Single parents, Political activists, Social justice, Child care services, Parenting, United States, Family relationships, Child rearing, Social movements 

A collection of articles and narratives on ways people can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, focusing on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. 

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-233).

Chapter 1. Challenging the status quo. Audacious enough mama / Fabiola Sandoval -- Fathering the world / Tomas Moniz -- We're here ... we're queer ... and that's not all / Rei -- Doing it together: an interview with Diana Block on childcare, movement support, and parenting underground / Victoria Law ; Chapter 2. Building blocks. The red crayon / Jessica Trimbath -- La casita is ours! A conversation with children in struggle / Rosalinda Borcila -- New kids on the block / Ramsey Beyer -- Lactivists do it better: what radical parents' allies can learn from La Leche League International / Mariah Boone -- The unfinished universe / Darran White Tilghman ; Chapter 3. What's gender, race, and class got to do with it? This poem is in honor of mothers / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia -- Is everyone at the table? An interview with Noemi Martinez, Fabiola Sandoval, and Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz: three single mother of color media makers / Victoria Law, China Martens -- How to build a community that involves single parents / Noemi Martinez -- Mami vs. Mommy, mami'hood vs. motherhood: what do mami movements need? / Maegan "la Mamita Mala" Ortiz -- Support can be conditional when you're trans or queer: an interview with Katie Kaput and Jennifer Fichter / Victoria Law -- Performing allyship: notes from a queer migrant paren / a de la maza perez tamayo -- On fear and commitments / Mustafa Shukur ; Chapter 4. Collective action. A message from Mamas of Color Rising and Young Women United: Mother's Day, 2010 -- Reclaim the commons / Maxina Ventura -- Experiencing critical resistance 10 (CR10) through the children's program / Kate Shapiro -- Whose city? Kidz City! / Sine Hwang Jensen, Harriet Moon Smith, China Martens -- Homefulness / Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia -- Mothers among us: the prison birth project / Marianne Bullock -- Organizing within an anarcha-feminist childrearing collective / Crap! Collective -- An open letter to movement men / David Gilbert -- Men running childcare / London Pro-Feminist Men's Group -- Continuing the struggle: lessons learned from mothers and children in Zapatista communities / Victoria Law.

Chapter 5. Lists, lessons, and concrete tips for supporting children and caregivers. Tips on how to support your friend during pregnancy / Jessica Hoffmann -- Taking care of your friends postpartum / Clayton Dewey -- Babyproofing for punks / Clayton Dewey -- Supporting your friend who lost their newborn infant / Mikaela Shafer -- Concrete things you can do to support parents and children in your scene: suggestions brainstormed at La Rivolta!, an anarcha-feminist conference in Boston, 2006 -- Lessons from planning radical childcare / China Martens -- Radical childcare collective start-up notes / Amariah Love -- Wizards around the rainbow / Encian Pastel & the Bay Area Childcare Collective -- Activities for children / Rahula Janowski, China Martens, Victoria Law -- Creating family space / Jason Gonzales -- Don't forget familiez on the rez! / Mari Villaluna -- Concrete ways to support parents and children fighting white supremacy from a Pan-Afrikan perspective / Monalisa Lennon Diallo a.k.a. Oluko Lumumba, Agnes Johnson, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie -- Holistic first aid for all ages / Traci Picard ; Chapter 6. Different approaches. Taking community-building seriously / Heather Jackson -- Equal access: community childcare for special needs / Jennifer Silverman -- How do we integrate kids and adults? What are our expectations about integrating with each other as a community? (snippets from a discussion on the a-parenting listserv) / Laura Gyre, Simon Knaphus, Briana Cavanaugh -- Call to destiny / A.S. Givens -- Supporting unschooling families / Sasha Luci -- Ways to support single mothers / mama raccoon -- At my church, we call it "radical hospitality" / Coleen Murphy ; Chapter 7. Don't leave anyone behind. Accessibility / Stacey Milbern -- Don't leave your mental health behind / Lindsey Campbell -- Parental caregiving and loss: ideas for caregivers and their allies / Kathleen McIntyre, Cynthia Ann Schemmer -- Un corazon separado por una frontera / A heart separated by a border / Ingrid DeLeon, Carina Lomeli -- Through all the transitions: a duet on caregiving, family, and community / Jessica Mills, Amanda Rich.