“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.”
— Rosa Parks
We are incredibly grateful to have shared this Liberation Calendar journey with you. We hope it has deepened your connection to your ancestors and strengthened your commitment to liberation.
When February began, we reflected that liberation begins with you and ripples outward. A daily liberation practice is one that operates at multiple levels simultaneously—healing the individual, strengthening community bonds, building collective power, and ultimately transforming the broader society. Hopefully, the Liberation Calendar has allowed you intentional space for personal reflection and has given you some tools to turn your attention outwards to the work you see that needs doing in your community and beyond.
We have a number of exciting events and programs planned for the coming months. Please let us know what projects call to you as a participant and/or as a focus-group member in this Liberation Calendar Survey / Interest Form. Your ideas and commitment are key to rebuilding the movement for racial justice and democracy that we need to carry the ideals of the Liberation Calendar throughout the year.
This practice doesn’t end here. Liberation Calendar is an awareness practice—one that extends beyond this calendar, beyond Black History Month. We must continue honoring our past, pushing the boundaries of our present, and building the future we wish to see, all with love.
TODAY’S PRACTICE
Look back at the concentric circles that you drew on the first day of the Liberation Calendar. Reflect in your journal on one concrete step, however small, that you can take to advance liberation in one (or all) of your larger circles: friends & family, community, or beyond.
Also, we’d love to hear your feedback on the Liberation Calendar! Let us know about your experience and how you might like to get involved further via this Liberation Calendar Survey / Interest Form.
LEARN MORE
At AAPF we have been focused on bringing together stakeholders we call “democracy defenders” including leading scholars of race and democracy from law and the humanities, litigators and advocates from racial justice, human rights, and democracy organizations, as well as parents, students, faculty, educators, librarians, and community activists from around the country. You can hear from some of them in The Democracy Defender tumblr [password: Newsroom!] We know that we need to learn together to develop our best ideas and share knowledge across generations and other siloes. Adding your voice to the choir is vitally important, because the only way forward is working together.
CALLS TO ACTION
COMPLETE the Liberation Calendar Survey / Interest Form.
ADD the 2026 Google Liberation Calendar to your own calendar.
DOWNLOAD the Liberation Table Guide.