Love Letters for Liberatory Futures

Authors

Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, Portland State UniversityFollow
Roberta Hunte, Portland State UniversityFollow
Lakindra Mitchell Dove, Portland State UniversityFollow
Antonia R.G. Alvarez, Portland State UniversityFollow
Alma M. O. Trinidad, Portland State UniversityFollow
Gita Mehrotra, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-29-2023

Subjects

Racism in higher education, Minorities in higher education, Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects, Race relations, Equality, Social justice, Liberty

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.

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

Rights

Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40917

Citation Details

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.