gina Breedlove, Malkia Devich-Cyril & Malachi Garza
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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.
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gina Breedlove
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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.
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Rev. Dr. Traci C West
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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/.
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Rev. Jen Bailey
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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.
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Erica Woodland
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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
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Amber Hollibaugh
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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.
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Abolition in Covid-Times
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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.
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Summer Announcements + Friends for Life
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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.
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Past: Rooting in Histories; We Have Been Here Before
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This conversation is one of three and features co-hosts Cara Page and Caitlin Breedlove in conversation with Talila “TL” Lewis and Anjali Taneja.
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Present: What is emerging in COVID times?
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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_outlineIn this conversation between Amita Swadhin and Caitlin Breedlove, we dive into choosing relationships and interdependence, building community and healing networks and the frequent failure of organizations to deal with and support folks who have experienced trauma and violence nor commit to building systemic solutions. This important conversation includes details about childhood sexual assault.
Amita Swadhin is a queer, non-binary, femme South Asian American. They are an alchemist, storyteller, educator, organizer and strategist who channels their experience of surviving childhood rape and family violence into efforts to end rape culture and other forms of oppression. In 2016, they founded the National Mirror Memoirs project, centering LGBTQI+ people of color who survived child sexual abuse. There are 60 storytellers across 15 states in the initial audio archive.
Learn more about, support and share Mirror Memoirs fundraising page to support this crucial work.
referenced in this episode
Mirror Memoirs Oral History Project
How you can support Mirror Memoirs
Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Queering Sexual Violence: An anthology edited by Jennifer Patterson and with a foreword by Reina Gossett