In this racial justice book, Dr. Joi Lewis illuminates a path of radical self-care that allows community members, leaders, and those who work in social justice organizations to rest but not quit.
"This book is good medicine that doesn't expire." -Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Founder of Brilliance Remastered
"To practice self-care is a political act rooted in deep love for oneself and the community . . . to show up for myself so I can show up for the movement." -Estefania Navarro, Community Organizer at Unidos MN
"Dr. Joi Lewis's work is truly transformational and helps to lay the foundations for how to practice healing justice sustainably." -Laurel Hansen, Manager of Program & Member Engagement at the Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities
Oppression manufactures trauma- how do changemakers hold both heartache and hope within the weight of their work?
Dr. Joi Lewis is a renowned healer and facilitator of liberation, social justice, and radical self-care. For over a decade, she has been teaching her signature process-the Orange Method (OM)-to help clients heal from historical cycles of oppression and make justice work sustainable.
The Orange Method's "OM remedies" help you start where you are with small, but impactful, daily practices you can return to again and again-from morning rituals and mantras to community building and dance breaks.
Inside this self-healing book, discover the OM four-step framework of:
Healing is a powerful tool for organizations committed to sustainable social justice, a resource for supportive self-care for Black women, men, and any other historically oppressed community, and an uplifting gift for activists and community leaders in your life.
This book about healing trauma is a balm, a healing salve, and an offer for us not to simply bury our heads and curl up in a ball but, rather, to be intentional about what we need to live fully in this complicated world.
It's time to interrupt the narrative that says self-care is selfish. You are amazing, awesome, and brilliant. And you deserve to be well, get free, live big, and heal.
