MENTAL HEALTH CARE TOOLKIT for
coping with the Election
At CTJC we talk about politicized healing because we know that the multiple and intersecting systems of harm and oppression we experience daily harm us. And, we know that it serves the ‘master’ when we are un-well. Our trauma is political, our healing is political, and what becomes possible as we become well is endless. In these days leading up to the election we are swimming in waters of uncertainty. For most of us this is mixed with fear, hope, anger, and despair. As our individual and collective anxiety increases in tandem with an increased risk to communities of color post-election, we wanted to offer some practices or tools within our control.