“Folks are already in motion, what can I offer?” Michael Castañeda, Jonathan Gomez, Jose Lumbreras, and Colleen Murphy on Staying Grounded with Community
Release Date: 05/09/2025
“Folks are already in motion, what can I offer?” Michael Castañeda, Jonathan Gomez, Jose Lumbreras, and Colleen Murphy on Staying Grounded with Community
Kalfou: Community Centered
In Episode 2, scholar-activists Michael Castañeda, Jonathan Gomez, Jose Lumbreras, and Colleen Murphy join us to examine the complex relationship between ethnic studies departments and the communities we learn from, represent, and serve. We discuss education as a tool for both repression and liberation; steps toward building trust and cultivating a collective consciousness; and examples of work that gives us hope. For more information and a transcript of the episode, visit kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast. Follow us on Bluesky, X, and Instagram at UCSBKALFOU.
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"The only relationship I can have to the university is a criminal one": Safety, Repression, and Coalition with Amanda Ellis, Cherríe Moraga, Sherene Seikaly, Chelsea Lancaster, and Tara Jones
Kalfou: Community Centered
For our inaugural episode, we are joined by five extraordinary scholar-activists—Amanda Ellis, Cherríe Moraga, Sherene Seikaly, Chelsea Lancaster, and Tara Jones—for a conversation on how women of color in education are responding to political repression, past and present. We discuss how our own educational experiences led us to political awareness, who is "safe" on campus and who is not, and how community, coalition, and art making help us imagine better worlds and build better futures. For more information and a transcript of the episode, visit kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast....
info_outlineIn Episode 2, scholar-activists Michael Castañeda, Jonathan Gomez, Jose Lumbreras, and Colleen Murphy join us to examine the complex relationship between ethnic studies departments and the communities we learn from, represent, and serve.
We discuss education as a tool for both repression and liberation; steps toward building trust and cultivating a collective consciousness; and examples of work that gives us hope.
For more information and a transcript of the episode, visit kalfou.ucsb.edu/kalfou/podcast.
Follow us on Bluesky, X, and Instagram at UCSBKALFOU.