Conscious Anti-Racism

What needs to happen to change the current narrative of African Americans in the United States? How can we best celebrate their achievements? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Toni Simmons Henson, executive director of The Southeastern Theatre Conference. They focused on the trauma of and challenges of communicating across lines of difference, the impact of making a political statement just by showing up in a room as oneself, and the importance of self-care for women and mothers who tend to give everything of themselves to their families and can forget to prioritize their own needs. Toni Simmons Henson has over 30 years of expertise in business development, marketing, theatre, and arts administration. She has successfully launched and operated several franchises and businesses throughout her career. One notable venture is Micah 6-8 Media, LLC, responsible for producing the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, ranked top festival to visit in the world and the Black Family Table Talk, a top ranking podcast. She is also a published poet, best-selling author, public speaker, and award-winning entrepreneur.  Henson is an alumna of New York University, where she earned an MPA in Nonprofit Management, and Howard University, where she obtained her BBA in Business. Additionally, Henson has earned two Executive Certificates, one in Non-profit Management and one in Women in Leadership. LINKS Toni’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/m68m [https://linktr.ee/m68m] Black Family Table Talk podcast https://blackfamilytabletalk.com/ Atlanta Black Theater Festival https://atlantabtf.org/home [https://atlantabtf.org/home] ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com [http://www.consciousantiracism.com/] You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com [https://www.jillwener.com/], and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism [https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism]. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare [https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare] Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/] Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD [http://www.instagram.com/jillwenerMD] LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wener-md-682746125/jillwenermd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwenermd/]

What are the steps of organizational readiness to do DEI work? Why is it important for an organization to not just develop knowledge but tools around diversity, equity, and inclusion work? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Christen Behzadi, a board-certified anesthesiologist. They talked about the current landscape in DEI and the benefit of meeting organizations where they are in terms of their readiness to do DEI work. They also discussed how people need the willingness and the skills to challenge the power structure. Dr. Christen Flack Behzadi, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist with 7 years of experience practicing at a private hospital in the Texas Medical Center. She is the founder of International Intercultural; a learning company focused on skill and competency based diversity, equity and inclusion talent development programs. Dr. Behzadi supports both public and private sector organizations across industries to skillfully develop their teams and leaders to successfully engage with their organization’s DEI strategic goals.  LINKS iicfirm.com [http://iicfirm.com] ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com [http://www.consciousantiracism.com/] You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com [https://www.jillwener.com/], and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism [https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism]. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare [https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare] Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/] Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD [http://www.instagram.com/jillwenerMD] LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wener-md-682746125/jillwenermd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwenermd/]

What is the importance of coalition building and why is it important to develop? What are some ways to stay engaged in activism despite setbacks? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Marisa Pyle, an anti-zionist organizer. They touch on topics of Marisa’s anti-zionism journey, activism, and strategies for successful coalition building. Marisa is a Jewish Georgian who grew up in rural North Georgia. As an anti-zionist organizer, they are active with Jewish Voice for Peace Atlanta to build community and local power for Palestinian liberation. Marisa lives in Atlanta, and is a graduate of UGA. LINKS @marisapk on X ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com [http://www.consciousantiracism.com/] You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com [https://www.jillwener.com/], and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism [https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism]. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare [https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare] Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/] Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD [http://www.instagram.com/jillwenerMD] LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wener-md-682746125/jillwenermd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwenermd/]

What is the importance of developing personal relationships with people across lines of difference? How can Jewish people indoctrinated in Zionism learn more about the historical and present-day harm done to Palestinians by the state of Israel? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Ilise Cohen, a Sephardi-Mizrahi Jewish scholar-activist. They talked about Dr. Cohen’s anti-Zionist activism journey and the harmful ways that Jews are indoctrinated in Zionism. Listen to discover some of the ways that we can have hope when fighting against systemic oppression. Dr. Ilise Benshushan Cohen is a long time scholar and activist on Palestine/Israel, AFSC middle east program director, and board chair of first iteration of Eyewitness Palestine and delegation leader for over 17 years. Now part of the BIJOCSM network, Dr. Cohen is involved in SEDQ: Global Jewish Network for Justice. She holds a Ph.D. in Postcolonial Anthropology specifically focused on state violence toward Mizrahi Jews in Israel and the relationship to Palestinian experiences. Currently, Dr. Cohen is helping to raise funds for people to aid in Palestine solidarity and protective presence in the West Bank. LINKS ilise.cohen@gmail.com ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com [http://www.consciousantiracism.com/] You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com [https://www.jillwener.com/], and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism [https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism]. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare [https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare] Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/] Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD [http://www.instagram.com/jillwenerMD] LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wener-md-682746125/jillwenermd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwenermd/]

What is a pilgrimage and why did pro-Palestinian protestors start doing them? How do the identities of being Christian and being Palestinian intersect in activism? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Lydia El-Sayegh, a local Christian Palestinian activist. Lydia gives details about how her Christian religious tradition motivates her to respond to injustice, and she also shares her experiences being Palestinian in America.  Lydia El-Sayegh was born and raised in Atlanta, and studied biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech. She has spent her early career working at humanitarian non-profits as well as in medical device development. As of late, she has been accelerating towards local activism and advocacy. She was driven to this path primarily due to the oppression of her family and community in Gaza, Palestine and explores what it looks like to advocate in different contexts. Finding herself in American, Christian, engineering, international development, and other spaces, Lydia has used her voice and unique experiences to shed light on connections to injustice in Palestine. She often organizes with the Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine. LINKS Oscar Romero- Theology of the Oppressed [https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268104740/oscar-romeros-theological-vision/] IG for Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine: @atlmultifaithforpalestine [https://www.instagram.com/atlmultifaithforpalestine/] One State Campaign manifesto: https://onestatecampaign.org/all/en-manifesto [https://onestatecampaign.org/all/en-manifesto/] ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com [http://www.consciousantiracism.com/] You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com [https://www.jillwener.com/], and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism [https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism]. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare [https://www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare] Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/] Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD [http://www.instagram.com/jillwenerMD] LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wener-md-682746125/jillwenermd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwenermd/]