Prior to the zeitgeist of the term “Hostile Architecture” there was a long history of exclusionary and defensive design. Large walls and moats seem like odd historic hiccups, romanticized in media and history, but nevertheless served to keep certain people in and others out. Societies have since found far more subtle ways to tell people they are not welcome in a space.

To help us celebrate, we are asking 44 people to donate $44 (or more) on our birthday, and help us raise $1,979, a number that symbolizes the year of our founding.

We are witnessing the genocide of Palestinians. Anti-oppression is not pro-terrorism. The slaughter of innocents is not liberation.

Today marks the beginning of our Sowing Solidarity campaign, and the possibilities to support Sisters of the Road this giving season are boundless.