Equity Rising
King County Equity Now
A podcast of King County Equity Now, hosted by community organizer TraeAnna Holiday. Equity Rising connects with racial justice organizers across the country and the world to learn from their lived experiences. Through conversations and interviews, we examine how we are shaping history, and tell the story of the current racial justice movement.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Equity Rising episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Equity Rising for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Equity Rising episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Cannabis Equity with Raeven Duckett; Oakland, CA
Equity Rising
11/18/20 • 50 min
In our very first episode of Equity Rising, Raeven Duckett takes us to school on what equity in the cannabis industry can and should look like. Raeven is Oakland, California’s first ever Equity License Holder, meaning that when the city legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, she was the first person to get one of a limited number of cannabis business licenses allocated for the Black community. This trailblazing industry perspective—coupled with a lifetime of family history in Black and civil rights movements—makes Raeven a beacon of insight, wisdom, and inspiration for the change that needs to happen within the cannabis industry in Seattle and Washington State.
This week’s Chime In features Stefan Richmond - actor, dancer, and creative storyteller in Seattle, WA.
This episode was produced by Laura Cassidy, Julia Drachman, & Linnea Ingalls and edited by Josh Berl & Alex Place.
12/17/20 • 59 min
Self-determination was one of Malcom X’s key principles, and it’s a driving force behind Atlanta-based Community Movement Builders. Episode 6 brings you into the mind of founder and board president Kamau Franklin, who’s spent the last twenty years building systems and support for youth education, sustainable urban development, and more. “If we feed people, we’re also going to tell them why they don’t have food,” Kamau told Trae as they spoke together intimately and openly during Trae’s recent visit to Atlanta. Kamau is also an advocate of unity without uniformity, and this is an invigorating discussion for all who believe that Black people have the power to govern their own destiny, to serve themselves, and to own their communities—whatever that might look like for them. *Please note that Equity Rising will be on a short break through the holidays after this episode. We look forward to reconnecting in 2021.
This week’s Chime In features Cashayla Rodgers. This episode was produced by Linnea Ingalls & Julia Drachman and edited by Josh Berl.
02/18/21 • 70 min
In this powerful conclusion to a season of global connections, Trae comes full circle with a rich and instructive conversation with Aaron Dixon, founder and former captain of Seattle’s Black Panther Party. Now living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aaron is truly a living legend. His memories of ‘60s-era organizing—where you never knew, from one day to the next, whether you’d see your comrades again; where families were torn apart and new ones were built—show us where we come from, and how far we have yet to go. After a lifetime of radical activism, youth organizing, regional politics, and more, Aaron says that mostly what he does now is witness. He listens to and encourages the new leaders of the movement, allowing them to find their way to the actions that this modern world demands. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from this dedicated and accomplished leader as we close out Season One.
And special bonus - this week’s Chime In features Trae’s mom, Tracie Holiday-Robinson!
This episode was produced by Linnea Ingalls & Julia Drachman and edited by Josh Berl.
Equity in Filmmaking with Dru Holley
Equity Rising
09/30/21 • 44 min
In 1966, six all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created by the Army Organization Act. They came to be known as Buffalo Soldiers, and director and producer DRU HOLLEY tells their story in Buffalo Soldiers of the Pacific Northwest.
In this SEASON TWO OPENER, Trae talks to Dru not only about his important film, but about how he works to increase exposure, opportunities, and equity within the film industry. A native of Denver, CO, Dru graduated from the Art Institute of Colorado where he specialized in video broadcasting. He recently relocated to the Portland area, so he and Trae also get into the on-the-ground movement there as well.
Find out more about Buffalo Soldiers of the Pacific Northwest.
Black Bald Films LLC is Dru’s production company.
This Week’s Chime In is from Iana Amauba, a frequent collaborator of Dru’s andfreelance animator in Portland, Oregon. Check out her work on her website.
01/14/21 • 43 min
“If you look at the history of cannabis prohibition, you see cannabis being used as a tool of oppression and the communities being targeted are the Black and brown communities.” Starting from this place, BIPOCANN founder and longtime cannabis expert Ernest Toney leads strategy, education, and business operations for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the legal cannabis industry. In this episode, Ernest talks to Trae about how he works interpersonally within his network to help newcomers and up-and-comers succeed—thereby taking back that imbalance of power. Using a business-to-business approach, and leveraging new legislation as well as any social equity programs that exist, Ernest believes that successful enterprise and strategic partnerships are key to increasing visibility, representation, and equity. This week’s Chime In features Elijah Lewis. This episode was produced by Lili Gu, Linnea Ingalls & Julia Drachman and edited by Josh Berl.
12/10/20 • 58 min
New word: Artivist. Self-described “hyphenate” Idris Goodwin considers himself one—he’s also a writer, breakbeat poet, playwright, teaching artist, college professor, creative community builder, and the director of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. In Episode 5, Idris and Trae talk about taking the personal into the political through theater and performance, and they get into using the arts as a means of activism. For Idris, one way this came to life recently was through a series of multigenerational open-source plays that he gave freely to the collective so that anyone could produce or stage them however they’d like. Born in Detroit and a true lover of travel, Idris is an inspiring example of localizing, mobilizing, and connecting no matter where you are—through storytelling, expression, conversations, and shared experience.
This week’s Chime In features Alex Lee Reed. This episode was produced by Linnea Ingalls & Julia Drachman and edited by Josh Berl.
12/03/20 • 55 min
As the child of Nigerian immigrants who intentionally built community when they settled in Minneapolis, Oluchi Omeoga (they/them) grew up steeped in the importance of connection, heritage, history, and the families that we make for ourselves. Oluchi came to social impact and mutual aid work after coming out as queer, and quickly found that the organizers in their area were Black queer womxn. Together with this community Oluchi helped begin Black Visions Collective in 2016 with an aim to create a “political home” for all Black people around the globe. At the same time, Oluchi also co-founded the Black LGTBTQ+ Migrant Project, or BLMP, which brings Black queer migrants from around the country together to understand the needs of this rich and varied community. Trae and Oluchi talk about intersectionality within the movement, the pervasiveness of policing, the anti SARS movement in Nigeria, and more.
This week’s Chime In features Wole Akinlosuto & Latio Cosmos. This episode was produced by Julia Drachman & Linnea Ingalls and edited by Josh Berl.
11/26/20 • 62 min
Our podcast was founded on the notion that we have much to learn from each other’s experiences, and Trae’s conversation with Cape Town-based Mandisa Dyantyi of the Social Justice Coalition is a case in point. Mandisa’s work centers on South Africa’s informal housing settlements where high levels of unemployment, housing insecurity, and violent crime illuminate the stark contrast between the country’s constitution and its citizens’ day-to-day lives. As Mandisa upholds housing rights for all and centers the lived experience of Black women as a barometer of whether or not justice and equality are within reach, she and Trae find solidarity and actionable connection across the globe.
This week’s Chime In features Teme Wokoma & Marta Bakke. This episode was produced by Neroli Price, Julia Drachman, & Linnea Ingalls and edited by Josh Berl.
Introducing Equity Rising
Equity Rising
09/23/20 • 6 min
Meet TraeAnna Holiday, community builder and organizer with Africatown Community Land Trust, producer with Converge Media, and contributor of King County Equity Now. In this season, Trae will talk to organizers fighting for equity around the world to share tactics, build strategies, and get connected. King County Equity Now is a coalition of Black-led community organizations that focuses on advocacy and policy reform in King County, WA.
Equity Within the Narrative with Delbert Richardson
Equity Rising
11/11/21 • 50 min
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben ... Black Americans have long been used to market products, but until recently they've almost always been missing from positive and engaging storylines in movies and on TV. Delbert Richardson tracked this as a young man in the 1960s and 70s and as he used those ideas to guide his studies at the University of Washington, he also began collecting artifacts of Blackness from popular culture and other pockets of society.
His collections have been rolled into a traveling museum called The Unspoken Truths that he uses to connect with kids, corporations, community groups, and others around the underrepresented and hidden stories of America. In today's episode, Trae and Delbert get into an engaging conversation around where we're going and where we've been—and how we can be ever more mindful about the narratives, and who gets to own and control them.
Learn more about Delbert and his Unspoken Truths work.
Donald Felder, a much-respected former Seattle teacher and principal who now facilitates race-related trainings and works in education reform, gave us this week's beautiful and inspiring Chime-In. You can read more about Dr. Felder in this King 5 report.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Equity Rising have?
Equity Rising currently has 25 episodes available.
What topics does Equity Rising cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Equity Rising?
The episode title 'Art + Activism = Artivism with Idris Goodwin; Colorado Springs, CO' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Equity Rising?
The average episode length on Equity Rising is 53 minutes.
How often are episodes of Equity Rising released?
Episodes of Equity Rising are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Equity Rising?
The first episode of Equity Rising was released on Sep 23, 2020.
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