Loving practice is not aimed at simply giving an individual greater life satisfaction; it is extolled as the primary way we end domination and oppression.
— bell hooks, All About Love
About loving practice
Loving practice is an invitation to get clear about your values and the world you want to live in, and to show up with intention and consistency to live out those values and bring about that world.
Loving practice is how we act out "interdependence" - it's the mundane daily work needed for liberation.
Through loving practice, we acknowledge that people who desire an anti-capitalist, anti-racist, liberated future sit across a spectrum. And across this spectrum, people have the power (and responsibility) to do The Work wherever they are.
It is with a loving practice that we strengthen our resolve, create opportunities to rely less and less on extractive, oppressive systems, and are able to bring about liberation.
- Kiana Elkins
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Loving Practice was founded in November 2022 by Kiana Elkins (they/she). And in many ways, Kiana's work is an attempt to be in conversation with author, bell hooks, and her philosophies on love.
The language of loving practice came to Kiana during a particularly tumultuous time where they were feeling particularly disconnected and wounded. And loving practice offered them a way through. A way out.
And since learning about this concept, they have been exploring how to cultivate loving practices at the individual and collective level so that we can take deeper responsibility for ending domination and oppression.
After years of study, practice, and teaching, Kiana grounds their work at the intersection of community building, conflict resilience, and belonging - as this is the sweet spot wherein the potential of loving practice is unlocked.
Media Features
“I feel Deeply free” Kiana Elkins on a Loving practice
A written interview with Matt from Visionary Organizing Lab on what's possible through loving practice.
Unblocked: Kiana Elkins on Conflict and Loving Practice
A video interview with Mia from the Share the Load podcast on the intersections of relationships, activism, and personal growth.
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