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Credits & Acknowledgements
It’s our responsibility to credit, amplify, and support the people whose work we learn and benefit from.
The emotional and intellectual labor of activists and educators – particularly those who hold targeted identities is often unpaid and unacknowledged.
Reciprocity Policies
I directed a portion of my income toward youth-focused organizations led by targeted groups for the duration of Books For Littles.
To learn more about these organizations and get details on total amounts and percentages, visit our Financial Disclosures page.
Organizations and educational material, I boost directly on our toolkits.
Credits
Originators of language & concepts I reference frequently in Books For Littles resources:
- Corinne Duyvis coined the phrase #OwnVoices
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw coined the term ‘intersectionality‘
- James Charlton coined the phrase #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
- Kerima Çevik’s Intersected coined the tag #AutisticWhileBlack
- Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza coined the term‘kyriarchy’ in her book But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation, which I admit I haven’t read entirely, mostly because I don’t have the theological scaffolding to properly process all the material
- Mariame Kaba coined the term ‘Transformative Justice‘
- The Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective introduced me to the concept of pod mapping
- Sins Invalid introduced me to the 10 principles of Disability Justice
- Elizabeth Solomon, enrolled member of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag introduced me to the concept of focusing on relationships first in decolonization work.
- Alison Ledgerwood coined the term ‘enabled’ as a descriptor of non-disabled people to encompass this status as a temporarily privilege and deviation from the norm.
- Brian Arao & Kristi Clemens coined the term ‘brave spaces’
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Raising Luminaries is rooted in the unceeded land of the Wampanoag & Massachusett People.
Land acknowledgements are worthless without action. So we prioritize amplifying Indigenous-lead resources in our toolkits and reciprocate with donations to the Wôpanaâk Language Reclaimation Project.
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