#womxnwarriors

[survivalarts]

After training feels. 🗡️ Also the feels lately with the current world situation. Feeling tired, lethargic, and emotionally drained some days has been natural in the collective. Yet we still find ways to connect and strengthen in community, even though we are apart. Love to everyone as we power through it all. ⚔️⚔️⚔️ #repost @ayyuright: Sisterly slumber covertly caught by @wild_endevors #neverletgooftheblade #eveninsleepapparently #posttrainingrest #sharpenthemindbodyandblade #womxnwarriors #kali #survivalartsretreat2020 #SurvivalArtsAcademy #SurvivalArtsRetreat #PekitiTirsiaKali #Filipino #Pilipinx #WarriorWomxn #Pilipinas #PH #BladeCulture #FightingArts #Philippines #Bacolod #Visayas #Knife #Feels #Life ᜃᜎᜒ (at Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFEl0bpAg-v/?igshid=1bt0y7ya709zi

[jaezbrainlint]

#Repost @womenwarriorswork ・・・ This week's highlighted #WomxnWarrior is Kerry Hawk Lessard (@khawklessard)! You can learn more about this powerful Indigenous woman in the bio below. Do spread the positivity to our Indigenous communities by also sharing her message to #NativeYouth ++++++ Kerry Hawk Lessard (Shawnee) is an applied medical anthropologist whose work explores the intersection of health and culture, specifically the ways in which historical trauma impact the health status of contemporary Native people. As the executive director of Native American Lifelines, a Title V Urban Indian Health Program serving Baltimore and Boston, she creates culturally centered health programs that are trauma informed and apply principles of decolonization. As an anthropologist, Kerry is proud of her work with Pyramid Lake Paiute artist Gregg Deal, deconstructing the ways in which art and imagery define and constrain indigenous possibilities. Sometimes she writes poetry about love and longing, but more often she is armpit deep in Urban Indian children who call her, “ina.” And she is totally okay with that.

[jaezbrainlint]

This week's highlighted #WomxnWarrior is Sheena Hale! You can learn more about this powerful Indigenous woman in the bio below. Do spread the positivity to our Indigenous communities by also sharing her message to #NativeYouth. Sheena Hale is a proud Dine’ woman who was born and raised on the Navajo Nation in St. Michaels, AZ. She received a BA in Political Science from Stanford University and is currently the Program Coordinator for two grant programs housed at Northern Arizona University: the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) Training Core and the Bridging Arizona Native American Students to Bachelor’s Degrees (NAU Bridges). Both programs aim to expose Native American students to academic research opportunities while increasing the number of indigenous people in research, medicine, healthcare, and environmental science. Sheena has always been drawn to providing education opportunities to Native youth, and she has worn many hats as a high school teacher, tutor, basketball coach, and academic advisor. She continues to push her young Native brothers and sisters to dream big while enjoying married and mommy life. follow Womxn Warriors Work @womenwarriorswork