RESOURCES

Vanissar Tarakali's Articles

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>Shame & White Allyship

>Turning Wheel Interview

>Awakening Your Ally Body

>Layers of White Racial Shame

>Victim Body & Creative Body

Links

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Generative Somatics

Vanissar’s current approach to her work is profoundly influenced by Staci Haines, Denise Benson, and the Bay Area Somatics and Trauma learning community. You can find out more about somatic work at:
>www.somaticsandtrauma.org


Seminary of the Street

Seminary of the Street is a school for the training of love warriors working toward the transformation of their communities by embodying God’s love in the world. Students cultivate the resilience, the unsentimental awareness of oppressive systems, the skills, and the deep and sustaining relationships to respond to injustice with steadfast love and creativity.
>www.seminaryofthestreet.org


Learning Diversity

A great site with helpful examples and insights to support white racial justice allyship.
>www.learningdiversity.com


Trauma Stewardship

Insight into how systemic oppression undermines folks and orgs working with traumatized individuals and communities. Practical self care and organizational-care tools to sustain each other and the work.
>www.traumastewardship.com