Self-care as a Political Strategy

Self-care as a Political Strategy

Self-care as a Political Strategy Ana María Hernández Cárdenas and Nallely Guadalupe Tello Méndez, SUR International Journal on Human Rights, 26 (2017) This article by the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) and the Consortium for...
Self Care in the Multiracial Movement for Black Lives

Self Care in the Multiracial Movement for Black Lives

Self Care in the Multiracial Movement for Black Lives Jennifer L. Pozner, ColorLines (Sept. 21, 2016) In this article, Pozner discusses the importance of self-care in making resistance work sustainable. The article identifies a number of ways in which leaders of...
Reflections from Detroit: Transforming Wellness & Wholeness

Reflections from Detroit: Transforming Wellness & Wholeness

Reflections from Detroit: Transforming Wellness & Wholeness Cara Page (2010) This blogpost by Cara Page, a black queer healer who has previously worked on documenting southern healers from the U.S., discusses the work done around healing justice at the U.S. Social...
Healing Justice is how we can Sustain Black Lives

Healing Justice is how we can Sustain Black Lives

Healing Justice is how we can Sustain Black Lives  Prentis Hemphill, HuffPost (Feb. 7, 2017) This article by the Director of Healing Justice at Black Lives Matter discusses the importance adopting a healing justice framework which can heal both the personal and the...
We Need More than Self-care; We Need Healing, Too

We Need More than Self-care; We Need Healing, Too

We Need More than Self-care; We Need Healing, Too Richael Faithful, The Root (May 25, 2017) This deep and incisive article by a folk healer discusses the need for black communities to focus on healing, rather than self-care, as way of restoring (rather than...
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