When was the last time you had thoughtful, platonic touch for three minutes?
The Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project is a movement supporting People of the Global Majority — people of color — to recover healthy, nourishing, platonic touch in a culture that, in the United States, denies it at every turn.
Born out of the development and tracking of the Chronically UnderTouched trauma story, the CUT Project develops accessible practices — deep listening, song, access to nature — as antidotes to the The Black Brute archetype.
Tender touch means seeing people as full human beings. We are making a documentary film, offering training for touch activists, touring an art installation, and incorporating earth building as part of our own touch plans.
Touching, holding, cuddling is a life-saving act.
Aaron Johnson,
Holistic Resistance & Grief to Action
Tender, thoughtful touch and holding, to the Black male body, is so dangerous to white supremacy that they use all matters of violence to erase this practice.
Aaron Johnson is a public speaker, facilitator, and touch activist who practices closeness as a way to break down barriers between people.
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