indigenous women

Claudia Martinez (they, she, he) is a well-rounded artist, with skill sets ranging from improv to acting, to stand-up comedy, and the camera is no stranger to her. She hails from the lush horse country haven of Elgin, IL. She's a professionally working actor in Chicago; trained in acting and comedy (and also performs regularly) at The Second City, i.O Theater, and The Annoyance.

She's performed with several house ensembles and duo’s at i.O., The Second City as an ensemble member writing and acting in four original revues. Later she joined the Outreach group as a teacher and facilitator, teaching at risk youth the fundamentals of improv and comedy. Claudia was fortunate to join The Second City Works, lending her real-world business experience and acting to several corporate industrial and commercial shoots including Holiday Inn Express, The Live special Clorox Ick Awards with Rachel Dratch, and the Nationally toured All-State sketch show 'Drive it Home'.

Claudia shares her experiences of someone that grew up in a home with domestic violence, Claudia has had a long journey of healing. She found herself muting her experiences and was unable to access her feelings. She talks about the process of opening up her perspectives and allowing herself to recognize what she is feeling. She talks about dismantling cultural pressure and identities to become her true self.

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This is a conversation with Crystal Middlestadt (She/Her, They/Them). This episode includes topics such as domestic violence, code switching, finding our professional voice and how to begin the process of healing trauma. Crystal is the Executive Director of the Chinook Fund.

The Chinook Fund supports grassroots organizations working on issues of social and economic justice; by pooling our collective resources, we seed groups making a positive, systemic impact to improve the quality of life for all Coloradans. Crystal previously worked for the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT), Survivors Organizing for Liberation, a former Chinook Fund grantee, and is proud to have helped kickstart resource mobilization gatherings at the Allied Media Conference.

During their tenure at GIFT, Crystal was proud to bring the 2016 Money for Our Movements: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference to Denver. Crystal is a board member of Resource Generation, serves on the steering committee for the national Giving Project learning community, and participated in the Transformative Leadership for Change fellowship for Colorado leaders of color.

Crystal was raised in a small, working class town in Oregon by a family of paper mill workers and was the first person in her family to graduate from college. After receiving her B.S. in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Oregon in 2003, Crystal moved to Denver and soon began organizing around issues of gender justice, LGBTQ anti-violence, and racial justice, sparking her to put down roots in this mountain state. They are continually inspired by Adrienne Maree Brown, author of Emergent Strategy, who reminds us that what we pay attention to grow. Crystal lives in southwest Denver and spends their spare time learning to garden, building their vinyl collection, sneaker shopping, and camping throughout the West.

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Music: Inte-Gritty by Bianca Mikahn

Art: Maite Nazario | http://www.maitenazario.com

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Ashleigh Thompson is an indigenous archaeologist. She's also a runner, climber, photographer, and lifelong learner. Ashleigh's woven her many interests together and is actively building a life that is true to her values. In this episode, we talk about the importance of uplifting indigenous archeologists in the field, the life-long influence her grandmother and running has had on her life, coping with stress through the outdoors, sobriety, and more.

Bio: Ashleigh Thompson is a Red Lake Ojibwe tribal member and PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her favorite place is outside, where she runs, hikes, climbs, and more for healing and happiness. 

Featured in this episode: Ashleigh Thompson

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Resources

• Ashleigh Thompson: Instagram
• Podcasts We Recommend Centering Indigenous Voices:
  • On the Land: Website
  • All My Relations: Website
• Learn more about indigenous archeology
• Learn more about Native American Boarding Schools
  • Death by Civilization: The Atlantic
  • Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools - PBS
• Trail Running
  • Make Trail Running Fun
• Resources for Sobriety
  • The Temper
• Ravel Media

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