“On Race, Art and Everything In-Between” Featuring Christina Martin and Rashawn Davis
Breaking Distance
English - September 10, 2021 21:07 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBVisual Arts Arts Education Self-Improvement culture art artheals beautyforfreedom bff endhumantrafficking breakingdistance fasion connectingcommunities covid19 Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Beauty for Freedom (BFF), as an anti-trafficking organization, has always strived to connect communities and champion freedom via our global educational programming for survivors of human trafficking and at-risk youth along with our advocacy and awareness-raising campaigns. Throughout the COVID-19 Crisis, our team has been looking for ways to connect our ambassadors and artists to the global community by creating a project which could break the barriers of the insular lives we faced through the pandemic with quarantining and self-isolation while creating the possibility of uniting, connecting, sharing ideas, educating, and embracing our humanity through the arts and music.
BFF launched Breaking Distance as a way to continue connecting with our global community while sharing critical topics affecting our world and inspiring conversations. Topics covered include global health, human trafficking, art, music and mental health and wellness. We want YOU to JOIN the MOVEMENT! Stay tuned for details on our website (www.beautyforfreedom.org) and social media pages for podcast schedules, email us if you're a visual artist, activist, musician or influencer who would like to get involved at [email protected] or send us DMs with podcast idea submissions. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY!
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More about Christina
Christina Martin is a Senior Campaigner at Change.org. Every day, she identifies new campaigns to support and works with petition starters to get in touch with their decision-makers. She had the privilege to serve on the Racial Justice Committee that was charged with allocating millions of dollars to racial justice organizations throughout the US.
In 2020, Christina was asked to help create a new department at Change.org. She moved to San Francisco and began her work with a small team to start the Scaled Support program, which aimed to provide each person who started a petition with personalized text advice on their campaign. It has now grown to a team of over 20 people, and Christina has returned to the campaigns team to continue her previous work.
While she was still in college, she interned for Change.org on a project called Change Politics. This program aimed to provide transparency and connection to those voting in the 2016 election.
After completing her degree, she taught English as an Auxiliar de Conversación with the Council on International Educational Exchange.
Christina graduated from Susquehanna University with a triple major in Political Science, Public Policy, and Spanish. At Susquehanna, she was the President of the Student Government.
More about Rashawn
Rashawn Davis is Racial Justice Fund Manager at Change.org, leading the organization’s commitment to invest millions into the movement for Racial Justice and Black-led organizations.
In 2018, he was appointed by Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka to serve a two-year term as a Commissioner on Newark’s Police Review Board. The board is charged with reviewing, auditing and recommending changes in police practices and policy for New Jersey’s largest city.
He was also named by Insider-NJ as one of New Jersey’s 100 Most Influential Millennials. In 2014, Rashawn became the youngest person in the history of
Newark to be certified and appear on a municipal election ballot at the age of 21. He led an insurgent campaign for a City Council seat representing the 80,000 people of the city’s west ward. He has also previously worked at the Council of State Governments – Justice Center where he helped build the National Clean Slate Clearinghouse; An online resource dedicated to expanding access to record clearance for the more than 70 million Americans with a criminal record.
Rashawn graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Government. He earned a master’s degree from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School.
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