Self-Care in the Time of COVID Co-sponsered by Detroit Disability Power and Allies for Change Facilitated by Owólabi Copeland (Captioned)
Author: naomiortiz
Witnessing is Grief Work
Witnessing is grief work. Witnessing is more than observing, more than watching. I am not unaffected by what I witness – I am not disconnected from the land, community, and world. Witnessing is prayer work. Am I sending fear? More trauma energy? Guilt? Sadness? I gently remind myself that it’s completely fine […]
Pace and place: disability politics at desert speeds
Pace and place: disability politics at desert speeds An interview with Naomi Ortiz by Jessica Suzanne Stokes “From belly button to umbilical cord to roots, Naomi Ortiz traces the relationships between body and place in her work. In the opening of Sustaining Spirit, Ortiz asks: “¿y donde esta tu ombligo? Where are you centered or rooted? […]
Virtual Poetry Reading/Open Mic 3.19.20
A poetry reading in Tucson that was scheduled in-person, has been moved on-line, and you are welcome to join! Thursday, March 19th 7:30-9:30 Pacific Time (For the night people on the East coast, 10:30-12:30. Sorry, since this was an event which was moved on-line, the timing is late for ET.) For the poetry reading/open mic […]
Can we practice self-care and still seek social justice?
Update- This show was selected to be featured on KPFA’s National Woman’s Day programming March 8th, 2020. In December, Adrienne Lauby invited me on the KPFA radio show, Pushing Limits, to discuss self-care. We chatted about living in times of political crisis, alternatives to self-sacrifice. Discussing what self-care is, and small doable ways to bring self-care into […]
Nurturing the Diverse Soul
Nurturing the Diverse Soul is out on the 30minutes podcast. This is the second half hour of the Tucson Festival of Books panel, moderated by Dominique Calza, where Dr. Michelle Téllez and I discuss self-care for diverse communities, writing, and motherhood in the academy. From the episode, my response to a young woman of color […]
Why I No Longer Provide Free Disability Access Advice
Why I No Longer Provide Free Disability Access Advice Published on Rooted In Rights Wednesday, June 5, 2019 By Naomi Ortiz Read full Piece Here “There’s another voice in my head, the activist voice who believes that things don’t change without a fight. At a young age, through a series of seemingly random events, I […]
Disabled Artist Naomi Ortiz Re-Imagining Worlds: Latinx Spaces Profile
“Ortiz offers that being spiritually grounded means returning again and again to her body and to land. The nonhuman realm is critical to her artistic practice, helping her ask the question: who are my helpers that are nonhuman? Whether it’s the technology of Dragon Dictate, the acrylic paint, or the cilantro in her garden, this […]