We aren't designed to grieve alone, even if that's what we are most tempted to do right now. We can support each other in our overwhelm. #grief #rage #collectivecare

#grief #rage #collectivecare
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There is a lot to grieve right now, and doing it together is so incredibly healing. Join me for the next Communal Grief and Rage Workshop if you can. Sign up here forms.gle/J4ZZFnnGkDBh... #grief #rage #collectivecare

If you are looking for ways to support folks fighting these fires, consider sending some money to the incarcerated firefighters - some of whom you see below. The Anti-Recidivism Coalition will direct your money to them specifically if you ask them to #AbolitionNow

I am determined to help us figure out how to build, strengthen, & be in community this year. Check out this new offering every Tues at 9amPST #together #communitycare

Day 9 of my work: my most favorite writing achievement to date: my memoir. It came out in Feb 2020 (yikes) and the audiobook was released last year. Get yours here www.cavankerrypress.org/product/trut...
#memoir #amwriting

Day 8 of my work, a book for parents of teens and tweens. So many good tips and tricks in here for building strong connections with your kids. #parenting #teens #braindevelopment #amwriting

Day 7 of my work: this is the first book from an academic publisher - a comprehensive social emotional guide for educators of middle and high school students, rooted in mindfulness and NVC. This was a dream of mine and I’m still so proud of it #sel #teaching #adolescents #mindfulness #nvc

Day 6 of my #writinglife an anthology on grief that came out recently called Daring to Breathe. In my work as a grief and rage educator, acknowledging all the different forms of grief and the way we live with it is so integral to learning how to be in healthy connection to others. #amwriting #grief

Day 5 of my words: another anthology. In this one, I write about how to talk to teens and tweens about sex #amwriting #parenting #tweens #teens #sexandsexuality

Day 4 of my words. This was such an amazing project;to have work in an anthology with @roxanegay.bsky.social @saribotton.bsky.social @lidiamiles.bsky.social among others was a total thrill. It’s so enraging that so much of this is true to this day but I won’t stop fighting for repro rights.

Day 3 - continuing with anthologies, again Demeter Press demeterpress.org/books/have-m...
#amwriting #creativenonfiction #parenting

Day 2 of introducing my work. This anthology is one of two I have words in from Demeter Press in Canada. demeterpress.org/books/whats-... #amwriting #parenting

As a way to introduce myself and my work, I’ll highlight one thing per day so folks can see what’s important to me. First up, the anthology The Cancer Poetry Project 2. The poem I wrote about my dad dying of lung cancer is in here alongside some amazing work blogs.oncolink.org/2013/06/canc...

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I’m starting here

How do we, as white women, leverage our privilege to effect change? We have no business showing up in multicultural organizing spaces until we've calmed our own nervous systems and practiced what it means to hold ourselves accountable. We can do that, together. This is one way to begin