Election Day and the aftermath has been rough. In this episode, Host Carolyn Collado (they/them), and guest, Laila Makled (they/he) overview some of the themes, conflict, and connections that arose in the aftermath of the 2024 Election in the US imperial core. They reflect on their own grief and processing since Election Day, share strategies for building systems of care and community, and contemplate the question of who to organize with. They discuss fears and realities of living through another four years of a Donald Trump presidency, and trends around gender, race, class and education as it relates to where people are voting. They also touch on the complexities around how grief showed itself across the political ideology, class, racial, and gender spectrum. Along those lines, they note the facts of just how many voting-age people didn’t vote at all, and how this may be a signal for just how many people are out there desiring something different. They close with the importance of building shared language around who we are as a movement, and how story telling, mutual aid, harm reduction, resistance, and gathering can be pillars of hope as we move forward.
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Alternatives to calling the police in the “United States” and “Canada”: https://dontcallthepolice.com/
Mental health crisis resources that don’t call the police: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/contact#crisis
Laila offers workshops, coaching, and consulting on care, communication and conflict for communities and organizations. Follow Laila, sign up for their newsletter, and check out more of their work at outtherecommunication.net or @out_there_communication on Instagram

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