But while there are good reasons to fear complacency, joy is fundamentally different than turning a blind eye. When I think about strong, courageous women passionately working to advance social justice, which inherently means theyre fighting oppression every day, I think of my good friend Catalina Correa Salazar. I do say you can go back upstairs and get another ticket, but I also give them all the food thats left at the end! Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for." We see kids and adults of color being attacked everyday for just living their lives. Carter G. Woodson. And so what we have neglected is that joy is fundamentally tied to space. Research shows that small bursts of positive emotion can help reset the bodys physical responses to stress, so that people can continue to fight from a place of wellbeing and strength. "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. Sometimes people in the coffee shop offer to help me out, even though I tell them they dont have to, but when they do help I say to them, Hey, on fried chicken day, I got you.. We are planning a team day at work, and youve given me lots to think about, and a framework for justifying some fun activities. Stories that matter delivered to your inbox. Miroslav Volf: Things are going to be better. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force? In the Gospel of John, Jesus explains that the very point and the purpose of his teachings on love and keeping his commands are "so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.". As Cara Page says in an interview with Adrienne Maree Brown, If were not imagining where were going, then it will constantly just be pushing back outside from inside of cages, as opposed to imagining whats happening outside of cages. Hope is a form of emotional vision that stokes our motivation and fans the flames of change. The rainbow pride flag is one example of a joyful symbol that both unifies activists while also disarming detractors. And so the question becomes for me: can there be a form of joy that helps to constitute identity that happens in the in-between, in the gathering of different peoples? What happens when somebody walks into a space marked by joy? "Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself." - Carl Jung. Then, think about the direct service work you do with your organization. We're grateful that you're listening. It was how you were talked to how people thought of you what you could do/couldnt do even what you were perceived as being capable of accomplishing. They are killed. Like Romeo, Juliet sees love as a kind of freedom, "boundless" and "infinite.". I think for me this topic brings a mingling of sadness and hope, so perhaps that carried through into the post. And then the second thing you have to have is a willingness to want to hold on to Life, even when there is very little that makes sense in life. Willie Jennings: I look at joy as an act of resistance against despair and its forces, all the forces of despair. People who refuse to stop believing. Black joy is, and always has been, an act of resistance. And if you're not, please continue listening and engaging the content. You have to have people who have been able to make you laugh in the places where all you want to do is cry. As I stood amid a sea of mostly young black faces at New Revelation Baptist, I found myself seeking my own new revelation by asking hard questions about what has become a dangerously mundane ritual around young black bodies. They could see that people were attracted to the notion that joy is resistance, and the joy itself is powerful. Rosa and Maya inspire me in my work. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. As in so many fields, burnout is a serious risk, especially because activist work is rarely well-compensated and because the strong sense of personal responsibility many activists feel makes it hard to take breaks. One of the challenges of activism is that the fights are long, the progress often slow, and the effort required thankless and grueling. "Yes. I could not help but hear Nehemiah encourage his people to rebuild by saying that the joy of the Lord is your strength when they were being oppressed by a brutal and ruthless power. If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?, Resistance is always lying and always full of shit., We are like water, arent we? It is a parade of naivety, of a warm embrace, it is Young Thug's dress. 1. I look at joy as an act of resistance against despair and its forces, all the forces of despair. And so we did. There's a very powerful analogy to, if you will, the work of the spirit at that moment, that a space is created not by you, but in a strange sort of way without you knowing it, it's for you. Willie Jennings: It's brought to us. faith.yale.edu/media/joy-and-the-act-of-resistance-against-despair. Telly's favorite artist was Alice Neel. Joy is the currency that is flowing between hands in such situation. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Released on Partisan Records 31/08/18 1 X LP, includes digital download card Joy As An Act Of Resistance is a parade. But there's also another side, not only to just African diaspora forms of joy, but the joy in many communities. To me she was the embodiment of my existence as resistance. I have no earthly idea how it happened. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear. And that is: segregated joy is fundamentally a part of the reality of segregation, which means that it is a joy that in many instances is built on insult, is built on hatred of the other. We're passionate about making this work consistently accessible to people who are genuinely concerned about the viability of faith in a world racked with division, contested views about what it means to be human, and what it means to live life well. How can a truly free state exist if the individual citizen is enslaved to the forceful will of individual or organized aggressors? Even though looking back now I have some mixed feelings on the group, at the time they did provide a new type of role model to young women and paved a path for other women in the industry by not fitting into the existing generic mold. They didn't have dreams of speaking other's language. This is the joy of resistance. "Joy does not simply happen to us. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Barbara Ehrenreich notes that in South Africa among the Namaquas, it was said that someone who converted to Christianity had given up dancing.. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Austin Channing Brown Apr 26, 2020 20 "Joy is an act of resistance." - Toi Derricotte Play. She abruptly ended their interview . I get to have all that no matter how ugly things look. Dr. Engram's "Black Joy as an Act of Resistance" takes the listener on a journey through the life of Black millennials. Women like Emma Watson, Malala and Beyonc (who thankfully introduced so many people to the amazing Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) are empowering young women through their speeches, actions and music and providing a gateway to larger feminist and social justice movements. - C.S. For Telly the fish. 7. Posted on May 17, 2022 May 24, 2022 by Dilnwaaz Brey "Claiming joy is an act of freedom and power. When Im in the coffee house [GLIDEs dining room reserved for families, the elderly and the physically disabled] and people are sitting there still hungry, I dont rush them out or ask them to leave. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words., Where there is power, there is resistance., It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end., People get used to anything. I grew up in such a situationlearning how to have a good time with nothing because we had nothing. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. We are not attuned to a world in which we have to work with what's been thrown away because we are the ones who throw away. I suggest you look to some literary greats who not only captured the relevance and significance of the African American life but lived extraordinary experiences themselves like, Ida B. This week, we're featuring a conversation between Miroslav and Willie James Jennings, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. Reclaiming those sources of joy is a way to refuse to be dehumanized, to reassert our vitality. Evan Rosa: For the Life of the World is a production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School. There's also the other ways in which space exists. When he first came to my house, I propped up her bright yellow shade with open window and a vase of flowers (post card size) behind his first fish bowl. We cry out for justice. It's a parade of laughing at the funeral, of listening to the bastards, of phlegm on the mirror. Mine was always mint- because the bottom left corner is struggling a little! 4. Following the success of their debut album Brutalism, the band started recording new material for their next album. Support For the Life of the World by making a gift to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: faith.yale.edu/give. Movies. Willie Jennings: To press even further, it could be that one thing under utilized by Christian intellectuals is precisely this latter reality that Jesus himself points us toward, a family that becomes reconfigure. This is joy for our time. Their music and message empowered my girlfriends and me to feel that we were enough, without needing boyfriends or to look and act a certain way. But in context where that isn't fully, hasn't fully taken hold, the people's work of creating joy is there. We owe it to ourselves to actively cultivate it as part of our political practice." . Their mission is to protect and support the dignity of marginalized individuals and communities. We respect your privacy. It is one the things that makes us truly human. . But contemporary hits are just as suspect; the Soviet Union, for example, censored songs by artists as varied as AC/DC, Tina Turner, and Julio Iglesias. 2018. I never saw anyone take so much crap due to her love for and commitment to women and girls as Kathleen. One way is through joy in the present. Stop. Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. One to watch out for. But strong and destructive, too. And something else, I think to myself. And lastly, joy provides a glimpse of a better future that keeps us motivated to work toward it. Defined as the refusal to accept or comply with something, this year's theme of resistance can apply to so much..too much. "You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. ", The commercialization of joy in the empire of advertisingcontrasting that with the peoples serious work of joy, The work and skill of making something beautiful out of what has been thrown away, Segregated joyjoy in African diaspora communities, Joy is always embedded in community logics, Geographies of joy: Christians tend not to think spatially, but we should, Hoping for joyous infection, where the space has claimed you as its own, Where can joy be found? 3. Some of the containers holding the archives were dug up from . That's why the narrator is able to say of this third Ofglen, "of course she is" Ofglen. Rest is vital, but rest alone doesnt create resilience. Evan Rosa: For the Life of the World is a production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Thank you! "Resistance is the secret of joy." Alice Walker 20. 119. Thank you! "Our joy in itself is an act of . We can do without pleasure, but not delight. And he never failed me., Whenever you see a board up with "Trespassers will be prosecuted," trespass at once., Each of us, right here, right nowwe are the resistance., Resistance by definition is self-sabotage., Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Remember that on any world the wind eventually wears away the stone, because the stone can only crumble; the wind can change., The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction, The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave., You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone., Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Every single person let the healing waves of music wash over them with their soulful and buoyant caress, and just danced their hearts out right where they stood. From the likes of Ari Up and Poly Styrene, who didnt sing about obtaining male affection or rely on stereotypical concepts of female self-worth, to outrageously hyper-sexualized women like Wendy O. Williams and Marian Anderson, who recaptured ownership of their bodies, these women were bold, outspoken, and as the kids say nowadays, woke. And it's commercialized. How does one forge the weapon of joy in the midst of suffering, oppression? What would be great is if we start to think more intentionally about how such spaces are constituted and how might such spaces, the constitution of such spaces be a fundamental part for those of us who are Christian in our discipleship. Joy is an act of resistance. So it's not the badness of that family's vision of joy against the goodness of something else, but it is the opening up of that family's vision of joy. So it is pushing back. AFP NYC Board Member. "Peace without justice is tyranny." - William Allen White. Miroslav Volf: So you walk and you think, "I need to walk into a space of joy." Jesus tells us to use joy as an act of rebellion when he says: "Love your enemy, bless the one who curses you, do something wonderful for the one who hates you, and respond to the very ones who persecute you by praying for them." (Matthew 5:44) Share joy by sharing love, which drives out fear, which leads to joy. JOY is an act of resistance. They rolled the windows down, and turned the music all the way up to play one of Dariuss favorite songs. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. How on earth is anyone to find solace in the midst of such overwhelming grief? Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. The whole community sits down to enjoy the feast, with even the lowest-ranking chimps getting to enjoy the treat. Local authorities often forbade or disrupted native rites, or at minimum made relinquishing them a condition of conversion. UK & US. $j("#generalRegPrompt").hide(); Featured peformers: Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass), Jon Beavis (drums), Space (producer), Adam Greenspan (mixing), Nick Launay (mixing). One example of this phenomenon is prison gardens. Miroslav Volf: Yeah. Christopher McCandless It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Funded by the John Templeton foundation, gathering a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, including theologians, philosophers, pastors, psychologists, the project sought to restore joy to the center of Christian reflection, and what it means to live a good life, a life worthy of our humanity. Studies show that even when strangers move or vocalize together, they become more generous, more altruistic, and more willing to sacrifice their own needs for the good of the group. However, I also found that some thoughts expressed seemed unnecessary and negatively pointed, producing uneasiness rather than joy. In this live workshop series, you'll learn evidence-based strategies to reclaim your joy and create a life you love. Professor Jennings, it's great to have you with us. PTKF2158-5. And there are so many silences to be broken.". The lizard brain is hungry, scared, angry, and horny. "If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. There were incredible women like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth before the end of Slavery, the women making lunches and marching during the Civil Rights Movement, and the women of the Black Panthers supporting the social programs and keeping the organization running. Joy lets us reclaim our humanity. Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Kate Bush, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Joy as an Act of Resistance. But when you see mounds of hot pink trash bags piled on a curb, it offers a striking, yet not aggressive, reminder to be less wasteful. Thank you so much for saying this. Chimps are extremely hierarchical, so whats notable about these celebrations is that they disrupt the typical hierarchy, prompting a more egalitarian mode of behavior. Often there is no reason to make such choices outside the context of the primary choice that calls for them.". The more dehumanizing the circumstances, the more we need these markers of our humanity. Lorde uses the word erotic, meaning a form of deep, sensual (not necessarily sexual) pleasure, but I think you could easily use the word joy if it makes more sense to you: Recognizing the power of the erotic within our lives can give us the energy to pursue genuine change within our world, rather than merely settling for a shift of characters in the same weary drama., Ive talked a lot about the joy of communal celebration, but we can also find it in nature. People who refuse to stop believing. Are you going to have a good day or are you going to have a great day? 97 Quotes About Joy. No. And death in this regard is not simply the end of life, but it's death in all its signatures: death, violence, war, debtall the ways in which life can be strangled, and presented to us as not worth living. And what we have to understand is it's precisely that kind of geographic dimension that we have to think about, if in fact we want to think beyond segregated joy. And to push it even further, some of them just didnt care about educating men or changing their minds. "Go find your joy. And at the end of the day, once you got your hair cut, you leave thinking and things are going to be better. // logged into Facebook user but not a GR app user; show FB button Something went wrong while submitting the form. It is counter-intuitive in that regard. Elephants celebrate when the herd is reunited after a separation, stamping around, peeing, and trumpeting with their trunks. All in all, the church and multiple churches have been places of extreme joy, surprising joy, and to quote the title of a famous book by CS Lewis, places where I've been absolutely "surprised by joy," stunned by joy. abulabbas Dec 27, 2021. Without that belief, theres no point in fighting. Last week I attended a dinner party inspired by Marsha P. (P for pay-it-no-mind) Johnson, who ignited the Stonewall Rebellion. Hi Ingrid, I am a musician and Ive been creating music and performances that bring joy and also have an activist/educational component. Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya's portraits in Times Square celebrating the expansive diversity and individuality of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in New York City as part of the public art series We Are More. Joy, and celebrations in particular, focus our attention on our commonalities, not our differences. Love the ones you claim. It could not have lasted for any more than two minutes. For me, the work of an organization like Publicolor, which paints neglected New York City schools with vibrant colors, restores abundance to a place where this false scarcity has been imposed. While communal joy represents an outright danger to a repressive regime, individual joy can also empower resistance. She said she tries to acknowledge the difficulties that others might encounter in these unprecedented times while also caring for herself and those around her. Rewind. "Secondary choices are always subordinate to a primary choice. Only a few animal species celebrate, and the ones that do have two things in common with humans: theyre highly intelligent and highly social. $22. Joy. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I want our guests to know that I love them and appreciate them. The collective representation of Black people in the industry is abysmal, as evidenced by multicultural children's publisher Lee & Low's baseline survey. Shocked that the man would trade something so essential to his survival, Wiesel asked him, Hanukkah in Auschwitz? And the man replied, Especially in Auschwitz.. This is great! We are a people who have somehow been able to sing , live, and shout Hallelujah anyhow. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world." If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again., We live in capitalism. Not enjoyment. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Joy - An Act of Resistance (Podcast Episode 2019) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. I believe in the magic and authority of words.. To be able to choose our joy and experience it, this is the freedom so many are fighting for. I loved your book, and this post really lifted my spirits. True pleasure is more restorative than simply vegging out in front of the TV. How does one cultivate joy? Folk or traditional music is typically condemned, such as in Nazi Germany, which targeted Jewish music. Watching a pride parade, teeming with people dressed in all shades of ROY G BIV, the line between protest and party blurs, and its hard to sit on the sidelines in judgment. Her mother said, "There's always a sunrise and always a sunset and it's up to you to choose to be there for it. 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