My positionality
I often begin training on anti-discriminatory practice by citing the multiple privileged positions I occupy within ‘the matrix of oppression’.[1] I typically name that I’m white, heterosexual, male, financially secure, and lucky to have been born with cognitive and physical abilities that support me in navigating an ableist society. Read More
Beloved one
what is it that you are holding onto? Read More
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In "Views of the Apocalypse" (Orion, Winter 2019), Lisa Wells, author of the biographical work Believers, reports paying attention to her repeated experience of falling down various stairways. She finds herself thinking about Freud’s notion of parapraxis, where something internal emerges through a crack into the everyday but in an alien form, subject to immediate denial. Read More |
We would like to acknowledge the concerns raised regarding this March 2024 Digest around the lack of distinction between Jewish people and the Israeli government in the context of the Gaza crisis. In response, we engaged in a reflective process, and a dialogue has emerged amongst a group of CPA members. We encourage readers of the March 2024 Digest to also read our response which now appears in the February 2025 Digest. Below is part 1 of the Digest conversation, and you can access part 2 via the following link (us8.campaign-archive.com).
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