KPFA - Talk-It-Out Radio

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.

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Host Timothy Regan welcomes his elder, Molly Brown, leader and guide of The Work That Reconnects, to guide us into practices that bring us into life, so that we can draw upon ancient and powerful consciousness wherever our heartache and activism is taking us.

Molly co-authored the book Coming Back to Life with Joanna Macy, and leads online practice sessions of this work at the Go Wild Institute.  You can learn more about the Work That Reconnects here.

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The question many are asking in the wake of the murder of George Floyd is how we can contribute to dismantling the structures of racism.  Neighbors For Racial Justice based in the Diamond area of Oakland has been working on this issue with a white awake accountability group, a black advisory council, and a weekly black lives matter vigil in Oakland.  Host, Marlena Willis, speaks with two members, Sherri Taylor and Jenn Biehn about their work.

Sherri Taylor, Psy.D. (she/they/femme) is a contemplative, scholar, consultant, and facilitator. She is core faculty in the Somatic Psychology department at California Institute for Integral Studies and also teaches in the clinical psychology doctoral program at The Wright Institute. She curates and hosts group trainings, playshops, and workshops for community and professional audiences in the areas of anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, cultural humility, the cultivation of joy and creativity, dream work, and spirituality. Sherri aspires each day to appreciate and hold reverence for the fullness and complexities of the human experience.

Jenn Biehn (she/they) has leveraged her white privilege as an activist for racial and social justice since 1968.   An engaged Buddhist, she moves from a place of deep interconnectedness with all beings and a belief that the next Buddha is Sangha.  A long time Oakland resident, she currently offers classes in the community and with organizations ready to engage in Transforming White Privilege on the Path to Racial Justice. She also teaches Tai Chi and Qigong embodying the heart qualities.

Neighbors for Racial Justice is a group of Oakland residents in Dimond/Oakmore/Glenview who are committed to racial equity and justice in their neighborhood and in Oakland. N4RJ is a multi-racial group comprised mostly of white women who examine and act to address their own racism, anti-blackness, and white supremacy. They are supported by a women-led Black Advisory Council. They originally came together to respond to egregious racial profiling on list serves and to educate folks throughout Oakland about racial profiling, which is still one of their top priorities. They are available to offer virtual presentations on interrupting racist profiling, workshops on white privilege accountability, and/or how you can begin organizing with your neighbors against racism. They are happy to support you and offer their resources in the work you’re doing to challenge racism. Please connect!

Find them on Face book – Neighbors for Racial Justice or via their webpage www.neighborsforracialjustice.org

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The question many are asking in the wake of the murder of George Floyd is how we can contribute to dismantling the structures of racism.  Neighbors For Racial Justice based in the Diamond area of Oakland has been working on this issue with a white awake accountability group, a black advisory council, and a weekly black lives matter vigil in Oakland.  Host, Marlena Willis, speaks with two members, Sherri Taylor and Jenn Biehn about their work.

Sherri Taylor, Psy.D. (she/they/femme) is a contemplative, scholar, consultant, and facilitator. She is core faculty in the Somatic Psychology department at California Institute for Integral Studies and also teaches in the clinical psychology doctoral program at The Wright Institute. She curates and hosts group trainings, playshops, and workshops for community and professional audiences in the areas of anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, cultural humility, the cultivation of joy and creativity, dream work, and spirituality. Sherri aspires each day to appreciate and hold reverence for the fullness and complexities of the human experience.

Jenn Biehn (she/they) has leveraged her white privilege as an activist for racial and social justice since 1968.   An engaged Buddhist, she moves from a place of deep interconnectedness with all beings and a belief that the next Buddha is Sangha.  A long time Oakland resident, she currently offers classes in the community and with organizations ready to engage in Transforming White Privilege on the Path to Racial Justice. She also teaches Tai Chi and Qigong embodying the heart qualities.

Neighbors for Racial Justice is a group of Oakland residents in Dimond/Oakmore/Glenview who are committed to racial equity and justice in their neighborhood and in Oakland. N4RJ is a multi-racial group comprised mostly of white women who examine and act to address their own racism, anti-blackness, and white supremacy. They are supported by a women-led Black Advisory Council. They originally came together to respond to egregious racial profiling on list serves and to educate folks throughout Oakland about racial profiling, which is still one of their top priorities. They are available to offer virtual presentations on interrupting racist profiling, workshops on white privilege accountability, and/or how you can begin organizing with your neighbors against racism. They are happy to support you and offer their resources in the work you’re doing to challenge racism. Please connect!

Find them on Face book – Neighbors for Racial Justice or via their webpage www.neighborsforracialjustice.org

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A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.

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Host Timothy Regan takes you into an amazing success story of human connection across political differences in this election year.

We welcome James Fishkin PhD, to share the story.  He is the mind and heart behind “America in One Room,” a gathering of 526 United States voters from across the nation last September, that proved that the people can make decisions together, even in this polarized and divided time.  Mr. Fishkin is the Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University.  He is also the author of Democracy When the People Are Thinking (Oxford 2018)

What if you heard of a way people could talk that took the animosity and polarization and enemy images out of political discussions in our country? What if you heard that it was tested and proved over 100 times across the world, and right here in the US last September in Texas, with registered voter Americans of all political parties, ages, and backgrounds?

And what if you heard that this process changed people’s minds and hearts toward compromise and openness on the key issues of this year’s election? (immigration, taxes and the economy, healthcare, foreign policy, and the environment)

Join us in this episode to hear the story of America in One room and the hope and practical ideas that it teaches all of us.

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