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This is Volume 2 of “For Those Who’ll Come After“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. In this series, storytellers reach across time, sharing messages and reflections for future generations, sharing what they want them to know, remember, and carry forward in the ongoing pursuit of social justice.
Visit the Weaving Our Voices section for more entries in this series, as well as other special series that bring the voices and collective wisdom of storytellers together.
Episode Highlights and Featured Stories in For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 2
Fight the Good Fight and Celebrate the Wins: Courtney Holland (she/her) tells future generations to keep fighting the good fight, knowing that the long days are worth it if we change systems for the better for those who come after.
Courtney’s Full Episode: Working in Cooperation and Opposition for the Greater Good
Remember Your Roots: Monique Alicia Gamble (she/her) sends her love from afar, thanking future generations for carrying the baton further than we could. She wants them to remember who they came from, and to remember that they have everything they need to take the work of love and justice even further.
Monique’s Full Episode: Visibility, Power, and Centering Queer Black Stories
Build Resilient Systems for the Next Generation: Knowing that racial progress has consistently been met with backlash and retrenchment, Leticia Peguero (she/her) asks us to reflect on how we can build resilient systems now that will set the stage for the next 50 years of change, supporting future generations in continuing the work of freedom and liberation.
Leticia’s Full Episode: Holding Space: The Transformative Power of Being Witnessed and Supported
Decenter Yourself for the Good of the Future: Arc Telos Saint Amour (they/them/their) shares a Message for Today’s Adults. “Start acting like you care about future generations.” They ask us to decenter ourselves and make decisions that are in the best interests of ensuring future generations inherit a world they can thrive in, and not fight to survive in.
Arc Telos Saint Amour’s Full Episode: Unpacking the Box of Shame
Keep Demanding the Workplace You Deserve: Inspired by what she has witnessed in Gen Z and Gen Alpha’s willingness to challenge and rethink work norms and demand equity, Chelsea Pratt (she/her) wants future generations to keep rethinking work, and challenging the status quo.
Chelsea’s Full Episode: Shifting Organizational Culture: Trauma-Informed, Identity-Conscious Supervision
Healing Through Confrontation: Yusef Bunchy Shakur (he/him) shares that getting to liberation requires study, vulnerability, and the courage to confront systems of oppression.
Yusef’s Full Episode: Looking The Beast in The Face: Unlearning to Relearn
Join with Others: Mia Henry (she/her) tells them to never do the work in isolation, sharing that action with others is the antidote to despair. She wants future generations to know that they have power, the ability to decide how to use it, and reminds them to use it for liberation.
Mia’s Full Episode: Using Power to Bring More Power to People: Education for Freedom and Justice
Cultivate Hope, Not Despair: Phil Jackson (he/him) wants them to know that there’s more hope than hate, and wants them to find it, align themselves with it in community with others. He wants them to know that they count, they belong, and are needed in this world.
Phil’s Full Episode: A Lighthouse and a Refuge: The Firehouse Community Arts Center
Share Your Story: Shannon Cohen (she/her) urges future generations to chronicle their stories, especially in the face of erasure and misinformation. Sharing their journeys can light the way for others, even those they’ll never meet.
Shannon’s Full Episode: Build What You Dream: The Rockstar Woman Movement
You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: Bryan O. Buckley (he/him) wants them to know that when it’s their turn to lead, they should not do it alone. Find your people and make change happen.
Bryan’s Full Episode: Phoenix Rising: “You’re a Part of Public Health, You Just Don’t Know it Yet”
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