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Trauma & Spirituality: Somatic Gifts and Challenges on the Path

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So many of us have experienced trauma, both in our personal lives and collectively as we encounter the great divisiveness and strife in the world these days. Our natural response to any form of trauma is to dissociate from our body; to shut down or become numb to protect ourselves from the pain. Over time, we can even build a whole sense of self based on our trauma, coming to believe that we are our painful histories or that we are damaged in some way. But the truth is that who and what we really are can never be damaged.

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The Hidden Victims of Repression – How Activists and Reporters Can Protect Themselves From Secondary Trauma

Peaceful protest has long been a way for ordinary people to take a stand against hate, injustice, and corruption. The contentious issues – and types of repression meted out – may change with the times, but the violence itself remains a constant for activists.

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Healing through Storiez: An Arts Activism Approach

This video features a portion of Vanessa German's keynote presentation "Healing through Storiez: An Arts Activism Approach"

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Activism for Healing and Thriving: Supporting Students of Color in Building Agency

Activism can be a source of healing but may also come at the expense of re-traumatization, burnout, and frustration.

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Hogg Siblings, Lauren And David, On How Activism Helps With Healing | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Lauren and David Hogg, siblings and survivors of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, join Morning Joe to discuss their new book "NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line" and how activism has helped them begin healing.

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Cree activist’s tale of trauma, healing, and Indigenous uprisings | Life in the CIty of Dirty Water

Indigenous climate justice activist Clayton Thomas-Müller embarks on an intimate storytelling journey, overcoming trauma, addiction, and incarceration to become a leader for his people and the planet.

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Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing

A gritty and inspiring memoir from renowned Cree environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, who escaped the world of drugs and gang life to take up the warrior’s fight against the assault on Indigenous peoples’ lands—and eventually the warrior’s spirituality.

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Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto

The crime of rape sizzles like a lightning strike. It pounces, flattens, destroys. A person stands whole, and in a moment of unexpected violence, that life, that body is gone.

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Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation

Wheels of Courage tells the stirring story of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who were paralyzed on the battlefield during World War II-at the Battle of the Bulge, on the island of Okinawa, inside Japanese POW camps—only to return to a world unused to dealing with their traumatic injuries.

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What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change

Using somatics to explore trauma can help make authentic connection and collectivity more possible.

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The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice

The Politics of Trauma offers somatics with a social analysis. This book is for therapists and social activists who understand that trauma healing is not just for individuals—and that social change is not just for movement builders.

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