The Time is Now for Healing Justice Leadership

Patricia Ramirez 11/16/204:28 PM

A 2019 study around activist burnout revealed that approximately 72% of social justice and human rights leaders who identify as black, indigenous, people of color, report experiencing higher rates of chronic illness, mental health issues, and burnout as a result of physical, mental, and spiritual deprivation from race-based stress and trauma (Gorski & Erakat)...

Social justice and human rights leaders are then told to practice self-care to cope with the impact of the trauma and stress they experience only to return to the work, organizations, and movements where trauma and oppression are often re-enacted.

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