Igniting the next generation of kind & courageous leaders
Together with our kids, we can fight for equality and social justice.
It's easier than you think - with the right support.
Permission to Slow Down
Connection & Community
Step-by-Step Pacing
Kyriarchy-Smashing Parents
Raising Luminaries creates learning tools & brave spaces for parents raising the the next generation of kind & courageous leaders.
We are self-advocates and accomplices who admit... okay, sure - the world kinda sucks. But we feel in our bones the real possibility of creating an inclusive society where all kids could feel safe - if we create effective tools and opportunities to for good trouble.
Without taking ourselves too seriously, we co-create accessible resources, accountability training, and collaborative workshops to navigate parenting in a dystopian hellscape while centering the needs of those most impacted by oppression.
Parents, Caregivers & Educators
If you're tired of unsustainable activism expectations, caregiver burnout, and bursting into uncontrollable screams of despair and fury every time you open the news - welcome to our interdependent community of radically progressive caregivers. Together we can share the work (and help you chill out a bit).
Self-Advocates
You're tired of working 10x harder to compensate for a broken system - and are ready to center your family's liberation over the comfort of those in power.
Community Organizers
You're ready to model joyful, sustainable leadership for your kids, and need support setting boundaries with colleagues who expect you to pick up their slack.
Accomplices
De-centering yourself is exhausting - you need space and care to share your power without burning out. You're ready to join us as an equal, not a savior.
Family Action Toolkits
Free virtual toolkits to spark kids' curiosity on tricky topics of justice & inclusion.
Subscribe for free if you...
- Aren't sure when (or how) to talk about controversial topics with your kids
- Tend to over-research and under-act without clear, concrete steps
- Want to support targeted & marginalized advocates, authors & grassroots organizations
- Need to subvert harmful stereotypes, bias, and messages your kids pick up outside (and inside) your home
- Want to assess your power and take small, simple steps toward change
Join the ignition notes newsletter for 2-4 updates per month with new toolkits, quick calls to action, and occasional workshops. Free with optional sliding scale donations. I’ll never sell or share your email, either.
If you’re feeling isolated and need other parents who understand you…
Parenting Support Group
Collaborative Workshops
Access to exclusive online discussion groups and training workshops to vent, brainstorm & connect.
Resource Library
Share & access our growing archive of assessments, advocacy templates, and curated kids media guides to take the stress out of local advocacy.
Collab Lab
Vote on a new topic each season with opportunities to co-create tools, training, and strategy guides navigating social justice parenting challenges.
Experiment Playground
Rainy day kids activities, self-care challenges, family movie night reviews, nonsense parent-activist horoscopes, and more! Get access to our archive of weird experiments.
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If you’ve set yourself on fire to keep others warm…
Virtual Caregiver Workshop
A 6-week virtual retreat where we give ourselves permission to rest, recharge, and regather our marbles.
Join the next Winter Incubator if you...
- Keep planning 'breaks' to catch your breath, but get pulled back to action solving everybody's problems
- Hit a wall of burnout in the winter months, compounded by the crushing guilt of unproductive slothitude
- Feel isolated and disconnected from your local community & culture of origin
- Want to support like-minded caregivers by holding space, listening & sharing your reflections
- Need an excuse to avoid social media, volunteering for that committee, and other exhausting 'opportunities'
If you’re teetering on burnout after taking on too much…
Caregiver Focus Workshop
Make caregiver burnout a thing of the past. 6 Weeks of bite-sized lessons, virtual gatherings, and group support to focus our floodlights into laser beams
Join the next Summer Luminator if you...
- Want to show your kids how racously fun & fulfilling activism and care work can really be
- Take on too much, have regrets, and then get all resenty and grouchy about it
- Feel overwhelmed and disoriented with your responsibilities, obligations, and great ideas you never actually do
- Want to feel calm, confident, and effective at work, at home, and in your community
- Need an excuse to take time for yourself this summer to get clear on an effective plan of action
What does 'support' look like for you?
I'm Ashia (they or she), Head Custodian of Raising Luminaries. I organize all this stuff here and facilitate all our group connections, workshops, and trainings.
As an Autistic, multiracial, too-radical, too-infodumpy, mom-type person who cares 'too much' about ALL THE THINGS - I know how hard it is to find a brace space where you feel safe enough to experiment and make friends.
So if you're still unsure which Raising Luminaries space is right for you, or you need 1-on-1 guidance - connect with me and we can figure it out together.