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Hersey was born and raised in [[Chicago]].<ref name="atlantic2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-30|title=Listen: You Are Worthy of Sleep|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/you-are-worthy-of-sleep/610996/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> She received her bachelor's degree in [[public health]].<ref name="atlantic2020" />
Hersey was born and raised in [[Chicago]].<ref name="atlantic2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-30|title=Listen: You Are Worthy of Sleep|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/you-are-worthy-of-sleep/610996/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> She received her bachelor's degree in [[public health]].<ref name="atlantic2020" />


Hersey enrolled in divinity school at [[Candler School of Theology]] at [[Emory University]] as protests related to [[Black Lives Matter]] were beginning. After she experienced stress related to her graduate program, deaths in her family, and being robbed with her young son, Hersey began taking naps more often.<ref name="npr2020">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-04|title=Atlanta-Based Organization Advocates For Rest As A Form Of Social Justice|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869952476/atlanta-based-organization-advocates-for-rest-as-a-form-of-social-justice|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="atlantic2020" /> She was also influenced by the memory of her grandmother, who meditated regularly in Hersey's childhood.<ref name="nyt2020">{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Sandra E.|date=2020-06-18|title=Rest as Reparations|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/style/self-care/healing-trauma-racism-wellness.html|access-date=2020-09-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The additional rest made her feel healthier and more energized, and she began to incorporate rest into her graduate research topics of [[Black theology|black liberation theology]], [[somatics]], and cultural trauma.<ref name="npr2020" /><ref name="freep2019">{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Nicquel Terry|title=Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/31/nap-ministry-provides-safe-space-rest-and-self-care-atlanta/1840035001/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref> Hersey received a master of divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.<ref name="hemispheres2018" />
Hersey enrolled in divinity school at [[Candler School of Theology]] at [[Emory University]] as protests related to [[Black Lives Matter]] were beginning. After she experienced stress related to her graduate program, deaths in her family, and being robbed with her young son, Hersey began taking naps more often.<ref name="npr2020">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-04|title=Atlanta-Based Organization Advocates For Rest As A Form Of Social Justice|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869952476/atlanta-based-organization-advocates-for-rest-as-a-form-of-social-justice|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="atlantic2020" /> She was also influenced by the memory of her grandmother, who meditated regularly in Hersey's childhood.<ref name="nyt2020">{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Sandra E.|date=2020-06-18|title=Rest as Reparations|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/style/self-care/healing-trauma-racism-wellness.html|access-date=2020-09-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The additional rest made her feel healthier and more energized, and she began to incorporate rest into her graduate research topics of [[Black theology|black liberation theology]], [[somatics]], and cultural trauma.<ref name="npr2020" /><ref name="freep2019">{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Nicquel Terry|title=Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/31/nap-ministry-provides-safe-space-rest-and-self-care-atlanta/1840035001/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref> Hersey received a master of divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology.<ref name="hemispheres2018" />
== Career ==
== Career ==
Hersey's work argues that sleep deprivation is a racial and social justice issue,<ref name="complex2020">{{Cite web|last=Vaughn|first=Mikiesha Dache|date=2020-07-01|title=Rest as Resistance: Why Nap Ministry and Others Want Black People to Sleep|url=https://www.complex.com/life/black-power-naps-rest-as-resistance|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Complex|language=en}}</ref> and calls for rest as a form of resistance to white supremacy and capitalism.<ref name="atlantic2020" /> Hersey ties rest to [[Slavery in the United States|American slavery]], when enslaved Africans were regularly sleep deprived,<ref name="npr2020" /> and believes that rest disrupts that history and contemporary "grind culture".<ref name="npr2020" /> She contends that rest is key to black liberation because it allows space for healing and invention.<ref name="npr2020" /> Hersey has tied experiences of oppression as contributors to Black exhaustion.<ref name="complex2020" />
Hersey's work argues that sleep deprivation is a racial and social justice issue,<ref name="complex2020">{{Cite web|last=Vaughn|first=Mikiesha Dache|date=2020-07-01|title=Rest as Resistance: Why Nap Ministry and Others Want Black People to Sleep|url=https://www.complex.com/life/black-power-naps-rest-as-resistance|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Complex|language=en}}</ref> and calls for rest as a form of resistance to white supremacy and capitalism.<ref name="atlantic2020" /> Hersey ties rest to [[Slavery in the United States|American slavery]], when enslaved Africans were regularly sleep deprived,<ref name="npr2020" /> and believes that rest disrupts that history and contemporary "grind culture".<ref name="npr2020" /> She contends that rest is key to black liberation because it allows space for healing and invention.<ref name="npr2020" /> Hersey has tied experiences of oppression as contributors to Black exhaustion.<ref name="complex2020" />


Hersey founded '''The Nap Ministry''' in 2016, an organization that advocates for rest as a form of reparations and a pathway to ancestral connection.<ref name="npr2020" /> The organizations seeks to de-stigmatize self-care and sleep.<ref name="atlantic2020" /> She spent the first year after founding networking and developing the organization,<ref name="freep2019" /> and hosted the first nap experience in May 2017.<ref name="freep2019" /> Hersey refers to herself as the Nap Bishop and has described the organization as spiritual rather than religious.<ref name="npr2020" />
Hersey founded '''The Nap Ministry''' in 2016, an organization that advocates for rest as a form of reparations and a pathway to ancestral connection.<ref name="npr2020" /> The organizations seeks to de-stigmatize self-care and sleep.<ref name="atlantic2020" /> She spent the first year networking and developing the organization,<ref name="freep2019" /> and hosted the first nap experience in May 2017.<ref name="freep2019" /> Hersey refers to herself as the Nap Bishop and has described the organization as spiritual rather than religious.<ref name="npr2020" />


The organization hosts nap collective experiences based in [[Atlanta]], where people nap together for 30-40 minutes.<ref name="bonapp2019">{{Cite web|last=Pandika|first=Melissa|date=2019-04-04|title=‘Nap Bishop’ Tricia Hersey Is Spreading the Gospel of Rest|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/tricia-hersey-patrick|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Bon Appétit|language=en-us}}</ref> Hersey has also hosted pop-up sessions in Chicago.<ref name="hemispheres2018">{{Cite web|last=Lichtenstein|first=Amanda Leigh|date=2018-05-01|title=The Trend: Time for a Nap|url=https://www.hemispheresmag.com/the-nap-ministry/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Hemispheres|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Nicquel Terry|title=Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/31/nap-ministry-provides-safe-space-rest-and-self-care-atlanta/1840035001/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref>-The organization's [[Instagram]] has 20,000 followers as of June 2020.<ref name="npr2020" />
The organization hosts nap collective experiences based in [[Atlanta]], where people nap together for 30-40 minutes.<ref name="bonapp2019">{{Cite web|last=Pandika|first=Melissa|date=2019-04-04|title=‘Nap Bishop’ Tricia Hersey Is Spreading the Gospel of Rest|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/tricia-hersey-patrick|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Bon Appétit|language=en-us}}</ref> Hersey has also hosted pop-up sessions in Chicago.<ref name="hemispheres2018">{{Cite web|last=Lichtenstein|first=Amanda Leigh|date=2018-05-01|title=The Trend: Time for a Nap|url=https://www.hemispheresmag.com/the-nap-ministry/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Hemispheres|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Nicquel Terry|title=Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/31/nap-ministry-provides-safe-space-rest-and-self-care-atlanta/1840035001/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref>-The organization's [[Instagram]] has 20,000 followers as of May 2019.<ref name="bonapp2019" />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 02:52, 8 September 2020

Tricia Hersey is an American poet, performance artist, and activist best known as the founder of the organization The Nap Ministry. She refers to herself as the Nap Bishop and advocates for the importance of rest as a racial and social justice issue.[1]

Early life and education

Hersey was born and raised in Chicago.[2] She received her bachelor's degree in public health.[2]

Hersey enrolled in divinity school at Candler School of Theology at Emory University as protests related to Black Lives Matter were beginning. After she experienced stress related to her graduate program, deaths in her family, and being robbed with her young son, Hersey began taking naps more often.[3][2] She was also influenced by the memory of her grandmother, who meditated regularly in Hersey's childhood.[4] The additional rest made her feel healthier and more energized, and she began to incorporate rest into her graduate research topics of black liberation theology, somatics, and cultural trauma.[3][5] Hersey received a master of divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology.[6]

Career

Hersey's work argues that sleep deprivation is a racial and social justice issue,[7] and calls for rest as a form of resistance to white supremacy and capitalism.[2] Hersey ties rest to American slavery, when enslaved Africans were regularly sleep deprived,[3] and believes that rest disrupts that history and contemporary "grind culture".[3] She contends that rest is key to black liberation because it allows space for healing and invention.[3] Hersey has tied experiences of oppression as contributors to Black exhaustion.[7]

Hersey founded The Nap Ministry in 2016, an organization that advocates for rest as a form of reparations and a pathway to ancestral connection.[3] The organizations seeks to de-stigmatize self-care and sleep.[2] She spent the first year networking and developing the organization,[5] and hosted the first nap experience in May 2017.[5] Hersey refers to herself as the Nap Bishop and has described the organization as spiritual rather than religious.[3]

The organization hosts nap collective experiences based in Atlanta, where people nap together for 30-40 minutes.[8] Hersey has also hosted pop-up sessions in Chicago.[6][9]-The organization's Instagram has 20,000 followers as of May 2019.[8]

Personal life

Hersey resides in Atlanta.[10]

References

  1. ^ Valenti, Lauren. "12 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Listen: You Are Worthy of Sleep". The Atlantic. 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Garcia, Sandra E. (2020-06-18). "Rest as Reparations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ a b 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)
  9. ^ Ellis, Nicquel Terry. "Atlanta woman has an antidote for burnout – napping for self-care and social justice". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  10. ^ 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.

External links

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