Don't Leave Your Friends Behind Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities

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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Challenging the Status Quo; Audacious Enough Mama; Fathering the World; We're Here . . . We're Queer . . . and That's Not All; Doing It Together: An Interview with Diana Block on Childcare, Movement Support, and Parenting Underground; Chapter 2: Building Blocks; The Red Crayon; La Casita Is Ours! A Conversation with Children in Struggle; New Kids on the Block; Lactivists Do It Better: What Radical Parents' Allies Can Learn from La Leche League International; The Unfinished Universe; Chapter 3: What's Gender, Race, and Class Got to Do with It?

This Poem Is in Honor of MothersIs Everyone at the Table? An Interview with Noemi Martinez, Fabiola Sandoval, and Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz- Three Single Mother of Color Media Makers; How to Build a Community That Involves Single Parents; Mami vs. Mommy, Mami'hood vs. Motherhood: What Do Mami Movements Need?; Support Can Be Conditional When You're Trans or Queer: An Interview with Katie Kaput and Jennifer Fichter; Performing Allyship: Notes from a Queer Migrant Parent; On Fear and Commitments; Chapter 4: Collective Action

A Message from Mamas of Color Rising and Young Women United: Mother's Day, 2010Reclaim the Commons; Experiencing Critical Resistance 10 (CR10) Through the Children's Program; Whose City? KIDZ CITY!; Homefulness; Mothers Among Us: The Prison Birth Project; Organizing within an Anarcha-Feminist Childrearing Collective; An Open Letter to Movement Men; Men Running Childcare; Continuing the Struggle: Lessons Learned from Mothers and Children in Zapatista Communities; Chapter 5: Lists, Lessons, and Concrete Tips for Supporting Children and Caregivers

Tips on How to Support Your Friend During PregnancyTaking Care of Your Friends Postpartum; Babyproofing for Punks; Supporting Your Friend Who Lost Their Newborn Infant; Concrete Things You Can Do to Support Parents and Children in Your Scene‰ Lessons from Planning Radical Childcare; Radical Childcare Collective Start-Up Notes; Wizards Around the Rainbow; Activities for Children; Creating Family Space; Don't Forget Familiez on the Rez!; Concrete Ways to Support Parents and Children Fighting White Supremacy from a Pan-Afrikan Perspective; Holistic First Aid for All Ages

Chapter 6: Different ApproachesTaking Community-Building Seriously; Equal Access: Community Childcare for Special Needs; How Do We Integrate Kids and Adults? What Are Our Expectations about Integrating with Each Other as a Community? (snippets from a discussion on the a-parenting listserv); Call to Destiny; Supporting Unschooling Families; Ways to Support Single Mothers; At My Church, We Call It "Radical Hospitality"; Chapter 7: Don't Leave Anyone Behind; Accessibility; Don't Leave Your Mental Health Behind; Parental Caregiving and Loss: Ideas for Caregivers and Their Allies

Un Corazón separado por una frontera/A Heart Separated

A collection of suggestions, tips, and narratives on ways everyone can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, this book focuses on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. One of the few books dealing with community support for issues facing children and families, this reflection on inclusivity in social awareness offers real-life ways to reach out to the families involved in campaigns such as the Occupy Movement. Contributors include the Bay Area Childcare Collective, the London Pro-Feminist Men's Group, and Mamas of Color Rising