Fortification
This conversation was recorded at Auburn Seminary's December 2019 Mountaintop Gathering in Oakland, CA. It was a conversation between Caitlin Breedlove and guests gina Breedlove, Malkia Devich-Cyril & Malachi Garza.
info_outline gina BreedloveFortification
The creative force of gina Breedlove is as dangerous and delightful as this earth we share. Singer, Songwriter, Sound Healer & Medicine Woman, gina was born in Brooklyn, NY. She began performing at age 15, singing back up for the incomparable Phyllis Hyman.
info_outline Rev. Dr. Traci C WestFortification
Rev. Dr. Traci C. West is Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School (Madison, NJ). Read much more about Dr. West's work at https://auburnseminary.org/fortification/.
info_outline Rev. Jen BaileyFortification
Rev. Jen Bailey is an ordained minister, public theologian, and national leader in the multi-faith movement for justice. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Faith Matters Network, a Womanist-led organization equipping community organizers, faith leaders, and activists with resources for connection, spiritual sustainability, and accompaniment. This episode was recorded pre-COVID.
info_outline Erica WoodlandFortification
Erica Woodland, LCSW is a black queer/genderqueer facilitator, consultant and healing justice practitioner who has worked at the intersections of movements for racial, gender, economic, trans and queer justice and liberation for more than 17 years. He is the Founding Director of the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network. Learn more about his work at www.nqttcn.com and www.ericawoodland.com
info_outline Amber HollibaughFortification
Amber L. Hollibaugh is an American writer, filmmaker and political activist, largely concerned with feminist and sexual agendas. She is a self-described lesbian sex radical, ex-hooker, incest survivor, gypsy child, poor-white-trash, high femme dyke.
info_outline Abolition in Covid-TimesFortification
This conversation features co-hosts Cara Page and Caitlin Breedlove in conversation with organizers Shira Hassan, Mia Mingus and Sonali Sadequee. Many of us had reached out to each other, reflecting on the questions; what can abolition, survival and transformation look like in these Covid-Times? This podcast episode is the result. Learn more about the guests and find a transcript of the conversation at auburnseminary.org/fortification.
info_outline Summer Announcements + Friends for LifeFortification
Some programming announcements and the new podcast from Auburn Seminary, "Friends for Life" where we learn how to live, thrive, love, and win through the 2020 election season and beyond.
info_outline Past: Rooting in Histories; We Have Been Here BeforeFortification
This conversation is one of three and features co-hosts Cara Page and Caitlin Breedlove in conversation with Talila “TL” Lewis and Anjali Taneja.
info_outline Present: What is emerging in COVID times?Fortification
This conversation is number two of three and features co-hosts Anjali Taneja and Caitlin Breedlove in conversation with Michelle Morse, Francisca Porchas Coronado and Jack Tchen.
info_outlineWe had the opportunity to connect with Kiyomi Fujikawa in Winter 2019 and it was such a treat. Check out this conversation with Caitlin Breedlove.
Kiyomi Fujikawa is a Seattle-based, mixed-race queer trans femme who has been involved with movements to end gender- and state-based violence since 2001. Her political home is with queer and trans communities of color and organizing to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence.
Kiyomi is currently on the board of Groundswell Fund and is a Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Leadership Development Fellow. She was most recently a Senior Program Associate at the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy, and the Queer Network Program Coordinator at API Chaya.
She is also an avid lover of speculative fiction, noodles, astrology (Saj Sun, Cancer-rising, Libra Moon), feelings, and do-it-yourself scavenger hunts.
referenced in this episode:
Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
Kiyomi's book recommendations:
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin (5th Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky)
Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
intro music by Abhimanyu Janamanchi. production by Nora Rasman.