S7E9: The Power Of Owning Your Story with Sarah Eagle Heart

S7E9: The Power Of Owning Your Story with Sarah Eagle Heart

Sarah Eagle Heart is an Emmy-winning social justice storyteller, activist, media strategist, and producer focused on advocacy on behalf of Indigenous Peoples. She is an internationally accomplished executive with a diverse background in tribal, corporate, and non-profit organizations. Her creative projects are rooted in her worldview as an Oglala Lakota raised on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation supporting narrative change for healing and impact. In This Episode: * The power of following your intuition and tapping into your spiritual beliefs to achieve your goals * Why narrative change is a key step in social justice work * The important role Black activists and leaders have played in supporting the advancement of indigenous movements * Why extracting stories can be highly problematic Follow Sarah: www.eagleheartcollectiv.com [http://www.eagleheartcollectiv.com] This Is How We Come Back Stronger [https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/this-is-how-we-come-back-stronger] Support The Show ---> BuyMeACoffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TangiaRenee] Listener Perks: ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com [http://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com] to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don’t miss out! ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop [https://thefeministshop.com/?ref=d8-cthve0bul]! Use code SheDid at checkout. Follow The Show: Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com [ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com] IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.instagram.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com [https://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com]

S7E10: BIPOC Podcast Creators with Tangia Renee and Maribel Quezada Smith

Tangia Renee is doing something a little different and coming out from behind the mic to be a guest on her own show, sort of. After working hard on a new project Tangia Renee and Maribel Quezada Smith are here to talk about the launch of BIPOC Podcast Creators. An online community and consulting firm that aims to help BIPOC creators in podcasting reach beyond the 101 and grow in the industry. In This Episode: * What is BIPOC Podcast Creators and why it needs to exists * The personal experiences that led Tangia & Maribel to creating the community * Our main goals for changing the podcasting space and challenging it to become more inclusive Follow BIPOC Podcast Creators: https://linktr.ee/Bipocpodcastcreators [https://linktr.ee/Bipocpodcastcreators] Support The Show ---> BuyMeACoffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TangiaRenee] Listener Perks: ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com [http://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com] to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don’t miss out! ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop [https://thefeministshop.com/?ref=d8-cthve0bul]! Use code SheDid at checkout. Follow The Show: Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com [ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com] IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.instagram.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com [https://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com]

S7E8: Seeing The World Through Afro-Latinx Eyes with Dash Harris Machado

Dash Harris Machado is a Peabody-award-winning multimedia journalist and entrepreneur currently based in Panama. She is the producer of NEGRO: A docu-series about Latino Identity, a decade-long, ongoing web-based docu-series that explores AfroDiasporic identity, colonization, the historical and present-day class, and color complex, and hierarchy among Latinxs throughout the Americas. She is also the co-founder of AfroLatino Travel, a travel and community-building resource for the African Diaspora in Latin America, led by Black Latin American locals. Dash has been featured in “50 Shades of Black,” USA Today, Latina Magazine, Remezcla, Vibe, CNN, People Chica, Hip Latina, For Harriet, & The Root. In This Episode: * The unexpected journey a “girls trip” to Brazil that led to founding AfroLatinx Travel * AfroLatinx Travel - why it was founded * Why using the word “Latino” when describing one’s identity can be tricky Episode Details: 01:30 - Where did the idea of AfroLatinx Travel come from? 11:00 - It’s often the whitest person representing the country 23:00 - What did Dash experience when she founded AfroLatinx Travel? 28:00 - What legacy does Dash hope to leave using Afro Latino Travel? 33:00 - Is AfroLatinx Travel a movement? Follow Dash: https://www.instagram.com/diasporadash/ [https://www.instagram.com/diasporadash/] https://www.afrolatinxtravel.com/ [https://www.afrolatinxtravel.com/] https://www.instagram.com/afrolatinotravel/ [https://www.instagram.com/afrolatinotravel/] Support The Show ---> BuyMeACoffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TangiaRenee] Listener Perks: ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com [http://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com] to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don’t miss out! ---> FreeBodySociety.com [https://www.freebodysociety.com/collections/all] - On a mission to make sure all women feel powerful and free in their bodies. The Free Body Society has you covered with the super soft hoodies and t-shirts you can’t wait to rock. Use Code: SheDid at check to get 15% off your first purchase. ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop [https://thefeministshop.com/?ref=d8-cthve0bul]! Use code SheDid at checkout. Follow The Show: Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com [ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com] IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.instagram.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com [https://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com]

S7E7: Trusting The Wisdom of Your Own Voice with Kim Guerra of Brown Badass Bonita

A self-love advocate, businesswoman, and community champion, Kim Guerra, the founder of Brown Badass Bonita founded one of my favorite online small businesses. Brown Badass Bonita is a brand and movement that she considers to be a work of self-love and an expression of her love for her community. Guerra is the author of “Mariposa” and “Mija”: both collections of bilingual poems, affirmations, and revolutionary love letters. Today, she shares with us her journey through self-discovery and her own personal revolution, and everything she has learned so far in creating a beautiful self-love movement. In This Episode: * Overcoming toxic relationships * Giving yourself space to learn what you really need to make yourself happy * How a simple T-shirt ignited a personal revolution and started a movement * Why finding and using your voice is so important Episode Details: 01:30 - Who is Kim Guerra and what is she doing now 04:00 - Why did Kim start Brown Badass Bonita 14:00 - What’s in a t-shirt? Can it make an impact? 20:00 - What is the “Use Your Voice” campaign 28:00 - Where did the culture of silence come from 31:00 - What impact does Kim want to achieve with Badass Bonita 33:00 - What has helped Kim be successful in business 37:00 - Kim’s advice to people who are also starting out with their business or campaign 40:00 - What inspires Kim Follow Kim: https://brownbadassbonita.com/ [https://brownbadassbonita.com/] https://www.instagram.com/brownbadassbonita/ [https://www.instagram.com/brownbadassbonita/] https://www.facebook.com/groups/brownbadassbonita [https://www.facebook.com/groups/brownbadassbonita] Support The Show ---> BuyMeACoffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TangiaRenee] Listener Perks: ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com [http://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com] to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don’t miss out! ---> FreeBodySociety.com [https://www.freebodysociety.com/collections/all] - On a mission to make sure all women feel powerful and free in their bodies. The Free Body Society has you covered with the super soft hoodies and t-shirts you can’t wait to rock. Use Code: SheDid at check to get 15% off your first purchase. ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop [https://thefeministshop.com/?ref=d8-cthve0bul]! Use code SheDid at checkout. Follow The Show: Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com [ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com] IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.instagram.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com [https://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com]

S7E6: Speaking From The Comfort of Your Privilege with Bree Davis of CityCast Podcast

Bree Davies is a multimedia journalist and arts community advocate born and raised in Denver. Rooted in the world of Do-It-Yourself arts and music, Davies co-founded and produced several music and arts festivals and has toured the country with various bands. Parallel to a decade-long practice in arts and organizing, Davies has also cultivated a career as a reporter, writer, producer, and host- she's currently the first-ever host of daily news podcast City Cast Denver, which launched in March 2021. Today we talk about the role journalists play in telling important community stories and what happens when a lot of money gets injected into only specific places in a city. In This Episode: * Why there is a disconnect between journalists and communities * Why communities of color and other marginalized identities often distrust the media and media outlets should do about it * Representation matters, and why we need to rethink our approach to storytelling and who tells certain stories in the mainstream media * A chat about gentrification and how it's coming to a community near you Episode Details: 08:50 - Who is Bree Davis and what is she working on right now? 15:30 - The biggest lessons Bree has learned from being a  journalist 21:00 - Latina reporters being let go in media companies 27:00 - Is it necessary for newsrooms to get reporters from the communities they report on? 43:00 - How the lack of affordable housing is impacting both vulnerable people and then the    less vulnerable ones too 51:00 - How do you make sure that community and culturally relevant stories are found and told by the media? 53:00 - What can we expect from “City Cast”? Follow Bree Davies: https://denver.citycast.fm/ [https://denver.citycast.fm/] Twitter & IG: @cocodavies Support The Show ---> BuyMeACoffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TangiaRenee] Listener Perks: ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com [http://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com] to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don’t miss out! ---> FreeBodySociety.com [https://www.freebodysociety.com/collections/all] - On a mission to make sure all women feel powerful and free in their bodies. The Free Body Society has you covered with the super soft hoodies and t-shirts you can’t wait to rock. Use Code: SheDid at check to get 15% off your first purchase. ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop [https://thefeministshop.com/?ref=d8-cthve0bul]! Use code SheDid at checkout. Follow The Show: Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com [ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com] IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.instagram.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/That'sWhatSheDidPodcast] Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com [https://www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com]