The Blueprint of Community Care
S2E3: The Blueprint of Community Care
Have we forgotten what it actually means to be in community with one another? How we show up, call each other in, and encourage reflection is all part of what makes communities strong and facilitates the care we seek. Showing up doesn’t mean you’ll always get it right. It means you are committed to growth for yourself and the community and leaning into the discomfort and the joys is what makes it work.
Community care is everyone’s responsibility. Yet the societal systems that have been created have put Indigenous and Black communities in a position of fear, sometimes holding us to a “me first” mindset. What happens if I speak up? How will my world change if I try to do something? The question we should actually be reflecting on is “what will happen to us all if I don’t?”
In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Dr. Autumn BlackDeer to talk about the blueprint of community care. We discuss what it means to actually take action and be in community (hint: you don’t need to be Ethan Hunt to act), what is important for Indigenous and Black liberation, and what that means for sovereignty and solidarity, and the part that intersectionality and queerness plays in our collective liberation.
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About the guest:
Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer is an Indigiqueer anti-colonial scholar-activist from the Southern Cheyenne Nation (Tsistsistas). Currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at York University, their scholarship illuminates the impact of structural violence on Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Dr. BlackDeer centers Indigenous voices throughout her research by using quantitative approaches and big data as tools for responsible storytelling. They are deeply committed to uplifting Indigenous sovereignty and furthering collective liberation.
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