Companions in Process: Interdependence In Climate & Disability Justice with Naomi Ortiz
In this heartful episode, Naomi Ortiz explores their art as a spiritual process of listening to the land, grief work, and the difference between interdependence and mutual aid.
As we discuss their new book, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice, we explore what disability justice offers the climate justice movement and what rootedness in place offers to people living with disability. Naomi also shares some rituals to sustain us in these times.
Show Notes
Naomi's definition of self care, from Sustaining Spirit:
"So self-care means being aware of ourselves where we are rooted, aware of what is around us and evolving from the lessons we learn in order to survive and thrive."
Naomi Ortiz
Naomi Ortiz (they/she) is a Reclaiming the US/Mexico Border Narrative Awardee and a 2022 U.S. Artist Disability Futures Fellow. Ortiz's collection, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice, offers potent insights about the complexity of interdependence, calling readers to deepen their understanding of what it means to witness and love an endangered world. Their non-fiction book, Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice, provides informative tools for diverse communities on addressing burnout. Ortiz is a co-editor of the forthcoming anthology Every Place on the Map is Disabled: Poems and Essays. A Disabled Mestize poet, writer, facilitator, and visual artist, their work focuses on self-care, disability justice, and climate action in the Arizona U.S./Mexico borderlands.
Website: www.NaomiOrtiz.com