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Blueprints for Brilliance: Coaching InsightsSocial Justice and Leadership Coaching: Measuring Social Impact with Rita FierroHow can leaders drive meaningful change in the realm of social justice? In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Rita Fierro, an expert in leadership coaching and organizational transformation, to explore the strategies needed to address systemic challenges and measure real social impact.Discover how authentic community engagement, transformative social programs, and organizational change can be leveraged to create equity and tackle pressing issues like microplastics and environmental justice. Whether you’re a business leader, entrepreneur, or change-maker, this episode provides actionable insights to elevate your impact.What You’ll Discover in This Episode:H...2025-02-1221 min $Thank God It\'s Monday$ Thank God It's Monday🇮🇹 TGIM #18 - Come può il lavoro essere un volano di giustizia sociale? con Rita Sinorita FierroIn questo episodio Letizia Piangerelli e Rita Sinorita Fierro esplorano il legame invisibile che esiste tra bellezza del lavoro, razzismo e giustizia sociale. Traendo spunto dalle sue diverse esperienze di vita e lavoro a cavallo tra Italia e Stati Uniti, Rita condivide la sua visione su come fare scelte giuste in un mondo ingiusto, vedere la bellezza e l'umanità anche nelle situazioni più difficili e su come portare avanti trasformazioni sociali sistemiche in istituzioni resistenti al cambiamento, partendo dal lavoro su di sé. Nel condividere storie personali e collettive di guarigione e resilienza, Rita riflette sul ruolo dell...2024-09-2341 min

Collective Power PodcastThe Harriette Effect: Every Kid is My Kid with Anita GalianoIn this episode, my host Diane Little and I, have a discussion about running for school board as service to every single child, with Anita Galiano. Anita shares with her how her parents' unique sense of family and community--three generations of educators--along with being raised on a reservation in Nebraska and South Dakota informs her sense of family, community, work, and everything she does. She uses this sense of community to face the DEI attacks on the school board in her predominantly white community--standing for every single child, "ruthlessly and relentlessly."This week, our guest is Anita...2024-08-0151 min

Collective Power PodcastService above self: Surluta Anthony on Being the First Black Woman on Monroe City Council in NCIn this episode, Diane Little and Dr. Rita interview a pioneer of public service in North Carolina Surluta Anthony was the first Black woman elected to Monroe City Council—despite Monroe has a majority Black population. Now elected for the third turn, Ms. Anthony provides valuable insights and advice on what it means to be in public service and how to do it well. Miss Anthony shares how she ran for office to “be at the table” of decision-making and how she stayed through her principles of “Service before self’ along with a great dose of courage and political savviness...2024-07-1136 min

Collective Power PodcastOne person can make a difference with Attorney Jason GroenewoldMy co-host Diane Little and I interview our guest who speaks about how his large-scale activism started from small acts of kindness: first as a seed investor for a expungement firm and then as a resident of a changing neighborhood in North Carolina. As a white resident of a predominantly Black neighborhood he used his professional and investment skills to counter the gentrification process across two communities. Jason Groenewold joined the Board of Directors of ARISE (All Redeeming Incarcerated Souls of Esteem) because he is committed to a world that is harmonious and just, where all delight i...2024-07-0458 min

Collective Power PodcastConnecting the separate worlds of activists, academics, donors, and legislators with organizer Robert DawkinsIn this episode, Co-host Diane Little and Dr. Rita interview Robert Dawkins political director and organizer and Robert Dawkins of Action NC. Robert sheds tremendous insight on why the solutions we find to social issues seem to always miss the mark: there is the disconnect between people in communities, academics, donors, and legislators that results in ineffective solutions birthed from bad research. In a refreshing conversation about real lives, data, and laws, Robert puts in lay terms the importance of trauma-informed research (stop asking us to tell the same traumatizing stories), the importance of lived experience (no parachuting researchers...2024-04-291h 06

Freed and Powered UpSeeds of White Supremacy and a Way OutWhy can't we stamp out racism? With all the social programs and freedom fighters, why can't we erase the systemic racism and injustice that people of color face every single day?? It's complex and yet it's simple at the same time. Let's talk about this ground breaking and mind-shifting work being done. The image discussed in this episode is below: Get Dr. Rita's Book: Digging Up the Seeds of white Supremacy Connect with Dr. Rita Fierro: DrRita@RitaFierro.com www.RitaFierro.com, www.FierroConsultingLLC.com To Sign up for Goddess Unlo...2024-04-1653 min

Collective Power PodcastIn public service draw strength from the ancestors and tend to the land. A conversation with PA House Rep. Chris RabbIn this episode, my co-Host Diane Little and I interview PA State House Representative Chris Rabb (called Rep Rabb). This episode is a provides profound insight into the ethic of public service--for Rep Rabb insists on not being called a politician--because it's service, not a profession. His service spans, Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Commerce, Finance, Veterans affairs, and the Judiciary. Join us as we take a walk in his world of advocacy through, agrivoltaics, sustainability, electoral reform, innovation, and some political successes. Through it all Rep Rabb tells us he draws strength from his ancestors for his successes: renaming landmarks, p...2024-04-081h 00

Collective Power PodcastCaucus Crises: A Break in Reciprocity and Trust with Michael LawsonIn this episode our Hosts Dr. Rita and Diane Little welcome our guest, Michael posits that the Democratic Party is always in crises, by its inclusive nature, because it tends to fold within it, the crises of the communities it attempts to represent. We review the variety and intent of Caucuses: their history, purpose and relevance: the Black caucus, African American Caucus, Women's Caucus, Young Dem's Caucus, Rural Caucus, County caucuses, and district caucuses, etc.We identify a breakdown in the intent and the trust in the relationship between caucuses and the Democratic party. Caucuses were born...2024-03-251h 01

Collective Power PodcastThe heart to serve: with Marshville, NC Town Manager, Franklin DeeseIn this episode, current town manager and former Mayor of Marshville, NC of 14 years Franklin Deese discusses with our co-hosts Dr. Rita and Diane Little tells the riveting experience from incarceration to become his town's mayor. He talks passionately about the importance of public service and how truth and trust led his journey. Even if things don't turn out quite as we expect them to, public service, Franklin says, is always worth it! Franklin D. Deese is presently serving his fifth year as city manager, after serving fourteen years as Mayor to the town of Marshville, NC. H...2024-03-1551 min

Collective Power PodcastSeeing the System doesn't mean giving up, with Joel FordIn this episode, Hosts Dr. Rita and Diane Little interview interview Joel Ford, former North Carolina State Senator. We talk about his disappointment with the Democrat party and his concerns with progressive approaches to change. With economic freedom as his primary goal, he unpacks his approach to questions about school choice, vouchers, education, and voting rights. He also explains his major concern: too many elected officials are more concerned with fighting than working; and our liberal/progression expectations set the bar too low. Joel joined the Sentinel team in 2022 as a Client Executive and is responsible for the 2024-02-2056 min

Collective Power PodcastWhat's the difference between governing and ruling? with NC House Rep John AutryIn this episode, Dr. Rita and Diane Little we talk with NC House Rep. John Autry. We talk about the difference between governing and ruling and share examples of how polarization in government and opposition towards anything the other party does gets the democratic process stuck and frustrates legislators themselves. In the face of the challenges of voting rights and redistricting, the House Rep. offers glimmers of hope in his ability to work across the aisle, still leveraging the basic fundamentals of negotiation: humanity and understanding. He draws his strength from common folk and sees public service as sometimes r...2024-02-141h 00

Collective Power PodcastSkin in the game: why should white people want racial justice? With Jill NagleIn this episode, consultant and author Jill Nagle join us for a discussion on the book she’s writing —Skin in the game: how white people benefit from dismantling white supremacy. We face the question: Why should white people want change? What do we get out of it? We look at whiteness as a system that has created a set of mindsets with negative consequences—similarly to how family dynamics can create repeated, unhealthy dynamics and expectations that diminish our humanity, our health, and our capacity for truth. Jill offers many insights, tools, and practi...2023-05-1157 min

The Liz Svatek ShowDr. Rita Fierro- Digging Up the Seeds of White Supremacy: Is Fear at the Root of Racism? Episode 128Today we go digging deeper for the seeds of racism systemically and individually. We are not only looking at the seeds…. but the soil. Is FEAR at the heart of racism? Dr. Rita Fierro, author and racial healing consultant, offers a window into what collective healing would look like. Can we look at our role in white supremacy on even the smallest level and see our part? I think we can. Connect with: Dr. Rita! Websites: IG: www.instagram.com/drritawrites FB: https://www.facebook.com/drritawrites/ https://www.facebook.com/rita.s.fierro Twitter: https://twitter.com/RitaSFierro Youtube: ht...2022-10-1246 min

Skin Deep with Sharrarne MortonEp34 More than Just Black & White: A Candid Talk with Racial Healing Consultant Dr. Rita FierroSharrarne goes Skin Deep with the experienced racial healing consultant, Dr. Rita Fierro. Dr. Rita Fierro is a visionary author, community builder, and program evaluator who inspires and supports trailblazing leaders birthing a more humane world. This is an educational episode about white supremacy, systemic racism, and racial, personal, and collective healing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skindeepradioshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skindeepradioshow/support 2022-09-0830 min

Black Authors Matter TVJuly 26th 2022 In This Episode Guest Include: Rita Fierro, Vanessa Riley, Angela Jackson-Brown, and Demisty Bellinger. 2022-07-282h 00

Collective Power PodcastTrailblazer Series: Making your truth your life with Sharon Hurley HallIn this episode, we zoom in on the journey of a trailblazing leader and her passage from being a corporate writer to full-time antiracism professional. We explore how a personal calling can shift from side-kick to a way of being that doesn't allow us to walk any other way in the world. As for the antiracism conversation, we touch upon self-care, global whiteness, and lexicon--and most importantly where the field is going. Our guest, Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, writer, and educator. Firmly committed to doing her part to eliminate racism, she is the Founder an...2022-07-1748 min

Collective Power PodcastLove and Fear Series: Power is Neutral with Organizer Pastor Daniel HughesIn this episode, we look at the Church's participation in white supremacy as the complete opposite of Jesus' tradition as a community organizer, himself. We look into religious concepts such as mercy and grace as they inform our personal, relational, and social way of organizing our society. Two GenXers in conversation about relationships, connections, and healing for the generation of latchkey kids who didn't feel tended to. "A lot of churches have resources, but they don't have the hearts of the people." --Pastor Daniel Hughes "Choose to Risk something for love!" --Pastor Daniel Hughes Our...2022-05-3041 min

TeaTime Midlife Edition PodcastThe State of Racism -Digging Up the SeedSend us a textToday's Tea is Fennel TeaResources for this Episode:Guest Speaker Info - Dr.Rita Fierro Organizations can email - ritafierro.comLnktree : https://linktr.ee/Rita_Sinorita_Fierro_PhDTea, Me, & Luxury is the new online store and website; BE the first to get your Teatime Midlife Edition Swag. Teatime Midlidfe Edition Mugs, Notebook, and Phone Case Cover; https://www.teatimemidlife.com/ Show support by writing a 2022-05-2548 min

Collective Power PodcastLove and Fear Series: Racial Justice Organizing beyond Fear with Robin Wright-PierceIn this episode, we talk about our bodies play a crucial role in requiring us to shift from unsustainable social justice organizing from fear, anxiety, hyper-vigilance, and chaos to organizing from the more sustainable care, trust, love, and even joy. We also talk about the how organizational dynamics such as perceived leadership, funding, and results strengthen fear, too. Our guest invites us to "build our capacity to enter into new relationship with white supremacy, patriarchy, and sexism.""Freedom is both personal and collective."-Robin Wright-PierceOur guest, Robin Wright-Pierce is a coach and facilitator of ind...2022-05-2145 min

Collective Power PodcastEducational Excellence despite the system with Dr. Ishmail Conway and Dr. Rodney HopsonIn this episode, we look at examples of educational excellence throughout African American history in the face of tremendous challenges. Two deeply committed educators challenge us to think about the educational system more broadly given the many ways we learn. They offer examples of questioning language and reconnecting to self, community, and land bring forth healing.Our guest, Ishmail Conway Ph.D., is a “public intellectual” and “catalyst.” Dr. Conway is a third-generation educator, professional dramatist, father and activist. His youth was spent in Southside Richmond, Bronx, New York and Philadelphia. As a youth, he performed...2022-05-121h 00

Collective Power PodcastLove and fear series: What we fear most is ourselves with amy j howton, Ph.D.In this episode, we review ways in which fear can be not a stop sign, but an invitation into deeper practice. We need others to be the mirror with us, and liberation is in community and in relationship , so as we build a deeper relationship with each other, through fear, we discover that the system is not separate from us, but we uphold it with our culture. As we transform, the System will, too. This happens both in relationship and in our personal work. Our guest, invites us to show up more whole, by inviting fear to be a gui...2022-05-1048 min

Collective Power PodcastThe Power of Intention with Yvonne DeVasteyIn this episode, we navigate the importance of intention as the fuel that mobilizes life. We look into how intention helps direct the flow of life and face the unknown, but also how we must release control for it to show its full power. We also discuss some current events such as war that tend to disempower--and reveal how we can indeed stand in our own power no matter what is happening in the rest of the world. Our guest, Yvonne DeVastey, is a Reiki Master teacher with a wealth of experience in the mental health field a...2022-04-1356 min

Collective Power PodcastData Geek Series: Family Preservation Works! the Child Welfare System with Richard WexlerIn this episode, we look at data on racial bias in the child welfare system, and on the case for family preservation against the current family policing system and its biases, since COVID-19. We also talk about data collected in NYC, on how COVID-19 activated local networks and how the child welfare system can be changed to suit the data we know.Our guest, Richard Wexler, is Executive Director of NCCPR. His interest in child welfare grew out of 19 years of work as a reporter for newspapers, public radio and public television. During that time, he won...2022-03-2353 min

Collective Power PodcastData Geek Series: Legal (Criminal InJustice) Systems with Attorney Karla Cruel In this episode, Attorney Karla Cruel walks us through the components of the legal system for criminal law and the ways in which these different processes are flawed. "The very fact that we know there are frequent innocent convictions, in and of itself, tells us the system is flawed," she says. She walks us through various stages of bias and misjudgment, and how the are compounded over time.Our guest, Karla L. Cruel, Esq. is a former educator, now social entrepreneur who launched Legal Empowerment Group to educate and support lower-to-middle income individuals. She worked as staff a...2022-03-1556 min

Collective Power PodcastDataGeek Series: The Music Business System is Designed to Keep Artists in Debt with Andrae AlexanderIn this episode, we take a systems look at the music industry and how it sets up artists and composers to be in constant debt through the lack of fair and transparent contracts and the restrictions in regulations and contract terms. We envision a music industry where artists and composers are more informed about their contracts, their rights, and their fans. Andrae is a Grammy-Nominated musician and professor who moved to Los Angeles in 2009 from Maryland and is a faculty member at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in the Music Industry Department, and i...2022-03-0746 min

Collective Power PodcastDataGeek Series: Technology-Innovation Pipeline System with Anne Heberger MarinoIn this episode, we look at how the technology innovation happens pipeline happens from research, to industry, to community. We look at how these relationships are typically extractive and how they can become more sustainable. How high levels of collaboration and collective intelligence and emergence work can enrich the way we think about nature and problem-solving: ocean memory, gentle accountability, human heart-work, and valuing the contribution of all. Our guest, Anne is the founder of Lean-to Collaborations. Her experience spans 20 years of working across disciplines and sectors in the US and Canada. Lean-to Collaborations helps purpose-driven teams bu...2022-02-2156 min

Collective Power PodcastDataGeek Series: The Philanthropy-Evaluation system with Audrey JordanThis episode looks at the relationship between Program Evaluation and philanthropy as a system, one that allocates small monies to communities in need while controlling the definitions and management of standards of success. We propose engaging stakeholders more, shifting what we measure, and .....Dr. Audrey Jordan is the Jerry D. Campbell Professor and DEI Specialist at Claremont Lincoln University, and is a certified executive life coach, focused on “accompanying social justice leaders and teams to unchain power for transformation.” Audrey is also currently an independent consultant with her own practice – ADJ Consulting and Coaching: capacity building for constit...2022-02-1448 min

Collective Power PodcastData Geek Series: Data Are Never Gospel Disrupting whiteness in Health Systems with Dr. Sharon Attipoe, Rachel Dungan, and Janice TufteIn this show, three experts of health systems data bring us insights into how racism and bias contribute to all points of health data collection, from uncovering old assumptions--like assuming lower thresholds of pain for African Americans, competition among groups, inappropriate diagnoses for bodies of color. Our guests invite us to recommend engaging diverse stakeholders in problem-solving, centering narratives on the direct experience of patients, disrupting and questioning the norm of whiteness in all aspects of health systems. Our guests are Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, Janice Tufte and Rachel Dungan.Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, Ph.D., MPH is Pr...2022-02-0756 min

Collective Power PodcastRelationships Series: How Do We Build Authentic Partnership Across Race Lines? with Dr. Audrey JordanThis episode is an exploration of what gets in the way of partnerships between Black women and white women: control, superiority, power struggles, and plantation narrative. We also talk about the white wounds that we unwillingly bring into the work and what's possible when we heal and move beyond the wounds. Dr. Audrey Jordan is the Jerry D. Campbell Professor and DEI Specialist at Claremont Lincoln University, and is a certified executive life coach, focused on “accompanying social justice leaders and teams to unchain power for transformation.” Audrey is also currently an independent consultant with her own pract...2022-01-301h 02

Collective Power PodcastDataGeek Series: The Juvenile (In)justice system: Are we punishing youth who are grieving? with Deven WisnerIn this episode, we look at some data as relates the the juvenile (In)justice system and ways in which our systems perpetuate disproportional representation of youth of color and don't support what we know works. Our guest invites us to look at how our system is based on society having deprived youth of opportunities to grieve. Programs that provide space to grieve have been successful. Are we punishing youth who are just grieving?Our guest, Deven (he/him) is the Managing Partner of Viable Insights. Through collaboratively designed and implemented methods, and interpersonal effectiveness, Deven facilitates...2022-01-2350 min

Collective Power PodcastData Series: How does the use of data in Higher Education reinforce white supremacy? with Libby SmithIn this episode, we discuss how higher education reinforces white supremacy by design. We highlight the data that exposes these contradictions. In particular, we talk about three ways higher education enforces white supremacy: 1) Quality of life for millennials will not higher than parents' generations; 2) There is a gap between white students and students of color and no meaningful attempts really close that gap; and 3) Data are often collected as a diversion. Our guest, Libby Smith (she/they) is an organizational healing facilitator, as an experienced and holistic evaluator and educator who has worked for several y...2022-01-191h 03

Showroom Ibiza by EscribanoShowroom Ibiza by Escribano #156 [17 - 12 - 2021]Programa: 156  DJ & Radio Host: Escribano www.escribanomusic.com  www.facebook.com/EscribanoMusic www.instagram.com/escribanomusic DONATIONS: www.paypal.com/paypalme/escribanomusic #TrackList 1.- Pippi Ciez, Sparrow & Barbossa - Tangerine (Boy Oh Boy Remix) [Inward Records] 2.- Notre Dame - Inception (Original Mix) [Inward Records] 3.- Mòo & Jo, Gabsy - Papa Wemba (Original Mix) [Calamar Records] 4.- Band&Dos, Victor Porfidio - Diana (Original Mix) [Wired] 5.- Pablo Fierro - Before 6.- Sinvergüenza - Nairobi (Original Mix) 7.- Space Motion - Adelante [Space Motion Records] 8.- Studio Apartment, Joi Cardwell - Club Lonely (Hallex M Album Edit) [N.E.O.N...2021-12-171h 01

Radio Novak - Diócesis de QuilmesCANTORAMA - FIESTA NACIONAL DEL CANTO CORAL 17-11-2021La Red Coral Argentina presenta CANTORAMA con la conducción de Hugo Castro para Radio Novak. En este episodio:• ANAÍMA Dir. Alonso Fierro (México)• CANTORÍA UNIVERSITARIA UCNA Dir.José Luis Subero (Venezuela)• CORAL AMANTES DA MÚSICA Dir.Fátima Mendonça (Brasil)• CORALIA ARTIS Dir.Montserrat De La Cruz (España)• CORAL DEL PLATA Dir.Nicolás Fiorotto• CORAL LYF (LUZ Y FUERZA- CAP. FED.) Dir.Maximiliano Mancuso• CORAL POPULAR IOMA Dir.Santiago Bucar• CORO DE ADUBA Dir.Mario Est...2021-11-1859 min

The “It” Cast: Real Talk On Sex with Nika CherrelleThe "It" Cast: Real Talk on Healing Historic Trauma Pt 2In this week’s episode of The “It” Cast, I will be joined by Inez Teemer, Maggie Rast, Kim Harrington, Warren Varney, Ellen Morrison & Dr. Rita Fierro to discuss the topic Healing Historic Trauma. In this second part, We are looking at the impact of institutionalized & Systemic Racism in the US. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nika-cherrelle/support 2021-07-301h 10

QUEENDOM MINDSET2021 Wear Your Crown: Walking Into The Queendom with Karla CruelTHE BIO OF KARLA L. CRUEL, ESQ. Karla L. Cruel, Esq., a former educator, now social entrepreneur who launched Legal Empowerment Group to educate and support lower-to-middle income individuals. She worked as staff attorney for Tenant Union Representative Network (TURN), assisting with Philadelphia’s Eviction Prevention Project. Having grown up in West Philadelphia, attending academic programs created to help poor minority children go to college, now she holds three degrees. Throughout her schooling, she has been promoting social equality and racial and religious reconciliation. After living in Japan for 4.5 years, Ms. Cruel returned to the US to have...2021-05-1016 min

Collective Power PodcastIt's All One System: Moving Beyond Shame with Jeanette VegaIn this episode, we discuss how parents who have been targeted by the family policing system (child protective services) experience all the systems, together, allied to the detriment of their own families. By sharing her powerful-first hand experience, Jeannette Vega inspires a life beyond fear and shame, where the experiences of parents who had their children removed are honored and become the core to support system transformation.Our guest, Jeanette Vega is a proud mother of four boys and a proud parent advocate in NYC. Jeannette my own personal experience with child welfare in 1999 and it was over...2021-02-2638 min

Collective Power PodcastIt's all one System: Changing the Formula of our Purple CountryIn this episode, we use the mathematical definition of a "system" as a set of rules that preserve a certain result, to look at the ways that the System as a whole preserves itself. Our guest, Attorney Karla Cruel, walks us through her approach to re-write the constitution--laid out in a new article she co-wrote with Rita Fierro on Medium (link below). Rewriting the constitution is a strategy designed to bring out the purple majority and overcome the dialectic of blue against red that we've become accustomed that keeps our country oppressing many to the benefit of the 1%. Karl...2021-02-1458 min

Collective Power Podcastwhite Supremacy in the Body: Make Pearls, Not War with Lisa Jo Epstein, Bernadette Pleasant, and Roz ThomasIn this episode we engage in conversations with three expert facilitators on their personal stories that led them to experience, understand, and value how white supremacy is stored in our bodies and how healing in community is an essential way for what's next. By healing together, we can shift from inherited fear through being witnessed and being curious. There are ways for us to come to the table together. There are ways for us to strengthen our relationships, re-embrace consistency, joy and trust and let go, releasing ourselves to not knowing.Resources Mentioned on the s...2021-02-0159 min

Collective Power Podcastwhite Supremacy in the Body: Facing the Ring of Fire--Unlearning Racism with Bernadette PleasantIn this episode, through storytelling and reflection, we review the somatic experience that people of color have of how the System can unleash itself against them at any time. We highlight how bodies of people of color retain memories of traumatic events and how the retriggering is unlikely for white people to understand. We offer ways to weave the gap across different experiences and pave the way for unlearning racism, healing, and mutual understanding.Our guest, Bernadette is a fiery sensual Speaker, Somatic Healer, Sacred Grief Ritual Facilitator, Creator of The Emotional Institute and Femme!, a mind-body wellness...2021-01-2753 min

Collective Power Podcastwhite Supremacy in the Body: Democracy is Freedom from Inner Tyranny with LisaJo EpsteinIn this episode we break down several aspects of internalized white supremacy: perfectionism, conflict as danger, defensiveness, not-good-enough story, and obsession with product over process and doing the right thing. We also highlight how the discomfort and dissonance between our perception of ourselves and the realties we are confronted with are key to healing internal white supremacy and freeing ourselves from the inner tyranny that keeps us separate and isolated. Healing the inner tyranny is possible when allow ourselves to take our proper place as one piece in a bigger puzzle: one piece with both it's importance and its...2021-01-2749 min

Collective Power Podcastwhite Supremacy in the Body: Body Memory, Honesty, and Health with Roslyn ThomasIn this show, we talk about how racism assaults the body and stores emotions and pains for decades. By walking through some key concepts of Resam Menakem's My Grandmother's Hands, we highlight some ways that meditation, dance, exercise, expressing clean pain, and releasing grief, can help release trauma from the body providing a way to lighten up, ground, and be more fully our true selves. Choosing clean pain daily, requires courage, and the awareness of choosing responsibility over fragility, self-compassion over dishonesty.Our guest, Roslyn Thomas is a radioshow host, trainer, and food activist with a focus on s...2021-01-0959 min

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System: An Economy that Serves Humanity and the Earth with Wayne Armitstead, Matt Birkhold, David Caplan, Erick Murillo Ramos, Gagan OberoiIn this provocative episode, we move beyond the definitions of capitalism, socialism, and communism, through the assumptions of inequality as the backbone of our system, to a vision for a new economy. Our guests have knowledge of and insights from different corners of the economic world. Wayne Armitstead having authored Capitalism Perverted, as a prior stockbroker, sees a system that is too unstable to serve even the richer among us. Matt Birkhold has studied the history of capitalism and is an organizer and movement-builder who sees the power of collectives to create alternatives to the mainstream. David Caplan is an...2020-12-171h 01

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System Basics: Economy is not Accounting with Gagandeep OberoiIn this episode, we review the basic concepts of the economic system that we mostly take for granted: money, economy, accounting, transactions, growth. Our Guest, Gagandeep Oberoi is a global citizen, currently living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. who stands for ‘everyone winning’ with a possibility of love and happiness for all. Gagan believes that we are working from wrong assumptions about the economy, and those wrong assumptions are what disempower us most. Instead, Gagan has us note how limiting beliefs about lack are baked into our system through the law of supply and demand and simple mathematics. He also propos...2020-12-1259 min

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System: Bubbles Don't Have to Burst with Wayne ArmitsteadIn this episode we review many of the mechanisms that keeps the economy stuck in bubble growths and bursts. From the uncovering the fake economic boost of right now, to the dark money in politics, and the elimination of the gold reserve, we walk from what has become morn in our current economic system and what we can actually shift for the world we want. Breaking up trusts, full employment, and increased regulation are some of the options offered by economist Heiman Minsky. Our guest, Wayne Armitstead, is author of the book Capitalism Perverted, grounded in his experience...2020-12-0845 min

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System: Love, Racism, and the Economy with Matt BirkholdIn this episode, an old colleague of mine and I meander on the importance of Love in overcoming the restraints of racism and the economy in the USA. We discuss how knowledge won't set us free, how healing is essential, and how we can build our economic power in the face of capitalism--a very knew system in the history of humanity, despite we think of it as rigid and unchangeable. Our guest, Matt Birkhold, takes seriously his and others' ability and responsibility to create and foster the emergence of a world in which human beings can become more fully...2020-12-0347 min

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System: GDP Growth Is NOT Wealth with Erick Murillo RamosIn this episode, we look at international economic and some somecreen dynamics to inequality: the GDP, disparities, and fake choices. Our guest, Erick Ramos Murillo, is an economist and entrepreneur with wide experience serving as a strategist and consultant for a number of private companies, government and multinational organizations. Mr. Ramos was co-founder of PointSpectrum and CEO of RemesaTel Corporation, a company focused on solving end-user financial needs by developing proprietary Mobile Technology Systems. He successfully coordinated engineering (India, US) and business development efforts (Mexico) to raise government grants and achieve consulting, and technology deployment contracts. He has also p...2020-11-3053 min

Collective Power PodcastEconomic System: A Country is Not a Business with David CaplanIn this episode, we explore some misperceptions of the economic system: trickle down economics, trade deficits, and managing countries like businesses. We also look at how our states are different and how the Federal and Commonwealth structures were established to maintain differences, too. Our guest, David A. Caplan, has been a sole practitioner since purchasing an accounting practice in 1992. His client base and services offered are diverse, encompassing everything from tax returns to financial statements, investment advice and management consulting. Caplan is a strong advocate for tax reform, and in 2012, he was presented with the Champion Award fro...2020-11-2550 min

Collective Power PodcastElection Results: Systemic Bridge-Building is Next with Raphael FreemanThis episode was recorded when the results of the election were clear, but not yet declared. We engage in a conversation beyond the angst of the results by discussion what the elections say about where our country is and what's next. What would it be like if we built systems that all across the country would connect people instead of separating us? Our Guest Raphael Freeman is a political scientist by training and the lenses of politics and political history shape his view of the world. He combines the tools of political game theory with latest insights from positive p...2020-11-1054 min

Collective Power PodcastSharing Visceral Fears of Extinction with DoveIn this episode, we talk about breaking the silence by sharing our deepest fears and how transformative that can be for ourselves, but also breaking down barriers within our families and in our society establishing more authentic relationships. We also talk about the failures of the liberal/progressive movement to address the visceral fears of extinction of white men. Our guest, Dove, is my yoga teacher, a humanist, a dad, a gay man, and a humanist.Dove: humanistic Dove: dadDove: born 1950 ariesDove: rhymes with loveYou can contact Dove by email: dove613@g...2020-11-0445 min

TeaTime Midlife Edition PodcastBeing Enough and Being KnownSend us a textToday's Tea is from Tazo - Zen TeaResources for this episode:Dr. Rita Fierro Contact InformationConsulting/Coaching - www.FierroConsultingLLC.comSign-up for book notification - www.RitaFierro.comRadioshow - www.CollectivePowerMedia.comTeatime Midlife Edition Podcast- Subscribe to Teatime Midlife Edition on Apple iTunes, iHeart, and Spotify. https://www.buzzsprout.com/915709Check out our new store and website: https://www.teatimemidlife.com/Overcoming Mediocrity P...2020-10-1043 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice Systems: What Humanizing Looks Like with Michael O'Bryan and SousanIn this show we envision how our Juvenile (In)Justice system could be humanizing, instead of detrimental to youth and society. It's shifting a system from an approach that breaks youth's will by having them cave-in, give up, or get tough and instead align the system with what we know about youth, about learning, and about life.We have two guests: Sousan is the mom of youth in the Juvenile (In)Justice system and school counsellor, Michael is the Director of Youth Programs at the Village for Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia.Resources mentioned on...2020-09-2954 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice System: Stop Incriminating Young People Like Adults with Joanna Visser and John PaceIn this episode, we talk with two advocates for juveniles who have been working intensely to end youth sentenced to life without parole. They also support other youth to get out of the juvenile justice system, once and for all. John Pace is the Juvenile Life Without Parole (“JLWOP”) Reentry Coordinator with the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. In this role he coordinates efforts to garner the necessary resources to support former juvenile lifers returning home. As a former juvenile lifer himself–John spent 31 years in prison, beginning at age 17–he was actively involved in numerous initiatives while incarcerat...2020-08-1139 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice System: Restoring Robbed Childhood with Michael O'BryanIn this episode, we talk with a youth worker who provides sobering insights on the importance of caring for our youth and having compassion for the ones who go astray.Michael O’Bryan is an expert practitioner and budding researcher in the fields of community development, organizational culture, and human wellbeing. Mike has spent more than a decade working directly with resilient yet underserved populations —including veterans, adults in recovery, returning citizens, and families experiencing homelessness. He is currently an Innovation Fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and was recently a Corzo Fellow at The Co...2020-08-0844 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice System: Data Don't Say what You Think with Adam SerlinIn this episode, we discover the limitations of juvenile justice reform due to the data that is reported and the data that isn't. Our guest, is Adam Serlin who currently serves as a Stoneleigh Fellow with The Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University. In this role, he is helping Philadelphia’s juvenile justice stakeholders use data to drive more efficient, responsive, and cost-effective services for justice-involved youth. Prior to his fellowship, Adam spent twelve years at NorthEast Treatment Centers (NET) where he helped to design, implement, and manage various community-based juvenile justice and anti-violence programs. Adam is al...2020-08-0844 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice System: Breaking the Cycle of Violence to Peace-Making with Iran NazarioTrigger warning: this episode has vivid references to physical violence.In this episode, we talk with a prior youth in the juvenile justice system about how the cycle of violence started in his own life and what it took him to break it and become a peacemaker for himself, his family, and his community. Our guest, Iran was a foster child in the custody of DCF in his childhood who then immersed himself in to the violent street culture of gang membership and prison though his twenties. In the1990’s he began to rep...2020-07-1750 min

Collective Power PodcastJuvenile Justice System: A child not embraced by his village with Sousan...will burn it down to feel its warmth" An African Wisdom Saying--that Sousan mentions on the show. In this episode, we talk with a mother who has seen all three of her children in the juvenile justice system. We talk about personal power, race, and the split between how the private juvenile "injustice" facilities offer high quality services--to predominantly white children, while the state facilities are youth prisons with predominantly children of color. Sousan also describes the soul-crushing experience of juvenile court.Our guest, Sousan is the mother of 3 children age 30, 18 and 16 and grandmother of 3. She wa...2020-07-0941 min