Ep 27: Exhaustion

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅The work of fighting racism can be exhausting. This is especially true for Black folks and other people of color who have to work to dismantle systems that are actively oppressing them. Today April and Tracie talk a bit about strategies and frames to help counter the isolation and the internalized not-good-enough that comes along with the exhaustion and burn out for people of color and the ways in which white allies can provide support.Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmoreincremental.comResources and notes:Jonathan Metzl, Dying of WhitenessMary Winters Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body and SpiritApril and Tracie's "Flip the Script" resource can be accessed here.Read more about and from Julius Lester.Find Megan Madison at her website.Learn more about Re-evaluation counseling.Load = Work / Resources * Time * EfficiencyDr. Harriette Wimms is a leader in the JOC Mishpacha project, which is convening a national Shabbaton for JOCs and their allies this May.Sign up to access the free three-video series, (Joyously!) Moving Toward Racial Justice. Support the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?