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Ep 1 Disability Activism in Climate Change by 1st time Podcaster Ruth Nortey - The Art of Resistance Podcast series produced by Miranda Rae - Sound Women SW
EP1 – Disability and Activism in Climate Change by Ruth Nortey
Produced by Miranda Rae - Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC.
Ruth currently lives in Bristol, she is a mum of one, and was a cohort of the Black & Green Ambassador, a leadership programme to increase the diversity within the environmental movement and she is a PhD student at Cardiff University exploring the disability employment gap in Wales.
Ruth decided to take part in the Art of Resistance podcast course as she is an avid podcast listener and wanted the opportunity to learn how to produce a podcast on a subject that she was passionate about.
Ruth identifies as a disabled person – she has an acquired visual impairment. Ruth is using this podcast to share the great work that Bristol Disability Equality Forum are leading on around raising awareness of the impact of climate change on disabled people living in Bristol and beyond. Ensuring that they have a fair and fast transition to net zero and that disabled people are included at every stage of the transition.
Many people might not be aware that disabled people are one of the groups of people who will be most affected by climate change. Disabled people across the world are already being negatively affected by the extreme weather conditions, heatwaves, droughts, and floods. So it’s important that the needs of disabled people are recognised by those people making new laws and restrictions that address climate change.
Bristol has been a vital city for disability activism, particularly since the 1980s and 1990’s when disabled people and disabled people’s organisations joined together to campaign for disabled people to have more decision-making powers in society. The slogan ‘nothing about us without us’ became synonymous with the independent living movement.
During this podcast we hear from Megan, Emma Geen, Project Co-ordinator for the Community Climate Action Plan Project, delivered by Bristol Disability Equality Forum. We’ll also hear from Colin and Beth, two of the disability climate action plan steering group members.
Music featured in this podcast was composed by Oscar Pope and used with his permission.
Please note that all the music featured throughout the series has been made by the people featured in the podcasts and with the full permission to use.
The toppling of the Colston statue has put Bristol under the global spotlight.
This, along with the wider Black Lives Matter movement, has led to an outpouring of creative responses - from poetry, to illustration to performance. But this is by no means a new occurrence in Bristol, which has been a city noted of radical art and activism for decades.
Capturing that spirit, The Trinity Centre in Bristol launched the Art of Resistance project which included the Art of Resistance free Intergenerational podcast course to learn how to capture oral histories and tell the stories of creative activism in Bristol. This project was produced by leading community journalist, broadcaster & producer Miranda Rae from Sound Women SW. The free course was aimed at participants of all ages and interest in activism. The successful applicants have received as much group and 1:1 training from Miranda that they needed to enable them to produce their own podcasts, we are proud to announce the launch of the series made by the 9 successful applicants.
Most of the participants discovered that there are so many people battling injustices and fighting against social injustices and yet so often don’t see themselves as an activist.
The series was about exploring 100 years of social activism, protest and civil disobedience in Bristol and the art that underpinned each movement.
We researched and documented just some of the lived stories of inner-city Bristolians and, explored the city's history of grass-roots artistic, community and cultural movements.
About: Miranda Rae
Miranda is currently the Station Manager at Ujima Radio in Bristol and founder of the support and media group Sound Women South West aka Sound Women Bristol CIC.
Miranda is a full-time multi award winning podcast & radio producer and also teaches people of all ages in a variety of radio/podcast & media skills.
About: Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC
The mission of Sound Women SW is to address the lack of gender and racial diversity in the media, radio and audio industries, to provide a safe space for women and girls of all ages to learn. Our key mission is to empower and create confidence and addressing some of the many barriers that we, the founders have faced. Sound Women is about giving a voice to the voiceless and reaching out to marginalised groups particularly from the global majority communities providing a safe space for women to learn and thrive as well as providing training for the private and third sector. Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC is committed to empowering women of all ages and giving a voice to the voiceless.
For information:
https://soundwomensw.com/
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EP1 – Disability and Activism in Climate Change by Ruth Nortey
Produced by Miranda Rae - Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC.
Ruth currently lives in Bristol, she is a mum of one, and was a cohort of the Black & Green Ambassador, a leadership programme to increase the diversity within the environmental movement and she is a PhD student at Cardiff University exploring the disability employment gap in Wales.
Ruth decided to take part in the Art of Resistance podcast course as she is an avid podcast listener and wanted the opportunity to learn how to produce a podcast on a subject that she was passionate about.
Ruth identifies as a disabled person – she has an acquired visual impairment. Ruth is using this podcast to share the great work that Bristol Disability Equality Forum are leading on around raising awareness of the impact of climate change on disabled people living in Bristol and beyond. Ensuring that they have a fair and fast transition to net zero and that disabled people are included at every stage of the transition.
Many people might not be aware that disabled people are one of the groups of people who will be most affected by climate change. Disabled people across the world are already being negatively affected by the extreme weather conditions, heatwaves, droughts, and floods. So it’s important that the needs of disabled people are recognised by those people making new laws and restrictions that address climate change.
Bristol has been a vital city for disability activism, particularly since the 1980s and 1990’s when disabled people and disabled people’s organisations joined together to campaign for disabled people to have more decision-making powers in society. The slogan ‘nothing about us without us’ became synonymous with the independent living movement.
During this podcast we hear from Megan, Emma Geen, Project Co-ordinator for the Community Climate Action Plan Project, delivered by Bristol Disability Equality Forum. We’ll also hear from Colin and Beth, two of the disability climate action plan steering group members.
Music featured in this podcast was composed by Oscar Pope and used with his permission.
Please note that all the music featured throughout the series has been made by the people featured in the podcasts and with the full permission to use.
The toppling of the Colston statue has put Bristol under the global spotlight.
This, along with the wider Black Lives Matter movement, has led to an outpouring of creative responses - from poetry, to illustration to performance. But this is by no means a new occurrence in Bristol, which has been a city noted of radical art and activism for decades.
Capturing that spirit, The Trinity Centre in Bristol launched the Art of Resistance project which included the Art of Resistance free Intergenerational podcast course to learn how to capture oral histories and tell the stories of creative activism in Bristol. This project was produced by leading community journalist, broadcaster & producer Miranda Rae from Sound Women SW. The free course was aimed at participants of all ages and interest in activism. The successful applicants have received as much group and 1:1 training from Miranda that they needed to enable them to produce their own podcasts, we are proud to announce the launch of the series made by the 9 successful applicants.
Most of the participants discovered that there are so many people battling injustices and fighting against social injustices and yet so often don’t see themselves as an activist.
The series was about exploring 100 years of social activism, protest and civil disobedience in Bristol and the art that underpinned each movement.
We researched and documented just some of the lived stories of inner-city Bristolians and, explored the city's history of grass-roots artistic, community and cultural movements.
About: Miranda Rae
Miranda is currently the Station Manager at Ujima Radio in Bristol and founder of the support and media group Sound Women South West aka Sound Women Bristol CIC.
Miranda is a full-time multi award winning podcast & radio producer and also teaches people of all ages in a variety of radio/podcast & media skills.
About: Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC
The mission of Sound Women SW is to address the lack of gender and racial diversity in the media, radio and audio industries, to provide a safe space for women and girls of all ages to learn. Our key mission is to empower and create confidence and addressing some of the many barriers that we, the founders have faced. Sound Women is about giving a voice to the voiceless and reaching out to marginalised groups particularly from the global majority communities providing a safe space for women to learn and thrive as well as providing training for the private and third sector. Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC is committed to empowering women of all ages and giving a voice to the voiceless.
For information:
https://soundwomensw.com/