In the last six months, Movement Generation has been deep in design, renovation, and restoration mode—on the land, and in our political, cultural, and relational work. In the face of the current iterations of state violence via fascism and tech oligarchy, we assert and express our humanness as peoples have done for centuries: through mutual aid, collective healing, grieving the deaths of loved ones in our cultural ways, and deepening our praxis of solidarity. We must not waver.
As we are bombarded with false promises through the increasing insistence of the imposition of AI in our lives, we remember what our role is in nature as natural beings—humans—in the web of life. Just as trees make oxygen, and soil provides nourishment for all life forms, humans bring stories and song making meaning of the world around us to love, protect, and provide for one another.
May you find resonance in the stories in these pages.
{Cover IMAGE ID: Cover art by Lexx Valdez. Cover of the Movement Generation Newsletter, December 2025, titled “Stay Human.” Image is a colorful collage that has a starry nightscape as a backdrop. In the center of the collage there are five different images of six vibrant humans – one playing guitar, two gesticulating with their hands as they speak, the remaining three smiling. all images are in a black & white & sepia & orange/pinkish tint. Around these images are strong toned floating images of plants & flowers: an orange poppy, white blooming fennel, a pink thistle, a melon-like vegetable with branching leaves and a yellow flower, two dandelions, and a violet-pink echinacea flower being visited by a bee friend. A shining orb serves as an intermediate backdrop to the humans & flowers. (The orb lies in front of the starry nightscape.) At the base of the cover, taking up the bottom quarter of the page, is a sepia image of rolling hills.}
