Grounded Futures Show
14. Mobilizing Care with Dean Spade
“I love people, I’m just like that. I think that’s what the motivation for the work is.”
We had a lot of fun talking with Dean about so many ideas and actions — and we took a lot of passion paths together! You’ll hear about his early days of talking back to power, to building queer and trans solidarity, working across differences, to finding concrete ways to accompany each other during hard times, and embracing an ethos and the actions of promiscuity as a way to deepen mutual aid, and so much more! This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
Bio
Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!,” and the creator of the mutual aid toolkit at BigDoorBrigade.com. His latest book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), was published by Verso Press in October 2020.
About the Grounded Futures Show:
Our team works alongside youth to co-produce episodes on topics ranging from climate change to identity to how youth can gain new skills to engage meaningfully with current world events. The show will take a deep dive on these issues, and be in conversations with incredible guests! The hosts are Liam Joy and carla bergman.
Music for the show by: Sour Gout
Logo art by Robin Carrico