Priscilla Maria
on Self-Care as a Form of Radical Resistance
All trauma is valid but we are often told that because other people have suffered more, we should simply be grateful. Pain is invalidated and necessary conversations for healing are reduced to “complaining”, and empathy is even less likely when you’re a woman of color.
Chief of Staff for The Confess Project and LaunchPad Speaker, Priscilla María dives into how racism and sexism impact mental health care access. It is with this mindset, that she advocates for Self-Care as a form of Radical Resistance.