Issue Space

If you work in social change, it’s inevitable — you are going to be tapped to support a community you don’t identify with personally. And that’s kind of the point. So many social impact professionals want to get this dynamic right, balancing showing up with stepping back to let people with lived experience lead. In this episode of the Issue Space podcast, we talk to three professionals whose work involves passionately advocating for lives they don’t lead themselves, to hear what they’ve learned about this delicate dance.

About

Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a  podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact.

Host

Cat Addo

https://www.cataddo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherineaddo/

Guests

Gissou Nia https://www.linkedin.com/in/gissou-nia-2005425/

Dr. Jocelyn Logan-Friend https://www.loganandfriends.community/

Katie Smith https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiesmith/

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The Issue Space podcast is produced by Multitude

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For many social change professionals, the work comes on the heels of hardship. Exposure to society’s pain points can be a driving force for professional changemakers, who might opt to use their negative lived experiences as motivation to build a better world. How do these folks turn adversity into optimism and innovation? How do they find the fire to face what’s hurt them, every day – and with professional polish, no less? When do they foster their own healing and relief? In this episode of the Issue Space podcast, we talk with a professional advocate and storyteller about the beauty and complexity of serving society through personal perspective.

About

Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a  podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact.

Host

Cat Addo

https://www.cataddo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherineaddo/

Guest

Adrianne Wright https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianneandangwright/

Discussed references:

The Healing Power of Telling Your Trauma Story https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-act-be/201903/the-healing-power-telling-your-trauma-story#:~:text=Recounting%20the%20trauma%20begins%20to,time%20and%20in%20the%20aftermath.

Content warnings:

●      20:31 - 21:21 - Anecdote involving pregnancy trauma and birth trauma

●      21:22 - 22:29 - Anecdote involving sexual assault in the workplace

●      28:00 - 29:40 -  Reference to sexual assault

●      32:08 - 35:01 - Anecdote involving sexual assault and abduction

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The Issue Space podcast is produced by Multitude

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Does a certain ‘kind’ of person gravitate toward careers in social change? Is a sense of shared identity among folks in changemaking roles helpful to the work being done – or limiting? What’s partisanship got to do with it? In this episode of the Issue Space podcast, we talk with a social impact career development specialist and a journalist-turned-campaigner about the identity trends in this very personal professional scene, and what these patterns mean for the sector.

About

Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a  podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact.

Host

Cat Addo

https://www.cataddo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherineaddo/

Guests

Robbie Ross https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjayross/

Marisa Kabas https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-kabas-bb054722/

Discussed references:

How to Separate Your Work From Your Identity https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/6314042/oprah-arthur-brooks-happiness-at-work/

My Fight or Yours: Stereotypes of Activists From Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01461672211060124#:~:text=One%20key%20reason%20for%20this,aggressive%20emotionality%2C%20moral%20superiority%2C%20and

The ironic impact of activists: Negative stereotypes reduce social change influence https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.1983

© Issue Space Media Inc. 2024

The Issue Space podcast is produced by Multitude

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a  podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact. Our mission is to give ambitious social impact professionals a sustaining sense of connection to their sector. Our vision is an impact workforce that grows and thrives — so that we all can.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.