Ep 50: It's In Our Bones: Liberation and Grief

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅In this week’s episode, Tracie and April both react to recent experiences they have had which have deepened their consciousness or understanding around racial justice and healing. For Tracie it was a neighbor’s reaction to an activist campaign to Free Keith Davis, Jr., and for April, a weekend at a virtual Black liberation retreat. This leads them to a conversation on the need to balance the work of liberating individuals and communities from oppressive systems with also grieving the collective trauma that is caused from generations of being targeted by and struggling against these same systems. For it is only by grieving that we can become better change agents for our collective liberation. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-episode-50Find 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 her blog, bmoreincremental.comLearn more about Keith Davis Jr., and the campaign to free him: https://keithdavisjr.com/ Learn more about Troy Davis’s case and his execution: https://innocenceproject.org/troy-davis-pervis-payne-race-death-penalty/Check out out our episode on the importance of affinity spaces here: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-43Read about the impact of the murder of George Floyd on the movement for racial justice one year out: https://www.npr.org/series/1000988747/george-floyds-murder-one-year-laterSupport 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?