"Facing Race: Stories & Voices" is a special series of oral histories recorded at the 2014 Facing Race National Conference in Dallas, TX. Featuring an array of thinkers and advocates sharing their personal stories and formative experiences, the series illustrates the many paths and experiences of racial justice work. Episodes will be released weekly, starting in June 2016, and are available on the Race Forward site (https://www.raceforward.org/media/facing-race-stories-voices), or listeners ...
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In the final episode of our Facing Race: Stories & Voices podcst, Race Forward Executive Director Rinku Sen, and our founder, and Former Executive Director Gary Delgado share stories of growing up in all-white enclaves on Long Island, and how they came to learn about, and participate in their first acts of organizing. We learn about some key moment…
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In this session, social justice educator Lutze Segu (FeministGriote), and Johnathan Fields discuss the effects of social media on racial justice movements. Lutze speaks about critical self reflection, pointing out how important it is to “complicate your politics,” and have compassion when doing social justice work. Be sure to rate and subscribe to …
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In this episode, Janna Zinzi tells our Race Forward Senior Research Associate Tara Conley about what it's like to grow up in a multiracial family when one side of that family clings to racist notions of relationship norms. They discuss formative moments in their youth that shaped their understanding of the complex, racist and stereotypical lenses s…
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In this podcast, Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance tells Kai Wright about the ways that women in her family inspired her to fight for the rights of domestic workers–while making space for self care. Ai-jen divulges the gripping story of one of the first domestic workers whose case she worked on: a young nanny from Jamai…
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Former Colorlines staffer Aura Bogado speaks with Chief Thomas Dardar, principal Chief of the United Houma Nation in Louisiana. Chief Dardar speaks on the vital importance of preserving their culture and staying connected to the land, and their historical struggle to receive proper treatment from the government, as a tribe that is still not federal…
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Franchesca Ramsey tells our former Race Forward producer Kat Lazo all about the origins of the classic Chescaleigh video "Sh*t White Girls Say," and what she has learned from her work tackling race issues in the treacherous waters of YouTube.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, former managing director of Race Forward, speaks to Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Freedom Center for Social Justice, on how Rawls has found surprising common ground with church leaders in her work on LGBTQ issues.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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Akiba Solomon talks to Larry Fellows III, a young St. Louis resident who was so affected in the first days after Michael Brown's death in 2014, he left his day job to help build the growing movement in Ferguson and eventually helped found Millennial Activists United.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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Author Jeff Chang tells Race Forward's Jay Smooth about his Hawaiian roots, and how reggae and liberation movements for people of color helped shape his sociopolitical views.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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Glenn Harris of the Center for Social Inclusion speaks to Race Forward's Terry Kelleher on his family's experience with institutional racism through the Tuskegee Experiment, and how this led to his innovative work for racial equity within the system.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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In this episode media technologist Deanna Zandt talks to Malkia A. Cyril, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice. Malkia shares about the inspiration she draws from her mother's work, and her vision of reclaiming media and technology as public tools for speaking truth to power.…
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In this session former Colorlines reporter Carla Murphy interviews Indian-American activist Pramila Jayapal. Pramila talks poignantly about finding her place in the USA as a teenage immigrant from India, and how 9/11 led her to a new career as immigrant rights advocate.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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This week former Colorlines reporter Jamilah King talks to the queer, black-mixed race, trans-activist Parker T Hurley, about on forging your own path to home and family as a queer person of color.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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In this conversation with former Colorlines staffer Julianne Hing, racial justice and civil rights activist Linda Sarsour tells how her activism is informed by her family and Palestinian roots, and how her Muslim faith resonates in all areas of her life.Par Facing Race: Stories & Voices
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