What's Love Got To Do With It?

In August, 10 of our Youth Leaders attended the Youth Leader Institute (YLI), where they led the workshop "What's love got to do with it?." With a class of over 30 youth participants, the workshop highlighted the way love can be used as a catalyst for resistance.

As organizers, we spread our capacity thin as we constantly mobilize against systems of hate, racism, and oppression. Participants interfaced with the topic of love, especially self-love, as they explored different types of self-care, what that looks like for them, and learn that self-care is a form of resistance. Refusing to be burnt-out means standing up against the oppressors and acknowledging our healing as the center of a revolutionary act as we move toward justice.