From Resilience to Black Liberation: Uprooting Systems of Inequity

Afternoon Breakout Session: Mutual Aid & Protest Support: Resilience for the Resistance

Shift Name	Afternoon Breakout Session: Mutual Aid & Protest Support: Resilience for the Resistance
Description	There are many challenges involved with bringing tools for resiliency to the Movement. We will discuss a few key areas and brainstorm ways we can uproot systems of inequity to improve mutual aid, protest support, and community care: Prioritizing the liberation of Black people in mutual aid and protest support Navigating both explicit and internalized systems of oppression in order to bring tools for resilience to the people most impacted Decentering white accomplices who often hold more power than the Black leaders they claim to support Circumventing government structures steeped in white supremacy that both fail to provide crucial care and also prevent grassroots solutions from being implemented Calling in harmful behavior through an Abolitionist lens About Tamia Deary: Tamia’s journey back to wellness without adequate resources after being diagnosed with breast cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder/response (PTSD/R) impressed upon me the importance of self-care and inspired me to improve access to care for my community by founding PDX Alliance for Self-Care. I believe in mutual aid and in building collective power to dismantle systems of oppression. Please note, Zoom meeting password will be sent on the day of the event
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Open Date	Jan 8, 2021 9:00am
Date & Time	Sat, Jan 23, 2021 1:45pm - 3:00pm
Location	Portland, OR