Fighting for Black liberation isn't an easy feat, and we need to build and condition fortified bodies aligned with rest, rigor and discipline to organize, sustain and win.

AART’s staff has practiced these principles over the past year while expanding our conversations with donors and reach across the far Northwest Side, broadening our membership base, building the capacity of our leaders, and building infrastructure.

While our base has grown, so has the opportunity to clearly define and deepen our organizing model to support our mission to build power in service of Black liberation. In 2025, we will respond to this timely invitation to develop a more robust organizing model that supports our growing base and vision.

We also recognized some crucial pieces that supported us in broadening our bases, including AART staff creating commitments to bring forth our personal and collective vision of a joyful, political home for Black people to thrive in liberated, interconnected communities.

AART’s staff is committed to loving and transforming themselves through movement and exercise, cooking, deepening authentic relationships, taking time off work, creating and honoring boundaries, learning and unlearning, and faith-based and healing practices to support their minds, bodies, and spirits.

What work are you willing to do to deepen the practices and organizing that are necessary to be in service of Black liberation and our future?