Sean chats with me about his experience as a twin, transitioning, and being a trans man at Mt. Holyoke college. Sean wanted me to include, while he said he was "born female" during the episode he wants my listeners to be clear that he was assigned female at birth. Often, folks are assigned a gender at birth that they do not identify with. In addition, he shares his experience as a paralegal in a toxic work environment. Pay attention as Sean takes us on his journey to manhood and unpacks the importance of an intersectional perspective. #Transition #Blackexcellence #Healing #Blackboyjoy #Transmen #Queer #Healing

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I chat with Xavier in our living room about being roommates, his restorative justice work, and courses he took in college on prison abolition. He is a first generation Salvadoran American committed to issues of equity and shifting how we deal with conflict. During our conversation, he shares a pivotal point in his life that has put him on this journey of healing. #Roommates #RestorativeJustice #Harm #Healing #PrisonAbolition #ElSalvador

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Johanna Foster and I sit down in my office to discuss her work as a mental health counselor, unpack how folks experience various forms of trauma, and why we should embrace a community care perspective. All of her work is grounded in anti-racist organizing and principles. Johanna recently opened a group practice to provide psychotherapy with her colleague, Karly Rodriguez, called "Our Kitchen Table" at www.kitchentablehealing.com #Trauma #CommunityCare #WomenofColor #WoC #MentalHealth #OurKitchenTable #Healing

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Shantrice King and I talk about her speech patterns and being a doula- specifically black women's reproductive health! She also talks about living in Paris, her Fulbright research, and the barriers black women face when it comes to decisions about their bodies. We constantly hear that "black women are dying at alarming rates during and after childbirth", but Shantrice wants us to go beyond that narrative. Thus, she will embark on her Masters in Nurse-Midwifery from Yale University this upcoming fall semester to achieve her dream of opening a birthing center. Please listen, ya gonna learn soooooo much!!! #BlackGirlMagic #ReproductiveHealth #Podcast #WomenStudiesMajor #Paris #Brooklyn #Doulas #ChildBirth #HealthCare #Equity

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