According to Weeze

In this episode Weeze and Dr. Janice Gassam Asare talk about what it means for whiteness to center itself in DEI work, removing lived experiences from the conversation. Social media plays a large role in silencing voices by suppressing content from Black creators and raising up white voices. Dr. Asare shares a couple of experiences she has had recently, how those point to some larger systemic issues, and how our own environments affect our ability to react.

ABOUT DR. JANICE GASSAM ASARE

Janice Gassam Asare, Ph.D. is the founder of BWG Business Solutions, LLC, an award-winning consultancy designed to help organizations create cultures built on equity. She facilitates workshops, provides guidance, delivers keynote speeches and “Awareness Talks” to spark important dialogue about workplace equity and is the author of two best-selling books and nearly 300 Forbes articles.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• The importance of lived experiences being the expert voices in diversity, equity and inclusion.
• The disparity in the way that white led DEI Firms are being funded, supported, and marketed to do the work vs Black owned consultancies.
• The physical and emotional fear of being doxxed, and steps you can take to help protect yourself online.
• How can we be in community with others and then find ways to take your community outside of social media?
• Creating additional sources of revenue and building a financial cushion to build our own safety nets.

CALL TO ACTION

Check out Dr. Gassam’s latest book, The Pink Elephant.

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

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Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

Podia: https://accordingtoweeze.podia.com/weeze 

FOLLOW DR. ASARE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: http://bwgbusinesssolutions.com/

Instagram @janicejnice

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicegassamphd/ 

Twitter - @DRJaniceGassam 

It's the season 3 finale, so we're flipping the script and Weeze becomes our guest! In this episode she is interviewed by our amazing guest, Madison Jacobs, from ep 3. They talk about Weeze's process of slowing down, tending to her own humanity after being in overdrive for the last 20 months, how we as a collective can begin to heal and exist unapologetically in systems created to destroy us, what liberation can look like, and how she's learning & co-creating in her relationship.

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She's known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• Setting yourself up for healing, joy, success, and liberation in a system designed to profit off your turmoil & destroy you.
• The truth is that systems of oppression aren't going to be eradicated in our lifetime, so how can we begin to exist unapologetically anyway?
• The difference between being emotionally reactive and retraumatized or triggered.
• Weeze's current growth edge in life, where she's been recalling her energy, and how she's refocusing on her wellbeing.
• Bae deets are in!! We hear about Weeze's relationship and their process of co-creating a healthy partnership with each other.
• Healing ancestral wounds and trauma.

CALL TO ACTION

• Join The Academy on Podia for ongoing education.
• Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast!
• Follow Weeze on IG!

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xTfwerUi_XhudUucoYPo-J1Nan7A5eS/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

Join the Academy (its like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Dr. Lanice Avery is giving greatness in this episode! Y'all we talked about Black women and femme's freedom, gendered and racial socialization, and how our identities around ourselves and relationships are detrimental to our well being. Dr. Lanice brings hope, education, and reminders that Black women and femmes have always been about joy, liberation, and pleasure. It's just who we are!

ABOUT DR. LANICE AVERY

LANICE R. AVERY, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of psychology and women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Virginia. She earned her PhD in the joint program in psychology and women's studies at the University of Michigan. Her research uses multiple methods to explore Black women's inter- sectional identities, sexual socialization, and how the negotiation of hegemonic gender ideologies and racial stereotypes are associated with adverse psychological and sexual health outcomes. The primary aim of her research is to promote healthy racial, gender, and sexual development among socially marginalized and stigmatized groups.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• The role Black women and femmes played in the creation of whyte supremacist, hetero patriarchal, and capitalist like infrastructures.
• Why Black women and femmes are scrutinized at the most extreme levels of law and surveillance.
• The expectation of uplift everyone to the detriment and death of yourself. Eww...
• The difference between Black feminine and masculine ideologies.
• How the media shapes our view of ourselves and the world around us.
• How the media perpetuates oppression, we internalize it, then oppress ourselves.
• Even in our empowerment, we are still being reminded of how we are subjugated as a humanity
• Black women will always be free for choosing our own erotic power, joy, and pleasure.
• Why Megan Thee Stallion is winning!!!! What we need to learn from her & what we can heal.

CALL TO ACTION

• Read "Pretty hurts": Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women by Dr. Avery

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HL-dl1iKSRYbgRe8jjALQZ2vs54-5lgU/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW DR. AVERY

Website: ​​https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/la4gd

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dr_neecie

It's our first round table discussion and damn was it so good! I had my amazing friends Lyvonne, Myisha, and Lettie on to check in one year after the great whyte awakening of 2020. This episode is all about giving yourself permission to heal and to follow your calling. Listen y'all, we can only liberate others to the degree that we liberate ourselves, so start doing the work on yourself first!!

ABOUT LETTIE, MYISHA, AND LYVONNE

Lettie Elizabeth is a historian, educator, and facilitator in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast "History Shows Us" where she educates about history and bridges the past to the present, she discusses racial and social issues, and she doesn't hold back the truth. Her gift and ability to "connect the dots" is something that is critical to learning from the past. The love she has for history is evident! In 2015 Lettie received her M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) where she focused on American history and specialized in Black history and race studies. She also completed her M.A. in Conflict Management & Resolution in May 2020 which equipped her with skills to incorporate effective communication with hard topics and how to navigate these situations, mediation and facilitation knowledge, and this MA contributed greatly to her work as both a historian and antiracism educator.

Lettie's story and journey is filled with strength and resilience, continuing to speak up against racial injustice, and learning what it means to choose and cultivate joy while growing and healing.

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Myisha T is an awesome and sometimes exhausted mom to 3 different-ability children. She is an anti-racism guide, mental health activist, speaker, and entrepreneur.

A passionate advocate for mental wellness, Myisha T believes that when people get real, they can begin to heal. She founded the "Check Your Privilege" (CYP) movement, that support white and white folx all over the world in exploring their relationships with the interlocking systems of oppression

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Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs (aka "Pastor Baé"), an Emmy Award winner, is a body and sex-positive womanist preacher, writer, transformational speaker, and spiritual life and liberation coach. She is the founder of beautiful scars, a healing-centered storytelling agency focused on fostering pleasure and resiliency; and the curator of The Proverbial Experience, a series of virtual spiritual gatherings to nourish your soul! Briggs has been featured in ESSENCE, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post magazines and Sojourners named her one of "11 Women Shaping the Church." Briggs, a NYC native, is currently based in New Orleans, LA. Follow her: @LyvonneBriggs

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• What is your role in the revolution?
• What are you masterminding in your collective community to change things around you?
• The lack of capacity the collective faces when it comes to nuance.
• We're socialized to only see, feel, and experience pain all of the time.
• Liberation is about healing the mind, body, and spirit.
• How social media has tripped us up to become performative and how we can get back to our center.
• Staying grounded in beauty amidst terror.

CALL TO ACTION

• Check out Lettie's podcast: History Shows Us

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od7GDUFrDHOe1zkqf_HgZZFgXciwsv5B/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118275191661323945286&rtpof=true&sd=true

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR FOLKS!

LETTIE

Website: ​​www.patreon.com/lettieshumate

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyshowsuspodcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincerely.lettie

MYISHA

Website: checkyourprivilege.co

https://www.instagram.com/ckyourprivilege

LYVONNE

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lyvonnebriggs

1-on-1 spiritual life coaching or tarot card readings: https://calendly.com/lyvonnebriggs

i'm a Surthrivor: healing, faith, and sexual trauma online course.

Use code WEEZE for 16% off : https://lyvonnebriggs.podia.com/healing?coupon=WEEZE

Website: https://lyvonnebriggs.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lyvonnebriggs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyvonnebriggs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lyvonnep

Podcast: Sensual Faith podcast (Spotify linked, but you can listen wherever your get your podcasts!)

In this episode Madison and I talk about how white folks have a special way of infusing racism into anything, even tech! As much as we rely on tech in our everyday lives, we have to understand who it's built by AND who it's built for! Tech is racist because it's created by racists, and unfortunately it makes their ability to oppress and silence people of color much easier. We talk about how things like facial recognition on our phones are built from white features, down to facial recognition for criminalization, and the algorithms that shadowban or simply erase people's lived experiences & education.

ABOUT MADISON

Madison Jacobs is a marketing and communications leader, tech policy practitioner, and civil rights champion working as the cofounder of The Edtech Equity Project (EE) to combat racial bias in edtech products and AI tools used in education. She is also an executive director at A/B Partners, a social justice creative agency developing new narratives about people, power and social change to transform politics and the economy. Before her work at EE and A/B, Madison was a nonprofit communications leader and an Aspen Institute fellow. At the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, Madison built technology policy outputs on issues like improving access to water quality data, improving women's access to algorithmically-granted housing loans, and mitigating racial bias in AI-driven education technologies. Before her work in nonprofit and tech policy, Madison worked at several technology startups and companies, including Google, leading product marketing initiatives. Madison has a journalism degree from The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• The fact that all of the systems that were already racist before are just being supported in a larger way by technology.
• The impact of facial recognition, google searches, and more on communities of color.
• How these systems were only designed to really think through one thought process and that's a middle aged white male.
• The lack of ebonics, varied forms of speech, and context available in AI language detectors.
• They done took it a level deeper on the job applications! Machines run more than just names, race, and ethnicity to exclude job applicants.
• How we need to take a look at the culture of technology and understand its origin.
• We need to be having real conversations with ourselves about how we engage with tech to combat what is happening.

CALL TO ACTION

• AI in Education Toolkit for Racial Equity: https://coda.io/@edtechequity/edtech-ai-toolkit-for-racial-equity
• School Procurement Guide: https://coda.io/d/School-Procurement-Guide_dYBoc7ujwQA/School-Procurement-Guide_su9mx#_luz2W
• Join me on podia where you can get access to tons of BTS content including a very special Weezionaire interview with all of our guests!
• Rate & review the show!
• Follow me on IG

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyVQQJsSzwAbvSrojmtxnCP4orm6YSpU

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW MADISON

Website: https://www.edtechequity.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaddierae/

EdTech's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdTechEquity

Madison's Twitter: https://twitter.com/madisonrjacobs

In this episode Rashad and I talk about how systemic racism once again shows up in the food industry. From restaurant profits being cut by greedy food distributors, to not being approved for funding, and even having to face a lack of kitchen rental opportunities, Rashad tells us about the trials he's faced as a Black chef and his determination to empower Black chefs. An economy is only as strong as its food industry, and with Black people owning little to none in this industry, Rashad seeks to change that. Tune in to learn how he's making waves for Black chefs, so we can gain power in the Black economy.

ABOUT RASHAD

Rashad Armstead is a chef, entrepreneur, just an overall world changer. His goal in life is to leave this world empty, giving everything God put in him to the world. Rashad has worked in the food industry since he was 15 and worked his way up from a dishwasher to a Chef. He opened his first business in 2014 and never looked back. Now he has a new job to help people that change the world change the world.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• Rashad's grandma and how she lit the torch for generations of chefs in his family.
• Rashad's experience with seeing food from different aspects; restaurants, food trucks, caterers, industrial side, hospitals, prisons, and more!
• How systemic racism shows up in the food industry.
• Rebuilding a chef business from scratch to winning Chopped and keeping it under wraps for 18 months.
• Why there's not a strong economy for the Black community. What we're missing out on!
• The entrepreneurial journey of opening and closing multiple restaurants, due to racism in distributor policies and land ownership.
• One of the biggest ways to fight hunger is that there has to be investment in local entrepreneurs, and people that represent their community.
• Rashad's vision to build EPIC Ventures Test Kitchen, an affordable commercial kitchen located in East Oakland.

CALL TO ACTION

• Join me on podia where you can get access to tons of BTS content including a very special Weezionaire interview with all of our guests!
• Rate & review the show!
• Follow me on IG

• Research land theft and the displacement of Black farmers, specifically in the south and California.
• Look up the history of what existed before Central Park was built.
• Donate to E.P.I.C Ventures Test Kitchen
• Watch all the worlds of stage video

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_H6HJ81JG31TjwALjWctMQKxvvRYMU02/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW RASHAD

Website: https://www.blackfoodcollective.com

Instagram: https://www.twitter.com/ChefRashad2.0

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eoakcollective

In this episode Keta & Dani of the East Oakland Collective and I talk about the changes they're creating in Oakland to increase accessibility. We all know there's no damn reason for communities of color to be under-resourced other than whyteness doing what it does! And Dani let us know that no community, even if it's underdeveloped, ever goes unmapped or unplanned. So what can we do about houselessness, transportation, and making sure our communities thrive? How can we be the ones to stand up for our cities to increase access? Bc let's face it, we've always known WE gotta take care of US.! How can we create what we want to see and get the resources for it? Listen, learn, and get involved!

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She's known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.

ABOUT KETA & DANI

Marquita "Keta" Price (she/her/Goddess), aka "The Hood Planner," is a third-generation East Oakland native serving as the Director of Urban and Regional Planning for The East Oakland Collective. Keta's formal passion for urbanism came about during recreational research on how gentrification has impacted low-income Black "hoods" across the nation. As director, Keta is the lead on several East Oakland neighborhood & transportation planning projects, participates in the development of local urban and regional planning, and holds the city of Oakland accountable to equitable zoning and land use in East Oakland.

Her early activism and care for community is rooted at Merritt College, where she served as the Vice President of The Black Student Union, President of the Kem(istry) Club, President of the Associated Students of Merritt College (ASMC), and served as a Student Trustee of the Peralta Community College School District. Keta's initial goals were to restore the intellect and militancy of Merritt's student government. Seeded by Chairman Bobby Seale and other former Black Panthers, ASMC focused on leveraging the institution's resources to address the socioeconomic issues from the flatlands prohibiting students from thriving academically. Keta's political and social goals pulled her away from studying chemistry to deeply exploring how societies, communities, and cities are planned, designed and constructed.

As a chemistry major, Keta received an achievement award for the completion of The Center for Educational Partnerships NIH-UCB internship. During this project Keta synthesized pro-fluorophores used for live-cell RNA imaging. Keta also received recognition and commendation from the California Legislature Assembly and State of California Senate and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for her student advocacy work with the Tobacco-less Club at Merritt College. Keta has an Associates of Science in Mathematics and Natural Science. When the opportunity presents itself, Keta plans to further her education in Urban Studies, Data Analysis and Design.

Danielle "Dani" Dynes is a dedicated community planner who was born in East Oakland and raised in West Oakland. As a planner, she focuses on the present needs of residents and while creating strategies to deal with the challenges of the future. She works to bring more resources and infrastructure to Oakland and ensure we have safer, healthier, and well-connected communities moving forward.

Danielle has a B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from San Francisco State University. She has previously worked at the Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) in their Planning and Project Development section. Several of Danielle's projects at OakDOT prioritized equitable and culturally relevant change in the East Oakland community. She facilitated events around the 90th Avenue Scraper Bike Way and conducted community outreach for the East Oakland Mobility Action Plan. She also helped manage Sustainable Transportation Planning grants while interning at the California Department of Transportation.

Before she studied planning Danielle taught website design and visual communication to students in Oakland and Richmond. In 2016 she was honored as a Youth Development Fellow by Coro, a civic leadership training organization. In her leisure, Danielle enjoys photography, crafting, hiking, and gardening.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• How EOC's founder, Candace Elder, said hell nah to the ways her community was deteriorating due to gentrification and decided to address issues like pollution + houselessness.
• The fuckery with folks seeing systemic challenges and thinking it's random or beyond our control, but it's not! We knowwww this!
• Why disparities and underdeveloped communities even exist, when communities are always mapped out and planned.
• How the white flight outta of East Oakland and left the whole area for dead!.
• There's no designated funding to give to communities to plan their own communities surprise surprise, so a lot of that grunt work falls on nonprofits, grassroots people, and individuals to fill that gap.
• How a lack of economics, transportation, and accessibility affects communities + what we can do to help!

CALL TO ACTION

• Support the East Oakland Mobility Action Plan.
• Get involved with the Mobility 4 All program, their new clean mobility fellows, and an upcoming project funded by the STEP Grant to explore the feasibility of implementing a zero-emission bus shuttle to bridge access to nearby local/regional park-The Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline.

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eq-twyoJeB5ipLs7kbAWjF0Kgq210WRO/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW KETA & DANI TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastoaklandcollective/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eoakcollective

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eoakcollective

As the podcast season comes to an end Weeze flips the script and has Julia Wells, her best friend, to interview her. With no prep and no idea what Julia was going to ask, Weeze models her message of humanity and consensual vulnerability, even when it feels scary! Tune in to this bestie level convo to learn some things you may not have known about Weeze. You just might be surprised! 

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.  

ABOUT JULIA

Julia Wells is a 7-figure pussy-based business coach and teaches others how to build wildly successful businesses while centering ease and pleasure. 

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• Growth, fears, sacrifices, boundaries, and seeking balance.
• Having a successful, decolonized business while fighting for marginalized communities.
• How Weeze holds space for emotionally charged conversations and prioritizing transformative justice.
• Enjoying tf out of being 35 and dismantling the societal bs that tells socialized females life is over at this age.
• Weeze’s biggest personal takeaways from navigating her business, relationships, health, and showing up for the movement in the midst of last year’s civil rights reemergence. 

CALL TO ACTION

• Get on the waitlist for Decolonizing Business! https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60bf8d490368af54f0d2dca4

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WOTXwhk1OVjtsxeRonKR_JqXRf2ORHkU/view

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW JULIA TO LEARN MORE

https://www.juliacwells.com

https://www.instagram.com/juliamothereffingwells/

In this episode Weeze and Brandon talk about who we could be if society's standards didn't have a hold on how we choose to live our lives. If we decided to tune into our hearts vs. what others say, how would we move about the world? How would we show up for ourselves and the people & things we care about? How could we create what has never existed before? This episode is full of wisdom that encourages us to really slow down and ask ourselves, "What do I actually want?"

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She's known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.

ABOUT BRANDON

Brandon Kyle Goodman (he/they): From bringing diverse, powerful characters to life on the screen, to writing scripts for one of the most successful television series on Netflix, Actor, Writer and Advocate Brandon Kyle Goodman has emerged in the entertainment industry as a powerful force with a voice to be reckoned with. On the film front, Goodman recently starred in Netflix's feature film "Feel the Beat," opposite Sofia Carson. He was a scene-stealer as the outspokenly brave, queer character Deco. Additional acting credits for Goodman include starring as Andy, an eager father-to-be in Amazon's successful rom-com anthology series "Modern Love," opposite Andrew Scott. As a writer, Goodman is entering his third season writing on the hit Netflix animated series "Big Mouth". Goodman is proud to be a nonbinary, queer Black leader and a staunch advocate for Black lives. Goodman's name and messages were launched into the limelight throughout the summer of 2020 as his vulnerable, informative Instagram videos regarding racism in America went viral, quickly solidifying him as a go-to resource for individuals seeking educational and inspiring content, while detailing a personal look at Goodman's experiences growing up and living Black in America. Today, Goodman's content has received over millions of views and counting. When not in front of the screen, Goodman loves to seek out great new eats, work out, binge "The Real Housewives," and discover great, new vocal performances on YouTube.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• Exploring who we could be if society's standards of what's "acceptable" never got ahold of us.
• Practicing how we show up in the world by making small corrections in our language & how we approach others.
• Celebrating all of our identities and experiences, regardless of what other people think.
• Stepping into our fullness and trying not to take people leaving as an attack or as a representation of our validity.
• The truth that sometimes we have to be the one to make the blueprint of what we wish to see in the world because it doesn't exist!

CALL TO ACTION

• Follow Brandon on social media!
• Listen to Brandon's podcast, Black Folx.

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/12laepN2B2n_Zf6gndZ40aw54aoqKnfXN/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW BRANDON TO STAY ENGAGED

https://www.brandonkylegoodman.com

http://instagram.com/brandonkgood

https://www.facebook.com/brandonkgoodman/

http://twitter.com/brandonkgood

http://youtube.com/brandonkgood

In this episode Weeze and Anna talk about what it takes to step into activism and use our voices for humanity. Folks are often so worried about getting this process of transformation wrong they cut off the part of themselves that can learn and do better. This method of thinking is one of the ways the work becomes stagnant. No one starts this journey as an expert, but those who are committed to change are the ones who are open and interested in learning. Y'all, we all need each other to use our lived experience and privilege to create possibilities for the more marginalized identities around us. That's what this is all about in the grand scheme.

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She's known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.

ABOUT ANNA

Anna Paquin is a New Zealand-Canadian actress, mother, producer, wife, and activist.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• The most important place to begin and return to as an activist.
• Being honest and comfortable in the process of learning how to show up for humanity.
• It's OK not to be an expert, just be open to learning and shifting.
• Getting out of our circles and listening to other lived experiences.
• Depersonalizing how we feel when people point out things we've done that are problematic. Could this be a place to learn something new?
• Anna's experience in learning about and choosing her voice, regardless of her platform and other people's perceptions.
• Using whatever identity privilege that we have to create pathways for other folks' humanity to be honored.
• Anna's show FLACK and how it addresses the multitude of oppressive issues we encounter on a daily basis.

CALL TO ACTION

• Catch season 2 of FLACK dropping on Amazon Prime June 11th!

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CAp3xvZCK8gQT4RqUVl63ikHTKD8C52G/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it's like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW ANNA TO STAY ENGAGED

https://www.instagram.com/_annapaquin

https://www.twitter.com/annapaquin