Movement Strategist · Organizer · Activist

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Building strategies and infrastructure for thriving communities and utopian visions.

Strongly rooted in the long tradition of Black liberation and Southern freedom movements, among many others.


The Work

Speaking & Facilitation

Keynotes, trainings, and facilitation that move people from theory to practice. Rooted in the long tradition of Black liberation and Southern freedom movements.

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Strategy

Movement and organizational strategy, and coalition and partnership design for institutions serious about building interdependent ecosystems of real power.

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Projects

Toolkits, movement tech, and curricula built for the hands of organizers, trainers, and communities doing the work of justice.

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Nothing we want will be handed down. We can't win without each other. It is time for us to know our roles and play them excellently for the sake of the common good.

On the morning of November 6, 2024, the country woke up to the news that Donald Trump had won a second term. By the next evening, Ash-Lee MCed a national call with the Working Families Party and other movement partners to help people make meaning of what had just happened.

It was supposed to be an hour. It ran nearly four. Over 150,000 people joined. People were still buzzing, so Ash-Lee went live on Instagram for another 30+ minutes to ground people before they all called it a night.

Not because of a marketing campaign or a viral moment. Because people needed a space that could hold the complexity of that night without flattening it into a soundbite.

It remains one of the largest single-event movement gatherings in recent history.

Published & Featured In

Essence · Boston Review · Stanford Social Innovation Review · Convergence · The Progressive · Sojourners · The Forge · HuffPost · Essence · Boston Review · Stanford Social Innovation Review · Convergence · The Progressive · Sojourners · The Forge · HuffPost ·

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