Building Movement Project

Building Movement Project

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BMP develops research, tools, & training materials that help nonprofits support the voice & power of the people they serve. https://buildingmovement.org/

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Building Movement Project
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🗣️ We'll be doing a live 101 session on transforming solidarity wedges to bridges, plus sharing an overview of our new discernment toolkit - join us on October 28!

Building Movement Project@buildingmovement.bsky.social

Join Building Movement Project for an introduction to our new Solidarity Wedges to Bridges Discernment Toolkit - Weds, October 28, 3-4pm EST. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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This episode focuses on intergenerational perspectives from episode host Priti Nemani (BMP), Ria Chakrabarty of @hfhr.bsky.social, Mannirmal Kaur of @sikhcoalition.bsky.social, and Mahtab Javed Siddiqui of the South Asian Network. ➡️ Listen + find episode notes: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...

solidarityis.org25 Years Later, Solidarity Across Generations  — Solidarity IsPriti Nemani talks to Ria Chakrabarty of Hindus for Human Rights, Mannirmal Kaur of the Sikh Coalition, and Mahtab Javed Siddiqui of the South Asian Network about their reflections on the 25th anniver...
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Shout out to everyone who joined us earlier this year for the State of Solidarity (co-hosted with Transgender Law Center) and our Solidarity Wedges and Opportunities Intensive - this toolkit wouldn’t be possible without your generous insights and wisdom! www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Wedges and Opportunities — Solidarity IsCo-host Adaku Utah talks with Anna Castro from Transgender Law Center, Rinku Sen from Narrative Initiative, and Sharmin Hossain from 18 Million Rising about navigating the “solidarity wedges” and oppo...
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Miss Major became an ancestor on October 13, 2025. This Solidarity Syllabus shares a few stories of her life, and how she showed us countless examples of transformative solidarity in practice: www.solidarityis.org/syllabus/hon...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Syllabus: Honoring Miss Major — Solidarity IsA Solidarity Syllabus from the Building Movement Project honoring Miss Major, Black trans activist who fought for over fifty years for her trans/gender nonconforming community.

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Janis
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Fund women of color leaders like you mean it! This blueprint in @buildingmovement.bsky.social's new report tells philanthropic colleagues how! #beyondtheglasscliff #newreport #BMP #movementinfrastructure

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If we want to truly sustain leadership, we have to move beyond short-term fixes. Our new report, "Beyond the Glass Cliff," outlines how philanthropy can better support the infrastructure, governance, and capital that women of color leaders need to thrive. Full report here: bit.ly/BeyondGlassCliff

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Janis
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So excited to have this research in the world! Women of color lead some of the nonprofit sector’s most powerful work. We must work with our philanthropic colleagues to ensure their leadership is seen, supported and fortified for the long haul. #fundwomenofcolor #beyondtheglasscliff #newreport #BMP

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Despite increased grants for women of color-led nonprofits, philanthropy still underfunds the support needed for long-term stability. The new Building Movement Project report, "Beyond the Glass Cliff," examines how to sustain women of color leadership. Read it here: bit.ly/BeyondGlassCliff

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This free, virtual training program is designed for emerging activists with 1-3 years of experience who are connected to a movement organization or group. Learn more and apply by July 20: www.solidarityis.org/cohort

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Is Cohort | Programs — Solidarity IsThe Solidarity Is Cohort is a free, 6-week training program on transformative solidarity principles and practices tailored towards emerging activists and organizers working towards a just and equitabl...
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NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast - artist and organizer Ricardo Levins Morales @rlmartstudio.bsky.social joins guest host UyenThi Tran Myhre for a conversation on solidarity, hope, and cultural organizing in Minneapolis and beyond: www.solidarityis.org/podcast-epis...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity and Cultural Organizing in Minneapolis and Beyond — Solidarity IsIn this episode, guest host UyenThi talks to Minneapolis organizer Ricardo Levins Morales about cultural organizing, coalition building, and how solidarity work can be messy, chaotic, and full of poss...
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“Disabled people are the real hackers of society. And that to me is, I think, a form of activism as well. It’s a way of being, to carve out, negotiate, and navigate through this world.” In honor of Alice Wong: www.solidarityis.org/syllabus/solidarity-syllabus-honoring-alice-wong

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Syllabus: Honoring Alice Wong — Solidarity IsThis Solidarity Syllabus is an invitation to begin or deepen learning about the life and work of Alice Wong, a disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer. 
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Please join BMP and our partners from Transgender Law Center for this conversation with Anna Castro (Transgender Law Center), Rinku Sen (Narrative Initiative), and Sharmin Hossain (18 Million Rising), moderated by BMP’s Adaku Utah. Learn more about our speakers and register: www.solidarityis.org/sos

solidarityis.orgState of Solidarity — Solidarity IsThis series, hosted by SolidarityIs at the Building Movement Project, includes virtual gatherings that will explore the evolving praxis, demands, and trajectories of solidarity within social justice m...

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The Sikh Coalition
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Today marks the five year anniversary of the deadly shooting at a FedEx ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. On April 15, 2021, eight people—including four members of the local Sikh community—were murdered by a gunman.

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In March, community and faith leaders from around the country began a 90-mile march from the Dilley immigrant detention facility to San Antonio, TX, to raise awareness about the surge in child detention by the Department of Homeland Security: www.instagram.com/p/DVbNyIgkeW...

instagram.comfreefamiliesforever on Instagram: "What began on Wednesday, walking past the South Texas Detention Facility in Dilley, Texas—where hundreds of families and children a…"What began on Wednesday, walking past the South Texas Detention Facility in Dilley, Texas—where hundreds of families and children are detained—ended Saturday, as our steps erupted in number and hundreds of people joined the final 9 miles of the 90 mile walk. Pastor Dianne Garcia and other leaders in the National Coalition to end Family and Child Detention (including Trudy Taylor Smith/Children’s Defense Fund TX @childdefender1973, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis/Kairos Center @liztheoharis @kairoscenternyc, Mike Ishii/Tsuru for Solidarity @tsuruforsolidarity, Michelle Venegas-Matula/UU TX Social Justice, Leslie Takahashi/Mt. Diablo UU Church CA, and more) began the fourth and final day of the walk at the San Antonio Migrant Memorial site and ended at the San Antonio Municipal Courthouse, chanting, singing, and speaking to raise awareness and call for an end to family and child detention.photos by @stevepavey#liberation #freefamilies #song
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For @npquarterly.bsky.social, @deepaiyer.bsky.social goes beyond the headlines to understand the expanding toll of the child detention industry, the impact on families, and how nonprofits - and everyday people - are responding: nonprofitquarterly.org/the-expandin...

nonprofitquarterly.orgThe Expanding Toll of the Child Detention Industry | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.Since January of last year, at least 3,800 children have been detained by ICE. What’s the impact of immigration enforcement on so many children on the frontlines?

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Janis
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Great piece taking stock of what we’ve learned in the past year and how folk are organizing to build community and resist in these times. #1yearin #movementbuilding #protectthenonprofitsector

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NEW brief from BMP: In the midst of ongoing crisis and complexity, many nonprofit organizations and movements have continued to build alternative infrastructure where government systems have failed or disappeared. 1/ www.solidarityis.org/solidarityle...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Lessons — Solidarity IsSolidarity Lessons from a Year of Crisis and Change offers a deeper look at how the nonprofit sector is navigating a prolonged period of constraint and contestation.

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Building Movement Project
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NEW brief from BMP: In the midst of ongoing crisis and complexity, many nonprofit organizations and movements have continued to build alternative infrastructure where government systems have failed or disappeared. 1/ www.solidarityis.org/solidarityle...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Lessons — Solidarity IsSolidarity Lessons from a Year of Crisis and Change offers a deeper look at how the nonprofit sector is navigating a prolonged period of constraint and contestation.
Building Movement Project
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NEW brief from BMP: In the midst of ongoing crisis and complexity, many nonprofit organizations and movements have continued to build alternative infrastructure where government systems have failed or disappeared. 1/ www.solidarityis.org/solidarityle...

solidarityis.orgSolidarity Lessons — Solidarity IsSolidarity Lessons from a Year of Crisis and Change offers a deeper look at how the nonprofit sector is navigating a prolonged period of constraint and contestation.

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Advancing Justice-Atlanta
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As we share these artworks by Nicole Kang and Nathalie Bui in remembrance of this tragedy, we reflect and hold space for the lives lost and the communities that continue to carry their memory. To learn more about these art pieces and their meaning, please visit bit.ly/march16artexhibit.

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Janis
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Brilliant visioning and calling to action from my @buildingmovement.bsky.social comrades, Adaku and Deepa! Solidarity is urgent work! And 'transformative solidarity requires infrastructure’! #movementsolidarity #solidarityisapractice #movementbuilding #wegotus

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New at @npquarterly.bsky.social - BMP's Adaku Utah and @deepaiyer.bsky.social write about the solidarity infrastructure that our movements need to move beyond episodic solidarity. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-build...

nonprofitquarterly.orgHow To Build Solidarity Infrastructure for the Long Haul | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.Many movements get stuck in episodic solidarity because they lack scaffolding and support, but solidarity infrastructure must go beyond movement moments.