Homebound: Transforming Toxic Movement Culture with THE WILDFIRE PROJECT /180

Photo by Shane Rounce

For The Wild presents Homebound as an offering of curated episodes from the archives intended to offer perspective and guidance in the midst of a time of tremendous uncertainty and possibility. We invite you to join us on Fridays to hear seeds of wisdom from the weavers of transformation and mobilizers of personal and cultural shift. We hope that this may serve as a North Star as we all traverse through our grief and fear that accompany this perplexing time fraught with shattering of systemic injustices alongside opportunities to co-create the world anew.

This week we are sharing our episode with The Wildfire Project on Transforming Toxic Movement Culture, originally aired in 2019. If we want to hold on to the visions of the future we are beginning to get a glimpse of now or create a world where we thrive, we are going to have to get involved with our communities and come together. However, this is often easier said than done when we’ve been preconditioned in a hyper-individualistic, self-serving society. We need voices that can guide us through these times of conflict and unease as we forge connection to create our vision.

We must be willing to work through our preconditioning, conflict, disappointment and imperfections. As we listen to what Joshua Kahn, BJ Star, and Michael Storm share with us, we wonder:

• How can anger serve us in times of transformation?

• What is the value in challenging ourselves to be a part of what is not perfect?

• How can exercising our power be a just necessity?

ABOUT THE WILDFIRE PROJECT

The Wildfire Project strengthens movements for ecological, racial, and economic justice by supporting organizations to transform, and spread a thriving culture: resilient in the face of changing terrain; grounded in history, vision, and strategy; connected to a “north star” bigger than themselves; building across identity; and prepared to grow and win. We do this through deep facilitation using democratic, experiential methods: fusing political education and skills training with personal and group transformation in a curriculum tailored to specific needs of grassroots activism. Wildfire develops leadership of frontline groups, and maintains long-term support with the communities with which it works.

♫ Music by The Peace Poets and The Wildfire Project

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