Resources
Exploring the postures, patterns, and practices that support community-led health and healing.
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Allself
Allself By Hash Kankanamge, Softpunk This digital illustration explores the themes of trans liberation in healthcare; more specifically the questions around what community care can look like, and whether the spiritual components of transition and transition healthcare are interlinked or…
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Our Joy
Our Joy By Andi O-K My Story (Andi he/they) I was inspired by all of the beautiful trans, non binary and gender non conforming people around me. I am in awe of their strength in the darkest of days. I…
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aftercare/devotion
aftercare/devotion by Mercy Thokozane Minah /spa a digital oil painting that features two trans people who are newly lovers engaged in post-top-surgery aftercare. The premise being that gender-affirming healthcare invites opportunities for community care, interpersonal healing practices and that artwork…
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Spacemaking as Sanctuary // Water Memory ????
Spacemaking as Sanctuary // Water Memory ???? An exploration in worldbuilding and remembering alternative infrastructures By Dionne Elizabeth As research and in response to the following prompts, I created a sound art piece, exploring how we are in relationship to…
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Maramiya
Maramiya A painting by Aisha Noble In Palestine, almost every household will have a pot of dried sage in their cupboards. For thousands of years the plant has been used widely for its healing properties. Sage tea is regularly recommended…
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Second Lives
Second Lives By Chloe-Louise Adegoke Illustrations by Isha Joy This piece is best viewed on desktop full screen 1. If you are lucky, if perhaps you too are one in a million – you will get to live a second…
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A concrete camp: embodying collective resistance for Palestine
A concrete camp: embodying collective resistance for Palestine Musings on a student encampment by Harvey Brown โAs community members, we are collectively responsible for each others’ welfare and safety. Our solidarity with Palestinians must be embodied as an act of…
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Moments of Wonder
Moments of Wonder A Black hiking group captures moments of wonder from nature As people of colour (POC) in the UK, what we know and how we engage with the natural world is shaped by a narrative which is not…
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Companions in pain – SWANA Healing
Companions in pain Connecting and healing with SWANA Healing By Rose Eskafi Commissioned by Micha Frazer Carroll Images from Elu and SWANA Healing In Farsi, the word โham-dardโ (ูู ุฏุฑุฏ) is a compound of the words ham (ูู ) meaning โtogetherโ and…
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Disenfranchised Grief
Disenfranchised Grief A dance film by Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah This 2.5-min long original bilingual dance film tackles the themes of disenfranchised grief, family estrangement, mental illness and the aftermath of life as a suicide loss survivor. It is choreographed, produced…
Strategies
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Community Capacity
Strengthening internal resilience and agency within communities.
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Movements
Resourcing and sustaining movements and supporting embodied leadership.
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Sensemaking & Storytelling
Changing public narratives.
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Infrastructure
Building infrastructure to model alternatives.