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Love Letters for Liberatory Futures
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping
  • Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, Portland State University
  • Roberta Hunte, Portland State University
  • Lakindra Mitchell Dove, Portland State University
  • Antonia R.G. Alvarez, Portland State University
  • Alma M. O. Trinidad, Portland State University
  • Gita Mehrotra, Portland State University
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 Information
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.