With Love And Justice For All

Ep.77 - ”American Detox” with Kerri Kelly

We're joined by community organizer and wellness activist Kerri Kelly. She is the author of American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal and the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement that is democratizing wellbeing for all.
She works diligently to dismantle oppression within herself and the systems and culture she is a part of. She works in support and solidarity with BIPOC leaders and organizations to explore how to work across lines of difference to advance equity and build community resilience.
As a white woman of privilege, Kerri is committed to dismantling systems of oppression and doing her part to bring about the more just and equitable world that we all deserve. She understands that the toxic impacts of these systems land differently and disproportionately on BIPOC people. Because of this reality Kerri gives attribution and reparation to the long long lineage of first responders, healers, activists and organizers that she comes from.
Learn more at ctznwell.org

Ep.76 - Just In Time For Black History Month & Other Headlines

Just in time for Black History Month the College Board strips down Its A.P. curriculum for African American Studies, a neo-Nazi homeschool network is uncovered, and we recognize World Hijab Day, plus other headlines you might have missed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/01/black-history-month-facts/11155620002/
https://www.foxnews.com/media/miami-mocked-africa-themed-police-black-history-month-cannot
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34ane/neo-nazi-homeschool-ohio
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fewer-people-migrating-united-states_n_63d2b010e4b04d4d18e47738
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/01/i-proudly-wear-a-hijab-forget-the-stereotypes-its-a-sign-of-style-and-strength
 

Ep.75 - No Self-Hate Like Christian Self-Love

Both the traditional and New Thought Christian message of Self-Love come with implied directives of individualism, isolation, and rejection of parts of ourselves, especially our bodies. On this episode we take a look at how loving ourselves is an opportunity for deconstruction, with embodied practices to help us return home.

Ep.74 - #FloridaSoWhite & Other Headlines

Florida bans AP African American studies class, International Holocaust Memorial Day, Black killer cops, and other headlines you might have missed. Learn more about project_SANCTUS at www.projectsanctus.com
Article links:
https://thegrio.com/2023/01/27/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-should-unite-blacks-and-jews/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/pope-francis-homosexuality-not-crime/
https://outreach.faith/2023/01/like-it-or-not-pete-buttigieg-is-legally-married/
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/ron-desantis-bans-african-american-studies-florida-schools
https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books
https://thegrio.com/2023/01/27/memphis-braces-for-release-of-video-in-tyre-nichols-arrest/
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/sam-smith-album-gloria-review/672848/
 

Ep.73 - Safe Spaces Pt 2: The Practice

We continue our discussion around creating safe[r] spaces with visual artist and workshop facilitator Jenny Hahn. Jenny holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art, and her acrylic paintings and giclée prints are collected around the world as well as licensed for inspirational products including book covers, calendars, posters, and most recently the Wisdom of the Shadow and Wisdom of the Divine Feminine oracle card decks.
Her workshops help people recover their innate wholeness and creativity using painting as a tool for mindfulness and self-discovery. Her innate magic is to uplift and inspire with images that feed the heart and soul. She says her painting is her connection to the mystery.
Learn more about Jenny and purchase her work at jennyhahnart.com
Learn more about our work at projectsanctus.com

Ep.72 - Safe Spaces Pt 1: Beloved Community

Beloved community, a term popularized by Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, was not simply a welcoming space as determined by majority comfort. It's a community in which everyone is cared for, absent of poverty, hunger, and hate, in which we work to eradicate what King called the Triple Evils: Poverty, Racism, Militarism. To create such safe spaces involves the uncomfortable and sometimes messy work of examining how we uphold the Triple Evils, both individually and collectively.
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Ep.71 - Reparations Are A Thing & Other Headlines

We talk about modern-day reparations, Covid catching up to white bodies, Trans folk being dishonored even in death, and some other headlines you might have missed. Article sources below. Visit projectsanctus.com for more info about our events and to make a donation.
https://www.theroot.com/minnesota-city-creates-committee-to-give-reparations-to-1849955784
https://www.theroot.com/la-based-bank-to-pay-largest-redlining-settlement-ever-1849984361
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/19/covid-deaths-us-race/
https://thegrio.com/2023/01/12/how-reforming-our-organ-donation-system-can-save-black-lives/
https://19thnews.org/2023/01/trans-people-misgendering-death-certificates/
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/01/04/black-americans-outdoors
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1147440285/golden-globes-2023-hfpa
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-monologue-racist-hollywood-foreign-press-association-1234658985/amp/
https://news.yahoo.com/beat-michelle-yeoh-tells-golden-192604908.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90cmVsbG8uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMUAKbpBDb0Tur_-aWGCl60Vg3nyE-RraBtiSMD4a5s7cPWuABjP8PJM1378wZ_y1W-1jHke8fuABSO46LBnT5EkL3cmGKzsIGwYzLnbQCWYIxJuf51N_7lF2PwiV5ZNMgAnXsolj5uGEaANLFd32dIDEOycgAXDZhWG48Iyxjke

Ep.70 - Healing: It’s Not What You Think It Is

Ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr Day and the National Day of Racial Healing we have a conversation about how "Healing" has been conflated for maintaining comfort, what healing actually means, and how MLK Jr's concept of Beloved Community invites both connection and discomfort.
Learn more at projectsanctus.com

Ep.69 - New Year, More Us.

We're back after the holidays with a discussion around our 2023 intentions as individuals and as a platform and community committed to creating an antiracist culture.
More info + event registration at projectsanctus.com

Ep.68 - Here’s Looking At Ya & Other Headlines

Problematic AI selfies and facial recognition, Black people dying sooner because racism, RIP Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and other headlines you might have missed. Links to articles referenced in show below:
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-gloria-steinem-d5c11ee749bfc94f4834622b28b2bcc4
https://www.prri.org/spotlight/the-majority-of-lgbt-americans-are-religious-who-they-are-and-why-they-matter/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-twitter-harass-yoel-roth/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/fatal-police-shootings-unreported/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/neurologists-say-accelerated-brain-aging-black-people-can-countered-li-rcna59243
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/19/federal-study-confirms-racial-bias-many-facial-recognition-systems-casts-doubt-their-expanding-use/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/02/tsa-security-face-recognition/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/08/lensa-ai-portraits/
 

Ep.67 - Antisemitism 101 with Rabbi Eli

We welcome Rabbi Eli Freedman for a wonderful and enlightening conversation with  about Judaism, antisemitism, and what's our to do at time when misinformation is fueling a rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence.
Rabbi Eli Freedman serves the Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to joining the clergy team at Rodeph Shalom, Rabbi Freedman served as Rabbinic Intern at the NYU Hillel, spent three years of rabbinical school in London and ran the outreach and engagement program at Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Rabbi Freedman’s major areas of work at Rodeph Shalom include RiSe Up! (Social Justice) Initiative, Families with Young Children, and young adult work.

Ep.66 - Advent, Appreciation, Appropriation

Advent is already underway, but it's not the only holiday observed at this time of year. When is it appropriate to celebrate other traditions not created for our race or ethnicity? We discuss, as well as take a deconstructed view of Advent.

Ep.65 - Living Our Preferred Future Now

In a recently published article, writer and activist adrienne maree brown invites us to embrace  a few key activities and perspectives that will help create a future that is nourishing for all of us.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2022/11/29/murmurations-collective-accountability

Ep.64 - Good Giving & Other Headlines

We talk about Giving Tuesday as a tool to upend capitalism, real life aftermath of abortion laws in Texas, the colorism of Black Panther Wakanda Forever, and other headlines you might have missed. Links mentioned in the episode below:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21727010/giving-tuesday-explained-charity-nonprofits
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21728843/best-charities-donate-giving-tuesday
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/28/us/merriam-webster-word-year-2022-gaslighting-cec/index.html
https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/abortion-texas-roe-v-wade-data-maternal-morbidity.html
https://www.vox.com/culture/2022/11/21/23467145/black-panther-wakanda-forever-latino-colorism-racism-namor-tenoch-huerta
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/beyonce-ap-taylor-swift-lizzo-jayz-b2226004.html
https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2022/10/17/child-poverty-social-safety-net
 

Ep.63 - Dangerous Speech

As the Club Q mass shooting showed us, these are more dangerous times for some, and it's being fuels by dangerous speech. In this episode we take a look at what constitutes dangerous speech, how it's different than hate speech, and what we can do when we see and hear it. We use some recent exchanges from our social media accounts as examples. Links mentioned int he podcast below:
DANGEROUS SPEECH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE -- https://dangerousspeech.org/guide/
Rev Ogun's Instagram Post -- https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTmKP9uf2Z/
The right’s moral panic over “grooming” invokes age-old homophobia -- https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained
THE GLOBAL RIGHT WING’S BIZARRE OBSESSION WITH PEDOPHILIA -- https://fpif.org/the-global-right-wings-bizarre-obsession-with-pedophilia/
How age-old homophobic language is being used to miseducate voters -- https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/27/us/rhetoric-lgbtq-midterms-race-deconstructed-newsletter-reaj

Ep.62 - Connecting The Dots

In the wake of the Club Q mass shooting, we connect the dots between such senseless acts of terror against the LGBTQ+ community, the current conservative political rhetoric, and white supremacy cultural norms.

Ep.61 - Mormons For Marriage & Other Headlines

In a welcome surprise, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced their support for the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill enshrining protections for marriage equality. We discuss this and other headlines you might have missed.

Ep.59 - The Red Trickle & Other Headlines

We recap the midterm elections results up to the time of recording, as a well as some other headlines you might have missed.

Ep.60 - Democracy Stress Test

We're recording on election day so we might be a little stressed. Today we discuss how we, and Democracy, will hold up and navigate not just through today, but in the days, weeks, months and, heaven forbid, years to follow.

Ep.58 - Talking To Your People

With volatile midterms weeks away, and the holidays right on the heels, we see more and more people struggling to have difficult conversations about racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. Very often these become intense disagreements, drawn in party lines, or instead are people opt for staying silent, and ignoring the elephants in the room, which feels inauthentic and hopeless. In advance of our upcoming workshop TALKING TO YOUR PEOPLE we discuss the challenges of such conversations, and tease the framework we will share in the workshop. More info and registration at projectsanctus.com/events/talking-to-your-people