12 // Healing Together and Striving Forward
"Becoming Allies means helping each other heal" -Gloria E. Anzaldúa (Adams, 2013) I felt like her article was a really great reality check for as we move forward from this class. Finishing semesters and moving on to the next thing - especially graduation- can leave us a little too bright eyed and bushy tailed to be prepared to face the realities of the working world. I don't know that this was the point of her paper but I couldn't help but feel all the different pains she feels between society, her sexuality, her race and her culture. The reality is that everyone come with their own pains and those pains, if left in control, can effect the ways we communicate and work with others - for better or for worse. They can make us feel alienated. They can make us feel unheard and even unworthy. They can empower us. They can push us forward for others to not experience the same. Working with people is messy but necessary for change. ...
