Daniel Nguyen

May 29, 2018

survival

Queer & POC in Therapy: "In the Wrong Place"

Daniel Nguyen

May 29, 2018

survival

My therapist tells me that everything said in this room will remain in between the two of us. He asks me why I came in today, and I wonder if I can tell him so much.

Karoline Yesterdaye

May 10, 2018

poetry

(She)ill: a poem

Karoline Yesterdaye

May 10, 2018

poetry

Society needs me / But I cannot feed the hologram

Jahlani Smothers-Pugh

April 30, 2018

sexual assault

Black to Love

Jahlani Smothers-Pugh

April 30, 2018

sexual assault

I know that I am good enough. I am whole. I am beautiful as I am. I am love as I am. I look in the mirror and see the spark in my deep brown eyes that reflects all the love I feel in my heart. I’ve come Black to Peace. Black to Power. Black to Love.

Elle Wong

April 27, 2018

poetry

Guinevere: A Poem About Haunted Places

Elle Wong

April 27, 2018

poetry

I believe in haunted places, because I / am one of them. I have always been / a mouth with a thousand teeth, / this body a million sharp stars.

Anonymous

April 24, 2018

sexual assault

When to Turn Back

Anonymous

April 24, 2018

sexual assault

It would be harder to run all my life. At some point, I have to head back in. Otherwise, the ghosts will keep haunting.

Brujxs Collective

April 22, 2018

sexual assault, featured

Dissociating When Triggered by Intimacy: A Guide to Check In, When Checking Out

Brujxs Collective

April 22, 2018

sexual assault, featured

Dissociation makes perfect sense when folks have constantly been abused, silenced, socialized a particular way, oppressed, and constantly have had boundaries broken, or don’t even know what their boundaries are.

Metal Femme

April 21, 2018

poetry

Untitled Ode to Trauma

Metal Femme

April 21, 2018

poetry

“There are different kinds of of warzones…” Throughout April, Rest for Resistance is proud to feature poems like this one for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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Dominic Bradley

Don’t Just Rest – HALT to Get through Difficult Days

Dominic Bradley

HALT stands for never get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.

Dominic Bradley

Shivani Seth

Vitals: A Guide to Activist Maintenance

Shivani Seth

Our denial of our needs (and to be clear, needs, not wants) does not create a more just world. Food, shelter, safety and caring relationships are necessary to all.

Shivani Seth

getting support

Nefertari Sloan

“Therapy Can't Look the Same for Everyone”: Healing from Assault as a Black Queer Kinkster

Nefertari Sloan

Past experiences of broken confidence held me back, and I had even less confidence that I would be able to find a queer competent, POC identified behavioral health professional with sexual assault experience who was worth investing time, money, and trust in.

Nefertari Sloan

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Daniel Nguyen

Queer & POC in Therapy: "In the Wrong Place"

Daniel Nguyen

My therapist tells me that everything said in this room will remain in between the two of us. He asks me why I came in today, and I wonder if I can tell him so much.

Daniel Nguyen

Nicole Jones Abad

"I didn't always call it sexual assault..."

Nicole Jones Abad

For a long time I didn't call it anything, because I didn't think about.

Nicole Jones Abad

Lance Hicks

You're Probably Smarter Than Your Therapist: How to Get What You Came for Anyways

Lance Hicks

Ask them what they can offer you besides coping skills, and remember that you’re worth it.

Lance Hicks

REST FEST NYC is next weekend!

Join us in #ProspectPark on Sunday 7/30 as we reclaim the right of QTBIPOC community to rest in public. We will have several places to lounge, as well as guided group activities.

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Schedule

Low-energy activities:

Savasana Saturdays: Yoga Practice is a time to be with gentle movement and deeper restfulness in an asana sequence.

Classes are led by Floria Fernandes (@floor.it.fernandes).

We practice together at 10 am est / 7:30 pm ist, every 3rd Saturday each

Share Widely! Workshop Alert!
The Burnt Out Activist Club
Wednesday 7/5
8am PST/MST, 11am EST.

Led by dom chatterjee (they/he), the founder of @qtpocmentalhealth ,Rest for Resistance empowers community through knowledge and compassion, with the ul

Rest Fest is wrapping up our virtual programming this evening with two workshops, on creative connection and decolonization, followed by a DJ set by @western_obsidian.

Yet, the spirit of Rest Fest will continue throughout July as we look forward to

Sadies “Sun” Yanes is leading an Herbs for Rest Workshop in honor of REST FEST. 

What does Rest mean to Sun?

“Rest allows us to drop on our bodies; clear our minds from the congestion of a colonized state; and receive love, t

✨REST FEST is a testimony to creativity as healing justice ✨!

TODAY Saturday 7/1, Rest for Resistance invites QTIBIPOC to share their creativity with the community!

From the power of the body, to the importance of decolonizing the self for communi

Lucy-Lucas is leading an ASD Perspective Workshop in honor of REST FEST, happening today!

What does Rest mean to Lucy-Lucas ?

“Rest means:
Safety
Regulation
Peace”

- Lucy-Lucas Valentine

Register for the Mad Pride Virtual Workshops

✨REST FEST is a movement that addresses harm, that leads to healing ✨!

Join us as we begin to wrap up Pride Month on Friday 6/30 with our Mad Pride Virtual Panel happening tonight Eastern Time 7-9 PM (ET)!

This panel discussion honors the Mad Pride

✨REST FEST is a testimony to rest as a form of strength ✨!

Zulaikha is hosting a Radical Imagination Workshop in honor of REST FEST.

What does Rest mean to Zuliakha ?

“Rest Gives us the ability to finally imagine the worlds we want to live

✨REST FEST is a testimony to those who are left behind ✨!

Tomorrow, REST FEST is honoring the Mad Pride movement, which arose in the 1990s as psychiatric survivors began to push against the harms within the mental health system. Isalina Sanchez will

Lance Hicks

5 Ways to Stay Alive in a World That Wants You Dead

Lance Hicks

Thoughts of suicide come when we run out of options. The more we’re oppressed, the less power we have, which means thoughts of ending our lives might come up a lot. Here are resources and strategies to help you keep fighting for your life without compromising your agency.

Lance Hicks

You're Probably Smarter Than Your Therapist: How to Get What You Came for Anyways

Lance Hicks

Ask them what they can offer you besides coping skills, and remember that you’re worth it.

Lance Hicks