#cara page

[blackqueernotables]

Cara Page: writer, cultural memory worker, organizer & producer.

[ixlander]

I used to say, “I don’t know if I love myself.” And one of my aunts put me in front of the mirror at age six and seven, and she said, “You are gonna look at yourself in the mirror and say ‘I love myself.’ And then you’re going to say ‘I love Black people.’” And at first I resisted, but then I was like, “OK. Let’s do this.” And she was committed to that practice every time I saw her. Until it rolled off the tongue and there was no pause and she could say, “OK, go to the mirror, and love yourself.” And I would, knowingly, lovingly. You feel me?

Cara Page interviewed by adrienne maree brown, in Pleasure Activism

[lqb2quotes]

Our Movements themselves have to be healing, or there's no point to them.

Cara Page, Kindred: Southern Healing Justice Collective

[nyc4rj-blog]

Transformative Justice

Cara Page defined it at the Civil Liberties and Public Policies (CLPP) Conference on April 15, 2012, as:

“Community-based solutions that don't perpetuate violence, strengthens communities, and doesn't criminalize. [It] also understands that people have the ability to transform, regardless if you've caused harm or been harmed. It moves away from systems that criminalize communities and instead encourages more systems of safety. It looks at generational trauma and violence, works to help communities heal, creating systems of wellness. It helps to centralizing community/hold people accountable doing violence (which can be one in the same). We tend to focus on the survivors. But what happens to the observers' experiences (people who see violence)? It looks at how to hold spaces for grief and trauma and to work collectively on healing.”

[healthtothepeople-blog-blog]

"How can we be well?" (given the circumstances) this question means so much to me as I analyze the bill for health care 'reform' i've been trying to understand with my brain trained to think in compartments. good or bad? the state can or can't, but i've been having a feeling that outside the box is where I need to go. yes...