Field Notes
Field Notes celebrates the creativity, perspectives, and strategies of everyday organizers who are pushing us toward a world where a truly just, multiracial democracy is possible.
Field Notes
We are looking for deep dives into organizing efforts or arts & cultural initiatives, interviews, and essays, including photo essays. These three content themes are our current focus:
Care is the Antidote to Violence
The carceral system is frequently presented as the only solution to myriad social challenges. This theme, inspired by a quote from Saidiya Hartman, highlights projects, initiatives, or ideas that shift how we imagine harm and its consequences. What efforts are underway to move us towards repair, healing, and accountability and away from punishment?
Surviving Supremacy
Movements that advance supremacist and exclusionary views have gained momentum globally. How are organizers, cultural workers, thinkers, and advocates disrupting supremacy ideologies and their influence on democratic institutions?
democracy, tbd
The U.S. has a long way to go before becoming a true multiracial democracy. How are organizers, cultural workers, and advocates creating opportunities for civic engagement beyond voting? We would be excited to read pieces that show us what democracy looks like and challenges the limits of our political imagination.
Call for Submissions
Our call for submissions is currently closed.
We're looking for stories that showcase care, resilience, and ingenuity in addressing the biggest issues of today.
Click our submission form to get started.
Pitches accepted until December 22nd, local time.
What Does Birth Equity Look Like for Younger Parents?
Countering Christian Nationalism With Jesus’ Love
The Jiyan Archives: Archiving Histories of Kurdish Women
Europe’s Last Indigenous People Forge Palestine Bond
Disability Justice and the Coalition to Stop Cop City From Being Built
Fernando Araujo’s Journey From Captivity to Compassion
In a Cafe in the Philippines, Families of Drug War Victims Call for Justice
How a Durham-based Crisis Response Team is Reimagining Public Safety
What Mothering Can Do: Maternal healing as a path to community wellness
A Battle Against Forgetting: Archiving Oral Heritage as Resistance in Myanmar
Librada Gonzalez's search for queer Cuban history sparks an archival project
How Oral Histories Bring Justice to Families Separated at the Border
On Record: The Rise of Citizen Journalism in the United States
How Language Preservation is Key to Indigenous Resistance
When Rhodes Fell: The Many Freedom Struggles of Trans South Africans
Incarcerated Artists Find Success Through Empowerment Avenue
The Moorat March: Amid Setbacks, Trans Activists March on
Life on the Inside: Building Community and Connection Across Prison Walls
Providing Disability Justice Advocates with Media Tools Changes The Game
