Hello Everyone,
I am building a second blogging project. I have so much to write about.
The vibe of this website are different than what I write about with P.A.T.H.
P.A.T.H is very focused on the information you need to know to do your advocacy. How to navigate the external systems and your child’s human rights in education.
This website is different.
This focuses on the emotional process of advocacy and how to do systemic advocacy and not lose yourself in the process. Advocating without having your life crumble around you.
From my front page:
“I work in the area of law – human rights. My clients are the most abused, traumatized, oppressed, rejected and trapped adults in our society.
I see the darkest parts of humanity. From those who are in the system, those who operate it, and those who fight to maintain it. The level of trauma that I am a witness to would be unbelievable to the general public.
My workdays are spent relentlessly strategizing, advocating, and navigating the machine that does not want to change.
So, why am I so friggen happy?
I hope this website and my blogs help to increase your mental and emotional health while you work towards inclusive, positive change for your communities .“
The goal of this website is to talk about all the different ways to keep yourself psychologically afloat and not hate the world.
There is an art to advocacy. How we choose to do it can be unique and individual to us. We all need to find something that works. Figure out what our own mental frameworks are going to be so we can do the work and still soak up all of the joys of life.
My website takes a systemic thinking lens to creating change. I have my own advocacy mindset that works for me. I am able to weed through some pretty horrific, dark aspects of humanity, and I still love life and people. Learning how to find peace in chaos and gratitude in trauma is worthy work, I think.
If you are interested in the mental and emotional aspects of advocacy, come on by.
I have another Facebook page to match my new website. I’ll be sharing my blogs on that page, but also content from other professionals and people around topics related to mental and emotional health.
As my PATH focuses on human rights in education, this website isn’t focusing on education per se. It is more general and can apply to multiple human systems.
Here is my website. www.buildingadvocacy.com