In the Season 6 finale, we are pleased to welcome Sakinah Irizarry, co-presenter of Challenging Racism in the Massage Industry, and all-around thoughtful individual. We start the conversation with proposed legislation in New York state, roam into questions of harm, responsibility, and the deep stickiness of massage legislation. **********Find out more about the proposed legislation here: https://twitter.com/RedCanarySong/status/1497287255551004694**********Find out more about Red Canary Song here: https://www.redcanarysong.net**********Find Challenging Racism in the Massage Industry here: https://online.healwell.org/courses/challenging-racism**********Continue the conversation in the Healwell Community: community.healwell.org**********While we are on our podcast season break, you can support Healwell (and score some sweet deals) at Healwell's silent auction: healwell.org/auction**********About Our Guest:Sakinah Irizarry (she/her) has been a licensed massage therapist since 2003. She resides in Saugerties, NY where she also enjoys a thriving private practice. When she’s not working or being a mom, she is a passionate advocate for educational equity and social justice. In her free time she enjoys Star Trek reruns and going camping. #BlackLivesMatter Support the show

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