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Hope you enjoyed listening to our first season of episodes as much as we enjoyed creating them. Have a great summer and please check back in the fall for a new season of Allies! For more excellent podcast listening: A Guest in the House [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-guest-in-the-house/id1493965020]- hosted by rapper and journalist David Shanks (aka Traum Diggs) and professor and author Mickey Hess, A Guest int he House celebrates the best of what hip-hop has to offer and the lessons it can teach us about the ways we relate to each other across cultural, racial and social divides. Altruism Unplugged [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/altruism-unplugged/id1565374062?uo=4] - a podcast that raises awareness and promotes growth for charities, non profits, and business leaders that have found independent success and used their platform to give back. Hosted by Jerry Walsh. The Story Forge [https://open.spotify.com/show/6ePpN1FpjXINligobsFPZL] - Host Lyle Smith started The Story Forge to explore, collect, and share the stories of people who make things. Those unique and special individuals who create things that matter to them and other people. Writers Latitude [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/writers-latitude/id1465184601] - a podcast about writers, their work, and the things they care about. Hosted by novelist Joe Samuel Starnes. (This limited run, now archived podcast features some excellent interviews and discussion with contemporary American writers and others in the literary field.) Those Hard Conversations -  dedicated to discussing solutions to the issues facing our most vulnerable & marginalized communities. (Coming soon!) -------------- Music courtesy of Dan Rodriguez: "The Allies Theme" by Dan Rodriguez

Steven Quigley, by age eight, was already an entrepreneur with his first business. He has traveled the world extensively, living in many countries, meeting people and collecting experiences that would later form his future. Before first having spent many years in South Asia, he eventually settled into a sales position on Wall Street. It was not long before he was back to business, eventually creating his own consumer finance firm, before his meeting with the express train – that changed everything. After a long journey inward, including recovery and healing from quadriplegia, he has re-emerged a new man, and is currently learning to walk again. He was enrolled as a graduate student at University of Pennsylvania until he withdrew to write his first book, Unbreakable Mind.  As a result of that life changing journey, though some would say a natural fit, he is now an author, international speaker and wellness coach. Steven Quigley - Additional Resources: Book: Unbreakable Mind: Channeling your Survival Instincts after Catastrophic Injury [https://www.amazon.com/Unbreakable-Mind-Channeling-Instincts-Catastrophic/dp/0692129901/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=unbreakable+mind&qid=1621012160&sr=8-5] Websites and Blogs: * Doing the Dirty Dishes [https://doingthedirtydishes.com/] * Doing the Dirty Dishes - Spanish [https://doingthedirtydishesespanol.blog/] * Travel Blog [https://doingthedirtydishes.com/travel-blog] * Spiritual Blog [https://doingthedirtydishes.com/spiritual-blog] Social and Media: * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/doingthedirtydishespodcast/] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenQuigley1] * YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIp8Ur4KNCvHEUhOknNYSw/] -------------- Music courtesy of Dan Rodriguez: "The Allies Theme" by Dan Rodriguez

SELWYN JONES BIO Born in 1966 to sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South, Selwyn Miles Jones was the youngest of seventeen children. In the small town of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Selwyn, and his siblings toiled alongside their parents in the tobacco fields and endured the most desolate and harsh conditions imaginable. The poverty, disrespect, hatred and disenfranchisement Selwyn and his family experienced was unimaginable to most, yet commonplace for many Black farming families. Selwyn realized early on that sharecropping was yet another version of enslavement. His mother made sure to show her children that there was a better life out there for them and encouraged Selwyn to dream big. Selwyn was determined to leave through any means necessary. His athletic prowess provided him with his ticket out. Through a short but intense arena football career he was able to find financial solvency and fulfilled a childhood desire to purchase a home for his mother. Though life continued to be filled with challenges (Selwyn lost three close family members tragically, including both his parents) he went on to become a successful salesman, hotel owner [https://kjsinn.com/] and father with his dynamic wife Jodie. Then on May 25, 2020 Selwyn’s life was forever changed. While watching the news, along with the rest of the world, he witnessed the unmerciful murder of his 46-year-old nephew, George Floyd. “It was the most horrific thing that I ever witnessed in my life.” As George Floyd’s murder ignited the largest civil rights protest in US history, Selwyn Jones became an activist. Every day Selwyn commits to ending police brutality and systemic racism and bringing justice to his nephew’s senseless and cruel murder. Known affectionately as Uncle Selwyn Jones he promised “I will not let his death be in vain. I do not want my sons or anyone else to go through what my nephew endured for that 8 minutes 46 seconds. I want to be a beacon of light for those who face racism or adversity in this life.” He continues his personal growth by positively enhancing the lives of others in his work as a community & civil rights leader. Contact: justice4george846@gmail.com Additional Resources: Visible Men: Black Fathers Talk About Losing Sons to Police Brutality | GQ [https://www.gq.com/story/police-brutality-and-black-fatherhood-portfolio] Social: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/selwyn.jones.3133] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/justiceforgeorge846/] Media inquiries: julia@coolbrandmedia.com -------------- Music courtesy of Dan Rodriguez: "The Allies Theme" by Dan Rodriguez

Vishal is putting his 20+ years of corporate business experience from the USA, and entrepreneurial experience from launching a business in Kenya, to now help some of the poorest communities in northern Kenya improve their livelihoods through socially and environmentally conscious business. -------------- Additional Resources: * Northern Rangelands Trust [https://www.nrt-kenya.org] * Beadworks Kenya [http://beadworkskenya.com] -------------- Music courtesy of Dan Rodriguez: "The Allies Theme" by Dan Rodriguez

LILI BERNARD [http://lilibernard.com] is a Cuban-born, Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist of mixed African, Caribbean, European and Chinese descent. Her work examines issues of sexism, racism and trauma.  A mother of six whom she birthed in a ten-year span, Lili is an award-winning exhibiting fine artist, actor, published writer, independent curator, educator, community organizer, public speaker and founder of BAILA: Black Artists in Los Angeles. Raised predominantly in Princeton, Jct., New Jersey, and a  graduate of The American School in Japan where she spent 11th and 12th grade, Lili attended Cornell University and The City University of New York, earning a B.A. in German. She received her MFA in Visual Arts/Public Practice from Otis College of Art and Design. In the fine arts, Lili’s numerous credits include a 2017 solo exhibition at Museum of African Diaspora and favorable reviews in a multitude of mainstream art periodicals, including ARTnews Magazine. As an actor who has performed extensively in NYC Off-Broadway theatre, on television Lili starred in the BBC film Murder in Oakland, co-starred in Stephen King’s Golden Years, and guest-starred on Seinfeld and The Cosby Show. A Cosby survivor-turned public-figure antirape activist, Lili influenced the abolishment of the statute of limitations on rape prosecution in California with her #EndRapeSOL peers, as well as the gubernatorial signing of three #MeToo [https://metoomvmt.org] bills on employment sexual harassment and assault. Currently, she serves as co-chair of #ERAnow [https://era-now.com]. "My work exposes the post-colonial paradigm of suffering and resilience, through a collision of cruelty against compassion. The generational struggle of my Afro-Cuban immigrant family and Caribbean ancestors and my personal experiences as survivor of rape and domestic violence inform my exploration of the impact of trauma and the unconquerable nature of the human spirit." -- LILI BERNARD Additional Media Resources: "Lili Bernard: Fighting Trauma With Art" (KCET.org) : https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/lili-bernard-fighting-trauma-with-art [https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/lili-bernard-fighting-trauma-with-art] Lili Bernard - Solo Museum Art Exhibition - MoAD 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeiFy6PJHM&t=1s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeiFy6PJHM&t=1s] "L.A. Habitat: Lili Bernard" (ARTnews Magazine): https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/l-a-habitat-lili-bernard-6617/ [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/l-a-habitat-lili-bernard-6617/] Ain't Funny by Lili Bernard 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjs9Kk37O3g&t=729s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjs9Kk37O3g&t=729s] "California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs 2 #MeToo Bills Against Sexual Harrassment" (The Wrap): https://www.thewrap.com/california-gov-newsom-signs-2-metoo-bills-against-sexual-harrassment/ [https://www.thewrap.com/california-gov-newsom-signs-2-metoo-bills-against-sexual-harrassment/] Lili Bernard interview on GDLA (Fox 11 Los Angeles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-x0oINdaJI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-x0oINdaJI] "Op-Ed: I’m one of Bill Cosby’s accusers. His defense strategy is reprehensible."  (LA Times): https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bernard-bill-cosby-racism-20170607-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bernard-bill-cosby-racism-20170607-story.html] Lili Bernard on Michaela Pereira Show/HLN Comments on Camille Cosby's Post-Verdict Statement (HLN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO0pnueTnd4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO0pnueTnd4] Bill Cosby Rape Survivor Says Black Women Face Disproportionate Pressure Not to Speak Out on Assault (Democracy Now!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8I63nLclA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8I63nLclA] Cosby Accuser: “I’ve been waiting for this moment for 26 years” (MSNBC): https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/cosby-accuser-i-ve-been-waiting-for-this-moment-for-26-years-1220872259860 [https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/cosby-accuser-i-ve-been-waiting-for-this-moment-for-26-years-1220872259860] Lili Bernard & Caroline Heldman talk Cosby, Dr Ford and more (Fox 11 Los Angeles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ddgglD3lM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ddgglD3lM] -------------- Music courtesy of Dan Rodriguez: "The Allies Theme" by Dan Rodriguez