A friend recently asked how I prepare for facilitation or healing work that is likely to be especially taxing, I responded that I prepare by being: grounded, bounded, clear and tuned.

That is not Teddy dodging questions. It is him presenting to a group of BASW students at the University of Washington, sharing foundational frameworks for understanding structural oppression. Teddy often asks folks to watch this before working together so time can be spent exploring how oppression is showing up, not debating whether it exists.