Sandhya Jha (they/them) is an anti-oppression consultant who particularly loves helping organizations get Diversity/Equity/Inclusion teams off the ground. Sandhya is the founder and former executive director of the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access, and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area. An ordained pastor with a master’s in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line, or hanging out with friends and friends-to-be over a good cup of tea and a good story. Sandhya’s fifth book with Chalice Press, Rebels, Despots, and Saints, will release on MLK Day 2023.

 

 

 

 

Rhodes believes in the power of authenticity at work. He loves putting this belief into practice by helping leaders – and those on their way to joining them – build belonging at work. Learn more about Rhodes’ background here.

 

With two decades of change management experience, Rhodes helps leaders from broad range of sectors including government agencies, non-profit organizations, and corporations advance their diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments by building psychological safety, trust and belonging in their organizations.

 

“Graceful leadership comes from a place of confidence and humility. Combine those qualities with passion and a deep understanding of the needs of LGBTQ young people navigating the challenges of poverty and you have Rhodes. I’ve learned so much from watching Rhodes lead my Agency, helping us improve our services for LGBTQ communities.”— Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services

 

“As one of the nation’s smartest experts on transgender policy matters, Rhodes offers an important perspective to ensure that the needs and concerns of transgender and gender non-conforming people are appropriately represented. Through his work, he’s helped implement life-saving policies by connecting key stakeholders with concrete practices to improve the well-being of transgender and gender non-conforming people.”— Mara Keisling, Executive Director, The National Center for Transgender Equality

Today we are tapping into what it means to be a person in the world right now, the ethos that guides us, and how we intend and sometimes unintentionally lead in our communities. Sometimes when we say community we think of physical spaces.  I think that notion has changed over time, but more acutely in these past few years when physical space is shared differently and our perception of space, proximity to others, and how we choose to be in spaces is at the forefront of our minds and hearts.  To guide us in this thought experiment I’d like to introduce you to my sister Andrea Raquel.

I’m so glad to bring on four amazing guests who have dedicated their wisdom and time to researching and understanding health disparities and ways to increase equity in care, research, and overall access.  Today the topic we are tapping into an important conversation on health as a human right. It only feels right to acknowledge that on Friday, June 24th - the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v Jackson overturned the right to abortion that was in place since Roe v Wade was decided. Many of us have been realing with the impact of this monumental change. Reproductive justice advocates, and people all over the world are watching this regression of rights and looking for some answers.

 

In a statement posted last week by the Black Women’s Health Imperative they wrote:

 

“....as Black women and gender expansive people, we are under attack at every turn, with neither the courts or Congress coming to our aid. Our voting rights have been eviscerated. Our right to raise our families without fear is nonexistent. Now our hard-fought right to bodily autonomy has been stripped from us. We shoulder all the burdens of citizenship without the most basic benefits.”

 

We are lucky to discuss some of the issues that need to be highlighted as we enter into this new era, with already stark dispartiies and inequality in a health care system for comunities of color and in particular black and brown bodies. To unpack some of these realities, we have Dr Jeannette Wade, Dr Nasra Abubakar, Dr Sharon Parker, and Dr Helyne Frederick.

 

 

Guest Information is below:

Kim is the Creative Director and Stylist for Elizabeth in Pearls, which is named after her grandmothers Elizabeth - also known as grandmommy - and Pearl - also known as Ma Pearl. 

 

As the Founder of Elizabeth In Pearls, she creates uncommon jewelry and art that speak uplifting stories and messages.  I’m hoping today we can talk about some of those uplifting messages and the roots of her creative process. I brought Kim on the show to talk about her creative process, and interest in helping people find their own style throughout their journey and how they reflect themselves back to the world.

 

Learn more at www.elizabethinpearls.com.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Elisha Hall, the African American Engagement Director with Compassion and Choices, and Joel Simone Maldanado, who is a recent addition to the Board of Directors and a licensed funeral director, insurance agent, and sacred grief practitioner.

 

Compassion and Choices is an organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options, and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. The tricky part for people is that we can’t predict or know when our journey and our life will end. I’ve always felt that we should not only have full autonomy over our lives but also the final chapters of our journeys. To me, it's an issue of importance for people of any age and background. We will all face these concerns in our lifetime, more than once, for others and eventually for ourselves.

 

Learn more about Compassion & Choices at www.compassionandchoices.org. Learn more about Joel's works at www.thegravewoman.com. 

 

What does Compassion & Choices do?

 

Dementia End-of-Life Care

We're working to transform how people die with dementia to ensure people are aware, empowered and supported in getting the care they want – or do not want – should dementia take hold.

 

Healthcare Equity at the End of Life

Compassion & Choices is working in partnership with 

our Leadership Councils and partner organizations to address inequities in end-of-life care and planning.

 

Medical Aid in Dying

Compassion & Choices is leading efforts to authorize, implement and defend medical aid in dying so all terminally ill people who are eligible will have access to the full range of end-of-life care options.

 

Voluntarily Stop Eating and Drinking

Compassion & Choices is working to raise awareness about the option of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.

 

 

Gigi Traore is the newly appointed Mayor of Newburgh Heights, Ohio. She is the first black mayor of this town. Gigi is also the Founder & Principal Consultant with G3 MANAGEMENT Firm.

 

For over a decade G3 MANAGEMENT Firm has provided strategic development, management, and sustainable solutions to clients in Midwest states. Professionally, Gigi has over 20 years of experience in politics, nonprofit, and business as an elected official, political operative, nonprofit executive, board member, and business owner.

 

We talk about leadership, legacy, and political changes in the country and in Ohio.

As reported in the IOM Interim report - The International Observer Mission, sponsored by the ICHRP, found that the May 9 Philippine National Elections were marred by a higher level of failure of the electronic voting systems than ever before, along with a higher level of blatant vote-buying, disturbing levels of red-tagging and a number of incidents of violence. 

 

According to the IOM report, the election did not meet the standard of “free and fair” because of voters having restricted access to reliable information, access to the voting places without intimidation, and a credible vote counting system. The results gave the Marcos-Duterte team a massive victory that has been met with widespread skepticism and a growing protest. 

 

Violations against the people of the Philippines include political killings, shootings, abductions, death threats, political arrests, harassment and surveillance of candidates and supporters, very large-scale red tagging, widespread vote-buying, media manipulation and repression, fake news and harassment of journalists by the Marcos campaign.

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Today we have the National Coordinator of ICHRP, Drew Miller, and ICHRP members Laila Macfoy and Mack Miller.

Importance of activism, managing ourselves in these tumultuous political times and the good news is that people want to heal!

 

Watch/Listen at https://www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/live_videos/

 

I’m so glad to bring on four amazing guests who have dedicated their wisdom and time to researching and understanding health disparities and ways to increase equity in care, research, and overall access.  Today the topic we are tapping into an important conversation on health as a human right. It only feels right to acknowledge that on Friday, June 24th - the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v Jackson overturned the right to abortion that was in place since Roe v Wade was decided. Many of us have been realing with the impact of this monumental change. Reproductive justice advocates, and people all over the world are watching this regression of rights and looking for some answers.

 

In a statement posted last week by the Black Women’s Health Imperative they wrote:

 

“....as Black women and gender expansive people, we are under attack at every turn, with neither the courts or Congress coming to our aid. Our voting rights have been eviscerated. Our right to raise our families without fear is nonexistent. Now our hard-fought right to bodily autonomy has been stripped from us. We shoulder all the burdens of citizenship without the most basic benefits.”

 

We are lucky to discuss some of the issues that need to be highlighted as we enter into this new era, with already stark dispartiies and inequality in a health care system for comunities of color and in particular black and brown bodies. To unpack some of these realities, we have Dr Jeannette Wade, Dr Nasra Abubakar, Dr Sharon Parker, and Dr Helyne Frederick.

 

 

Guest Information is below: