Beloved Community!

Thank you for your spiritual, political, and material support of my political work over the years.  Together we've made some amazing interventions - interrupting the agenda of racial capitalism, expanding the platforms of everyday Black people, and building share platforms for "power with" instead of "power over."

As many of you know, at the end of May I will be officially ending my tenure at Blackbird, an institution I founded and led with my comrades Mervyn Marcano and Thenjiwe McHarris to focus on Black liberation and movement building.  I leave Blackbird to embark on a new challenge at leadership  of the Working Families Party.  I will be joining the party August 1st as its national director where I plan to lead the party through a transformative process - making it more available  as a vehicle for movements and individuals committed to contending for power through governing.  

In the two months between those milestones I plan to take a much needed sabbatical to enjoy the day-to-day joys and follies of fatherhood uninterrupted by the real crisis we tackle in movement.  Additionally, I will take a foreign trip to reflect, meditate, study, and reenter the work with a renewed fire.

I also plan on identifying a coach that will support me as I take on a truly exciting but no doubt challenging role.

I'm reaching out to you for support to help me reach my goal.  These funds will go towards 1) my living expenses for two - three months, include basics like childcare 2) resources to identify and retain an executive coach 3) expenses for a three week foreign trip where i will read, write, meditate, and reflect on past practice, future possibilities, and current realities.


Much love and Solidarity,


Moe