Trigger and Content Warning: This episode will discuss topics involving self-h*rm, s*icide, mental health, genocide, and involuntary hospitalization.
In this “bonus” episode, we take the time to recognize S*icide Awareness/Prevention Month this September. My good friend and longtime activist, Jung Han (they/them) and I had a conversation revolving around the challenging capacity in community activism, navigating our self-care and engagement in an increasingly chaotic political and social environment, and reflecting on our experiences with attempted s*icide and what our “bonus years” have looked like for us since then. We also break down our thoughts on the current resources and structures to support mental health crises, such as 988, institutional care, and what community support can look like for us.
Many thanks to Jung for bringing this conversation to light. Jung also shared some resources and tools you can check out below.
Jung (they/them) is an educator, facilitator, mutual aid organizer, resource mobilizer, community grief and health worker, poet, and writer. They’ve been part of racial, gender, disability, immigration, reproductive, and healing justice movement work for the past two decades through local, state, and national nonprofit, philanthropic, and grassroots community organizations and collectives. Since 2022, they’ve been the Owner and Principal of Yeojeong LLC, where they offer consulting, coaching, and grief care dedicated to the cultivation, flourishing, and growth of people of the global majority (PGM) and queer, trans, and nonbinary; disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent; and migrant and diasporic communities. They’re a street medic, movement care worker, avid reader, and pungmul dummer, and devote time to Rogers Park Free Store, Liberation Library, and the Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois. Learn more about Jung and their work at www.yeojeongllc.com.
Articles:
https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/06/involuntary-hospitalization-increases-risk-suicide-study-finds/
https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/supporting-the-suicidal-no-matter?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web
Resources:
Fireweed Collective: linktr.ee/fireweedcollectivehj / @fireweedcollectivehj
Project LETS: linktr.ee/projectlets / @projectlets
Wildflower Alliance: linktr.ee/wildflower_alliance / @wildfloweralliance
Abolitionist Social Work: linktr.ee/abolitionistsw / @abolitionistsw
National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network: linktr.ee/nqttcn / @nqttcn
Moonbow (formerly API Equality LA):
https://www.moonbow.org / @ moonboworg IDHA: linktr.ee/idha_nyc / @idha_nyc
Tools:
Care Webs: https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Care_web
