How to Heal Oppression

By Nanci Luna Jimenez, Luna Jimenez Institute for Social Change

Oppression takes many forms, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-religious sentiment, classism, ableism, adultism.  These oppressions show up in a variety of systems that touch every aspect of our lives.

But systems and institutions are made up of humans.  In order to change systems, we must change humans. 

Society is transformed when people have the tools to heal from oppression and build relationships based on trust and understanding.

In these four videos, Luna Jimenez outlines the core principles for rectifying internal and institutional oppression.

  1. The Training Ground For All Oppressions

  2. What We Need to End Oppression

  3. The Most Powerful Political Tool

  4. Redefining Culture as a Healing Mechanism

Core principles of LJIST

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