Led by Dr. Marisela Gomez
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Dr. Gomez is the founder of Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR) - and their mission is described as the following:
“Our mission is to co-create a cooperative community in East Baltimore owned by Black and Brown people. We seek to build this cooperative community through the reclamation of land, healing, reconnecting and building a base of community power.”
Learn more about VOLAR here.
Specifically you can learn about VOLAR’s building story here and read more on redistributing resources in their newsletters here.
Other resources:
Gentrification of Baltimore's Middle East - Marisela Gomez on Reality Asserts Itself
Marisela Gomez’ Contributor Page on Huffington Post
Resources to Learn More about Housing Segregation and Opportunity
Book recommendation: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
This webinar features one of our favorite Buddhist teachers and activists. Watch the video to learn from Dr. Marisela Gomez about how the illusion of separation drives our greed. We must see this clearly so as not to repeat; and emerge from the illusion of separation.
In this webinar you’ll learn about how the history of US community building has been uneven, the trauma that has caused, and the equitable ways we can rebuild with collective power.
Dr. Gomez is a community activist, author, public health professional, a dharma teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, and physician scientist. She received a BS and MS from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, a PHD, MD, and MPH from the Johns Hopkins University. She is a mindfulness practitioner with a focus on healing justice as the way of equity work. Past and current writings address social determinants and health, social capital and urban health, disparities in mental health care in incarcerated populations, disparities in substance use treatment, mental health care in the primary health care setting, community organizing and development, and mindfulness practices in organizing.
Closed captioning thanks to Don Rombach.