PA Centered

During this episode, we hear from Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. We learn about the role of Black women in the suffrage movement, how we can use history to better understand our world today, and action steps we can take in creating anti-racist institutions.

Learn more:

• Danielle M. Conway - Dickinson Law Faculty Profile

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This episode we are joined by Dr. Phyllis Sharps from Johns Hopkins University. We learn about maternal and child health, and the effects of intimate partner violence on pregnant women, infants, and very young children. 

In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Nicole Pittman, an attorney and national expert working to end child sexual abuse and terminate the practice of registering children as sex offenders.

Learn more:

• Just Beginnings Collaborative Names Nicole Pittman Executive Director

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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Harriet Ann Jacobs, an enslaved women who published the book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, describing the years of sexual abuse she survived at the hands of the white man who enslaved her until she escaped. Her writings raised awareness within the abolitionist movement about the sexual exploitation of enslaved women.

Learn more:

• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Aishah Shahidah Simmons, a survivor,  filmmaker and an award-winning Black feminist lesbian cultural worker, who, for over 25-years, has examined the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence.

Learn more:

• The Story of SNCC

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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Audre Lorde, a survivor who described herself as a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” 

Learn more:

• Poetry Room Listening Booth: Audre Lorde

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During this episode, we are joined by members of the Keystone Crisis Intervention Team, or KCIT to learn more about how they support communities after trauma occurs. Learn more about how you can get involved or contact KCIT for your community at kcitpa.org.

Contact KCIT:

• Visit org

Learn more about becoming a volunteer here. Learn more about training offered by KCIT here.

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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Mariame Kaba -- an organizer, educator and curator whose work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice, and supporting youth leadership development.

Learn more:

·         Being MK - Mariame Kaba's Personal Website

·         Project NIA

·         Interrupting Criminalization 

·         Survived and Punished

·         Just Practice Collaborative

·         Hope Is a Discipline: Mariame Kaba on Dismantling the Carceral State

·         Is it time to reimagine justice and accountability for sexual misconduct?

·         From “Me Too” to “All of Us”: Organizing to End Sexual Violence, Without Prisons

·         Reimagining Justice: An Interview with Mariame Kaba

·         Mariame Kaba: Everything Worthwhile Is Done With Other People

·         Mariame Kaba wants us to imagine a future without prisons

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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about The Combahee River Collective, who are best known for publishing the Combahee River Collective Statement in 1977. The Collective used an approach to community organizing that centered the most marginalized group in their liberation work, and laid the foundation for the theory of intersectionality.

Learn more:

• (1977) The Combahee River Collective Statement

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This episode is from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s podcast, Resource on the Go. During this episode, NSVRC staff explore this year’s campaign, We Can Build Safe Online Spaces, and share resources and ideas about how to get involved during SAAM. 

Learn more:

• SAAM Website

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