Posts Tagged ‘healing’

7 Powerful Quotes on Alternatives to Punishment Culture

June 23rd, 2022

Since launching Mijente in 2015 to help our gente achieve el Buenvivir, we have thrown down to protect the physical wellbeing and safety of people in crisis. From actions to halt deportation proceedings, to demanding the cancellation of digital prison alternatives, to our latest report on Latinx experiences with the police – we center the [...]

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Healing Recipe for Restoration & Recentering

April 14th, 2022

This is our reminder to look for strength and comfort in the knowledge and wisdom of herbs. Below is an offering of a healing tea that gifts us the opportunity to rejuvenate, energize, and heal. Note: It can adapted into a soothing bath soak as well! You can follow the visual guide below for the […]

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What We Learned From the Social Media Limpia

October 11th, 2021

During the month of our social media limpia, where we took a break from posting and interacting on social media platforms, we leaned into the silence. We leaned into questions around building and sustaining a political movement online, using social media as a critical tool.  La Limpia gave us the opportunity to pause and reconnect […]

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“Hispanic” Heritage Month is Complicated: Our Take & Focus On Resilience and Organizing

September 17th, 2021

The “Hispanic” Heritage holiday started off as a week of performative allyship in 1968, continues today as “Hispanic” Heritage Month, beginning on September 15 to mark the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, and the respective independence dates of Mexico and Chile on September 16 and 18. But this […]

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Mijente’s Social Media Limpia: Taking Time to Refocus and Renew

September 2nd, 2021

For the past 5 years, Mijente has been deep in the fight for Latinx rights, justice, and change. Now we are looking to the future of our organizing, what the next five years can look like, and taking purposeful action to get there — including a month-long social media break.

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Love and Agitation in the Times of Corona

March 24th, 2020

Hi everyone, We’ve been in covid-tena since last Friday. I got tested for covid-19 on Tuesday due to possible exposure to confirmed cases, ensuring we were most informed for my team that was exposed to me as well, and experiencing symptoms. We are still waiting for my results; B has not shown any symptoms (yay!). [...]

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Building our Resilience in the Face of Deportation Threats

June 26th, 2019

In this moment, when the state weaponizes trauma against our migrant communities, our tactic becomes building resilience.  The suffering inflicted on migrants has intensified during the current administration, illuminating the need for our movements to have access to culturally grounded and justice-oriented healing that is accessible to our frontline communities. The current political assaults on [...]

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Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine – For Our Collective Healing

November 2nd, 2017

This Ancestral Spiritual Zine offers this collection of prayers, practices and intentions for the sake of the ancestors, for the sake of our families and the Earth who made us, and for the generations to come.

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Indigenous Self-Care Practices for Organizers

May 21st, 2017

There’s no denying that we are in the midst of a historical time where social, political, and economic trends are changing. Folks are organizing their communities, jumping full force into defending freedoms and fighting for liberation. It’s important in these times to not drift from ourselves; our bodily and spiritual needs. As an Afro-Peruana, I [...]

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10 Powerful Quotes from bell hooks’ “All About Love”

May 2nd, 2017

“I feel our nation’s turning away from love...moving into a wilderness of spirit so intense we may never find our way home again. I write of love to bear witness both to the danger in this movement, and to call for a return to love." - Bell Hooks (2000)   To ground ourselves in love’s [...]

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