Episode 4: The Time We've Been Waiting For

05/13/24 • 79 min

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap brings together Black queer and trans professionals to discuss what liberation truly looks like and means in philanthropy.

Recorded live during Funding Forward 2023 in Chicago, Funders' President Saida Agostini-Bostic joins board member Glo Ross (Arcus Foundation) and Lisa Owens (Hyams Foundation) to discuss how Black femme, trans, and gender nonconforming philanthropic leaders are organizing to build a world where everyone is free.

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap was hosted by Saida Agostini-Bostic and produced by Amara Reese-Hansell and April Bethea. It was recorded with Content Maven Media in Chicago and edited by Jen Tidwell. Featured guests were Lisa Owens and Glo Ross.

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap brings together Black queer and trans professionals to discuss what liberation truly looks like and means in philanthropy.

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Episode 3: We Should All Be Organizers

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap brings together legislators and organizers on the movement front lines who have been impacted by the far right's legislative assault, targeting trans and gender non-conforming communities.

Host Saida Agostini-Bostic talks with Representative Kim Abbott (MT, HD 83), Representative Mauree Turner (OK, HD 88), and Emmett Schelling (Transgender Education Network of Texas: TENT), who are organizing against this tide of anti-trans hate.

**content warning: this episode contains references to suicide**

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap is co-sponsored by Funders Concerned with Civic Participation (FCCP) and National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). It was hosted by Saida Agostini-Bostic and produced by Amara Reese-Hansell and April Bethea. It was recorded with Hangar Studios in New York City with the support of Roscelia Ryan and Max Solomon. It was edited by Jen Tidwell and featured guests Kim Abbott, Mauree Turner, and Emmett Schelling.

Full transcript available: bit.ly/jac_ep3

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Episode 5: The Proving Ground

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap—“The Proving Ground”—is about the state of LGBTQ philanthropic organizing in the South.

Funders' President Saida Agostini-Bostic joins Shaena Johnson, Out in the South (OTS) Project Director, board member and OTS steering committee member Kelli King-Jackson, and Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Fellow Míchél Macklin of Texas Pride Impact Funds.

This episode of Justice Ain't Cheap was hosted by Saida Agostini-Bostic and produced by Amara Reese-Hansell and April Bethea. It was recorded with Hangar Studios in New York City and edited by Jen Tidwell. Featured guests were Shaena Johnson, Kelli King-Jackson, and Míchél Macklin.