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Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeJohn Pavlovitz Won't Stop Fighting for DemocracyWhen John Pavlovitz's new book Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending, landed on my desk I was intrigued by the title. Given that trolling on socials, nastiness on the news, and day-to-day unkindness to one another seem to be the norm, there isn't any way to argue that cruelty is not the currency of the day. So a book on reconnecting to compassion felt like a gift to my soul.
John and I spoke about what we, as a society, need to do and our concerns about the repercussions of not healing the...2024-05-2146 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeGetting Me CheapAll too often we think about, or more accurately don't think about, the ripple effects of low-wage work on families beyond the thought that things must be tight. In this conversation, based on their important book, Getting Me Cheap: How Low Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty, Lisa Dodson, Amanda Freeman, and I discuss the implications not just in the present but in the future for those trapped in this deeply unjust cycle.
When we think about who is providing the childcare, the elder care, the cleaning services and more that we rely on to...2024-04-0139 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeNavigating being undocumented in the U.S.When I first heard about Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life, Asad L. Asad's brilliant exploration of how undocumented people navigate living in the U.S. I thought that I had a pretty good understanding of the situation. I did not.
The experience of living undocumented in the U.S., particularly in southern border states, is a unique dance of engagement and evasion as Asad lays out. In reading his book, and in this conversation, I found myself both frustrated at the ever-changing (but never resolved) immigration system and with a wh...2024-02-0653 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeKat & Omkari interview each other
Kat Calvin & Omkari Williams
Kat Calvin and I both wrote books! Kat's is American Identity In Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist. Mine is Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (Without a Bullhorn).
When we realized that our books were coming out within weeks of each other we thought that we should have a conversation about them and the work we do in the world.
Kat's work is getting the 26 million Americans who don't have ID the state issued ID that they need to do things li...2023-10-1753 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeBlack Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class w/ Blair KelleyOften, when we think about racial justice immediately following the Civil War we think about a relatively narrow slice of Black history. Blair LM Kelley's Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class shines a light on stories that we don't hear enough about.
Drawing on stories from her own family and extensive research Blair tells us a compelling tale of Black folk beginning to claim their place in America as free people.
With stories of washerwomen, Pullman Porters, and other Black workers who fought for rights for themselves, started unions, and paved the wa...2023-09-1238 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Stories Whiteness Tells Itself w/author David MuraDavid Mura
If I am a broken record on any subject it's probably on the impact of story and how the stories we tell to ourselves and others shape our understanding of the world. In his powerful book, author David Mura, writes about some of the stories that underlie the American experience.
With examples from literature and film David explores and important perspective in our fight for racial justice. If we don't know how the biases we hold are the storyline of our society it's gonna be impossible to rewrite those stories.
Reading Da...2023-06-2145 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLeah Penniman and Black Earth Wisdom
Leah Penniman
In 2018 Leah Penniman wrote Farming While Black, a beautiful book recounting her experience of building Soul Fire Farm and, also, a guide for other Black and Indigenous people looking to reconnect to the land. Now Leah has compiled a treasure trove of conversations that she's had with other Black people who work in harmony with the Earth. Black Earth Wisdom brings together the voices of these leaders in service of guiding us all to a deeper connection with the land, with it's place in all of our lives, and the necessity of rebuilding t...2023-05-1639 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeBridging the Societal Divide with Debilyn Molineaux:Debilyn Molineaux
Have you ever wished for an unmistakable sign of the direction you should be going in? I know I have. For Debilyn Molineaux, President and CEO of Bridge Alliance that sign set her on a path to work towards healing the divides that are ripping at the fabric of the United States.
In this conversation Debilyn and I talk about where we are as a country, how we get out of the mess that we're in, and about the experience that shifted the work that she does in the world.
What if...2023-04-127h 00
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeBlack Athletes and Sports Justice with Shaun AndersonShaun Marq Anderson
Given how little we are taught about Black history in general it's not surprising that most of us, me included, have relatively little knowledge of the role that Black athletes have played in the social justice movement before the late 20th century. But since the Reconstruction Era Black athletes have been pushing the envelope, trying to move us towards justice and equity.
Shaun Marq Anderson and I talked about the history of Black athlete activism and how the Sports Justice Movement has been evolving over the years as well as his new...2023-03-1435 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeCritical Media Literacy with Allison ButlerAllison Butler
We hear a lot about Critical Race Theory, as we should. But what about Critical Media Literacy? Have you ever even heard the term? I hadn't. Then I read The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People. Not to quibble with the authors but really, this isn't only for young people. This is for all of us.
We're taking in so much information from so many media sources and yet we rarely, if ever, stop to think about what those sources are, their agendas, and what that means f...2023-02-1438 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeYoung People are the Future, He’s Helping Elect Them
Ross Morales Rocketto
I feel pretty safe in saying that we all have gripes about our government. Where it's not doing enough, where it's overreaching. Most of us just gripe, Ross Morales Rocketto has taken a decidedly different path. Along with his co-founder, Amanda Litman, Ross has made it his mission to get as many young (read under 40) progressives elected to offices at the state and local level around the country as possible.
From their start, rising from the ashes of the 2016 campaign, their organization, Run For Something, has been guiding successively larger num...2023-01-1033 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeEmerald Garner is Seeking Justice
EMERALD GARNER
Most of us, mercifully, get through life without getting the news that Emerald Garner and her family got on a July day in 2014. Her father, Eric, had been killed by a police officer who used a chokehold on him as Garner spoke those words that we have heard all too often, "I can't breathe".
While her older sister, Erica, sprang into action Emerald stayed in the background until the day that Erica died at 27 years of age from a heart attack. With Erica gone Emerald knew that she had to pick up the t...2022-12-1339 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance
Diane Rosenfeld
I read a lot of books, most of the people I interview on this podcast are authors, so I'm pretty used to finding interesting aspects to various subjects. But when I started reading this book I was riveted! I couldn't wait to talk with Diane about what we humans, particularly females, could learn from Bonobo apes.
That apes had figured out how to eliminate male sexual coercion and violence while this is still a huge problem for a, supposedly, more evolved species fascinated me. By the time I finished reading the b...2022-11-0844 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeKelli Stewart Saving At Risk Black Boys with BaseballKelli Stewart
Sports are part of the culture of every country. Here, in the U.S., baseball is our "national pastime". Kelli Stewart and her husband, CJ, decided to use the tool of baseball to teach disadvantaged and at risk young Black boys essential life skills. Founders of the LEAD Center in Atlanta, GA Kelli and CJ have grown a program that reaches at risk Black boys in middle school and high school and helps them create positive paths for their lives.
When Kelli and I spoke one of the things that struck me was...2022-10-1249 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeWill Jawando on the Importance of Black Fathers
Will Jawando
Will Jawando sat down to write a book about the Black men who had the most impact in his life. That book, My Seven Black Fathers, has illuminated corners of the Black experience, particularly the Black male experience, that all too often go unseen.
In our conversation Will and I talk about the influence of these men, including Barack Obama, on him. But more than simply a personal narrative Will has written, and we discussed, the universality of many of his experiences and though luck played a part in connecting him...2022-09-1346 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeDetoxing from America’s wellness culture with Kerri Kelly
Kerri Kelly
September 11th changed life for all of us, but for Kerri Kelly the impact was especially personal. In the aftermath of that event Kerri upended her life and went on a search for wellness. What she found was not what she expected and, once again, the trajectory of her life was changed.
In her new book, American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal, and in this conversation, Kerri explores the ways in which our culture of wellness perpetuates systems that are deeply unwell. She leads us...2022-06-0759 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeShawn Ginwright and The Four Pivots
Shawn Ginwright
What if we've been approaching this whole idea of justice and have left out a critical piece? What if our very approach is actually helping cement the damage that bias and systemic inequity have caused?
We all know that there is much healing that has to happen if we're going to be the equitable society that we envision. The question is how do we get from here to there? What are the tools we need, the way of thinking that will help move us along?
Professor Shawn Ginwright, in h...2022-05-1742 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTatenda Musapatike: Changing How We Get Out the Vote!
Tatenda Musapatike
If your best friend asks you what you want to do in the world and your response is, "Run shit" then you and Tatenda Musapatike should probably sit down and grab a drink.
The founder of the organization, Voter Formation Project, Tatenda and her team work to leverage the digital age to not only get people registered to vote but also to get them excited to vote.
From working for Facebook to starting her own firm not only to run shit but to do it with intention and integrity Tat...2022-04-1243 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeNisha Anand and the Power of Choosing Common Ground
Nisha Anand
Around the world the divisions that define our societies are becoming deeper and more hardened. In this inspiring conversation Dream Corps CEO Nisha Anand and I talk about the power of finding common ground.
If we truly want to make the difference that we say we want to make we have to be willing to work with people who may have radically different points of view to ours but who, miraculously, share common ground with us on maybe only one thing.
Nisha gives us a map to coming together in...2022-03-1544 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Fight for America’s Soul with Scholar Obery HendricksObery Hendricks
From the moment of his announcement that he was running for the presidency Donald Trump directed his efforts towards courting white evangelicals with racist and anti-immigrant sentiments. But he didn't start this trend, he simply hopped on a bandwagon that had been gaining speed for years.
Author, scholar, and ordained minister Obery Hendricks and I explore some of the lesser known aspects of this issue and including the culpability of large swaths of the Black church for not responding forcefully to the ongoing assault on civil rights.
In theory the United S...2022-02-0839 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLand Justice & Liberation with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm
For many Black Americans the land itself is the scene of the crime. That legacy of slavery has dramatically impacted the relationship that many Black Americans have with the land.
Food and land justice activist Leah Penniman is working to change that.
A founder of Soul Fire Farm and the author of Farming While Black, Leah has made it her mission in life to reconnect Black and Brown people with the land.
In this conversation Leah and I talk about not only how the legacy of slavery is still seen in co...2022-01-2539 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Story of Black Lives Matter & More w/ NYT editor Veronica ChambersVeronica Chambers
For a lot of people Black Lives Matter became part of their lives in a concrete way in the wake of the murder of George Floyd but the story of the organization starts years earlier. In her book, with its gorgeous photographs, NYT editor Veronica Chambers takes us on not only the journey of BLM but also looks to the past and the future to see where we came from and where we might go.
In this conversation Veronica and I talk about both the struggle and about how we all get free. L...2022-01-1149 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe AAPI community saved our democracy in 2020, what now? with Varun Nikore
Varun Nikore
2020 saw the greatest increase in voter turnout by the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in history. That turnout powered the vote in key states like Georgia and helped prevent another four years with the former guy.
I wish the fight for our democracy was over but it's clearly not and there are some important lessons to take away from what happened in 2020.
My guest today is Varun Nikore, president of the AAPI Victory Alliance. Varun and I discuss the history of the AAPI community here and how they h...2021-11-2332 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeFulfilling the Sandy Hook Promise w/ Nicole Hockley
Nicole Hockley
In the wake of the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20 children (6 and 7 years of age) and six educators were killed on December 14, 2012, some of the grieving parents joined together to do what they could to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again and Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) was born.
Nicole Hockley's six year old son, Dylan, was among those killed and now she, and others at Sandy Hook Promise, works to give educators and students the tools they need to recognize the warning signs and prevent violence from occurring. ...2021-11-0936 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeNurturing Future Justice Leaders with Shelby KretzShelby Kretz
In the midst of this awakening, in the larger community, to the systemic injustices in our society we've heard a lot about "wokeness". What if instead of people having to get woke in adulthood we raised children who were aware of and sensitive to social justice issues from the beginning?
Imagine if, instead of coming to this work as adults, we had all come to it as children. What might the world look like if we didn't have to fight for the rights of people of color, of LGBTQIA+ people, for or a...2021-10-2635 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeCredible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers w/ Deborah Tuerkheimer
Deborah Tuerkheimer
In the past couple of years we have watched as, finally, powerful men who are also sexual predators have been brought to some form of justice. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Charlie Rose, and Matt Lauer among the most prominent. What we learned from watching their downfall is how very hard it is to have these men held to account.
Author Deborah Tuerkheimer and I talk about her book Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers and the systems and beliefs that create this reality.
I've had a lot of...2021-10-1239 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeDemystifying Disability with Emily Ladau
Emily Ladau
Here's a number for you, 1 billion. One billion people is the estimated number of disabled people in the world. One billion. One in 8 people on the planet. That means that each of us knows someone, likely many someones, with a disability whether visible or hidden. Yet disability is a subject that most of us give little or no thought to.
Disability activist Emily Ladau joined me on the podcast to talk about Demystifying Disability, which is also the title of her new book. Emily and I talked about how to normalize...2021-09-2836 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeRevealing the Hidden Voices with Lynden HarrisLynden Harris
The stories that we don't hear impact us as much as those that we do. We just don't realize that there's something missing. Under the leadership of director Lynden Harris the North Carolina based co-creative collective company, Hidden Voices, brings to light stories that we don't even realize we need to hear.
In this conversation Lynden and I talk about her book RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW: Life Stories from America's Death Row and the theatre project that grew from those stories. She talks about walking into a maximum security prison and what it wa...2021-09-1443 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking about Joyous Resilience with author Anjuli Sherin
Anjuli Sherin
Most of us are aware of the toll that this pandemic has taken on us in terms of anxiety and fear around illness, physical safety, societal breakdown, and economic security to name but a few things. And while we may understand that we've been, and continue to be, under enormous pressure we may not know how best to navigate these very real challenges. LMFT Anjuli Sherin has written a book, Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World, that shows us the way to healing for not only o...2021-08-3144 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeAgainst Civility with Alex Zamalin
Alex Zamalin
Most of us are brought up to be polite. We are told, by parents and educators, to mind our manners, to wait our turn, to be civil.
Director of the African American Studies Program and Assistant Professor, Political Science at Mercy College Alex Zamalin pushes back against the narrative that what our society needs now is more civil discourse.
In his fascinating book, Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility, Zamalin argues that civility has been, and continues to be, a tool used against those advocating...2021-08-1743 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLessons for Resurgence from California with Manuel Pastor
Dr. Manuel Pastor
Okay my California peeps, you get to gloat. This fascinating interview with Dr. Manuel Pastor makes it abundantly clear that the rest of us have a lot to learn from the Golden State.
When most of us think of California we probably think of sand, sun, and a reliably blue state. But that's far from the whole story of CA which gave us, among other notable conservatives, Ronald Reagan and Rush Limbaugh.
In his book State of Resistance: What California's Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America's Future Dr. Pastor te...2021-08-0349 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Impact of Incarceration on Loved Ones with Alesha Monteiro
Alesha Monteiro
When someone is incarcerated there are impacts that land far beyond those to the incarcerated person. People without partners, children without parents, communities without those who may fill critical roles, and the elderly without a caregiver to name just a few.
The truth is that it's rare that we even think about the people left behind. My guest, Alesha Monteiro, knows exactly what it's like to have an incarcerated spouse. She knows the isolation, the shame, and the ripples of impact that are too often ignored.
With all of t...2021-07-2035 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeComplete Picture with Rebecca Grace and John Gray
Rebecca Grace and John Gray
I can't believe that I've been doing this podcast since 2018! This season I have some remarkable people as guests on the show. Season 4 starts with Rebecca Grace and John Gray of Complete Picture.
Imagine that someone you love has been convicted of a non-violent felony and is awaiting sentencing. Typically the sentencing judge gets a dry document that talks about what is likely the worst thing this individual has ever done and that's all. That information is what they base their decision on.
Based on their o...2021-07-0639 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeRestoring Justice with Drew Willey
Drew Willey
Imagine going to law school with the intention of becoming a tax attorney and then doing an internship with the Texas Innocence Project and completely scrapping your previous plan. Meet Drew Willey.
Some time back I was fortunate to be in a group studying Joel Goza's book, America's Unholy Ghosts with Drew Willey. Drew and his wife Jessica founded Restoring Justice to provide needed legal services to the indigent population of Houston.
How Drew went from studying to be a tax attorney to fighting for the rights of those c...2021-05-1839 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeMaking Poverty a Focus of U.S. Policy with Clint Borgen
Clint Borgen
When Clint Borgen was a sophomore in college the war in Kosovo broke out. In 3 months the fighting had killed 10,000 people and displaced 800,000. Borgen decided that he needed to do something so he found a group to volunteer with and went to the region. That experience changed the direction of his life.
Being a witness to war and the impacts that it had on the populace made him aware of how little it actually takes to improve the situation of people living as refugees. He also got to see where the...2021-05-1143 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Healer, Therapist, and NY Times Best Selling Author Resmaa Menakem
Resmaa Menakem
The week of April 19, 2021 was brutal. People around the world, but especially here in the U.S., were waiting on a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. But then there were other killings that same week of Black bodies by police.
It was almost too much to process. But this conversation with healer, therapist, and NYT best selling author Resmaa Menakem gave me a deeper perspective.
Resmaa and I spoke a few hours before the verdict in the trial came down. We talked about George Floyd, we talked abou...2021-04-2743 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeThe Boston Legacy of Martin and Coretta King
Tammy Tai & Greg Ball
Did you know that Boston played a major role in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? I didn't. Turns out Boston was where he got his PhD, studied with his mentor Howard Thurman, and met Coretta Scott.
Clearly, Boston was a significant place in both their lives. In 2022 a sculpture will be installed on the Boston Common in honor of them both. But that is just one part of what is happening.
King Boston, an organization dedicated to uplifting the role that Boston played in t...2021-04-1336 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeSupporting the Formerly Incarcerated: A Conversation with Rod Nunn
Roderick Nunn
The United States has approximately 5% of the world's population but accounts for about 25% of those incarcerated. The statistics on
re-incarceration are, honestly, awful.
We know what happens when people are released from prison with no structure in place to help them successfully reenter society. How might it be different if instead of just letting people out and leaving them on their own we had systems in place that helped them find their way?
Well, Concordance Academy does exactly that and Rod Nunn, Executive Vice President, Head of Education...2021-03-3031 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeDiving Sunken Slave Ships with Filmmaker Kerra BoltonKerra Bolton
In this conversation award winning filmmaker Kerra Bolton and I discuss telling Black stories, and the challenges of doing so, including her latest project which will have her diving sunken slave ships. We also talk about her life as an expat and some of the surprising moments that come, like when she realized that she was the oppressor.
I also learn about restorative practices as they are being used in a Detroit school.
Another rich conversation for you. Enjoy!
To donate to help Kerra get her film made go h...2021-03-1638 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeBuilding Feminist Cities with Leslie Kern
Leslie Kern
When I first saw the title of Leslie Kern's book, Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World, I was intrigued. Then I started reading it and I was fascinated. In this book Kern talks about things that are so much a part of the norm that we often don't notice them, until we do. For instance, have you ever thought about the way that public transit is perfectly designed for the way most men work but not at all for the way a lot of women work?
What about the way...2021-03-0239 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeBlack Boy Out Of Time with Hari Ziyad
Hari Ziyad
In this episode I got to speak with the author of the upcoming memoir Black Boy Out of Time, Hari Ziyad. Hari uses his experience of growing up queer with a Hare Krishna mother and Muslim father to illuminate the experience of being outside. As an outsider, both as a consequence of being queer but also as a Black boy in a world that has little space outside of set roles for Black children Hari dissects some of the impacts that our carceral system has on children of color.
Talking with...2021-02-1641 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Ocean Activist Tharaka SriramTharaka Sriram
Season 3 Episode 15
In this episode I talk with Tharaka Sriram who has merged her values of the preservation of the oceans with women's justice issues and more. Tharaka and I discuss the overlap between the damage we're doing to our oceans and domestic violence.
She discusses the necessity for more women, particularly women of color, to be part of the conversation around ocean preservation and the preservation of a way of life for many Indigenous peoples.
She also challenges some assumptions that many of us have about the relationship tha...2021-02-0238 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with author and editor Krishan TrotmanIn this conversation editor and author Krishan Trotman and I talk about her book Queens of the Resistance (co-authored with Brenda Jones) in which she profiles Nancy Pelosi, AOC, Maxine Waters, and Elizabeth Warren. We also discuss how important it is for us to have representation in publishing if we're going to have a deeper understanding of our varied experiences. Also, if writing a book is on your bucket list have a listen, Krishan has some great suggestions.
This conversation, talking about badass women and the possibilities before us, gave me hope for the future and inspiration...2021-01-1936 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Philanthropist & Activist Xander Schultz
Xander Schultz
Season 3 Episode 14
How best can we support the work of those on the front lines of social justice? That’s a question that I’ve heard a lot. Xander Schultz, and those he works with, have come up with multiple effective and, often, clever ways to advance the causes that are most important to them.
In this inspiring, engaging, and impactful conversation Xander and I explore some of the ways to address the critical issues of our time. From Defeat By Tweet to creating spaces where refugees can find some m...2021-01-1239 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Iranian Born Activist Ari Honarvar
Ari Honarvar
Season 3 Episode 13
She grew up in repressive and war torn Iran, then writer and activist Ari Honarvar came to the United States. In this timely conversation Ari and I talk about intersectionality and bringing joy to those stranded at the US border. Ari and I also talk about what it's like to be from a war torn country and some of the disturbing parallels to where we are in the United States right now.
What I loved about this conversation is that Ari not only shows us that finding jo...2020-12-2236 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Author & Activist Joel Edward GozaJoel Edward Goza
Season 3 Episode 12
I have never said, “You have to listen to this episode!”. I am telling you, you have to listen to this episode.
In this remarkable conversation Joel Goza, author of America's Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics, and I talk about the deep roots of the structural and systemic racism that plagues the United States. Drawing lines between people and events that predate the founding of the U.S. and taking a deep look at the complexity of Dr. King, Joel brings clarity to the di...2020-12-0840 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeRuby Smith Diaz on Anti-Oppression, Body Positivity & MoreRuby Smith-Diaz
Season 3 Episode 11
As we work towards the goals of freedom and social justice one of the things that is most important is that we listen to and center the voices of young people. They are the ones who will have to live with the consequences of our actions, and our inactions.
Ruby Smith-Diaz and I discuss how she uses art to engage, empower, and inspire young people to use their voices and their creativity in service of their needs, dreams, and rights.
Beyond that Ruby and I discuss body i...2020-11-2446 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Author and Activist Anjali EnjetiAnjali Enjeti
Season 3 Episode 10
Anjali Enjeti and I had this great conversation all the way back in June. We talked about the election, about Black Lives Matter, about the role of race in American Literature and more.
Given that the election is over it might seem odd to even think about it now but this conversation will expand how you see the way that voting plays into sustaining systemic racism which matters so much because there are more elections to come and the efforts to make voting harder are constantly being ramped up.2020-11-1050 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with The Politics of Trauma author Staci K. HainesStaci K. Haines
Season 3 Episode 9
It's 2020 and that means that there is almost no way to be living in the United States and not have experienced some sort of trauma. Lives and jobs upended and lost, our politics are out of control, systemic racism front and center, it's been a brutal year.
Somatic practician and activist Staci K. Haines takes on this critical subject in her remarkable book, The Politics of Trauma. In our conversation Staci and I talk about the implications of power both for those without it and with it, the sy...2020-10-2743 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Combatting Anti Asian Racism and More w/ Activist & Organizer Grace PaiGrace Pai
Season 3 Episode 8
In this episode organizer and activist Grace Pai and I discuss the divisions between Blacks and Asian Americans, how Coronavirus is impacting the Asian American community, and the potential that lives in cross racial collaborations.
Grace is the Director of Organizing at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago. Her years of community organizing have given Grace a perspective that is especially important in this fraught time.
This conversation opened my eyes to elements of the struggle for freedom for all of us that I hadn't been aware of. I...2020-10-1344 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Tomboys, Racism, and Busting Gender Norms with Lisa Selin DavisLisa Selin Davis
Season 3 Episode 7
One of the joys of childhood for a lot of girls, me included, was being a tomboy when I was a child. I ran around with a pack of boys and girls and we played with abandon.
Does this sound familiar? Was that you or a friend of yours? In this episode I speak with author Lisa Selin Davis. Selin Davis has written a book that not only looks at the general idea of being a tomboy but also at the deep racism that lies at the heart o...2020-09-2945 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Elevating the Voices of Girls and Young Women w/ Writer & Actress Kim SykesKim Sykes
Season 3 Episode 6
In this episode I speak with actress and writer Kim Sykes who is the artistic director for Girl Be Heard an organization dedicated to elevating the voices of girls, young women, transfeminine, and gender nonconforming, and gender fluid individuals .
These are the future and Girl Be Heard is dedicated to building the activists and changemakers who will be running the world in years to come.
Kim and I talk about the impact it has on them to write and perform their stories, to use the arts to exp...2020-09-1540 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Fighting & Winning a ”Qualified Immunity” Defense w/ Attorney Christopher BrownChristopher Brown
Season 3 Episode 5
Before Ahmaud Arbery, Elijah McLain, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Michael Brown there was Wayne Jones. Mr. Jones was a schizophrenic, unhoused Black man living in West Virginia when a random encounter with the police resulted in Mr. Jones being shot 22 times.
In this conversation I speak with Christopher Brown, the attorney who took the Jones family's case, where the police had successfully argued qualified immunity, all the way to the Fourth Circuit court of Appeals. There he did something almost never accomplished, he won.
In this m...2020-09-0144 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Shifting Rape Culture & Bringing Agency to Survivors with Nikki PatinNikki Patin
Season 3 Episode 4
In a conversation that predates the pandemic Nikki Patin and I talked about what it takes to change both public perception and policy as it comes to rape culture.
Using her experience as a rape crisis counselor and in her current position as Community Engagement Director at Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) she helps bring healing to individuals and changes to laws that impact survivors of sexual assault.
With writing workshops and Share the Mic nights that give survivors a forum for telling their st...2020-08-1847 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Using Art to Build Bridges Across Racial Lines with Monique Davis
Monique Davis
Season 3 Episode 3
In this conversation Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at the Center for Art and Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art Monique Davis and I discuss how art can be used to build bridges in our communities as well as be used as a tool to dismantle White Supremacy.
When Whiteness is the yardstick by which all is measured it takes a reckoning to establish a new way of measuring what is good, fair, considered to be success, and beauty. Monique and I ta...2020-08-0440 min
Buen HombreMagnificent Mujer Interview: Omkari WilliamsOmkari Williams is an activist, artist, fundraising professional and storytelling creative who emerged from a family lineage and heritage of African and Afro-American leaders in the fields of education, law, humanitarianism and activism across both sides of the Atlantic. Her first incarnation in this life was a New York stage actress whose audiences weren’t broadway stages but regional hospitals and special populations with disabilities. Her next major career move was as to transform herself into a high powered Washington political fundraiser where she learned how the most powerful need powerful stories and lots of funding to get re...2020-07-2800 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking about Dismantling White Supremacy and Cross Stitching (yeah they‘re connected) w/ Shannon DowneyShannon Downey
Season 3 Episode 2
In this fun conversation Badass Cross Stitch founder, Shannon Downey, and I talk about how to bring a lovely, subversive twist to the art of cross stitching. Really, it (and lots of other creative pursuits) can be a venue for taking down white supremacy.
Shannon tells me how she came up with this idea, about the impact it's had, and the how she's now taking this on the road. Yep, even during a pandemic this project can travel.
Shannon's favorite quote is from Mariame Kaba, "Weird times ca...2020-07-2145 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Public Health and Systemic Racism with Public Health Professional & Educator Nicole VickNicole Vick
Season 3 Episode 1
Welcome to Season 3! I'm so excited for the season to come. I've got some brilliant guests coming up this season and to start I've got someone whose work is in public health. We may as well start in the realm of one of the two crises facing the world right now.
In this episode public health professional Nicole Vick and I talk about how our public health system is failing us and what needs to happen to make it work for all Americans. We also discuss Black maternal and...2020-07-0735 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeConversations During a Pandemic: Talking with Futurist Chet W. Sisk about, well, the futureChet Sisk
Season 2 Episode 21
In this episode futurist Chet Sisk and I discuss what this pandemic is revealing about our societies. We talk about black swans, the African philosophy of Ubuntu, and some of the changes this event will likely bring about. This was a fascinating conversation and a perfect end to Season 2 of the podcast.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2020-05-1245 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeConversations During a Pandemic: Talking with Craftivism author Betsy GreerBetsy Greer
Season 2 Episode 20
In this Conversation During a Pandemic author Betsy Greer and I discuss the ways in which our crafts can be tools of activism. How craft can be a source connection and solace, especially in a difficult time, and why all activism doesn't, and shouldn't, look the same.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2020-04-2340 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeConversations During a Pandemic: Talking with Political Operative Arnetia Fogg DupreeArnetia Fogg Dupree
Season 2 Episode 19
In this conversation political operative Arnetia Fogg Dupree and I talk about the urgency of electing Black women to political office and how we can stay connected during a pandemic. In this stressful time this conversation filled me with hope and belief in a brighter future on the other side of this.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2020-03-3139 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Run For Something Co-Founder Amanda LitmanAmanda Litman
Season 2 Episode 18
In this conversation Run For Something co-founder Amanda Litman (if she looks familiar you may have seen her on tv) and I talk about the importance of those local races that most of us often don't think about. Amanda also shares her point of view on the whole “lesser of two evils” argument.
We also talk about why you might be someone who should consider running for something and how her amazing organization helps young, progressive candidates. Even if that doesn't describe you, I'm definitely not under 40, Amanda gives us gu...2020-03-1633 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking with Disability Activist and Musician Gaelynn Lea
Gaelynn Lea
Season 2 Episode 17
In this conversation NPR Tiny Desk Concert winner Gaelynn Lea and I talk about her disability activism, politics, music, and more. This conversation made me think about things like our culture's ideas about beauty, for one, in entirely new ways.
Music, activism, politics, Gaelynn weaves all these together for a discussion that will likely expand your thinking on a whole lot of things. I loved talking with Gaelynn, I think you're going to love hearing what she has to say.
For a written transcript of t...2020-03-0343 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking About Fighting for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women with Rosalie Fish
Rosalie Fish
Season 2 Episode 16
In this remarkable conversation 19 year old activist Rosalie Fish and I discuss the current epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
A member of the Cowlitz tribe, Rosalie comes to this subject with deep personal knowledge and an unshakeable commitment to giving a voice to these women.
This was a hard conversation for many reasons, not the least of which is that no one should have to be fighting this battle, certainly not at 19. But these women need a voice and Rosalie gives these missing an...2020-02-1840 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Everything You Probably Didn‘t Know (and need to) About ID with Kat CalvinKat Calvin
Season 2 Episode 15
In this episode I talk with Kat Calvin, founder of Project ID and Spread the Vote about why her organization focuses on getting ID for the millions of Americans who don't have any.
This goes so far beyond what I was expecting when I got into this conversation. I had no idea about some of the things people can't access without identification. Things that make just doing daily life really hard.
Have a listen! It's equal parts fascinating and horrifying.
For a written transcript of th...2020-02-0456 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking About ”She Speaks” an Homage to Black Women with Filmmaker Don Estill
Don Estill
Season 2 Episode 14
In this beautiful and moving conversation filmmaker Don Estill talks about why he was compelled to make this documentary. He speaks of the women who inspired him directly and talks about the multitude of ways that Black women are amazing.
The voices of Black Women are often misunderstood and overlooked. She Speaks shines a light on the depth and richness of these voices and showcases how and why Black Women are the future.
This is an interview that moved me deeply. I hope you feel the...2020-01-2149 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Bringing Abortion Stories Out of the Shadows and More with Renee Bracey Sherman
Renee Bracey Sherman
Season 2 Episode 13
In this episode abortion rights activist Renee Bracey Sherman and I talk about why it’s so important that abortions stories are heard. We also talk about the deep bias that’s at the heart of the debate and the disproportionate impact on people of color.
Renee made me think about aspects of this issue that I hadn’t considered before.
Join us and expand your perspective on reproductive rights.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2020-01-0754 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking the Arts as Activism, Mary McLeod Bethune, and More with Richarda Abrams
Richarda Abrams
Season 2 Episode 12
In this episode actor Richarda Abrams and I discuss her award winning one woman show, First By Faith: The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune. We also talk about the ways in which each of us can contribute to the greater good in our own way and why the Arts are so important in a healthy society. Richarda's one-woman show about black educator and activist Bethune has lessons for us in this moment when it can feel hard to see a way though. As we enter a new decade this ep...2019-12-1938 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking How to Start a Revolution and More with Lauren Duca
Lauren Duca
Season 2 Episode 11
In this episode Lauren Duca, author of How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics, and I talk about what changed after the 2016 election. We talk about how many young people experienced a political awakening and the shift that has engendered. You’ve probably heard the term military industrial complex. But have you heard about the political-industrial complex?
We all hear that young people are the future, well of course they are. Lauren and I talk about the future that young people are...2019-12-0359 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking the Power of Individuals and more with Rebecca Farnum
Rebecca Farnum
Season 2 Episode 10
In this episode London based Rebecca Farnum and I discuss a range of social justice issues from Volunteer-tourism’s ups and downs to gender based violence in North Africa. This conversation will definitely get your activist juices flowing if you're feeling stuck. If you're already in motion you'll also find inspiration here.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2019-11-1356 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Self Care, Managing Expectations, and More with Mara GlatzelIn this conversation Mara Glatzel and I discuss meaningful self-care (it’s not just baths and chocolate), managing our expectations of ourselves so that we aren’t setting ourselves up, and how thought patterns and belief systems play into self-care. We talk about taking risks and how taking a risk might be the best self-care there is and so much more.
I think you’re gonna love this deep conversation.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2019-10-0959 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Freedom and Oppression with Louiza DoranIn this episode Louiza (Weeze) Doran and I talk about reproductive rights and how they are linked to generational poverty for communities of color. We also talk about what it’s gonna take for us all to get to freedom. Weeze doesn’t pull punches and I loved this conversation. I think you will too. Be sure to listen to the end so that you can get Louiza’s suggestions for how to bring activism to our everyday lives.
For a written transcript of this episode click here.
2019-09-041h 10Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking With Everyday Activist Grace McKinnonOn November 7th 2018 Grace McKinnon was on her way back to work when she saw a confrontation unfolding between a black man and police officers in Washington, D.C..
As soon as she saw what was happening Grace stopped her car, got out, started recording and approached the young man, Anthony Williams. The officers had their weapons pointed at Williams and McKinnon knew that she needed to somehow defuse the situation.
She calmly approached Williams and started talking to him, telling him that he needed to comply with the officers instructions and that this wasn’t...2019-08-2043 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking the "Oreo Complex", Belonging, Creativity, and More with Kristin IrisIn this episode Kristin Iris and I talk about the “Oreo Complex” the accusation that someone is Black on the outside and white on the inside because they don’t conform to someone’s idea of what being “Black” looks like. Kristin and I also tackle the subjects of belonging, what creativity looks like for her, and so much more.
2019-08-0654 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking the assault on Reproductive Rights & Saving Roe w/ State Representative Renitta Shannon
Renitta Shannon
Season 2 Episode 5
In this episode I talk with Georgia State Representative Renitta Shannon about the accelerating and ongoing assault on reproductive rights and the efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.
This conversation with Renitta inspired me to do more interviews on the subject of abortion rights so keep an eye out for more on this critically important subject.
2019-07-2337 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Gender Roles, Raising Free Children, and more with Craig PomranzIn this episode I interview singer, actor, and author Craig Pomranz. This is a first for the podcast! Until now none of my interviewees has been male. I started this podcast really wanting to give more women a voice. Then Craig approached me and when I read his book I was both charmed and sure that his was also a voice to amplify.
Craig has written a wonderful children’s book that tackles our stereotypes around gender roles. In a world where we see evidence of toxic masculinity every day paying attention to how we are engaging wi...2019-07-0947 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeDyana Valentine Interviews Me and We Talk About Belonging, Alignment, Storytelling and MoreA few weeks ago I interviewed Dyana Valentine. In this episode Dyana Valentine turns the tables and interviews me. We talk about belonging (and not), saying “yes”, storytelling and so much more. She even got me to reveal my superpower!
2019-06-2542 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Real Questions, Belonging (or not), and more with Dyana ValentineIn this conversation Dyana and I talk about the questions we ask, asking more useful questions, oracle work, our responsibility both locally and globally, and so much more.
2019-06-1154 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Embracing Your Wholeness, Fractals, Pleasure and more with adrienne maree brownIn this fabulous conversation adrienne maree brown and I talk about the layers each of us possess, taking up space, bringing pleasure to our day-to-day and so much more. This is an episode you don't want to miss.
2019-05-1459 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Tolerating Discomfort, Brené Brown, the Freedom of Not Giving a Damn, and More with Sharyn HolmesIn this conversation Gutsy Girl Sharyn Holmes and I discuss doing the work of social justice, how important it is to be able to sit with discomfort as we do this work, Brené Brown and so much more. I loved this conversation for its clarity and honesty. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
2019-02-1953 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Spirituality as a Weapon, Facing the Shadow, and More with Rachel RickettsEverything has its shadow and that includes spirituality. In this rich conversation Rachel Ricketts and I talk about that shadow, facing it, what we can learn from it and so much more.
2019-02-1556 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking the Ups and Downs of Social Justice work, the Trap of Expectations, and Much More with Makenna HeldIn this episode Makenna and I discuss how we can, with the best of intentions, do harm when we intend to do good in the realm of social justice. How expectations are joy killers and so much more.
2019-02-0658 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking The Breadth of Blackness, Social Media Manipulation, and More with Leesa Renee HallIn this fascinating conversation Leesa Renee Hall and I discuss how white supremacy limits the ways that black people are perceived and the boxes we are “allowed” to fill. We also talk about social media, how to become less reactive and understanding how the algorithms keep us in our bubbles, and so much more. This was a conversation I was really looking forward to and it didn’t disappoint.
2019-01-1756 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Culture, and Your “So What?” w/ Andréa RanaeIn this conversation Andréa Ranae and I talk about systems, culture, your, “So what?”, the self help industry, your work in the world and so much more.
2019-01-0352 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Cultural Identity, Appropriation, and Transformation w/ Anuradha KowthaIn this conversation Anuradha and I talk about the subtleties of cultural appropriation, cultural identity, the process of transformation, and the challenges of imagining different. We also talk about curry.
2018-12-1255 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Inclusion, Self-Determination, KWANZAA, and More with Desiree AdawayIn this conversation Desiree and I take on the issues of inclusivity, the values of Kwanzaa, what it’s like to walk through the world as a black woman, the challenges of creating a truly new world, and so much more. I loved this engaging and inspiring conversation and I think you will too.
2018-11-2754 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Social Justice, Storytelling, Cultural Appropriation and more with Elinor PredotaIn this episode Elinor and I talk about social justice work, storytelling, how to avoid being culturally appropriative and so much more. This wide ranging conversation will get you thinking in ways you may not have before.
2018-11-1352 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Story and Teaching Inclusion with Patti DighIn this episode Patti Digh and I talk about the power of story, what inclusion looks like and how we move from our specific silos to being a more inclusive society. In this conversation we look at ways to navigate the challenges that we face in our work places, as a country, and as individuals.
2018-10-2950 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Self Care for Activists with Jena SchwartzIn this episode Jena Schwartz and I discuss how writing can be used as a tool of self care for activists. We also talk about ways we can keep going in these challenging times. *
* We had some audio issues with this episode. You can clearly hear the conversation but there is some echo from time to time. I apologize for that but the conversation is so rich I didn’t want to deprive you of Jena’s wisdom and heart.
2018-10-1555 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLast Week Was Brutal. Where Do We Go From Here?This is a special mini episode of Stepping Into Truth. This is just me, Omkari, talking about the things happening in our country right now and a response that I think may move us along.
2018-10-0320 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking About Women's Sacred Stories with Ronna DetrickIn this episode Sacred Conversationalist Ronna Detrick and I discuss the sacred stories of women and why looking at them through a new lens is so important. Have you heard of Jael? I hadn't. Hearing her story was just one fascinating piece of a fascinating conversation. You are in for a treat.
2018-09-1759 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Race, Age, and Art with Nell Irvin PainterIn this episode of Stepping Into Truth artist and historian Nell Irvin Painter and I talk about race, age, art and what it was like to go from being a history professor at Princeton to an art student as a self described, "old woman".
2018-09-0459 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking about Planned Parenthood and Navigating Today's Political Waters with Staci FoxIn this conversation Planned Parenthood Southeast CEO Staci Fox and I talk about the organization, intersectionality among social justice groups, and what you don't know about Planned Parenthood, but should.
2018-08-2059 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Growing up Black in White America with Amanda HollowellIn this conversation community activist Amanda Hollowell and I talk about growing up black in predominantly white communities, her visit to the Civil Rights Museum in Atlanta, and the necessity of organ donation from communities of color.
2018-08-1446 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Diversity, Inclusion, and Action with Tommi ParisIn this conversation Tommi and I discuss the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion, what they mean, and how we can bring those values into our day-to-day lives.
2018-08-0649 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Gender, Success Models, and More with Naomi DunfordIn this conversation Naomi Dunford and I discuss gender and success models, the blissful ignorance of youth, unschooling, how she wound up starting a beauty blog at 35, and so much more.
2018-07-2354 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking About the Power of Naming with Melanie DewBerryIn this conversation author and coach Melanie DewBerry and I discuss the power of naming, finding our "original" medicine, taking up space, standing in our power and much more.
2018-07-0944 minStepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking About the Worthiness Wound with Thais SkyDo you feel you are you "good enough" or are you on a constant quest for self improvement? If you, like most women, don't ever feel that you are quite enough, welcome to the worthiness wound. In this engaging conversation Thais Sky and I discuss that wound, resilience, self-help and the patriarchy, the immigrant experience and more. Enjoy!
2018-06-191h 15Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Dismantling Patriarchy and More with Layla SaadIn this episode Layla Saad and I discuss dismantling the patriarchy, white privilege, our favorite writers, and so much more. This conversation was rich, enjoy!
2018-06-181h 08Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeTalking Social Activism with Coco PapyWe know that we live in a time that calls us to be active participants in our government. What we don't always know is what that looks like and how to do the work of social activism. What are the challenges of social activism? How does one create an environment that supports different people coming together for a common cause? Black spaces and white privilege. Savannah, GA community activist Coco Papy takes on these subjects and so much more in a fascinating conversation. If you need direction, you will find it here. If you need motivation you will find...2018-06-1552 min