She describes the concept as “the way complex plans for action and complex systems for being together arise out of relatively simple interactions.”Īpplied to social justice work, it’s a way of being, a way of approaching facilitation and movement-building that helps us to allow action to organically happen.
And after a year of back and forth scheduling, we were finally able to sit down and talk about what it means to see the world through an emergent strategy lens. It’s the first anniversary of her book, “emergent strategy”-inspired by Octavia Butler’s ideas of the human relationship to change. Brown is also a poet, social justice facilitator, science fiction scholar who is co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements, and a doula.
This must have to do with the way she sees possibility for change absolutely everywhere, which came about through her many roles. You’re inspired by her hope, belief, and commitment just enough to muster your own. When you talk to author and activist adrienne maree brown, you feel everything is going to be all right.
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