Uncomfortable Conversations

Uncomfortable Conversations

By Dr. Zakkiyyah Salaam-ReederScienceSocial Sciences
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Uncomfortable Conversations episodes

  • Queer Awakening
    Executive Director of Gender Justice Sy speaks to the journey of Awakening as a queer. We discussed her journey from being raised in a household with other siblings and Partners that were supportive in a time that being queer just wasn't acceptable
    32 min
  • Sexual Violence with Ms. Washington.
    Join Zakkiyyah & Ms. Washington as they speaks to how domestic violence and sexual violence impact marginalized families here in the US. Ms Washington describes how she became a victim of sexual violence trafficking and essentially being pimped by her brother against her will. Her trauma just like every other person effected by these tpyes of crime have been swept under the rug. Silence is used to allow people who commit violence to live comfortably, we are having this Uncomfortable Conversations to allow people that experience violence to find their confidence. Tony Washington is now a successful professional football player for the Canadian Football league. You can connect with. Zakkiyyah- @disruptiveeducator on TikTok & Ms. Washington- https://instagram.com/baaddie24https://t.snapchat.com/tIlLmM4chttps://tiktok.com/@lanika35
    1 hr 4 min
  • Season 2 Finale
    A reunion style conversation between previous guests on season 2 with discussion on affirmative action 4th of July versus Juneteenth and 50 Years of Hip Hop. The transition of uncomfortable conversation the beginning and the direction that we're headed. The EmergenZ of RIZE radio the new home of UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS 🦋
    1 hr 30 min
  • Juneteenth Pride.....
    A mutually exclusive conversation on Juneteenth and pride. How and why do the two intersect. If there is room to honor both celebrations collectively without removing the value from one to the other.
    30 min
  • Debt Free Graduate 🎓 class of 23'
    1st Generation and Debt free graduate Nila Addo shares her 4 year college journey and discovering herself as well as what a friend means to her. From therapy to journaling, coping with cannabis, and emerging.
    33 min
  • Foreign VS Domestic "Violence"
    Domestic violence saved a young man's life and gave him the motivation needed to move selflessly. David Clora, a retired Navy Petty officer, speaks to Memorial Day for the us Military. Why, at the tender age of 18, he believed going into the military was the only viable option for him. He escaped Domestic Violence only to put his life on the line for his "country"
    32 min
  • EDC/VEGAS DRUG INTRO
    Bone therapist TJ shares his personal Journey of drug use. What he feels as a parent as well as why he lied to his parents about drug use.
    32 min

About Uncomfortable Conversations

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Uncomfortable Conversations™ is a human systems dialogue platform created and hosted by Dr. Zakkiyyah Salaam-Reeder, Human Systems Transformation Strategist. Through vulnerable, transparent dialogue, the podcast explores how environment, lived experience, and inherited systems shape language, behavior, trust, relationships, and reality. Each episode brings avoided subjects and unspoken experiences forward, transforming shame into understanding and expanding how people see themselves and one another. “Language is the translation of our reality.”