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Participants in our care 101 workshop were asked "Have you ever left, or thought about leaving, the climate movement for a period of time? Why?" They shared the following... | Participants in our care 101 workshop were asked "Have you ever left, or thought about leaving, the climate movement for a period of time? Why?" They shared the following... | ||
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| style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 110px;" | '''Disconnection from other systems of oppression''' | | style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 110px;" | <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >'''Disconnection from other systems of oppression'''</span> | ||
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*Other struggles take priority (e.g. job loss, family emergencies, caretaking with limited support and capacity, etc). | *Other struggles take priority (e.g. job loss, family emergencies, caretaking with limited support and capacity, etc). | ||
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*Climate movement can feel depoliticized/disconnected from other social struggles | *Climate movement can feel depoliticized/disconnected from other social struggles | ||
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| style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 18px;" | '''Poor or lack of conflict engagement''' | | style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 18px;" | <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >'''Poor or lack of conflict engagement'''</span> | ||
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*Lack of conflict resolution processes/engagement | *Lack of conflict resolution processes/engagement | ||
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*More privileged perspectives holding more/all space | *More privileged perspectives holding more/all space | ||
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*Lack of COVID precautions and/or care for meeting accessibility needs | *Lack of COVID precautions and/or care for meeting accessibility needs | ||
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| style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: #c51f84; border-color: #000000; text-align: left; height: 51px;" | '''Not enough rest/joy in organizing''' | | style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: #c51f84; border-color: #000000; text-align: left; height: 51px;" | <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >'''Not enough rest/joy in organizing'''</span> | ||
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*A never-ending sense of urgency = limited experiences of rest/care/free time | *A never-ending sense of urgency = limited experiences of rest/care/free time | ||
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*Feeling disconnected socially from team members | *Feeling disconnected socially from team members | ||
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| style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 42px;" | '''Feelings of hopelessness and ineffectiveness''' | | style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 42px;" | <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >'''Feelings of hopelessness and ineffectiveness'''</span> | ||
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*Lack of clarity on what focus/tactics to take | *Lack of clarity on what focus/tactics to take | ||
*Hopelessness | *Hopelessness | ||
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| style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 28px;" | '''Lack of appreciation''' | | style="width: 21.3321%; background-color: rgb(197, 31, 132); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 28px;" | <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" >'''Lack of appreciation'''</span> | ||
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*Imposter syndrome/efforts not acknowledged or appreciated | *Imposter syndrome/efforts not acknowledged or appreciated | ||
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Revision as of 22:59, 8 January 2024
This page was created to support activists in building towards cultures of care in their groups. Activist burnout continues to be a major problem in movement spaces, leading to increased internal conflict, decreased retention and ineffective efforts, among other issues. This page is a work in progress that will be added to over time. The information included comes from existing organizer databases and resources by movement thinkers, plus thoughts from participants in our care 101 workshop. This page also includes thoughts shared during our self and community care learning circle, and navigating turnover in student groups learning circle. Included are _______________
Knowledge from the HUB's care 101 workshop
Participants in our care 101 workshop were asked "Have you ever left, or thought about leaving, the climate movement for a period of time? Why?" They shared the following...
Disconnection from other systems of oppression |
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Poor or lack of conflict engagement |
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Anti-oppressive structures/practices not in place |
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Not enough rest/joy in organizing |
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Feelings of hopelessness and ineffectiveness |
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Lack of appreciation |
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Knowledge from learning circles
Self and community care learning circle
When asked about incorporating more social and fun activities to build relationships, students who participated in learning circle suggested…
As someone who started a group during the pandemic, in my experience it was important to designate someone or a group to organizing social events. When people stopped coming to online social events, we included social time in the online meetings. People were demotivated from the online time, so we had to include it in the meetings
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Not exceeding meeting times so as not to exhaust people |
Extended time for check-ins and check-outs with fun questions like “what plant do you feel like?” |
Connect through discussing emotions like shared frustrations and joys |
Holding actions without the pressure of going bigger, larger. Hold small actions and focus on the relationships that actions deepen.
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Escalation of relationship building tactics: start by planning things like an email campaign or phone zap (no relationship building), then something like an open letter campaign, distributed and signed (opportunity to build relationships), and then organize a demonstration. |
If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca.
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