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Webinar against activist burnout

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Landecker Fellow Lena Bielska was in webinar that aimed to counter activist burnout. The webinar, which was organized by HerStory, was streamed live on Facebook. In it, Lena discussed mental and physical health, and the influence of politics on the well-beings of activists. Her discussion with trainer Joanna Tomiak, from the Spina coaching collective, was in Polish and was translated into Polish sign language. The webinar attracted over 1.2k views.

Watch the webinar here.

Lena is one of thirty Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellows. This fellowship, a collaboration between the Alfred Landecker Foundation and Humanity in Action, was created to strengthen a new generation of leaders whose approaches to political and social challenges can become catalysts for democratic placemaking and community building. Read more about the fellowship here.