The Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Fund raises funds to connect Black community members with accredited Black counsellors and therapists locally. At Bakau, we’re no strangers to the importance of mental health supports and advocacy. This summer, we are supporting their efforts with a pledge to raise $2,000 and will match donations up to this goal amount.
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CW: Anti-Asian violence, misogyny, sexual violence, gun violence, death.
Discussing March 16, 2021 is a balancing act. It means navigating the ways in which we are socially conditioned to articulate racism, misogyny, classism, and our hatred for sex workers, while also acknowledging individual accountability, culpability and agency. Put bluntly: six Asian women were killed because of our collective reticence to admit just how bad our racism and misogyny is, and just how deeply rooted it is in our society. It isn’t simply because someone had a “bad day”.
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In so-called “Canada”, its’ estimated that 1/3 of people with uteruses have had an abortion*. Still, abortion stigma persists.
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In the age of the ‘grind’ and ‘girlbosses,’ we’re challenging hustle culture, unpacking its roots, and exploring inclusive alternatives.
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Why working from home should be a permanent option for accessibility and inclusivity.
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Anuschka Naidoo, Registered Clinical Counsellor and Faiza Khalil, Practicum Counsellor, discuss the “coping binary” and why they believe social justice and harm reduction approaches contribute to well-being.
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We can pretend there is no such thing as “normal” - that we live in a society that values diversity - but ultimately, neurodivergent folks are cast out, shamed and punished for what is perceived as their inability to function in professional, educational and social settings.
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The goal is to take responsibility for our own emotional experience and process our rage in ways that are intentional & empowering so that we can become mobilized by our anger vs. overwhelmed by it.
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