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This is the first and only organized set of resources on grief, specifically for the progressive Left. These resources have been gathered to support your analysis, personal healing, leadership development, strategic effectiveness and collaboration in this era of climate emergency, rising authoritarianism and mass loss.
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ARTICLES & ESSAYS
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Movement Stratgy
Are we at the start of a new protest movement?
Published in the New York Times, Written by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, April 2020
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The Science of Grief
As Americans Experience Tsunami Of Grief, It's Time To Understand Grieving As A Lifelong Process
Published by Wbur, Written by Hope Edelman, December 2020
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Grief Power & Society
Coping with cascading collective traumas in the United States
Published by Research Gate, Written by Roxane Cohen Silver, October 2020
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Healing & Sustainability
Collective trauma could lead to posttraumatic growth
Published by MD Edge, Written by Eva Ritvo, January 2021
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Grief Power & Society
The Coronavirus Has a Disparate Impact on Black Grief, Too
Published by Mother Jones, Written by Fernanda Echavarri, May 2020
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Grief Power & Society
Coronavirus Ripple Effect: Study Shows 9 Family Members Suffer Grief From Every Covid-19 Death
Published by Forbes, Written by Marla Milliing, July 2020
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Movement Strategy
Covid Recovery and Radical Social Change
Published in The Ecologist, Written by Christos Zographs, July 2020
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Movement Strategy
Drinking the Tears of the World
Published in the Daily Good, Written by Francis Weller, February 2019
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Movement Strategy
Feeling Fear, Grief, and the Political Imagination
Published in Medium, Written by Jess St. Louis, April 2019
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Grief Power & Society
Finding ways to mourn online, as the coronavirus keeps us apart
Published by Marketplace Tech, Written by Molly Wood, May 2020
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Movement Strategy
A force for change: coping with grief through activism and advocacy
Published by CNN, Written by Dakin Andone, November 2017
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Movement Strategy
Grief Is Inevitable. Leadership Development is Critical
Written by Mindy Corporn, August 2023
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The Science of Grief
Published by Harvard Business Review, Written by Richard G. Tedeschi, July 2020
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Grief Power & Society
How People of Color Can Experience Grief Differently Than White People
Published by Huffington Post, Written by Alica Forneret, April 2022
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Movement Strategy
It is July Again: A Reflection on Grief and Staying in the Work
Published in Medium, Written by Jess St. Louis, April 2017
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Grief Power & Society
A letter to Audre Lorde from the future
Published by Center for the Humanities, Written by Tito Mitjans Alayón, July 2020
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Grief, Power & Society
Loss and resilience in the time of covid-19: Meaning making, hope and transcendence
Published by Wiley, Written by Froma Walsh, July 2020
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Movement Strategy
Love as the Practice of Freedom
Published by UU College of Social Justice, Written by bell hooks
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Movement Strategy
April 2019
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Movement Strategy
Published in the Boston Review, Written by Peter E. Gordon, April 2019
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Movement Strategy
Published by Truth Out, Written by George Yancy, April 2020
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Movement Strategy
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Grief Power & Society
New mourning: How covid is altering the way we grieve
Published by GW Today, Written by John DiConsiglio, November 2020
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Grief Power & Society
Published by The Guardian, Written by Darnell Moore, October 2020
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Grief Power & Society
On Queer Grieving: The Community Crisis of Vicarious Trauma
Published by The Lifted Brow, Written by Cee Frances, Novemeber 2018
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Movement Strategy
Published by National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Written by Malkia Devich-Cyril, Darryn Green, Leora Wolf-Prusan, Alica Forneret, and Nicole Magtoto, January 2023
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Grief Power & Society
Published by Huff Post, Written by Norman Solomon, May 2013
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Grief Power & Society
The Politics of Grief During a Pandemic
Published by Psymposia, Written by Lily Kay Ross, PhD, May 2020
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Grief Power & Society
Pulse and the Power of Queer Tears
Published by Slate, Written by J. Bryan Lowder, September 2018
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Movement Strategy
Published in the Washington Post, Written by Jeff Schrum, February 2021
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Movement Strategy
Written by V. V. GaneshananthanGranta, August 2011
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Movement Strategy
The Power of Grief Fueled Activism
Published in The Atlantic, Written by Isabel Fattal, March 2018
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Movement Strategy
Reimagining social movements and civil resistance during the global pandemic
Published by Harvard Kennedy School, Written by Erica Chenowith, April 2020
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Grief Power & Society
The relentlessness of Black grief
Published by The Atlantic, Written by Marissa Evans, September 2020
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Grief Power & Society
The Space Between Mourning and Grief
Published by The Atlantic, Written by Claire Wilmot, June 2016
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Movement Strategy
Strangers In Their Own Land - Book Review
Published in Taylor & Francis, Written by Yvonne Wechuli, April 2019
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Movement Strategy
To Tackle Racial Justice,Organizing Must Change
Published in The Forge, July 2022
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Movement Strategy
To Tackle Racial Justice,Organizing Must Change
Published in The Forge, July 2022
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The Science of Grief
Published by National Library of Medicine, Written by Osterweis M, Solomon F, Green M, 1984
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Movement Strategy
Toward a Politic of Vulnerability
Published by Psychology Today, Written by Madelon Sprengnether, June 2020
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Grief Power & Society
Tribal Elders are dying from the pandemic causing a cultural crisis for American Indians
Published by New York Times, Written by Jack Healy, January 2021
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Movement Strategy
Two or Three Things I Know For Sure About Grief & Organizing
Published in Medium, Written by Jess St. Louis, April 2020
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Healing & Sustainability
Published by Amnesty, Written by Stefan Simanowitz, January 2021
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Grief Power & Society
We’re in a new age of Black grief
Published by Well and Good, Written by Nkeka M. Okona, July 2020
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Grief Power & Society
What is Disenfranchised Grief?
Published by Legacy, Written by Linnea Crowther, August 2019
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The Science of Grief
Why Anxiety Should Be Added to the Five Stages of Grief
Published by Washington Post, Claire Bidwell Smith, October 2018