Blue graphic with a photo of Najma Johnson (a person with brown skin, glasses, and a low haircut) and Tarana Burke (a Black woman with brown skin and a pink blazer, big gold earrings, and a high bun/ponytail)

Freedom Dreaming: Envisioning Healing Communities for Survivors with Disabilities and Deaf Survivors

A webinar featuring Tarana Burke and Najma Johnson

Freedom Dreaming is a concept that was put forth in 2003 by Professor Robin D.G. Kelly, a Black historian and author who is presently the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA. To practice “freedom dreaming”, we are called to envision not what we are fighting against, but what we are fighting for. This practice, while only recently coined two decades ago, has been a practice long passed on through different generations of Black and Brown leaders.

For our May webinar, Tarana Burke – the founder of the Me Too movement – and Najma Johnson – the founder of Together All in Solidarity – will engage in an intimate conversation about their respective experiences working in the anti-violence movement and how we can apply the practice of Freedom Dreaming to building a more inclusive and accessible movement.