Radherb: May 2015

May 28, 2015

Northeast Radherb Announcement!!

Happy National Herb Week!!

As you know every year since 2006, we hold our annual convergence…

In order to build a stronger Radherb network, we are changing our structure to a bi annual convergence and adding bi-annual regional “teach ins” on alternating years.

Our hope is that these teach ins can happen all over the country on the same day! Northeast Radherb is seeking support for the bi-annual teach in’s all over the country, but specifically in Providence, Boston, Portland (ME), Hudson (NY), NYC, Albany (NY), Western Massachusetts, Montpelier (VT), and Worcester (MA).

How can I help this happen in my community??

Become a regional organizer!!

Organizer Responsibilities:

→ Determine and secure a location for the RadHerb convergence in your specific region for October 10, 2015

→ Promote local convergence event through flyering, social media, and developing relationships on behalf of Radherb

→ Act as facilitator for local convergence

→ Invite other facilitators for discussions regarding some or all of the following topics: Mental Health, Medical Racism, Cultural Appropriation, Trans Health, Classism within Healthcare, and Cultural Appropriation (any any health justice issues in your community).

→ Report back to Radherb on discussions, best practices, and finding during your local event, and we will post on the blog.

Goals of Regional RadHerb Teach in:

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

What's provided:

Although individual discussions will differ based on attendees and local convergences, we at RadHerb will support you. We will be designing flyers for you to distribute, developing a discussion question toolbox/facilitation guide and maintaining a blog as the central hub contact.

Interested in helping? Questions? Please contact us! radherb@gmail.com

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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.