Love Letters for Liberatory Futures

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Keywords:

liberation, academia, BIPOC faculty, institutional racism, White Supremacy

Abstract

This collection of letters serves to explore the narratives of a collective of women of color in academia by examining individual, collective, spiritual, and institutional strategies for surviving and transforming our institutional spaces and the ways that White Supremacy has shaped our journeys. Multiple perspectives are viewed, and we have written to our children, our future social work students, our future selves, our BIPOC faculty siblings, and our feared enemies to envision and embody more liberatory futures.

Author Biographies

Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, Portland State University

Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, PhD, LICSW is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (jesrodr2@pdx.edu).

Roberta Hunte, Portland State University

Roberta Hunte, PhD is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (hunte@pdx.edu).

Lakindra Mitchell Dove, Portland State University

Lakindra Mitchell Dove, PhD is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (lakindra@pdx.edu).

Antonia R. G. Alvarez, Portland State University

Antonia R. G. Alvarez, PhD, LMSW is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (antonia8@pdx.edu).

Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, Portland State University

Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, PhD is Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (atrinidad@pdx.edu).

Gita R. Mehrotra, Portland State University

Gita R. Mehrotra, PhD, MSW is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR (gmehrotra@pdx.edu).

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Published

2023-09-29

How to Cite

Rodriguez-JenKins, J., Hunte, R., Mitchell Dove, L., Alvarez, A. R. G., Ouanesisouk Trinidad, A. M., & Mehrotra, G. R. (2023). Love Letters for Liberatory Futures. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 29(2), 52–62. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1977