disaster-recovery
If Disaster Response Shifts to States, How Can Communities Respond?
Waiting for rescue probably isn't sustainable for any of us
community
community
Organizing in Community, Also When You Have No Experience
Stepping up isn't just about collecting training or experience. It's also about healing past trauma.
emergency-management
Taking Experiential Training When You Have No Experience
Learning as much as I can from people who know a lot better than I do... and my own instincts
emergency-management
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?
There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.
disaster-recovery
Following the Action Steps in Navigating the Chaos
Now that I'm rebuilding my entire life from the ground up, I'm more feeling my way along than planning my steps
community
What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?
Nothing much can get done unless and until people feel safe, seen and heard before they can act effectively.
community
The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure
Trauma is arguably a part of life, but also arguably, hardship can be prevented from ever becoming trauma by loving care and compassion
community
Five Years After My Dystopian Fiction Was Published, I’m Afraid It Might Actually Be Coming True
What I never expected in writing to process my layoffs as well as my privilege
community
Finding Community and Building Solidarity for Socially Exhausted Introverts*
If you're paying attention, you find the keys to all your future interactions
community
How to Heal When Life Feels Like the Environment That Harmed You
Regaining our sense of agency is another way of saying regaining the sense of power we lost in the environment(s) that harmed us
community
Asking for Help When You Don’t Conform to Social Expectations
Here’s what “trans rights are human rights” really means -- for everyone
child-abuse
To Protect Our Children, We First Need to Heal Ourselves
The predatory men I engaged with recognized I was starved for connection. Our support structures need to realize this, too.