About this guide
The Care Practices Guide aims to support resiliency, mental health, and collective care for people organizing and communities building power and movements together to endure through the most challenging times and long term.
This guide will explore a basic understanding of the intersections of trauma, oppression, and well-being. It is meant to be a resource for mental health education; it includes practices you and your team can collectively engage in or individually with each other and your community.
Our Care Guide contains practical tools to regulate your nervous system, from reflections to mindful pauses to managing organizational expectations and community needs. It’s filled with educational concepts on mental health to help you fill your toolbox.
This guide is for you, the light in the movement for immigrant rights. An organization is a collective nervous system shaped by our stories, tendencies, and nervous systems. Collective care is not an afterthought but a foundational component of building power together to ensure our movements endure in the most challenging times and the long run.