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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
When terrible acts of oppression occur – police shootings, deportations, rape and sexual harassment, etc. – media coverage can be overwhelming. For many of us, it’s important to balance our exposure to media.
I will limit my exposure to TV, radio, internet
and social media
News I find upsetting:
I will: Limit the type of media to: (e.g. just podcasts)
Limit media exposure to minutes per day
Other:
When terrible acts of oppression occur – police shootings, deportations, rape and sexual harassment, etc. – media coverage can be overwhelming. For many of us, it’s important to balance our exposure to media.
I will limit my exposure to TV,
radio, internet and social media
News I find upsetting:
I will: Limit the type of media to: (e.g. just podcasts)
Limit media exposure to minutes per day
Other:
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Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Hurtful stereotypes and oppressive messages can leave us feeling like we are “less than” or worthless. We can substitute positive messages to offset oppressive ones.
I will replace oppressive
messages with positive
affirmations
Oppressive messages I have received:
My positive affirmation:
Hurtful stereotypes and oppressive messages can leave us feeling like we are “less than” or worthless. We can substitute positive messages to offset oppressive ones.
I will replace oppressive
messages with positive
affirmations
Oppressive messages I have received:
My positive affirmation:
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Oppression can leave us feeling unsafe in our community and even in our own homes. Planning to stay safe can help.
I will stay safe
I feel unsafe when: I can:
Call #: Talk with someone I trust Tell someone why I feel unsafe Take safety precautions: Stay with friends or family Learn about my legal rights Go to my safe place: Other:
Oppression can leave us feeling unsafe in our community and even in our own homes. Planning to stay safe can help.
I will stay safe
I feel unsafe when: I can:
Call #: Talk with someone I trust Tell someone why I feel unsafe Take safety precautions: Stay with friends or family Learn about my legal rights Go to my safe place: Other:
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Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Poet and activist Audre Lorde said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” In the struggle against oppression it’s important to take time out, disengage from the struggle and care for ourselves.
I will practice self-care
I will know it’s time to practice self-care when:
I will:
Poet and activist Audre Lorde said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” In the struggle against oppression it’s important to take time out, disengage from the struggle and care for ourselves.
I will practice self-care
I will know it’s time to practice self-care when:
I will:
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There are many types of interpersonal and systemic oppression that affect our mental and physical health. Examples of oppression include racism, homophobia and sexism. Naming the oppression we experience and how it affects us can help.
Personal Medicine: Oppression
I will name the oppression I experience
Personal Medicine: Oppression
The oppression I experience:
How it affects me:
There are many types of interpersonal and systemic oppression that affect our mental and physical health. Examples of oppression include racism, homophobia and sexism. Naming the oppression we experience and how it affects us can help.
I will name the oppression I experience
The oppression I experience:
How it affects me:
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We are not alone. Joining a community of others who are fighting oppression empowers us and takes us out of the victim role. There is power in numbers.
Personal Medicine: Oppression
I will find my peeps
Personal Medicine: Oppression
Organizations or groups I will consider joining:
1.
Contact info:
2.
Contact info:
3.
Contact info:
We are not alone. Joining a community of others who are fighting oppression empowers us and takes us out of the victim role. There is power in numbers.
I will find my peeps
Organizations or groups I will consider joining:
1.
Contact info:
2.
Contact info:
3.
Contact info:
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Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Art – movies, poetry, dance, music, literature, paintings, etc. – is like a mirror. When we view art, we can learn more about ourselves and how oppression works.
I will explore an artistic
representation of my experience
The art I will explore (Example: early hip-hop):
What I learned:
Art – movies, poetry, dance, music, literature, paintings, etc. – is like a mirror. When we view art, we can learn more about ourselves and how oppression works.
I will explore an artistic
representation of my experience
The art I will explore (Example: early hip-hop):
What I learned:
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Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Micro-aggression is a subtle type of oppression. We may doubt ourselves or think we are being too sensitive. At these times it can help to have others validate our experience. Oppression is not all in our head.
I will let others know oppression is
affecting me
Micro-aggression is a subtle type of oppression. We may doubt ourselves or think we are being too sensitive. At these times it can help to have others validate our experience. Oppression is not all in our head.
I will let others know oppression is
affecting me
My experience:
I will ask to validate my experience
I will ask to validate my experience
I will ask to validate my experience
(Example: I will ask my Imam to validate my experience)
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My experience:
I will ask to validate my experience
I will ask to validate my experience
I will ask to validate my experience
(Example: I will ask my Imam to validate my experience)
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
It’s normal to feel anxious, paranoid, depressed, scared, worried, angry and to have trouble sleeping and concentrating when oppression touches our lives. Often oppression is the problem, not mental illness.
I am having a sane reaction to an
insane situation
How oppression affects me:
What’s normal about my reaction to oppression?
It’s normal to feel anxious, paranoid, depressed, scared, worried, angry and to have trouble sleeping and concentrating when oppression touches our lives. Often oppression is the problem, not mental illness.
I am having a sane reaction to an
insane situation
How oppression affects me:
What’s normal about my reaction to oppression?
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Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
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Personal Medicine: Oppression Personal Medicine: Oppression
I will…
I will…
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Is my Personal Medicine powerful?
Is it a specific activity, not a feeling or state-of-being? ☐Yes ☐No Is it something I do now, not a future goal? ☐Yes ☐No Is it something I do, not something I take? ☐Yes ☐No Does it say how it helps me? ☐Yes ☐No
Is my Personal Medicine powerful?
Is it a specific activity, not a feeling or state-of-being? ☐Yes ☐No Is it something I do now, not a future goal? ☐Yes ☐No Is it something I do, not something I take? ☐Yes ☐No Does it say how it helps me? ☐Yes ☐No
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another
Did this Personal Medicine work for me? ☐ Yes, I will use it again ☐ No, I will try another