Preparing to Protect

Preparing to Protect is a Deceleration series dedicated to checking in with targeted movements and communities as they gear up to bash back on the fascist and white supremacist forces threatening their existence.

LGBTQ+ Rights: To Survive Attacks on Trans And Queer Texans Stronger Communities Are Needed

By Kit O’Connell ● Preparing to Protect ● February 28, 2025

Nonprofits that serve LGBTQ+ Texans are struggling with the limits of the old playbooks, while fighting renewed attacks on transgender and queer rights.

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PODCAST: Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

By Greg Harman ● Preparing to Protect ● February 12, 2025

‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

By Marisol Cortez ● Preparing to Protect ● February 11, 2025

University administrators’ rush to obey not only abandoned targeted faculty and students—it also permitted an insidious slide toward eliminating entire fields of study.

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

By Greg Harman ● Decolonial ● January 29, 2025

White supremacist movements seeking to eradicate the study of race and racism are driven by a fear of discomfort, says Juan Mancias, tribal chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. That’s also where the healing we all need resides.

Disability Rights: ‘We Don’t Want to Go Into the Fetal Position and Do Nothing’

By Kit O’Connell ● Human Rights ● January 22, 2025

Legendary disability rights organizer Bob Kafka and Cathy Cranston speak with Deceleration about the incoming 89th session of the Texas Legislature and inauguration of a president promising cuts to vital services.