Xavier Morels appeared on the Cricial Futures podcast to talk about the importance of community power-building, the role of partner organizations, and the work that must be done across the country to create more equitable health outcomes for all communities.
Read MoreWe are so grateful for not only your continued partnership, but for your friendship, and we look forward to working together in the new year.
Read MoreHappy Holidays! The Praxis Project team wanted to take a moment and extend gratitude for our work together this year! We are closed Dec. 24- Jan. 3rd for an organizational wide winter break! We look forward to reconnecting with you in 2023.
Read MoreSave the Date! Roots & Remedies 2023 will be in St. Louis, MO from July 14 - 16
Read MoreThe Digital Media Manager (DMM) role at Praxis will primarily focus on supporting Praxis’ goals and programs through high-quality digital and social media about our network of community organizing partners and their work towards health, justice, and racial equity.
Read MoreEvery year Praxis invites our Communities of Praxis members to share some of their top organizing or advocacy campaigns in their own communities through out annual survey. Learn more…
Read MoreThe 13th Amendment did not really outlaw slavery; it has continued to manifest and disguise itself through a multitude of oppressive systems. Mass incarceration serves as a modern form of slavery that continues to exploit Black communities for labor and limits their freedom. The criminal legal system is responsible for tearing families apart and leaving children without their caretakers….
Read MoreI vividly remember the silence and palpable anger amongst my friends when news first broke out last May about the leaked Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. That evening, in solidarity with many of our classmates, we chalked messages on the sidewalk condemning the decision…
Read MoreJoin The Praxis Project for the next webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series: From Food Justice to Liberation: Building Community Power through Community Gardens & Urban Farms.
Read MoreCheck out the newest release in our Learning Circle Brief Series: From Food Justice to Liberation: Building Community Power through Community Gardens & Urban Farms. This brief seeks to understand how urban farms and community gardens stewarded by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) power-building and base-building organizations help raise community consciousness about healthy food systems, create opportunities for resident leadership and skill development, promote local economic development, and provide healthy food alternatives.
Read MoreFor National Intern Day, we want to take a moment and appreciate our dynamic 2022 interns and everything that they bring to The Praxis Project!
Read MoreIn this episode of In Praxis, Season 3: Community-Driven Strategies for Food Justice, Albino Garcia gives a rich history of how La Plazita came into existence. He discusses La Plazita's philosophies of "La Cultura Cura" and how they are healing formally incarcerated youth and families through connecting them to the land. Albino also takes time to dive deep into what it means to build organic community power.
Read MoreIn this episode of In Praxis, Season 3: Community-Driven Strategies for Food Justice, Dr. Ashley Gripper tells an in-depth story of her life—sharing all the interconnected moments, memories and experiences that brought her to the land work that she does daily. Through joy, grief, sorrow, and healing, all things return back to the earth and so should we.
Read MoreAs anticipated, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Access to safe health care is a human right. This is dangerous and unconstitutional and will have devastating consequences on BIPOC, low-income people, rural communities, and other marginalized communities whose residents often do not have the resources or ability to travel to obtain the safe, reproductive health care they need. Read more…
Read MoreIn this episode of In Praxis, Season 3: Community-Driven Strategies for Food Justice, Lupe Gonzalo of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) shares the profound power that lies within farmworker voices to build agency among farmworkers in impact change in Immokalee, FL and inspired advocates nation-wide. [This episode is in Spanish. An English transcription can be found on the episode webpage]
Read MoreThe Praxis Project Presents: Roots & Remedies 2022, Pleasure in Praxis! Join us from July 11-15th for a pleasurable week of virtual programming all centering the radical practice of pleasure as activism.
Read MoreThis new article from The National Academic of Medicine Commentary co-authored by Praxis ED, Xavier Morales, shares how building community power is essential to achieving health and racial equity.
Read MoreIn this episode of In Praxis, Season 3: Community-Driven Strategies for Food Justice, Donne Gonzalez and Emily Arasim discuss their deep commit to serving as acequia caretakers, and passing on knowledge about intergenerational farming and the larger systems impacting people living in New Mexico.
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