“Shouting ‘self-care’ at people who actually need community care is how we fail people.”

- Nakita Valerio, community organizer  

People don’t always know how to support each other during hard times because we’re told to deal with our problems on our own. 1/

Ultimately, the power and initiative to care for ourselves is our responsibility; but that doesn’t negate the power of collective caring, especially if we work together in adverse environments. 2/

Burnout is NOT an individual issue, it is a community issue.
@emilyEdPsych

For those of us with socially marginalized identities, dealing with microaggressions, and various forms of discrimination on a daily basis, these experiences, unfortunately, have real effects on our well-being and don’t just vanish when we start taking care of ourselves. 3/

If people make up systems, and if many of the problems we face come from systemic issues, then we have a collective social responsibility to support one another as we work towards fixing those issues. When the people you work and live with can be of additional support, 4/

it makes each day that much better. Therefore, community care isn’t just about being there for other people in a way that you think is helpful, it’s about being there for people without them having to take that initial first step to reach out and ask for help and/or support. END