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Community of Love: What I’ve Learned from Our Kids’ Community
Working with **Our Kids’ Climate**, a parent-led community spanning 55 countries, has shown how strong movements are sustained not only by strategy and advocacy, but by relationships, love and care. From supporting one another’s campaigns to sharing practices around rest, solidarity and resilience, the community demonstrates that meaningful climate action grows stronger when people feel valued and supported. Lasting movements are built not only by what we achieve together, but by how well we hold one another along the way.
I have written about Our Kids’ Climate many times. But this time, I want to share something deeper, about our community. A community that now spans across 55 countries.
When you hear the word community, what comes to your mind?
In peacebuilding spaces, we use this word often. And one of the most powerful lessons I’ve learned is this: in a true community, there is no “othering.” We hold everyone together. We recognise dignity in each person. We create space where differences do not divide, but strengthen us.
As Community Manager at Our Kids’ Climate , I witness every day the power of a parent-led global community. Parents from across the world show up for our monthly calls. They join high-level delegations. They engage in advocacy spaces that once felt inaccessible. And they continue the fight — not just for their own children, but for all children.
That is what makes this community extraordinary.
In January, we hosted a call focused on love and care.
In activism, we often talk about strategy, campaigns, wins, and impact. We celebrate milestones. But we don’t always speak openly about the other side: the exhaustion, the frustrations, the burnout.
These experiences are natural. They are human.
Learning how to navigate these challenges and how to love and care for one another through them is just as important as organising itself. Especially in a world that often feels driven by hate, division, and competition, we must intentionally create spaces rooted in love.
On that call, I saw something powerful.
Parents shared their plans for the year ahead. They shared practices of care they are bringing into their activism. They spoke about rest, solidarity, and standing up for each other. They reminded us that movements are sustained not only by urgency, but by relationships.
Love is the ultimate power that holds us strong.
In the Our Kids’ Climate community, love shows up in practical ways; in showing up for monthly calls despite time zone differences, in supporting each other’s campaigns, in amplifying voices from different regions, and in standing together in global spaces.
This is what a global community of care looks like.
And I am grateful to witness it every day.
If you are part of a movement, I invite you to reflect: How are you cultivating love and care within your community?
Because in the end, strong movements are not only built on strategy, they are built on how well we hold one another.
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