Theory on the Ground
Theory developed in the midst of lived struggle, which carries forward the deeply enduring resistant visions of generations past and grows them in and through the geographies of the present, toward new and more possible futures.
— Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the Deep South, p. 25
Racial Capitalism Playbook & Counter Playbook
Black Feminism
Abolition Feminism
Reproductive Justice
Sex Work Decrim
Harm Reduction & Drug Policy
HIV Prevention Justice
Building Practices of Safety & Love
To imagine, much less create, the world anew is profoundly rigorous work. Our concept “theory on the ground” honors the labor of turning Women With A Vision’s community work into the theory and vision to build the world otherwise.
It roots our work in the generations of southern Black feminist organizers whose fire dreams we carry forward every day. It holds us in steady relationship to the generations to come, as we work to build a world that is more survivable for them to inhabit.
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