The Radical Act of Staying Soft // Grief as a Portal of Possibility with the Emergent Justice Collective
What does it take to stay human, together, when everything asks us to harden?
In collaboration with All That We Are podcast, The Radicals brought together three intersectional activists working who are part of ecosystem of change for decades, and deeply connected to a vision of grassroots power. In this episode, Amisha - the host of All That We Are - sits in a tender conversation with the Emergent Justice Collective held by Lisa, Lily, and Val. They are three inimitable transformative justice practitioners, grief workers, and embodiment activists who are visioning a different way of being with justice in the movement towards collective liberation.
As we witness deepening crises around us, the impulse of so many of us can be to turn towards formal systems of power to demand accountability. But Lisa, Lily, and Val offer us something more. After spending years within these systems, they found themselves longing for an approach that moves beyond binaries of good and bad into ones that repair cycles of harm and embody anti-colonial visions of justice.
“Gather with intention, gather with intention to multiply our possibilities of being in relation with one another, big and small, and by that really allowing for the emergence of repair and re-imaginings. We are hurt in relation to ourselves and one another, but we also heal in relation.”
Listen up below to hear more about this stellar crew talk about:
:: Decolonizing from legal and justice frameworks
:: Gathering with intention and healing in relationship
:: Self-accountability as a cornerstone for our justice movements
:: Creating communities of care and shared responsibility
:: Grief as a portal into the possibility of collective liberation.
In this episode, we remind ourselves that we have the power to reclaim our response in the face of a burning world.