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BUILDING SHARED UNDERSTANDING

We're building this collection based on community research and organizing experience to create shared understanding across movements. This isn't complete, and we're learning as we go. Language evolves as movements grow and deepen their understanding.

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Know a term that's missing? We welcome contributions from people engaged in liberation work.

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COMMUNITY & CULTURE

CRITICAL THEORY & ANALYSIS

ECONOMIC & POLITICAL SYSTEMS

ENVIRONMENTAL & GEOGRAPHIC

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY

JUSTICE & HEALING

LIBERATION CONCEPTS & RESISTANCE

MOVEMENT WORK & ORGANIZING

OPPRESSION & POWER STRUCTURES

STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS

WHY TERMINOLOGY MATTERS

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Words carry power. The language we use shapes how we understand problems and envision solutions. Mainstream definitions often reflect the perspectives of dominant institutions rather than liberation movements.

By centering language from grassroots organizing and frontline communities, we help people understand liberation concepts as movements actually use them. This builds shared understanding across different organizing spaces and helps people connect with the work happening in their communities.

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MAKING LIBERATION IRRESISTIBLE