#71 Georgia Verry, Penny McKay and Meesha Hall: A warm hug in conversation form to end the 16 days of activism

***Content warning: Gender Based Violence

Today, December 10th, is Human Rights Day and marks day 16/16 of the 16 days of activism. Georgia (she/her), Meesh (she/her) and Penny (she/they) have a fireside chat about how you can be more resourced as we end the 16 days and enter the Christas period.

The news has been very heavy recently. We hope this discussion about womanhood, radical joy and survivorship will help fill your cup.

Penny Mckay (she/they) responsible for all things people, culture and inclusion at The Fight Back Project. Penny is a graduate of TFBP with a wealth of experience in LBGTQ+ inclusion and mental health.

Meesha Hall (she/her) nurtures our purpose and relationship at The Fight Back Project. Meesha is a world champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a graduate of TFBP Online.

Georgia, Penny and Meesh discuss:

• Making ongoing space for disclosure and non-hierarchical survivorship celebration
• Radical joy
• Womanhood and being expansive in our relationships with womanhood
• What we hold in our roles as women and nurturers
• How practicing collective and self care is key to sustainability
• How the most radical thing trauma survivors can be is just themselves without apology

To contact Penny on Instagram: @voiceofsmallchange

To contact Meesha on Instagram: @meeshabjj

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Thank you so much to Nari for the beautiful song "Shape Me" heard at the beginning and end of this episode. Nari wrote this song about Shape Your Life, a boxing program for self-identified female survivors of violence in Canada. She wrote this song using the words and experiences shared by participants with Cathy Van Ingen. You can find out more about Shape Your Life in my interview with Cathy in Episode 8. You can hear more of Nari's work by going to her Instagram: @narithesaga

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