What if care is the work?

This idea is both very new and not new. We’ve always been caring for each other, but I’m talking about care as a pedagogy and praxis.

When we focus on building new models of moving through the world that do not rely on violence and genocide to function, that is abolition at work.

When you do deeper digging, there isn’t much pedagogy around care outside of healthcare.

I don’t need donations. I do, however, need investments, and investment signifies a commitment to seeing something through, while a donation usually exists as a one-off gift. How is language being used to reprogram the way that we’re putting energy into the world? Money that’s invested is money that’s going to multiply.

I also love that self-care is care for all. I think that one is pretty straightforward. If I’m showing up cared for, if I’m showing up embodied and at ease, that’s the energy that I’m bringing to the room and that’s the kind of experience that I’m going to illuminate for others.

we do have the energy and the capacity to divest from these violent realities and to recalibrate by stepping through these access points.

This is also a form of abolition—how do we figure out how to let people be free by prioritizing their needs and getting clear about what is going to make someone feel safe in a space?