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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) | A Panel Discussion about Race, Gender, & the Labor of Anti-Oppression Work
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
06/08/22 • 52 min
“We are in the business of putting ourselves out of business.” Nico Le Blanc
In our first - and only! - panel discussion of the season, Taja Lindley facilitates a conversation with 3 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners with 40+ years of experience between them. Tune in to hear:
- What DEI work looks like in institutional settings to support racial equity and social movements.
- How they determine who they will (not) work with and why.
- The frameworks that guide their practice (i.e. critical race theory, radical Black feminism, etc.)
- The ways race and gender impact how their work gets done.
- What it’s like to hold space for anti-racism while Black.
- Who is responsible for doing this work? And who should (not) be doing this work?
PANELISTS
Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a facilitator and author based in NYC (unceded land of the Lenape people). As she wraps up her doctoral studies, she works part-time as a trainer for the Center for Racial Justice in Education, the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, and Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race & Equity. Megan is co-author of First Conversations, a critically acclaimed series of books for young children on race, gender, consent, and bodies.
Nico Le Blanc is a passionate Black, Queer, Non-Binary BEing who currently serves as Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion at NYU and as a yoga and meditation instructor, counselor, and advocate focused on creating positive, safe, and empowering spaces that facilitate vulnerability, and healing. They are committed to the upliftment, self-care, health, vitality, and liberation of ALL Black BEings.
Zerandrian Morris (aka ‘The Ignant Intellectual’) is a capital 'B' Black non-binary transmasculine girl-identified person born & raised in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans currently living in DC. Zerandrian is a 2001 graduate of THE Spelman College. Zerandrian is a social impact strategist who creates paradigm-shifting experiences for companies, institutions, organizations, and individuals around topics like anti-racism, anti-Blackness, and racial equity.
SUPPORT THE SHOW
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- Support our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full length interviews with each of our guests featured this season.
- Make a one-time donation on PayPal.
- Purchase the podcast music (and remix!). All sales go towards the production of the podcast and support with project expenses.
Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle
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Discovering Your Purpose with Astrology
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
06/22/22 • 59 min
Have you ever asked yourself:
“why am I alive?”| “what is my calling?” | “what’s my next career move?”
If so, this episode is for you!
In this intergenerational podcast workshop, we discuss:
- Astrology 101 reviewing signs, elements, and modalities
- How to tap into your personal astrology without knowing your birth time or location
- The houses to look to in your natal chart for a sense of your talents, gifts, resources, work style, purpose, and legacy
- Example chart readings of Black women artists and activists
Tune in to learn more about your place among the stars!
Also! check out our 37 page digital workbook designed to help you follow along and to integrate what you learn in the episode. This workbook includes:
- 22 worksheets to help you decode your cosmic blueprint
- 10 cheat sheets of correspondences, rulerships, and keywords
- Plus! Relevant bonus info we didn’t have time to cover in the episode!
Join the Patreon at the Creative Foundation level or above to access the workbook!
ABOUT OUR GUESTS
deria (they/she/we) is a revolutionary lover looking to the stars and the soil for guidance in this lifetime. she has creative works published at Nightboat Blog, Spicy Zine, Felt Mag, Black Youth Project, and Desert Rose Magazine. you can email her at deria [dot] em [at] gmail [dot] com to connect. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)
Deborah Singletary has served as an astrological consultant for 40 years. She loves teaching astrology, giving personal consultations as well as utilizing her passion for art in her work as an interfaith minister to create workshops to help people to pierce the veil separating them from their true selves. She founded Vision Carriers in 1986 as a way of organizing her life missions and purposes. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:50:35)
SUPPORT THE SHOW
- Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram
- Sign up for our newsletter
- Support our work on Patreon
- Make a one-time donation on PayPal
- Purchase the podcast music (and remix)
Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
CREDIT
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the
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The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford | Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
05/11/22 • 64 min
Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way
Are you curious about how to get pregnant when queer?
“Don't use a turkey baster!” Olivia Ford
Olivia started her path to parenthood before being partnered. After her intuition told her it was time to pursue pregnancy, she popped the question to her gay guy friend: how would you like to make a baby with me? After 10 unsuccessful tries, she and her boo (now wife) purchased semen during a BOGO sale at a sperm bank and got pregnant with the second vial.
Tune in to hear Olivia's nine year journey to Black queer motherhood including:
- intracervical and intrauterine insemination
- pursuing pregnancy with a known donor who is living with HIV
- dating while trying to get pregnant
- the limitations and possibilities of the fertility industry for Black people and queer folks
During the interview, Olivia mentions this piece from Linda Villarosa in The New York Times Magazine entitled: "Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis"
This episode is the second part of a two-part series featuring birth stories that relied on assisted reproductive technologies and it has been edited for clarity and length. To listen to the full interview, visit Patreon.com/TajaLindley.
Olivia Ford (she/her; they/their) has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007. She is the editorial director for The Well Project, an online information, support, and advocacy resource serving a global audience of women living with HIV. She trained as a doula in 2004 and serves as a perinatal health advocate with Birthmark Doula Collective, a birth justice organization supporting pregnant and parenting people and their families in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Olivia and her wife are the dazzled, exhausted co-mamas of a smart-mouthed toddler, Orian (pronounced like “Dorian” without the “D”).
Her full interview is available on Patreon (running time: 02:26:18)
Support the Show!
- Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram and turn on notifications!
- Sign up for our newsletter!
- Support our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full length interviews with each of our guests featured this season.
- Make a one-time donation on PayPal.
- Purchase the podcast music. All sales go towards the production of the podcast and support with project expenses.
Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
Credits
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle
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BJP NYC: Run It Back! S1 Recap
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
02/22/22 • 24 min
It's been a minute! The Birth Justice Podcast NYC team has been deep in process for the last year to bring you season 2 in 2022! But before we jump into a new season, it felt important to revisit and review some of the wisdom and insight from season one. Tune in to take a trip down memory lane and hear highlights from our esteemed guests as well as updates about the podcast.
Also: this podcast will be getting a new name! Stay tuned for details and be sure to support this work on Patreon.com/TajaLindley!
Hosted and Created by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
BJP NYC 08: How Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting Impacts the Reproductive Health of New Yorkers with Natasha Johnson
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
08/26/20 • 113 min
Season 1 Episode 8 features an interview with Natasha Johnson: activist, artist, advocate, academic, attorney, yoga instructor and the founder of Globalizing Gender. In this week’s episode we discuss female genital mutilation and cutting - what it is, why and how it happens, how it impacts sexual and reproductive health (including pregnancy and childbirth), and how it shows up in New York City.
Natasha Johnson’s Bio:
Natasha has been an educator for 21 years and an attorney for 15 years. In 2015 she founded Globalizing Gender (GG) where she educates, prevents, and reforms Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through capacity building, rule of law, governance, and awareness. Natasha organized NYC’s inaugural march to end FGM/C in the United States and is currently co-authoring NYC’s first holistic FGM/C legislation. As an artist she curates public forums and creates editorial-styled work that critiques and raises awareness of GBV. Natasha earned her Juris Doctorate from CUNY School of Law, her yoga certification from Breathe for Change, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University.
References During the Episode:
- TedX Talk: What to Expect When Feminism Starts at Five
- The New York Coalition to End Female Genital Mutilation
Questions to Consider After the Episode:
- Let's continue to investigate the many ways that people navigate and experience their health. What are other practices - whether they be cultural, religious, or personal - that impact how people experience their sexual and reproductive health?
- Let's consider the many ways that law enforcement permeates our society - especially social services. How do we ensure that folks who experience gender based violence are taken care of when/if we abolish police?
Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
BJP NYC 07: A Scholar Activist's Brief History of Reproductive Justice in NYC with Dr. Lynn Roberts
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
08/19/20 • 87 min
Season 1 Episode 7 features an interview with Dr. Lynn Roberts: a mother, grandmother, professor, and scholar activist. In this week’s episode we discuss some historical moments of reproductive justice organizing and advocacy in New York City from the nineties and early 2000’s as well as the intersections of public health and reproductive justice in Lynn’s career and beyond.
Lynn Roberts’ Bio:
Dr. Lynn Roberts earned a Bachelor in Science in human development from Howard University (1984) and a PhD in Human Services Studies from Cornell University (1991). She is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Alumni Relations and a tenured faculty member in the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Prior to CUNY, she oversaw the development, implementation and evaluation of several programs for women and youth in NYC. She is an emeritus board member of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and co-edited the anthology, Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique.
References During the Episode:
- [book] Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta Ross and Ricki Solinger
- [book] Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
- [book] Reproductive Injustice by Dana Ain Davis
- [book] Policing the Womb by Michele Goodwin
- Critical Race Theorists and Scholars: Kimberle’ Crenshaw, Chandra Ford
Questions to Consider After the Episode:
What are the frameworks and theories that guide your work? And how can those frameworks and theories influence (and be influenced by) your activism?
Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
BJP NYC 09: A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
09/02/20 • 106 min
Season 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story) as well as the birth injustice she has witnessed in New York City as a doula and as an advocate. We also dive into doula work: from the importance of compensating doulas to valuing doulas as autonomous birthworkers. Nicole offers some sound suggestions and advice for what our City can do to better serve pregnant and parenting people, and folks of reproductive age.
Nicole Jean Baptiste’s Bio:
Of Southern American and Caribbean ancestry and based in the Bronx, New York, Nicole Jean Baptiste strives to center the borough and the Black experience in the birth and social justice activism in which she engages. Nicole is currently a Community Doula Consultant for the New York City Health Department’s COVID-19 Perinatal Taskforce. She is the founder of Sésé Doula Services and co-founder of the Bx (Re)Birth and Progress Collective.
References During the Episode:
- Donate to Bx (Re)Birth and Progress Collective via PayPal and through their registry on Target
- Follow Nicole and Bx (Re)Birth and Progress on Instagram
- Birth Centers in NYC: Brooklyn Birthing Center, Jazz Birthing Center (sister center of the Brooklyn Birthing Center), and the Birthing Center of New York
- To learn more about Amber Rose Isaac and her death, you can read this article in The Guardian
Questions to Consider After the Episode:
- How can our City make doulas more accessible to people who want them and need them?
- How can healthcare institutions and healthcare providers follow the lead of their patients and clients?
Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
BJP NYC 03: Sistas on the Rise: A History of Organizing Teen Parents in NYC with Leslie Grant Spann
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
07/22/20 • 121 min
Season 1 Episode 3 features an interview with Leslie Grant Spann. We discuss her three birth stories, and do a deep dive into the history of reproductive justice community organizing via Sistas on the Rise in the Bronx, New York City and nationwide with young parents in the early 2000s.
Leslie Grant Spann Bio:
Leslie Grant-Spann began her work in social justice as a 15-year-old-mother working with Sistas on the Rise in the South Bronx. Leslie organized other young mothers around access to education and childcare in New York with intersections to the larger reproductive justice movement. Leslie has served in a number of leadership positions: Executive Director of Sistas on the Rise (2007-2011); Secretary to the Board of Directors for SisterSong (2007-2013); and as a member of the Standing in Our Power Leadership team (2013-present). Leslie is the Director of Conferences and Convenings for Race Forward. In this role, Leslie is the Executive Producer of the Facing Race National Conference: the largest multiracial racial justice conference in the United States. Leslie also manages the production of over two dozen in-person and virtual events for the organization annually. In 2019 Leslie founded 31st Event Productions LLC which supports organizations and businesses to produce unique and inclusive in-person and virtual experiences to drive mission and brand awareness.
References During the Episode:
- Young Women United (now Bold Futures)
- Martha Neilson Schools (closed in 2007. Learn more about the closure’s effect on Sistas on the Rise and young parents on this blog post on Radical Doula)
- Organizations and projects in NYC that are no longer around but organized with Sistas on the Rise: Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, Sister 2 Sister, Community Birthing Project
Questions to consider after the episode:
Leslie’s birth stories and history of reproductive justice organizing highlight some of the ways that multiple City agencies impact the health and well-being of parents and families. Consider: how do multiple systems and institutions impact health and families? Especially sexual and reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth. And how does this understanding impact how we organize communities for reproductive justice and birth justice?
Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
BJP NYC 02: A Brief History of American Gynecology with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
07/15/20 • 102 min
Season 1 Episode 2 features an interview with professor Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens. We discuss a brief history of American gynecology and we reflect on what this history means in present day gynecological care, including her own experiences of medical racism.
But before we jump into this week's episode, we take a moment of silence for Sha-Asia Washington - a 26 year old Black woman who died during childbirth in early July at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Say her name. Learn her story. Here is the gofundme page to support her newborn and her family.
Deirdre Cooper Owens Bio:
Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’ (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors for her scholarly and advocacy work. A popular public speaker, Dr. Cooper Owens has spoken widely across the U.S. and Europe. She has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences. Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the Organization of American Historians as the best book written in African American women’s and gender history. Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability.
References During the Episode:
- [Book] Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology
- [Lecture] Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens presenting on her book Medical Bondage at Carnegie Mellon University (2019)
- [Organization] East Harlem Preservation Society (Marina Ortiz, founder)
Questions to consider after the episode:
What are some examples of practices, behaviors and policies that are considered “normal” in healthcare that do not sit right with you? Consider how racist practices, behaviors and policies have become so rampant and routine that they are accepted as a normal part of American healthcare.
Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
BJP NYC 05: These Waters Run Deep: Bronx-Based Midwifery and Maternal Health with Carmen Mojica
Black Women's Dept. of Labor
08/05/20 • 96 min
Season 1 Episode 5 features an interview with Carmen Mojica. We discuss her journey into birthwork and motherhood, the history and current practice of midwifery, and what it will take to achieve birth justice in the Bronx and in New York City.
Carmen Mojica Bio:
Carmen Mojica CPM, LM CLC is an Afro-Dominicana born and raised in the Bronx. She is a midwife, mother, writer and reproductive health activist. The focus of her work is on the empowerment of women and people of the African Diaspora, specifically discussing the Afro-Latina identity. She utilizes her experience as a midwife to raise awareness on maternal and infant health for women, highlighting the disparities in the healthcare system in the United States for women of color. She is a cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress.
References During the Episode:
- Donate to Bronx Rebirth and Progress via PayPal and through their registry on Target
- Pregnancy and Postpartum in the time of COVID-19: NYC Resources
- [Book] Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth edited by Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte
- [Book] Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
- [Book] Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington
- [Book] Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Marsden Wagner
- Types of midwives: Certified Midwife, Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife,
- Certifying institutions: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
- Robert Woods Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings and Road Maps
Questions to Consider After the Episode:
- How can we make midwifery more accessible in our City, namely Certified Nurse Midwives?
- What are ways our City can provide resources for people to give birth outside of hospitals? This can be in people’s homes and in birthing centers.
- How can we shift conversations that focus solely on maternal mortality to take a look at the broad scope of how maternal healthcare is not serving the needs of pregnant and birthing people overall?
Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster
Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc
This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.
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Black Women's Dept. of Labor currently has 26 episodes available.
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The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Labor, Pregnancy, Podcasts and Politics.
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The episode title 'The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford | Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Black Women's Dept. of Labor is 73 minutes.
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The first episode of Black Women's Dept. of Labor was released on Jun 25, 2020.
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