Writing
Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future
Truthout: May 21, 2023
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
Co-Edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: 2020
Community Safety in Tumultuous Times
The Forge: May 20, 2021
Fascists Are Using COVID-19 to Advance Their Agenda. It’s Up to Us to Stop Them.
Truthout: April 11, 2020
Our Relationships Keep Us Alive: Let’s Prioritize Them in 2018
Truthout: February 8, 2018
My Dream for 2016: Creating Social Transformation Through Building Deeper Relationships
Truthout: January 18, 2016
Ejeris’s writing focuses on documenting the visionary work of transformative justice and prison and police abolition, and challenges the rising tide of fascism within the United States. Believing that the way forward is through organizing, Ejeris Dixon invites us to envision a liberatory future that organizers co-create from the wisdom of Queer, Trans, Black communities. Through their writing, Ejeris delves into what it takes to dismantle the intricate web of white supremacy, male supremacy, and christian supremacy that underpins fascist movement. Simultaneously, Ejeris Dixon highlights the importance of community safety in the tumultuous times we live in. Alarmingly, they reveal how the COVID-19 pandemic is being exploited to advance fascist agendas, calling on us to act collectively and decisively. Ejeris Dixon’s work consistently underscores the vital role of relationships and movement building to create the social transformation needed to combat these unsettling trends.
In the pivotal book, Beyond Survival, Ejeris alongside co-editor Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha outlines strategies for transformative justice, offering a refreshing alternative to punitive systems. This work, along with her various other contributions, firmly positions Ejeris Dixon as a critical voice for community safety, movement building, abolition, and social transformation.
The Fascism Barometer
The Fascism Barometer is the culmination of years of community education and writing designed to support our communities to stop fascism. In 2016, Ejeris grew concerned by the rise of fascist and authoritarian movements in the United States and around the world. Recognizing that fascists were animated by violence, Ejeris realized that their friends, family, loved ones, and community could be at risk. Knowing that fascists are best defeated by large social justice movements, Ejeris has worked to educate impacted communities about what fascism is and how we stop it.
From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the Wreckage of the Trump Era
Movement Memos with Kelly Hayes
"As we navigate the wreckage of the Trump administration, how can we respond to crisis from a place of power? In the season finale of Movement Memos, Kelly Hayes and Ejeris Dixon talk about the dangers we still face, the relationships we need, and how we can help each other do more than simply survive these times."
Podcasts
Fascists Don't Pretend to Play By the Rules
Refuse Fascism
"Since October 3, daily protests have been ongoing around the country demanding Trump/Pence Out Now. Plus, this week the fascist nominee to the Supreme Court hearings are happening this week (join in protests - details at refusefascism.org).
Samantha Goldman (@SamanthaGoldm19) talks with organizer Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris), Director of Vision Change Win, about the threat that the fascist Trump/Pence regime poses to all human beings and the need for solidarity and coalition building to confront and defeat fascism before it is completely consolidated."
Beyond Survival
How to Survive the End of the World
"For this week's episode, Autumn and adrienne sit down with Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, the editors of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. We discuss book touring, their journeys to this work, and transformative justice in this time."
“We Surrender Nothing and No One”: A Playbook for Solidarity Amid Fascist Terror
Movement Memos with Kelly Hayes
"Kelly Hayes talks with grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon about courage and solidarity in a time of rebellion."
Adapting Strategy & Building Power in Crisis
Irresistible: Collective Healing and Social Change
"Emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic create the conditions for accelerated political realignments. This creates an enormous threat for bold moves toward authoritarianism, but also creates major opportunity for our movements to put forward our vision for the future and shape a new common sense about what we deserve. In this episode, we face the reality of what is happening politically. We engage with how our power building strategies need to adapt to our current conditions, and also pace with our needs and limitations as humans living in a traumatizing time."
Ejeris Dixon has been featured in numerous podcasts where sharing insights on social justice issues. In "From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the Wreckage of the Trump Era" on Audible, Dixon discusses navigating post-Trump America. They further examine the dangers of fascism and the importance of community resistance in the "Refuse Fascism" episode on iHeartRadio. On Apple Podcasts' "Beyond Survival", Ejeris Dixon delves into strategies for transformative justice. Their interview on Truthout's podcast underscores the significance of solidarity in fighting fascist terror. Lastly, in the "Healing Justice" podcast, Dixon and Dove Kent talk about adapting strategies and building power in times of crisis.