Standing idly by

In celebration of International Women's Day, Daiz and Grace share stories of the Women who have been guiding lights for them throughout their lives. Women from mythology, activism, the arts, politics and also those who are close to them.

The story of an iconic and inspirational woman born Mary Harris in Ireland and eventually immortalised as Mother Jones who stood up for workers, for child labourers for women at a time when the profiteers of the ruling class in the US had everything in their favour until the Unions started to mobilise.
What messages can we take from Mary's story that inform our activism today?

A short episode that sets the scene for a new series of podcasts which aim to explore the challenges and choices we face in a changing world.
Motivated by the urgency across the Globe to 'course correct' from our current direction.
Inspired by a belief that the simple shift away from 'Standing idly by' can generate such positive power that it represents the potential to become a collective force for the common good. 
As Paulo Freire tells us, "Washing ones hands in the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
As Bob Marley tell us, "the people who want to make the world a worse place are not taking a day off so why should I?".

Daisy and Grace share their own top five 'guiding lights' which serve them well as they navigate these challenging times.
You will thoroughly enjoy the conversation as they share insights, reasons and rationale for their respective choices such as, music, humour, people, sing alongs, quotes, companions and highlighting passages in books!

Daisy and Grace discuss '5 a-day for mental health' which is a tool that supports people to check in on their own well being and perhaps discover where they need to give some attention in order to resolve issues or even to make improvements. As a package the 5 a-day has a balance of internal, external, individual and group related concepts and approaches.

1. Accept 
2. Connect  
3. Contribute 
4. Be healthy 
5. Be aware of your thoughts

Daisy, Grace and Tola from 'Be Well No Hate' interview Kelvin Akpaloo about his experiences of activism within the No Hate Speech Movement.
Kelvin shares insights, wisdom, struggles and advice for young activists about how to approach change making with an openness about how you might change as you try to change the world around you!
From Youth Summits in the Aviva stadium in Dublin to refugee camps in Lebanon, Kelvin gives us an inspirational and thought provoking interview.

A conversation with Cllr Grace Mc Manus about a recent Housing position paper developed by her on behalf of Sinn Fein in Bray.
Issues such as homelessness, child homelessness, renting, buying and how we pursue change in this area are covered in this chat.

With a worrying rise of hate movements in Ireland Daisy attempts to unpack the process by which people identify with particular social groups. 
Social Categorisation
Social Identification
Social Comparison
By understanding how people integrate their own identity into that of a group we might better understand what we are up against as we try to address hate groups who are often masquerading as something else and attracting people under false pretences. 

Daisy and Grace discuss how shame is weaponised in politics. 
What does it look like, who is involved, why is it so prevalent and what are the risks?
A fascinating conversation that explores what its like to be in the arena of politics but also to take the perspective of those in the media and the electorate as shame becomes a popular tool of choice when politicians do "wrong".

Originally a video but transformed into a podcast to share with those who aren't on social media.
This episode explores how we approach the uncomfortable conversations about homelessness. When we consider support options for those who find themselves in a homeless situation what factors influence where we sit on the spectrum from prejudice to compassion?