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USE CODE 'RADICALS' FOR FREE SHIPPING OF 'TOWARDS WHAT HURT'
USE CODE 'RADICALS' FOR FREE SHIPPING OF 'TOWARDS WHAT HURT'
The white fathers told us, I think therefore I am; and the black mothers in each of us-the poet-whispers in our dreams, I feel therefore I can be free.
Audre Lorde
In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss what it looks like to be radically well and tend to grief during times like these, with Adria Moses, a poet, author, and founder of the School of Radical Healing. We invite our listeners to tend to their bodies while listening as Adria walks us through guided breathing and gentle movements.
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Who’s in this episode?
adria moses
Poet, Author, & Founder of School of Radical Healing
Adria Moses is a Detroit-based poet, movement facilitator, and the founder of the School of Radical Healing. The School is a container that invites people from all over the world to take a different approach to healing, one that moves toward what hurts, rather than away from it. Rooted in breath, movement, and the written word, her work explores what it means to be radically well in a time that asks so much of us. She is the author of the poetry collection, Towards What Hurt.
Shayla Zimmerman
Founder, Host, & Producer of Radicals for Good
Shayla is a Detroit-based community organizer, storyteller, and activist whose work centers community power, collective care, and everyday acts of resistance. She currently leads for good co., a consulting firm for values-aligned organizations. She started community organizing at 15 years old, since then she’s led local and national climate resilience and water justice initiatives and built grassroots emergency response efforts on Detroit’s East Side. Previously, she was producer and co-host of Michigan-focused conversations on United Way’s Virtual Town Halls.
Learn More and Take ActioN
Take a class at detroityogalab.com
Learn more about all of Adria’s incredible work at adriamoses.com
Use code ‘radicals’ for free shipping on adria’s latest book ‘towards what hurt’: https://www.adriamoses.com/thebook
Additional Sources
Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement
No fear poem by Maya Angelou: https://internetpoem.com/maya-angelou/life-doesn-t-frighten-me-poem/
Listen to Audre Lorde read ‘Uses of the Erotic’: https://youtu.be/xFHwg6aNKy0
Poetry is not a luxury by Audre Lorde: https://www.poetrypedagogy.com/uploads/8/9/3/8/89385582/poetry_is_not_a_luxury-lorde.pdf
Yoga with Adrienne: https://www.youtube.com/yogawithadriene/featured
Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/
Loving our Own Bones by Julia Watts Belser: https://www.juliawattsbelser.com/
Inward by Yung Pueblo
Tending Grief by Camille Barton