Move Money for Racial Justice – Training 6/13

We’re hosting another online Grassroots Fundraising Training! Join us this Saturday, June 13th from 10AM-12PM PST to learn how to move money for racial justice. We will give you concrete tools for fundraising, go over the components of a solid ask, have space to talk about the feelings that come up when talking about money, and more. Grassroots […]

Support Black-led Organizing to Defund Police in the Bay Area

With the country in the midst of an uprising like we haven’t seen since the assassination of Dr. King, all of us need to take bold, powerful actions in support of Black leadership where we are. From the Black Panther Party to the founding conference of Critical Resistance, Black-led organizing in the Bay Area for […]

Justice for George Floyd – Defund the Police

Our love and rage is in Minneapolis, Louisville, Georgia and Tallahassee with the loved ones of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Tony McDade. We extend our full solidarity to Black communities who are grieving and enraged after the latest murders of Black people by police, and during a pandemic that has claimed 1 in […]

“A price tag on their freedom”

Dear Catalyst Community, We owe you all a HUGE thank you!! Several weeks ago we launched a campaign to raise $100,000 for the Black Mama’s Bail Out bit.ly/covid19-bailouts, a Black feminist-led initiative to reunite Black mothers and caregivers with their families instead of allowing them to be exposed to possible illness and even death. With the […]

Honor the mothers and caregivers in your life by donating to #FreeBlackMamas

Dear Catalyst Community, As many of us are preparing to show love to our mothers this Sunday, often in socially distant ways, we invite you to take this opportunity to also show love to Black mothers and caregivers who are unable to be with their families this Mother’s Day because they have a price on their […]

“We Are Family, Caretakers, Leaders; We are not Disposable.” Interview with Dessa Cosma of Detroit Disability Power

Donna Willmott of Catalyst Project interviews Dessa Cosma Braden alum and Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power about disposability politics and organizing in Detroit.

COVID-19 and Racial Capitalism: A Deadly Mix

Dear Catalyst community, COVID-19 has disrupted daily life in ways that are unprecedented in living memory. Many are talking about the “new normal” and wondering when we’ll get back to the old. But what does going back to normal mean in a world that is so profoundly unequal, so steeped in racism as ours?  The […]

Apply now – Online Class Movement Lessons for a Pandemic AND Online Grassroots Fundraising Training

Dear Catalyst Community, We are excited to announce two online offerings we are launching in response to covid-19. First, Apply for our brand new class: Solidarity and Lessons for a Pandemic: Disability Justice, Transformative Justice, and the AIDS Movement. Second, register for our upcoming Grassroots Fundraising Training. There are hundreds of grassroots fundraising efforts right now, from raising money to bail people […]

Freedom and Solidarity in a Time of Plagues – A Passover Reflection

B’khol dor v’dor – from generation to generation In my secular left tradition, the celebration of Pesach (Passover) has always been about more than retelling the story of liberation of ancient Jews from Mitzrayim (ancient Egypt or “a narrow place”). It serves as an opportunity to make meaning out of a people’s history of oppression. […]

Webinars, Action Items, and Selected Readings

Catalyst Project offers this list to provide one spot for people to find out about webinars and other resources for building both movement and resiliency in the time of Corona, as well as to boost the voices of our allies in the struggle for collective liberation.

We’ll be updating these lists a couple times per week.

We’ll be listing webinars, teach ins, and other realtime online events that you can join or participate in, and we’ll be listing Calls to Action (such as petitions to sign, phone calls to make. etc).

We’ll also share some of what Catalyst collective members are reading right now.