06/09/2020
Squiggly note days. What does your learning look like?
I was recently thinking about my time in University, and what it felt like to be held in a safe space where everyone seemed open to learning together. From and with our unique multilayered lenses, we peeled back narratives in search of deeper, wider and more fluid “truths”. What a privilege it was. What a powerful experience to keep in mind.
Today I was introduced to the work of Dr David Nylund while dialing in to a Narrative Therapy Training Series offered by Two Feathers Native American Family Services in Humboldt State, CA. Their series has been a highlight of my commitment to learning during the COVID crisis. Today Dr Nylund’s passion for working within marginalized communities really spoke to me, especially his perspectives on unpacking differences between allyship and elevated co-conspiratorship. My learning looks like islands of discourse and the squiggly movement of connectivity.
Dr David Nylund is a a professor of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento and the Clinical Director of the Gender Health Center and I cannot wait to delve into more of his work on Narrative, Q***r theory and Cultural work.
