A Healing Meditation
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Leah Barros and Jazmin Hicks are going to take you through a healing session to relieve stress, reconnect and restore balance as we recuperate from one of the most stressful periods in modern history. They will also provide information on wellness practices and how to build capacity in your life for your own healing and emotional and spiritual vitality.
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What to Do About White People?
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We invited Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney, co-founders of the Facebook group White People. Doing Something. The interracial couple began the group to engage white people in productive conversations around race and engagement after the George Floyd murder, and it has grown into a very robust group of 40,000 doing daily actions around engaging white people in difficult conversations and giving them the tools to create change in their communities. They discuss their philosophy with host Tre Borden in this wee
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The Power of Trans People
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Trans people are some of the strongest, most generous, most hilarious and aware people there are, and I think it is a fitting time to give them the floor to explain how they are interpreting the world right now. Qween Amor, Omega Chuckii, and Ebony Harper represent the best of activism, indomitability, humor and the knowledge of real shit that allows people to take care of themselves and others. This is the best episode we have produced, and I encourage you to listen to the ENTIRE EPISODE and get your life
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Learning the Power of Resilience from Our Elders
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Featured Guests: Bill Borden - US Air Force Pilot and Vietnam Veteran, Tre’s Dad Dr. Marsha Hirano - Nakanishi - Retired Vice Chancellor for CSU System, Second generation Japanese-American. 2020 has tested us to the breaking point. Many of us have suffered greatly as a result of the pandemic, and for people of color that suffering has compounded an already cumbersome daily reality that comes with living in a society built upon racism and exploitation. The upcoming election offers some comfort, but also comes with the knowledge that even if the election results in a new president, there is...
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The Future of the American Woman
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The death of RBG is the tragic culmination of an administration that has overseen a reign of disrespect, misogyny and policies aiming to pull back many of the protections and rights guaranteeing women’s autonomy in this country.
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Avoiding a Climate Apocalypse
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A silver lining of this catastrophe is that what was once considered an abstract theory that only scientists understood or cared about is something is now extremely tangible, and this provides a moment for dramatic action especially when we consider the potential economic opportunities that would come with a green revolution to fight climate change. It is also a time to reexamine the systems we use to dispense relief so that communities are able to handle the immense resources necessary for fundamental cha
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Policing the Police
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On the heels of the disappointing (and expected) miscarriage of justice for Breonna Taylor, and our ongoing racial justice movement, calls to defund the police and acknowledge the white supremacy inherent in law enforcement are deafening and deserved.
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Our Immigration Crisis
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As we take calls to Defund Police and ICE and reform our needlessly punitive and racist criminal justice system it is also clear how much these movements overlap with immigration and asylum reform.
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On View: Racism at the Museum
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Taylor Brandon, Founder of No Neutral Alliance; Curator/Artist Jova Lynne Johnson, Founder of MoCAD Resistance; and Curator Faith McKinnie, Founder of Black Artists Fund, speak to host Tre Borden about their experiences fighting intransigent museums. They discuss what it takes to build movements that can hold the museum to account while also providing space to empower BIPOC artists and communities.
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The Crisis in Lebanon
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On August 4, 2020 a neglected hoard of highly explosive sodium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut. In an instant over 100 people died with thousands more injured with tens of thousands of people displaced and a central city destroyed.
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Dr. Akilah Cadet - Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, a DEI consulting and coaching firm.
Erica Lovett - Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Condé Nast.
During the recent racial reckoning that has overtaken the US since the murders of George Floyd it has become very common to see brands hoping to become part of the conversation. From black squares to messages of supporting Black Lives Matter, the corporate reflex to provide public-facing solidarity is often undermined by the very real, and very documented, internal struggles within the organization. The struggle of being Black in corporate America is not new, but the willingness to come forward with accounts of racist behavior and the receipts to back it up is, and many companies are dealing with unprecedented upheaval and deeply tarnished brands. How do you create space in these organizations to hear and support BIPOC employees while also being held accountable for racist policies and leadership that has genuinely harmed people? How do you show solidarity as a company with a racial justice movement when it seems like any misstep could result in “cancellation”?
We invited two amazing women whose job it is to help organizations navigate this terrain. Erica Lovett does it from within as the always excellent but suddenly in-demand head of Diversity and Inclusion at Condé Nast. Her work in this amazingly visible company whose struggles in this period have been well publicized, is crucial to the rebuilding of its brand. Dr. Akilah Cadet has been running her own consulting and coaching firm for years to help leaders and organizations build anti-racist organizations with leadership and employees, and has seen interest in her company skyrocket since late May. Her valuable perspective as an outsider asked to show up for companies who may or may not be willing to do the hard work is a perfect complement, and the conversation we had was very real and very insightful for companies and employees who want a better, more equitable, anti-racist place to work.