Post Event Reflection: Disturbing the Peace - Annihilating Comfort to Advocate for Yourself with Ché Abram
We recently hosted a virtual workshop, Disturbing the Peace: Annihilating Comfort to Advocate for Yourself with Ché Abram. In our final event of the year, board member Ché Abram guided us through a brief presentation and discussion around getting comfortable with discomfort so that we can both advocate for ourselves and improve the world for others. We enjoyed a short video before diving into a powerful discussion about the ways we can begin or continue to disrupt the norms of white supremacy culture in our daily lives.
Twenty-five women joined us from across the country – Oakland to Washington, DC – to activate their power and comfort with being a disruptor when the times call for it in their personal, professional, or social lives.
We reflected on how we ask for what we need, who we are when no one is watching, and who we are when not responding to or fighting white supremacy. Ché left us with a strong list of resources to help keep this conversation and disruption going.
“I’m not only a Black woman; I’m a being on the planet, right? And so by being my authentic self and talking about some things that might be against what is going on, it challenges the folks in the room to look at themselves or to look at what is showing up in the room, but may not be recognized.”
Resources
Blog
BlackFemaleProject October 2024 Wellness Resources
Article
White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun, dRWorks. www.dismantlingracism.org
Books
All About Love: New Visions. bell hooks. William Morrow Paperbacks
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual. Luuvie Ajayi Jones.
Podcasts
The Emergent Strategy. emergent strategy ideation institute.
Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, Luuvie Ajayi Jones. TedTalk. Youtube.
Professional Troublemaker Podcast, Luuvie Ajayi Jones. AwesomelyLuuvie.com.
Radical Imagination, Angela Glover-Blackwell. Policy Link.
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