Advocate Activism

Welcome back! Recently we attended the PDX March for Reproductive Rights and so we wanted to do something a little different. We sat down and recorded our thoughts about the march, Texas Senate Bill HB8, and ACLU Protesters Rights. We went to the march and captured audio so share with you (like speakers and chants), […]

Hey all. Welcome to another mini episode! I’m Amira & this is Advocate Activism!   I thought I’d switch it up this week and share a guided meditation with you. We all could use a few moments to sit with ourselves in grace, even in physical or emotional pain with tenderness for thy SELF.  I hope […]

Welcome to another mini episode! This week Rayah talks about what’s happening around abortion and the way fundamentalist christians use the bible to justify their anti-abortion stance. Here are some links relevant to the content today. Dig Podcast Jewish Stances on Abortion Biblical Passages about Pregnancy and Abortion Abstinence Only Sex-Ed Guttmacher Study FULL TRANSCRIPT […]

Welcome back to another episode of Advocate Activism. In this episode Rayah and I get the opportunity to talk to Sara & Anna from Storyline cCommunity, the faith-based/mutual aid organization, where I work as a sacred organizer.  They tell us how this community started in 2018, how LISTENING is in the very fabric of Storyline […]

Hey everyone!  Welcome back to another mini episode of Advocate Activism!  I’m Amira. When we started this podcast last year, I realized how therapeutic it was for us to have a space where we can share our hopes & struggles as activists and students of Anti-racism, & doing it in a way that promotes Love […]

Hey y’all!  Amira here. Welcome back to another episode of Advocate Activism!   In this episode Rayah and I talk about our experience last Tuesday at Planned Parenthood as Clergy Witness for our community during a counter protest.  One of the most difficult parts for me was seeing Black church members on the side of […]

Welcome back everyone! Rayah is kicking off this week’s mini episode with a talk they recently gave at a Trans and Mental Health event put on by Sander, Amira’s husband. In the talk, Rayah gives insight about the non-binary God of the Bible. Transcript If you would like more info and resources on queerness, gender, […]

In this episode Rayah and I talk about the cycle of trauma and how it affects our bodies, especially during crisis. We go into  the book “The Body Keeps the Score” and Rayah leads us into a guided Meditation (with music) as we regulate our bodies through breath work.  (Stand-alone guided meditation from Rayah) We […]

Hi y’all! Amira here. In today’s Mini episode, I want to talk about a few things I’ve been wrestling with, within me, living and experiencing the last several months.  Welcome back to Advocate Activism!  If you would like to donate to our GoFundMe please click on this link and you will also find the EVENTBRITE […]