This document provides sources and resources for the liberatory pedagogy framework that grounds The Multiverse School's approach.
Paulo Freire
Core Texts
- Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum.
- Available free at Internet Archive
- Core text on banking model vs. problem-posing education
- Essential reading for understanding liberatory education
Resources
- Freire Institute: www.freire.org
- Resources and contemporary applications
- Community of Freirean educators
bell hooks
Core Texts
- hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge.
- On engaged pedagogy and love as political practice
- Essential for understanding teaching as liberatory practice
- Note: Under copyright—check your library or purchase from Routledge
- hooks, b. (2000). All About Love: New Visions. William Morrow.
- On love as action, not feeling
- "Love as political praxis"
- Note: Under copyright—check your library or purchase
Resources
- The bell hooks Center: bellhookscenter.org
- Preserving and extending her work
- Educational resources and events
Emma Goldman
Core Texts
- Goldman, E. "The Child and Its Enemies" in Anarchism and Other Essays (1910).
- Available free at The Anarchist Library
- Also available at Project Gutenberg
- On anarchist education and free development
- Goldman, E. "Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School" (1911).
- Included in Anarchism and Other Essays (links above)
- On anarchist education and the Modern School movement
- Foundations for non-hierarchical learning
Resources
- Emma Goldman Papers Project (UC Berkeley): archive.org/details/emmagoldmanpapers — the project's microfilm edition, free online
- Comprehensive archive of her writings
- Historical context and contemporary applications
Marshall Rosenberg & Nonviolent Communication
Core Texts
- Rosenberg, M. (2015). Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (3rd ed.). PuddleDancer Press.
- Free sample chapter from CNVC
- Foundational NVC text
- The four components: Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests
Resources
- Center for Nonviolent Communication: www.cnvc.org
- Training programs and certified trainers
- Free resources and practice groups
- CNVC states all website materials are available for public use
- For deeper NVC guidance: See Nonviolent Communication Guide in this handbook
- Multiverse-specific applications
- Detailed examples and scripts
Indigenous Healing & Decolonizing Mental Health
Research & Frameworks
- Gone, J.P., et al. (2019). "The impact of historical trauma on health outcomes for indigenous populations in the USA and Canada." Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 20(2), 1-18.
- Research on intergenerational trauma
- Healing-centered approaches
- Kirmayer, L.J., et al. (2011). "Rethinking resilience from indigenous perspectives." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56(2), 84-91.
- Resilience as cultural concept, not individual trait
- Community-based healing
Resources
- First Nations Health Authority (Canada): Mental Wellness Resources
- Resources on healing-centered practice
- Relational accountability frameworks
- Native American Rights Fund: www.narf.org
- Indigenous sovereignty and health
- Advocacy and education
Healing-Centered vs. Trauma-Informed Practice
Key Articles
- Ginwright, S. (2018). "The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement." Medium.
- Read on Medium
- Distinguishes "What's wrong with you?" from "What healing do you need?"
- Community care over individual pathology
Transformative Justice & Disability Justice
Core Texts
- Mingus, M. "Transformative Justice: A Brief Description" (2019).
- Read at Transform Harm
- Accountability as process, not event
- Transforming conditions that created harm
- Piepzna-Samarasinha, L.L. (2018). Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. Arsenal Pulp Press.
- On disability justice, collective access, and care webs
- "Access intimacy" and community care
Resources
- Project NIA: project-nia.org
- Transformative justice resources
- Alternatives to punishment
- Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective
- Community accountability processes
- Transformative justice frameworks
Mutual Aid & Collective Care
Core Texts
- Kropotkin, P. (1902). Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.
- Available free at The Anarchist Library
- Foundational anarchist text on cooperation
- Mutual aid as evolutionary principle
- Spade, D. (2020). Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next). Verso.
- Contemporary mutual aid organizing
- Practical frameworks for building networks
Resources
- Big Door Brigade: bigdoorbrigade.com
- Mutual aid network organizing resources
- Tools and templates for mutual aid
Additional Frameworks Aligned with This Work
Emergent Strategy & Somatics
- adrienne maree brown. (2017). Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. AK Press.
- On moving at the speed of trust
- "Small is good, less is more"
- Fractal organizing principles
- Menakem, R. (2017). My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Central Recovery Press.
- Somatic approach to healing collective trauma
- Body-centered healing for racialized trauma
Related Handbook Sections
For more on how these frameworks inform our practice:
- Foundational Thinkers — Detailed introduction to each thinker
- Liberatory Practice — Practical applications and examples
- Nonviolent Communication Guide — Comprehensive NVC resource
- Research Sources — Neurodivergent-led research base
Last Updated: September 2026