Kendall’s recommended resources:
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (book) by Adrienne Maree Brown. Powerful, inspiring, pleasure-filled textbook. “…what we practice at the small scale, sets the patterns for the whole system.” this book invites us to feel, map, assess, and learn from the swirling patterns around us in order to better understand and influence them as they happen.
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible (book) by Charles Eistenstein.
The Nap Ministry
The Bishop of Naps. “Rest as resistance.”
Is Unschooling the Way to Decolonize Education? (article)
Explains the history of school and the opportunities of unschooling to create a more just world for all. “For parents who have embraced this approach, the challenge is to change not just how we educate and learn, but to transform the interior and exterior landscapes of our lives.”
Bayo Akomolafe
I love Bayo’s writing, but I love his speaking more. Listen to any podcaster that has interviewed him. “The times are urgent. Let’s slow down.”
How to Challenge White Supremacy Through Rest (article)
Great article about the origins and impacts of grind culture. “We’ve internalized white supremacy work culture in toxic ways like: rewarding hustle and grind culture, equating our productivity to our self-worth, normalizing burnout, glorifying stress, prioritizing work over family, and etc”