This NPQ series explores the power and practice of liberatory leadership to build toward equity, justice, and collective liberation. The series introduces the liberatory leadership framework, grounded in the intersection of leadership and race; illuminates how other liberatory leaders have enacted the framework; and offers practical guides for leaders looking to foster transformation in their organizations and the world.

As coauthors Iman Mills Gordon and Ericka Stallings put it in the first article of the series:

“Liberatory leadership empowers us to pursue just work in just and joyous ways. It prioritizes tools for holistic care that enable us to not only survive, but to thrive in the midst of turmoil. Liberatory leadership fosters connection and collaboration, standing in stark contrast to the forces of othering and isolation that seek to divide us. By its very nature, liberatory leadership requires a prefigurative mindset; it invites us to use our imagination and experiment with creating new possibilities….Leading with a liberatory approach provides opportunities for the emerging world order to align more closely with our visions of liberation.”