TNC Kinship Dojo
While TNC has a longstanding and deeply held practice of anti-oppression (as evidenced by its many resources, affinity groups, and generous programming), in 2024, the leadership decided it was time to experiment with new and different ways of engaging the TNC community in the work. This project is rooted in a passion for collective liberation, guided by the principles of disability justice to practice a different way of building community and belonging. The stated purpose of the Kinship Dojo, as an experimental space for anti-oppression practice, was that it would be for:
- imagining new ways of doing equity work together
- practicing embodying what we’ve been learning and unlearning
- building our muscles in community
- making use of what we have (resisting the desire for someone/something else to change)
- focusing attention on systems
Our purpose was simple but brave: Explore the space between the values we speak and the ways we live them.
“It was about building muscle, not performance,” said one facilitator. “A place to strengthen our collective ability to stay with complexity and hold each other with care.”
Explore our TNC Kinship Dojo Report
outlining key activities and learnings.
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