Katie Bourque on Clubhouse

Bio

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Operations and Outreach Director at Fireside Project 🔥
firesideproject.org

📩 Email me!
[email protected]

Co-Founder of The Cognitive Liberty Project, which will host 3 live panels hosted by Yale University from September - November 2021
www.cognitivelibertyproject.org

Let’s talk about:
✌️peer support !!
👥 harm/risk reduction
🌈 psychedelics and cannabis
💊exploring coming off psychiatric medication and/or minimal effective dose
🌏 collective healing
⁉️ the war on drugs
🧠 trauma :: individual, collective, & intergenerational
👁 altered and extreme states
🦄 holistic wellness
🗣 consent, sexual socialization & agency
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA2S+ inclusivity
🫂 BIPOC inclusion and anti-racism
🗣 Black Lives Matter
🧩 applied philosophy and social justice
🌐 defunding police, decriminalizing and legalizing drugs & abolishing prisons
♻️ environment & climate change
🪴compassion

🌟Manager of Soteria House Vermont for 5 years, manager of a peer support line for a year, and provider of Housing First services for 4 years
🌟Worked with criminally incarcerated folks for a decade in and out of prisons via non-profits; created a philosophy curriculum in prisons
🌟Believer in the power of “being with” folks through altered and extreme/non consensus reality experiences

🌿What inspires gratitude? My partner, fresh air and clean water, bon fires, yummy vegetarian food, music, yoga and dance, rock climbing, travel, mountains, oceans, most animals, children laughing, & finding connection with peers and like minded folks!