To Be of Use. Selected Papers

CONTENTS Foreword by Leah Salter Introduction by the authorSection 1: Working in Solidarity"Leaning in" as Imperfect Allies in Community WorkFluid and Imperfect Ally Positioning: Some Gifts of Queer TheoryBeyond Trans Tolerance and Trans Exclusion: Contributing to transformative spaces in an all-genders youth, live-in, substance mis-use programme. With James KellyThe Role of Allies in Anti-violence WorkA Solidarity Approach. The Rhizome and Messy Inquiry.Section 2: Solidarity in Action: Addressing complexity and holding tensionsStructuring Safety in Therapeutic Work alongside Indigenous Survivors of Residential SchoolsHate Kills: A Social Justice Response to 'Suicide'The Problem's Oppression Not DepressionResisting and Transforming Rape Culture: An activist stance for therapeutic work with men who have used violenceTrauma and resistance: 'Hang Time' and Other Innovative Responses to Oppression, Violence and SufferingSocial Justice Activism and Therapy. Tensions, Points of Connection and Hopeful ScepticismSection 3: Solidarity, Collective Care and Sustainability: Resisting BurnoutAn Ethical Stance for Justice-Doing in Community Work and TherapySupervision of Solidarity Practices: Solidarity Teams and People-ing-the-roomThe F Word: Vikki Reynolds on the Politics of Forgiveness. InterviewThe Zone of Fabulousness: Resisting vicarious trauma with connection, collective care and justice-doing in ways that centre the people we work alongsideInspiring Believed in Hope as an Ethical Position. Vicarious Resistance in Justice Doing

• | Author: Leah Salter
• | Publisher: Everything Is Connected Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1739773365
• | ISBN-13: 9781739773366