Say Their Name: Empowering People Who Are in Pain with Laura Jane Peterson
Change The Narrative with JD Fuller
English - August 05, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Laura Jane Peterson is a civil rights activist and community organizer who has been a sales director with a demonstrated history of growing account revenue, clients, and sales. She has the ability to imagine it and then makes it happen. Since October 2020 this innovator became the founder of Say Their Names LA which is an established network of support, mutual aid and resources for families whose loved ones were killed by police violence in LA. Laura identifies as an abolitionist, activist, beacon, explorer and empath.
What You Will Hear:
Say Their Names and Families United collaborationsLaura’s background and upbringingLearning about different culturesWorking on Wall StreetLessons learned and coping through the loss of her father Police education and trainingAmerica built on tenants of racism and white supremacy Tombstone graveyardSay Their Names LALobbying, NRA and Police UnionsMental HealthGrassroots organizationsTraining clinicians to have a multicultural lensChanging the NarrativeQuotes:
“The reason why white America can separate themselves from the experience that is clearly before their eyes is because they have the privilege to not feel.”
“I wanna learn ways of interrupting, eradicating and addressing the realities of racism and oppression. We have to be able to impact and find our voice “ -Dr. Thema
“We know that they know how to deescalate certain situations, when it's a white person, but when it's not, they don't use those skills, they do the opposite. So it's not about training and it's not about deescalating.”
“Itt's an evolution. You have to learn. You have to learn what you believed and then unlearn that and apply something else.”
“We have a number of families who have turned their fight into getting more resources and getting police out of mental health services.”
“For us it’s really is about coming together and providing each other with support and resources that the government doesn't offer.”
“Do something. Go out. Just try, put one foot in front of the other and just try and no goal or dream is too big. If you fail, you will learn and just keep using those learns and always feel your feelings.”
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