Look For Hope Everywhere With William “Bill” Vanderwill
Reflecting on his 50-year career as a Social Worker, William "Bill" Vanderwill speaks on the importance of strengths-based practice, intergenerational communication, community organizing, and the grassroots power of everyday people taking actions for…
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Recreating Home: Justice Over Everything with Byron Green-Calisch
Dr. Byron Green-Calisch shares how he turned 14 years of higher education and leadership research into consulting, public media work, and activism in Florida. He shares how racialized campus crime alerts and gaps in leadership education shaped his…
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Sankofa Bird: Affirming Blackness From The Start of Early Childhood Education with Anissa L. Eddie
Drawing on her expertise in social work and education policy and her lived experience as a Black biracial woman, Dr. Anissa L. Eddie shares how intentional racial socialization in the earliest years can disrupt anti-Blackness, foster radical self-love in…
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Take This With You Vol. 3 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 3 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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Black In The Stacks: Sharing Stories of Black Librarians, Authors and Advocates with Marquita D. Gooch
Marquita D. Gooch, MLIS, reflects on the pitfalls and power dynamics of representing a library system publicly, while being limited in her ability to speak freely without fear of retaliation. She talks about the freedom she’s found to be more vocal since…
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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 who've shared their stories with us. This is Volume 1 of “In Community”, a special series from Social Justice Origin…
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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 of self-discovery and awareness of African history and identity. What began as sharing the lessons he learned with his…
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The Justice We Imagine Vol. 3 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 3 of "The Justice We Imagine", a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. This series focuses on storytellers' responses to three essential questions: When is true social justice possible? What shapes our approach to the…
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For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 2 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 2 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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Humanizing Our Neurodivergence: Lessons of Love From The People’s Platypus with Sheldon Gay
Sheldon Gay shares his journey of late identification as gifted and neurodivergent, which fostered his commitment to humanizing Black, gifted, and otherwise neurodivergent experiences to promote acceptance and self-love. Through his podcast 'I Must Be…
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