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URL:https://www.planlos-leipzig.org/events/a-tage-mutual-aid-trauma-and-re
 siliency-text-discussion/
SUMMARY:[A-Tage] Mutual Aid\, Trauma\, and Resiliency: Text Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Mutual Aid\, Trauma\, and Resiliency: Text Discussion \n\nToget
 her we want to have an exchange about the text "Mutual Aid\, Trauma\, and 
 Resiliency" by The Jane Addams Collective. This event will take place in t
 he context of the A-Tage Leipzig.\n\nImpressions from the text: \n\n„It 
 is equally our duty to care as it is to fight\; one cannot exist without t
 he other\, often\, they are intimately intertwined. for us\, we who live l
 ives of antagonism against authority\, it is expected that we will find ou
 rselves tied up in the consequences of violence inflicted on us by coloniz
 ers and fascists (...). For us\, the brutality of those consequences is ve
 ry visible in short bursts\, around which we most often strategize\, but i
 s more insidiously inflicted over the long haul on our collective emotiona
 l wellbeing. This particular arena is very familiar to us: it takes the sh
 ape of disenchantment\, hopelessness\, burnout\, isolation. This is the pa
 rticular arena in which strategies are sparse and the work of care is ineq
 uitably distributed. The purpose of this text is to act as a resource for 
 those who see the value in engaging in the work of collective care\, for t
 hose who want to expand their knowledge and practices of responding collec
 tively to trauma.“\n\n„Whether the rebel employs pacifist or more acti
 ve resistance tools\, she can expect to encounter trauma either directly o
 r indirectly. Creating traumatic experiences is a favorite and indispensab
 le weapon of any power structure\, and the more unjust the power structure
  the greater its reliance on trauma for social control. In fact\, without 
 trauma there would be little to stop power structures from being dismantle
 d by rebels. Trauma is both a relatively cheap and effective tool for main
 taining tyrannical systems\, whether they are familial or national. It is 
 not the trauma per se that is effective (often times it is not)—it is th
 e corollaries (fear\, shame and debilitating post-trauma injuries) of trau
 ma that make it the go-to of tyrants everywhere\, from the halls of govern
 ments to our dinner tables.”\n\n\nIn addition to a critical exchange abo
 ut the text\, we want to ask ourselves questions\, such as:\n\n\n- How can
  we counter the traumas weaponized by the various oppressive forces that d
 ivide and diminish us\, thereby building our long-term capacity for rebell
 ion against them? Which tools\, skills\, practices do we currently use and
 /or want to develop?\n\n- How can we cultivate a practice of emotional kno
 wledge and preparedness\, how can we counter isolation and distance\, whic
 h can exacerbate the effects of trauma\, within our friendships\, affinity
  groups\, communities\, movements?\n\n- What if we included emotional and 
 psychological preparedness in action planning the same way we do physical 
 and tactical preparedness? How can we better care for ourselves and each o
 ther?\n\n- What do we think about the group and individual questions the a
 uthors propose in order to increase emotional and psychological preparedne
 ss and to help facilitate a shared understanding of community care? Do we 
 have experiences with similar approaches already? If not\, what hinders us
  to engeage in these conversations?\n\nYou can find the text here: https:/
 /theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-jane-addams-collective-mutual-aid-tra
 uma-and-resiliency\n\nPlease read the text already before the event\, brin
 g your questions\, (critical) thoughts and vegan snacks :)\n\n\n\nhttps://
 www.planlos-leipzig.org/events/a-tage-mutual-aid-trauma-and-resiliency-tex
 t-discussion/
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