Solidarity Is This by Deepa Iyer

03.19.2024

Solidarity: Reckoning with Sustainability

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah and guest M Adams reflect on BMP's latest report: Reckoning with Sustainability, which explores how more than 50 Black movement leaders and their organizations understood the brief moment of “racial reckoning” in 2020..

01.23.2024

Solidarity: Healing across generations at the intersections of memory, care, and justice

In this episode, Cara Page of Changing Frequencies discusses with host Adaku Utah how we reclaim ancestral wisdom for collective liberation and shape futures that center collective care and safety and build power.

11.29.2023

Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide

Deepa Iyer and Shanelle Matthews discuss how organizations can shape solidarity narratives in a time of crisis.

10.22.2023

Solidarity: Mothers of Gynecology transform our history and future

In this episode, Michelle Browder from the More Up Campus speaks with host Adaku Utah about how reclaiming the history of gynecology can transform our conditions and teach us how to center empathy and dignity.

09.26.2023

Solidarity: Truth Telling From The Banks of the Ohio River

In this episode, Hannah Drake and Josh Miller from the (Un)Known Project speak with host Deepa Iyer about how sharing the names of stories of enslaved Black men, women and children in Kentucky transforms our understanding of history.

08.20.2023

Solidarity: Reclaiming Our Collective Memory

In this episode, host Adaku Utah is in conversation with Mariame Kaba about transformative spaces and practices to reclaim our interdependence and collective memory.

06.26.2023

Solidarity: How Sites of Conscience Can Transform Us

The new season of Solidarity Is This begins with an introduction to the power of sites of conscience. Host Deepa Iyer speaks with Braden Paynter and Ereshnee Naidu at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.

04.27.2023

Solidarity: Introducing The Next Season

Deepa Iyer, Adaku Utah, and UyenThi Tran Myhre of the Building Movement Project/Solidarity Is team introduce the themes addressed in the next season of Solidarity Is This

11.11.2022

Solidarity: Funding Movements Differently

Deepa is in conversation with Cúagilákv (Jess Housty) and Kim Hardy to uplift lessons from the Right Relations Collaborative, a philanthropic effort that centers the Indigenous Aunties Council.

09.19.2022

Solidarity: Equity and Culture in Malmö

At a time of book bans and inadequate public institutions in the US, what can we learn from the city of Malmö in Sweden? Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Jude Dibia and Rena Baledi who work in Malmö.

07.20.2022

An Introduction to Solidarity Economies

In this conversation host Deepa Iyer and Julia Ho (Solidarity Economy St. Louis) and Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard (author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice), we explore the solidarity economies.

04.29.2022

Solidarity With All Refugees

Homayra Yusufi (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) speaks with host Deepa Iyer about the urgent needs affecting refugees, and offers steps to practice true solidarity.

03.09.2022

Solidarity: Equity Matters for Rural America

Heidi Khokhar (Rural Development Initiative) joins host Deepa Iyer to discuss pressing issues affecting rural America from the standpoint of equity and solidarity.

01.28.2022

Solidarity: Finding Inspiration By Working with Gen Z

In this episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks about youth organizing and working with Gen Z with Juniperangelica Gia Loving, Associate Director of Gender Justice Leadership Programs at GSA Network.

11.17.2021

Solidarity: Is Generative Conflict Possible?

In this episode, Yuko Uchikawa, a restorative justice practitioner and mediator, shares practices and approaches to address conflict among individuals, within organizations, and in movements.

10.23.2021

Solidarity: Following the Lead of Black LGBTQ Migrants

In this LGBTQ History Month episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks with Rose Berry, co-director of Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project, about abolitionism and centering Black queer and trans migrants.

09.12.2021

Solidarity: 20 Years Later, We Look Back and Chart A Path Forward

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Deepa Iyer and guests Kalia Abiade, Anirvan Chatterjee and Sahar Pirzada share reflections and provide insights for where we go from here.

08.15.2021

Solidarity: Philanthropy’s Role in Social Change

Rickke Mananzala (Exec. Director, New York Foundation) joined guest host Sean Thomas-Breitfeld (Co-Director, BMP) to talk about how philanthropy can act in solidarity to support movements, build the power of communities of color, and advance social change

08.09.2021

Solidarity: Philanthropy’s Role in Social Change

Rickke Mananzala (Exec. Director, New York Foundation) joined guest host Sean Thomas-Breitfeld (Co-Director, BMP) to talk about how philanthropy can act in solidarity to support movements, build the power of communities of color, and advance social change

06.28.2021

Solidarity: Beyond Pride Month

In this Pride month episode of Solidarity Is This, guest host Anna Castro talks about the End Trans Detention campaign with Jorge Gutierrez, executive director of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.

05.21.2021

Solidarity: Centering and Uplifting Asian American Communities

Bo Thao-Urabe (Coalition of Asian American Leaders) joins Deepa Iyer to discuss how Asian American communities are experiencing racism and building their solidarity muscle in Minnesota, one year after the murder of George Floyd. Episode Webpage: https://buildingmovement.org/solidarity-is-this-may-2021/

04.21.2021

Solidarity: One Year Later

After more than a year of living in a global pandemic, how do we make meaning out of what we have endured? In this episode of Solidarity Is This, host Deepa Iyer explores this question and more with Fatima Goss...

06.24.2020

Solidarity: One World and COVID-19

In this episode of Solidarity Is This, learn about the ways in which activists in South Africa and Northern Ireland are addressing the inequities laid bare by the pandemic. Deepa is in conversation with Phumeza Lungwana and Nicola Browne.

03.27.2020

Solidarity: In the Time of an Epidemic

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with community healer, Kevin Fong, about what we can learn from the pandemic and how we respond with compassion and solidarity.

01.26.2020

Solidarity: Not In Our Name, Resisting Hindu Fascism

Learn how to be in solidarity with resistance efforts in Kashmir and India today. Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Yashica Dutt (Dalit journalist and writer) and Nouf Bazaz (Kashmiri activist and professor).

11.04.2019

Solidarity: Lessons from Detroit

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Linda Campbell (Detroit People’s Platform) who shares experiences and lessons from her decades-long work in Detroit.

03.04.2019

Solidarity: Racial Equity, Chicago Style

Deepa Iyer speaks with Niketa Brar, Chicago United for Equity, to hear about how community members organized to develop a racial equity ballot for the recent Chicago election.

01.15.2019

Solidarity: The Art of Protest

In the first Solidarity Is This podcast of 2019, learn about protest literacy from movement historian, L.A. Kauffman, and about local community defense networks from North Carolina activist, Manju Rajendran.

12.17.2018

Solidarity: 2018’s Solidarity Mo(ve)ments

Jamia Wilson (Feminist Press) and Jonathan Jayes-Green (UndocuBlack Network) join Deepa to discuss what shaped 2018’s solidarity moments and movements, and look forward to 2019.

10.25.2018

Solidarity: The Role of White People

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Heather Cronk (Standing Up for Racial Justice) and Olivia Lowery (Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project) to discuss how white communities are dismantling the culture and policies of white supremacy.

09.11.2018

Solidarity: 17 Years Later

Aber Kawas (Campaign to Take on Hate/National Network of Arab American Communities) and Arjun Sethi (American Hate: Survivors Speak Out) join Deepa to discuss the 17th anniversary of 9/11, and its ongoing effects.

08.21.2018

Solidarity: Mother Earth

In the Mother Earth episode of Solidarity Is This, Deepa is in conversation with Colette Pichon-Battle (Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) from the about the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and why we must be in the fight...

07.25.2018

Solidarity: Never Again Is Now

Deepa is in conversation with Satsuki Ina, a trauma therapist born in a prison camp, and Brandon Shimoda, a poet writing about the afterlife of Japanese American incarceration.

06.21.2018

Solidarity: Faith Matters

Deepa Iyer speaks with Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche and Bayadir Mohamed-Osman to explore how faith and movement building can lead to solidarity.

05.20.2018

Solidarity Is This: Disability Solidarity

During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Deepa talks with Alice Wong, founder of the Disability Visibility Project, about acknowledging & dismantling ableism in social justice movements.

04.17.2018

Solidarity Is This: Campus Solidarity

How do campuses get beyond the rhetoric of diversity + inclusion? The April 2018 Solidarity features Shige Nic Sakurai and Eesha Ramanujam.

03.30.2018

Solidarity: A New Vision of Safety

Deepa speaks with Dante Barry, the director of Million Hoodies United, about gun violence, school safety and solidarity practices.

02.21.2018

Solidarity: Network Weavers

How can networks cultivate multiracial solidarity? Deepa Iyer is in conversation with Jayne Park (Impact Silver Spring) and Angel Padilla (Indivisible) in the February episode of Solidarity Is This.

01.26.2018

Solidarity: Movement Ecology

Deepa Iyer explores food justice with Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm), and the #MeToo Movement with Shivana Jorawar (Jahajee Sisters).

12.19.2017

American Land: Displacement and Removal

In this podcast, Deepa Iyer talks with Janeen Comenote (National Urban Indian Family Coalition) and Pedro Rios (American Friends Service Committee) about borders.

11.06.2017

Solidarity: Our Community is Our Campaign

Deepa Iyer is in conversation with M. Adams and Kabzuag Vaj, the co-directors of Freedom, Inc to discuss co-liberation practices among Black and Southeast Asian communities in Madison (WI).

10.02.2017

Solidarity: The Impact of Trauma and Crisis Response Work

Deepa Iyer and guest, Miriam Zoila Pérez of the Oxalis Collective, discuss the impact of trauma in social justice spaces, and how activists can sustain themselves for the long haul.

08.24.2017

On the Side of Justice: Immigration & Charlottesville

Deepa Iyer discusses two immigration programs that might be on the chopping block with Greisa Martinez and Patrice Lawrence, and Charlottesville with UVA student, Vilas Annavarapu.

07.25.2017

The Muslim and Refugee Bans

Deepa Iyer explores why the Muslim and refugee bans are discriminatory and inhumane, and how you can engage in solidarity practices. Elica Vafaie (Asian Law Caucus) and Ramla Sahid (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) join the conversation.

06.27.2017

Bystander, Upstander: Solidarity In Portland

Deepa Iyer explores how bystanders become upstanders in the context of the train tragedy in Portland and white nationalism. Joseph Santos-Lyons with the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon and Debjani Roy with Hollaback join the conversation.

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Solidarity Is This episodes:

Solidarity: Reckoning with Sustainability

Solidarity: Healing across generations at the intersections of memory, care, and justice

Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide

Solidarity: Mothers of Gynecology transform our history and future

Solidarity: Truth Telling From The Banks of the Ohio River

Solidarity: Reclaiming Our Collective Memory

Solidarity: How Sites of Conscience Can Transform Us

Solidarity: Introducing The Next Season

Solidarity: Funding Movements Differently

Solidarity: Equity and Culture in Malmö

An Introduction to Solidarity Economies

Solidarity With All Refugees

Solidarity: Equity Matters for Rural America

Solidarity: Finding Inspiration By Working with Gen Z

Solidarity: Is Generative Conflict Possible?

Solidarity: Following the Lead of Black LGBTQ Migrants

Solidarity: 20 Years Later, We Look Back and Chart A Path Forward

Solidarity: Philanthropy’s Role in Social Change

Solidarity: Philanthropy’s Role in Social Change

Solidarity: Beyond Pride Month

Solidarity: Centering and Uplifting Asian American Communities

Solidarity: One Year Later

Solidarity: One World and COVID-19

Solidarity: In the Time of an Epidemic

Solidarity: Not In Our Name, Resisting Hindu Fascism

Solidarity: Lessons from Detroit

Solidarity: Racial Equity, Chicago Style

Solidarity: The Art of Protest

Solidarity: 2018’s Solidarity Mo(ve)ments

Solidarity: The Role of White People

Solidarity: 17 Years Later

Solidarity: Mother Earth

Solidarity: Never Again Is Now

Solidarity: Faith Matters

Solidarity Is This: Disability Solidarity

Solidarity Is This: Campus Solidarity

Solidarity: A New Vision of Safety

Solidarity: Network Weavers

Solidarity: Movement Ecology

American Land: Displacement and Removal

Solidarity: Our Community is Our Campaign

Solidarity: The Impact of Trauma and Crisis Response Work

On the Side of Justice: Immigration & Charlottesville

The Muslim and Refugee Bans

Bystander, Upstander: Solidarity In Portland