A love letter to the future of work.
Career Love is a social impact organization advancing liberatory practices in the workplace — through education, advocacy, and innovation.
Mercedes Swan
Mercedes founded Career Love to center the experiences of Black women and marginalized professionals on the path to collective liberation. She has spent her career at the intersection of leadership, culture, and equity — and she built Career Love to make that work operational at scale.
In 2026, Mercedes launched the Workplace Liberation Project — the Career Love Mission in action. The Project has one goal: to advocate for, normalize, and operationalize liberatory practices in the workplace.
What we believe
Dignity by default
Every role, at every level, deserves the conditions for a full human life.
Practice over posture
Liberation lives in what teams do on a Tuesday — not in a values page.
Repair is possible
Workplaces can be sites of repair when leaders build for it on purpose.
Milestones
- 2024Career Love begins
Mercedes starts publishing essays and building the community that becomes Career Love.
- 2025Podcast + Substack launch
Ongoing conversations and writing meet a growing audience of leaders and workers.
- 2026Workplace Liberation Project
A dedicated program to advocate, normalize, and operationalize liberatory practice.
- NowThe platform
Software to help organizations put liberatory practice into everyday work.
Work with us.
Whether you're bringing this to your organization, or supporting the movement personally — there's a door for you.