Strategy · Essays · Parallel systems of care

I build the systems movements run on, and write about why.

Strategist and writer in Minneapolis. I help organizations get their structure, story, and systems in order, and I write about mutual aid and community care.

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An open notebook on a wooden desk by a window, the left page filled with handwriting, a fountain pen and a cup of tea

Minneapolis, MN

From the desk

Recent essays

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Notebooks

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Oct 29, 2026

Mutual aid is just a term white folks needed to give a damn about each other

And it ain't a damn strategy either.

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Downtown Minneapolis at night through a window, with a lit candle in the foreground

Place

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Voting Is the Bare Minimum

Vote local on Tuesday, and build something that lasts on Wednesday.

A grassy clearing with tall wildflowers and birch trees beside a log cabin

Craft

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The Fannie Lou Hamer Model

Happy 109th birthday, Mrs. Hamer. Thank you for showing me how to build.

A spider at the center of its web, lit by sun against green leaves

Notebooks

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Not everyone is an organizer, but your community still needs you

"I'm not an organizer" is not a get-out-of-community-free card.

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I am supporting your work in exchange for the gratitude I feel for the ability to learn from your experience and well-earned wisdom.

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What readers say

I am supporting your work in exchange for the gratitude I feel for the ability to learn from your experience and well-earned wisdom.

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Books

Two books on the way.

About the books

The Pencil Forgives: a pale sage cloth-bound hardback on linen

Forthcoming

Building Parallel Systems

A field guide to building the care systems our communities actually need.

Field Notes from the Calder: a hardback with a misty Yorkshire valley on the cover

Forthcoming

The Commons

A near-future love story set in a self-governing Saint Paul district, 2054.

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Honored by and spoken at

Black Lives Matter Dreamers & Disruptors Award, 2026
Women's Foundation of Minnesota Rest Up Award, 2023
North American School for Organizers
Black Digital Renaissance

Black Lives Matter Dreamers & Disruptors Award, 2026
Women's Foundation of Minnesota Rest Up Award, 2023
North American School for Organizers
Black Digital Renaissance