Hive Mind Medicine Statement

by Hive Mind Medicine

We, the collective of humans who make up Hive Mind Medicine, come from varied backgrounds but each of us recognizes we operate from a level of significant privilege.

We have spent the last few weeks intently listening to the voices of others with less or different privilege than ourselves.

We respond to this listening to briefly speak, because we recognize that our silence may be perceived as complicity.

Please take some time to learn from the voices of the marginalized in our culture. Some sources are:

• Catrice Jackson https://www.shetalkswetalk.com/

• Ibram X. Kendi https://www.ibramxkendi.com/

• New York Times 1619 Project https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

• Resmaa Menakem https://www.resmaa.com/  (and interview with him by Krista Tippett, On Being https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/

• Dr. Joy DeGruy https://www.joydegruy.com/ 

• Desiree Adaway (local to Portland) for facilitation https://adawaygroup.com/ 

• For listening and reading: NPR’s Code Switch https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ 

  • E.g. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/06/871023438/this-list-of-books-films-and-podcasts-about-racism-is-a-start-not-a-panacea 

• To watch: Netflix’s Black Lives Matter label

Black Lives Matter