Scot Nakagawa and Sue Hyde sit down with Ejeris Dixon, an organizer, strategist, and co-editor of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. Ejeris shares insights on navigating rising authoritarianism, building abolitionist futures, and strengthening community resilience drawn from their 20-plus years of experience in racial justice, LGBTQ, anti-violence, and economic justice movements. This episode dives deep into how movements can incorporate anti-fascist strategies and reimagine justice through transformative frameworks.
Ejeris Dixon (they/she) is an experienced organizer, political strategist, and the Principal of Ejerie Labs. As the Founding Executive Director of Vision Change Win Consulting, Ejeris collaborates with organizations across the U.S. and globally to deepen the impact of their organizing strategies. They are the coordinator and host of the Fascism Barometer Podcast and Learning Hub, which explores the rise of fascism in the U.S. and effective organizing against it. Ejeris also served as Deputy Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, leading initiatives on hate violence, domestic violence, and police violence, and was the Founding Program Coordinator of the Audre Lorde Project's Safe OUTside the System Collective, developing transformative justice strategies to address hate and police violence.
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