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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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Apr 20, 2017

They (men) were securing benefits and status, for a role they had not performed. - Judithe Registre

In this episode, Judithe completes her visit with Ambassador Henry MacDonald discussing violence against women, and the personal stakes this fight have for men. Ambassador MacDonald discusses the necessity of engaging men to achieve gender equality and the need to create a platform for men to engage with other men in finding solutions to ending violence against women.

If you’re a feminist, if you’re speaking in support of women’s right, you’re not just doing something for humanity. You’re doing something for men, and for males and for boys because we all will benefit. - Ambassador Henry MacDonald

If men understand they have a stake in it (gender equality) and start working, we can reach this in 15 to 20 years. - Ambassador Henry MacDonald

Apr 13, 2017

"Violence against women is the biggest human rights violation in the world. We’re talking about 50% of the global community, and seven in 10 women will experience violence in their life. These are serious issues." - Ambassador Henry MacDonald

 

In this episode, Judithe is joined by Ambassador Henry MacDonald to discuss violence against women, one of the most devastating issues affecting gender equality. Ambassador MacDonald discusses some of his work with the United Nations and the government of Iceland to increase male awareness as both the source of this endemic problem as well as the solution to it.

 

"A feminist is nobody else than a person who is supportive of the fact that girls and boys should have the same opportunities. That’s all!" - Ambassador Henry MacDonald

Apr 5, 2017

"Low-income is low-income, whether you’re black, white, brown or blue. Each individual has an individual need."

 

Judithe continues her conversation with Kay Kunda Musonda. Kunda discusses the importance of community, the ways seemingly small details can have huge impacts, how continued support changes lives, and the secret to moving mountains.

 

"Band together, and really work at these challenges that are challenging not only those of us who stay at home, but those of us who go to work!"

 

Mar 30, 2017

“You have to [support] people to tap into themselves, to believe in themselves. It’s [about creating the space] to help them realize that they’re so much more than their circumstance” - Kunda.

In this episode, Judithe visits with Kunda Musonda, a career–life coach focusing on people in transition, such as the homeless, victims/survivors of domestic violence, immigrants, and other underserved populations. Kunda focuses on helping people in her community envision a different future for themselves during difficult times and then taking actionable steps to get to that future. The idea is to dream a dream and then live into it.

 

You can’t give the world what you’re NOT. –Judithe

Domestic violence is one of those things; it has no age discrimination, it has no color, it has no sense of economic structure. It affects everybody. –Kunda

My parents allowed me to dream big—they allowed me to explore! –Kunda

Mar 22, 2017

"To be white means to exist. Well, it means the same thing to be black: To exist."

In this solo episode, Judithe discusses her thoughts on the “mainstreaming” of the concept of intersectionality as well as gender and racial biases that we all hold about other “tribes” as well as our own. 

"We must move beyond despair to create the world we want to exist in."

"What if we were to start creating the kind of information we’re consuming?

Mar 15, 2017

In this episode, Judithe is joined by Coach Smedley (Alisa Smedley)  to discuss Coach's background growing up in an unstable home, and how she now brings that experience to her work with imprisoned young men.

With her full grasp of the barriers that many children face as they traverse young adulthood, Coach Smedley’s message is one of personal responsibility and opportunity.

 

Highlights from this episode:

"Dating is a test drive. You do that apart from your parenting." - Coach Smedley

"I thought, ‘We’re in survival mode, lady! The heck with college-ruled paper, we bought the paper that was on sale at K-Mart!’" - Coach Smedley

"You cannot give into your environment." - Coach Smedley

"You’re never supposed to be comfortable in a jail, that’s not your home!" - Coach Smedley.

"Sometimes, coming out of unstable situations like I did, you have to create something that you’ve never seen. I want to let them know THAT IS POSSIBLE." - Coach Smedley

"In some states, they determine how many correctional facilities they’ll need on fourth-grade reading scores." - Coach Smedley.

 

Coach Smedley's four things that will keep you out of jail:

1. Your relationship with money: How you think and feel about money

2. Education: Whatever level of education you have, work to achieve more

3. Learn to do many things: Skills mean opportunities

4. You have to want more: Don’t be satisfied with your circumstances or environment.

Mar 8, 2017

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we bring you our final installment of coverage from the Women's March on Washington. This episode features comedian Sarah Jones, women's rights activists Lisa Schejola Akin, American expat Emily Miller, and citizen and friend, Kerrie Mitchell. We discuss the limit and privilege of white women's Individuality and black women’s solidarity in voting for Hillary, and the continuing quest to further human rights by securing women's rights through intersectionality.

 

Highlights from this episode:

 

“People need very simple, direct recommendations on how they can easily impact.” - Lisa Schejola Akin

 

“[The Women’s March] was just a show of solidarity among everyone. There was everybody represented there on the march.” - Lisa Schejola Akin

 

“Four years can go by fast or it can go by slow. If you take action every single day right where you stand with the power you have in your community, it'll go by a lot quicker.” - Sarah Jones

 

“Who are you? I’m me. My mother always beams with pride when she shares the story of my identical twin sister and me looking in the mirror when we were two and answering her question (separately), ‘Who are you?’ with ‘I’m me.’” -Kerrie Mitchell

 

“As a person, I’ve had the privilege of being born female and white. We didn’t identify, we shouldn’t identify, by our race, our gender.” - Kerrie Mitchell

 

“For those of us who do not belong to the dominant group, we cannot afford to purely be individuals and think only about our personal lives. We tend to hold multiple realities and are able to simultaneously hold and understand the consequences of things on everyone.“ - Judithe Registre

Mar 2, 2017

Mary Zeints discusses her life in South Africa and how it has shaped her struggle for human rights, especially women’s rights. She and Judithe discuss some “worst case scenarios” for the current American administration and how the lessons of history can inform our resistance. Mary dreams of a 10-point plan for women’s rights in the new international climate.

 

Highlights from this episode:

 

“[In South Africa], ordinary people were doing extraordinary things because they had such terrible leaders trying to do things they didn’t believe in.” - Mary Zeints

 

“You can have institutions, [but] you’re still reliant on individuals acting.” - Mary Zeints

 

“When people grow up in environments where those things [civil rights and civil responsibilities] are not taken for granted, they might be much more prepared to protect them and stand up for them.” - Mary Zeints

 

“The freedom and access to resources that women have is not only essential for the woman, but for her family, and her community and her nation!” - Mary Zeint.

 

“We’re talking about the very foundation of our society when we attack women’s wellbeing.” - Judithe Registre

Feb 27, 2017

In this episode, we speak with D'Annette Roy, producer of Spotlight: Domestic Violence, a documentary that raises awareness of the devastating impact of domestic violence in Montgomery County, Maryland. We discuss the roots and consequences of the domestic violence epidemic, and the steps that we as a society must take in order to change the paradigm and break the cycle of domestic violence.

Ms. Roy is an using her skills not only to give back to her community, but to tackle complex and challenging issues that need attention. Domestic violence is such an issue, charged with complexity but necessary to unpack.  It is an issue that is rarely given the urgent attention that it requires, so is necessary for us to continuously bring it to light so that it can be addressed with appropriate measures. The health and wellbeing of women is intrinsically tied to the health and wellbeing of a community. 

Ms. Roy’s documentary, Spotlight: Domestic Violence has been submitted for consideration for a 2017 Emmy, Edward R. Murrow, and Telly Award.

You can view the documentary here:
https://youtu.be/tWOJZ6asCs0

Highlights from this week’s episode:

"Anyone who knows me knows I'm a strong women's advocate, but more than anything I'm a human rights advocate. . . Domestic violence is an epidemic of global proportion that must be addressed!" - Judithe Registre

"It is not normal to go out and hurt the person you love." - D'Annette Roy

"Whether you like it or not, domestic violence has to do with love." - D'Annette Roy

 

Feb 16, 2017

Kendra Blackett-Dibinga joins me in studio to discuss her business and how she's building inclusive communities through yoga. As a host, I have the greatest respect for this woman. Kendra is simply killing it as a mother, a wife, an entrepreneur, a business owner, an activist, a citizen and, above all, a human being. We discuss her journey and aspiration to create an inclusive yoga community where people can care for themselves and each other. As you will hear in this episode, her impact and influence are deep and significant.

Our health and well-being are reflections of our community’s health, so we have to persevere. “We all have issues,” Kendra explains, “but we can all gain control of our lives. My role is to help people connect by creating a community where that is possible. We want people to connect. It is needed for our survival.”

 
Judithe and Kendra highlight the inclusive beginnings and nature of Bikram Yoga.


“When I found yoga, it was like—oh my God—this is everything I wanted. I realized that what I was yearning for was a connection.” – Kendra

“After someone takes a class, they shouldn't want to run out!”  – Kendra

“You can't do this yoga—I mean really do it—and be a nasty person. The nastiness sheds away.” – Kendra

“When you look in that mirror and you realize how not perfect you are, you can't expect perfection from anyone else!” – Kendra

“We're getting people...people who would have never ever tried yoga before, but they're coming because of who we are. And that's lovely, because they need it!”

– Kendra

 
Check out Kendra’s Studio. If you’re in DC, sign up for a class and experience this feeling of community. http://www.bikramyogariveric.com/

 

Feb 9, 2017

In this episode, Judithe brings us back to the Global Women’s March in D.C. We hear from comedian and artist, Sarah Jones; Cecile Richards of President of Planned Parenthood; Linda Sarsour, one of the driving forces behind the Women's March movement; Kimberle Crenshaw of African American Policy Forum; and Andrea Cristina Mercado of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. We also continue our discussion of the global ramifications with Emily Miller, an American living abroad in the UK. Feminism IS an intersectional movement, and fostering community is our way forward. This is a movement of movements.

 

"We are here to reclaim what progressive patriotism, 'matriotism,' looks like in our own authentic voices!" - Sarah Jones

"Either you’re moving towards openness and being together, tolerance, or you’re moving the other way." - Emily Miller

"I marched today for many reasons, not least of which [is] because this is what my mama taught me to do." - Cecile Richards

"If you're not intersectional, I'm not organizing with you!" - Linda Sarsour

"When you’re not in the room, who’s in the room for you?" - Kimberle Crenshaw, African American Policy Forum

"When I say I’m an intersectional feminist, it’s not so much an identity-- it’s a practice, it’s a commitment. It’s a commitment." - Kimberle Crenshaw, African American Policy Forum

Feb 2, 2017

We conclude our conversation with James Dold. His work with youth will inspire and uplift you, and his message might convince you that justice means more sometimes than "fair".

"If children are not deserving of our mercy? Who among us is?"

"...folks that exhibit that moral courage. Political consequences be damned, they are gonna do the right thing because it's the right thing to do!"

"Hope is the seed that leads to love, because hope is what allows us to be courageous. It's what allows us to see a better future."

Jan 26, 2017

This episode features conversations with Philanthropist/Activist, Lisa Schejola Akin on the future of funding for women’s rights with her family foundation; Emily Miller, an American living in the UK originally from Kentucky that was in DC for the March; conversations from the Women’s Town Hall and Reception at the National Press Club featuring Legendary Women’s Right Activist and Author, Gloria Steinem and Alicia Garza of Black Lives Matter and a Panel on Where We Go From here.

"The first step is speaking for yourself." - Gloria Steinem

This episode captures the energy and rhythm of the March with some pointed strategies and actions for the continued work to advance gender justice as a fundamental priority for sustainable progress.

"There is no such thing as being a feminist without being an anti-racist... A racist system will leave no woman free." - Gloria Steinem

Jan 19, 2017

James Dold joins Judithe for the first episode of The Get InPowered Podcast. Judithe calls him a “Creative Justice Designer” but he’s spent his entire career as an advocate for those most in need of allies. From his start with the Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization, to his current work ensuring that the justice system serves the youngest members of our society better and more equitably, James Dold is “InPowered” and empowering others on a daily basis.

“We’re all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. And that’s particularly true when it comes to children.”

Learn how James’ personal story and background helped lead him to his current mission and efforts, and stay tuned to The Get InPowered Podcast in two weeks for the conclusion of this interview.

Jan 18, 2017

Welcome! 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 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.

In this introductory episode, Katherine interviews The Get InPowered host, Judithe Registre about her background, mission and the origins and intentions of The Get InPowered Podcast!

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