Happy Giving Tuesday! This global day of generosity highlights the power of collective action to make a difference.  For us at Calling Up Justice, it’s also a time to reflect on the values that drive our work—community, collaboration, and justice.

We believe that relationships are more powerful than donations. While financial support is crucial to sustain our work—helping cover monthly fees for digital tools and spaces—what we value most is the connection we build with you and others who share our vision. Our in-boxes have been full of so many Giving Tuesday newsletters that remind us of the amazing work people are doing and the outcomes we are invested in. We don’t need you to necessarily give us money but we do need your gifts. 

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to deepen our connection. Here’s how you can help:

• Invite Others to Join Us: Share our mission with your friends and colleagues. Invite them to our mailing list, share stories and tutorials from our website, get friends to use EarlyWords or Followers Forever.

• Engage with Us: Join our live streams, participate in our events, or co-create in our collaborative spaces. Every interaction strengthens the relationships that fuel our work.

• Give a Monthly Gift: Even a small recurring contribution makes a big difference. It helps us sustain our digital tools and spaces while growing our capacity to create and collaborate.

Calling Up Justice collaborates across disciplines to produce performances of justice online, onstage, and on the streets. We are cultural producers, tech workers, artists, educators, and social justice activists.

Here’s what your support has helped us achieve:

• Publishing Justice Resources: Sharing content and tools to fuel justice work.

• Facilitating Digital Spaces: Hosting co-working and meaning-making spaces on platforms like Twitch, TikTok, and Zoom.

• Advancing Disability, Racial, and Gender Justice: Infusing these values into every project and initiative.

• Producing Transmedia Events: Creating experiences that are creative, social, educational, and transformative.

• Consulting and Supporting Institutions: Providing facilitation, governance, and advisory expertise.

• Exploring New Paths: Designing innovative, non-colonized methods of organizing and producing events and connections.

Together, we can continue building spaces and connections that inspire change. Thank you for being part of this journey. Let’s keep imagining and creating new paths toward justice.

With gratitude and solidarity,

The Calling Up Justice Team