The Sanctuary — A New Nexus

I'm pleased to join Nezua and Man Eegee today in announcing that The Sanctuary is revving up its intertube engine and gearing up to be a vibrant new nexus for pro-migrant pro-liberation anti-oppression activism.

As a member of the still-growing editorial team, and in marked contrast to my low-key objectives here within my iconoclastic Zuky blog-fortress, I'm hoping to help build The Sanctuary into a well-traveled watering hole. I think it'll be a refreshing destination for those of us who don't dig the weird vibe in the more politically gentrified parts of blogtown. I'm imagining it as a community hall where locals and regulars don't eye Others with haughty contempt but welcome shelter-seekers with a kind word and a warm meal and an open ear. I'd like to see it become a thriving center for information and resource-sharing, networking and organizing, discussion and debate, laughter and friendship, creativity and innovation.

We're bringing together writers, organizers, journalists, software developers, lawyers, analysts, advocacy organizations and artists in order to mix up a potent brew of changemaking. Given the blog name, the editorial roster, the general orientation and the political season, you can guess that we'll be shining a particularly bright light on migrant rights; but no progressive human rights concern will be off the table or dismissed as the pet issue of any sanctimonious set unworthy of respect or attention. There will of course be a range of focuses and perspectives among editors and diarists and commenters, but The Sanctuary is a safe space which does not tolerate regressive or disruptive energies emanating out of unchecked sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism, or any other form of socialized bigotry; or at least, that's the ideal which all of us in the community should try to live up to, the ideal to which we must try to hold ourselves and one another accountable.

For my part, I'm aiming to bring my own brand of anti-racist anti-imperialist pro-womanist polemical subversiveness to the party. And I'd like to invite you to bring your own unique angle to the party, too. Every voice matters. Each voice will make The Sanctuary what it becomes. So head on over, create your account, proudly display one of those uplifting Nez-designed badges on your sidebar, and do your thing in those diaries and discussion threads! You know you want to unleash that funk! It's there to be done. Let's do it together.

Comments

[nezua]

I like this writeup. It feels like a fresh wind, a new sun, a cool river and a strong rock all at once.

[Kai]

Thanks, Nez. Though it sounds to me like you're describing your oasis design more than my writeup. ;-)

[nezua]

something on the continuum! my view of your view of what we all are making and what i think of as an oasis!

[Joan Kelly]

Congratulations to all of you, this is cool news. I popped over for a second yesterday but haven't created an account yet (for sure will, though), and it looks neat! And no, I don't care that "neat" went out of fashion decades ago, it still embodies something for me like what Nez described in his first comment.

Congratulations again to everybody and I'm looking forward to watching the Sanctuary blossom.

[Kai]

Thanks for good wishes, Joan! I'll see you over there and we can chat about, well, lots of the stuff we chat about anyway but in a new venue with new people and stuff. And no, "neat" is not out, not here in Zuky world anyway! :-)

[Lyra]

Hi there,

May I link to this post?

[Kai]

Lyra, please link away! Everything on this site is open for public consumption. ;-)