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Olivia and Raven are black, blind women, passionate about shedding light on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Get political and personal with them as they share their perspectives on living at the intersection of disabled, black, and women in the US.
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Dec 3, 2022
Dec 3, 2022
52 min
Olivia and Raven dive into the Black church’s positive contributions to Black liberation and Black advancement. They discuss the role of the Black church during the Abolitionist movement, Reconstruction era, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights movement.
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/
Nov 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
3 min
Raven shines a light on this Black-owned toy start-up and some of its product lines, which aim to represent and celebrate Black characteristics and the Black experience.
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Black-Owned Toy Start-Up (Purpose Toys) Unveiled New Naturalistas Pixie Puff Collection
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-owned-toy-start-purpose-110000268.html
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Top of Their Class: Purpose Toys’ HBCU-Inspired Dolls Debut at Target
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https://www.curlcentric.com/hair-typing-system/
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Nov 24, 2022
Nov 24, 2022
17 min
Olivia and Raven share two stories each from Native American tribes, telling of plant myths, gratitude, and sharing food with the community. Raven closes the episode by reading thoughts on Thanksgiving from 5 Native Americans who celebrate the day.
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Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com for the background tracks used in the stories: "Firesong," "Drums of the Deep," "Spirit of the Girl," and "River Fire."
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HOW Bear BECAME KEEPER OF THE MEDICINES
http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture3d.htm
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Native American Bloodroot Mythology
http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bloodroot.htm
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Turkey makes the corn and Coyote plants it
https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TurkeyMakestheCornandCoyotePlantsIt-Apache.html
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Coyote Builds Willamette Falls And The Magic Fish Trap
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_025634.pdf
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
4 min
Olivia switches things up and highlights this multi-million dollar E-commerce brand, and she shares the story of its co-founder, Ashley Williams.
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https://entrepreneurareus.com/pages/about-me
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Nov 19, 2022
Nov 19, 2022
51 min
Olivia and Raven discuss the Black women’s club movement, what it achieved, and how it pushed respectability narratives. They also unpack what respectability politics is, specific flaws with respectability, and actionable steps for combatting respectability politics.
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Episodes Referenced:
Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women’s Liberation, and Black Liberation
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The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks
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Emotional Safety and Disability
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/emotional-safety-and-disability/
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The Rise of Respectability Politics
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-rise-of-respectability-politics
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https://www.studioatao.org/respectability-politics
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
4 min
Raven honors the life and contributions of this abolitionist, educator, and women’s rights activist, who dedicated her life to Black advancement.
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https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Forten-Grimke
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Nov 12, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
50 min
Olivia and Raven dive into what emotional safety is, why it’s important to maintain as disabled people, and the various ways it’s often minimized for disabled people.
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7 Ways to Create Emotional Safety in Your Relationship
https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do-you-create-emotional-safety-in-your-relationships
Nov 5, 2022
Nov 5, 2022
49 min
Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial topic of the Communist Party’s contributions to the Civil Rights movement in the US, and the positive impact communist ideology had on women’s empowerment in various countries.
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Episodes Referenced:
Pan-Africanist Highlight: Claudia Jones
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/pan-africanist-highlight-claudia-jones/
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Black Beauty Highlight: A Mastermind of the Civil Rights Movement
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-mastermind-of-the-civil-rights-movement/
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The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks
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The CPUSA and the African American Liberation struggle: a global perspective
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http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~delittle/Entry%20communism%20and%20marxism%20on%20gender%20v2.htm
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The Communist Women’s Movement
https://isreview.org/issue/87/communist-womens-movement/index.html
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How 'Communism' Brought Racial Equality To The South
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123771194
Oct 31, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
3 min
Happy Halloween! Raven brings you our final spooky story from the Iroquois people, sharing the lore of a vampire hermit, who waits in his coffin to prey on hunters.
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https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/09/vampire_hermit.html
Oct 30, 2022
Oct 30, 2022
6 min
Olivia delivers a delightful fright for Devil’s Night, telling of a terrifying encounter with the spirit of Jack O’Lantern.
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