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The Hidden Victims of Repression – How Activists and Reporters Can Protect Themselves From Secondary Trauma

By Amnesty International Content Team — 2019

Peaceful protest has long been a way for ordinary people to take a stand against hate, injustice, and corruption. The contentious issues – and types of repression meted out – may change with the times, but the violence itself remains a constant for activists.

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The Extra Stigma of Mental Illness for African-Americans

Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.

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Dana Givens
2020
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Fariha Róisín Turns Personal Trauma into Narratives of Cultural Resistance

Document takes you inside Róisín’s home as she talks beauty, recovery, and navigating cultural shame.

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Meetra Javed
2020
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The Antidote for Shame

The author of Discovering Your Soul Signature reveals how to free yourself—finally.

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Panache Desai
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Transformance—What Can Happen When Shame Lifts

Sheila Rubin writes about transformance, a term used to describe “the force in the psyche that’s moving towards growth and expansion and transformation,” and the idea that healing is “not just an outcome but a process that exists within each person that emerges in conditions of safety.”

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Sheila Rubin
2018
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How to Listen to Pain

Why do we feel shame and how does shame change us?

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Jill Suttie
2016
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