Her philosophy, based on Octavia Butler’s guiding philosophy of the Earthseed books, is that God Is Change. She is matter of-fact about the coming destruction we face-of our environment, of our resources, of our governments. “It was a revelation to discover adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy. Ritchie, author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color Brown not only inspires me to resist, but to do in the most beautiful, joyful, creative, sustainable, collective and effective ways.” “Emergent Strategy is an examination of where our movements have been and an offering of a framework for resistance that is rooted in the miracles of nature, decentralized, collective leadership, and personal, relational, organizational, and movement-wide transformation. This is a resolutely materialist “spirituality” based equally on science and science fiction, a visionary incantation to transform that which ultimately transforms us. Rather than steel ourselves against such change, this book invites us to feel, map, assess, and learn from the swirling patterns around us in order to better understand and influence them as they happen. It is a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. The world is in a continual state of flux. Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. A resolutely materialist spirituality based equally on science and science fiction: a wild feminist and afro-futurist ride! Self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.

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