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Activism for Healing and Thriving: Supporting Students of Color in Building Agency

Activism can be a source of healing but may also come at the expense of re-traumatization, burnout, and frustration.

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Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice

Caring - Volunteering - Always too much work to do - Burnout Does this sound familiar? Burnout is a vicious cycle. Naomi Ortiz went through this cycle many times before she realized: This Is Not Working. Sustaining Spirit shows how she broke the cycle of burnout and brought balance into her life.

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Activist Burnout Is Real–And You Probably Need to Read These 4 Ways to Manage It

It can be difficult for activists to admit to themselves and to those around them that they might need a break. There are stigmas both within and outside activist communities that contribute to the shame and guilt many feel when prioritizing their own mental and physical wellbeing.

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Jamie Margolin—Burnout and Balance: Finding an Identity Outside Of Your Activism

Young climate activist Jamie Margolin describes how coming of age in a climate catastrophe marked her so profoundly that she became solely defined by her climate justice work. Yet ultimately she succumbed to overwhelm and exhaustion—burnout.

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In It for the Long Haul: Overcoming Burnout and Passion Fatigue as Social Justice Change Agents

In It for the Long Haul helps social justice change agents stop burning out and reclaim their energy to create meaningful change. Social justice change agents often feel exhausted and overwhelmed by the urgent need for change; yet, they can get stuck in hopelessness and despair.

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Black Activist Burnout: ‘You Can’t Do this Work If You’re Running on Empty’

Activism burnout is particularly rife among Black racial justice activists, not only because they are fighting a centuries-old fight, but they’re also experiencing something called racial battle fatigue.

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How to Recover from Activism Burnout | Yana Buhrer Tavanier

When you're feeling burned out as an activist, what's the best way to bounce back? TED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores the power of "playtivism"—the incorporation of play and creativity into movements for social change.

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Self-Care for Activists

Self-care is not escapism: It’s a way to remain present, connected, and committed. Here's how to battle burnout if you're an activist.

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Activism - Caring Without Burnout, an Interview with Satish Kumar| Lh Nov 2019

Satish Kumar is interviewed by Br Phap Lai during Earth Week in Lower Hamlet, November 2019. At 83 years old, Satish Kumar has been a life long activist and shares how he has been able to continue his activism with energy and enthusiasm for over 60 years.

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How Can Activism Be Self-Care?

I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.

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