Ep 89: #DefundThePolice

Ep 89: #DefundthePolice Money and Nikeeta sound like they're in a wind tunnel, but thats just them fanning the flames of liberation and healing! Money created an acronym to help us heal from triggers - STRAW. Nikeeta uses Syracuse as a case study for why the police need to be defunded and our youth need to be funded! We highlight queer rock climber Abby Dione as QueerWOC of the week and talk small joys while avoiding the 'Vid-19. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:08:21 Rock climber Abby Dione [source Melanin Base Camp] Abby is the first Black woman to own a rock climbing gym in the United States, Coral Cliffs in Broward County Florida. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-coral-cliffs?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip https://www.melaninbasecamp.com/trip-reports/2018/7/21/abby-dione-is-the-first-black-woman-in-the-us-to-own-an-indoor-rock-climbing-gym Community Contributors: 00:14:11 Shoutout to the new patrons : Brazil, On the cashapp: Raven, M. Martinez Borders are Fake Shout outs: Lawrenceville, GA/ Las Vegas, NV/Seneca, SC/ Perth, Australia/ Climax, NC New Reviews MelloMaia, MadVivacious (love you homie!) Mental Moment with Money 00:23:26 Healing triggers: Dr. Money’s STRAW method Triggers are not the same as things that cause negative emotional responses NER - This makes me feel emotions I dont want to feel Trigger - This makes me feel overwhelming emotions i dont have the capacity to handle NER - I feel bad, but I can think of something that will make me feel better Trigger - I feel bad and Ive lost all sense of what I need NER - I feel bad and I know what caused it Trigger - Idk what I feel and Im so thrown off I dont know what caused this See what they are! - [Listen to ep 22] whip out ur journal and write down things that elicit overwhelming emotional responses Track the origin - Triggers collapse space and time. Where did this one originate? Can u think of the earliest traumatic experience you had related to that thing? Reprogram/undo - If-then thinking, how did this trigger generalize? Tell yourself truths about the negative thoughts. Can you think of things u can use to manage this trigger? Act as If - do with support! If this wasnt a trigger, I would…. Work with Therapist/Allied Professional - you need someone sensitive to trauma processes to help ground you so that you are not retraumatized. Word 00:52:43 Defund 12. Remember children: You are our future and #ACAB Here is the #DefundThePolice toolkit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhlRbXOrSYUevkm2F0MBDKBqWOnEkhnX/view?usp=sharing How do Police Actually Spend Their TIme - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/upshot/unrest-police-time-violent-crime.html Topic: 01:26:53 Small joys we've discovered through quarantine Curved Chronicle: 01:45:40 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com