Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics- Sharing our Platform for Racial Equity: Ep 6: History and Innovation
For the next 6 weeks, Women & Politics is on a break and sharing our platform with Ebony Guy and her Racial Essays podcasts and interview series. You can find them at: https://richmondracialequityessays.com/podcast
In this podcast, urban planner and diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Ebony Walden talks with 15 Richmonders from all walks of life and sectors to explore their visions for an equitable Richmond, especially as it relates to racial equity, and the strategies that will help us get there. We hope this can be a model for discussion in other U.S. cities.
Today we listen to Episode 6: Historians Free Bangura of Untold RVA and The Valentine’s Bill Martin, share their vision for how telling the story of history truthfully can spark innovation and long-term change. Advancing equity includes truth-telling, knowing our own story and broadening the voices that highlight our past and shape our future.
The Second half of the show Activist and urban farmer Duron Chavis chats with Kim Young, Director of Family & Community Engagement of Peter Paul Development Center, on increasing the visibility, eliminating barriers to the dreams and aspirations of, and creating pathways of opportunity for Black youth.
Ebony Walden is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Ebony Walden Consulting (EWC), an urban strategy firm based in Richmond, Virginia. At EWC, she works with a wide range of organizations to design and facilitate meetings, training, strategic plans, and community engagement processes that explore race, equity, and the creation of more just and inclusive communities. Before founding EWC, Ebony worked in local government and for non-profit organizations dedicated to citywide and neighborhood-level revitalization. Currently, Ebony is an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the City. Ebony’s work has been featured in The Hill, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Nature of Cities. She holds a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelors in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Inspired by The Just City Essays, Ebony Walden conceived the idea of an essay collection focused on Richmond (The Richmond Racial Equity Essays) in hopes of bringing together thought leadership and practice to advance racial equity in the region.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics December 23rd, 2021
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Catastrophe Cats presents:
Kefir Kats
Eclectic Art for your Earholes! Lap it up and Enjoy all this Great Stuff! It’s some Good Stuff Here!
PJ Sykes – Fuzz Off – Fuzz
Motorpsycho – Little Lucid Moments – Little Lucid Moments
Among The Rocks and Roots – Salvation – Raga
Animals As Leaders – Arithmophobia – Live 2018
Deftones – Damone – Around the Fur
Dead Boys- Son of Sam – We have come for your CHildren
Laurie Anderson – New Jersey Turnpike – United States Live (1 of 4)
Phil Manzanera – Miss Shapiro – Diamond Head
Einsturzende Neubauten – 12 Stedte – Fuenf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala (1987)
Kraftwerk – Stratovarius – Kraftwerk 1
Tangerine Dream – Cold Smoke – Electronic Meditation
Catastrophe Cats Catastrophe Cats December 10th, 2021
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Recovery Is – HIV Outreach and Testing
On today’s show, Dr. Porter talks with local activists working to expand HIV Outreach and Testing.
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You can find past shows on our blog at RecoveryIs.Life and follow us on twitter at @recoveryradiova
You can find Carol on twitter at @carololson
Carol Olson November 26th, 2021
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Catastrophe Cats presents:
No More Leftovers!!!
Motorpsycho – N’ .O.X. IV Night of Pan – The All Is One – 2020
Sleepmakeswaves – …And So We Destroyed Everything – …And So We Destroyed Everything 2011
Neurosis – Origin – Given To The Rising – 2007
Hoboknife – Hoboknife – Vagrants 2015
Battlemaster – Slaughterbane of the Seven Hills – Cosmic Neutrality
Alien Weaponry – Kai Tangata – Tu
Cavalera Conspiracy – Excruciating – Psychosis
Animals As Leaders – Ka$cade – The Joy of Motion
Levin Minnemann Ruddess – Riff Splat – From The Law Offices Offices
Levithan – Shiva – Maze – 2019
Ufomammut – Zodiac – 8 – 2017
Book of Wyrms – Hollergoblin – Occult New Age 2021
Windhand – Forest Clouds – Levitation Sessions 2020
Knocked Loose – Trapped In The Grasp of Memory – A Different Shade of Blue
The Trip – Una Pietra Colorata – The Trip
Catastrophe Cats Catastrophe Cats November 26th, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Sharing our Platform for Racial Equity: Ep 2: Public Housing
For the next 6 weeks, Women & Politics is on a break and sharing our platform with Ebony Guy and her Racial Essays podcasts and interview series. You can find them at: https://richmondracialequityessays.com/podcast
In this podcast, urban planner and diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Ebony Walden talks with 15 Richmonders from all walks of life and sectors to explore their visions for an equitable Richmond, especially as it relates to racial equity, and the strategies that will help us get there. We hope this can be a model for discussion in other U.S. cities.
Today we listen to Episode 2: Patrice Shelton and Sherrell Thompson converse with Ebony about their personal and professional experiences with public housing and as community health workers. From their perspective, racial equity requires better access to health resources and affordable housing for low to moderate-income Richmonders.
Ebony Walden is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Ebony Walden Consulting (EWC), an urban strategy firm based in Richmond, Virginia. At EWC, she works with a wide range of organizations to design and facilitate meetings, training, strategic plans and community engagement processes that explore race, equity and the creation of more just and inclusive communities. Before founding EWC, Ebony worked in local government and for non-profit organizations dedicated to citywide and neighborhood level revitalization. Currently, Ebony is an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the City. Ebony’s work has been featured in The Hill, Richmond Times-Dispatchand The Nature of Cities. She holds a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelors in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Inspired by The Just City Essays, Ebony Walden conceived the idea of an essay collection focused on Richmond (The Richmond Racial Equity Essays) in hopes of bringing together thought leadership and practice to advance racial equity in the region.
The Second half of the show brings back a discussion on housing with Stephanie Lynch, councilwoman of the 5th district; Rachelle Hunley, Manager of Bridging the Gap at VCU; and LaToya S. Gray, creator of Planned Destruction to talk about housing issues in Richmond. Discussion centers on the issues of homelessness in the city and the impact of red-lining and its contribution to the poverty and homelessness of the African-American community most specifically. Stephanie Lynch brings her experience in working within city government to attempt to make change, Rachelle and Carol bring their experience in working with victims of violence in our city and how violence and homelessness intersect, and LaToya describes her work on examining the history of land ownership, valuation and development in the City of Richmond and the maps used to destroy black communities.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics November 25th, 2021
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Catastrophe Cats presents:
Catez the Killer
Jen Kutler – A Piece for Amplified Children – Sonified Phsyiological Indicators of Empathy
Luna Honey – Shatter – Ballast
The Trip – Visioni Dell’aldila – The Trip
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Catching Smoke – Butterfly 3000
Cabaret Voltaire – Over and Over – The Crackdown
The Residents – Motm Mix One Concentrate – The Complete Mole Trilogy
Knocked Loose – Permanent – A Tear in the Fabric of Life
Gojira – The Cell
Gojira – The Art of Dying
Mastodon – Roots Remain – Emperor of Sand
Aborted – Portal to Vacuity – ManiaCult
Decapitated – Kill the Cult – Anticult
Lamb of God – King Me – Resolution
Neurosis – Distill (Watching the Swarm) – GIven to the Rising
Neil Young – LA – Time Fades Away
Swans – My Birth – My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Catastrophe Cats Catastrophe Cats November 12th, 2021
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Catastrophe Cats presents:
Catch 22 Skiddoo
9353 – 10 Witches
Alternatives – Sex Face – Buzz
Mommyheads – Greta Thurnberg – New Kings Of Pop – Playin RVA THIS WEEK!!!
Night Idea – Losing the Magic of Youth – Paths
Frank Zappa – Big Swifty – Waka/Jawaka
Jethro Tull – Dark Ages – Stormwatch
Jeff Buckley – Back IN N.Y.C. – Sketchs for My Sweetheart teh Drunk
Laurie Anderson – Healing Horn – Unitied States Live
The Residents – The Festival of Death – Eskimo
Bent Arcana – Oblivion Sigil – Bent Arcana
Russian Circles – Sinaia – Blook Year
Kikagaku Moyo – Nobakitani – Stone Garden
Balmorhea – Slow Stone – Clear Language
Hammock – Floating Away In Every Direction – Raising Your Voice…TryingToStopanEcho
Coil – Are You Shivering? – A Guide for Beginners: The Voice of Silver
Catastrophe Cats Catastrophe Cats October 22nd, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – The Election Series
Jackie De Fusco joined 8News in January 2020 as our Capitol Connection reporter.
Jackie previously worked as an investigative and general assignment reporter for WJHL, Nexstar’s sister station in Johnson City, Tennessee.
She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. In college, she interned for NBC’s Nightly News in Washington D.C. and completed an investigative journalism fellowship in Albania.
Catch Jackie singing karaoke and trying new restaurants in the River City. Make sure to say hello!
Inspired by Toni Griffin and The Just City Essays, alumna Ebony Walden (MUEP ’06) conceived the idea of an essay collection focused on Richmond in hopes of bringing together thought leadership and practice to advance racial equity in the region. Walden is
an urban planner and consultant who leverages her experience to design and facilitate racial equity training, strategy and community engagement processes that explore race, equity and inclusion in cities. She is the Principal Consultant at Ebony Walden Consulting, an urban strategy firm based in Richmond, Virginia and an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics October 21st, 2021
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Catastrophe Cats presents:
Zero Ground Zero
Neurosis – Distill (Watching the Swarm) – Given To the Rising
Neaera – HeavenHell – Let the Tempest Come
Pestilence – Personal Energy – Spheres
Jacaszek – Evening Strains To Be Time’s Vast – Glimmer
Mount Shasta – Near Famous Jackass – Who’s The Hottie
Nora – My Bloody Clownsuit – Loser’s Intuition
Karp – We Ate Sand – Self Titled LP
Night Sun – Come Down – Mournin’
Ex Eye – Tten Crowns; The Corruptor (Bonus Track) – Ex Eye
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Gutterwall – Zero Ground Zero – Single
Raic – Internal Fatal Error – Gestalt
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Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band – American Motor over smoldered Field – This is Our Punk Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing #03
Ash Ra Tempel & Timothy Leary – Time – Seven Up
King Crimson – Doctor Diamond – Starless 18 Gottingen, Germany 1974
Catastrophe Cats Catastrophe Cats October 15th, 2021
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: The Candidate Series – Delegate Delores McQuinn and Delegate Hala Ayala
It’s election season folks and we are bringing you the local candidates and sprinkling in some current politicians serving the communities. Check out our lineup today:
A Lifelong Virginian, Delegate Hala Ayala was elected to the House of Delegates in 2017 and currently represents the 51st district which covers parts of Prince William County. Hala is the daughter of a Salvadorian and North African immigrant father and an Irish and Lebanese mother. She has worked as a cyber security specialist for over 20 years with the Department of Homeland Security to protect our nation’s information systems. Hala has also been a women’s rights activist for over a decade. She was the president of Prince William County National Organization for Women, appointed by Terry McAuliffe to serve on the Women’s Advisory Council, and in 2017, she helped organize Virginia’s attendance at the first Women’s March in Washington. As a Delegate, Hala has worked to pass some of Virginia’s most important pieces of legislation like expanding Medicaid for 400,000 Virginians, raising teacher pay, passing the Equal Rights Amendment and helping small businesses recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hala is running for Lieutenant Governor because she understands our Commonwealth, its history, its challenges, its many opportunities and wants to ensure every Virginian has the opportunity to succeed.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics October 14th, 2021
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