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The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared Stories

The Get InPowered Podcast by Inclusivus is about individuals, innovators, advocates, activists, and agents of social change across sectors and industries who are working to transform their communities and the world at large. In each episode, we travel with host Judithe Registre to a different location and talk with InPowered women and men whose stories and work are inspiring change and action and making a transformative impact in their communities. These are people who, through their own personal experiences and a gender equity lens, are working to create more inclusive and progressive communities.
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May 26, 2017

“When you’re a boy, and you get this tiny sliver of the human experience, and that’s all you’re allowed to experience, that’s not free." - Tahir Anderson Duckett

 

Sexual violence isn't inevitable. It's the result of a culture that doesn't clearly define consent. Too often, the extraordinary rate of violence against women is the result of a failure to teach men and boys how to talk about, think about, and treat women and girls. ReThink is dedicated to that mission of expanding the freedom of boys and girls, and men and women, to live the lives they want to live and escape the toxic gender stereotypes that our culture has perpetuated for too long.

 

Tahir and Judithe discuss the roles that religious organizations, school leaders, and other adults that care for and work with youth and adolescents can influence this discussion until the tide of our pop culture can also turn against these dangerous and pervasive negative portrayals of romance and sexuality. Find ReThink and more about Tahir on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeRethink/ or at their site: we-rethink.org

May 18, 2017

“By collectively combining our strength and saying that WE are going to choose US, we can be powerful!" - Stefanie

In this episode, Judithe concludes her conversation with Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, discussing the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. Stefanie shares her early affinity for politics, including the story of how a battle over school uniforms helped show her the power of political action and community involvement.

It is an unprecedented time for Black political power in the United States. Even with historic levels of representation, the fight is not won and the battle is not over, because equality is still the goal. Take to heart Stefanie’s story of action and join with us in supporting The Collective PAC and Black candidates for office in your city and state.

“If you put in the time to create a plan and actually do something about it, you can have the result that you’re trying to see.” - Stefanie

 

May 11, 2017

“I decided to attend to Howard University in DC because I thought, and still believe, that it’s the Mecca of Black education." - Stefanie

In this episode, Judithe is joined by Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, to discuss the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. From her education at Brown, to her time with the NAACP, to her current role with The Collective, there are few people better positioned to have this discussion.

Judithe and Stefanie talk about the issues of overcoming a political system in which 90% of elected officials are white males, and 95% of prosecutors are white males. Sometimes the biggest hurdle to Black candidacy isn’t money or interest, but the fact that we don’t see ourselves as the "kind of people" who get elected.

With the activism and energy that the Trump administration has created, this is a moment too good to pass up. Join us and The Collective PAC in action that can help move every citizen’s struggle for justice and equality forward.

"People want to see change actually happen. They don’t want to hear it talked about, they want to see it happen." - Stefanie

May 4, 2017

"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PREVENTION, NOT JUST INTERVENTION. [...] THE PEOPLE IN POWER, WHO TYPICALLY END UP BEING WHITE MALES, TEND TO PRESCRIBE THE SOLUTIONS THEY THINK ARE BEST FOR PEOPLE. AND OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE ILL-ADVISED OR ILL-INFORMED AND CERTAINLY HAVE A CERTAIN AGENDA TO THEM."

 

This week, we conclude our conversation with Christian Picciolini. A leader of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in his youth, Christian now works as an ambassador to help members of those communities transition out of hate and violence and return to the broader community.

 

"I HAD TO BE VULNERABLE. […] WHEN I FOUND THE COURAGE TO DO THAT IS WHEN I REALLY DISCOVERED MY INNER POWER AND BEGAN TO SHARE MY STORY."

 

The Get InPowered Podcast is about solutions and progress. In this episode, we focus on both. Christian identifies opportunities and actionable moments to stem the tides of hatred and violence and form a more understanding and effective global community. Through this episode, we can recognize our power as citizens and our collective humanity.

 

"WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THINGS MUST BECOME EQUAL IF WE’RE GOING TO BE EQUAL AND FREE."

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