A Black Paper: Racial Liberation Ascension Model: Phase Four
Racial liberation is an urgent and necessary process that requires intentional organization, sustained effort, and a commitment to justice in order to build a new world order based on freedom, equality, and justice for all.
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The Black Paper
The Racial Liberation Ascension Model (RLAM) is a framework for understanding the journey from assimilation within oppressive systems to collective liberation. Originally created as a personal tool to make sense of the emotional and spiritual weight of liberation work, it evolved through dialogue with educators, organizers, and community members who recognized similar patterns in their experiences. Using a rocket flight metaphor, RLAM outlines five phases—Ignition & Awareness, Launch & Enlightenment, Separation & Isolation, Liftoff & Acceleration, and Ascension & Orbit—that describe how individuals deepen their consciousness, align their actions with justice, and ultimately work toward sustained, community-centered liberation.
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BlackLash 2025
Project 2025 is a sweeping policy blueprint driven by the Heritage Foundation and advanced by the Trump administration. It has sparked alarm among civil rights and advocacy groups for its potential to erode hard-won protections in education, health care, housing, voting rights, and economic opportunity, with especially dire consequences for Black Americans.
