Decolonizing Parenting 

The idea for this zine began last year with conversations at my table at a zine fest with Maria and other parents of color, sharing our experiences as queer, disabled, chronically-ill and single parents, as parents of mixed-race & indigenous children, and as traumatized people raising traumatized children. Decolonizing P@renting isn't just about parenting - it's also personal journeys of healing from historical trauma, remembering, grieving, storytelling, futurisms, creating, and action. To heal ourselves is to heal those who came before and those who come after us.

This zine is inspired by the book Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines edited by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Mai'a Williams and China Martens and the zine La Mama Vida: Re-Membering Motherhood by Brenda Montano.

- Se'mana Thompson