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Qolors - Biology of Burnout Workshop Presented by Zenyu Healing

By The Q Center & the ASUW Queer Student Commission

Date and time

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 · 4 - 6pm PDT

Location

Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

3931 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast Unity Room Seattle, WA 98105

Description

ABOUT QOLORS

Beginning the week of April 6, the University of Washington's Q Center, Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center and Queer People of Color Alliance (QPOCA) will host Qolors, a week of events celebrating queer and trans* people of color communities and the intersections of all the identities we embody. In recognition of the 10-year anniversary, this year’s events will focus on the power of our local community, activists and organizations. For more information about the other Qolors events, please visit http://tinyurl.com/qolors2015.

THE BIOLOGY OF BURNOUT WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Oppression is not only a moral social disease but a public health issue. Growing social science literature is proving that racism and other forms of discrimination have a devastating effect on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of marginalized communities. Because people of color and other social minorities are already at a social disadvantage, they are less likely to have the resources to deal with these health issues. This results in a destructive cycle of harm that can be stopped in the least likely of places: in the awareness of our own bodies and spirits. This workshop will specifically support students of color and LGBTQI students in understanding the sources of stress in our environment, as well as the physiological effects of stress on our bodies. Most importantly, participants will leave with simple but powerful tools that they can implement for their personal health and the health of their communities. Long-term, system-wide changes will be addressed as well as individual strategies to ameliorate burnout in their day to day lives.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FACILITATORS:

Christine Cruz Guiao and April Nishimura are co-founders of Zenyu Healing. Started as a small community project in 2006, Zenyu’s mission is to move the movement by developing inspired queer leaders of color who understand the inherent connection between spirit, earth, and our collective demand for social justice. The only organization of its kind nationwide, Zenyu cultivates the inspired and embodied leadership and holistic well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning or Intersex People of Color (QPOC) in Seattle to lead social justice movements and concrete efforts for community change. Through local and national workshops and trainings, community meditations and healings, and spiritual wilderness excursions, Zenyu works to create and support social justice movements that are healthy, sustainable, and spirit-centered. Zenyu builds QPOC leadership and supports long-term social change by creating profoundly transformative spaces to heal and reclaim the healing root of work for social justice. For more information, check out www.zenyuhealing.org


ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT:

-The ECC is near landmarks such as Lander Hall, the Ethnic Cultural Theater, and Alder Hall. For a map, search ECC1 on the campus maps: http://www.washington.edu/maps/

-University District Metro Bus Routes can be found here: http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/university_district.html

-Driving directions: From I -5 (Exit NE 45th), East on 45th, Right on Roosevelt, Left on NE Campus Parkway, Right on Brooklyn, ECC will be on the right. More info: http://uw.edu/maps/?ecc1

-The Central Plaza Parking Garage is the nearest parking lot to the ECC. Accessible parking is available in W-12, the parking lot across from the ECC, adjacent to the Ethnic Cultural Theater. There is also potential street parking surrounding the campus, on 15th Ave, University Way, and Brooklyn Ave.(http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking)

-The ECC front entrance is wheelchair accessible and the Unity Room is on the first floor, to the right of the entrance.

-An all-genders restroom can be found on every floor of the ECC, as well as binary bathrooms with multiple stalls.

-The ECC is not kept scent-free but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the ECC in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity.

-We ask that smokers also store their coats/outer clothing that is regularly exposed to smoke outside the event space if possible (we will provide space for these items). We will have a scent-free area that is monitored by volunteers. We will have baking soda and scent free soap available if folks are asked to wash off scents.

-For more information about MCS and being fragrance free:

http://billierain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Myths-and-Facts-About-Chemical-Sensitivity.pdf

http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html

http://www.brownstargirl.org/1/post/2012/03/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15.html


The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance: 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/TTY, 206-685-7264/Fax or email dso@u.washington.edu.

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