Accountability is a relational field of practice.
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Language is a tool for seeding liberatory realities and futures. Language is a tool that can both flatten and breathe depth into the imaginal realms of possibility. We must hold it close and be clear on the language we use in service to our visions and dreams of collective liberation.
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Systems of dominance and empire thrive off of us not having a clear command of the language we use to shape our visions.
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“Definitions are vital starting points for the imagination. What we cannot imagine cannot come into being. A good definition marks our starting point and lets us know where we want to end up.” -bell hooks
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Our kin in Congo, Rafa, Gaza, Sudan, and Tigray and here in the States are inviting us to practice accountability with them and ourselves. These invitations feel much different than attempting to source accountability through larger systems of dominance and empire.
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Yes, we have to put pressure on these systems of domination and empire, divest from them, and be willing to dismantle them. We are also responsible for supporting each other via mutual aid, solidarity, marching, calling for multiple cease-fires, and showing up in ways we don’t yet have language for because new praxis is emerging in real-time alongside us.
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We also have to interrogate how the fingerprints of these systems exist in many of the conveniences in our daily lives. Are we willing to practice accountability with ourselves and our kin on this level? I am deep in the grief and discomfort of these questions myself. I know the answers will impact how I source food, what foods I eat, how I engage with technology, and how I move through the world. I’m deep in it with you.
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Visit the Abolitionist Toolbox. The first tool is related to accountability.
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