The birth process for this anthology has been a lengthy one, and there have been countless writing and ideating doulas who helped us come to this point. We unfortunately don’t have the space to list everyone by name, but know you are now and always part of the Brood.
Octavia’s Brood thank yous:
John Jennings for a cover design that exceeded even our intergalactic dreams. Sheree Renée Thomas, who went above and beyond in her role as adviser, for her insight and guidance. All of the contributors for their commitment to this visionary process. AK Press and Charles and Zach, Chris Dodge for such an amazing copy-editing job! The Institute for Anarchist Studies and Lara and Paul Messersmith-Glavin and Cindy Milstein. Jordan Flaherty and Left Turn Magazine and everyone who contributed and supported the Visionary Fiction section of the magazine. Everyone doing Octavia Butler Emergent Strategy sessions/groups across the country. Max Rameau for the wonderful website. Mumia for writing and recording his essay. The Allied Media Conference for incubating this project, and continual support. Everyone who worked on Octavia Butler Strategic Reader and The Transformative Justice Reader. Tananarive Due for her mentorship. Steven Barnes, Kiese Laymon, Jen Angel, Jeff Chang. Camilo Mejia, Seth Mulliken, Richard Ejire, Sage Crump, Ronica Mukerjee, Ibrahim Abdul Matin, Wild Dandelions, Bryonn Bain, Bernard Collins. Ayana Jamieson, Moya Baily and the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network. Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy. Jonathan Cunningham and the Experience Music Project. Luzviminda Carpenter and Uzuri Productions. Invincible and Gabriel Teodros for donating music for our indiegogo campaign. Sham-e-ali for donating poetry to the indiegogo campaign. Copperwire for their visionary music partially born out of the Brood. Warsan Shire. Lynnee Denise. Jeff Perlstein and Solespace, Moon Palace Books, Ancestry Books, Wildseeds NOLA. Nisi Shawl, Samuel Delany, Nalo Hopkinson, NK Jemisin. ColorLines, Red Door Project, The Skanner, Racialicious, Hooded Utilitarian, Bitch Media. Carl Brandon Society for existing and their ongoing important work. South End Press. Everyone who supported the indiegogo campaign in any and every way, anyone who has attended an event.
Oppressed people fighting for justice and liberation worldwide.
To our ancestors, for dreaming us up and bending reality to create us. May we carry that legacy into the far future.
Walidah’s thank yous:
Mom, Kakamia Jahad Imarisha, Sundiata Acoli, David Gilbert, Bayla, Turiya, my god kids Elijah and EKela, Petey, John Joo, Kodey, Hasan Shakur (RIP), Ian Head, Leah Yacoub Halperin, TARDIS Collective past present and future members, Rivas and Alegre, Joseph Austin, Kiwi Illafonte, Daniel Hunter, Noah Prince, Khalil Edwards, Hasan Salaam, Fayemi, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Amara Perez, Stephan Herrera, Dan Berger, Claude Marks and the Freedom Archives, Kristian Williams, Larry Colton, Matthew Shenoda.
adrienne’s thank yous:
Jane, Jerry, April and Autumn Brown, Sam Conway, Finn, Siobhan, Mairead, Brad, Summer, Bran, and the rest of my family. Papa, Grandma Brown, the baby, Charity Hicks, David Blair and the rest of my ancestors. Lynnee Bonner. Kat Aaron, Grace Lee Boggs, Janine De Novais, Tananarive Due, dream hampton, Shea Howell, Shane Jones, Ife Kilimanjaro, Jenny Lee, Dani McClain, Mike Medow, Evans Richardson, Sofia Santana, Adriana and Diallo and Auset Shabazz, Sterling Toles, Jodie Tonita, Ill Weaver and all my beloveds. Allied Media Projects and Generative Somatics (Team B!), Denise Perry and BOLD and the movements that shaped and radicalized me. Kresge Literary Arts Fellowship and Knight Arts Challenge. Detroit—the people and the place.
We also ran a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds that would bring this book into the world. The supportive response overwhelmed us, more than doubling our goal. We think every single person who donated whether it was $1 or $1,000, is part of this collective dreaming process, and so we want to list everyone who shared their name with their contribution here:
Aaron Brown, amber yada, Aleena Jack, Amanda Garces, Eva Agudelo, Oliver Hayes, Allyse Heartwell, Alice Eastman, Anushka Jagdeo, Alex Leclerc, Alison Abreu-Garcia, aly d., Arun Mathur, Amelia Cates, Amy McKie, Blaine Vogt, Anh Phan, andrea marcos, Anne Watanabe, Antoinette Poindexter, Annika Fagerlind, April Cunningham, Andy Allen, Deb Burgard, Abram S Himelstein, Ayana A. H. Jamieson, beth gutelius, Bethany Jacobs, Christopher Lee, Brian Frank, Cara Graninger, Casey Carmody, Caroline Picker, Carolyn Williams, Cayden Mak, C. Oberholtzer, Celia Alario, cesar maxit, Chani Geigle-Teller, Benjamin Chapman, Alicia Garza, Choya Adkison-Stevens, Christopher Leinonen, Christopher Hamann, Carmela Feigenbaum, Nicole Ricket, Courtney Martin, Silas Woodsmith, Damon Constantinides, Jonathan Urquhart, Daniel Stalter, Darby Hickey, Diana D. Duarte, Deborah Schwartz, didier deshommes, Diana Sands, Kenny Rose, Danielle, praveen sinha, Drew Herzig, Todd Graham, Nick Ackerley, Eie Irons, Elizabeth Franke, Elizabeth S. Q. Goodman, Ellen Shull, Deva Kyle, Erica McGillivray, Emily Croft, Emily Wong, Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont, Marlo J. DeMauro, fayemi shakur, Kate Bell, Fiona Ning Cheuk, Jonel Daphnis, J. K. Riviere, Gan Golan, Greg Buckland, Beth Boose, Cree Boyechko, Carol Squires, Dona Gomez, Geoffrey Blanchette, Gretjen Clausing, Greg Stromire, Jeff Gundy, Gillian Andrews, Guy Schaff, Heather Martin, Heidi Guenin, holly hessinger, Ian Rhodewalt, Davida ingram, jessica firsow, Kelley Meister, Irit Reinheimer, Maggie Block, Jon Berger, Laura Valentine, Kenyeda Adams, Jasmin Thana, Jazmin Smith, John O’Brian, jean Catherine steinberg, Jeanelle Wittcke, Jeanne Burns, eliana machuca, Jenn Welna, Jere Martin, Jeremy G. Kahn, Jess Daniel, Jessica Lee, Jesse Freeston, Jessica Rosenberg, karen blanco, John Lodder, Jody Rutherford, John Hardenbergh, John H. Joo, Jonah S Boyarin, Joshua C Burnett, Joshua Kahn Russell, Jeremy Weyl, Judy Hatcher, Julia Haverstock-Wagner, J. Nelson, Julian Rodriguez-Drix, Julia K. Perini, Kai Lynch, Emi Kane, Kari Koch, Kate Weck, Kirsten Anderson, Keara Purvis, Kelly Jennings, Ken Green, Katrina E Schaffer, K. L. Davis, KellyAnne Mifflin, Kristen Westfall, Kristie McKinley, Kay Shaw, Kyem Brown, Kimberly Murray, Rosana Cruz, Jocelyne Houghton, Adam Haley, Jennifer Armas, Laura Fletcher, Lauren Bacon, Lauren Ressler, Laurel Hoyt, Leland Baxter-Neal, Otts Bolisay, Lindsay Baltus, Liz Burgess, Liz Carlin, Elizabeth Fussell, Lily Cavanagh, Laurie Stevens, Julia Santo, Alexander Cotton, Jocelyn Burrell, Lars Ingebrigtsen, Lydia Ondrusek, Margot Weiss, Marie Choi, Martin Eve, Martyn Pepperell, Sine Hwang Jensen, Megan Obrien, Meghan McCarron, Melissa Getreu, Mary Ganster, michael erwin, Mary Gillmor-Kahn, Minal Hajratwala, Michael Eaves, MaPo Kinnord-Payton, Moira OKeeffe, Morgan Payne, Anjali Taneja, Moya Bailey, Maura Pavalow, mary miratrix, Kristine Maitland, Martha Wells Wilson, Monique Walton, Nick Murphy, Nadia Alexis, Naomi Sobel, Kathryn Wawer, Nicholas Javier, Nitika Raj, Nadia Mohamed, Jessica Lin, eric reece, Dani Jordan, Joe overton, Kenji Liu, Patti Powell, Patrick Evans, Bruce Poinsette, Soli Johnson, suzanna foretich, Rachel Miller, Maryse Mitchell-Brody, Josh Wilson, Rebecca Lundberg, Belia Saavedra, Rosa Squillacote, Aaron Rosenblum, Rossella De Leon, Roxanne Lawson, Roy Perez, Renee Perry, Asmara Ruth Afework, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Sara Ryan, Sage Crump, Samirah Raheem, Sara Brodzinsky, Sarah Insel, Sean Parson, Myrna Morales, Katie Seitz, Lauren Smith, jeffrey severe, Sarah Grafman, Damon Siefert, Sienna Morris, Scott Macklin, Selamawit Misgano, Jean Carmichael, Manish Vaidya, Soya Jung, Julianne Gale, Marcus Tenaglia, Adam Purcell, Stu Marvel, Social Justice Fund, Suzanne Fischer, Christina Springer, Sami Wannell, Tamara Lynne, tash shatz, Kit Lorraine Stuber, Jenny Montoya Tansey, Djibril al-Ayad, Tom Andes, Tanuja Jagernauth, Tiffani, Anthony T. Teel, Todd Cooley, Amanda Torres, Tree Bressen, Jen-Mei Wu, Victoria Donnelly, Vicki Capalbo, Thomas Walker, Robert Karimi, Ashley Whitfield, William Chalmers, scott winn, Lynn Brown, Kristin Ming, shanti diane, Yashna Padamsee, Katherine Aaron, Yuki Kidokoro, Zachary Sandfield, Jordan, Zakaria Mohamed, Zefyr Scott, Zanetta BH.