Season 2 of How We Breathe opens with our first host Adaku Utah. Adaku is a facilitator, healer, coach, artist, and is the Organizing Director for the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF). 

Adaku takes us on a journey with her friend and colleague Yamani Yansa Hernandez who served as the first Black Executive Director of NNAF. Yamani is a visionary who has lead in the social sector at neighborhood, city, state, and national levels for over 25 years. Yamani now builds the capacity of other leaders through coaching at the Management Center.

In this episode, Yamani challenges us to think about the complexities of bodily sovereignty. We explore personal resilience, the arc of relationships, and our capacity to become fully autonomous yet interconnected beings seeking liberation together. 

The words of Mary Mcloed Bethune ground us in the introduction of this episode.