Inclusive Activism

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Teaser: The things that really gets me. Is I, is Rowdy – Mr. Divergent thinking. Have been primed over and over again to think – to take for granted things I saw just as a “given” were about me performing a form of Christian Imperialism both on myself and others? I thought I had the ability to unthank – until I really saw how well I had been trained to think and see things in a very specific way. I have been deeply affected by Christian Hegemonic Thinking.

This is the last bit of the podcast I am writing and it will make it this part 3 of 4. This has been very eye opening. I have read the book by Paul Kivel and after that book I made the decision to listen to some Buddhist podcasts and practice mindfulness to train my mind for some unthinking. I think that has been successful for me as an individual.

As far as the growth of the podcast the last week has been very slow, I don’t know if that is due to the subject matter and how it is hitting y’all or if I have a mostly Non-Christian and if this is seen as a topic which does not effect you personally. But it was interesting to see last weeks podcast hit around 30 listens and really stall hard was interesting to me. But I know there is something very important to look at and analyze because there are some important things to examine, process, and potentially rid ourselves from to be more inclusive in our approach. So again I am reaching out looking for some feedback, you can call me on the voicemail hotline at 860-576-9393 or email me at [email protected].

Your emails, your voicemails, just stories of how this might be helping or making a difference – these little things matter! I appreciate all your help and your positive thoughts shares and prayers my fellow activists!

Checking in on my activism:

I am meeting with my students to build their leadership skills

I will be closing the Emerging Leaders 2 class this week

Checking in on Self Care

Lifting 4X a week

Cardio has been a solid 3 times a week

Mindfulness has been good at 3X to 4X a week past two weeks

I’d added in some walking prayer

And got to do some fishing with a friend which was really a blast!

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Onto Christian Thinking and how we have been effected by Hegemonic Christian Thinking and how it keeps certain patterns repeating over and over again because this is part of our worldview.

Christian-Thinking

 Dualism – the light and dark notions also give us the idea that things are either good or bad, black or white, just or unjust. It has lead up to either or thinking in a world of uncertainty. Even the old Law was an either or of certainty. Jesus broke that form of certainty by adding in the heart of intention of a rule. As he did with the woman who was brought forth to be stoned, the Law said she should be stoned – when Jesus showed that all have sinned and are unworthy.

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Teaser: How would it be to have your history re-written to favor you and your worldview? You remember that argument you had with your partner, it doesn’t matter if you are right or not, we will make you right! Which means you will never get better, you will remain stuck in your developmental process because it will just be covered over

Hey welcome to the Inclusive Activism Podcast! We are well over 10 podcasts at this point which is amazing. We are also at roughly 50 listens per podcast for everything that is not a brand new topic which is great. The all time lead is still Liberal Elitism, so I plan on doing a podcast about being Woke in the near future. Maybe I will also add a mid-week nugget called Woke Wednesdays in 2018 with just thoughts on topics – who knows?!? Still I am happy with the progress.

But with that I am curious what is working more for you, the 30 min podcasts on specific topics the interviews with people I feel are giants in the community? As it stands now the interviews are a bit lower in listens but also have not been up as long either. So curious to hear you or your thoughts so email me or give me a call, that would be amazing!

Also how is you and your progress going as an inclusive activist? Are you getting better, do you use some of your concepts or understandings to explain things to family and friends? I hope so!

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To check in I want to share my activism since I last checked in with a podcast! We are all in our process and without being active in the community we passively allow the existence of oppression in our midst.

Since then I have:

Gone to Mesa City Council to advocate for not using private jails for the City of Mesa, sadly the measure passed 4-2

Attended Anytown Staff training as 16 hours of service to prep for what will be around 130 hours of service at the July Anytown

Self Care Regime:

Lifting at least 4X a week

Cardio dipped a bit to 2-3X per week

Mindfulness still at least 2X per week

AND I went on Vacation to see my sister get married so cool!

First! This podcast is going to focus on Christian Hegemony and its intersections with History and its re-writing of history. Now in the last podcast I do feel I was a bit low energy. I think this is because of the face that I do feel some shame with my Christian Identity and all the hurt that has been associated with Christian Hegemony. This is however important work and I do firmly believe understanding this is important work to do and recognize. A real history check is needed to understand and get our arms around the idea that the narrative of history creates and shapes our reality. That story that get reproduced over and over again warps our reality and distorts our sense of value and makes up overvalue Christian notions or ideals and sublimates the value of notions which do not back that narrative.

History

The Crusades – So lets be real and give it up for the original holy war, the actual f

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Teaser: I am a Christian. It informs my worldview and helps me in being a patient and forgiving person because I am aware of the forgiveness of sins both future and past with my acceptance of Jesus. I am a follower of Christ. And all my life I have heard, I can expect to be persecuted for my sins… EXCEPT honestly that really doesn’t happen. In actuality the world since the Roman Empire has been built for me. And sadly this fact that humans have used the word of the Lord and the interpretation of that intent to their own means – Means I must understand and own the discomfort of Christian Hegemony.

The topic for todays’ Inclusive Activism Podcast is … Christian Hegemony.

Welcome to the podcast all, we will get to no less than two different voicemails which sadly will empty the VM chamber for us at the Inclusive Activism Podcast. At the time this is posted we will have hit 402 total listens which means we will have had I am hoping well past 500 listens at the time you hear this – If I am honest I get worried about it from time to time. I have no idea how to grow an audience, and really hope I am at least creating high quality content at the very least.  That is where honestly I NEED, you my dear friend, good listener are one of those green budding shoots of opportunity. So, first off thank you so much for downloading again! And if you are willing please share this podcast with a like-minded friend. I help people all the time over and over again – and people ask me how to help me – this is a place where I need help!! Share this with someone you care about – Please review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or Last FM – those reviews are how I will be visible and others can join in our community to become better for one another. And for the love of Goodness Please Call me!! I am still really feeling weird about talking to myself in a room…!

My goal is to provide good noteworthy listenable content that is of help YOU, in your day to day life! I am committed to finishing 2017 – I would like to think this can find a way to pay back to me in some way by 2020. I can have some ego problems – and frankly always want to arrive sooner than I am able or can potentially do. (I hope to do an ego is the enemy podcast soon) Obviously I check the stats on the Podcast and from what I see – I get a huge push the week of a release but it really tapers off in the second week – perhaps I will need to look at weekly podcasts in 2018 – But this is the cool and exciting part, with my community which will have been here from day one! So thank you for your listens and thank you from your calls! Remember this is my Google Voice mail so it will say The Subscriber is not available so just leave me a message!

Proof of activism:

Held the COM101 Student MOSAIC Series with 38 student participants and 16 Student facilitators for 28 hours!

Held a Civil Conversation Series on the Documentary White People from MTV

Finished Training for Equity with Kyrene Community Education program

Delivered MOSAIC training to staff and faculty

Service at Tunnel of Oppression at Phoenix College

Held 1st meeting of Pvcc’s Leadership Advisory Group to create a Leadership Certificate at my School.

Self Care check in:

Lifting 4X a week

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Teaser: You know what that is IT!! I am DONE!! It is all too much and I literally just can’t.. I can’t!! I am just checking out, or …. I just need to get OUT one night out to just disconnect from all this madness, or … Just let me hit this really quick so I get just get away from it a…

The topic for todays’ Inclusive Activism Podcast is … The numbing trap!

Welcome to the podcast all, I do believe now we will get to the voicemails at the end so a little to look forward to there. I am hoping at the time this is posted we will have hit 127 total listens – Again all good things start as fragile small things. You my dear friend, good listener are one of those green budding shoots of opportunity. So, first off thank you so much for downloading again! And if you are willing please share this podcast with a like-minded friend. Please review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or Last FM – those reviews are how I will be visible and others can join in our community to become better for one another.

My goal is to provide good noteworthy listenable content that help YOU! But this is going to be a long haul for me. I can have some ego problems. (I hope to do an ego is the enemy podcast soon) So this hard slogging is going to be difficult for me. But this is the cool and exciting part, with my community which will have been here from day one! So thank you for your listens and thank you from your calls! Remember this is my Google Voice mail so it will say I am not available just leave me a message!

Proof of activism:

Went to Emerging Leaders 1 retreat helping students to find purpose in positive social change to make the world a better place

Went on Emerging Leaders 2 retreat about nonviolence

Started Training for Equity with Kyrene Community Education program

Lead panel interview for Native American Education at Kyrene School District

Service at Andre House feeding the hungry

Self Care check in:

Took a break in Prescott with pups and partner had an amazing time

Lifting 4X a week

Cardio 3X last week min of 20 mins back on top

Played flag football twice in past two weeks

Mindfulness 4 times last week

Dinner with friend and her partner Rikki Ann

So on to the numbing trap!

This is particularly an insidious problem in that it is very ubiquitous in that it is found everywhere with its presence but shame keeps it from being examined or discussed.

First – what is it? First off again credit where credit is due. This idea comes from Brene Brown and it can be examined in detail in her book: Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, work, parent, and lead. So on to the subject of “numbing”

Numbing refers to anything we do to avoid feelings. I would take it a bit further and elaborate on it and say it’s also anything that keeps us from the present moment. For me this is crucial to examine.

When I say your avoiding right now, being lost in mindlessness you are avoiding your life! Your actual real deal life is happening right now. As you listen to this I would urge you to take a hot second and slow down with me

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Today’s Podcast is with one of what has been come to be known as on the other Phoenix 7 after his arrest earlier this year when ICE officials deported the mother of an American Citizen. She had been doing her regularly scheduled check in Luke and seven other brave and morally minded citizens in an effort to keep the family together forced Phoenix PD to have to enforce an unjust law and arrest them for Obstruction of a local roadway.

Today’s interview is the 3rd of 4 total parts. Today we talk about all things related to Diversity and Inclusion. We talk about how and IF this work is a form of personal leadership. We talk about if it is ok to see this as a way to become a better person or not, very interesting stuff for certain!

We will be talking about areas in which we agree and disagree. All in all it was some interesting stuff, and as alway if you have questions you can call in at 860-576-9394 or email me directly at [email protected] and you can learn more about this organization at www.inclusiveactivism.com

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Today’s Podcast is with one of what has been come to be known as on the other Phoenix 7 after his arrest earlier this year when ICE officials deported the mother of an American Citizen. She had been doing her regularly scheduled check in Luke and seven other brave and morally minded citizens in an effort to keep the family together forced Phoenix PD to have to enforce an unjust law and arrest them for Obstruction of a local roadway.

Today’s interview is the 3rd of 4 total parts. Today we talk about all things related to Diversity and Inclusion. We discuss why it is better to be in community. We talk about needing to understand intersectionality and its ramifications. We spend a good amount of time talking about who he was before this work, and who he has involved into due to this work.

We will be talking about areas in which we agree and disagree. All in all it was some interesting stuff, and as alway if you have questions you can call in at 860-576-9394 or email me directly at [email protected] and you can learn more about this organization at www.inclusiveactivism.com

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Today’s Podcast is with one of what has been come to be known as on the other Phoenix 7 after his arrest earlier this year when ICE officials deported the mother of an American Citizen. She had been doing her regularly scheduled check in Luke and seven other brave and morally minded citizens in an effort to keep the family together forced Phoenix PD to have to enforce an unjust law and arrest them for Obstruction of a local roadway.

Today’s interview is the second of 3 total parts. We will upload a piece of the interview every few days.  We will hear about his trip up to the Dakota Access Pipeline in the fight to keep the dreaded Black Snake from poison the Lakota people’s water supply. Talk about his activism and why he does it, and we will get a sense of his personal motivations!

We will be talking about areas in which we agree and disagree. All in all it was some interesting stuff, and as alway if you have questions you can call in at 860-576-9394 or email me directly at [email protected] and you can learn more about this organization at www.inclusiveactivism.com

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Today’s Podcast is with one of what has been come to be known as on the other Phoenix 7 after his arrest earlier this year when ICE officials deported the mother of an American Citizen. She had been doing her regularly scheduled check in Luke and seven other brave and morally minded citizens in an effort to keep the family together forced Phoenix PD to have to enforce an unjust law and arrest them for Obstruction of a local roadway.

Today’s interview is the first of 3 total parts. We will upload a piece of the interview every few days. We will be discussing a bit of Luke’s backstory. What events and life experiences made him into the man he is today. We will hear about his trip up to the Dakota Access Pipeline in the fight to keep the dreaded Black Snake from poison the Lakota people’s water supply.

There are a few audio issues we needed to try and work around but we do continue to work the bugs out, and we will be getting better and better each time out.

We will be talking about areas in which we agree and disagree. All in all it was some interesting stuff, and as alway if you have questions you can call in at 860-576-9394 or email me directly at [email protected] and you can learn more about this organization at www.inclusiveactivism.com

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Teaser: Do you know that thing that just GETS to you? That area where you constantly over and over fall for lose your composure and you just can’t keep from taking the bait? Those places we protect, those areas we want to deny exist are the places we are weakest and most susceptible to threat. Many times, those places are our own places of Privileged Fragility. Today’s Podcast explores Fragility, what is it, how does it manifest, and what can we do about it to become a better human being?

Hey welcome to the Inclusive Activism Podcast! So, its official we have launched! How exciting!!

We even have two voicemails!! The community is starting! At this moment in time we may hit a brief spike but so far we have had dozens of listens – literally DOZENS!

I share this because all good things start small and fragile. But you can never underestimate the ability for a small group of people to make a large difference in the world. So while this might be the best it gets for the right now, I’m excited to see. It and if your listening now THANK YOU. I cannot do this alone I need you the listeners to create community and to help me find a way to article how being an ally, being an active inclusive person, make you a better person!

To check in I want to share my activism since I last checked in with a podcast! We are all in our process and without being active in the community we passively allow the existence of oppression in our midst.

Since then I have:

Presented at a National Conference about the limiting effects of per formatively with Gender roles within our relationships

I have met with and had dinner with more activist who are willing to get arrested for important causes

I have met with other adjunct faculty who wanted to learn how to better engage their own students

I attended a Nonviolence Direct Action Training with some people who again got arrested for a good cause

I’ve held a Civil Conversation Series about the film 13th for 27 folks at Pvcc to analyze the intersection of race and mass incarceration

And spoke at a discussion panel about black men and how to be better allies in general for black men and specifally better allies within the realm of higher education!

Self Care Regime:

Lifting at least 4X a week

Cardio dipped a bit to 2-3X per week

Mindfulness still at least 4X per week

Podcast of the week is a discussion on allyship with NPR’s CodeSwitch Podcast! #TryPod will put into show notes!

ON to the topic of fragility!

Most of the time this is framed as white fragility. But I would posit that this happens with all forms for privileged identity and would be subject to a form of fragility threat.

So first off lets define fragility: Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial, paternal, class, or other privileged based stress be- comes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation.

White fragility is a phrase coined by author Dr. Robin DiAngelo, and is defined a

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Part 3 of 3 of my conversation with Dr. Matthew Whitaker:

Dr. Matthew C. Whitaker is the Founder and CEO of the Diamond Strategies, LLC (DSC). He is also an award-winning educator, author, community engagement specialist, motivational speaker, and founder the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, winner of the 2014 Arizona Diversity Leadership Alliance (DLA) Inclusive Workplace Award, at Arizona State University, where was a professor of history for 15 years.  Most recently he was given DLA’s 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Leader Award.  He is also a co-founder of the Healing Racism Public Dialogue Series, winner of the 2008 National League of Cities Promoting Inclusive Award, and the recipient of ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for working to improve African-American life, community and culture, and the City of Phoenix 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the Dream Award.  His expertise lies in U.S. history, African American history and life, race relations, social movements, cultural competency, equity and inclusion, teaching excellence, and community partnerships.  He has edited three books, including Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster, and is the author of Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West.  He is currently completing a memoir entitled The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.  Dr. Whitaker has consulted, spoken, and lectured throughout the world, including Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, Ghana, and Ireland.  He has been featured on CNN, NPR, PBS, WVON, KEMET,  and is the co-founder of the newly formed Just Communities Arizona.  He can be followed on Twitter at @Dr_Whitaker and DSC can be followed on Twitter at @dstategiesllc.

We are very happy to get this podcast out RIGHT after he won his arbitration case with the City of Phoenix clearing him of unfounded allegations!

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/04/26/asu-professor-matthew-whitaker-wins-arbitration-case-against-phoenix/100951134/

He is THE black historian of our state of Arizona and his my personal friend, as well as my boss at Diamond Strategies, LLC. Where he is the leader in diversity, equity, inclusion!

Matthew is an award-winning educator, author, community engagement specialist, motivational speaker, and founder the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, winner of the 2014 Arizona Diversity Leadership Alliance (DLA) Inclusive Workplace Award, at A