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'''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.<ref name=vogue2020>{{Cite web|last=Valenti|first=Lauren|title=12 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/black-mental-health-wellness-instagram-accounts|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Vogue|language=en-us}}</ref> |
'''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.<ref name=vogue2020>{{Cite web|last=Valenti|first=Lauren|title=12 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/black-mental-health-wellness-instagram-accounts|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Vogue|date=3 June 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Hersey was born and raised |
Hersey was born and raised on the south side of [[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]] from [[Eastern Illinois University]].<ref name="atlantic2020" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Amina|date=2020-12-21|title=How a Nap Guru Gets It Done|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/12/how-nap-guru-tricia-hersey-gets-it-done.html|access-date=2021-06-23|website=The Cut|language=en-us}}</ref> Hersey completed two years of service as a [[Peace Corps]] volunteer in [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Betker|first=Ally|title=What the Nap Ministry Founder Tricia Hersey Packs to Stay Grounded|url=https://www.heremagazine.com/articles/tricia-hersey-nap-ministry-packing-list|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.heremagazine.com}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | 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|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" /> |
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| ⚫ | 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 |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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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 |
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|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 deprivation|sleep deprived]],<ref name="npr2020" />{{Better source needed|reason=Actual Historical citation needed, not secondary information from article on the author.|date=October 2022}} 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 Black exhaustion to continued experiences of oppression.<ref name="complex2020" /> Prior to founding the Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey has had other occupations such as an educator at Chicago public schools where she taught poetry. Hersey also wrote and performed poetry in Chicago.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Jasmine |date=2023-07-30 |title=The Gospel of the Nap Bishop |url=https://southsideweekly.com/the-gospel-of-the-nap-bishop/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=South Side Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== The Nap Ministry === |
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Hersey founded |
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 organization seeks to de-stigmatize self-care and sleep.<ref name="atlantic2020" /> She was inspired by an artistic performance that explores how rest can connect to reparations, resistance and connect us to our ancestors.<ref name=":1" /> Hersey also advocates for rest to be a form of healing from traumatic experiences.<ref name="freep2019" /> 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" /> |
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The organization hosts |
The organization hosts collective napping 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|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Bon Appétit|language=en-us}}</ref> At the collective napping experiences, the people attending are given yoga mats, pillows, and blankets. As the music plays in the background, Hersey begins these experiences with a meditation and closes out with a group discussion.<ref name="freep2019" /> Hersey has also hosted pop-up sessions in [[Chicago]].<ref name="freep2019" /><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/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Hemispheres|language=en-US}}</ref> During the pandemic, the Nap Ministry's social media pages started to become more popular as she shared her ideas and promoted the importance of rest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McAfee |first=Melonyce |date=2022-08-13 |title=The Nap Bishop Is Spreading the Good Word: Rest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/well/live/nap-ministry-bishop-tricia-hersey.html?searchResultPosition=2 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> As of May 2024, the Nap Ministry has 549,000 followers on Instagram.<ref name="bonapp2019" /> |
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In 2022, Hersey published her first book, ''Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto'', where she goes into depth about her philosophy on the importance of rest.<ref name=":1" /> A year after, Hersey published a tarot-style card deck called, ''The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture |url=https://www.usatoday.com/booklist/books/the-nap-ministrys-rest-deck-50-practices-to-resist-grind-culture/9781797215761 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Hersey resides in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Natalie Y.|date=2020-06-18|title=On this Juneteenth, |
Hersey resides in [[Atlanta]] with her husband.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Natalie Y.|date=2020-06-18|title=On this Juneteenth, I'm resting up for the work ahead {{!}} Natalie Moore|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/6/18/21295482/juneteenth-nap-ministry-sweetwater-foundation-tricia-hersey-racial-justice-slavery-natalie-moore|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}</ref> She has a son.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* [https://twitter.com/TheNapMinistry Nap Ministry's Twitter] |
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* [https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/?hl=en Nap Ministry's Instagram] |
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* [http://www.triciahersey.com/ Official website] |
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 7 May 2024
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[edit]
Hersey was born and raised on the south side of Chicago.[2] She received her bachelor's degree in public health from Eastern Illinois University.[2][3] Hersey completed two years of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco.[4]
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.[5][2] She was also influenced by the memory of her grandmother, who meditated regularly in Hersey's childhood.[6] 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.[5][7] Hersey received a Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology.[8]
Career[edit]
Hersey's work argues that sleep deprivation is a racial and social justice issue,[9] 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,[5][better source needed] and believes that rest disrupts that history and contemporary "grind culture".[5] She contends that rest is key to Black liberation because it allows space for healing and invention.[5] Hersey has tied Black exhaustion to continued experiences of oppression.[9] Prior to founding the Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey has had other occupations such as an educator at Chicago public schools where she taught poetry. Hersey also wrote and performed poetry in Chicago.[10]
The Nap Ministry[edit]
Hersey founded The Nap Ministry in 2016, an organization that advocates for rest as a form of reparations and a pathway to ancestral connection.[5] The organization seeks to de-stigmatize self-care and sleep.[2] She was inspired by an artistic performance that explores how rest can connect to reparations, resistance and connect us to our ancestors.[10] Hersey also advocates for rest to be a form of healing from traumatic experiences.[7] She spent the first year networking and developing the organization,[7] and hosted the first nap experience in May 2017.[7] Hersey refers to herself as the Nap Bishop and has described the organization as spiritual rather than religious.[5]
The organization hosts collective napping experiences based in Atlanta, where people nap together for 30–40 minutes.[11] At the collective napping experiences, the people attending are given yoga mats, pillows, and blankets. As the music plays in the background, Hersey begins these experiences with a meditation and closes out with a group discussion.[7] Hersey has also hosted pop-up sessions in Chicago.[7][8] During the pandemic, the Nap Ministry's social media pages started to become more popular as she shared her ideas and promoted the importance of rest.[12] As of May 2024, the Nap Ministry has 549,000 followers on Instagram.[11]
In 2022, Hersey published her first book, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, where she goes into depth about her philosophy on the importance of rest.[10] A year after, Hersey published a tarot-style card deck called, The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture.[13]
Personal life[edit]
Hersey resides in Atlanta with her husband.[14] She has a son.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Valenti, Lauren (3 June 2020). "12 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Listen: You Are Worthy of Sleep". The Atlantic. 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b Khan, Amina (2020-12-21). "How a Nap Guru Gets It Done". The Cut. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ Betker, Ally. "What the Nap Ministry Founder Tricia Hersey Packs to Stay Grounded". www.heremagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Garcia, Sandra E. (2020-06-18). "Rest as Reparations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Barnes, Jasmine (2023-07-30). "The Gospel of the Nap Bishop". South Side Weekly. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ a b Pandika, Melissa (2019-04-04). "'Nap Bishop' Tricia Hersey Is Spreading the Gospel of Rest". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ McAfee, Melonyce (2022-08-13). "The Nap Bishop Is Spreading the Good Word: Rest". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ 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[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to Tricia Hersey.