The Liberation & Freedom Movement
The Liberation & Freedom Movement is a powerful, community-rooted movement shaped by the collective brilliance, resilience, and leadership of current and former system-impacted and trauma-impacted people. Together, we are building a world where healing, liberation, and transformative change are not dreams for the future—but lived realities for generations to come.
This movement was created to challenge the systems that harm us, uplift the wisdom of those most impacted, and reclaim what it means to lead from lived experience. We believe that people who have survived foster care, juvenile justice, trafficking, poverty, and family separation are not problems to be solved—they are architects of solutions, designers of new systems, and carriers of generational knowledge.
What the Movement Stands For
🌱 Collective Healing
We root our work in healing-centered practices that honor the emotional, cultural, and generational impact of trauma. Healing is not a requirement before leading—it is part of leadership itself.
🔥 Transformative Organizing
We organize not just for reform, but for deep transformation. Our work addresses the root causes of harm, not just the symptoms, and builds pathways to thriving, not surviving.
💛 Intergenerational Liberation
This movement is not only about us—it is about creating a freer, safer, and more humane world for every child and young person who comes after us.
🌍 Leadership by the Most Impacted
We reject the idea that proximity to pain is a barrier. In our movement, lived experience is expertise, and those who have been marginalized become the ones who shape strategy, policy, culture, and change.
What We Do
Through the Liberation & Freedom Movement, we:
Build platforms for young people and adults with lived experience to lead
Develop healing and leadership pathways that strengthen personal and collective power
Create community spaces where people can connect, rest, and restore
Share stories—on our own terms—to shift narratives and challenge stigma
Push for systemic change grounded in justice, dignity, and humanity
Why This Matters
Systems were never built with us in mind—but this movement is.
It is a home for those who have been silenced, underestimated, and overlooked.
A place where people come together not only to survive their pasts, but to build a liberated future.
The Liberation & Freedom Movement is a reminder that we are not alone, we are not broken—and we are capable of transforming the world.