LAVA
LEARNING AND
VIOLENCE ACTION
ABOUT US
We are an organization, a community, a small group of activists pushing each other to new understandings of the many facets of violence and its impact on learning. We believe “trauma-informed” is insufficient to capture the complexities, and that our reactions to violence are not illnesses, or disorders. They are simply human responses to violence necessary to survive, and eventually thrive. Individuals don’t need fixing, however society does. We resist colonial systems and conditioning, and embody creative approaches to effective and joyful learning.
THE CORE TEAM
SUSAN
TIIHONEN
Susan Tiihonen (she/her they/them) is a queer, disabled multidisciplinary artist, social justice activist and healing arts practitioner. They join the efforts of those who are working to bring about equity, equanimity and justice by using art to create social change. Their videos have been screened...