Joy as Resistance celebrates Pride year-round with services for LGBTQIA2+ youth.
. It began with seven mentoring pairs matching adults and youth, and was a big hit. “They really responded positively,” recalls Donnelly. “It was really hopeful, proved to us that it was viable and more a social and emotional support than therapy.”
It also set the tone for future JaR efforts. “This organization is not about predicting and controlling, which is really what the dominant system wants us to be,” Donnelly says. “It’s really more for us about sensing and responding. We want to stay sustainable as an organization while still remaining really connected to the needs of the community.
But Joyride was only in operation for a short time before the recurring requirements of COVID put a temporary stop to the project. The close quarters of the inside of an ambulance — a retired EMS vehicle — was not the best setting during an ongoing infectious pandemic.Last summer, the ambulance was renovated in order to create a much better atmosphere while remaining “accessible, affirming and affordable,” Donnelly says. “Our mental health services have to be those three things.
Joyride relaunched late last year, and has been so popular that the schedule is currently full. Donnelly is looking to expand the contract therapist structure so JaR will be able to offer more services. “It’s not just going to be clinicians,” Donnelly says, pointing to other forms of healing and care such as acupuncture and indigenous forms of medicine.
Joy as Resistance is just getting started. Since it was founded, it's grown to a staff of six, as well as seven boardmembers. “I tend to want to move really fast,” Donnelly says. “I see the need as being really present, and I want to address that need. But there’s a lot that goes into setting up systems for long-term success, and that means a slower on-ramp sometimes. It can be easy to be swept up in the space of immediate need, instead of grounding in joy as an act of resistance.
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