{"id":1062039,"date":"2021-11-28T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062039"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:14:07","slug":"levi-strauss-will-host-fireside-chat-with-racial-trauma-specialist-for-employees-over-rittenhouse-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/levi-strauss-will-host-fireside-chat-with-racial-trauma-specialist-for-employees-over-rittenhouse-acquittal\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi Strauss Will Host \u2018Fireside Chat\u2019 with \u2018Racial Trauma Specialist\u2019 for Employees over Rittenhouse Acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flevi-strauss-will-host-fireside-chat-with-racial-trauma-specialist-for-employees-over-rittenhouse-acquittal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP21322814732244-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Clothing company Levi Strauss is offering employees the opportunity to engage in a \u201cfireside chat and Q&amp;A\u201d with a \u201cracial trauma specialist\u201d following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on November 19.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1463610316458102785\/photo\/1\">came<\/a> via email from&nbsp;Levi Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Elizabeth Morrison, according to a copy of the email obtained by the&nbsp;@libsoftiktok Twitter account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4363636363636\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Levi Strauss &amp; Co sent out a notice to their employees offering a therapy session with a \u201cracial trauma specialist\u201d to learn \u201ctrauma coping mechanisms\u201d after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rSXRqZzbN\">pic.twitter.com\/9rSXRqZzbN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1463610316458102785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWith the news that Kyle Rittenhouse was not convicted in the shooting of three individuals \u2013 two of whom lost their lives \u2013 during racial justice protests last year, this is a difficult day for many,\u201d the email begins.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The email continues:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><span>The pain and trauma of race, identity and belief-based tragedies is a reality that many of us are struggling with on an ongoing basis. It can feel physically, mentally, and emotionally draining to continue to relive these moments and I want you to know, its okay not to be okay. Please also know that my team and I are here for you and are working hard to create opportunities for you to express how you are feeling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To help promote safety, sharing and to encourage healing, I\u2019ll be hosting a fireside chat and Q&amp;A with Dr. Jamila Codrington, a licensed psychologist and racial trauma specialist in early December. Dr. J and I will talk about the mental and physical impacts of back-to-back social and racial justice events and trauma coping mechanisms during our discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The email goes on to list resources to assist employees in impacting \u201c<\/span><span>social justice, equality, and drive positive change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The methods listed include \u201cg<\/span><span>etting educated and informed on the issue of gun violence so you can be an active citizen in your community\u201d and \u201cr<\/span><span>eaching out to your elected officials to let them know just how important common-sense gun laws are to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jamila Codrington is a licensed New York State psychologist and <a href=\"http:\/\/nyabpsi.org\/about\/board-of-directors\/\">serves<\/a> on the board of the New York Association of Black Psychologists, according to the organization\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on the <em>Karen Hunter Show<\/em>, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNvVSc25S_0\">posted<\/a> to the show\u2019s YouTube channel on January 6, 2021, Codrington was asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><span> If you could just prescribe a therapeutic regiment for someone who is coming out of the enslavement space or someone who is coming out of Jim Crow \u2013 what would a therapeutic regiment for that community or that person look like as we experience therapy now?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>She responded in part:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><span>Wow, beautiful question Marie. You know, I think the first thing for me is always<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>to reach back and remember who we are, because one of the main weapons of colonialism and white supremacy was to destroy our memory, and to separate us from, basically our wealth, our cultural wealth. We\u2019ve been erased out of history books, we were forced not to speak our native tongue.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Codrington later added, \u201c<\/span><span>We have been duped into feeling that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>we don\u2019t matter, and all of that is coming out of a legacy of enslavement, and we have to defy this lie of inferiority.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to a follow-up question later in the interview, she stated, \u201cWe have to first start out with decolonizing our mind and our values.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Jamila Codrington: We Must Decolonize Our Minds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNvVSc25S_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clothing company Levi Strauss is offering employees the opportunity to engage in a \u201cfireside chat and Q&#038;A\u201d with a \u201cracial trauma specialist\u201d following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on November &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}