Fireweed Collective

This Capitalism is Killing Me: Ableism and Dispossession in Mad Times

April 25, 2021 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Presented by Elliott Fukui, Fireweed Collective member Join us for a discussion on the role of capitalism in emotional crises, and why mad folks should be on the frontlines and in solidarity with anti-capitalist movements This webinar will have simultaneous Spanish and ASL … Continued

Trigueña: Race and Gender Beyond The Border. Presented By Marie Angel Venarsian.

March 28, 2021 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM This webinar will offer a healing-based approach to examining the intersectionality between racial and gender colonization in Indigenous and Afro-centric communities in the American continent. We will look at how race and gender operate within the diasporas of the Americas using historical and socio-economic overviews. I will offer … Continued

GROUPS

Fireweed Collective Groups are virtual spaces where folks can connect, and offer mutual aid with others who share similar life experiences and struggles. Groups run for a month. They meet once a week online for 60 to 90 minutes. All support groups are sliding scale and are facilitated by members of Fireweed Collective. Your donations … Continued

WHY WE ARE INVESTING IN JOY – A letter to our people

won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate … Continued

Mad World: Psychiatry, Abolition, and New Horizons

Psychiatry and psych wards are tools of the police state. Join Elliott Fukui for a webinar about disability justice and abolition. In this current political moment, we need to raise awareness about the inner workings of the mental health system so that we do not replace one oppressive system with another.

Antoinette Chen See

Antoinette Chen-See (She/They) is a multidisciplinary organizer, builder, and community weaver for the people. From coordinating and throwing qtpoc benefit parties with the Ships in the Night Collective for 8 years, to practice in co-counseling and support team work for over 10 years, Antoinette’s passions including bringing people together in loving, healing and fantastic ways. … Continued