Start a Chapter — Malikah

START A MALIKAH CHAPTER

MALIKAH is a global collective of women committed to building security and power for ourselves and our communities. Over the past eight years, we have conducted healing spaces and trained over 3,000 women in seventeen cities across the globe in self-defense, economic empowerment, and organizing. Together, we are building a global grassroots movement to amplify every woman’s power.

By starting a chapter you are committing to actively and consistently creating space for healing and training for identifying women in your community. You are joining a global collective of women who believe in the power of each other for social justice, safety and power.

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As members of MALIKAH our group is committed to making the world more inclusive, safe and just for all women. *

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As members of the MALIKAH movement we are committed to embody the following practices in our MALIKAH chapter. *

Inclusive: We as MALIKAHs aspire to be inclusive, making sure everyone feels fully seen, heard, uplifted, and embraced. We recognize this aspiration as a responsibility, not a burden. We are learning and will stumble along the way. When we do, we will hold each other accountable for our impact and intent. We are constantly asking “Who is currently not in this space?” and “How can we make sure that they are added?” To resolve this, we must consider how to subvert power dynamics and center those voices who are traditionally marginalized by our dominant culture, systems, and spaces. Though some of us may exist at the margins, we must remain conscious that all of us are capable of marginalizing others. MALIKAH spaces should strive to be sanctuaries of healing and MALIKAH communities should strive to be warm, affirming, and inclusive to all those who choose to step inside them. MALIKAH is about community, safety, empathy, and belonging.

Practice Collective Care: Our MALIKAH spaces aim to provide opportunities for honest self-reflection, transparent self-exploration, and platforms for collective growth.

Purposefully Embrace Humanity: e strive to enable everyone to unapologetically see and embrace their full selves and be fearless in their commitment to their own healing and to one another’s.

Imagine, Act, Transform: MALIKAH is committed to creating action-oriented communities. When we heal, when we resist, when we breathe, when we laugh, when we fight back, when we grow, when we imagine something new, we see success. We must keep ourselves moving, hopeful, and swinging in the fight for collective liberation and social transformation.

Remember We Are All on Different Journeys: In practicing all of the values above, we must emphasize humility. MALIKAHs come from an extremely wide variety of backgrounds, and we must honor each story. We must not only acknowledge our place in any space, but the perspectives and experiences of each person there. Some of us may be further along in our organizing and in our learning. Be patient with each other and hold space for each other’s learning. That is the only way collective growth will happen. Make sure the burden of education does not fall on those most marginalized in your group.