Radherb: October 2013

Health Justice

Radherb is a network of herbalists in the US who are working to incorporate health justice principles into herbalism. The Radherb network was started by a group of Northeast herbalists who wanted to see social justice and health justice incorporated into herbal conferences and culture. Radherb's annual convergence was founded in 2006 at 7 Arrows Farm and was run collectively through 2009. The collective grew and changed over the years, with a committed collective of some of the original members, and other Northeast herbalists committed to social justice within herbalism. The collective ran annual convergences in Massachusetts for 3 years.

In 2010 The Radherb organizers created a training focused on HEALTH JUSTICE.

Presently, the Convergence, & Health Justice trainings are held annually in RI.

October 16, 2013

The 2013 Radherb Convergence was a great success!

Thanks to all participants for helping make the event run super smooth!

Special thanks to Naomi, Jessica, Keith and Glen
for going above and beyond in planning the 2013 Convergence.

All proceeds from the convergence went to the Herbal Aide Grant:

herbalaide.org

Herbal Aide Grant Winners. Lauren, August and Kelly

Early Morning Plant Walk

Morning Panel with Northeast Herbalists

Leah Wolfe Class

Ilana facilitating Health Justice Intro

Health Justice Discussion

Larken Bunce Plant Walk


Makeshift Clinic Class with Leah Wolfe

Health Justice Trainings

In 2010, the Radherb collective developed trainings to be used at conferences, herb schools and community health forums.
The goals of the Radherb Health Justice trainings are to:

*Encourage a dialogue about Community Health Care and explore issues of Oppression and Accessibility with students, teachers, community organizers and practitioners of herbalism/ holistic health. 

*Focus on Cultural Competency, which is defined simply as the ability to understand, communicate with, and provide effective and appropriate care to people with diverse values, experiences, and backgrounds. 

*Create a base of Radherb Educators who can begin to teach and inspire health care providers, clinics, schools, teachers and students throughout the Northeast.

*Create leaders in the field of Health Justice who will then use their skills to collaborate with healthcare providers, clinics, schools, teachers and students throughout the Northeast.

Who is radherb?

We are scattered like seeds all over the Northeast (and the country!). We are community healthcare providers, family herbalists, medicine makers, healthcare educators, gardeners, wild crafters, organizers, writers, practitioners, midwives, caregivers, nurses, medics, advocates and more. We have built free clinics that challenge the class divide. We have created forums for discussion and deliberation around issues of oppression within healthcare. Some of us are just learning about these kinds of things, just beginning to scratch the surface of our interest in healthcare and social justice. Some of us have become well versed in one area or another, writing and teaching about what we know. Most of us are somewhere in between, following our interests in health as they carry us deeper into the world of health care and working to utilize our Radherb Health Justice skills to make herbs and herbalism accessible.