NEED: resources for community justice/accountability

[tupelo_lights]

I'm looking for resources/guides/histories/models/etc. for building systems of community justice and community accountability, particularly in young, urban, queer spaces. There is a growing momentum of queer and gender non-conforming folks in my town who want to take action to address some serious issues within our community, including but not

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[goodbadgirl]

You should go to Leah's website (one of the co-creators of the zine,) and e-mail her. She's an invaluable resource on these matters. She's also insanely busy and walking her activist talk until her blisters bleed - so it may take a minute. But really - she's an excellent, brilliant, all-around amazing activist, thinker and writer. That's my best.....until I got to the very end I was going to comment: "You should get your hands on a copy of The Revolution Starts at Home." :)

And - it would be really cool and appreciated if you tracked your progress here - because these issues are so crucial to our wellness and they are not being addressed nearly enough.

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[tupelo_lights]

Thank you! So as to not waste her precious time, I'll wait until we've had some initial community meetings before asking about specific strategies. I'm happy to post progress here.

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[goodbadgirl]

Thank you for the updates. :) Next time I talk to her I'll let her know about this and see if she can provide any more resources that I don't know about. Sadly, I think our resources around these things are meager. On the bright side that allows us the opportunity to think really, really, really hard and come up with our own resources.