Emergent Strategy
Imagining What's On The Other Side with Makani Themba
The Emergent Strategy Podcast
Imagining What's On The Other Side with Makani Themba
The Emergent Strategy Podcast
Imagining What's On The Other Side with Makani Themba
The Emergent Strategy Podcast
Makani Themba is an author, innovator, and currently the Chief Strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies based in Jackson, MS. A long-time organizer, Makani meets with ESII host, Sage, to discuss genealogies, the economy as a set of relationships, and the power of imagination.
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Collective Visionary Fiction Writing Worksheet
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Interdependence, Abundance and Forgiveness with Shane Bernardo
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Planetation, Music and Change with Toshi Reagon
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Spiritual Hygiene and Saying Yes with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
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The People's Aesthetic with Harold Steward and Tonasia Jones
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Dreaming While Black with Walidah Imarisha and Calvin Williams
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Chaos Minded with Mwende Katwiwa
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Boundaried in Love with Prentis Hemphill
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Earth: A Primary Source and Relative with Leah Penniman
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Liberatory Logistics with Kandace Montgomery and Miski Noor of Black Visions Collective
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Finding Freedom in Change: Marcia Lee and En Lee of Taproot Sanctuary
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Relating During the Pandemic with Autumn Brown
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Slowing Down Your Slow Down with Geoffrey Jackson Scott
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Slowness, Intention, and Ease with Latham Thomas
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Radical Grievance with Malkia Devich Cyril
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Filling the Gap with Caitlin Breedlove
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Yin Timing with Lindsay Fauntleroy
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Disrupting White Dominant Culture with ashley sparks
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Civic Alchemy with Yazmany Arboleda
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Minding Your Relations with Adaku Utah
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Declaring the Self You Want with Alta Starr
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Metabolizing Fear with Briana Herman-Brand
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Imagining What's On The Other Side with Makani Themba
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Holding Change with Micky ScottBey Jones
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The Power of Play and Imagination with Chelsea Cleveland
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Controlling Our Narrative with Vicki Meek
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Building New Worlds with Ashoka Finley
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The Digital Apothecary with Moya Bailey
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Internal Freedom with Ericka Huggins
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Liberatory Harm Reduction with Shira Hassan
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Shifting the Culture with Complex Movements
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The Sabbatical Suite
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Red for Revolution
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Begin the World Over
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Liberated to the Bone
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Atoms Never Touch
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micha cárdenas
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All In: Cancer, Near Death, Near Life
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Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies
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Visions From Our Teachers
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