personal reflection questions for response-able movement right now:
how is my heart?
is there a ritual I can create or use to process grief (something with water)?
is there someone I can reach out to so we can grieve & rage together?
who can I ask to hold space for me? who can I hold space for? how can I communicate that to them?
what will a few deep breaths to regulate my nervous system show me about my actual capacity to engage right now?
am I valuing every kind of contribution there is to liberation & movement work, including my own?
how can I infuse everything I do with an intention, a prayer, that magnifies the energetic, spiritual, & emotional support and protection we need right now?
how can I participate and remember to rest? how can I rest and remember that is crucial to long-term participation?
how can abolition be a praxis internally & externally for me right now, in this moment, regardless of what whiteness cooperates with?
those of you who purchased Holding Both: Emoceanal Support for Response-able Movement when the replay was available contributed 50% of the proceeds ($250) to Black Lives Matter: Louisville General Fund yesterday. I was unable to email the recipients of the replay directly because not everyone selected to get on the mailing list & receive the PDF. I sent this payment via venmo to that BLM chapter directly because it was over the amount accepted on the site’s payment processer. because this is a dangerous time for private information of activists to circulate, I don’t want to publish the receipt publicly but am happy to send it to anyone who participated in the contribution if you reply to this email with that request.
oxo
Ari