Advocate Activism
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsgetting busy about the Work
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Mini Episode – Even in the Dirty, I’m Still Worthy
December 14, 2021 16:42 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBWelcome to my Mini episode with advocate activism! In today’s episode I talk about my mission for 2022, how I came to discover Intentions vs Expectations &, share my desire to spend more time in SILENCE. I’m Amira, I hope you enjoy the short meditation at the end. TRANSCRIPT Want to help make the show […]
Spirit in the Streets
December 07, 2021 17:36 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBWelcome back y’all! I’m Amira. In today’s episode Rayah and I have the pleasure of speaking with THE Rabbi Ariel Stone, Brandy Daniels, and Heather Hawkins. Rayah and I listened as we heard about the beginning of Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance (PICR). How Brandy stepped in on behalf of PICR for my first event, which […]
Mini Episode – The Weight of Body Shame
November 30, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MBHey Friends! Welcome back. In today’s mini episode Rayah talks about some of the stuff they’ve been going through recently in relation to meds, depression, diet culture, fat phobia, and body shame. Hope you find this helpful and know that you are not alone. The Body is Not an Apology Sources: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/news/20110711/deadliest-psychiatric-disorder-anorexia https://integrativelifecenter.com/wellness-blog/how-diet-culture-influences-ea...
Episode 14 – Then and Now
November 24, 2021 22:23 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTW: episode contains mentions of suicide Welcome back everyone! In today’s episode of ADVOCATE ACTIVISM Rayah & I introduce our new intro, we chat about the difference between when we started over a year ago, and what we hope for moving forward. I’ll also be changing up my mini episode vibe from a “dear diary […]
Mini Episode – A Love Letter to Myself
November 16, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBHello beautiful humans! I’m Amira, welcome back to another mini episode. I was just telling my bestie Rayah that our podcast is literally my Diary. It has been healing to have a space where I can speak my truths, hurts, growth pains and experiences within my activism world through the eyes of an Anti-Racist Student. […]
Black Joy and Spirituality
November 09, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBHey all! Welcome to another episode of Advocate Activism! Rayah and I had the opportunity to chat with Julianne Jackson, founder of Black Joy Oregon-Salem. We talk politics, her faith, motherhood, and more. We hope you find something new about the woman with many hats & most of all, we thank you, Julianne for sharing […]
Mini Episode – Rayah Got Invited to a Torah Study
November 02, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBHey Friends! Welcome back. Recently a twitter conversation Rayah had with a mutual led to an invitation to come to a Torah study at Shir Tikvah in Portland. In today’s episode, Rayah talks about why they were interested in going and what that was like for a former evangelical christian kid. Spoiler alert – it […]
Power in Youth: Salem-Keizer School Board – Episode 12 [corrected]
October 26, 2021 18:47 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBWelcome back to Advocate Activism! This week Amira and Rayah take a deep dive into some of the things that have been going on in the Salem-Keizer School District. Local youth have been busy getting rid of SROs, pushing for the appropriate reallocation of those funds, and demanding violent and racist school staff and board […]
Mini Episode – I AM ENOUGH – Guided Meditation
October 19, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBHello All! Welcome Back to another Mini Episode with me, I’m Amira! This is ADVOCATE ACTIVISM! I wanted to do another guided meditation because life is hard. Life is really difficult for a lot of us right now, but I believe in the power of loving the shit out of ourselves while going through these […]
Mini Episode – Samhain – The Celtic Roots of Halloween
October 12, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBWelcome Back! For this week’s mini episode, Rayah talks about the history of Samhain (pronounced “SAH-win”). Halloween – Robert Burns Poem Video Text FULL TRANSCRIPT If you want to support the work we are doing on the streets and in the community: Rayah Donation Links Amira Donation Links For one time gifts, send us an […]
Episode 11 – PDX March for Reproductive Rights
October 05, 2021 19:50 - 3 BytesWelcome back! Recently we attended the PDX March for Reproductive Rights and so we wanted to do something a little different. We sat down and recorded our thoughts about the march, Texas Senate Bill HB8, and ACLU Protesters Rights. We went to the march and captured audio so share with you (like speakers and chants), […]
Mini Episode – Guided Meditation with Amira
September 21, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBHey all. Welcome to another mini episode! I’m Amira & this is Advocate Activism! I thought I’d switch it up this week and share a guided meditation with you. We all could use a few moments to sit with ourselves in grace, even in physical or emotional pain with tenderness for thy SELF. I hope […]
Episode 10 – Convos with Kids
September 14, 2021 14:50 - 3 Bytes💥Trigger Warning💥: Slangs & terms that could be harmful are used in this episode. Imagine a world where instead of telling your child “we don’t talk about race”, “don’t look at that houseless human”, “we don’t see color”, instead we sat down and had difficult conversations at an early age? Welcome back to ADVOCATE ACTIVISM! […]
Mini Episode – My Uterus, My Choice
September 07, 2021 19:43 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MBWelcome to another mini episode! This week Rayah talks about what’s happening around abortion and the way fundamentalist christians use the bible to justify their anti-abortion stance. Here are some links relevant to the content today. Dig Podcast Jewish Stances on Abortion Biblical Passages about Pregnancy and Abortion Abstinence Only Sex-Ed Guttmacher Study FULL TRANSCRIPT […]
Episode 9 – Storyline Community
August 31, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of Advocate Activism. In this episode Rayah and I get the opportunity to talk to Sara & Anna from Storyline cCommunity, the faith-based/mutual aid organization, where I work as a sacred organizer. They tell us how this community started in 2018, how LISTENING is in the very fabric of Storyline […]
Mini Episode – Why the F*ck are Activists so Judgmental?
August 24, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBHey everyone! Welcome back to another mini episode of Advocate Activism! I’m Amira. When we started this podcast last year, I realized how therapeutic it was for us to have a space where we can share our hopes & struggles as activists and students of Anti-racism, & doing it in a way that promotes Love […]
Episode 8 – Facing off with Fascists
August 17, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBHey y’all! Amira here. Welcome back to another episode of Advocate Activism! In this episode Rayah and I talk about our experience last Tuesday at Planned Parenthood as Clergy Witness for our community during a counter protest. One of the most difficult parts for me was seeing Black church members on the side of […]
Mini Episode – Too Beautiful for a Binary
August 10, 2021 08:00 - 9 minutes - 9.12 MBWelcome back everyone! Rayah is kicking off this week’s mini episode with a talk they recently gave at a Trans and Mental Health event put on by Sander, Amira’s husband. In the talk, Rayah gives insight about the non-binary God of the Bible. Transcript If you would like more info and resources on queerness, gender, […]
Episode 7 – Using Your Body to Heal
August 03, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 50.7 MBIn this episode Rayah and I talk about the cycle of trauma and how it affects our bodies, especially during crisis. We go into the book “The Body Keeps the Score” and Rayah leads us into a guided Meditation (with music) as we regulate our bodies through breath work. (Stand-alone guided meditation from Rayah) We […]
Mini Episode – Amira’s Updates
July 27, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBHi y’all! Amira here. In today’s Mini episode, I want to talk about a few things I’ve been wrestling with, within me, living and experiencing the last several months. Welcome back to Advocate Activism! If you would like to donate to our GoFundMe please click on this link and you will also find the EVENTBRITE […]
Mini Episode – Rayah’s Recommendations
July 13, 2021 20:00 - 5 minutes - 7.26 MBThis week we have a short episode for you while we prepare for some larger conversations! Every other week, Amira and Rayah will put out mini episodes with tips, updates, challenges, or practical tools to use in your daily justice work! This week is Rayah and she wanted to talk about a few of the […]
Episode 6 – Protesting – What’s the Use?
June 30, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour - 128 MBWelcome back to ADVOCATE ACTIVISM! We have missed you! During today’s episode, we talk about why we are still here, doing this work, how it has affected our lives and, how we are able (or not) to sustain the emotional labor of community activism. We took a bit of time off of our podcast because, […]
Ice Storms, Capitalism, and Ending White Supremacy – Episode 5
March 06, 2021 03:34 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBHello Lovies! Welcome back to another episode of ADVOCATE ACTIVISM! We have sure missed you! After coming back from a bit of a break due to the ice storm we had, we wanted to fill you all in on what we have been up to. We talk about an event that is extremely near and […]
Episode 4 – Emotional Labor
February 05, 2021 20:55 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBHello All! Welcome back to another episode of Advocate Activism! (this episode is also a video!) Today, We kick off this week with a little grounding meditation. Rayah and I talk about the emotional labor we experience during this current movement. We explore a few words/terms, (Ableism and Anti-Racism) that folks may not understand, along […]
Case File – Patrick Warren, Sr. – File 1
January 27, 2021 03:42 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MBCase File – Patrick Warren, Sr. – File 1 This is the first episode in a series that will be updated periodically with new information about the case as it becomes available. The purpose of this series is NOT to capitalize off these cases but to give the public an opportunity to follow the story […]
Case File: Jacob Ryan Macduff – File 1
January 23, 2021 17:33 - 11 minutes - 13.8 MBCase File – Jacob Ryan Macduff – File 1 This is the first episode in a series that will be updated periodically with new information about the case as it becomes available. The purpose of this series is NOT to capitalize off these cases but to give the public an opportunity to follow the story […]
Episode 3 – Mental Illness Matters
January 22, 2021 20:09 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBHello and welcome to Episode 3 – Mental Illness Matters! This is our 1st episode in our mental health series. Rayah and I both have mental health experiences. We both have spouses that have severe mental health experiences. We aim to shed a light on these challenging moments, for others to gain awareness and understanding. […]
Episode 2 – The Momentum of the Movement
January 01, 2021 00:01 - 51 minutes - 59 MBIn this episode, Rayah and I(Amira) talk about what it is like to be in the movement almost 10 months in. Even as partners in this, we have to remind each other, why we are doing this work, decide if our peace of mind is going to fall short for the work that we feel […]
Episode 1 – Here we are
December 18, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn episode one of ADVOCATE ACTIVISM, Rayah and I talk about one of the main sources of why our podcast came to be – the MURDER, in broad daylight, of George Floyd! We discuss the impact of losing life long friendships over this awakening/revolution, white supremacy, defunding the police, Ableism, homelessness, and much more! Let’s […]
This is Advocate Activism
December 11, 2020 05:04 - 1 minute - 2.29 MBThis is Advocate Activism As a queer 42 year old black woman, once I witnessed the Murder of Gorge Floyd I began to question how was I able to move through life not knowing what redlining really was, or Jim crow, even JUNETEENTH, I didn’t understand the depth or understand why these things were so […]