Shaped By Community: Navigating Identity and Breaking The Mold with Demetrius T. Gary
Demetrius T. Gary describes the impact moving from a multilingual, multiracial middle school experience to a rural, mostly white high school where he was the only Black person had on his racial identity development. He shares his experiences with…
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Take This With You Vol. 4 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 4 of “Take This With You“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. Storytelling is a gift, and in this series, storytellers reflect on what they hope stays with you after their episode ends. As you listen to their sharing,…
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Moving Through Anger To Action: Why My Teaching Philosophy Centers Social Justice
Reflecting on over a decade of teaching, I'm using this episode of Design Decisions to talk about my teaching philosophy and why it centers critical self and systems reflection, education as a path to liberation in collaboration and community. I reflect…
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Making Study Abroad More Accessible to Black and Brown People: Unexpected Journeys with Sarah Jones
Instead of a single, pivotal moment, Sarah Jones compares her journey towards social justice work to a fire that ignited during her first experiences with race and racism in the 1st grade, defining further memories and experiences as the logs that kept…
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Funky Production: Social Work, Race, Class, and Education with l o t i walker | Design Decisions
Made with minimal equipment and rooted in the belief that ideas need time to grow, this bonus crossover episode between Notes From an Aspiring Humanitarian (NAH) and Social Justice Origin Stories revisits my very first recording from 10 years ago with…
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Ideas Need Time To Grow: How Starting My First Podcast Led Me To Social Justice Origin Stories
Sometimes, reflecting on the past helps us move forward. Social Justice Origin Stories is an idea whose time has come, but there was a podcast before the podcast, a platform before the platform. In today's episode of Design Decisions, I'm reflecting on…
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Rejecting The Path Of Least Resistance and Refusing To Be A Passenger With Tyler Adams
Tyler Adams of the GoodPain Podcast opens up about how a life-altering event involving his youngest daughter cracked his heart open and expanded his understanding of privilege, complicity with oppressive systems, and what it really means to live in…
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Using My Oar, My Voice, to Design Equitable Futures: Ubuntu and Social Justice with monique liston
dr. monique liston, founder of Ubuntu Research and Evaluation, tells the story of how her dissertation research on human dignity for Black people led her to root her organization in the concept of ubuntu: “I am because we are” as a rejection of…
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Stop Believing In Things That Don’t Believe In You: On Asymmetrical Vulnerability with Kwesi A. Robertson
Kwesi A. Robertson shares about his journey through corporate America, pop culture, and the experiences that shaped his awareness of social justice. He describes the patterns that led him to recognize why access to vulnerability isn't a level playing…
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A Guide To Everything On The Social Justice Origin Stories YouTube Channel (So Far) | Design Decisions
Social Justice Origin Stories started off as a podcast, but is growing into something more. This is your guided tour of everything available on Social Justice Origin Stories' YouTube channel (so far). In this episode of Design Decisions, you'll learn…
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