National Survivor User Network
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“We must be able to think seriously about what it means to claim or build community; including how people can be harmed and who is being left behind.”
Read 'Exploring “community” and the mental health lived experience landscape' by dr courtney buckler.
nsun.org.uk/resource/explo…
'Vulnerability is complex and looks different for everyone.'
Read a joint explainer from Migrants' Rights Network and, our partner, National Survivor User Network on vulnerability and the importance of tackling harmful root causes as part of the #WordsMatter campaign.
Free Trans Awareness Training with Gendered Intelligence!
If you represent or work with a user-led group, become an NSUN member for free today to access this online training on April 23rd, 3-5pm.
nsun.org.uk/news/free-tran…
Passively applying the term ‘vulnerable’ to entire groups can both dismiss & infantilise them. We must interrogate the harmful systems that create and exacerbate vulnerability.
Read our joint explainer with Migrants' Rights Network.
nsun.org.uk/words-matter-v…
Instead of passively using the term 'vulnerable', we must interrogate the systems that create + exacerbate vulnerability, so that we can collectively tackle the root causes of harm.
Read our joint explainer with National Survivor User Network: buff.ly/3J9IVj0
#WordsMatter #Vulnerability
So excited to say that I’ll be working with Healing Justice Ldn again!
China Mills, Gail Ward and I will be having a conversation about rage, grief and justice: disabled people’s resistance against austerity on the 19th in Newcastle!
Free tickets here: bit.ly/HealingJustice…