Don't Leave Your Friends Behind is a book geared towards the non-parent radical community on ways to be an ally to the parent(s) in their midst.
Over the past five years, we have been collecting stories, how-to lists and words of advice on how to support caretakers and children in the radical and activist community for the zine series Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind. Now we are taking those experiences - plus more - and turning them into a book!
Let's make a better world WITHOUT leaving out the mamas, papas, partners, child-care providers & children!
We're looking for tips, suggestions, and essays from activists, organizers, allies and radical parents. We want to know how you support children and their caretakers in your collectives, organizations or communities. Send us your stories, fliers, photos and experiences. Tell us what works, what doesn’t and your reflections on how to make it better for next time.
Parents and Youth: What can those around you do to support you and your family? Send us your list of suggestions!
Family, Friends, and Allies: What are your experiences and concrete tips for supporting parents and children?
We are especially interested in submissions that also consider intersections such as race, class, gender, single parenthood, immigration, disability, and/or mental health issues.
Word limit is from one sentence suggestions to 5.000 word essays.
China Martens
PO Box 4803 Baltimore, MD 21211
china410@hotmail.com
Vikki Law
PO Box 20388 New York, NY 10009
vikkimL@yahoo.com
For more information about Don't Leave Your Friends Behind, including links to download past issues, go to http://dontleaveyourfriendsbehind.blogspot.com
Deadline: March 15, 2011
About the Editors:
Vikki Law is a writer, photographer, prison abolitionist and mother of color. She is also the editor of the zine Tenacious: Art & Writings by Women in Prison and the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (PM Press 2009).
China Martens raised her daughter as a single mother on welfare and working poor while continuing to put out The Future Generation, the longest-running parenting zine in the history of the Western world. Her daughter is now grown and her zine has been anthologized into the book The Future Generation: The Zine-book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others (Atomic Book Company 2007).
More information here.
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