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“I had known the pain, and survived it. It only remained for me to give it voice, to share it for use, that the pain not be wasted.” Audre Lorde The experience of violence is shaped by shame and silence. We’ll hear stories about how silence and shame define the experience of violence for everyone involved: the victim, the perpetrator and the bystander, with a special focus on white bystanders and racist violence. We explore how violence is dehumanizing, and leads survivors to blame themselves. We also hear about the forces that make it difficult for victims and bystanders to speak up.This hour long show is about the power of overcoming shame and silence by telling the truth about violence. Through compelling stories and expert reflection, we explore how finding voice and bearing witness can become part of recovery for both individuals and communities.                                                            Tips & Strategies for Confronting Violence Listen to Stories From the Episode Safe Space Radio · From Violence to Voice Resources From Our Guests Carl Russell; No Telling Aloud: Keeping Secrets That Hurt Susan Brison; Aftermath: Violence and the ReMaking of the Self Jim Gilligan; Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic Jim Gilligan; Preventing Violence: Prospects for Tomorrow Martha Minow; Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence Martha Minow; Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law, and Repair Daryl Fort, TEDx 2014; “Safe Communities Require Empathetic Courage” Further Reading & Listening General Resources: Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft Trauma and Recovery  by Judith Herman, MD Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse: The Dark Heaven of Recovery by Mikele Rauch The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse by J. Wilson The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr On Racism and Racist Violence: Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson Tacit Racism by Waverly Duck and Anne Warfield Rawls How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, M.S.W. Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve by Rheeda Walker, PhD Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 1619 from the New York Times On Adult Sexual Violence: Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence edited by Lisa Factora-Borchers The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, by Wendy Maltz, CSW  Surviving the Silence — Black Women’s Stories of Rape by Charlotte Piercebaker Unpinned: Breaking the Hold of Sexual Assault and Abuse Written by a Male Survivor by Grant Watkins On Childhood Violence: I Never Told Anyone – Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse edited by Ellen Bass Hush: Moving From Silence to Healing After Childhood Sexual Abuse by Nicole Braddock Bromley Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project by Betsy McAlister Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa Helpful Organizations Battered Women’s Justice Project Black Lives Matter Black Mental Wellness Black Visions Collective Campaign Zero Color of Change Communities United Against Police Brutality Equality Now Futures Without Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Me Too Movement NAACP Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) Reclaim the Block Safe Horizon The Anti-Violence Project The Bail Project The Breathe Network The National Child Traumatic Stress Network The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence The Northwest Network Womankind Related Safe Space Radio Episodes Breaking Silence about Violence: Nubar Alexanian, The Scars of Silence Susan Brison, The Aftermath of Sexual Violence Nancy Kassam-Adams, Pediatric Medical Trauma Lawrence Langer, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies Carl Russell, Breaking the Silence Jessica Stern, Trauma, Fear and Denial Child Abuse: Vincent Felitti, Obesity’s Link to Child Abuse and Child Abuse and Physical Health 25 Years Later Brie Maselli, Emotional Abuse of Children in Violent Homes Governor Paul LePage, Childhood Domestic Violence Vernon Wiehe, Sibling Abuse Domestic Violence: Julie Colpitts, Domestic Violence (Part 1, Part 2) Cathy Plourde, The Role of Health Care Providers  in Preventing Domestic Violence Drew Wing, Reducing Interpersonal Violence/ Male Sexual Violence: Daryl Fort, Male Sexual Violence and Rape Culture (part 1) and Speaking Up to Sexism and Violence (Part 2) Military Sexual Trauma: Cynthia Enloe, The Experience of Women in War Kathy Russin, Sexual Trauma and the VA Kate Weber, Reporting and Retaliation Racism and Violence: Maria Girouard, Esther Attean, and Stephanie Bailey, Breaking the Silence Debby Irving, Waking Up White (Part 1, Part 2) Paul Marcus, The System of Racism (Part 1, Part 2) Peggy McIntosh, Unpacking White Privilege (Part 1, Part 2) Sandy White Hawk, Intergenerational Trauma Special on Talking to White Kids about Race and Racism Recovery and Healing from Violence: Dave Emerson, Yoga for Trauma Survivors Deirdre Fay, Trauma, attachment, and the Body Janina Fisher, Trauma and Dissociation Celia Grand, Trauma and EMDR Therapy Judy Herman, Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors Wendy Maltz, Sexual Healing Pat Ogden, Trauma and the Body Bessel Van Der Kolk, Trauma and the Brain  Torture: Sheila Cassidy, Torture Alice, The Challenge of Speaking up for Asylum Joanna, Escaping From Violence  Working with violent offenders: Lundy Bancroft, The Psychology of Abusive Men Deb Dana, Sex Offenders Mike, Imprisonment and Life Transformation (Part 1, Part 2) Restorative Justice The post From Violence to Voice appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

“What if global warming isn’t only a crisis. What if it’s our best chance to build a better world?” Naomi Klein Reports of wildfires, hurricanes, and extinctions are frightening, yet we rarely hear people talking about the mental health impact of these changes. This hour long show explores how coping with the mental health impacts of climate change can actually make us more effective at combating it. We hear stories about the challenge of facing the facts, and emotions including grief, hopelessness, and fear. Finally, we consider how taking action can actually lead us to greater strength, connection, and impact. Safe Space Radio combines compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you the tools you need to find your own courage.                                                          Tips & Strategies for Coping and Getting Engaged (PDF) Listen to Stories From the Episode Safe Space Radio · Climate Courage Resources From Our Guests Healing After Irma Anne Bequette Environmental Melancholia Dr. Renee Lertzman SustainUS Aneesa Khan Why I Disrupted the White House Fossil Fuel Panel at the United Nations Climate Talks Maia Winkler—Teen Vogue Climate Anxiety Counseling Kate Schapira Climate for Health  Dr. Lise van Susteren Protect South Portland Rachel Burger Further Reading & Listening Books An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore The Great Derangement Amitav Gosh Drawdown: the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Climate Change Ed. Paul Hawken This Changes Everything Naomi Klein Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re In Without Going Crazy  Joanna Macy Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change George Marshall The Madhouse Effect Michael Mann & Tom Toles The End of Nature Bill McKibben Learning to Die in the Anthropocene  Roy Scranton Climate Shock: Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet  Gernot Wagner & Martin L. Weitzman The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells General Resources for Learning About Climate Change Climate Change: How Do We Know? NASA Earth Science Communications Global Oneness Project 13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (Video) Derek Muller Our Climate, Our Future One Thing You Can Do—Know Your Climate Facts Susan Shain & Esther Horvath—New York Time Climate Change Myths Skeptical Science Climate Change & Mental Health Climate Change’s Toll on Mental Health American Psychological Association First Step to Stop Eco-Grieving Over Climate Change? Admit There’s a Problem. Judy Fahys—NPR Climate Change and Mental Health: Risks, Impacts, and Priority Actions Katie Hayes et al.—International Journal of Mental Health Systems What Psychotherapy Can Do for the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis  Caroline Hickman—The Conversation How Hope and Doubt Effect Climate Change Mobilization Jennifer R. Marlon, et al.—Frontiers in Communication We Need Courage, Not Hope, to Face Climate Change Kate Marvel—OnBeing Scientists Share Their Grief, Anger, and Hope Over Climate Change (Video) Peter Sinclair—Yale Climate Connections Climate Lab Playlist (videos) Vox Why Climate Change Does Not Scare Us (Yet) Elke U. Weber—Climatic Change Climate Change in the American Mind Yale Center for Climate Change Communications Coronavirus Doubters Follow Climate Denial Playbook Yale Climate Connections Talking About Climate Change How to Talk Effectively About Climate Change Max Boykoff—Scientific American Reassessing Emotion in Climate Change Communication Daniel Chapman, Brian Lickel, and Ezra Markowitz—Nature Climate Change The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk About It Katherine Hayhoe—TED Talk 6 Tips for Talking to Kids About Climate Change Anya Kamenetz—NPR Is There a Climate ‘Spiral of Silence’ in America? Edward Maibach et al.—Yale Program on Climate Change Communication How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen Charles C. Mann—The Atlantic The Secret to Talking About Climate Change (Video) Our Climate, Our Future The Role of Emotion in Global Warming Policy Support and Opposition Nicholas Smith and Andy Leiserowitz—Risk Analysis Children’s Books About Climate Change Yale Climate Connections Climate Justice Lessons from 40 Years of Documenting Environmental Racism  Dr. Robert Bullard—The Revelator 7 Young Indigenous Activists Standing Up for Their Communities Jackie Menjivar—DoSomething.org Carbon Majors Cannot Put Their Interests Before Humanity’s Survival Kumi Naidoo—Amnesty International Why Climate Change is Anti-Justice (Video) PBS Digital Studio The Health Impacts of Climate-Related Migration P Schwerdtle et al.—BMC Medicine I Survived Climate Disaster, But I Don’t Want to Be a Climate Statistic Marinel Ubaldo—Teen Vogue Helpful Organizations Climate Action Climate for Health Earth Guardians Energy Justice Network Fossil Free Institute for a Sustainable Future Movement Generation NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Program Our Climate Voices Project Drawdown Sunrise Movement SustainUS UN Sustainable Development Goals Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Zero Hour 350.org We’d love to hear from you! If you have a story about climate courage—or a comment for one of our guests—please leave us a voicemail at 617-600-8419. The post Climate Courage appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” George Eliot This hour-long show is about the mental health benefits and challenges of saying a good goodbye at the end of life. Through stories, we explore different facets of goodbyes, including why so many of us avoid saying goodbye even in the most life-changing moments. We also discuss how initiating a goodbye conversation can make us more emotionally resilient long-term. We combine compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you the tools you need to start your own difficult conversations. Tips & Strategies for Saying a Good Goodbye (PDF) Listen to Stories From the Episode Safe Space Radio · Saying Goodbye Resources From Our Guests Now You See the Sky  Catharine Murray Parenting at a Challenging Time Program Paula K. Rauch MD—Massachusetts General Hospital Further Reading & Listening Books Bearing the Unbearable Joanne Cacciatore It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand Megan Devine Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End  Atul Gawande When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief David Kessler On Grief and Grieving  Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler Hot Young Widow’s Club Nora McInerny Talking to Kids About Saying Goodbye The Invisible String Patrice Karst Ida, Always  Caron Levis The Goodbye Book Todd Parr Helping Kids Grieve Sesame Street in Communities Help Me Say Goodbye: Activites for Helping Kids Cope  Janis Silverman Hospice Care & Palliative Care End of Life Care and Saying Goodbye Caring.com Helping a Friend Who Is Dying Hospice Foundation of America What to Say to Someone Who’s Very Sick Hallie Levine—AARP End of Life Care Guide Mayo Clinic Providing Care & Comfort at the End of Life  National Institute on Aging 20 Stats to Know About Hospice in the U.S. Wesley Life When You Can’t Be With a Dying Family Member  WYG Resources Related to COVID-19 We’re Going to See What Else the Word Funeral Can Mean Jodi Kantor—New York Times Coronavirus is Changing How We Say Goodbye Peter Kramer—USA Today My Dad Has Coronavirus—I Don’t Know if I Should Say Goodbye Amelia Nierenberg—New York Times How to Grieve a Loved One When You Can’t Say Goodbye Lauren Turner & Alice Evans—BBC Helpful Organizations Actively Moving Forward (AMF) for Young Adults (18-24) Caring Matters Compassionate Friends Cope Foundation David Kessler’s Free Online Grief Group GriefNet Hospice Foundation of America MISS Foundation for Grieving Families National Alliance for Grieving Children National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Our House Grief Support Center We’d love to hear from you! If you have a story about saying goodbye—or a comment for one of our guests—please leave us a voicemail at 617-600-8419. The post Saying Goodbye appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

  Courage is the choice to act even when we feel afraid. It forces us to confront fear, shame, and stigma—and to feel our own strength. This hour-long show is about how accessing our own courage also supports our mental health and well-being, exploring the experience of living with mental illness—such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder—as  a kind of “courage boot camp.” We also discuss how culturally-imposed silence can enforce shame and make accessing our courage much more difficult. Safe Space Radio combines compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you the tools you need to start finding your own courage.                                                          Tips & Strategies for Accessing Your Courage (PDF) Listen to Stories From the Episode Safe Space Radio · Profiles in Mental Health and Courage Resources From Our Guests The Inside Story Neil Mckenty Thinking in Pictures: My life with Autism Temple Grandin Black Bear Support Services Laura Catevenis A Tale of Mental Illness—From the Inside Elyn Saks—TED Talk The Center Cannot Hold Elyn Saks The Power of Vulnerability  Brene Brown—TED Talk Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance  Jeff Dill Black Mental Health Advocacy & Research Lab at The University of Massachusetts Dr. Tahirah Abdullah The Color of My Mind Dior Vargas   Further Reading & Listening Books Trauma and Recovery Judith Herman The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science  Shaili Jain An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison Outside the Wire: 10 Lessons I’ve Learned in Everyday Courage Jason Kander Building a Life Worth Living: a Memoir  Marsha Linehan A Shining Affliction Annie G. Rogers The Unsayable: the Hidden Language of Trauma  Annie G. Rogers Darkness Visible: a Memoir of Madness  William Styron Stigma Reduction Addressing Stigma Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Canada (CAMH) Attitudes Toward Mental Illness 2012 Report from Centers for Disease Control Suicide and Stigma Centre for Suicide Prevention The Impact of Mental Health Stigma on on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care Patrick Corrigan—Psychological Science in the Public Interest Understanding Stigma as a Mental Healthcare Barrier  Sarah Heath—xTelligent Healthcare Media 9 Ways to Fight Mental Health Stigma National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Healing the Nation: Where to Begin? Well Being Trust Racism in Psychiatry and the impact on Stigma in the black community NAMI newsletter Helpful Organizations Active Minds Bring Change 2 Mind Carter Center Mental Health Program NAMI Time to Change (UK) We’d love to hear from you! If you have a story about mental health or mental illness—or a comment for one of our guests—please leave us a voicemail at 617-600-8419. The post Profiles in Mental Health and Courage appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

Many white parents have never learned how to talk about race and racism with their kids. Silence perpetuates racism—but it can be hard to know how to start. This hour-long program is about talking to white kids about race and racism: how white parents, families, and teachers can learn to show up for racial justice in a way that will make a difference for generations to come. The show explores a wide variety of approaches with kids of all ages. Parents, racial justice experts, and teens all provide perspectives on these necessary and challenging conversations, with a focus on how white parents can actively interrupt the racist messages and stereotypes that children as young as three years old are already starting to pick up. We combine compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you tools to start your own courageous conversations. Tips & Strategies for Talking to White Kids About Race & Racism (PDF) Listen to Stories From the Episode Resources From Our Guests Jennifer Harvey Full Interview Transcript (PDF) White Ally Toolkit David Campt Black Girl in Maine Shay Stewart-Bouley Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debbie Irving Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America Jennifer Harvey Seeing White—Scene on Radio Produced and Hosted by John Biewen, with Chenjerai Kumanyika White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son Tim Wise Speak Out Hosted by Tim Wise White Kids: Growing Up With Privilege in a Racially Divided America Margaret Hagerman Further Reading & Listening Books White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race Beverly D. Tatum Me And White Supremacy Workbook Layla Saad Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Ibram X. Kendi The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander General Resources for White People Wanting to Become Anti-Racist Allies What is White Privilege? Cory Collins—Teaching Tolerance The Costs of Racism to White People Paul Kivel The Cost of Racism to White People and Why They Should Care About Racial Justice Diane Goodman—Focusing Initiatives International 100 Ways to Be a White Ally Kesiena Bloom—Broadly Anti-Racist Checklist for White People Robin DiAngelo (adapted from Dr. John Raible) Silence-Breakers for White People Anika Nailah & Robin DiAngelo Research Says There Are Ways to Reduce Racial Bias—Calling People Racist Isn’t One of Them German Lopez—Vox Parenting & Teaching How To Talk to Kids About Race: Books & Resources That Can Help Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich—Brightly They Were Raised To Be Colorblind—But Now More White Parents are Talking About Race Caitlin Gibson—The Washington Post 24 Books for Anti-Racist Teachers Joe Truss—Culturally Responsible Leadership Talking About Race, Learning About Racism Beverly Tatum—Harvard Educational Review 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance Embrace Race Classroom Resources Teaching Tolerance Race & Education The Utter Inadequacy of America’s Efforts to Desegregate Schools Alana Semuels—Atlantic The Data Proves That School Segregation Is Getting Worse Alvin Chang—Vox Segregation Now Nikole Hannah-Jones—ProPublica Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education Linda Darling-Hammond—Brookings Institution Inequality at School Kirsten Weir—American Psychological Association Race & Housing Racial Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Disparities Solomon Greene et al—U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty The Shocking Truth 50 Years After the 1968 Fair Housing Act John Wake—Forbes The Test Used to Expose Housing Discrimination and Its Chicago Roots Natalie Moore—WBEZ Race & Employment Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. But Our Data Shows It’s Still a Huge Problem. Maryam Jameel & Joe Yerardi—Vox The Mark of a Criminal Record Devah Pager—American Journal of Sociology Race & Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Facts The Sentencing Project Tipping Point: Maryland’s Overuse of Incarceration and the Impact on Public Safety Eric Lotke & Jason Ziedenberg—Justice Policy Institute Ending Mass Incarceration: Ideas From Today’s Leaders Inimai M. Chettiar et al.—Brennan Center Left and Right Agree on Criminal Justice: They Were Both Wrong Before Maggie Astor—The New York Times There’s Overwhelming Evidence That the Criminal Justice System is Racist. Here’s the Proof. Radley Balko—The Washington Post Report: Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families Ella Baker Center for Human Rights & Partners Race & Healthcare Doctors and Racial Bias: Still a Long Way to Go Aaron E. Carroll—The New York Times Implicit Bias in Healthcare Professionals: a Systematic Review Chloe FitzGerald and Samia Hurst—BMC Medical Ethics Reducing Racial Disparities in Healthcare By Confronting Racism Martha Hostetter and Sarah Klein—The Commonwealth Fund Helpful Organizations Teaching Tolerance Equal Justice Initiative The Conscious Kid Embrace Race ERASE Racism Cultures of Dignity DreamYard Showing Up for Racial Justice Community Change Inc. Justice Mapping Project White Privilege Conference Center for Racial Justice in Education We’d love to hear from you! If you are a parent or teacher, and you have a story about talking to kids about racism—or a comment for one of our guests—please leave us a voicemail at 617-600-8419. The post Talking to White Kids About Race & Racism appeared first on Safe Space Radio.