Cultural Humility Podcast

CUHP046 Athletes of Color, the U.S. Flag, and the Olympics

Dr. Parham discusses the intersection of athletes of color, their lived experiences, and the importance of understanding historical context, both in the lives of athletes, but also in the United States. While the U.S. Flag has taken on new meaning for many, Dr. Parham helps listeners recenter and rethink what it truly means for us and for athletes of color representing the United States on the world stage. ABOUT DR. PARHAM William D. Parham, PH.D., ABPP is a Professor in the Counseling Program and Director of the School of Education Center for Trauma Informed Education at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. He is past President of the LMU Faculty Senate, and former Associate Dean of Faculty in the SOE. Dr. Parham has devoted his professional career to teaching, training, clinical, administrative, and organizational consultation venues. He is a licensed psychologist, Board Certified in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and Past-President of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association where he also is recognized as a Fellow in Divisions 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), 45 (Society for the Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race) and 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology). In addition, Dr. Parham serves currently as the inaugural Director of the Mental Health and Wellness Program of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). He is a member of the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Mental Wellbeing and a member of the California Science Foundation Science of Sport Advisory Committee. He is a past member of the Mental Health and Wellness Task Force of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). Dr. Parham is widely known through his scholarship and conversations with domestic and international audiences for his work on the interplay between sport psychology, diversity, intersectionality, trauma, and health psychology. For more information about Dr. Parham, please click here [https://expertfile.com/experts/williamd.parham/william-d-parham] RESOURCES FIFPRO DECODING ONLINE ABUSE OF PLAYERS [https://imgix.cosmicjs.com/8b71df90-e064-11ec-bb19-d9085ce408df-FIFPRO-NBPA-WNBPA-DecodingOnlineAbuse.pdf] New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm about the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the United States [https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/03/new-surgeon-general-advisory-raises-alarm-about-devastating-impact-epidemic-loneliness-isolation-united-states.html] Invisible tattoos [https://aeon.co/essays/if-trauma-can-propel-athletes-healing-can-make-them-soar]

CUHP045 Why Critical Race Theory is Necessary

Dr. Solórzano discusses what CRT really means and how it is misinterpreted and misused. Dr. Solórzano talks about his five tenets of CRT and how they can help us frame our discussions of CRT moving forward. His five tenets debunk current social and political agendas that guide an erroneous understanding of CRT. This was an interview that I conducted with Dr. Solórzano in August of 2023. Dr. Daniel G. Solórzano is a professor in the University of California Los Angeles’ Departments of Education and Chicana/o and Central American Studies. He is also the Director of the Center for Critical Race Studies in Education at UCLA. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with research and teaching interests in critical race theory, racial microaggressions and microaffirmations, and critical race spatial analysis. He is the co-author (with Lindsay Perez Huber) of Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism (2020), which examines how People of Color are impacted by and respond to everyday racism in the form of racial microaggressions. He is also co-editor (with Michaela Mares-Tamayo) of the award-winning anthology The Chicana/o Education Pipeline: History, Institutional Critique, and Resistance (2018), which traces 45 years of education scholarship in the oldest Chicana/o Studies journal in the U.S.—Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. ABOUT DR. SOLÓRZANO For the last 50 years, Dr. Solórzano has served in all three segments of California’s public postsecondary education. In 2007, Professor Solorzano received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2012, Dr. Solórzano was presented with the American Education Research Association (AERA) Social Justice in Education Award. In 2012, Dr. Solórzano was also awarded the Critical Race Studies in Education Association Derrick A. Bell Legacy Award. In 2013, Dr. Solórzano was given the Mildred Garcia Exemplary Scholarship Award from the Association for Studies in Higher Education (ASHE). In 2014, Dr. Solórzano was elected a Fellow of the American Education Research Association. For more information about Dr. Solórzano, please click here [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_G._Sol%C3%B3rzano]

CUHP044 Title: Eating Disorders and Harm-Reduction for Communities of Color

Gloria Lucas discusses her work at Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) and her work to create an in-community eating disorders and body-positive organization dedicated to increasing visibility and resources for Black, Indigenous, Communities of Color (BICC).  Rooted in Xicana indigenous feminism and DIY punx praxis, NPP will be launching a Harm-Reduction Eating Disorders program specifically for BICC, which Gloria discusses with me during this episode. Gloria specializes in intersectional eating disorders education and resources that transform the lives of BIPOC individuals and expand eating disorders treatment models. She is the founder and CEO of Nalgona Positivity Pride.  She raises awareness through digital media, public speaking, and grassroots activism. For more information about NPP, click here [https://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com/] For information about NPP’s Harm-Reduction Program, click here [https://nalgonapp.kartra.com/page/tbx163]

CUHP043 Iran: Restoring Human Rights

Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh and I discuss the current events in Iran and what we need to understand about the communities there, what is changing, and what we can do here in the United States to support Iranian communities.   Dr. Nasserzadeh also discusses her personal journey and current work with Iranian communities, both locally and globally. Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD, is a social psychologist and global thought leader in the fields of couples counseling, cross-cultural fluency, diversity and inclusion. She has practiced across the world, including in London, New York and Palo Alto, and currently in Beverly Hills, California. Throughout her work, there are several common threads, the most fundamental of which is her belief in “loving many through one” and therefore the possibility of creating world peace one relationship at a time. She has also been a senior cultural advisor and strategic consultant for governments, international NGOs, United Nation-affiliated agencies, Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, and professional organizations across 38 countries. For more information about Dr. Nasserzadeh, please click here  [https://www.sara-nasserzadeh.com/] Dr. Nasserzadeh provided the following suggestions. To Support Iranian communities, please consider the following: Use The hashtags are: #Mahsa_Amini #WomenLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini Here are some simple steps to help: * Follow an Iranian activist such as these accounts that have been very vocal and reshare what they post with the relevant hashtags to raise awareness:  https://www.instagram.com/golfarahani/ [https://www.instagram.com/golfarahani/?hl=en] https://www.instagram.com/masih.alinejad/ [https://www.instagram.com/masih.alinejad/?hl=en] https://www.instagram.com/iranhumanrights/ [https://www.instagram.com/iranhumanrights/?hl=en] * Write to your congressmen to stop acknowledging Iran’s regime as legitimate. * If you are a colleague, reach out, call out and call-in conversations around what is happening. It is very triggering and uncomfortable for most Iranians to lose face (even in the pictures of protesters, you will see that when they know they are being photographed, they are smiling). It is very hard to be vulnerable knowing that Iranians are already stigmatized against in the larger society. * If you feel like you want to read to learn more about Iran, here are some suggestions to begin with: * Persepolis which is both in graphic novels as well as animation series: https://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Childhood-Pantheon-Graphic-Library/dp/037571457X [https://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Childhood-Pantheon-Graphic-Library/dp/037571457X] * Reading Lolita In Tehran: https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Lolita-Tehran-Memoir-Books/dp/0812979303/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZW9N3J2RXPEB&keywords=reading+lolita&qid=1669609525&s=books&sprefix=reading+lolita%2Cstripbooks%2C144&sr=1-1 [https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Lolita-Tehran-Memoir-Books/dp/0812979303/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZW9N3J2RXPEB&keywords=reading+lolita&qid=1669609525&s=books&sprefix=reading+lolita%2Cstripbooks%2C144&sr=1-1] * If you have the heart, watch Holy Spider, which is in movie theatres in Los Angeles (I think across the US): https://g.co/kgs/Dj1M8M [https://g.co/kgs/Dj1M8M] * Here is the November issue of the world association for sexual health where Dr. Nasserzadeh explains about the state of the revolution (this is not just a protest or strike): https://sexualadviceassociation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WAS-Newsletter-June-2015.pdf [https://sexualadviceassociation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WAS-Newsletter-June-2015.pdf] Consider supporting NUFDI is also in the right direction: https://nufdiran.org/ [https://nufdiran.org/] They are a non-partisan, non-profit organization representing the Iranian-American community in pursuit of a US policy toward Iran that ensures America’s national security by promoting human rights and democracy. They are not funded by either the US or Iran’s government. Recently, the United Nations voted for investigation of the crimes happening in Iran (raping the protesters in jails, killing of the unarmed people specially in the province of Kurdistan): https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran [https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran] which is all thanks to the news being shared and people not keeping silent. You can make a difference. Every voice matters.

CUHP042 Eliminating Unconscious Bias

Jessica discusses her new award-winning book, THE END OF BIAS—A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World.  We discuss her own personal journey to understanding unconscious bias, methods to help individuals begin to address their own biases, and some creative programs that have begun to demonstrate promising practices, including with police forces.   Jessica helps readers and listeners unpack how unconscious bias works, why it’s so persistent, and, most importantly, reveals successful stories of bias reduction that have the potential to inspire replication everywhere. THE END OF BIAS—A Beginning:How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World By Jessica Nordell Metropolitan Books Trade Paperback August 16, 2022 | $18.99 | 368 pages| ISBN: 978-1250812087   Named a Best Book of the Year by World Economic Forum, AARP, Inc., and Greater Good Winner, 2022 Nautilus Award Finalist: 2022 Columbia/ Nieman J. Anthony Lukas Prize for Excellence in Nonfiction [https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-announces-2022-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlists],  NYPL Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalis [https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/book-award-for-journalism]m, Royal Society Science Book Prize [https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/book-prizes/science-book-prize/2021/] For more information about the book: click here [https://drgallardo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EndOfBiasTP_press-release.pdf] For more information about Jessica: www.jessicanordell.com [http://www.jessicanordell.com/] Jessica Nordell is an award-winning author, science writer, and speaker known for blending rigorous science with compassionate humanity. She was a 2022 keynote speaker at SXSW. Her first book, The End of Bias: A Beginning [https://www.jessicanordell.com/the-end-of-bias], shortlisted for the 2022 Columbia Journalism/Lukas Prize for Excellence in Nonfiction [https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-announces-2022-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlists], the 2022 NYPL Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism [https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/03/15/meet-finalists-nypls-bernstein-award-excellence-journalism], and the 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize [https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/book-prizes/science-book-prize/2021/], is the culmination of fifteen years of reporting and writing on the subject of bias and discrimination and how to solve it, for publications including the New York Times, The Atlantic, and New Republic. The End of Bias was named a Best Book of the Year by the World Economic Forum, Greater Good, AARP, and Inc. and is currently being used by organizations from newsrooms and startups to universities, healthcare organizations, and faith communities to solve their biggest cultural challenges. Deeply engaged with connecting across differences to expand and heal the human experience, Jessica’s own early-career experience with workplace bias inspired her passion for tackling discrimination and for seeing others in their full complexity and humanity. With degrees in physics from Harvard and poetry from the University of Wisconsin, Jessica undertakes pioneering collaborations across disciplines; her work with computer scientists to simulate the real-world impact of workplace bias became a 2021 viral NYT story [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/14/opinion/gender-bias.html]. She is the recipient of a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television and was named a Best New Poet by Tracy K. Smith. Jessica is a direct descendent of the last woman to be tried for witchcraft in the state of Massachusetts and is an amateur rock drummer.