasons of droughts and floods? What is the role of mutual aid, skillshares, neighborhood connections, and affinity groups in this moment? How can we face increased pressure without devolving into fragmentation and destructive conflict?

Part of meeting this moment is to recommit to show up aligned in our values and in fostering centered connection inside and outside of our work as a radical fiscal sponsor and movement infrastructure provider.

Our way of being, organizing, and creating is rooted in building a movement ecosystem that supports the practice of media-based organizing. We define media-based organizing as any collaborative process that uses media, art, or technology to confront the root causes of oppression and cultivate holistic solutions. Media-based organizing is not just a tactic — it’s a movement-building framework rooted in accessibility, creativity, and interdependence. When we use media in this way, we build new kinds of relationships with ourselves, with others, and within our communities. We transform ourselves from consumers of information to producers, from objects within dominant narratives to authors. This is long-term, relational work that often has its own timelines, feeding us as we feed it, toward transformational change.

* Check out the LOVE Building Events Calendar ([link removed]) to stay updated on LOVE Building local events throughout the year!
Some highlights:
* Join us for Detroit Disability Power's 7th Birthday Party ([link removed]) ! on Saturday, September 27, noon to 3 PM
* Join us for the Detroit Black Film Festival ([link removed]) on Friday, September 26, from 5 to 10:30 PM

READ
* Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Movements by Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska ([link removed]) and the Radical Communicators Network
* Algorithmic Justice League’s newly released report on TSA’s use of facial recognition software Comply to Fly? ([link removed])

ATTEND EVENTS
* Critical Minded will be in Detroit supporting this talk ([link removed]) - Beyond Praise: Rethinking Criticism in Communities of ColorSaturday, September 27, 3 - 3:45 PM
* The Institute for Radical Permission course ([link removed]) , created by adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, is a way of life rooted in sovereignty and freedom — a spiritual and creative philosophy that has reshaped how we show up in the world and in our relationships.
* Nourish & Flow Dinner Series ([link removed]) : Join supporters and friends for an 8-week Detroit dinner series and fundraiser for BLMDetroit and Detroit Safety Team. Nourish with community while making our futures flow and grow.
* Comfrey Films Black Trans Short Film Festival ([link removed]) : Save the Date - April 30-May 2, 2026 in Durham, NC

LISTEN
* AirGo Podcast turns 10 years old this month! To commemorate this milestone, they’ve created a Listening Club ([link removed]) to dive deep into their archive. Join as they spend time connecting the media text to the discourse of today - while envisioning new strategies for what comes next. Over this past decade, they’ve learned so much from brilliant thinkers, changemakers, creators, and visionaries –like Angela Davis, Mariame Kaba, Bill Ayers, adrienne maree brown, Jamila Woods, and many more – about how to move through the tumult and transformation of our time.

DANCE
* House of Jit ([link removed]) jitting classes at Motor City Street Dance Academy every Wednesday evening at 7 PM
* TeMate Institute for Dance & Culture Conference ([link removed]) - October 18th + 19th - A weekend of dance, music and community.

* Join with groups across the country in Mapping Community Ecosystems of Collective Care ([link removed]) and Resistance organized by Interrupting Criminalization
* Support Project Hajra’s fundraiser ([link removed]) uplifting survivor-led gender & migrant justice for AMEMSA communities, become a monthly collaborator

Over the next several weeks, we invite our network to join us in fortifying for the season ahead. We’re asking for your support to continue our work.

Those who donate $35 or more will receive a limited edition AMP mug with a quote from movement ancestor Grace Lee Boggs.
Fortify Our Network ([link removed])
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