by lauren liu 劉寶恩, lcsw – jan. 2023
lauren is the special projects coordinator at cpa. as a mental health practitioner and healer, lauren has brought these skills to hold space for youth, young adults, and other community members and organizers.
As our communities continue to grieve, mourn, and heal, we wanted to make this offering to our community members. We hope these frameworks, reminders, and practices can give you tools to process grief in these hard times.
We are working on translating this document into Chinese. If you have questions, please contact justice@cpasf.org
If you also hold space for others, we want to share this piece “Tips and Reminders when holding space to support others” that we developed in March 2021 to support CPA staff who were supporting our Chinese immigrant and youth grassroots members. Download below in English and Chinese.
About the Chinese Progressive Association
Founded in 1972, the Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.