BUILDING FEARLESS FUTURES

MISSION

WE ARE

Building Fearless Futures aims to mitigate racial stress in our schools and communities. We are mentors, educators, healers, advocates, interventionists, coaches, and activists promoting racial literacy and justice. We are dedicated to dismantling white supremacy culture and the patriarchy in service to building an equitable, sustainable, and joyful future for all.

Thank you to all who support,

BUILDING FEARLESS FUTURES 2024

BFF is a community resiliency and empowerment organization. We reject the doomsday mindset so present today. We know that when we lean into each other instead of away from each other in the community, we already have the brilliance, tools, and resources to solve our shared problems. That’s why we build space and excitement for communication and cooperation across identity, experience, and belief differences. We must push into a paradigm shift and model what we hope to see in the world. We are excited to support your institutional and cultural genius and skill sets to collaborate toward better practices, policies, and happier lives. We build fearless futures by being personally invested lifelong learners. BFF doesn’t have an equity rubber stamp and is not sitting in the front of the room to pour finite solutions into passive vessels. The change we need in the world is as dynamic as we all/are. Our best practices and best selves are built in community with each other.

WE BELIEVE

Every form of human cultural expression that is not harmful to or exploitative of others is inherently beautiful, valuable, and honorable.

White supremacy culture is harmful to all living beings, limiting our chances of full self-actualization and of building non-hierarchical, directly democratic relations and institutions.

Racist ideas and institutions are not natural but were built over time to benefit the wealthiest few, which means they can and must be purposefully deconstructed with work and practice.

Working and poor people of all identities worldwide have the power and brilliance needed to build a sustainable future together.

WE WORK TO

We create and facilitate spaces that encourage a deeper and more profound consideration of ourselves, each other, our history, and our current predicament. We strive to respect, support, and empower every person, meeting them right where they are. We understand that none of us picked our social locations, and none of us was around to create the hundreds of years of oppressive conditions that have led to this point.

WE RECOGNIZE

Hate is a learned experience rooted in fear and misunderstanding.

It's nearly impossible to fear someone whose story you know.

Harm does not have to be intended to be felt.

Race is a social construct that affects our lived experience but has no basis in biology/physical science.

White supremacy culture separates Euro-American folks from history and our ethnicities, grooming us to be insecure and insensitive.

Cultural/societal obsession with whiteness makes the experiences of folks of color invisible while endangering our bodies and spirits.

In schools, BIPOC students are harmed daily by interpersonal microaggressions and non-representation in curriculum and school staff, so we connect these students with mentors of color, resources, and students in other schools. White students are harmed by a lack of diversity in school curriculum, historical narratives, and school staff as well. White students also frequently harm BIPOC students directly with racist language and behaviors, so we connect these students with white ally/accomplice mentors to help work through challenging conversations, models of accountability, resources, and more representative historical narratives.