Zines!
pocket-sized & packed with power
The Love.Radical.Giving Collection
Based on the takeaways from the Love of Radical Giving podcast.
Each zine showcases the core themes of the miniseries through games, poetry, quotes, illustration, interactive tools, and more.
how to
Make a Zine
Follow the steps below.
Download the How-to Fold Guide
First, fold the paper in half one way, then the other, and finally fold the sides into the center crease so you end up with eight equal boxes. Fold the paper back into a simple “hamburger” fold.
With the folded edge facing you, make a single cut along the center crease, stopping at the middle of the page to create a slit. Then unfold the sheet, hold it lengthwise, and gently push the edges toward the center. The slit will open into a diamond, which you can fold around into a little booklet.
As the folds collapse together, the center becomes the spine.
And just like that, you have a zine!
Fold
Select either white or colored 8.5’’x11’’ paper.
Use Black Ink, Print “Fit to Page.”
For double-sided zines, flip along long edge.
Psst! It’s very common that the first print doesn’t come out right.
Have patience with yourself and your printer; try to adjust settings accordingly.
Read & Redistribute.
After you’ve gotten your fill, leave your zine at a bus stop, in a coffee shop, at your local library, or in your break room to spread the love.
Check out some of these great zine resources below to learn more!
6-Page Zine Template (Google Slides)
14-Page Zine Template (Google Slides)
Electric Zine Maker (Digital)
Zines Forever (Digital)
Open Source Zine Tool (GitHub)
Decolonization Coven Free Zine Library
Enjoy
Love Radical Giving
An overview of the three terms, complete with games and suggestions for other zines and podcast episodes.
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Love Radical Giving
a zine from the
Love.Radical.Giving Collection1 of 4
Based on the
Podcast Miniseries
For the Love of Radical Givingby Tom T. Young
published by GIA Reader -
Love: Where It Came From
“Love is the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. Love is as love does. Love is an act of will, namely both an intention and an action.”
bell hooks
all about loveTune-In
EP01 | Decolonize Philanthropy
EP05 | Appalachian FuturismCheck Out
NATURE OF GIVING
Zine 2 of 4Find Your Way Home
avoiding traps & distractionsMaze includes terms:
Trust-based Philanthropy, Restorative Justice, Mutual Aid, Cultural Continuity, Collective CareMilitarism, Capitalism, White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Ableism
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RADICAL: How It’s Held
“Radical simply means grasping things at the root.”
Dr. Angela Davis
Tune-In
EP04 | Systems Change Right Now
EP06 | Organizing for Narrative PowerCheck Out
STORY OF A GIFT
Zine 3 of 4Draw the Connection
between the investment & the impact (jumbled below)EXXON // Distributed Wealth to Communities
PALENTIR // Climate Crisis
CITI // Consolidated Wealth for the Top 1%
BLACKROCK // Predatory Lending & Redlining
CDFIs // Surveillance Tech & ICE Support -
Giving: Where It’s Going
Giving is the act of transferring something of value from oneself to another without expecting a direct or immediate return.
Notice the absence of an exchange or of monetary value.
Tune-In
EP03 | No More Starving Artists!
EP02 | Joy In Collective GivingCheck Out
SCRAP THE APP
Zine 4 of 4Unjumble the Words
to find clear paths forward
T L U A M U // D I AV G I N G I // R E I C S L C
I R L N E A U V S
S B I A C // C E N M I O -
the GIA Reader
for the Love of
Radical GivingGive Often, Give Lovingly,
Give Radically!Scan here [QR Code] or visit
LoveRadicalGiving.org
to access the series & resource!
LOVE
Nature of Giving
A short essay about the cloth from which we were cut, and how we can apply these fundamentals to our giving.
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Love: Nature of Giving
a zine from the
Love.Radical.Giving Collection2 of 4
Based on the
Podcast Miniseries
For the Love of Radical Givingby Tom T. Young
published by GIA Reader -
We came from a small dot that exploded to form hydrogen, helium, and all the other elements that eventually became a rock out at the edge of a galaxy, which mixed with rains and oceans to form mud.
The original seeds of life quietly germinating in the fertile ground.
Miraculously, the inorganic became organic, creating carbohydrates out of thin air and bright sun, others learning to digest smaller beings to survive.
Billions of years go by, a planet exploding in countless generations of living things, basking in bountiful life that churns forward, despite the cold depths of the great void around it, on in its noble quest toward equilibrium.
Giving is an act
of balance,
of being alive,
of the Universe,
of love.In the Haudenosaunee creation story, Skywoman fell from the sky world. With the help of water animals, she helped create the world on Turtle’s back using gifts of seeds and plants she brought with her. This was a world founded on reciprocity and care.
Giving is in our very nature.
To give is to be in relationship with both the gift & receiver.
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An ecosystem of individuals living their lives on an orbiting rock, participating in overlapping and nested systems of reciprocity, giving and receiving, life and death.
We are governed by the Laws of Thermodynamics because it is the fabric from which we were cut.
Anything otherwise threatens this fragile, beautiful blue sphere.
Is nectar not a
gift for the bees?Do wildflowers not rely on pollinators paying them a visit?
Early humans emerged from this garden, exploring and surviving off the land, sea, and sky, bringing with them ancient lessons of mutuality, passed on through ceremony, language, and seeds.
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail -
For countless generations, Indigenous wisdom has emerged from the very soil of Turtle Island. This deep, place-based knowledge is a relic of relationship.
The knowledge is a covenant of storytelling and kinship with the land, river, berries, deer, salmon, and moon.
Gifting is rooted
in relationship.It is closing a loop that has been left open too long. It is a hug to our ancestors and greater Self.
There is no hierarchy when everybody shares the same spirit.
Capitalism thrives on individualism, optimization, and growth in perpetuity.
This planet thrives on balance, reciprocity, and flowing with the nature of the Universe.
In Anishinaabe traditions, the cultural hero Nanabozho walked the earth, naming and ordering the world. He held a deep, systems-level understanding of ecology, relationship, and language.
“There's a phrase or a saying [in every indigenous language in the world] that says… We are all related. All systems, all people, all living things. I'm Lakota. In Lakota, we say Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ.”
Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective
Episode 1, For the Love of Radical Giving -
the GIA Reader
for the Love of
Radical GivingIt starts in the soil.
Listen to the original stewards.Scan here [QR Code] or visit
LoveRadicalGiving.org
to access the series & resource!
RADICAL
Story of a Gift
A fold-out illustrated zine that tells the story of our planet and its original stewards, and how the relationship was interrupted and exploited.
This zine is a little different than the others.
You first cut it in half length-wise, and paste the corresponding pages together to form a long fold-out zine.
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Radical: Story of a Gift
a zine from the
Love.Radical.Giving Collection3 of 4
Based on the
Podcast Miniseries
For the Love of Radical Givingby Tom T. Young
published by GIA Reader -
Born of the Universe...
...we all exist in balanced cycles and relationships.Governed by the Laws of Thermodynamics, the earth emerges from a distant ripple of the Big Bang with the perfect conditions to support a complex ecosystem of life.
Indigenous people survive the elements alongside the evolving land, co-existing in its natural rhythms and cycles; providing and receiving gifts from Turtle Island.
13.8 Billion Years Ago
4.5 BYA
20,000+ Years Ago -
But then they arrived on the shore...
...and took more than they needed.The arrival of white European settlers disrupts this ancient balance, condemning ecosystems, microbiomes, languages, ways of being and knowing.
Fueled by insatiable capitalism, the colonization process forcibly extracts land, bodies, culture, and labor to generate more wealth and power.
1500s–1700s
1800s -
...until it all became theirs.
Now the Gift has lost its way.Wealth begets wealth as the rising capital class consolidates corporations and invents new ways (like philanthropy) to extract and hoard even more.
The global empire tightens its grip with horrific genocides, advancement of military and prison industrial complexes, investment into AI and surveillance tech, erosion of freedoms and rights, and control of narratives and press, all while accelerating a worsening climate catastrophe amid an ongoing global pandemic.
1900s
2000s
Today -
the GIA Reader
for the Love of
Radical GivingIt starts in the soil.
Listen to the original stewards.Scan here [QR Code] or visit
LoveRadicalGiving.org
to access the series & resource!
GIVING
Scrap the App
Love is a Verb
This two-in-one reversible zine is a tool to unpack how philanthropists can better engage in giving, and how to get needs met.
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Giving: Scrap the App
Reverse // Giving: Love is a Verba zine from the
Love.Radical.Giving Collection4 of 4
Reverse // 5 of 4Based on the
Podcast Miniseries
For the Love of Radical Givingby Tom T. Young
published by GIA Reader -
Follow Along!
Scrap the App(lication process) and other barriers to getting needs met.Reroute Re$ource$
1. Do you know the origins of your foundations’ wealth?
No. No problem! Get to know the full life-cycle of a gift.
Tune-in to EP01
Decolonize Philanthropy
Yes. Love to hear it! Let’s make sure we’re redistributing ill-gains.
2. Do you know where the endowment collects interest?
No. If you’re investing 95% of your wealth in traditional index funds, you’re funding the very industries your grantees are working against.
Tune-in to EP04
Systems Change Right Now
Yes. Nice! Now, can you work toward 100% mission-aligned investment?
Psst...check out the Heron Foundation
3. Are you advocating to give more than 5% annually?
No. Expand way beyond the minimum. Where are you investing those funds that could be invested in your stakeholders?
Tune-in to EP04
Systems Change Right Now
Yes. Fantastic! How far can you take that ceiling until wealth & power are redistributed?
Next Page!
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Remove Barriers
4. Do you have a lengthy application process?Who is the data for?
Yes. Who is doing (unpaid) labor to collect it?
Tune-in to EP03
No More Starving Artists!
No. Refreshing! Try other ways to get the info you need on their terms.
Trust-based philanthopy!
5. Do you have a few or a lot of decision-makers?
A few. Nothing about us without us. Give legitimate power to those gifted.
Tune-in to EP02
Joy in Collective Giving
A Lot. True democratic decision-making is slow, messy, and relational. Invest in these systems now.
6. Do you require reporting?
Yes. Why? Are you funding data analysts and report-makers?
Tune-in to EP02
Joy in Collective Giving
No. Keep it up. A gift is a gift, requiring labor makes it a contract.
Next page.
“There have been times when I've been awarded something and then asked over and over to prove the same things. I'm like, ‘I don't even want to funds, you can keep it. It's just too much to have to constantly prove myself.’”
Joua Lee Grande the Waterers
EP03, Segment 3 -
Redistribute Wealth
7. Do you have requirements on your gifts?
Yes. Why? For whose convenience? Consider providing general operating support
Tune-in to EP03
No More Starving Artists!
No. Beautiful! Keep all that red tape out of your giving.
8.Do you fund regularly? Over long periods of time?
No. Fund with rent and utility cycles in mind. Ask grantees about grocery and medical bills before asking about KPIs.
Check out Springboard for the Arts’ Guaranteed Income for Artists Program.
Tune-in to EP03
No More Starving Artists!
Yes. This is critical. Keep supporting folks where they’re at.
9. Is your goal Change or Charity?
Charity. “Charity, quite frankly, is about your feelings”
Change. “Change is about solving problems and investing directly into impacted people”
“If you're a philanthropist that cares about "racial justice," yet you don't want to invest in directly to the impacted people.
It questions whether you're about change or whether you're about charity.”
Nick Tilsen
NDN Collective
EP01, Segment 5Psst! Turn this zine inside-out for a surprise!
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Follow Along!
Love is a Verb, so Get to Loving with these few steps to get you startedGet Needs Met
1. How comfortable are you with getting uncomfortable?
Not very...See if you can challenge yourself to step out of your comfort zone. Give a little more, join a group, show up at a protest.
Tune-in to
EP02 Joy in Collective Giving“The right to comfortability is a tactic of white supremacy.”
M, Operation Olive Branch
EP02, Segment 6
Let’s Get Messy! That’s the right attitude. Movement building is messy, complicated, and time consuming. Lean into it, and enjoy the ride.
“It's totally messy and it is joyful, and it's fun, and it's transformative.”
Sara Lomelin
Philanthropy Together
EP02, Segment 52. Do you contribute to any local mutual aid organizations?
No. Definitely look up the closest one to you and pay their social media a visit. They could use cash, hands, and supplies.
Tune-in to EP02
Joy in Collective Giving
Yes! Awesome. With so much defunding, criminalization, and corporate consolidation, folks are in need of support systems.
Next page.
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$pread the Love
3. Have you set up your Voluntary Land Tax yet?
No. If you are not Indigenous to this place, set up your land tax to be in right relationship with the land its stewards.
Yes. Nice work! Consider giving back in other ways, like volunteering with an Indigenous cultural organization.
Check out AppalachianRekindlingProject.org
4. Have you ever considered joining or starting a giving circle?
No. It’s worth exploring as a way to give collectively. If you’re new to the concept, check out Philanthropy Together to get you started!
Tune-in to EP02
Joy in Collective Giving
Yes! Love to hear that! GCs are excellent ways to decolonize the giving process, and build community while doing it.
“What I love about collective giving, giving circles, mutual aid societies... We start by building relationships and by connecting to each other at a personal level, you open this space for love.”
Sara Lomelin
Philanthropy Together
EP02, Segment 5 -
Show Up & Co-create
5.When was the last time you picked up your own hobby, craft, or art?
It’s been a while...Start small, but please start again. By participating in the culture, you can help shape narratives and eventually policy.
Tune-in to EP06
Organizing for Narrative Power
Recently. Beautiful. Making and expressing and sharing are all ways to spread radical hope, exercise self determination, and are a big FU to the empire.
6. Are you showing up in the movement or in your community these days?
Not really... Everybody’s gotta start at some point! There is a role in organizing for everyone, from phone banking to delivering groceries to making protest signs.
Tune-in to EP06
Organizing for Narrative Power
Yes. Keep it up, and be kind to yourself. This is marathon work; make sure all your gifts are well received.
“So I think art is a hugely important political praxis for people of culture to use to send messaging that hits the heart space of others.“
Dr. Christina M. Castro
Three Sisters Collective
EP06, Segment 4Psst! Turn this zine inside-out for a surprise!
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the GIA Reader
for the Love of
Radical GivingLove is a verb.
Take the theory into practice.Reverse // Find Joy in the Messiness.
Join the movement.Scan here [QR Code] or visit
LoveRadicalGiving.org
to access the series & resource!
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