Self-Care for Activists

Alexandra Smith, Experience Life (July 2020)

This author, a licensed professional clinical counselor, explains self-care as a way to remain present in order to fight burnout.

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Identifying Your Role and Practicing Self-Care as a Young Black Activist, Genisha Metcalf, DoSomething.org (October 2020)

Burnout, Racism, Tools

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“Frayed All Over:” The Causes and Consequences of Activist Burnout Among Social Justice Education Activists, Paul C. Gorski and Cher Chen, Educational Studies (2015)

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Research, Self care

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Well-being, Risk, and Human Rights Practice, Alice Nah, Human Rights Defender Hub Policy Brief 1, University of York (2017)

Well-being, Risk, and Human Rights Practice, Alice Nah, Human Rights Defender Hub Policy Brief 1, University of York (2017)

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Healing Justice: Holistic Self-Care for Change Makers, Loretta Pyles, Oxford University Press (2018)

Healing Justice: Holistic Self-Care for Change Makers, Loretta Pyles, Oxford University Press (2018)

Collective Care, Research, Self care

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