🎙️ Creating Space for Mental Health in Movements with Ashely Williams from Mind the Movement

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Free Community Episode | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHi y’all! 👋🏽 This week, I am so happy to chat with Ashley Williams from Mind the Movement. She shares her journey of founding a mental health organization for grassroots organizers, the importance of community support, and practical strategies for maintaining mental well-being in social change work. At a moment when organizations are being defunded and activists are in crisis, mental health is a key issue to uplift across our organizations and movement. Watch today's preview on PeerTube."We have to fight for that joy."Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the EpisodePrioritizing Mental Health in Movements & PoliticsStarting Mind the MovementThe Front Lines of Social Change & It's ImpactsMental Health as a Social IssueAffinity Groups to Build ResiliencePracticing Liberatory Change in Our Small CirclesHow Leadership & Managers Can RespondUnmute Yourself About Mental HealthSupporting Our Loved Ones in a Mental Health CrisisCreating Care for New OrganizersThe Joys of Being VeganReferences / Resources🌱 About Mind the Movement🎶 Noah Kahan🧰 Unmute Yourself Toolkits🌱 Share Your Story 🧰 QPR InstituteAbout Ashley Williams (she/her)For the past 8 years, Ashley has built and led national democracy and political programs. She’s the creator of the largest political organizing training of all time where she trained 60,000 people in 4 weeks during the height of the pandemic.Ashley is a long-time vegan, adoptee and the only person in her family to graduate from college. She’s also experienced mental health struggles since childhood and is committed to supporting others without a safety net in getting the support they need. She runs a consulting firm The Most Good (and two other small businesses). In her “spare time” she figure skates and is learning to crochet.Learn More About Mind the MovementMore About AshleyGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month. Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.

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