Naro
(they/them)
Keri: Caring for Activists
PHILIPPINES
About Naro
Naro is a tagahabi (psychosocial accompaniment), psychosocial security specialist, collective care facilitator, and activist caring for social justice defenders in the Philippines.
In the Philippines, there has been so much care visible and invisible, remembered and forgotten, that has supported the struggle for human wellbeing, through revolutions and liberations. I believe that it is through the important emotional labor of those fighting for human rights and justice that wellbeing is attained for everyone. I also believe in the importance of centering wellbeing and care in society and in movements, reimagining a world where ginhawa (wellbeing) of peoples is the priority over warfare, extractivism, and capitalism.
I learn and weave my psychosocial accompaniment and activism from past and existing defenders and healers from the Philippines and movements around the world, shapers of Filipino psychology, critical writers-thinkers, and communities themselves.
About Keri: Caring for Activists
Keri: Caring for Activists, is a collective supporting the mental health and wellbeing of kapwa Filipino social justice defenders and community organizers. We provide social justice and indigenous/critical psychology-informed mental health and psychosocial support to activists at risk, while practicing trauma-informed care and LGBTQ+ affirmative counseling that are human rights-based. We also provide psychosocial security consultancies and collective care workshops to resistance movements, unions, and rights organizations.
Keri was formalized last July 3, 2020 to resist and stand against the Republic Act 11479 or Anti-Terror Law, which has been abused to suppress dissent and freedom of assembly, creating truly terrorizing and marginalizing environments in the Philippines. Genuine ginhawa or wellbeing can only rise in environments free from political repression, oppression, and corruption.
We seek justice and shout #ActivistsNotTerrorists, #DefendtheDefenders, #NoRedtagging, and #JunkAntiTerrorLaw. We also call to #SurfaceAllDesaparecidos, #FreePoliticalDetainees, and cultivate societies where wellbeing can flourish through #JustTransition, #GenuineAgrarianReformNOW.
Naro and Keri: Caring for Activists provide:
- We co-facilitate Paglalayag (Collective Care Workshops / Voyages) to fellow activists and social justice defenders anywhere in the world who are looking to cultivate spaces for wellbeing, mental health, meaning-making, rest, play, and pleasure.
- We facilitate human rights-based psychosocial security and mental health capacity-building training-workshops for social justice organizations looking to strengthen their ability to care and support each other through the struggle for justice.
- We are always open to fellow activists/organizations who would like to nourish solidarities in any way.
Kindly reach us through keriforactivists@proton.me
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