Tricia Hersey
Tricia Hersey is the founder of the organization The Nap Ministry. She advocates for the importance of sleep and rest.
Early life and education
-hersey was born and raised in Chicago[1] -received her bachelor's degree in community health[1] Hersey was a graduate student in divinity school, and protests related to Black Lives Matter were just beginning. stress related to her graduate program, death in the family, being robbed with her young son prompted her to begin taking naps more often[2][1]
-naps made her feel healthier and more energerize[3]d she began to incorporate rest into her graduate research and researched black liberation theology, somatics, cultural trauma sleep deprivation was normal during slavery [2]
Received her master of divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.[4]
Career
Hersey sees rest as a key to black liberation because it allows space for healing and says that it nurtures invention[2]
sees resistance to rest as a form of white supremacy and capitalism[1]
sees rest as disrupting that history and a way to disrupt "grind culture"[2]
-sees self-care and sleep as stigmatized unless tied to capitalism[1]
-hersey takes daily naps[1]
tied experience of oppression as contributeing to Black exhaustion[5]
founded in 2016, see sleep deprivation as a racial and social justice issue[5]
-spent first year afterfounding networking and developing the organization[3]
-hosted first nap experience in May 2017[3]
organiation is called The Nap Ministry advocates for rest as a form of reparations and resistance to capitalism as well as ancestral connection[2]
-refers to herself as a the Nap Bishop[2]
-host nap collective experiences, based in Atlanta, people nap together for 30-40 minutes[6]
has also hosted pop-up sessions in Chicago[4][7]-instagram has over 20,000 followers[2]
-frequently works with community organizers and advocates for rest schedules[1]
Personal life
-currently lives in Atlanta[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Listen: You Are Worthy of Sleep". The Atlantic. 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Atlanta-Based Organization Advocates For Rest As A Form Of Social Justice". NPR.org. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Ellis, Nicquel Terry. "Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b Lichtenstein, Amanda Leigh (2018-05-01). "The Trend: Time for a Nap". Hemispheres. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Vaughn, Mikiesha Dache (2020-07-01). "Rest as Resistance: Why Nap Ministry and Others Want Black People to Sleep". Complex. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pandika, Melissa (2019-04-04). "'Nap Bishop' Tricia Hersey Is Spreading the Gospel of Rest". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ellis, Nicquel Terry. "Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Moore, Natalie Y. (2020-06-18). "On this Juneteenth, I'm resting up for the work ahead | Natalie Moore". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
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