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EPISODE 7: Sonya Passi–FreeFrom Violence, Freedom To Thrive

July 19, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 00:55:50 0 Comments

Sonya Passi is the founder and CEO of FreeFrom, a national organization on a mission to create pathways to financial security and long-term safety for survivors of gender-based violence....

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Episode 6: Julie Schwietert Collazo—Immigrant Families Together

June 28, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 01:00:42 0 Comments

Julie Schwietert Collazo is the co-founder and director of Immigrant Families Together (IFT). Immigrant Families Together is a grassroots collective founded in response to the zero tolerance immigration policy...

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Episode 5: Amy Irvin—Abortion Access, Reproductive Justice, & Story Sharing to End Stigma

June 21, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 00:47:52 0 Comments

Amy Irvin is the executive director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund and served as the first intake coordinator. She has worked at abortion clinics in New Orleans and...

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Episode 4: Dr. Yaba Blay—Celebrating Professional Black Girl Culture

June 21, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 0:48:17 0 Comments

Dr. Yaba Blay is a New Orleans native, distinguished homegirl, content creator, cultural worker, professor and producer of Professional Black Girl. As a researcher and ethnographer, Dr. Blay uses...

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Episode 3: Nishta J. Mehra—Writing At The Intersection Of Myriad Identities

March 18, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 00:47:53 0 Comments

Nishta J. Mehra is the author of the new book BROWN WHITE BLACK: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion. She is also the...

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Episode 2: Adiba Nelson—Why Inclusion and Representation Matters

February 14, 2019 lmoneill Podcasts 00:51:00 0 Comments

Adiba Nelson is a writer, author, performer, mom, wife, and occasional rabble-rouser. Adiba spoke about her work to increase inclusivity and representation of children with disabilities to children’s literature...

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Lisa is an essayist and journalist who writes about social justice issues, politics, and popular culture with an intersectional lens. A native New Orleanian and current desert dweller, Lisa received her MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Arizona, where she taught writing in the English Department for a decade. She teaches in-person and online community writing workshops and designs and leads classes as a teaching artist in juvenile detention. She also works with writers as an editor and creativity usher, helping them discover their stories and and usher them onto the page. Her writing has appeared publications such as Bitch Media, Bustle, Diagram, defunct, drunken boat, Edible Baja Arizona, Everyday Feminism, The Feminist Wire, GOOD, Good Housekeeping, Medium, Salon, Talk Poverty, Terrain.org, and The Washington Post.

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