recommended resources
People often ask me who I have learned from, who I am continuing to learn from, and what resources I recommend. Throughout this page, I’ve gathered teachers, artists, writers, practitioners, organizations, books, talks, and other resources that I have either engaged with personally or that have been recommended and vetted by people I trust.
Near the bottom of the page, you’ll also find additional recommendations for those who want to keep exploring. This is a living collection, shaped by my own journey, relationships, curiosities, and ongoing learning.
ANTI-OPPRESSION
Study Group Guide for Abolition
Characteristics of white supremacy
Summary of Stages of Racial Identity Development
Resources for Decolonizing Community Singing Spaces
ANCESTOR WORK
A note: The following reflect my own ancestral journey through my Scandinavian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and British Isles lineages. What I’ve shared here supported me personally in exploring ancestry and ancestral belonging. They are shared from that particular place rather than as a comprehensive representation of ancestral work across cultures and peoples.
Lyla June | Reclaiming our Indigenous European roots
Lyla June | 3000-year-old solutions to modern problems
White Antiracists Have Ancestors
SOMATICS
ORGS/MOVEMENTS
GRIEF RESOURCES
Motherwort & Rose Threshold Support
Article by Elder Sobonfu Somé Embracing Grief
Answering the Healers Call by Malidoma Somé
Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel
Five Gates of Grief by Francis Weller
ADDITIONAL RECS
Shadow Work for Social Justice - Kai Cheng Thom
Going with Grace - Death Doula Training - Los Angeles
Zahava Griss - The Bay
Embodied Consent - Seattle
The Pleasure Guide - Seattle
DEATH~GRIEF~LOSS Book recs by Chelsea Granger
Rebekah Erev - Olympia, WA
VISUAL MEDIA
Just Mercy
White Right: Meeting with the Enemy
13th
Whale Rider
Music Video: Make it Through - Rebel Wise
BOOKS
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Somé
The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Somé
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
All About Love by bell hooks
The Wound Makes the Medicine: Elemental Remediations for Transforming Heartache by Pixie Lighthorse
Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes
The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martín Prechtel
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem
Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone by Leticia Nieto
Our Lady of the Dark Country by Sylvia Linsteadt
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Soulcraft + Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin
PODCASTS
Finding Our Way - Prentis Hemphill
The Book on Fire Podcast - for the rootless and uprooted
This is Uncomfortable - episode "No More Money, Please"