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Solidarity Is This

44 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings

Solidarity Is This is a podcast created and hosted by Deepa Iyer, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Building Movement Project where she runs Solidarity Is, a multi-strategy program to deepen transformative solidarity practices, models, narratives, and ideas. On the podcast, we explore how individuals and institutions are experimenting with cross-racial and cross-movement solidarity in America’s changing racial landscape. Learn more at www.solidarityis.org

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Episodes

Solidarity: Reckoning with Sustainability

March 19, 2024 21:40 - 44 minutes - 73.6 MB

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah and guest M Adams reflect on BMP's latest report: Reckoning with Sustainability, which explores how more than 50 Black movement leaders and their organizations understood the brief moment of “racial reckoning” in 2020..

Solidarity: Healing across generations at the intersections of memory, care, and justice

January 23, 2024 15:57 - 43 minutes - 72.3 MB

In this episode, Cara Page of Changing Frequencies discusses with host Adaku Utah how we reclaim ancestral wisdom for collective liberation and shape futures that center collective care and safety and build power.

Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide

November 29, 2023 17:51 - 23 minutes - 40.5 MB

Deepa Iyer and Shanelle Matthews discuss how organizations can shape solidarity narratives in a time of crisis.

Solidarity: Mothers of Gynecology transform our history and future

October 22, 2023 22:38 - 34 minutes - 58.8 MB

In this episode, Michelle Browder from the More Up Campus speaks with host Adaku Utah about how reclaiming the history of gynecology can transform our conditions and teach us how to center empathy and dignity.

Solidarity: Truth Telling From The Banks of the Ohio River

September 26, 2023 23:03 - 21 minutes - 33.9 MB

In this episode, Hannah Drake and Josh Miller from the (Un)Known Project speak with host Deepa Iyer about how sharing the names of stories of enslaved Black men, women and children in Kentucky transforms our understanding of history.

Solidarity: Reclaiming Our Collective Memory

August 20, 2023 23:34 - 38 minutes - 65.1 MB

In this episode, host Adaku Utah is in conversation with Mariame Kaba about transformative spaces and practices to reclaim our interdependence and collective memory.

Solidarity: How Sites of Conscience Can Transform Us

June 26, 2023 20:45 - 24 minutes - 39.6 MB

The new season of Solidarity Is This begins with an introduction to the power of sites of conscience. Host Deepa Iyer speaks with Braden Paynter and Ereshnee Naidu at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.

Solidarity: Introducing The Next Season

April 27, 2023 03:34 - 22 minutes - 39.4 MB

Deepa Iyer, Adaku Utah, and UyenThi Tran Myhre of the Building Movement Project/Solidarity Is team introduce the themes addressed in the next season of Solidarity Is This

Solidarity: Funding Movements Differently

November 11, 2022 00:46 - 25 minutes - 44.3 MB

Deepa is in conversation with Cúagilákv (Jess Housty) and Kim Hardy to uplift lessons from the Right Relations Collaborative, a philanthropic effort that centers the Indigenous Aunties Council.

Solidarity: Equity and Culture in Malmö

September 19, 2022 11:10 - 25 minutes - 44.2 MB

At a time of book bans and inadequate public institutions in the US, what can we learn from the city of Malmö in Sweden? Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Jude Dibia and Rena Baledi who work in Malmö.

An Introduction to Solidarity Economies

July 20, 2022 12:54 - 25 minutes - 43.4 MB

In this conversation host Deepa Iyer and Julia Ho (Solidarity Economy St. Louis) and Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard (author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice), we explore the solidarity economies.

Solidarity With All Refugees

April 29, 2022 18:59 - 24 minutes - 42.1 MB

Homayra Yusufi (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) speaks with host Deepa Iyer about the urgent needs affecting refugees, and offers steps to practice true solidarity.

Solidarity: Equity Matters for Rural America

March 09, 2022 20:04 - 17 minutes - 30.9 MB

Heidi Khokhar (Rural Development Initiative) joins host Deepa Iyer to discuss pressing issues affecting rural America from the standpoint of equity and solidarity.

Solidarity: Finding Inspiration By Working with Gen Z

January 28, 2022 16:33 - 27 minutes - 46.8 MB

In this episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks about youth organizing and working with Gen Z with Juniperangelica Gia Loving, Associate Director of Gender Justice Leadership Programs at GSA Network.

Solidarity: Is Generative Conflict Possible?

November 17, 2021 18:01 - 22 minutes - 38.8 MB

In this episode, Yuko Uchikawa, a restorative justice practitioner and mediator, shares practices and approaches to address conflict among individuals, within organizations, and in movements.

Solidarity: Following the Lead of Black LGBTQ Migrants

October 23, 2021 16:39 - 27 minutes - 47.7 MB

In this LGBTQ History Month episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks with Rose Berry, co-director of Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project, about abolitionism and centering Black queer and trans migrants.

Solidarity: 20 Years Later, We Look Back and Chart A Path Forward

September 12, 2021 01:44 - 31 minutes - 53.7 MB

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Deepa Iyer and guests Kalia Abiade, Anirvan Chatterjee and Sahar Pirzada share reflections and provide insights for where we go from here.

Solidarity: Philanthropy’s Role in Social Change

August 09, 2021 17:37 - 28 minutes - 49.1 MB

Rickke Mananzala (Exec. Director, New York Foundation) joined guest host Sean Thomas-Breitfeld (Co-Director, BMP) to talk about how philanthropy can act in solidarity to support movements, build the power of communities of color, and advance social change

Solidarity: Beyond Pride Month

June 28, 2021 21:37 - 24 minutes - 42.8 MB

In this Pride month episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks about the End Trans Detention campaign with Jorge Gutierrez, executive director of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.

Solidarity: Centering and Uplifting Asian American Communities

May 21, 2021 17:14 - 21 minutes - 37.5 MB

Bo Thao-Urabe (Coalition of Asian American Leaders) joins Deepa Iyer to discuss how Asian American communities are experiencing racism and building their solidarity muscle in Minnesota, one year after the murder of George Floyd.

Solidarity: One Year Later

April 21, 2021 16:27 - 28 minutes - 47.9 MB

After more than a year of living in a global pandemic, how do we make meaning out of what we have endured? In this episode of Solidarity Is This, host Deepa Iyer explores this question and more with Fatima Goss Graves (National Women’s Law Center) and Kevin Kahakula’akea John Fong (Elemental Partners). 

Solidarity: One World and COVID-19

June 24, 2020 13:13 - 47 minutes - 46.1 MB

In this episode of Solidarity Is This, learn about the ways in which activists in South Africa and Northern Ireland are addressing the inequities laid bare by the pandemic. Deepa is in conversation with Phumeza Lungwana and Nicola Browne.

Solidarity: In the Time of an Epidemic

March 27, 2020 15:50 - 32 minutes - 32.3 MB

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with community healer, Kevin Fong, about what we can learn from the pandemic and how we respond with compassion and solidarity.

Solidarity: Not In Our Name, Resisting Hindu Fascism

January 26, 2020 17:17 - 31 minutes - 32 MB

Learn how to be in solidarity with resistance efforts in Kashmir and India today. Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Yashica Dutt (Dalit journalist and writer) and Nouf Bazaz (Kashmiri activist and professor).

Solidarity: Lessons from Detroit

November 04, 2019 21:15 - 24 minutes - 25.7 MB

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Linda Campbell (Detroit People’s Platform) who shares experiences and lessons from her decades-long work in Detroit.

Solidarity: Racial Equity, Chicago Style

March 04, 2019 23:49 - 20 minutes - 22.1 MB

Deepa Iyer speaks with Niketa Brar, Chicago United for Equity, to hear about how community members organized to develop a racial equity ballot for the recent Chicago election.

Solidarity: The Art of Protest

January 15, 2019 01:33 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

In the first Solidarity Is This podcast of 2019, learn about protest literacy from movement historian, L.A. Kauffman, and about local community defense networks from North Carolina activist, Manju Rajendran.

Solidarity: 2018’s Solidarity Mo(ve)ments

December 17, 2018 19:40 - 40 minutes - 40 MB

Jamia Wilson (Feminist Press) and Jonathan Jayes-Green (UndocuBlack Network) join Deepa to discuss what shaped 2018’s solidarity moments and movements, and look forward to 2019.

Solidarity: The Role of White People

October 25, 2018 23:31 - 42 minutes - 41.6 MB

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Heather Cronk (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and Olivia Lowery (Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project) to discuss how white communities are dismantling the culture and policies of white supremacy.

Solidarity: 17 Years Later

September 11, 2018 21:13 - 40 minutes - 77.6 MB

Aber Kawas (Campaign to Take on Hate/National Network of Arab American Communities) and Arjun Sethi (American Hate: Survivors Speak Out) join Deepa to discuss the 17th anniversary of 9/11, and its ongoing effects.

Solidarity: Mother Earth

August 21, 2018 16:54 - 35 minutes - 35.3 MB

In the Mother Earth episode of Solidarity Is This, Deepa is in conversation with Colette Pichon-Battle (Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) from the about the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and why we must be in the fight for climate justice.

Solidarity: Never Again Is Now

July 25, 2018 16:53 - 43 minutes - 42.9 MB

Deepa is in conversation with Satsuki Ina, a trauma therapist born in a prison camp, and Brandon Shimoda, a poet writing about the afterlife of Japanese American incarceration.

Solidarity: Faith Matters

June 21, 2018 20:34 - 34 minutes - 34.7 MB

Deepa Iyer speaks with Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche and Bayadir Mohamed-Osman to explore how faith and movement building can lead to solidarity.

Solidarity Is This: Disability Solidarity

May 20, 2018 23:00 - 28 minutes - 28.7 MB

During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Deepa talks with Alice Wong, founder of the Disability Visibility Project, about acknowledging & dismantling ableism in social justice movements.

Solidarity Is This: Campus Solidarity

April 17, 2018 15:47 - 36 minutes - 36.3 MB

How do campuses get beyond the rhetoric of diversity + inclusion? The April 2018 Solidarity features Shige Nic Sakurai and Eesha Ramanujam.

Solidarity: A New Vision of Safety

March 30, 2018 14:38 - 27 minutes - 28.2 MB

Deepa speaks with Dante Barry, the director of Million Hoodies United, about gun violence, school safety and solidarity practices.

Solidarity: Network Weavers

February 21, 2018 19:17 - 37 minutes - 37.5 MB

How can networks cultivate multiracial solidarity? Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Jayne Park (Impact Silver Spring) and Angel Padilla (Indivisible) in the February episode of Solidarity Is This.

Solidarity: Movement Ecology

January 26, 2018 15:59 - 39 minutes - 38.9 MB

Deepa Iyer explores food justice with Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm), and the #MeToo Movement with Shivana Jorawar (Jahajee Sisters).

American Land: Displacement and Removal

December 19, 2017 23:38 - 31 minutes - 32.2 MB

In this podcast, Deepa Iyer talks with Janeen Comenote (National Urban Indian Family Coalition) and Pedro Rios (American Friends Service Committee) about borders.

Solidarity: Our Community is Our Campaign

November 06, 2017 19:46 - 34 minutes - 34.4 MB

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with M. Adams and Kabzuag Vaj, the co-directors of Freedom, Inc to discuss co-liberation practices among Black and Southeast Asian communities in Madison (WI).

Solidarity: The Impact of Trauma and Crisis Response Work

October 02, 2017 23:34 - 31 minutes - 31.5 MB

Deepa Iyer and guest, Miriam Zoila Pérez of the Oxalis Collective, discuss the impact of trauma in social justice spaces, and how activists can sustain themselves for the long haul.

On the Side of Justice: Immigration & Charlottesville

August 24, 2017 00:11 - 37 minutes - 36.9 MB

Deepa Iyer discusses two immigration programs that might be on the chopping block with Greisa Martinez and Patrice Lawrence, and Charlottesville with UVA student, Vilas Annavarapu.

The Muslim and Refugee Bans

July 25, 2017 01:44 - 30 minutes - 30.9 MB

Deepa Iyer explores why the Muslim and refugee bans are discriminatory and inhumane, and how you can engage in solidarity practices. Elica Vafaie (Asian Law Caucus) and Ramla Sahid (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) join the conversation.

Bystander, Upstander: Solidarity In Portland

June 27, 2017 14:43 - 22 minutes - 23.9 MB

Deepa Iyer explores how bystanders become upstanders in the context of the train tragedy in Portland and white nationalism. Joseph Santos-Lyons with the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon and Debjani Roy with Hollaback join the conversation.