91: How We Become Fluent In Radical Communal Care with Oumou Sylla
Emily Race-Newmark sits down with N. Oumou Sylla — creator of “Radical Mental Health First Aid”, an anti-carceral, consent-centered approach to responding to mental health crisis — to explore what it looks like when an entire community becomes fluent in care.
Moving away from the concept of “communal care” and into the practical, we explore real-life scenarios and challenges that can come up, including:
How to respond to a mental health crisis unfolding in front of you with a stranger
Navigating the nuance between when we feel “at capacity” and when it’s actually something else
How we might…
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