Location: Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (Between Bank and Bethune)
Directions:
A, C, E or L to 14th Street & 8th Ave, walk down 8th Ave. to Bethune, turn right, walk west to the River, turn left.
1, 2, 3 or 9 to 14th Street & 7th Ave, get off at south end of station, walk west on 12th Street to 8th Ave. left to Bethune, turn right, walk west to the River, turn left.
Healers from 3 Cities Talk about the Role of Healing and Wellness for Social Justice Movements
Co-sponsored by Brecht Forum, Third Root Community Health Center and The Audre Lorde Project
What does healing have to do with social justice? If we all are healing internalized oppression and colonialism and seeking care and support to do that, what are we asking our healers to carry? When does social justice and healing work hand in hand, and when do they butt heads?
This is an event for any organizers, activists, progressives, to come listen, challenge, and be challenged and inspired by the ongoing work of these healers with social justice workers in their communities. In the 3 cities in which these healers work, the struggles and the specific contexts may be different, but many of the challenges and successes are shared.
Panelists
Telesh Lopez:
Third Root Community Health Center (Brooklyn)
Cara Page:
Kindred Southern Healing Collective and INCITE Women of Color Against Violence (Atlanta , GA )
Tanuja Jagernauth:
Sage Community Health Collective and Young Women’s Empowerment Project (Chicago)
Bios
Cara Page is the Coordinator of Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective (www.kindredhealingjustice.org), based in Atlanta, GA. As a Black queer artist, organizer and healing arts practitioner living in the South, she works for queer liberation, reproductive justice, environmental and economic justice. She is Founder and Practitioner of Deeper Waters, LLC which uses story, reflection and visioning to create organizing strategy and leadership practices that intervene and transform trauma and violence in our communities, movements and lives. She is a member of the National Board of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and a co-trainer of the Southerners on New Ground Organizing School. She also works in partnership with the Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative, SINS INVALID, Project South and the Young Women's Empowerment Project. Her previous work includes being the National Director of the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment (CWPE).
Telesh Lopez is Kanjobal, Maya from Guatemala and comes from a family that has been practicing healing work for generations. Telesh’s commitment to the social justice movement is based on eight years of experience with organizations working on issues that directly impact underserved communities in New York City and Central America. The following areas are some of her areas of focus: international workers rights, philanthropy and organizing. She has worked with the following organizations: Jobs with Justice, New World Foundation, Guatemala Solidarity Center, Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing, and Domestic Workers United. Her commitment to health justice is reflected in her work with organizations that focus on the needs of women, LGBTAGQ community, and with individual activists and organizers. She has offered session at: Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out; Hunter College School of Social Work; The Revolutionary Path: Healing, Transformation & the Work of Movement-Building with stone circles/The Stone House; St. John’s Church, Brooklyn; Community Health Fair; Audre Lorde Project (Leadership Roundtable retreat and Volunteer Appreciation Day) and GAPIMNY-Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York, and more recently at the USSF in Detroit. Training Includes: Family tradition, Advanced Reiki Practitioner and Healing Touch.
Date: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15. No one turned away for inability to pay.
