Ep 45: Find Your Roles in Liberation: An Antidote to Cynicism & Despair
"So, how do we combat cynicism and replace it with care? Giving ourselves grace can be one antidote to cynicism. But grace for ourselves can be a hard pill to swallow when our hearts are breaking for the lives that are being lost in Palestine, Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Sudan, Congo, and Ukraine.
I’d love to share another potential antidote for you to consider when grace isn’t enough to sustain us as we try to stay in the struggles for liberation, or practice Mariame Kaba’s teaching that “hope is a discipline”. My invitation is to remember the power that you already have in shaping change through your daily and beautifully messy parenting. And I invite you to remember your power in this episode by finding your roles in liberation."
Episode Summary:
In this episode, you and I are going to explore the roles that you play in liberation both in your home as a decolonized parent and in your community as a social justice advocate. You’ll hear examples of small-yet-significant parenting moments that you’re already doing. My hope is for these mundane and messy moments to be a concrete receipt that tells your inner critic, “excuse me, I am powerful, not powerless, because of these specific roles I’m playing as a parent in literally shaping the brains, hearts, and spirits of the future generations.” Then, you’ll reflect on 10 roles you can play in your community organizing based on the Social Change Ecosystem Map created by Deepa Iyer of the Building Movement Project.
Episode Outline
Cynicism and despair in movements in how systemic oppression wins.
In addition to giving ourselves grace, identifying our roles in liberation and remembering our power is another antidote to cynicism.
What’s parenting agility and the hokey pokey of liberation?
Five parenting moments that shape the abolitionist future.
10 social justice roles that we can play in our community.
Resources Mentioned:
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
The Social Change Ecosystem Map created by Deepa Iyer of the Building Movement Project
Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements
Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
Ep 27: Why Your Child’s Resilience Needs Your Parenting Mistakes
Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies
Ep 36: Three Ways to Power-With and Meet Your Child Where They’re At While Keeping Them Safe.
Ep 41: Politicizing Abandonment Wounds & Practicing Interdependence in Parenting
Ep 37: Where do I start “meeting my child where they’re at”?
Ep 31: How to Work with Parenting Guilt and Self-Judgment: The 4 D’s Framework
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
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