03/10/2026
Which role(s) are you? / Repost by
Burnout is a real thing in movements along with PTSD, anxiety, etc.
Choosing one to two lanes (or any overlapping that works) can help you sustain energy
All but three of these roles developed by Deepa Iver
In the “Social Change Map” in my bio. I added Researcher, Documentor, and fundraisers but this is not part of the original framework.
Please stay safe and vigilant out here.
With love and solidarity. 🧡
Roles outlined by Deepa at the Building movement project:
Weavers: I see the through-lines of connectivity between people, places, organizations, ideas, and movements. E
Experimenters: I innovate, pioneer, and invent. I take risks and course-correct as needed.
Frontline Responders: I address community crises by marshaling and organizing resources, networks, and messages.
Visionaries: I imagine and generate our boldest possibilities, hopes and dreams, and remind us of our direction.
Builders: I develop, organize, and implement ideas, practices, people, and resources in service of a collective vision.
Caregivers: I nurture and nourish the people around me by creating and sustaining a community of care, joy, and connection.
Disruptors: I take uncomfortable and risky actions to shake up the status quo, to raise awareness, and to build power.
Healers: I recognize and tend to the generational and current traumas caused by oppressive systems, institutions, policies, and practices.
Storytellers: I craft and share our community stories, cultures, experiences, histories, and possibilities through art, music, media, and movement.
Guides: I teach, counsel, and advise, using my gifts of well-earned discernment and wisdom.
Additions:
Fundraisers: I know how to find funds and do so for community mutual aid, organizations, and arrest funds.
Documentors: I want to be there with a camera in hand on site to deter people from hurting my community.
Reaseacher: I enjoy studying an I see patterns. I know a lot about movement history.
Sources: and i found this , my own experience as an organizer for TWO (only fundraiser and documentor) of the roles named, and Black radicalism.
