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Grassroots and liberatory organizations
like ours usually don’t last long.
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We’re almost always underfunded,
under-resourced and overstretched—
trying to care for the communities we serve...
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while also tending to the people
doing the labor of that care.
The work of tending
to community and
building programming
in this way is relentless.
And it’s relentless
inside structures
that are antagonistic
to the work itself.
Structures built to starve
grassroots, liberatory,
and Black-led work
of the resources it deserves.
One of the biggest hurdles we face in holding all of this is ensuring that we have enough money to do what we need to do.
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If we had more resources,
more infrastructure,
more stability...
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we could do even more
world-building,
life-changing,
extraordinary work.
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But the truth is,
our work is often tamed.
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Not by our vision,
but by our lack of resources.
At Loving Black Single Mothers, we are a grassroots organization, founded and led by a Black single mother, in service to the flourishing of Black single mothers and their families.
We are committed to
work that refuses exploitation
and extraction.
Work that centers dignity,
rest, and joy.
And yet, in a system that rewards hierarchy and hoarding, doing values‑aligned, liberatory work means we must constantly find creative ways to stay resourced.
The Resource Mobilization Circle is one of those creative ways.
It’s a living experiment in how we sustain liberatory work in a system built to starve it.
What the
Resource
Mobilization
Circle Is
This is not a fundraising campaign.
It’s a political practice.
The Resource Mobilization Circle is a 3.5‑month journey for white people who are ready to move from understanding inequality to mobilizing resources in the direction of justice.
In this circle, you’ll deepen your political clarity, develop the courage and skill to ask for money
inside your own networks, and actively redistribute funds to support Black single mothers through Loving Black Single Mothers.
Why We Call It Mobilization, Not Fundraising
Fundraising and mobilizing may look similar from the outside, but they live in entirely different lineages.
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Fundraising centers charity
and measures success
in dollars raised.
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Mobilizing centers solidarity
and measures success
what’s been moved.
Money, yes—
but also awareness,
courage, and
connection.
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To fundraise is
to collect.
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To mobilize is
to transform.
Mobilizing asks more
of you.
Not just your money,
but your body,
your voice,
your networks,
and your courage.
That’s why we call this a Resource Mobilization Circle, not a fundraising circle.
Because mobilization sits in a different lineage.
A lineage rooted in organizing, in solidarity, in somatic awareness, and in the recognition that moving money is both a political and embodied act.
It’s
political
To Ask
Unlearning is only the beginning.
Many white people have spent years reading, learning, and reckoning with history—understanding how this nation, its wealth, and its systems were built.
That work is essential.
But when awareness lives
only inside you,
it risks becoming
another form of possession.
The Resource Mobilization Circle
moves that
awareness into motion.
It’s one thing to reach into
your own pocket—
to give from what you personally
have unlearned your way into.
It’s another to reach into
your networks.
To tap the vast pools of wealth, inheritance,
and access that whiteness connects you to.
That act of asking,
of initiating the redistribution of resources that were never meant to circulate this way,
is profoundly political.
To ask is to disrupt.
To ask is to expose
the myth of scarcity.
To ask is to practice
collective repair.
This circle
trains that muscle.
Guiding participants to move money through their networks, not just from themselves, and to understand redistribution as both a practice and a politic.
Why We Call It Mobilization, Not Fundraising
We call this healing work because redistribution is one of the few practices that allows us to materially interrupt the story that whiteness has written on everyone’s bodies.
The story of separation, scarcity, entitlement, guilt and distance from one another’s humanity.
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For many white people,
unlearning racism has lived
primarily in the mind:
reading, discussing, knowing.
But healing rarely happens through knowledge alone.
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Healing requires
movement
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the movement of resources,
the movement of fear,
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the movement of the nervous system
as it encounters discomfort
and chooses alignment anyway.
Asking for money,
giving money,
and mobilizing money
are somatic acts.
They surface everything
you’ve been taught to hide:
fear of rejection, fear of judgment,
fear of breaking social contracts,
fear of naming your privilege,
fear of being seen.
This is where the healing potential lives.
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Because when you learn to move
through those fears,
something reshapes inside you.·
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Money
becomes less sacred.
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Relationships
becomes more honest.
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Your values
become more embodied.
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And your nervous system
learns that
discomfort is not danger…
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it’s
transformation.
This work is healing because it invites you, gently but firmly, to confront the gap between what you believe and what you practice.
And then it gives you the tools and community to close that gap with intention rather than shame.
It is healing because
it loosens the grip
that whiteness has on
your body.
The grip that says
“don’t talk about money,”
“don’t disturb the peace,”
“don’t reveal the truth,”
“don’t offend,” “don’t ask.”
These rules don’t just uphold inequality;
they constrict your humanity, too.
It is healing because
it contributes to repair.
Actual repair.
Not metaphorical repair.
Material repair.
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This is not self-healing
that lives in isolation.
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This is healing as
participation.
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Healing as
alignment.
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Healing as
reorientation
toward collective life.
When we say this is healing work, we mean that something in this practice liberates you from the distortions that whiteness has shaped you through, distortions that harm you and harm others.
And it frees resources to move where
they were always needed.
The
Journey
Over three and a half months, we’ll move together through a rhythm of learning, reflection, and mobilization.
Our gatherings happen biweekly on Fridays for 2.5 hours each, beginning in March 2026, with prework before each session.
Introduction
Opening
The Circle
Opening Session
Friday, March 27th
Grounding
Our Journey
In this 90-minute gathering, you’ll connect with your fellow Resource Mobilization Circle members, meet the LBSM team, and deepen your understanding of our organization and its mission. We’ll review the timeline and goals for our work together, and create space for questions and discussion. This session is designed to ground us in our shared purpose, provide clarity about the important work ahead, and foster a sense of community with the people who will be walking this journey alongside you.