As we work to transform the violent conditions that impact our communities, we can get caught in the crossfire between justice and oppression. Surviving within and fighting against a capitalistic, white supremacist society impacts us—from the stress that fundamentally modifies the makeup of our cells to the trauma that reshapes entire generations to the burnout that diminishes our capacity to organize.

Changemakers within social movements are experiencing a crisis of well-being, with an alarming increase in suicide, depression, and long-term illnesses among organizers, many of whom lack access to health insurance or adequate care. The crisis is compounded by systemic conditions of trauma, violence, and conflict in communities that are under-resourced and often alienated from healing practices due to the privatization and profit-driven motives of Western health models.

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