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Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community.

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Social Justice Origin Stories

Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community.

Social Justice Origin Stories

Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community.

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Organizational Histories

Thinking Beyond Direct Practice And The Clinical Office: Macro Pathways with Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor, LCSW, US Air Force veteran and doctoral student in Social Work at USC, tells the story of how learning about the…

Organizational Histories

A Lighthouse and A Refuge: The Firehouse Community Arts Center with Phil Jackson

Pastor Phil Jackson shares the social justice origin story of the Firehouse Community Arts Center in Chicago, essential…

Personal Journeys

Working in Cooperation and Opposition for the Greater Good with Courtney Holland

DEI Practitioner, Health Equity advocate, Educator, and lover of STEM Courtney Holland shares how her experiences spending…

Organizational Histories

Kujo’s Kid Zone: Connecting Roots, Bridging Histories, and Empowering Futures with Randy Quansah

Randy Quansah, creator of Kujo's Kid Zone, shares a memory of an early experience with racism at school that sparked his journey…

Design Decisions In Community: The Voices of Social Justice Origin Stories

In Community Vol. 1: The Voices of Social Justice Origin Stories | 2024 + 2025

 No one gets to where they are by themselves, and this project would not exist without the collective wisdom of the storytellers…

Design Decisions

New Playlist Update: Echoes from the Archives

A curated mix of resonant moments that reflect the depth and authenticity that defines Social Justice Origin Stories. Updated…

Take This With You

Take This With You Vol. 4 | Social Justice Origin Stories

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
September 2, 2026

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

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
August 27, 2026

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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Personal Journeys

Making Study Abroad More Accessible to Black and Brown People: Unexpected Journeys with Sarah Jones

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
August 19, 2026

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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Design DecisionsPersonal Journeys

Funky Production: Social Work, Race, Class, and Education with l o t i walker | Design Decisions

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
August 5, 2026

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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Design DecisionsOrganizational Histories

Ideas Need Time To Grow: How Starting My First Podcast Led Me To Social Justice Origin Stories

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
July 22, 2026

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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Personal Journeys

Rejecting The Path Of Least Resistance and Refusing To Be A Passenger With Tyler Adams

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
July 8, 2026

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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Organizational Histories

Using My Oar, My Voice, to Design Equitable Futures: Ubuntu and Social Justice with monique liston

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
June 24, 2026

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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Personal Journeys

Stop Believing In Things That Don’t Believe In You: On Asymmetrical Vulnerability with Kwesi A. Robertson

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
June 10, 2026

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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Design Decisions

A Guide To Everything On The Social Justice Origin Stories YouTube Channel (So Far) | Design Decisions

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
June 4, 2026

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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For Those Who'll Come After

For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 3 | Social Justice Origin Stories

Relando Thompkins-Jones By Relando Thompkins-Jones
May 27, 2026

This is Volume 3 of “For Those Who’ll Come After“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. In this series, storytellers reach across time, sharing messages and reflections for future generations, sharing what they want them to know,…

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