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Tracy L. Barnett

Tracy L. Barnett is a Mexico-based independent writer focused on the environment, social justice, indigenous rights and travel. She is the founder of The Esperanza Project and author of the upcoming book, Looking for Esperanza: One Woman's Search for Hope in the Other America.

Raices de la Tierra Kiva Ceremony

Sovereign Sisters in Lakota Lands

By Tracy L. Barnett, Cheryl Angel, Esperanza Project

Now I understand that sustainable sovereign economies are needed to replace the system we support with our purchasing power, and our ancient teachings have all of those economies passed down in traditional families.

  • June 6, 2019
water protectors

Standing Rock: Three Years and Still Fighting

By Tracy L. Barnett, Esperanza Project

What do I want to be called? Water Protector. Spiritual Activist. Unci. In reality, I’m just one person who stood up with thousands of others when the water called them.

  • April 30, 2019
craftivism

When Crafts Become Activism: A More Beautiful Movement

By Tracy L. Barnett, YES! magazine

What Corbett discovered for herself on her train trip is known as “craftivism,” a term popularized by North Carolina activist Betsy Greer. With Greer’s blessing, Corbett spun it into her unique “gentle protest” approach, and a decade later has turned that epiphany into a high-impact career, the international Craftivist Collective and a whole lot of creative social change.

  • December 20, 2018
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