From New Mexico to the Gulf South: Connecting Our Struggles, Confronting CERA Week, and Building Power Together

From New Mexico to the Gulf South: Connecting Our Struggles, Confronting CERA Week, and Building Power Together

In this episode of Yapping with YUCCA, we sit down with Armon and Jon, two incredible leaders who are organizing in regions on the frontlines of extraction, industry expansion, and corporate control to dive into their work, the fights ahead at CERA Week in Houston, and how we can continue to build power and solidarity across borders, movements, and generations.  Join The Fight At Confronting CERA Week! ⁠Head to linktr.ee/yuccanm [linktr.ee/yuccanm] to RSVP⁠ for the virtual CERA Week Hype Call on March 5th at 6:00 pm CT, help spread the word on social media, volunteer your time, or request support with travel and lodging to join organizers on the ground in Houston! Get Involved and Connect with Us! * Register to join YUCCA for virtual We Got Us Network Meetings every Monday [https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fcxnyeYzQl6srauqqGUDJA#/registration]! * Follow YUCCA on social media on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/yucca.nm/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/yucca.action/]! * Get in touch with Armon on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/armon_alex/?hl=en]!

We Got Us: Building The Future We Know Is Possible

In this episode of Yapping with YUCCA, members of YUCCA's Staff and Steering Committee dive into We Got Us: from our January We Got Us Bootcamp and Mass Mobilization, to how we're carrying the work forward as we continue to build a future rooted in care, community, and collective liberation for all of us. Tune in to hear the story of how the We Got Us Bootcamp and Mass Mobilization came to be, get a peek into the behind-the-scenes organizing and community care (and a little bit of chaos!) that made it all possible, hear our takeaways, and learn how we're organizing for what comes next. You can click here [https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fcxnyeYzQl6srauqqGUDJA#/registration] to register to join YUCCA for virtual weekly We Got Us Network Calls, keep up with our work on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/yucca.nm/?hl=en] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/yucca.action/], or learn how to join us in the fight [https://www.yuccanm.org/join] as a YUCCA Member.

Resources, Grief, and Pleasure: A Conversation with Breana

In this episode of Yapping with YUCCA, we explore movement, grief, community, rest, disability, and financial liberation. Breana joins us to share their story; reflecting on what it means to care for our bodies, hold collective grief, and imagine more liberated ways of living and supporting one another. This conversation is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and consider how rest and community can be acts of resistance and healing. You can stay connected with YUCCA at yuccanm.org [https://www.yuccanm.org/] or by following us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/yucca.nm/?hl=en], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@yucca_nm], and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/yucca.action/]. You can learn more about Breana and their work by visiting their Instagram at @signsofbreana [https://www.instagram.com/signsofbreana/], tuning into their Signs of Breana podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/2YrdH5vwjZdA7czEnnXAF5?si=s4xjxf_UQuGei02l_1rdqQ&nd=1&dlsi=3739d172bda74851] anywhere podcasts are found, or reading their writing on Substack [https://signsofbreana.substack.com/].

Building What We Need, Together: Community Care And Resistance

In this episode, of Yapping with YUCCA, we get into the heart of what it takes to build movements that last as Zain, Vittoria, and Zoey we sit down with Farah Nousheen – an organizer, independent artist, lifelong community member, and mother of a YUCCA Steering Committee Member – to discuss her organizing philosophy and her work to create radical spaces of community care that center BIPOC communities. Together, we dive into the inspiration behind YUCCA’s Mindfulness For The Movement Gatherings, how space for rest and healing are critical organizing tools and acts of resistance as we face interconnected systems of harm, and the power of art and storytelling to shape our analysis during a powerful conversation that we hope you take with you into the work. Click here to connect with Farah on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/farahnousheen?igsh=MXE2NzBhNXJmeGJp], join YUCCA's monthly Mindfulness for the Movement Gatherings [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ZrIkjf2t/?igsh=MW9renRvdWdtem82NQ%3D%3D], and get involved with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action [https://www.yuccanm.org/join].

Mormonism, Settler Colonialism, & Environmental Destruction: A Conversation with Nic Jacobsen

In this episode of Yapping with YUCCA, YUCCA Steering Committee Members sit down with Nic Jacobsen – a writer, educator, historian and artist – for a discussion on Mormonism, settler colonialism, environmental destruction, and survival.