Join us for a reading series on and with Let this Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba.
Published in 2023 as equal parts inspiration, map, and guidebook, Let this Radicalize You is about imagining and organizing towards the liberatory frameworks we both need and deserve.
From movement-making to mutual aid, from collective action to collective care, and from burnout to rest and reciprocal repair, this reading series will explore and interrogate what it means to think, practice, and embody the work of organizing and of movement – as “the work of making place.”
The series will include four sessions, the first three of which will focus on specific chapters/sections of the book, and a final bonfire discussion to reflect on key themes – and walking forward with what we have learned.
Session 1 (Thursday 28 May 2026, 18:30 CEST): Reading Group on:
- Introductions (Remaking the World + We Can Only Survive Together)
- Chapter 2: Refusing to Abandon
- Chapter 4: Think Like a Geographer
Session 2 (Tuesday 23 June 2026, 18:30 CEST): Reading Group on:
- Chapter 5: Rejecting Cynicism and Building Broader Movements
- Chapter 7: Don’t Pedestal Organizers
- Chapter 9: Organizing Isn’t Matchmaking
Session 3 (Wednesday 29 July 2026, 18:30 CEST): Reading Group on:
- Chapter 8: Hope and Grief Can Coexist
- Chapter 10: Avoiding Burnout and Going the Distance
Session 4 (Wednesday 19 August 2026, 18:30 CEST): “Ride home” with us: a bonfire against despair
[As the final session in our reading series on Let this Radicalize You, this bonfire — meant as an open space for conversation and sharing – serves as a moment to reflect collectively on what might have emerged for us in our reading of the book, that we haven’t had the chance to discuss yet. What has stayed and what has echoed? What has germinated and what has grown?
To build together on the advice and voices in the book, as well as what resonated most strongly from our first 3 sessions, the bonfire will also make space for us to share and talk about grief and hope in collective organising.
Throughout we hope to talk about
What do rides home look like to you and which ones do you look forward to?
What tools from the reading have you added to your organizing toolkit?
What methods/tips will you embody to avoid burnout?
How can we address cynicism in movement organizing?
How can we make room for both in our movements?
How do we grieve movements and collectives, while holding onto hope?
How do we honor and recognize that the end of a movement doesn’t mean the failure of a cause?
How can making space for our grief, for the state of the world, for our own personal journeys, and for the often complex task of organizing with others — be a praxis of hope?
Like these questions, the bonfire is meant to help us think together — and perhaps too, to make room for what remains unanswered.
The bonfire discussion will be an open forum to reflect on the overall themes of the book, it is a space for us to reflect and think on what comes next.]
Reading material will be provided upon registering.
We encourage participants to read the text in advance and bring impressions/questions/critiques to the session. All are welcome to join, listen, and contribute.
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