Being Social Justice: The Spirituality and Social Justice Podcast

In this interview, Ajay Rostogii, ecologist and founding member of the Foundation for contemplation of Nature presents listeners with an ecological and bicultural way of thinking abut inclusivity. Through this lens, inclusivity includes four themes reciprocity, equilibrium, collectiveness and solidarity. To contact Ajay, please visit foundnature.org or send an email to [email protected].

In this interview Dr. Ed Sarath professor of music studies at University of Michigan shares how contemplative studies and activism are inherent to the tradition of jazz and social justice. Listen in to part 2 of this interview as we talk about the power of silence. To contact Dr. Ed Sarath please use the email [email protected] . 

In this interview, Dr. Ed Sarath Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at University of Michigan shares how contemplative studies and activism are inherent to the tradition of jazz. He also shares how improvisation is not just for jazz musicians, but improvisation is also central to social justice work. Improvisation like meditation is a contemplative practice inherent to the field of music, social justice work and is necessary for transcendence. To contact Dr. Ed Sarath please use the email [email protected] . 

In Part 2 of this interview Abegunde, scholar at Indiana University Bloomington continues to offer us ways to think about the role of community in healing trauma and how we begin to experience liberation. This interview presents all of us with an opportunity to consider what is our individual and communal part in responding to the suffering of sentient beings. To contact Abegunde, please use the email [email protected] . 

In this interview Abegunde, scholar at Indiana University Bloomington asks us to consider how do our unresolved traumas that are immediate and ancestral shape us? This interview presents all of us with an opportunity to consider what is our individual and communal part in responding to the suffering of sentient beings. To contact Abegunde please use the email [email protected] . 

In part 2 of this interview with Dr. Jeanine Canty, Professor of Environmental Studies at Naropa University, a Buddhist inspired institution in Boulder, Colorado we continue to discuss how the oppression of earth and people go hand in hand. Dr. Canty presents the idea of disorienting dilemmas as way for thinking about how we navigate suffering. Dr. Jeanine Canty can be reached at [email protected] or via Twitter @JeanineCanty. 

In this episode, Dr. Jeanine Canty Professor of Environmental Studies at Naropa University, a Buddhist inspired institution in Boulder, Colorado challenges us to learn how the oppression of earth and people go hand in hand. Dr. Canty presents us with the idea that the Earth is calling for healing and people calling for healing and that the two are not separate phenomenons. Dr. Jeanine Canty can be reached at [email protected] or via Twitter @JeanineCanty. 

In Part 2 of this interview, Dianne Bondy, activist, author, accessible yoga teacher and leader of the Yoga for All movement, discusses notions of race,  racism, and calls for action both within and outside of the yoga industry. Throughout the interview Dianne juxtaposes her experience as a yoga instructor and practitioner with that of her experiences as a Black woman and mother. Dianne Bondy can be reached through her website www.diannebondyyoga.com.

In Part 1 of this interview, Dianne Bondy, activist, author, accessible yoga teacher and leader of the Yoga for All movement, discusses notions of race and racism both within and outside of the yoga industry. Throughout the interview Dianne juxtaposes her experience as a yoga instructor and practitioner with that of her experiences as a Black woman and mother. Dianne Bondy can be reached through her website www.diannebondyyoga.com.

In this episode, Dr. Valin S. Jordan, the host of 824, Founder of Yoga4SocialJustice, and Assistant Professor of Diversity Education at University of Louisiana Lafayette shares her thoughts on race and racism following the murder of George Floyd. Dr. Jordan shares from her perspective as a Black woman how Whiteness, White supremacy, and racism impact her life. If you would like to be in touch with Dr. Jordan you can follow her on Instagram at Yoga4SocialJustice or email her at [email protected].