By Cristien Storm and Kate Boyd Cofounders of If You Don’t They Will In our workshops, we support participants in developing creative and fierce ways to identify, interrupt, and counter white nationalism in their particular contexts. Different groups develop different strategies to say NO. This includes: refusing to provide a platform for a white …continue
One of the things I loved about teaching self-defense at Home Alive was witnessing the creativity people tapped into when asked to share ideas, stories, and imaginations of fierce and even playful self-defense strategies. It was inspiring and humbling to hold space for people to let go of fear and move into possibility. Play is …continue
It is astounding to me, as someone who has taught self-defense and boundary setting for over two decades, the myriad ways we find to blame victims of all kinds for the violence and abuse they survive: from tropes about revealing clothing justifying sexual assault, to calling people living below the poverty line “lazy,” to describing …continue
It’s not news that opioid use, misuse, and addiction have reached epidemic proportions. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for opioids—more than enough to give every American adult his or her own bottle of pills. In the U.S., drug overdose has become the leading cause of accidental death, surpassing gun violence and even car …continue
As cannabis and cannabis-based treatments become mainstream, more and more people are looking for all-natural treatments for everything from anxiety to heart health. This is where CBD comes in. CBD, or cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive compound of cannabis; unlike THC, CBD won’t impair your thinking or get you high. CBD packs a powerful healing punch. …continue
Rates of diabetes are on the rise. As of a 2017 CDC report, more than 30.3 million Americans—or 9.4 percent of the U.S. population—live with the disease. An additional 84.1 million Americans have prediabetes. Fortunately, at this stage, there’s still time to turn it around by making healthy food and exercise choices and other lifestyle …continue
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