On Today’s final episode of transforming together, MC says goodbye to the audience and spends the last episode reminding the audience why prevention work matters. In a discussion about the roots of the work in transformative justice, abolition, and community accountability, MC offers the audience a deep reminder of where the work is headed and how each person is accountable for violence prevention and envisioning a world where people are safe and have what they need. MC ends the episode with a list of the upcoming events and resources of HopeWorks of Howard County and a link to register for these free events and stay up to date: hopeworksofhc.org/events

On today’s epsidode of Transforming Together the podcast goes back to our roots of discussing gender based violence and its immense impact on communities like Howard County, MD and those all over the world. MC Carey (they/them) is joined by author, R.L.K. Eastabrooks, to talk about her newly published book, Inauspicious, which tells the devastating story of women from Rajasthan, India to New York City and to Cambridge, MA who experience the immense pain of gender violence. Inauspicious is the international saga of Rajasthani teenage bride, Triti Sharma, whose harrowing escape from the flames of a forbidden ancient ritual takes her from the desert sands of India to the streets of New York City where her soul twin, Jaq Morel, helps her uncover the horrors of her forgotten past. Spanning two continents, five cities, and three divergent cultures, Inauspicious is a modern story of survival, redemption, and the transcendent brilliance of synchronicity. Join us for a riveting conversation about the book, her work with survivors and a conversation rooted in ending gender based violence.

On today’s episode of Transforming Together we discuss health equity gaps in maternal and infant health care and the increasing need for Howard County, MD to adopt a Maternity Partnership Program to serve the growing number of uninsured women. We are joined by CASA organizer Viviana Lozano and recent immigrant mothers from Honduras, Nolvia Reyes and Yusi Ramirez, to share their stories as Latina mothers and women who are uninsured seeking maternal and infant care in Howard County. We start by unpacking the root causes of the health equity gap, then move towards a detailed look at Howard County and its major gaps in care, and then end with an incredible interview with these three women about their experience and what they want to see change. To learn more about the movement to bring the maternity partnership program to Howard County and to support equitable maternity care in Howard County please sign this petition https://wearecasa.org/updates/support-equitable-maternity-care-in-howard-county/

On this episode of Transforming Together the HopeWorks Podcast, the HopeWorks Youth Leadership Project takes over the podcast with an incredible conversation for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Youth Leaders, Addie, Sangeetha, and Sreya dive into a detailed and authentic conversation about their understanding of teen dating violence, as youth who have been studying and learning about it for the past 5 months, and as teens themselves. The discuss the impact that their upbringing, schooling, and media have on their understanding of healthy vs unhealth/ abusive relationships and unpack the representations they have around them. With both a dose of research and their own experience, this very special episode of Transforming Together brings youth voices front and center for an incredible conversation that will leave you thinking about dating relationships in a completely new way.