Episode 22: Revolutionary Love - A Conversation With Author/Activist Valarie Kaur

In this Growing Edge Podcast, Parker and Carrie have a conversation with author, filmmaker, attorney, and activist Valarie Kaur, focusing on her remarkable new book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.

Two months after the 2016 election, Valarie spoke words that went viral, offering millions of people a lasting image of hope, the kind of hope we desperately need today: “The future is dark. But what if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb?” Those words became the seeds of The Revolutionary Love Project, a movement that has spoken to many of us. You can sign the Rev Love Declaration HERE.

In her new book, Valarie chronicles a movement that reframes the tradition of nonviolent social change for our era. Drawing deeply on the gritty love shown by women of color in moments ranging from childbirth to nurturing family and community amid devastating violence, she reaches out to all who understand (with Auden) that “we must love one another or die.” Tested and tempered by suffering, but rising up with hope and joy, Kaur shows us how to love others, opponents, and ourselves in ways that will bring us closer to the Beloved Community.

We're proud to call Valarie a friend, and to feature her important work on The Growing Edge.