Tricia Hersey
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But what is really doing to us is disconnecting us from our bodies. We don't have no connection between what's going on in our bodies, in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirits. We can't connect with each other or ourselves. And so when we begin to rest, when we begin to take root and connect with ourselves and dream and imagine, things begin to make sense, connections begin to happen.
But what is really doing to us is disconnecting us from our bodies. We don't have no connection between what's going on in our bodies, in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirits. We can't connect with each other or ourselves. And so when we begin to rest, when we begin to take root and connect with ourselves and dream and imagine, things begin to make sense, connections begin to happen.
But what is really doing to us is disconnecting us from our bodies. We don't have no connection between what's going on in our bodies, in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirits. We can't connect with each other or ourselves. And so when we begin to rest, when we begin to take root and connect with ourselves and dream and imagine, things begin to make sense, connections begin to happen.
And so, yes, I'm so glad you raised that about reproductive justice and what's happening. I see it all the time when I think about all the labor unions right now that are protesting. I am so excited about it. My father was a union organizer growing up, and so I grew up under that idea of power to the people, power to the workers. And I'm glad that people are now...
And so, yes, I'm so glad you raised that about reproductive justice and what's happening. I see it all the time when I think about all the labor unions right now that are protesting. I am so excited about it. My father was a union organizer growing up, and so I grew up under that idea of power to the people, power to the workers. And I'm glad that people are now...
And so, yes, I'm so glad you raised that about reproductive justice and what's happening. I see it all the time when I think about all the labor unions right now that are protesting. I am so excited about it. My father was a union organizer growing up, and so I grew up under that idea of power to the people, power to the workers. And I'm glad that people are now...
Coming up out of the veil and being the great resignation and seeing connections between, oh my goodness, I'm working five jobs and I still can't afford rent. Why is that? You know, like, why is that? And so, yeah, the capitalism and white supremacy.
Coming up out of the veil and being the great resignation and seeing connections between, oh my goodness, I'm working five jobs and I still can't afford rent. Why is that? You know, like, why is that? And so, yeah, the capitalism and white supremacy.
Coming up out of the veil and being the great resignation and seeing connections between, oh my goodness, I'm working five jobs and I still can't afford rent. Why is that? You know, like, why is that? And so, yeah, the capitalism and white supremacy.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Yes, exactly. The connections are rich. And so I talk about that in the book and I encourage people to take a slow deprogramming. It's no rush to this. Like, be grateful for the time that we have left. to begin to gain ourselves back, to begin to step into the miracle of our bodies, to slow down. There are no quick tips. There are no quick answers. There are no, what do I do to rest?
Yes, exactly. The connections are rich. And so I talk about that in the book and I encourage people to take a slow deprogramming. It's no rush to this. Like, be grateful for the time that we have left. to begin to gain ourselves back, to begin to step into the miracle of our bodies, to slow down. There are no quick tips. There are no quick answers. There are no, what do I do to rest?
Yes, exactly. The connections are rich. And so I talk about that in the book and I encourage people to take a slow deprogramming. It's no rush to this. Like, be grateful for the time that we have left. to begin to gain ourselves back, to begin to step into the miracle of our bodies, to slow down. There are no quick tips. There are no quick answers. There are no, what do I do to rest?
Man, we got to come together and see this as a full-on experience.
Man, we got to come together and see this as a full-on experience.
Man, we got to come together and see this as a full-on experience.
decolonizing movement a movement of reclaiming ourselves and each other because the systems want us all dead in many different ways the systems want us all working 24 hours a day in different ways so this work comes from a black liberation lens i'm a black woman i am a womanist i am a person who understands that no one is free until we're all free and i see the interconnectedness
decolonizing movement a movement of reclaiming ourselves and each other because the systems want us all dead in many different ways the systems want us all working 24 hours a day in different ways so this work comes from a black liberation lens i'm a black woman i am a womanist i am a person who understands that no one is free until we're all free and i see the interconnectedness