PA Centered

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PA Centered episodes

  • History You Should Know: Loretta Ross

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Loretta J. Ross, a powerful advocate who is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert on racial justice, women’s rights, reproductive justice, and human rights.

    Learn more:

    • Loretta J. Ross website
  • Loretta Ross: Reproductive Justice Pioneer, Co-Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
  • Paying it Forward Instead of Looking Backwards
  • SisterSong Women of Color Justice Collective
  • National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • Episode 2 of PA Centered: Uprooting Racism with Paul Kivel and Loretta J. Ross

    • Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    9 min
  • History You Should Know: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement, most known for her organizing of anti-lynching campaigns.

    Learn more:

    • Ida B. Wells-Barnett
  • #MeToo Won’t Succeed If We Don’t Listen to Black Women
  • Ida B. Wells and the Lynching of Black Women
  • Ida B. Wells offered the solution to police violence more than 100 years ago
  • Lynching in America: Confronting the Legal of Racial Terror (Equal Justice Initiative)

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    11 min
  • Episode 22: Overcoming barriers and bias with Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Angelita Olowu

    During this episode, we are joined by Forensic Nursing Specialist, Angelita Olowu from the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), to hear about her experience as a Black Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). Angelita shares practical suggestions about how to diversify the forensic nursing field and support people of color in these roles, in order to provide the best level of care for survivors.

    Learn more:

    • Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)
  • International Association of Forensic Nurses

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    33 min
  • History You Should Know: Recy Taylor & Rosa Parks

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we highlight Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks. Most people know about Rosa Parks’ role in the civil rights movement, but don’t know about her role as a sexual assault investigator, where she fought for justice for many survivors, including Recy Taylor.

    Learn more:

    • Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and the Struggle for Racial Justice
  • Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator
  • Rosa Parks: The Forgotten Advocate of Sexual Abuse
  • Hidden Pattern Of Rape Helped Stir Civil Rights Movement
  • The Rape of Recy Taylor
  • Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    11 min
  • History You Should Know: Tarana Burke

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo Movement. Tarana is a survivor, advocate, activist, and community organizer who continues to make history and inspire us.

     

    Learn more:

    • me too. Movement
  • We, As Ourselves 
  • Tarana Burke, Founder of the #MeToo Movement
  • The Woman Who Began the #MeToo Movement Was a Philly Activist
  • The White Feminist Version of #MeToo is in Ruins for Many Reasons
  • #MeToo founder Tarana Burke blasts the movement for ignoring poor women

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    10 min
  • Episode 21: Workplace Sexual Harassment

    Do you know what your options are if you’ve been sexually harassed at work? In this episode, we learn from Staff Attorneys Konrad Jarzyna and Lisa Matukaitis about your rights and the steps you can take if you’ve experienced harassment while on the job. For confidential and legal assistance, contact PCAR’s Sexual Violence Legal Assistance Project (SVLAP) at 717-901-6784.

    Learn more:

    • Reporting Workplace Sexual Harassment in Pennsylvania
  • EEOC: What to Do if you Believe you have been Harassed at Work
  • PCAR’s Respect at Work™ Training

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    37 min
  • History You Should Know: Celia & Joan Little

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about two important women and the significance of their court cases. Celia, an enslaved Black woman who was convicted of murdering her slave owner, and Joan Little, the first woman in US history to be acquitted after using deadly force to resist sexual assault.

    Learn more:

    • Missouri v. Celia, a Slave
  • Celia, A Slave, Trial (1855): An Account
  • The Celia Project 
  • Aug. 15: 1975: Joan Little Acquitted
  • Joan Little: Survived and Punished
  • Joan Little: Dramatic New Footage Casts Light on Historic Black Panther Activism
  • Survived and Punished website
  • Wilmington Ten

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    11 min
  • History You Should Know: Memphis Riot Survivors

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about the Memphis Riots of 1866, including the stories of two survivors, Lucy Smith and Frances Thompson.

     

    Learn more:

    • Sexual Violence and the Memphis Riot
  • Frances Thompson, Survivor of the Memphis Massacre
  • 10 Trans Women Pioneers They Definitely Didn’t Tell You About In History Class
  • Memphis Riot, 1866

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    6 min
  • History You Should Know: Anita Hill & Kimberlé Crenshaw

    In this episode of History You Should Know, we highlight Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Many people know about both of these extraordinary women, but during this episode we learn about how they crossed paths during the 1991 Supreme Court Nomination Hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas.

    Learn more:

    • Anita Hill, Brandeis University
  • How History Changed Anita Hill
  • We Still Haven’t Learned From Anita Hill’s Testimony
  • Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, UCLA Law
  • Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Columbia Law 
  • Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex 
  • The African American Policy Forum
  • The Intersectionality Wars
  • Intersectionality Is a Hot Topic — and So Is the Term’s Misuse
  • The Urgency of Intersectionality

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    15 min
  • Episode 20: Reaching Youth via Social Media

    This episode we are joined by Family Support Line and Fiore Design to learn how they created and launched the first public awareness campaign in Pennsylvania aimed to reach children and youth. They share the goals of the campaign, the process, setbacks, and lessons learned along the way, and how it felt to pioneer something that had never been done before. 

    • Learn more about Family Support Line by visiting their website. View the public awareness campaign by visiting their Facebook and Instagram pages. Check out their blog post about Child Sexual Abuse: The Harsh Realities of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Visit Fiore Design to get in touch with Karen, or check out their Facebook page.

    •  Visit www.pcar.org/podcasts for show notes and transcripts. 

    28 min

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PA Centered is a podcast designed to help listeners be a part of the solution to end sexual harassment, abuse, and assault. Each episode, we will take on a topic or current event to help spark…