Crossing the Chasm with Nina Stender (on Worker Owned Cooperatives)
Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Nina Stender who leads the rapid response cooperative development project at the Democracy at Work Institute. An expert in worker owned cooperatives, Nina has educational and professional experience on cooperatives. On today’s show, Nina describes worker owned cooperatives, how they are organized and operated, and outlines the important role they play in communities. I hope you enjoy the conversation!Democracy at Work Institutehttps://institute.coop/ Rapid Response Cooperatives Sales and Client Developmenthttps://institute.coop/rapid-response-cooperatives-sales-and-client-developmentCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownershiphttps://slu.cuny.edu/urban-studies/graduate-programs/advanced-certificate-cwop/ New York City Participatory Budgetinghttps://council.nyc.gov/pb/ Book: Collective Courage by Jessica Gordon Nembhardhttps://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09750-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOoroVh0WXLOVbJfaUxHjpDivwh3lcXbvwEbl-qs6GVok8fuozm4l Book: We Decide: Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy by Michael Menserhttps://tupress.temple.edu/books/we-decide
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Crossing the Chasm with Malik Yakini (Co-Founder, Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network)
Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Malik Yakini, co-founder and former executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network. In that capacity, he provided leadership and vision on many projects, including the Detroit Food Policy Council, the D-Town Farm, and the Detroit Food Commons. On today’s show we talk about Malik’s work around food justice and black sovereignty, the history of Detroit, and his assessment of the present moment in society. I hope you enjoy the conversation! Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and D-Town Farmhttps://www.dbcfsn.org/ Detroit Food Policy Councilhttps://www.detroitfoodpc.org/ Detroit People’s Food Co-ophttps://detroitpeoplesfoodcoop.com/ Detroit Food Commonshttps://www.dbcfsn.org/detroitfoodcommons
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Crossing the Chasm with Charolette Gonzales (Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women)
Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Charolette Gonzales, policy and advocacy director at the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Charlotte identifies as a Navajo woman and as a Pueblo woman and has degrees in political science and critical justice studies. On this episode, she talks about violence against indigenous women, what contributes to that violence, what is being done about it and her own experiences that draw her to this work. Thank you so much for tuning-in and I hope you enjoy the conversation! Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Womenhttps://csvanw.org/ CSVANW Policy Resource Hubhttps://csvanw.org/focus-areas/policy-and-advocacy/csvanw-policy-resource-hub/ Oliphant vs. Suquamish Indian Tribehttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/435/191/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliphant_v._Suquamish_Indian_Tribe Bureau of Indian Affairshttps://www.bia.gov/bia Women Who Run With Wolveshttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/47111/women-who-run-with-the-wolves-by-clarissa-pinkola-estes-phd/
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Crossing the Chasm with Paige Collings
Welcome to another episode of Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Paige Collings, the senior speech and privacy activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Paige holds master’s degrees in law, and political science and is based in Europe. On today’s episode, Paige talks about digital democracy, how surveillance affects the most marginalized in society, and provides tips and visions for creating digital democracy. I hope you enjoy the conversation!Links to topics, sites that Paige raises in the episode: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)https://www.eff.org/ Europe’s Genderal Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/ Mastadon (open sourced social media platform)https://joinmastodon.org/ Bluesky (open sourced social media platform)https://bsky.social/about EFF Surveillance Self-Defensehttps://ssd.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Alliancehttps://www.eff.org/fight Audrey Lorde (there are no single issues)https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198292/sister-outsider-by-audre-lorde/ Paige’s EFF pagehttps://www.eff.org/about/staff/paige-collings
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Crossing the Chasm with Linda Quiquivix
Welcome to another episode of Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Linda Quiquivix, a critical geographer and popular educator whose research focuses on environmental justice and indigenous land struggles. She has a PhD from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and her previous and upcoming work focuses on Palestine. On today’s episode, she talks about the Zapatista Movement. I hope you enjoy the conversation!
Crossing the Chasm explores why we are so disconnected/what does connection mean and how can we become mobilized to create change for ecological and human flourishing. Episodes explore topics related to this theme by diagnosing problems but then put forth alternative visions for our society. The show explores and ultimately intends to overcome the chasm that divides where we are from where we want to go. In short, the podcast seeks to create connection by envisioning a better world.