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RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkComing Together Because We Deserve BetterAs the original solution for protecting workers’ rights in exploitative workplaces, unions are starting to make their way into anti-violence organizations across the nation. In Episode 8, Steph is joined by Lorraine, a survivor and direct-service advocate who has played a role in three successful unionizing campaigns. Steph and Lorraine explore the benefit of advocates coming together for collective bargaining power, debunk common myths about unions, and highlight tips for anyone thinking about unionizing their workplace. They also dive into “union-busting” strategies used by employers, from the subtle to more extreme…and how engaging in these tactics signals just how threaten...
2026-03-0238 min
RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkSo You're Telling Me There's A Chance!With so many anti-violence workers experiencing abuse and navigating toxic work environments, it can be hard to envision a brighter future. But there are pockets of change and hope all around us! This month, Steph connects with Emil to chat about their experiences in the anti-violence field—both positive and negative—and the concrete factors that shape those environments. We know perfection doesn’t exist, especially in the systems we live in, but Steph and Emil dig into some of the small things anyone in a position of power can do to better support staff and survivors… and what we can l...
2026-02-0255 min
RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkFearless Funding in Tumultuous TimesIn Episode 4, Steph is joined by Kayla DeCant, the Project Director of Prevention & Outreach at Lewis University, working to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and substance use/misuse on campus. They chat about the many challenges organizations face in funding the work, Kayla’s creative strategies for keeping programs afloat in these tumultuous times, and how she stays aligned to the mission while doing it.Links* Trauma Stewardship Academy * Emergent Strategy* WDBP Assessment Key Findings* Get Involved with the WDBPGuest BioKayla DeCant is...
2025-11-0357 min
RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkSelf-Care or Staff Exploitation?In Episode 3, Steph is joined by Jess H, former anti-violence worker, current mental health therapist, and author of the blog post A Point of View: On Promoting Self-Care as a Tactic of Worker Exploitation. Steph and Jess put agencies’ push for self-care under the microscope, and explore how this individualistic solution to an organizational issue can turn into another means of worker exploitation.Links* A Point of View: On Promoting Self-Care as a Tactic of Worker Exploitation* Why Boundaries Are Essential Self-Care* WDBP Assessment Key Findings* Get In...
2025-10-0644 min
Boris Dirk PodcastStart/Bench/Cut & Torre vs. Ballmer!We are back! Brief discussion of Pablo Torre's Clippers investigation follower by a slew of Start/Bench/Cut debates to help sort out Max's yearly player rankings.Timestamps: Pablo Torre & the Clippers (1:50), PLAYER RANK DEBATES Shai/Luka/Giannis (5:00), Bam/Mobley/Chet (11:30), Ja/Maxey/Fox (20:10), Amen/Barnes/Jalen Johnson (22:50), Cade/Mitchell/Booker (29:10), Steph/Ant/Brunson (34:35), Trae/Jamal/Garland (41:00), JDub/Jimmy/Jaylen (44:50), Bane/Reaves/White (46:15), OG/Gordon/TM3 (48:40), Suggs/Bridges/McDaniels (50:45), Franz/Paolo/Pascal (54:25).Thank you for listening! Check us out on X @drewsemler & @MaxKlotz_. Follow/rate the pod here too!
2025-09-151h 00
RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkDon't We Work to END Abuse Here?In Episode 2, Steph is joined by Hoiyan, a former anti-violence advocate, survivor, and current social work graduate student. Steph and Hoiyan unpack the challenges within the field, including burnout, toxic nonprofit cultures, and working in a hostile political climate. From comic books to grassroots resistance, they explore bold ways to reimagine a movement that too often recreates the harm it seeks to end.Links* Florida Department of Law Enforcement: Former FCADV CEO has been arrested* A cautionary tale of power and corruption: CEO autonomy and board oversight at the Florida Coalition Against Domestic...
2025-09-0848 min
RE:Imagining Anti-Violence WorkThe Assessment Speaks For Itself: We Deserve BetterWelcome to RE:Imagining Anti-Violence Work, our new podcast by the We Deserve Better Project. It’s a small space where we’re going to unpack the big issues currently impacting the anti-violence field, and collectively dream up a new future. New episodes will air on the first Monday of the month.In our pilot episode, our host, Steph Klotz, is joined by one of the co-founders of the We Deserve Better Project to discuss the results of their National Assessment and visions for the future of anti-violence work.Links* We Deserve Better Proj...
2025-08-0439 min
Why Isn't Anyone Talking About This?EP 007: Blindness in the Built EnvironmentIn 2012, members of Portland's local National Federation of the Blind Chapter organized an event called, "It's Not Scary to Be Blind: Walk With Me!" as part of Walktober. Folks during this event talked about aspects of our transportation environment that are both helpful and possibly not so helpful for the blind and low vision.
For this episode of "Why Isn't Anyone...?" we were lucky to have a few active members of the Portland Central Chapter of National Federation of the Blind to talk about blindness in the built environment: Jim Jackson is Co-founder of the local Portland C...
2016-02-1146 min