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S4E5: Future gazing: An interview with international educator and Director of Department of the Future's, Mark Gonzales

Guest host Dr. Ramona Beltrán and international educator and director of Department of the Future, Mark Gonzales, define futurism and the power of radical imagination in creating an equitable world. This episode honors and acknowledges what is while envisioning what can be. What would the world look like if care and empathy are at the forefront? What would it be like to live in a world where anti-racist work is no longer necessary? Join us for a conversation to both radically reimagine and actively manifest the future.  Discover more about Department of the Future

S4E4: Seeing Humanity: A Conversation on Immigration and Community Care

RAGE podcast host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Elizabeth Escobedo dive into topics on immigration, highlighting common misconceptions, language as a humanizing and dehumanizing tool, and the importance of seeing humanity. This episode also explores the work of Casa de Paz, a Colorado-based organization that helps recently released immigrants from the GEO Aurora detention center, and Dr. Escobedo's book entitled From Coveralls to Zoots Suits: Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. Strap in for an in-depth discussion on the necessity of social justice and embracing fellow humans with kindness, respect, and care.

 

Casa de Paz: https://www.casadepazcolorado.org/

From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469602066_escobedo

 

 

S4E3: 3 Black Women Existing: A Conversation on Black Womanhood

Caris Fox hosts guests Christina Yebuah and Kahlea Hunt-Khabir of Her Health Her Truth of Colorado Black Health Collaborative. This episode covers an array of topics that impact the health and wellness of Black women in society. Topics include deconstructing the “strong, Black woman” narrative, the intersections of race and gender identity on lived experiences, the socialization of Black women in higher education, capitalism’s impacts on the health and wellness of Black women, and the trendiness of Black death. This episode is an in-depth conversation that is both by and centers Black women.

 

Website Links

Black Colorado Health Collaborative: https://coloradoblackhealth.org/

Her Health. Her Truth.: https://www.instagram.com/herhealth.hertruth/

S4E1: Transformative Justice and Emotions in Activism

RAGE’s new podcast host Caris Fox and guest Dr. May Lin discuss Social Movement Support Lab and the organization’s work to provide multidisciplinary assistance to organizations fighting to shrink the mass criminalization and incarceration systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, and remedy the over-investment in the criminal justice and immigration enforcement systems and the under-investment in education, public health, and community well-being. 

This episode also includes an introduction to Dr. Lin’s book project entitled Emotional Counterpublics: Feeling Racial Justice and conversation on the belief gap, transformational justice, and the vital role of emotions in activism. 

S2E8: Caucasity - Exploring the Complicity and Fragility of White Women ft. Dr.Hall (Part 4)

In the 2nd part of our interview with Dr. Hall in a 4 part series we call Caucasity, we address some of the ways black progress is stifled by a lack of accountability for racism when the sexism card is played. 

S2E7: Caucasity: Exploring the Complicity and Fragility of White Women ft. Dr. Hall (Part 3)

On this R.A.G.E. Podcast Caucasity Series we are joined by Dr. Ronald E. Hall of Michigan State University as we discuss white fragility, white feminism and white women as tools of oppression of Black people and its impacts and possible solutions.

S2E6: Caucasity: Exploring the Complicity & Fragility of White Women ft. Saira Rao (Part 2)

Listen in on the 2nd-part of our incredible interview with the indomitable Saira Rao as she digs deep and explains the complicity and fragility of white women and its impact on society in general but social justice movements in particular.

S2E5: Caucasity: Exploring the Complicity & Fragility of White Women ft. Saira Rao (Part 1)

Join the R.A.G.E. Podcast in this 3-part series entitled Caucasity - Exploring the Complexity/Fragility of white women. In this first of the series we speak with indomitable Saira Rao as she explains her journey and awakening into caucacity and her analysis on what next steps should be for them and people of color.

S2E4: From Slave Patrols to Police, The Murder of Elijah McClain (Part 2)

Join the R.A.G.E. podcast part 2 as we continue our conversation with co-founder of Black Lives Matter national chapter Dr.Melina Abudllah. Share!

S2E3: From Slave Patrols to Police, The Murder of Elijah McClain (Part 1)

This R.A.G.E. two part series deals with the recent killing that occurred in Aurora, Co. of a 23-year old unarmed and innocent Black man at the hands of the police. Listen in to our guest Dr.Melina Abdullah explain and expound upon both the problems and solutions to murder by police.