Land Lovers Social

The land lovers’ social we are holding is rooted in abolitionist and decolonial principles. 
This space is committed to being queer-inclusive, trans-inclusive and anti-racist. 

See you on the 17th which coincides with April’s new moon! For more information and further reading materials, see below. 

Why we need to nourish BPOC-only spaces

Spaces where Black people, people of colour and people of the global majority can be in community without white people in the room are vital. Here are the reasons why.

BPOC spaces are important because:

• We can be somewhere and not be hyper visible; where we aren’t one of, if not the, only BPOC in the room. 

• We can show up as our whole, messy, multifaceted, complicated selves (instead of stereotypes that we are often reduced to under white supremacy and the white gaze). 

• We don’t have to monitor our tone, behaviour, or what we talk about - for fear of potential repercussions in how we are racialised (whether that is encountering white fragility or being treated differently).

• We can have a sense of kinship. 

• We can honour ancestral traditions of resisting oppression - it starts by us being together. 

• We can rest and detox from the exhaustion of constant exposure to white-dominated spaces. We can experience a more liberated sense of joy.

• We can make connections based on affinity, solidarity, and authenticity.

• We can create a balm to isolation. Knowing that we aren’t alone in our experiences is healing.

BPOC only spaces are not something new or especially radical. Many people are part of BPOC only spaces that occur naturally, it’s called community. 

It’s vital that we intentionally create these spaces where they don’t exist (or have been systematically erased) as BPOC who are on the sharper end of issues like rural racism, isolation, structural racism, and increasingly racist and anti-migrant policies. 

What is decolonisation? How do we decolonise our relationships to the land? 

Many BPOC, global majority people, and indigenous peoples have had their relationships with land ruptured, wounded or erased, through colonisation.

Decolonisation is a process of dismantling and unlearning colonial conditioning and reconnecting with histories and practices that have been erased. 

Land is how we feed ourselves, a site of wisdom, connection, it is integral to community. When we take up space, and reconnect to our earth and our land, we begin the process of healing, repairing and decolonising.

What is abolition?