It's our last episode of the season! Thank you all so much for your support over the past few months. We've experienced so much healing and created space for our guests and listeners to heal - and we've loved every minute of it. We're in this together. So... we decided to end the season with a conversation on OPTIMISM. In this epsiode we'll meet Josh Mojica, a man turned humanitarian that decided he was just gonna show up in one of the worlds largest refugees camps to see how he could help. It's a simple story of community, perserverance, and positivity that offers us a unique insight into what the news isn't telling us. Ready to cut through the noise of the Syrian refugee crisis? So are we.  

 

Learn more about Josh's work on Instagram at http://instagram.com/thistruggleisreal.

 

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Tyler is back in Chicago for part 2 of our inside look into the queer revolution happening in the Christian church. Tyler speaking to Alicia Crosby, founder of the Chicago-based non profit Center for Inclusivity about her personal experience of marginalization and how she was able to find compassion for her oppressors. And gay pastor and church planter Tim Wolfe dilleniates the connection between prejudice in the church and the American cultural identity.

 

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Tyler is back out in the field, but this time we’re traveling from L.A. to Chicago to explore the queer revolution happening in the Christian church. Tyler meets artist and theologian Jonathan Randall Grant to talk about the long forgotten, recently reclaimed queer heritage of the church, as well as, how it all got lost in the first place. Then we hear from community organizer and theologian Michael Vasquez to what the fight is like for people of color fighting for queer inclusion.

 

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***Stay tuned next week for part 2 of our discussion of queer inclusivity in the church!***

 

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Adam MacLean, founder of Post Shame and postshame.org, stops by to talk about internet privacy, shame, revenge porn, and what our world would look like if politicians went #PostShame. There goes Olivia Pope's career! (Bonus points if you got that.)

 

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After Maria opened up about her experience of sexual assault in Part 1 of SEXISM, Tyler took some time to process his experiences and found himself ready to admit that, he too, has experienced sexual assault. Here, Tyler sits down with Maria to discuss what happend when he confronted his assaulter and gives us an intimate and vulnerable look into an immensely powerful moment of healing, compassion, and liberation.  

 

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Tyler got a personal invite to join California Senate Candidate Pat Harris on the campaign trail! This episodes takes us out of the studio and into the field, as Pat Harris' campaign team introduces us to "Rabble Rouser," the retrofitted 1980s eco bus, the inspirational high school interns on the trail with them, and Pat responds to their personal concerns about how the current teachers' strike is impacting their learning.

 

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Following the radical impact of the #MeToo movement, Tyler and Maria sit down to discuss sexism. Rather than asking anyone to come forward to share their story, we decided to share our own experiences with sexual misconduct and our vision of the culture shift resulting from this movement. This two-part episode is filled with vulnerability, hope, tears and some potentially triggering content, but there is a light at the end of this tunnel! So listen through to the end!

Visit the blog for resources to support your healing and a call to action: http://bit.ly/BlogSexismMaria

 

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***Come back for Part 2 of Sexism next week when Tyler bravely shares his story.***

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Join Maria as she talks to leadership guide, expert & author, Kathleen Schafer about how to take action and lead in activism. Kathleen reminds us that we are most impactful when we lead from a sense of joy! Listen, connect to your passion and take action!

 

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When we sat down in the studio with James, of Coffee With a Black Guy, we thought the interview was over. But there was something else he wanted to share. A never before told piece of his racism story. This is a story about love, prejudice, hope and the power of radical compassion.

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In our first episode, we explore a new definition of activism with two change-leaders breaking the mold of traditional activism and successfully bridging social divides. First, we get "comfortable being uncomfortable" with James, founder of Coffee with a Black Guy and learn there's always more than meets the eye when talking about racism. Then we pony up and dance our angst out with Emilia Richeson, creator of Pony Sweat, a "Fiercely Non-Competitive Body-Positive Dance Aerobics Celebration" in Los Angeles. 

 

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