AI-generated hosts Hala and Rami bring this podcast to life and dive into the heart of my projects, blog posts, coaching insights, and everything I’m passionate about. From entrepreneurship and innovation to personal growth and transformation, this podcast unpacks my journey and the conversations I've had in a fresh, conversational, and forward-thinking way.
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We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements. Please note that our first 15 episodes also aired on KPFA's sister station KPFB. Brought to you by We Rise Cultural Production. www.weriseproduction.com
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Clarity often gets lost in the rush. We unpack Tony Feghali’s perspective on slowing down your thinking to speed up your decisions—without the noise, the second-guessing, or the scramble. When you give yourself space to reflect, alignment comes easier, and momentum feels lighter.By Tony Feghali
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The decision you’ve delayed is already making one for you
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10:14What happens when you delay a decision? In this episode, we explore how indecision quietly shapes your outcomes — draining time, energy, and trust. Tune in for a quick, honest take on why clarity matters and how to move forward with intention.By Tony Feghali
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Every professional deserves a filter that protects what matters most. This conversation unpacks Tony Feghali’s 5-question clarity check — a framework to help you pause, reflect, and commit with intention. It’s about saying yes to what moves your mission forward with focus, purpose, and peace of mind.…
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Build a decision-making process aligned with your personality
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7:35Every leader deserves a decision-making rhythm that reflects how they think best. In this conversation, we explore Tony Feghali’s approach to designing thoughtful, spacious choices—ones that don’t chase urgency but move with clarity, alignment, and calm momentum.By Tony Feghali
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What makes someone a truly impactful coach? We explore Tony Feghali’s candid take on the lived experience behind great coaching, where falling, learning, and rising again are part of the job description. This conversation dives into how real-world setbacks, clarity through chaos, and earned perspective shape the kind of coach who doesn’t just offer…
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You don’t need a business coach until you do
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9:07Support doesn’t always come after success—sometimes, it’s what gets you there. Hala and Rami dive into Tony Feghali’s reflections on when business coaching matters most—not when everything’s polished, but when clarity is scarce, decisions are heavy, and leadership feels lonely. This conversation is for anyone building in real time, navigating growt…
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Stuck isn’t always a strategy problem—it’s a signal to pause and ask better questions. We unpack three of Tony Feghali’s go-to coaching prompts that help clear the fog, surface what’s really holding us back, and reconnect with clarity. Whether you're facing indecision, fear, or just plain burnout, these questions are designed to shift your thinking…
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Zero to three is where dreams feel most fragile—and most real. It’s the season of late nights, quiet doubts, and choosing to keep going when no one’s watching. We explore Tony Feghali’s take on this messy, make-or-break phase—where survival matters more than scaling, and staying true to yourself is the boldest move of all.…
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In this special Mother’s Day episode, we explore an article by Tony Feghali—mothers as the original coaches. Long before coaching became a profession, mothers everywhere were practicing its core principles. Join us, Hala and Rami, as we break down five powerful reasons why mothers embody what it means to be a great coach. Whether biological, adopti…
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Visions of a Climate Just World, Ep. 58
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1:20:18In autumn of 2024, a diverse crowd of artists, activists, and community members gathered at the New Parkway Theater on occupied Ohlone land known as Huchiun for a private screening co-hosted by the Center for Cultural Power and Movement Generation. Excited to immerse themselves in stories of climate justice, the audience came for the debut of two s…
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One ride, two strangers, and a shared humanity
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4:10Deep Dive Dardachāt explores one of Tony Feghali’s personal stories—The Saudi Uber Driver. What begins as a simple ride through Riyadh during Ramadan becomes a powerful reflection on human connection, generosity, and the shared moments that transcend differences. Join us as we unpack this meaningful encounter: how a small gesture—a bottle of water …
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In this episode, we explore Saudi Arabia’s startup revolution, a rapidly growing ecosystem that is redefining entrepreneurship in the region. Based on insights from Dr. Tony Feghali’s interview on The Network Podcast, we break down the key factors driving this boom—from government investment and a young, tech-savvy population to returning expats br…
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The Faller Archetypes: How we navigate setbacks
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14:48In this episode, we explore The Faller Archetypes, a framework that uncovers how we instinctively react to setbacks and falling. Join us as we break down these twelve archetypes, from the Critic, who fixates on flaws, to the Bouncer, who moves on too quickly, to the Strategist, who always has a plan. How do our default responses to falling shape ou…
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In this episode, we explore Tony Feghali’s blog post about a service taxi ride in Beirut, an everyday experience that reveals deeper truths about Lebanon’s economic struggles, resilience, and human connection. Join us as we unpack this powerful story—how a simple ride can reflect unspoken hardships, quiet acts of generosity, and the dignity people …
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Not all value is measured in money. In this episode of Deep Dive Dardachāt, Hala and Rami explore my concept of Bitmoons—a hidden social currency built on generosity, trust, and human connection. Unlike Bitcoin, which is scarce and transactional, Bitmoons thrive on giving and reciprocity. From helping a friend to supporting a colleague, we’re const…
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Gino’s journey: Faith, resilience and adventure
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10:09In this episode of Deep Dive Dardachāt, we explore Tony Feghali’s blog post about Gino, a woman whose life is a testament to resilience, faith, and adventure. From hiking Lebanon’s trails to surviving a life-altering diagnosis, Gino embraces every moment with fearless energy. Join us as Hala and Rami dive into her incredible journey, uncovering les…
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From Dough to Done: Lessons in mentorship
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11:08In this episode of Deep Dive Dardachāt, we explore Tony Feghali’s blog post, What Bread-Baking Taught Me About Mentorship. At first glance, baking and mentorship might seem unrelated, but Tony explains that both require patience, the right mix of ingredients, and a deep understanding of when to guide and when to step back. Just like a baker nurture…
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Enero Zapatista: Lithium Mining & Indigenous Resistance, Ep. 57
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1:07:36Enero Zapatista is an autonomously organized month-long series of events commemorating the Zapatistas' January 1st 1994 uprising. The aim of the events is to gather and form connections through Zapatismo and the Zapatista struggle, across calendars and geographies.We Rise has been attending these events all month to record and document the series. …
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In this episode, we explore Tony Feghali’s TEDx talk at TEDxSJS Cornet Chahwan YOUTH, where we discuss how AI can help preserve culture. Tony shares his vision of using technology to safeguard languages, traditions, and stories, ensuring they thrive in a digital world. Rather than replacing culture, AI can act as a bridge between generations, makin…
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In the debut episode, we explore the work and impact of Tony Feghali, a renowned business coach, educator, and innovator. Tony’s career is rooted in empowering entrepreneurs, guiding them from idea to execution, and helping them navigate the challenges of building something meaningful. With decades of experience at the crossroads of education, tech…
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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Panel Part 2 | Ep 56
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29:12Welcome to the third and final episode from our Crosspollination community block party series Roots of Justice: Protecting the Land, Protecting the People. As you probably know, we’re sharing this event out in 3 episodes. You can listen to episodes 54 and 55 to hear the beautiful opening ritual and the first part of the conversation with our paneli…
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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Panel Part 1 | Ep 55
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1:00:48Welcome to part two of our final iteration of the Crosspollination community block party series Roots of Justice: Protecting the Land, Protecting the People. Because of the fullness of the dialogue, we’re sharing this event out in 3 episodes. Listen to episode 54 to hear the beautiful opening ritual, featuring musical artists Sam and Nikbo, and our…
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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Opening | Ep 54
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29:41In this political moment, we are so grateful to share with you the final episodes of our Crosspollination series. In these transformational times of simultaneous pain and potential, may we continue to weave & fortify our relationships with ourselves, each other, our ancestors, with land, with water and the other beings that call this earth home. Ma…
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La Madre Tiarra of Auspicious Acoustics introduces Blessed Assurance: Auspicious Acoustics grassroots fundraising initiative for their work with the Parents, Families, Caregivers and Loved Ones of Ascended Young Ones, aka The Angel Baby Constellations (ABCs). We Rise invites you to listen to our dear friend & collaborator, Tiarra as she shares abou…
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Healing with the Land, Stewarding Shelterwood Collective | Ep. 52
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49:05Welcome to this conversation between Co-founder, Layel Camargo, Wellness Practitioner, Erica Gibbons & Artist in Residence and Somatic Scribber Kate Morales, of Shelterwood Collective. We Rise is honored to be in community with Shelterwood, a queer, trans, black, indigenous, people of color-led land stewardship project located on unceded Kashia and…
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Crosspollination | We Show Up for Each Other, Part Two | Ep. 51
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1:06:23Welcome to part two of our recording from our June 8th Crosspollination community block party, Diasporic Care: We Show Up for Each Other. Because we had so many incredible guest speakers on our panel, we are breaking this conversation up into parts one & two. If you missed part one, we highly encourage you to listen to We Rise podcast episode 50, D…
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Crosspollination | Diasporic Care, Part One | Ep. 50
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1:01:46Diasporic Care: We Show Up for Each Other Welcome to Part 1 of 2 of this live recording from our Crosspollination community block party series. This event took place on June 8th, 2024. This episode features our opening prayer* with Dr. Uzo Nwankpa, & the beginning of our speakers panel, featuring the brilliant hearts & minds of: Sarah O'Neal, Oakla…
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Stewardship, Remembrance, & Sovereignty with Layla Feghali & Iman Labanieh | Ep. 49
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1:33:50Join Layla K. Feghali of River Rose Remembrance & Iman Labanieh of Baylasan Botanicals for a timely conversation about Layla's newly released book, The Land in Our Bones. Highlighting lineages of herbal resilience, diasporic stewardship, and unraveling the rippling impacts of colonial violence on our earth and communities, this book about people an…
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Crosspollination | Emergent Orgs for the People | Ep. 48
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1:13:12Crosspollination is a block party series created by We Rise Production with the purpose of strengthening and deepening existing connections and initiating new ones, after the changing culture and community landscape Oakland experienced in years of social distancing and pandemic. Our themes will deepen into an exploration of how WE TAKE CARE OF US. …
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¡Aye Que Chismear! with Nalgona Positivity Pride & Radically Fit, Ep. 47
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57:03Join Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride & Luca Yacón of Radically Fit Oakland in this enlightening & heart-to-heart discussion diving deep into the realms of Harm Reduction, Eating Disorders, & Body Movement. This thought-provoking conversation is an exploration of: Harm Reduction Strategies Personal Eating Disorder Journey Body Movement a…
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Wash It All Away with Adrienne Shamszad, Ep. 46
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47:53Born and raised in the Bay, Iranian-American singer-songwriter Adrienne Shamszad hops on the mic and shares her voice with We Rise listeners, debuting her first full-length album in 15 years: Wash It All Away! Adrienne's music is dedicated to our collective liberation - and is an intimate incantation of her heart. Equal parts silly and heartfelt, C…
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Somos Semillas EP 5: Sacred Rainbows, Weaving Our Crossroads
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1:05:51Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 5: Sacred Rainbows, Weaving Our Crossroads In this bonus episode Cat, Erika, & nicky gathe…
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Somos Semillas EP 4: Sacred Winds, Returning to our Power of Shedding
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1:03:31Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 4: Sacred Winds, Returning to our Power of Shedding In this episode Erika, nicky & Cat are…
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Somos Semillas EP 3: Sacred Fires, Returning to our Sexual Creativity
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1:17:26Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 3: Sacred Fires, Returning to our Sexual Creativity In this episode Erika, nicky & Cat are…
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From Queer & Well's Earth Day event: A panel with Christina Chase of National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) & Cat Brooks of Anti Police Terror Project (APTP), moderated by Layel Camargo When we think about communal care it is vital that we talk about the ways in which we take care of each other as queer and trans Black and brown fol…
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Queer & Well: Caring for the Land, Ep. 44
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45:33From Queer & Well's Earth Day event: A Conversation with Layel Camargo of Shelterwood Collective & Inés Ixierda of Sogorea Te Land Trust As queer Black and brown folks, what does it look like to be reconnected to land our ancestors stewarded before colonialism & white supremacy? What are the ways we can come back to this land and rebuild not only t…
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Somos Semillas EP 2: Sacred Earth, Returning to our Body Sovereignty
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49:54Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. In this episode we are reclaiming Earth Mother and the soils as part of who we are, what we'r…
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Somos Semillas EP 1: Sacred Waters, Returning to our Natural Flow
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51:33Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. Episode One: Sacred Waters, Returning to Our Natural Flow offers expansive praxis for a calli…
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Somos Semillas EP 0: Sacred Ether, Returning to our Spirit
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1:11:59Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. How do we want to be seeds now? In Episode 0, Erika, nicky, & Cat are accompanied by writer &…
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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. In this 5-episode series, we’ll deconstruct the ways we connect to each sacred element -Water…
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The Real Work, Ep 6: Dreaming Forward
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1:35:38This is it, right here, this is the final episode. And if you’re here right now, and you’ve been choosing to return to this work again and again, I want to say, thank you. Cuz If we want alternative means to responding to harm other than the systems on offer from the state, we are the ones who have to invest time, energy, labor into learning, heali…
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The Real Work, EP 5: Applied Practice
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1:45:24Last episode, we focused on the accountability part of community accountability. We explored how changing our behavior to live accountably is lifelong work, is violence prevention, takes building skills until they become muscle memory. Fortunately for us, Mia gave us many opportunities to practice. In this episode, we learn from this practice – and…
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Celebrating 6 years! Autumn Fundraiser, Ep. 43
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26:57Thank you for listening to our podcasts over the years, or months – or if you're new to our work, welcome! After 6 years of groundwork, we’re celebrating how far we’ve come & asking you – our community – for support. Donate to our first ever fundraiser! Your contribution supports queer, femme, Black Indigenous and People Of Color-centered multimedi…
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The Real Work, EP 4: Living Accountably
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1:35:47As the cohort continued, we learned that building the capacity to practice transformative justice takes immense and consistent personal work. We’re talking the basics of being human, like self reflection, and how to communicate. These personal inquiries into how we live our values, and how we respond to our inevitable mistakes, were like portals in…
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The Real Work, EP 3: Softening the Fist
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1:18:27Our facilitator, Mia Mingus, used the metaphor of a fist to explain how, unlike our current severely punitive carceral system, TJ creates conditions that support folks to step up and take accountability when they’ve caused harm. In this episode, we explore how these systems have shaped us, and ask, how else can we respond to violence, harm, & abuse…
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On episode one, we got up to speed about the conditions that brought theater makers in the Bay Area to organize around TJ. This episode is dedicated to unpacking, at its core, what is TJ? Episode transcript: bit.ly/TheRealWork-Episode-2 Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: sogoreate-landtrust.org Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: shellmound.org BATJC Pods & Po…
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The Real Work, EP 1: A Kind of Origin Story
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56:28How did The Real Work come to be? What were the conditions that set the stage (pun intended) for theater workers to come together to study & practice transformative justice? Let's find out... Episode transcript: bit.ly/TheRealWork-EP1 Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: sogoreate-landtrust.org Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: shellmound.org Anti Police-Terro…
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The Real Work Pilot: What /is/ the Real Work of Transformative Justice?
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6:34We are proud to present The Real Work: a podcast about theater culture & transformative justice! This collaboration has been in the works since 2018, and we are thrilled to share it with you now. Join us for our free online premiere of this series with a community dialogue August 22nd 7PM-9PM PST. Register at the link below. Let’s gather, witness e…
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CONTENT NOTE: Racist police murder. On Saturday, June 18, 24-year-old Derrick Clark was shot and killed by 30 members of the Oregon State Troopers and Clackamas County Sherriff’s Office for a DUI. Derrick’s loved ones are in deep mourning, and organizing to get answers about Derrick’s murder, and obtain justice in some way in the face of this white…
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'Rona Reflections & Queer Resilience, Ep. 41
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42:32As with all specially designated months, we get to celebrate being queer year round. That said, happy pride friends! And happy belated summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. In December of 2021, just before the Winter Solstice, cat & nicky got to sit down (virtually) with KPFA Radio’s First Voice Apprentice & Full Circle producer Sentient Shil…
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