Episode #6
🎙️ Creating Space for Mental Health in Movements with Ashely Williams from Mind the Movement
Free Community Episode | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & Support Hi y’all! 👋🏽 This week, I am so happy to chat with Ashley Williams from Mind the Movement. She shares her journey of founding a mental health organization for grassroots organizers, the importance of community support, and practical strategies for maintaining mental well-being in social change work. At a moment when organizations are being defunded and activists are in crisis, mental health is a key issue to uplift across our organizations and movement. Watch today's preview on PeerTube . "We have to fight for that joy." Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plans In the Episode Prioritizing Mental Health in Movements & Politics Starting Mind the Movement The Front Lines of Social Change & It's Impacts Mental Health as a Social Issue Affinity Groups to Build Resilience Practicing Liberatory Change in Our Small Circles How Leadership & Managers Can Respond Unmute Yourself About Mental Health Supporting Our Loved Ones in a Mental Health Crisis Creating Care for New Organizers The Joys of Being Vegan References / Resources 🌱 About Mind the Movement 🎶 Noah Kahan 🧰 Unmute Yourself Toolkits 🌱 Share Your Story 🧰 QPR Institute About Ashley Williams (she/her) For the past 8 years, Ashley has built and led national democracy and political programs. She’s the creator of the largest political organizing training of all time where she trained 60,000 people in 4 weeks during the height of the pandemic. Ashley is a long-time vegan, adoptee and the only person in her family to graduate from college. She’s also experienced mental health struggles since childhood and is committed to supporting others without a safety net in getting the support they need. She runs a consulting firm The Most Good (and two other small businesses). In her “spare time” she figure skates and is learning to crochet. Learn More About Mind the Movement More About Ashley Grow with Healthy Media: Explore healthy media & tech Become a Seedling Member Follow us on Mastodon , PeerTube , & BlueSky Support independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month . Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.
