Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast

On this episode, we are joined by Julie Melendez. Julie provides some practical tips for discussing systemic racism with Autistic children.

Julie Melendez is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Analyst based out of Los Angeles. She is currently a Clinical Supervisor at Blue Sprig Pediatrics. She started her career in behavior analysis in 2017 as a Registered Behavior Technician. In 2020, Julie graduated from the University of Southern California with a Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis. Her interests include behavioral systems analysis, supervision practices, and examining the role of behavior analysis in advocating on behalf of marginalized groups.

To read Julie's paper please visit: https://psyarxiv.com/jkh4b

This is a CE-eligible show*

In this episode of Tipsy Unicorns, Abby welcomes honored guest Denise Ross who shared her perspectives on oppression and liberation. She is an Advisory Committee Member for Women in Behavior Analysis (WIBA), and the Chair of UW Systems Institute for Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Her research focuses on language and literacy interventions for children with and without disabilities, particularly those in urban schools. Her tips for emerging activists are to (1) Take care of yourself, (2) Understand that everyone is impacted by racism, and (3) Stick with it!

You can read more about Denise and show her some love with a Gift of Generative Gratitude by visiting our website: https://afapw.com/member/denise-ross/

This is a new conversation but certainly a continuation of the previous Reform ABA show where we asked the guests to detail the movement's practices that ensure various cultures were taken into account. There is such a need to consider a viewpoint beyond whiteness, but that hasn't been given much space in the larger movement. This conversation is past due, and we are grateful to our guests for being willing to do this show with us.

On this show we are joined by Joy Johnson and Ajo Johnson. We have a very candid conversation about intersectionality, specifically regarding race in the ABA Reform movement and the role of white supremacy within the larger culture of ABA.

We welcome continued discourse around this topic and would be more than happy to host additional voices on our platform. 

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"Shut up and show up." During this eppy, Katelyn Kendrick provides a model of what doing the work, honestly and transparently can look like. She reviews how she works to own her "stuff"(racism/colonialism/etc), confronting her own learning history, and shame and discomfort to move towards her values with committed action. She gets extremely honest about her own racist behaviors and how her past has helped to guide her current journey. 

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More about Katelyn: 

Katelyn E. Kendrick (she/they) is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Qualified Behavior Analyst. She is currently the Clinical Supervisor of an Early-Intensive Behavioral Intervention clinic in the north Denver-Metro area. She has worked in education since 2009, and specifically, behavior analysis since 2013. In 2015, she received a BA in History, with a concentration in United States history from the University of California, Riverside. She subsequently received her master’s degree in Education, with a concentration in Behavior Analysis, from the University of Cincinnati in 2017. For over 10 years, she has worked with a variety of diverse families, providing home, clinic, and community-based intervention services for individuals on the autism spectrum and a wide range of other diagnoses. Katelyn is a mother, disabled, a trauma-survivor, and descended from Settler Colonizers. Currently, she is hosting an anti-racist reading group through ACBS, geared towards White professionals exploring their own internalized racism, using ACT to process the difficult feelings and emotions often associated with anti-racist work. In addition, she frequently provides ACT-based parent training and has presented professionally on topics such as Decolonization and the ACT Framework, Behavior Analysis and ACT, and cultural competence in Behavior Analysis. Outside of behavior analysis, ACT, and RFT, Katelyn enjoys musical theatre, genealogy, antiques, talk radio, cooking, and radical politics. 

We sat down with Dr. Austin Johnson is a BCBA, School Psychologist, and Assistant Professor at UC Riverside. We connected with Dr. Johnson after he wrote a formal response to JABA/SEAB's Statement of Concern, where he laid out the significant problems in the statement. We have been working with Upswing Advocates behind the scenes to push for the retraction of this article. Dr. Johnson along with the Upswing Advocates voices’ are uplifted on this eppy. This is a heavy episode, but a necessary one. Take in bites or take it in at once, we just ask that you take it in. Share this episode with fellow colleagues.

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In this eppy we are joined by Dr. Malika Pritchett who covers her recently released article in Behavior Analysis in Pratice. We chat about how colonialism is still prevalent in the field and bring the conversation forward by discussing participatory research practices. If you are looking to inform your practices, this is the episode for you! This is another CE eligible episode.

As always, we hope that you enjoy the conversation, as much as we enjoyed recording it.

In this episode we caught up with Stanley Fritz, a Haitian American organizer from New York City. He goes over the differences between an activist, organizer, and advocate and also tells us how to plan social justice campaigns. This is a show with all the gems.

Stanley Fritz is the Communications Associate at Citizen Action of New York, and the Engineer/Co-Host of "Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio." Stanley has dedicated his life to fighting for progressive issues and standing up for disenfranchised communities through organizing, activism, and storytelling.

DISCLAIMER: This is a show with explicit content. If you are riding in the car with your children or blasting in your home, you may want some headphones!

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During this episode mash-up, we sat down with Black in the Days podcast hosts, Elkin and Robin, to catch up and have a casual yet informative conversation about all things social justice. We chatted about Kanye, trans and binary history, plantations, and even about new legislation that directly impacts protesters. Tune in to hear our conversation! Let us know if you learned anything new after listening to this show. That's your homework, Beautiful Humans.

Also, follow Robin and Elkin on IG and FB and subscribe to their podcast!

FB and IG: blacknthedays

Podcast: anchor.fm/black-in-the-days

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