10 Movement Agreements
To Build Power, Resist Fascism, and Transform Our World
From the Katrina 20 People’s Movement Assembly
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Project South, the Atlanta-based institute that advances community and movement organizing in the U.S. South, has published their Katrina 20 People’s Movement Assembly report, which synthesizes eight months of engagement with “hundreds of frontline organizers, community leaders, artists, educators, and movement elders across the Gulf South and beyond” into a vision for a new movement infrastructure to replace the collapsing legacy systems that have failed our communities.
The report’s goals are:
To remember and reckon with the legacy of Katrina as a social movement turning point—not just a disaster, but a catalyst that revealed the failures of the state and the possibilities of grassroots resistance.To affirm shared principles and practices that can guide our movements through the deepening ecological, economic, and political crises we face today.
To offer strategy for building movement infrastructure rooted in collective governance, healing, care, and power from below.
– K20 PMA Synthesis Report & Organizing Handbook
Here are the ten organizing practices from Katrina 20 People’s Movement Assembly that you can adapt and incorporate into your own context and work.
Katrina 20 / Movement Agreements
To Build Power That Resists Fascism and Transforms Our World
Practice Governance Through Movement Assemblies that organize our people to learn, plan, make decisions, and implement those decisions.
Practice Climate Sustainability Protocols that protect ecosystems and people and eliminate dependence on extractive industries.
Practice Movement Security for Power that protects, defends, and transforms our communities without punishment systems.
Practice Collective Care & Spiritual Fortification rooted in wellness, healing justice, and protocols for grief and joy.
Practice Culture & Communication rooted in our histories and our lives, our memories, our imaginations, and our visions.
Practice Mutual Aid & Resource Redistribution that creates systems of survival and interdependency.
Practice Consistent Education & Training that skills up our people and deepens our understanding of the world.
Practice Intergenerational Leadership Development that supports people at all ages and experiences to play roles in this movement.
Practice Cooperative Economics Rooted in Human Systems that challenge technological controls, supports workers, and launches independent solutions.
Practice Global Solidarity & Action that builds relationships and strengthens cross-border governance.