Seven Generations, Resilient, Fueled by Love
A song collab by cultural organizer Tufara Waller Muhammad and Calvin Williams of Movement Strategy Center.
Freedom songs allow us to reclaim the people, places, and collective hopes that shape our movements. They are at once descendant from the sorrow songs of the oppressed, and birthed from the life-affirming hopefulness of worldbuilders and justice seekers.
7 Generations Song by Tufara Waller Muhammad and Calvin Williams is no different. It calls upon us to sing the world we want into existence. In shared harmony with #WeGovern principles, it reminds us that “each generation shares in the responsibility for the care and well-being of generations before and after, our elders and our children.”
Tell our children
there’s direction
in the river
in the land
Fire whispers
tells our story
touching hearts
and moving hands
Seven generations
we’re resilient
fueled by love
and sowing seeds
We’ll dismantle
all injustice
for our people we’ll be free.
We’ll dismantle
all injustice
for our people we’ll be free.
