The Beth Zemsky Podcast

With Guest Athena Atkins (BZP024)

With Guest Athena Adkins

Abolitionism with LaDonna Sanders Redmond (BZP023)

Many people understand abolitionism as something connected to the effort to end chattel slavery in the US that ended with the Civil War and Emancipation. In this episode of the podcast, Beth is joined by LaDonna Sanders Redmond to discuss modern day abolitionism as a paradigm for healing our institutional systems and ourselves from oppression. … Continue reading "Abolitionism with LaDonna Sanders Redmond (BZP023)" [https://bethzemskypodcast.com/bzp023/]

The People’s Inauguration (BZP022)

I am honored that this episode of the podcast is launched in partnership with Valarie Kaur’s People’s Inauguration https://thepeoplesinauguration.org/ Valarie organized this People’s Inauguration out of the recognition that while a renewed functional government is necessary, it will not alone transform our communities into places were all of us are valued and free. Rather all of us … Continue reading "The People’s Inauguration (BZP022)" [https://bethzemskypodcast.com/bzp022/]

Nisha Anand from Dream Corps (BZP021)

Beth welcomes Nisha Anand from Dream Corps to the Beth Zemsky Podcast. Links for more: https://www.thedreamcorps.org https://www.ted.com/talks/nisha_anand_the_radical_act_of_choosing_common_ground_nov_2020

Public Allies Twin Cities 10th Anniversary (BZP020)

For this episode, Beth catches up with her longtime friends Antonio Cardona, LaCora Bradford Kesti, and Ernest Comer – three of the people who have been instrumental in the impact Public Allies Twin Cities has been making in the lives of young people and the broader community for the last ten years. We dig into … Continue reading "Public Allies Twin Cities 10th Anniversary (BZP020)" [https://bethzemskypodcast.com/bzp020/]