Months after George Floyd was killed by police, activists say there's still work to do. At such a painful moment in U.S. history, in the middle of a global pandemic and movement for racial justice, how do activists continue to fight without burning out?
And that can all happen before these activists take to the streets."While I do appreciate that many white or non-BIPOC people are stepping in to say, 'I'm an ally. Can you teach me?' Or 'I didn't realize this.' That's an additional burden for Black activists," said Danielle Hairston, a psychiatry residency training director at Howard University Hospital."You're trying to center the issues of Black people and other BIPOC people.
Crosby-Williams said following the death of George Floyd, she received a wave of calls, emails and text messages from her non-Black friends apologizing to her and asking what they could do to help. When Crosby-Williams feels burned out, she plays with her infant daughter, tries new recipes or watches reality TV. Brown also gets outside and away from her phone.
"And this lack of acknowledgement in some cases can foster a culture of selflessness," Chen said."Suppressing concerns about well-being altogether could also hasten burnout among activists. That is this dominant culture of martyrdom."Movements and organizations need to address a culture that feeds into a cycle of burnout, or they risk losing their momentum, Gorski said.
"Because Minnesota Freedom Fund is volunteer-based, we have always had a thing that like, come when you can, leave when you have to and come back if you want to," Smith said, adding that the pandemic has brought to the surface"the realization of grief and that you can't do this work if you're running on empty."
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