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Activism and Slowing Down When the World is on Fire


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S2E2: In this episode, we talk about activism and the benefits of slowing down when the world is on fire, tending your own fire, preventing and caring for burn out, and the guilt and shame that can arise from slowing down.


QUOTE:

“We need Coatlicue to slow us up so that the psyche can assimilate previous experiences and process the changes. If we don’t take the time, she’ll lay us low with an illness, forcing us to ‘rest.’" Gloria Anzaldua (Borderlands, p. 46)


POEM:

“Conocimiento and Self-Care in the Time of Covid” - Martha Aguilar


RESOURCES:

The Adaway Group: Freedom School https://adawaygroup.com/freedom-school/

Kasai Thrive: https://www.kasaithrive.com/

TRACC4Movements: https://www.tracc4movements.com/

BRITTANY DIOR WILSON: https://www.brittanydiorwilson.com/

Corazon Counseling: https://corazoncounseling.com/trainings/


MUSIC

"Southside" by Lee Rosevelt

"End of the Street" by Kabbalistic Village

"Space is Invisible" by Joseph McDade

"Courage" from purple-planet.com

"You’re No Good but I Love You" by Soft and Furious at pixabay.com/music/

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