Stay Human
M O V E M E N T
A mixtape about mutual aid, radical care, and collective action beyond institutions
This mixtape is for the ones moving money by day and marching by night.
These episodes trace the heart of organizing back to where it’s always lived: in mutual care, creative resistance, and people showing up for one another, with or without institutional permission.
movement capture, artist organizing, narrative power, joy as resistance, global solidarity
To Sit With While You Listen
Start at the heart.
These questions are here to keep you close to the people. Before you press play, while you listen, and long after the audio fades—come back to these as a way to check your alignment.
1. Listen and Locate Yourself.
When was the last time you followed a movement leader’s direction—without editing, centering, or waiting for consensus? Who are you learning from? Who are you deferring to?
2. Choose Your Alignment.
Is philanthropy going to outlive its own critique? Will you evolve with this moment? How will you stop the perpetuation of harm? What would it take to organize toward liberation?
3. Invest Beyond the Cash.
Where are you putting your time, talent, testimony, and ties? Who benefits from your off-hours effort, your platform, your personal endorsements?
Track List
A curated playlist of episodes rooted in mutual aid, joy, and collective care. Scroll for more.
The Heart of the Work
How It Works in Practice
EP06
Organizing for Narrative Power
Taking Action the Counts
Way before the Rockefellers and Carnegies began American Philanthropy, humans have been practicing the art of mutuality and shared resources with the land. Explore how love and joy is rooted directly at the heart of this work, and will save us from this critical moment.
the Heart
of the Work
EP02 | Joy in Collective Giving
“And that is what I love about collective giving, giving circles, mutual aid societies, because
We start by building relationships and by connecting to each other at a personal level, you open this space for love…
for literally seeing people where they are, and doing everything in your power to walk alongside that person.”
- Sara Lomelin, Philanthropy Together
As a place where so much land degradation and labor exploitation continue to run rampant, Appalachia and its people have so much to teach us in the way of mutuality, resilience, and joy.
How It Works
In Practice
EP05 | Appalachian Futurism
“We're coming from a history where our humanity as black communities has been physically denied and also socially diminished
So a lot of our work within our space, it starts with affirming our community, letting them know that they are human, that we see them. So sentiments like—
I see you. You are welcome here. You can take up space here. Your artwork is amazing. Your business is needed.
That has been transformative.”
- Ty Murray, The Bottom
Conservative funders have been seeding misinformation, doubt, and despair through our media channels for decades; eroding our perception of reality and shared culture. Art and the narratives it carries are powerful tools for policy and civic change, now more than ever.
Taking Action
That Counts
EP06 | Organizing for Narrative Power
“I don't know of any actual successful revolution of values and of morals of, you know, that really changes anything that doesn't include regular people.
And if you want change for the long term, you have to have regular people's buy in. And in order to do that, you have to appeal to people and people want to just live and hang out with their neighbors and enjoy each other and celebrate their culture. And so I think
It's also getting away from this idea that revolution is just some sort of violent thing that needs to happen. It actually is through arts and culture.”
- Evan Weissman, Warm Cookies of the Revolution
