Healing Justice Podcast

In this practice, you’re joining Teresa P Mateus of Mystic Soul Project for a grounded breathing exercise. It’s so simple, and so powerful. All you need is a space where you can focus, and to close your eyes if you choose to. Teresa will invite you to stand, sit, or lay down. You can download the corresponding conversation (25 Mystic Soul: People of Color Centered Spirituality) where we’re talking with Teresa and the other two co-founders of The Mystic Soul Project: Ra Mendoza and Jade Perry. They talk about faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this 3-part collaborative series between Mystic Soul & Healing Justice Podcast publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism & Healing Practice.” -- ABOUT OUR GUEST Teresa P Mateus is a trauma therapist, trauma-conscious yoga and embodied care provider, and executive director/co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project - a people of color centered approach to contemplation, activism, and healing. She is author of Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery, and Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma. You can read more about Teresa here: www.teresapasqualemateus.com and more on the Mystic Soul Project here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to part 1 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Mystic Soul co-founders Teresa P Mateus, Ra Mendoza, and Jade Perry join us in a self-facilitated conversation to talk faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this collaborative series publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism & Healing Practice.” Download the corresponding practice (25 Practice: Grounded Breathing) to join Teresa in a guided breath exercise. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift at our brand new donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests are the three co-founders of the Mystic Soul Project: Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, and Ra Mendoza. Read their incredible individual bios at https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism & healing. This mission is inclusive and centering of the margins of the margins - which includes centering queer & trans voices of color. Read more about their mission here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference!   THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning And a HUGE thank you to Whitney Spencer, who was the on-the-ground sound technician in Chicago supporting Mystic Soul in their first time delving into podcasting. Thank you, Whitney, for being an amazing audio tech!

In this practice, you’re joining Jacoby Ballard for a guided meditation for forgiving ourselves and others. All you need is a space where you can focus. Jacoby will invite you to stand, sit, or lay down.   Here are the core prompts if you’d like to see them in writing: “May I forgive myself for any thoughts, words, or deeds  that have caused harm. May I allow myself to be a student of life and to make mistakes.” “I offer you forgiveness for any of your words, thoughts, or deeds that have caused harm. May I allow you to be a student of life and to make mistakes. I forgive you.”   You can also download the corresponding conversation (24 The Art of Allyship: Coming Alongside) where we’re talking with Jacoby about all things allyship, accompliceship, and solidarity. You’ll hear some captivating stories about navigating layers of identity, privilege, and oppression... a word about pronouns… how practice can help us ground the charge we feel when triggered... and whether we should we even be using the word ally, accomplice, or whose role it is to name those things anyway. -- ABOUT OUR GUEST Jacoby Ballard is a white trans queer person living in Amherst, MA until moving to Salt Lake City, UT this summer. He is a co-founder of worker owned cooperative Third Root Community Health Center in Brooklyn, and co-founder of Bending Towards Justice ( bendingtowardsjustice.org ), an organization that leads anti-oppression workshops and consultations for yoga communities, and leading teacher at Adhikara Yoga School ( Adhikarayogaschool.com ) in Western Massachusetts. Jacoby speaks on college and high school campuses, leading collective care, transformative leadership, and resilience workshops for campus activists, leaders, and queer communities and consults with organizations looking to either build more justice or more spiritual practice into their organization. Find his writing and workshops at www.jacobyballard.com-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: This episode was edited by Jacob WhiteMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

We’re talking with Jacoby Ballard about all things allyship, accompliceship, and solidarity. You’ll hear some captivating stories about navigating layers of identity, privilege, and oppression... a word about pronouns… how practice can help us ground the charge we feel when triggered... and whether we should we even be using the word ally, accomplice, or whose role it is to name those things anyway. You can download the corresponding practice (24 Practice: Forgiveness Meditation) to join Jacoby in a guided meditation for forgiving ourselves and others. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift at our brand new donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb --- REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE: Third Root Community Health Center www.thirdroot.org The Icarus Project (and their Mad Maps model) https://theicarusproject.net/ Off the Mat Into the World http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/ Hala Khouri http://halakhouri.com/ Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) http://www.blackyogateachersalliance.org/   ABOUT OUR GUEST Jacoby Ballard is a white trans queer person living in Amherst, MA until moving to Salt Lake City, UT this summer. He is a co-founder of worker owned cooperative Third Root Community Health Center in Brooklyn, and co-founder of Bending Towards Justice ( bendingtowardsjustice.org ), an organization that leads anti-oppression workshops and consultations for yoga communities, and leading teacher at Adhikara Yoga School ( Adhikarayogaschool.com ) in Western Massachusetts. Jacoby speaks on college and high school campuses, leading collective care, transformative leadership, and resilience workshops for campus activists, leaders, and queer communities and consults with organizations looking to either build more justice or more spiritual practice into their organization. Find his writing and workshops at www.jacobyballard.com-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening!   THANK YOU: This episode was edited by Jacob White Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM Intro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien All visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’re joining Peace Poets Lu Aya and The Last Emcee in a guided exercise for sacred writing. You’ll hear Frankie 4 perform “Lightwork,” and be led through a series of prompts to write your own poetry. This practice is one they offer regularly as part of their workshops, and can be practiced alone but is ideal in a group. Maybe you give it a listen through first and then invite some friends or your team to join in it with you next time! You’ll just need something to write with and some paper. The prompts you’ll hear in the second part of the practice are: “I heal because…” “I heal with…” “I heal so that…”   You can also download the corresponding conversation with 4 of the 5 the Peace Poets: Lu Aya, The Last Emcee, Frankie 4, and A-B-E (and RAM 3 in spirit). We talk about the power and meaning of language, writing for healing and connection, the cypher as a gathering place for healing and reclaiming power through story. They also share thoughts on direct action, gender, conflict, and how they stay together as a crew through the decades. You’ll hear them burst into poetry and song throughout this episode because that is just what they do. It’s a joy to listen to. -- ABOUT OUR GUESTS The Peace Poets are a collective of 5 artists that celebrate, examine and advocate for life through music and poetry. They’ve helped invigorate the social movements of our time with chants and songs. They hail from The Bronx and have performed across the world in over 40 countries. They’ve rocked the mic in prisons, schools, community centers, clubs, rallies, refugee camps and on the blocks they live on. Fortified with the belief that the cypher is the opposite of prison, they are committed to raising up the power of the people to be creative and connected. You can check out their work at www.thepeacepoets.com and follow them on Facebook  www.facebook.com/ThePeacePoets or Instagram www.instagram.com/ThePeacePoets-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: This episode was edited by Yoshi FieldsMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

This week, we’re talking with the Peace Poets: Lu Aya, The Last Emcee, Frankie 4, and A-B-E (and RAM 3 in spirit). We talk about the power and meaning of language, writing for healing and connection, the cypher as a gathering place for healing and reclaiming power through story. They also share thoughts on direct action, gender, conflict, and how they stay together as a crew through the decades. You’ll hear them burst into poetry and song throughout this episode because that is just what they do. It’s a joy to listen to.You can download the corresponding practice (23 Practice: Sacred Writing) to join Lu Aya and The Last Emcee in a guided poetry writing exercise. You’ll hear Frankie 4 perform “Lightwork,” and be led through a series of prompts to write and share your own words.   REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE: Taproot Sanctuary https://www.facebook.com/TaprootSanctuary/ Emergent Stragtegy Ideation Institute https://www.alliedmedia.org/esii/resources Grace Lee Boggs & the Boggs Center in Detroit, MI www.boggscenter.org/ ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here: https://healingjustice.typeform.com/to/YjvuU2 This week’s AFFIRMATION comes from Pam Lozoff, lifting up the rad women and co-organizers of Be The Change Collective: Taraneh Sarrafzadeh, Rashmi Guttal, Michelle Tsakiridis, Nathalie Nai Ngo, and Kat De Silva. Thanks for sharing your respect and love. ---- ABOUT OUR GUESTS The Peace Poets are a collective of 5 artists that celebrate, examine and advocate for life through music and poetry. They’ve helped invigorate the social movements of our time with chants and songs. They hail from The Bronx and have performed across the world in over 40 countries. They’ve rocked the mic in prisons, schools, community centers, clubs, rallies, refugee camps and on the blocks they live on. Fortified with the belief that the cypher is the opposite of prison, they are committed to raising up the power of the people to be creative and connected. You can check out their work at www.thepeacepoets.com and follow them on Facebook  www.facebook.com/ThePeacePoets or Instagram www.instagram.com/ThePeacePoets -- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice , and please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening. Every bit helps.   THANK YOU: This episode was edited by Yoshi FieldsPhoto credit for this episode’s image from Jay EsPhotographyMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’ll hear stories, examples, and important questions to ask ourselves to incorporate healing and wellbeing into the preparation for action, during direct action itself, and aftercare. You can also download the corresponding conversation with Kandace Montgomery & Miski Noor (episode 22). We talk about the 18 day police station occupation following the police murder of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis, and how healing, escalation, and direct action can and need to go hand in hand. They also share about collective housing, gaining trust in moments of crisis and direct action, raising money for therapy and support for leaders who need it, and organizer burnout. -- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Kandace Montgomery & Miski Noor both work with the Black Lives Matter Global Network - Miski as a communications strategist, and Kandace as part of the organizing team. They’re part of Black Visions Collective (formerly known as Black Lives Matter Minneapolis) and are co-partners in a Minneapolis-based housing project, “The Purple Palace Project" that seeks to provide affordable, community centered housing for movement activists and organizers. They are both  trainers with Momentum, and Miski is on the Momentum Core Team. Miski is an organizer and writer based in Minneapolis, MN where they prioritize relationship building, healing justice, and creating movement cultures that are collaborative and sustainable. Miski is committed to working to create a world in which Black life is protected and our collective liberation is realized. Kandace is a Black, queer, feminist, organizer, trainer, and strategist, living out the legacy of her ancestors. Originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, she grew up mostly in rural Maine. She has been instrumental in building Black organizing infrastructure local to the Twin Cities. When she isn't organizing she's learning how to grow food (but basically as anticipation for the revolution), reading Octavia E. Butler, and practicing radical ways to love on her people. You can support their work by donating to Black Visions Collective (BLVC) at  bit.ly/BLMBAILFUND-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: Photo credit for this episode’s image from Chris Juhn PhotographyMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

This week, we’re talking with Kandace Montgomery and Miski Noor of Black Lives Matter Global Network and Black Visions Collective in the Twin Cities. We’ll hear about the 18 day police station occupation following the police murder of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis, and how healing, escalation, and direct action can and need to go hand in hand. They also share about collective housing, gaining trust in moments of crisis and direct action, raising money for therapy and support for leaders who need it, and organizer burnout. You can download the corresponding practice (22 Practice: Healing in Direct Action) to be taken through some stories and important questions to ask ourselves how we are incorporating healing and wellbeing into the preparation for action, direct action itself, and aftercare. REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE: Black Visions Collective (BLVC): Support their movement & legal fund here bit.ly/BLMBAILFUND People’s Movement Center: http://www.peoplesmovementcenter.com/ BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity): http://boldorganizing.org/ ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here: https://healingjustice.typeform.com/to/YjvuU2 This week’s AFFIRMATION comes from Jennie, lifting up Aaron Johnson. Thanks for sharing your respect and love. ---- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Kandace Montgomery & Miski Noor both work with the Black Lives Matter Global Network - Miski as a communications strategist, and Kandace as part of the organizing team. They’re part of Black Visions Collective (formerly known as Black Lives Matter Minneapolis) and are co-partners in a Minneapolis-based housing project, “The Purple Palace Project" that seeks to provide affordable, community centered housing for movement activists and organizers. They are both  trainers with Momentum, and Miski is on the Momentum Core Team. Miski is an organizer and writer based in Minneapolis, MN where they prioritize relationship building, healing justice, and creating movement cultures that are collaborative and sustainable. Miski is committed to working to create a world in which Black life is protected and our collective liberation is realized. Kandace is a Black, queer, feminist, organizer, trainer, and strategist, living out the legacy of her ancestors. Originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, she grew up mostly in rural Maine. She has been instrumental in building Black organizing infrastructure local to the Twin Cities. When she isn't organizing she's learning how to grow food (but basically as anticipation for the revolution), reading Octavia E. Butler, and practicing radical ways to love on her people.-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice , and please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening. Every bit helps.   THANK YOU: Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to spring... the full moon... so many faith traditions celebrating liberation... what an amazing time to reset in practice. This week, we're kicking it back to relive episode 3 from November of last year, and joining Dr. Robyn Henderson Espinoza for their timeless journaling practice. Grab a notebook or something to write on, your favorite writing implement, and get ready to be led through some reflection on your identity. Inspired by Thomas Aquinas, Robyn puts their own spin on a classic question: “Who am I, and how do I know?”  Check out the corresponding conversation from episode 3 called "Healing at the Borderlands: Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance” to listen in to their wisdom on how to be human with one another, activist theology, the politics of radical difference, and loving Trans folks well. And hey, if you like what you hear... please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, & review now!   ABOUT DR. ROBYN HENDERSON-ESPINOZA Knowing intimately that the borderlands are a place of learning and growth, Robyn draws on their identity and heritage as a Trans queer Latinx in everything that they do. From doubt to divine and everywhere in between, their call as an activist-theologian demands the vision to disrupt hegemony and colonialist structures of multi-layered oppressions.  As an anti-oppression, anti-racist, non-binary Trans*gressive Latinx, Robyn takes seriously their call as an activist theologian and ethicist to bridge together theories and practices that result in communities responding to pressing social concerns. Robyn sees this work as a life-orienting vocation, deeply committed to translating theory to practice, and embedded in re-imagining our moral horizon to one which privileges a politics of radical difference. They currently serve as Director of Public Theology Initiatives at Faith Matters Network in Nashville, TN. Find them on their website, on Twitter as @irobyn, and on their Facebook page.   JOIN THE COMMUNITY Sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org Follow us on Instagram @healingjustice & like our Facebook page This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help us cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at patreon.com/healingjustice   THANK YOU Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Esta semana, Francisca nos guia en un rezo diario de gratitud en español. Se puede escucharlo y participar de cualquier lugar - solo, o en comunidad… sentado, caminando, o donde sea. Esta práctica viene de un zine que ella hizo con otros compañeros que se llama “Resistencia Ancestral,” que se puede grabar del sitio de web de Mijente aquí (es gratis!): https://mijente.net/2017/11/02/ancestral-spiritual-resistance-zine/* Download the previous episode to hear this prayer in English / Se puede escuchar este rezo en ingles por el episodio previo * También se puede escuchar el episodio conversacional con Francisca en ingles (episodio 21) donde hablamos de tradiciones de sanarse en comunidades inmigrantes Latinx y Chicanx, la fuerza de gente indocumentada aunque se enfrenten mucho sufrimiento, rituales comunales, y como podemos combinar mas el sanamiento con la lucha política. -- FRANCISCA PORCHAS CORONADO Francisca Porchas Coronado es una inmigrante mexicana, chicana, latinx, feminista, y anti-racista con más de quince años de experiencia organizando en la comunidad. Trabajando con Puente Human Rights Movement en Phoenix AZ, ella ha sido una las voces más fuertes contra deportaciones y detención de inmigrantes en este país. El año pasado como una Nathan Cummings Foundation fellow, ella fundó “Sanamiento en Resistencia”, un proyecto de salud que impacta el bienestar espiritual y emocional de las comunidades inmigrantes que están en la lucha contra la criminalización. Ella ha sido iniciada en la tradición Yoruba de IFA, que es antigua y indígena, por más que una década y está en entrenamiento para hacerse una sacerdotisa.-- ÚNETE A LA COMUNIDAD HEALING JUSTICE: Se puede juntar a nuestra lista de correo electrónico en www.healingjustice.org Estamos en Instagram, Facebook, y Twitter como Healing Justice Podcast Si Ud quiere donar algo para apoyar a este proyecto, visita a www.patreon.com/healingjustice GRACIAS:Revisión de audio por Zach Meyer del COALROOMMúsica por Danny O’Brien y Zach MeyerDiseño gráfico por Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’ll experience a daily gratitude prayer with Francisca Porchas Coronado in English. It can be listened to from a quiet and still place, or on the go - wherever you can dedicate your heart and attention. You can find a version of this prayer along with other practices in the Resistencia Ancestral / Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine you can download for free from Mijente: https://mijente.net/2017/11/02/ancestral-spiritual-resistance-zine/ * Se puede escuchar este rezo en español por el próximo episodio / Download the next episode to hear this prayer in Spanish * You can also download the corresponding conversation with Francisca (episode 21). We talk about: her spiritual path in IFA, how she was politicized and got her start in organizing, healing traditions in immigrant Latinx & Chicanx communities, the resilience of undocumented folks in the face of loss and grief, tending to pain politically and personally, community ritual, bridging healing and organizing and some specific challenging asks for organizers and healers to help build that bridge. -- ABOUT OUR GUEST: FRANCISCA PORCHAS CORONADO Francisca Porchas Coronado is a Mexican immigrant, Chicana, Latinx, feminist, and anti-racist organizer with over 15 years of organizing experience. As former Organizing Director of Puente Human Rights Movement in Phoenix, she has been one of the leading voices against deportations and immigrant detention in the country. As a 2017 Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow, Francisca founded Healing In Resistance, a wellness project centering the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of immigrant communities in the fight against criminalization. She has been initiated into the ancient, indigenous Yoruba tradition of IFA for over a decade and is currently a priestess in training. -- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

This week we’re talking with Francisca Porchas Coronado. We talk about healing traditions in immigrant Latinx communities, the resilience of undocumented folks in the face of loss and grief, tending to pain politically and personally, community ritual, and her spiritual path in IFA. She’s got some specific challenging asks for organizers and healers, too, so listen in! You can download the corresponding practices (Daily Gratitude Prayer in English / Rezo Diario de Gratitud in Spanish) to experience a simple and powerful prayer with Francisca.   RESOURCES: Resistencia Ancestral / Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine you can download for free from Mijente: https://mijente.net/2017/11/02/ancestral-spiritual-resistance-zine/ Referred to in this episode: Puente AZ, Mijente, Favianna Rodriguez, Melanie Cervantes, Culture/Strike, poet Mayda de Valle ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here: https://healingjustice.typeform.com/to/YjvuU2 This week’s AFFIRMATION comes from Sarah Nuñez, sharing her love and respect for Mijente and Mijente Louisville! ---- ABOUT OUR GUEST: FRANCISCA PORCHAS CORONADO Francisca Porchas Coronado is a Mexican immigrant, Chicana, Latinx, feminist, and anti-racist organizer with over 15 years of organizing experience. As former Organizing Director of Puente Human Rights Movement in Phoenix, she has been one of the leading voices against deportations and immigrant detention in the country. As a 2017 Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow, Francisca founded Healing In Resistance, a wellness project centering the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of immigrant communities in the fight against criminalization. She has been initiated into the ancient, indigenous Yoruba tradition of IFA for over a decade and is currently a priestess in training.--   JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice , and please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening. Every bit helps.   THANK YOU:Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’ll learn an exercise called “Sharing Resonance” from psychotherapist Mark Fairfield. It is a framework for building relational culture and dismantling individualism in our relationships and groups. This episode is more of a training and intro to how to share resonance, so you can listen on the go and learn the practice wherever you are… and then take it into relationship and practice it with one or more others. We especially recommend starting with groups of 3-5. Follow along with a useful handout about it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LujM-mwh3jtnt2_wPnlzUN7QhjX_L9zg/view?usp=sharing Download the corresponding conversation with Mark Fairfield (episode 20) titled “Relational Culture & Undoing Individualism” to learn more about about the central role of connection in our lives. We learn about relational culture, factors for resilience, his work supporting caregivers during the AIDS crisis, how bullying is a euphemism, and failure. -- ABOUT OUR GUEST: MARK FAIRFIELD Mark was the Founder and Executive Director of The Relational Center, a nonprofit community organization that exists to rescue and preserve the important social ties humans depend on for health and well being. He is a leadership coach, consultant, and psychotherapist. His experience in ACT UP helped him understand how movements with strong emphasis on collaborative action and wider-thinking, can catalyze vitality and wellbeing by supplying a social infrastructure that encourages people to look after one another. More about Mark at http://www.markfairfieldlcsw.com/ , learn about The Relational Center in LA at www.relationalcenter.org , & learn more about Relational Uprising training for organizers at http://relationaluprising.org/--   JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice THANK YOU: Editing by Yoshi FieldsMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

This week we’re talking with psychotherapist Mark Fairfield about the central role of connection in our lives and lethal individualism. We learn about relational culture, factors for resilience, his work supporting caregivers in the AIDS movement, how bullying is a euphemism, and failure. Download the corresponding practice (“Sharing Resonance”) to learn an amazing exercise to help build connection in your life and your community. ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here: https://healingjustice.typeform.com/to/YjvuU2 This week’s AFFIRMATIONS come from: Mary Ann thanking the Women in Power Community in the UK & the FRIDA Young Feminist Fund, and Marcia uplifting Siwatu-salama Ra in Detroit (email freesiwatu@gmail.com to join Siwatu’s Freedom Team). Thank you both for sharing your commitment to your communities. ---- ABOUT OUR GUEST: MARK FAIRFIELD Mark was the Founder and Executive Director of The Relational Center, a nonprofit community organization that exists to rescue and preserve the important social ties humans depend on for health and well being. He is a leadership coach, consultant, and psychotherapist. His experience in ACT UP helped him understand how movements with strong emphasis on collaborative action and wider-thinking, can catalyze vitality and wellbeing by supplying a social infrastructure that encourages people to look after one another.More about Mark at http://www.markfairfieldlcsw.com/ , learn about The Relational Center in LA at www.relationalcenter.org , & learn more about Relational Uprising training for organizers at http://relationaluprising.org/---- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice THANK YOU: Editing by Yoshi FieldsMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’ll learn how to facilitate a group game called the SINGDOWN. This exercise is designed by Jonny 5 & Brer Rabbit of Flobots to reconnect us with the power of collective song by immersing us in a lighthearted experience of collective singing. Follow along with the facilitator guide Jonny 5 wrote for us here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WUwdQ6qQtFap00yhYWnZMpmmijJisT3ywfkSOPmNbw/edit?usp=sharing Download the corresponding conversation (episode 19) titled “Songs for the Streets” to learn more about how this can translate into powerful songs for direct action. We talk about the role of artists in leadership, the Flobots’ late mentor Dr. Vincent Harding, the role of music in embracing and holding the range of emotions in our movements, comic books and creativity, and crafting our social justice spaces to be places that people deeply want to return to.   RESOURCES: Facilitator guide for leading the singdown: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WUwdQ6qQtFap00yhYWnZMpmmijJisT3ywfkSOPmNbw/edit?usp=sharing Listen to song recordings & peep Flobots’ ‘Songs for the Streets’ songbook at http://www.flobots.com/singdown Check out Flobots’ latest album, NO ENEMIES: http://www.flobots.com/music/ Their podcast is called Jonny & Brer’s Unnamed Friendcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jonny-brers-unnamed-friendcast/id1285472158?mt=2 This exercise is often facilitated at Momentum movement building trainings as part of a module Stephen designed called "When Did We Stop Singing?"  You can sign up for their email list at www.momentumcommunity.org -- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Jonny 5 (James Laurie) & Brer Rabbit (Stephen Brackett) are Denver-based MCs that make up the band Flobots, as well as educators and community leaders. Their recent album, NO ENEMIES, is influenced by stories shared by their longtime mentor and Southern Freedom Movement historian and professor the late Dr. Vincent Harding, and inspired by their grassroots work hosting workshops, classes and keynote speeches about using collective song to build social movements. More at http://www.flobots.com/ JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice THANK YOU: Editing by Yoshi FieldsMixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning