In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie discusses all things anti-Blackness. She begins by talking about what it is, providing examples, and then discusses her own upbringing and experiences of anti-Blackness. Finally, Leslie offers an exercise to interrogate your own anti-Black/racist ideas. If you are interested in continuing this conversation, please follow the TFT podcast on IG: @tftalkspodcast and her own personal IG @tejanafeminist. Below are links to what was mentioned in the episode as well as additional resources. Thanks for listening!

AfroPunk article: ANTI-BLACKNESS IN LATINX COUNTRIES IS SYSTEMIC AND REINFORCED BY DELIBERATE CULTURAL POLICY

Remezcla article: When It Comes to Latinidad, Who Is Included and Who Isn’t?

Letters for Black Lives’ Article: An open letter from Latinxs to our families

Black individuals who engage in anti-racist work: Rachel Cargle: IG @rachel.cargle and Lutze Segu: IG @socialjusticedoula

This UnitedWeDream tweet that shows how a convo about BLM can look like with your family (Also, follow their work! They're amazing!): here (if you cannot click on the link this is the text: Estaciones de noticias como  @Telemundo  y  @UniNoticias han fallado a nuestras comunidades con su desastrosa cobertura de #BlackLivesMatter. Somos nosotros quienes tenemos que comenzar a destruir la anti-Negritud en nuestros hogares.)

What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors? By Barnard Center for Research on Women

What Is Transformative Justice? By Barnard Center for Research on Women

AORTA’s Punitive, Restorative, and Transformative Justice: The Basics

What is Restorative Justice

Vent Diagrams

Organizations: Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, Spring Up, AORTA, Creative Interventions, Oakland Power Projects, Philly Stands Up

Pieces read from Beyond Survival: “From Breaking Silence to Community Control” by Audrey Huntley, “Maybe You Don’t Have to Call 911? Know Your Options” By Oakland Power Projects, “What To Do When You’ve Been Abusive” by Kai Cheng Thom, “Facing Shame: From Saying Sorry to Doing Sorry” by Nathan Shara, and "Pods and Pod-Mapping Worksheet" by Mia Mingus

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie discusses the long history of abortion attacks and reproductive rights in Texas. She also covered the recent COVID-19 abortion ban that lasted a month, leaving many people to go out of state for their abortions. Below are the resources she used and organizations to look into. 

Resources for the Reproductive Rights History in Texas:

https://trustrespectaccess.org/restrictions.php

https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-you-rights/abortion-in-Texas

https://prochoicetexas.org/resources/the-texas-timeline-of-abortion-restrictions/

Resources for COVID-19 Texas Abortion Ban:

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/timeline-our-fight-against-abortion-bans-during-covid19

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-backs-down-restores-medication-abortion-in-texas-for-now

https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-you-rights/abortion-in-Texas

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VZG5pgMZZ/

Resources for Calls to Action:

Support organizations that do rapid response or actions like calling your representatives

NARAL Pro-Choice Texas: https://secure.everyaction.com/MNuRT2sRcUmuphouvz8LbQ2?recurring=auto&ms=web-home&refcode=web-home

Jane’s Due Process

ACLU TX: https://action.aclu.org/petition/tx-support-access

Whole Woman’s Health

ReproPower Dallas: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/support-abortion-care-COVID19

Support the decriminalization of self-managed abortion:

Women Help Women: https://womenhelp.org/

Reproaction: https://reproaction.org/

Plan C: https://plancpills.org/

Donate to your local abortion fund:

National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/

Frontera Fund Bake Sale Article (No longer happening but check out their amazing work): https://www.themonitor.com/2020/04/25/abortion-advocates-hold-contactless-bake-sale/

Frontera Fund Donation Link: https://fund.nnaf.org/campaign/frontera-fund/c271941

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, host Leslie Lopez interviews Deana Ayers (they/them). Deana talks about how they got into prison abolition citing K (@sheabutterfemme on Twitter) and Mariame Kaba (@prisonculture on Twitter) as their influences. Deana also talks about how their organizing has been affected by COVID-19 and their current work with Cancel Rent Tx (@cancelrenttx on Twitter). They also talked about their thoughts on digital organizing, and what they’re doing to care for themselves during these hard times. You can find Deana on Twitter @DeanaJAyers and can subscribe to their newsletter here: https://deanajayers.substack.com/about

In this episode, Leslie reviews “emergent strategy” by adrienne maree brown and discusses her newfound knowledge on transformative justice as well as the assessments provided in brown’s book. The link to the Gar Alperovitz is https://garalperovitz.com/ifyoudontlike/ Also Leslie did mispronounce iterative (and she probably will mispronounce many more things) but no one is going to beat her ass about it so deal with it :-) You can head over to IG to continue the discussion over the fractal assessment!

In this first episode, Leslie talks about what Reproductive Justice is, and the differences between Repro rights, health, and justice. She also gives a brief history of reproductive coercion in the United States. Below are some of the sources she mentioned:

1. Founding Mothers of RJ: Toni M. Bond, Reverend Alma Crawford, Evelyn S. Field, Terri James, Bisola Maringay, Cassandra McConnell, Cynthia Newbille, Loretta J. Ross, Elizabeth Terry, “Able” Mable Thomas, Winnette P. Willis, and Kim Youngblood

2. SisterSong - https://www.sistersong.net/reproductive-justice

3. The Hyde Amendment & Rosie Jimenez - https://www.texasobserver.org/rosie-jimenez-abortion-medicaid/

4. Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta J. Ross and Rickie Solinger

5. Texas Abortion Clinics - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/18/741117422/for-supporters-of-abortion-access-troubling-trends-in-texas and https://prochoicetexas.org/resources/the-texas-timeline-of-abortion-restrictions/

In this introductory episode, get to know Leslie and why she decided to make a podcast!