Kelly Huang is a Minneapolis-based documentary filmmaker, content creator, and actor. In this episode, she talks about her first feature-length documentary, called My Borrowed Name. It tells her family's immigration story — a story that she hopes will get people thinking about their own names and identities.

Learn more about Kelly's work on her website.

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The music in this episode is by our youth intern Bennie.

Georgia Fort is an independent journalist working in TV, radio, and digital media. She's on a mission to transform the media landscape, focusing on stories by, about, and for communities of color.

Learn more about Georgia Fort and all her projects at her website. Georgia's TV show premieres 2/25 at 4:30 on the CW channel.

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Interlude music composed by youth intern Bennie.

Want to get involved in the podcast, or learn to make your own? We're hosting a podcasting class on January 31st and February 1st, open to any community members! Learn more here.

It's time for a new season of the SPNN podcast! Starting now, we're posting new episodes regularly. In each episode, you'll hear from someone in the world of Twin Cities media. Tune in two weeks from today — January 27th — to catch the first episode.

Find the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and at our website.

To learn more about SPNN's programs and opportunities, check out spnn.org

Want to get involved in the podcast? We're hosting a podcasting class on January 31st and February 1st, open to any community members! No experience necessary.

Music courtesy of pixabay.com

Saint Paul STRONG hosted an on-air panel discussion about the court decision to identify Right Of Way (ROW) street assessments as property taxes rather than special assessments. The decision impacts all Saint Paul property owners – including non-profits. Panelists include: Robert D. Ebel, Greg Blees, Peter Nelson, Ellen Brown, and Simon Taghioff.

In this episode, Will discusses the social construct and idea of virginity and how the deconstruction of purity is an important step to engaging in safe, consensual sex. Explored within is how sex education often only talks about the physical steps of having sex rather than the social and emotional power it can take to feel ready to make the choice of abstaining or participating. Although abstinence is typically intertwined with religious connotations, this episode focuses on, during, dismantling the social construct of virginity while uncovering new attitudes towards sex in a more fluid and transparent way while removing potential judgment or feelings of guilt. Making the choice to or not to have sex is entirely up to each individual person and regardless of the choice you make can assist in creating a more inclusive, and conversational atmosphere in terms of sex and sex education.

Resources

Annex Teen Clinic - https://annexteenclinic.org/

Family Tree Clinic - https://www.familytreeclinic.org/

Minneapolis School-Based Clinics - https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/school-based-clinics/

Smitten Kitten - https://www.smittenkittenonline.com/

the body org - https://linktr.ee/thebodyorg

LGBTQ+ teens get pregnant at higher rates than other teens in Minnesota. Exploring trans and queer birth, as well as teen pregnancy, sex education, and societal factors is the focus of this episode of Queering Community Health Podcast. Host Emi Gaçaj connects with experts in the field to discuss data driven and experience centered approaches to understanding LGBTQ+ teen pregnancy, drawing strong conclusions on how to create change in this field.

GUESTS

Jill Farris (she/her) MPH is the Director of Adolescent Sexual Health Training and Education at the Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center.

Alison Moore (she/her) is the Health Education Program Manager for the Minneapolis School Based Clinics, where she has worked for the past 11 years.

Sawyer Plotz (he/him) is a sexual health educator at Family Tree Clinic. During the school year, he facilitates presentations for 4th-12th graders on topics related to healthy sexuality. And in the summer, he facilitates KiSS, Family Tree's peer education program for LGBTQ teens & allies. INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS

@thebirthbutterfly

@thebodyorg

@familytreeclinic

@annexteenclinic

@mplssbc

@doctor_midwife

@matriz_midwife

@supportive.seahorse.doula

ARTICLES

Star Tribune article Gay teens have higher pregnancy rates than their straight peers

CDC About Teen Pregnancy

NBC News Bullying seen as a factor in higher pregnancy rates among lesbian, bisexual teens

LGBT Health Sexual Orientation Disparities in Pregnancy Risk Behaviors and Pregnancy Among Sexually Active Teenage Girls: Updates from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

2015 Adolescent Sexual Health Report

WEBSITES

Health Youth Development Prevention Research Center

Queer Birth Project

Transcend Psychotherapy

KiSS - Keeping It Safe and Sexy peer educator program

Pregnancy and Post Partem Support MN - resources for LGBTQIA+

This Episode covers some topics of LGBT+ identities and is mostly focused on the personal story experience and lived experience of the speaker Jacques.

Host: Jacques He/They,21 years old, Trans, digital designer & freelance artist. I share how not having the tools I needed verbally left me feeling lost and confused in my queer youth. I share my experiences learning new terminology and leaving behind some old and outdated words as well.

RESOURCES:

Can I Say That? Labels and Slurs in the LGBTQ+ Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjjS_lAFlmI

Find what land you live on: https://native-land.ca/

Trans Student Educational Resources Gender Unicorn

Tracing the Origins of the Word Queer

CREDITS

• Intro/Outro music was made by Rebecca Swing @cowboybecky on Instagram
• Art by Jacques Jones

Sustainability and community both play important roles in the revolution. In this two part episode we introduce our guests and talk about their backgrounds in activism and their experience with giving, sharing, and collecting clothing in their personal lives and at The Peoples Closet.

In Part Two, Mason, Jennie, and Jeanelle go more into depth on our own experiences and opinions on how clothing, gender and community all meet at the intersection of revolution.

HOST:

Mason He/Him - 24, Biracial, Nonbinary Transman, Designer & Activist

GUESTS:

Jennie (She/They) - Fashion designer, activist, and lead organizer of The Peoples Closet in George Floyd Square

Jeanelle (She/Her) - Activist, caretaker at George Floyd Square Resources/Guest's Work

• GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL
• Jennie Leenay (@jeml_fashions_)
• Community members (@the_peoplescloset_)

Additional resources:

• Design Icon 3
• GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL
• The People's Closet makes fashion, political statement | Longfellow Nokomis Messenger

Sustainability and community both play important roles in the revolution. In this two part episode we introduce our guests and talk about their backgrounds in activism and their experience with giving, sharing, and collecting clothing in their personal lives and at The Peoples Closet. In Part One, Mason, Jennie and Jeanelle go into their backgrounds, how we are all acquainted, and how The Peoples Closet came to be. HOST:

Mason He/Him - 24, Biracial, Nonbinary Transman, Designer & Activist

GUESTS:

Jennie (She/They) - Fashion designer, activist, and lead organizer of The Peoples Closet in George Floyd Square

Jeanelle (She/Her) - Activist, caretaker at George Floyd Square

Resources/Guest's Work

• GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL
• Jennie Leenay (@jeml_fashions_)
• Community members (@the_peoplescloset_)

Additional resources:

• Design Icon 3
• GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL
• The People's Closet makes fashion, political statement | Longfellow Nokomis Messenger

This episode follows the experiences of black and brown communities in the DIY, alt, rock and indie scene. A large focus being the adversaries they share, as well as discussing heavy topics such as: racism, misogyny, violence and performative action.

Our host Becky (she/they) will speak a bit on their own observations and later on our guest, Brian Walker A.K.A A Day Without Love will be joining her. The goal is to shed light on a topic that feels often swept under the rug.

Resources:

• Minneapolis American Indian Center
• Native American Community Development Institute
• Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
• How The DIY Scene Is Different When You're Black
• Being Black in a White DIY Scene

Credits:

Intro music and cover art made by Becky @cowboybecky @godslilcow on Instagram.

Outro and background music by A Day Without Love. @adaywithoutlove on Instagram.