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    Explore " xenophobia" with insightful episodes like "How To Spot A Casual Racist - Is It Me?", "Asian Enough: John Cho", "Pints & Politics UK: Episode 22 - Double vaccine people can avoid holiday quarantine?, Russia and Britain ship fiasco, One Britain One Nation song fiasco, Brexit five-year anniversary and Joe Biden wants big splurge on law enforcement", "Episode 13: Caged in Canada: Challenging Immigration Detention" and "Transnational Repression 101: How Russia goes after its citizens abroad" from podcasts like ""The Quicky", "Foretold", "Pints & Politics UK", "Not Your Model Minority" and "The Naked Pravda"" and more!

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    How To Spot A Casual Racist - Is It Me?

    How To Spot A Casual Racist - Is It Me?

    It's easy to spot overtly racist imagery, policies and behaviour, but what about the everyday micro aggressions that get laughed off as a 'joke' in casual conversations?

    Do you know how to recognise casual racism, whether it's in yourself or someone else? Perhaps you are on the receiving end of this inappropriate behaviour on a daily basis and know all too well the harm it causes.

    The Quicky speaks with three women of colour about their experiences, including a psychotherapist who helps people to stop and think about their actions, and to discuss what we can all do to end casual racism for good.

    CREDITS 

    Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

    Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

    Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

    Guests:

    Emily Vernem - Social Media Producer, Author and Co-Host of The Undone podcast at Mamamia

    Melody Teh - Deputy Editor at Mamamia

    Dr Kathomi Gatwiri - Psychotherapist, Senior Social Work Lecturer at Southern Cross University, and the founder of Healing Together, a multifunctional consulting and therapy service

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    Pints & Politics UK: Episode 22 - Double vaccine people can avoid holiday quarantine?, Russia and Britain ship fiasco, One Britain One Nation song fiasco, Brexit five-year anniversary and Joe Biden wants big splurge on law enforcement

    Pints & Politics UK: Episode 22 - Double vaccine people can avoid holiday quarantine?, Russia and Britain ship fiasco, One Britain One Nation song fiasco, Brexit five-year anniversary and Joe Biden wants big splurge on law enforcement

    Jonny's doing another solo-run after Adam's short-notice absence. The pod was recorded just before the Matt Hancock announcement! 

    Big topic: Green list announcement and possibility for double-vaccinated people to skip quarantine!
    Other topics: Russia ship fiasco, bizarre One Britain One Nation song, John Bercow defects to Labour, and its now five years since Brexit!
    US Politics: Joe Biden wants $350bn spend on law enforcement, despite issues police have had with BLM, after rise in crime figures!

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    Episode 13: Caged in Canada: Challenging Immigration Detention

    Episode 13: Caged in Canada: Challenging Immigration Detention

    As Canadians, we often believe that Canada is a welcoming safe haven for immigrants and refugees. Unfortunately, Canada has a long history of placing migrants - including young children - in detention for extended periods of time under the guise of protecting national security. How do we reconcile arbitrary detention with a country that is purportedly a free and democratic society? And why are immigration detainees treated so differently from detainees under the criminal law regime? This week, we’re discussing immigration detention, national security, and xenophobia.

    Transnational Repression 101: How Russia goes after its citizens abroad

    Transnational Repression 101: How Russia goes after its citizens abroad

    When it comes to carrying out repressions, the Russian government’s reach isn’t limited by its own borders. The Kremlin is known for going after perceived enemies abroad — especially former “insiders” and members of the political opposition. In recent years, high-profile assassinations linked to Russian agents have made headlines around the world, and Moscow has developed a reputation for abusing the Interpol notice system.

    At the same time, those who flee Russia’s Chechen Republic are particularly at risk. Under regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, this sub-national regime has carried out a unique and concerted campaign to control the Chechen diaspora. Moreover, asylum seekers from the Russian North Caucasus who seek refuge in European countries are now faced with rising xenophobia, as well as tightening migration policies that threaten to send them back to Russia.

    To find out more about how the Russian — and Chechen — authorities carry out repressive activities beyond Russia’s borders, “The Naked Pravda” spoke to Nate Schenkkan, director for research strategy at Freedom House, and Kateryna Sergatskova, the editor-in-chief of Zaborona Media.

    “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Saturdays (or sometimes Fridays). Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”

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    Chapter 1, “Ground Zero” (86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital)

    Chapter 1, “Ground Zero” (86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital)

    In this first installment of 86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital, Rob Petrone takes us back to the beginning of COVID-19 in New York -- and how the restaurant industry was responding in those early days last March.


    • Take a trip to “Ground Zero,” New Rochelle, to see how one restaurant in the containment zone -- Jerry DeJesus’s North End Tavern -- fared before the government-mandated shutdown.
    • Meet a mom-and-pop ice cream shop owner, Ellen Sledge of Penny Lick Ice Cream Co., who believed she had the virus.
    • Go to Chinatown to learn how the virus impacted businesses -- and life -- there before the rest of New York through the eyes of Wilson Tang of Nom Wah Tea Parlor.
    • Visit with one restaurant industry leader, Chip Wade of Union Square Hospitality Group, grappling with safety concerns.
    • And hear from a celebrity chef, Dale Talde, whose Goosefeather restaurant hasn’t even been open a year as he grapples with what feels like “nuclear warfare.”


    Rob also speaks with The New Yorker staff writer Helen Rosner about the events of last March -- where we were and what we’ve learned.

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    VERY CROSS Cultural Communication (w/Tutti Quintella)

    VERY CROSS Cultural Communication (w/Tutti Quintella)

    Misinformation about foreign communities going viral goes viral in foreign communities due to misinformation. Mercari's Diversity and Inclusion manager, director of Women Who Code: Tokyo and SpeakHer co-founder Tutti Quintella helps us puzzle through the whole Corona Gaijin mess on TV and Twitter.

    Ollie recommends a cruise that ticked the "innovation box" and not much else.
     
    Bobby puts on his NO RIVER CRUISE, NO LIFE t-shirt and gets angry at a list, AGAIN.

    Topics discussed on this episode range from:

    • How to tell whether or not YOUR opinion is valid, and how to make sure others KNOW that it is
    • THAT government press conference about corona that the media made about cultural differences, and the foreigner in Japan Twittersphere made it about gaijin sabetsu
    • The software engineering/coding boom, and the efforts to get more women into tech, why it appeals to women, especially during the pandemic
    • how different perspectives/experiences affect people's problem solving strategies, and why diversity is a plus
    • The cross-over between problem solving in coding and problem solving in people management
    • How Japan's population aging and decline is affecting the Japan talent pool for tech companies
    • Japan's approach to Diversity and Inclusion, and why it's necessary
    • Bobby and Ollie's VERY SARCASTIC ideas for what Japan could do to retain its foreign talent
    • The Government press conference that kicked off the whole "Media Blames Foreigns" for spreading Corona
    • Why the foreign reaction may have been a little over the top, and how we might not even HAVE a full picture of the foreign reaction
    • What we could do to expand our perspective and take a more considered approach to DECRYING the media
    • How the media got it wrong, and what Tutti thinks their motivations are
    • The current state of awareness of diversity awareness in Japan
    • Why what the media says about foreigners and corona MATTERS
    • Why the approach to diversity training needs to be tied to the motivations of the potential trainees, or it might end up doing more damage than good
    • How, as angry twitter gaijin, we can reevaluate our approach to dealing with our feelings of being discriminated against in Japan


    Topics discussed on the extras range from:

    • Updates on the SpeakHer database, and its first official booking
    • The tenuous nature of the current event industry in Japan
    • The difference between relying on a gig economy and not being desperately fucked
    • ANOTHER classic Ollie Horn Simpsons reference
    • The ill-advised Japanese tendency to be honest about work-from-home productivity
    • How much work ACTUALLY gets done in a work day
    • Human nature as it pertains to time limits
    • What Bobby's mom thinks about how messy he is
    • How Tutti went from coding to human resources/diversity and inclusion training
    • Impostors
    • The coding that went into SpeakHer
    • Similarities between being a software engineer and a human resources manager
    • The duality of human resources as an advocate for the employees and the need to provide benefit to the employer
    • Why some encouraging embracing conflict as a form of progress
    • How Bobby exploits the "assumption of benevolence"
    • The differences in hiring processes between western and Japanese companies
    • Tutti's battles re: hiring strategies
    • Comparative salaries
    • Career woman versus motherhood issues in Japan


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    Episode 4:Muslims and Media:An Exploration of How Biased Depictions Contribute to Islamophobia in America

    Episode 4:Muslims and Media:An Exploration of How Biased Depictions Contribute to Islamophobia in America

    In this episode of the Demystifying Diversity Podcast, Daralyse Lyons interviews members of the Muslim American community about their personal and professional experiences. Daralyse speaks with community leaders, advocates, and experts about their lived experiences practicing Islam in the United States and their efforts to fight against Islamophobia. By examining the irrational and baseless fear of Islam in the United States, Daralyse illuminates the culpability of political leaders, everyday Americans and the modern media in perpetrating discrimination. She discusses the increase of Islamophobia that occurred after 9/11, as well as the increase in discrimination that occurred after the 2016 election, and the devastating, Anti-Muslim laws that were passed.

    It is imperative that hope and faith be accompanied by action. Through the stories and experiences of the voices in this episode, you will be asked to examine your own actions, or lack of actions, and to examine your beliefs and biases.

    Activism starts with discomfort and self-reflection, and it is only by becoming attuned to our own identities and experiences that we can develop empathy for others.

    As we move forward, it is essential to ask yourself in what ways you have been assuming your experience to be the “center” or “norm” and how you can make an effort to get to know others for who they are, and not for what you think they represent?

    Learn more at:

    https://www.demystifyingdiversitypodcast.com/

    Voices Featured:

    -Aliyah Kabir

    -Asma Rehman

    -Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu

    -Dr. Mona Masood

    -Nihad Awad

    -Salima Suswell

    -Hediya Sizar

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    #44 - Election Talk with Rep. Ted Lieu

    #44 - Election Talk with Rep. Ted Lieu

    "The May Lee Show" continues to focus on the upcoming election, which, many say, is the most consequential election of a lifetime. In this episode, May speaks with Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu, one of the few Asian members of the House of Representatives and perhaps, the most vocal especially when it comes to criticizing President Trump. Rep. Lieu is mission focused on calling the President out on Twitter anytime he posts misinformation or out right lies. May delves into Ted Lieu's motivation behind his actions as well as how the AAPI community can play a bigger and more important role in changing our overall narrative in order to elevate our voices and identities. 

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    Juliette Kayyem on the Power of Twitter, Trump's Stochastic Terrorism, and Why She's an Optimist

    Juliette Kayyem on the Power of Twitter, Trump's Stochastic Terrorism, and Why She's an Optimist

    Today Debbie speaks with Juliette Kayyem, a longtime national security and terrorism expert with over 160,000 followers on Twitter. She has an extraordinary resume of public and private service, starting with the Dept. of Justice as a young lawyer, and then joining the National Commission on Terrorism in 1999 and helping to write their report, published in June 2000, recognizing the growing terror threat in the U.S. She gave birth to her first child a few weeks before 9/11.

    She became the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department of Homeland Security, where she handled the agency's response to the H1N1 pandemic and orchestrated the complicated government response to the BP oil spill in 2010. 

    Later she became a Pulitzer Prize-nominated columnist for The Boston Globe and started her own consulting company. She's now a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and an analyst for CNN. She's also, importantly, the mother of three and the author of a terrific book - part memoir, part primer - titled Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland. Disaster is her thing, or as she puts it: "Sh*t happens."  It's how you assess risk, prepare for, and respond  to disaster that counts.

    They recorded this conversation before Trump tested positive for COVID so you won’t hear mention of that. But they do talk about the sense of anxiety in this country right now, both because of COVID and because of the current President. And about Trump’s attempts to stoke fear, and to incite violence, with his veiled but clear Tweets. She calls what Trump does on Twitter #stochasticterrorism. To her delight, it’s been adopted as a hash tag. It means random and unpredictable violence which, she tells us, is the definition of terrorism.

    Debbie loved this brief conversation and hopes you will too. Juliette is an optimist and endlessly energetic. She's a breath of fresh air during this anxiety-ridden period in the U.S. Towards the end of the interview, she says she has to get off the call to get ready for a CNN appearance. She's 51, she tells us, so she needs time to do her hair and make-up. The CNN segment, on which she appeared minutes later, showed her ready for primetime, Zooming in from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

    Tune in to hear from an optimistic and inspiring Security Mom (a play on Soccer Mom, in case that didn't jump out at you!).

     

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    The Greater (Dysfunctional) Western Family with Leonid Ragozin

    The Greater (Dysfunctional) Western Family with Leonid Ragozin
    On this episode, former BBC journalist Leonid Ragozin joins Tom from Latvia to discuss the perception of Russia in the West, the origins of Western xenophobia towards Russia, his view of Vladimir Putin in 2000, and his experience working as an independent journalist on the investigations of high profile figures murdered in Ukraine. We hope you enjoy! ABOUT THE GUEST Leonid is a Russian journalist who worked for 12 years with the BBC in Moscow. He is a widely acknowledged expert on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Previously he was a correspondent for Newsweek. He now writes for The New Republic, Politico, Bloomberg, News Week, The Guardian and Al Jazeera and Morgenbladet. He is also co-author of the Lonely Planet Guides to Moscow and Ukraine. Additionally, he works on the investigation of Pavel Sheremet with Radio Free Europe-funded Ukrainian media outlet Zaborona. Here are links to a selection of Ragozin's excellent articles: 1) Articles for Bloomberg https://www.themoscowtimes.com/author/leonid-ragozin-for-bloomberg 2) Articles for Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/author/leonidragozin2013122273219325632/ 3) Articles for Kyiv Post https://www.kyivpost.com/author/leonid-ragozin?cn-reloaded=1 4) Articles for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/leonid-ragozin Follow Leonid on Twitter: @leonidragozin NOTE: This episode was recorded on Friday, September 25th, 2020 via Skype. CREDITS Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: Twitter @RehnquistTom) Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrrmatthew) Associate Producer: Lera Toropin Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig Assistant Producer: Samantha Farmer Assistant Producer: Milena D-K Assistant Producer/Administrator: Kathryn Yegorov-Crate Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Charlie Harper, Michelle Daniel, Ketsa, Soularflair, and Blue Dot Sessions) Additional clips of Vladimir Putin's speech on December 31, 1999, coverage of car bombing in Kyiv from RFE/RL, and Yeltsin endorsement of Putin while delivering his vote taken from YouTube. Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this episode do not necessarily reflect those of the show or the University of Texas at Austin. Special Guest: Leonid Ragozin.

    ...About Third Culture?

    ...About Third Culture?

    Transcript available here.

    In our first interview episode of the season, we chat with our friend Bhan about our experiences as Third Culture Kids - people who grew up in a culture both different than our parents and simultaneously different from our white Canadian peers. A longer (and funnier) version of this episode is available on https://patreon.com/dothekidsknow

    Resources:
    Daughter Podcast
    Decolonization is not a metaphor
    Bhan's Twitter: @bhangatk

    Do The Kids Know? is a series of conversations between friends, Prakash and Kristen, where we challenge our understanding of contemporary media, popular culture, and what it means to live as racialized millennials in KKKanada (That’s Canada spelled with three K’s) 

    Our goal for this series is to have frank discussions about the stories and nuances missed by sensationalist media as well as to uncover the ways in which white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism is shaping our movements and behaviours. 

    Keep tuning in to be a part of the conversation… don’t be a kid who doesn’t know!


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    Our goal is to bring nuance to sensationalist media as well as to uncover the ways in which white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism is shaping our movements and behaviours.

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    After Trump, What Comes Next?

    After Trump, What Comes Next?

    Donald Trump will not be president forever. Whether he leaves office in 2021 or 2025; whether he steps down peacefully or not; whether he’s replaced by a Democratic president or a Republican one—he will leave. And then the country will face the immense task of restoring democratic norms and facing up to the failings that allowed a populist, white-nationalist demagogue like Trump to reach office in the first place.

    In this episode, with help from University of Chicago political scientist Will Howell, we look at the leading explanations for Trump’s rise and the competing ideas about ways to move forward after Trump.

    Assuming Joseph R. Biden wins in November 2020—which isn’t a safe assumption, of course—should the next administration focus on structural reforms to make government more effective, so that Washington can then fix people’s real problems and take the oxygen out of populist anger? Or should it push forward with a program of cultural transformation that recognizes, and tries to root out, the deep strains of racism, xenophobia, and nihilism that fuel Trumpism and today’s Republican party?

    It turns out (unsurprisingly) that your preferred prescription depends on your precise diagnosis of the country’s ills. Howell makes a strong argument for a reformist approach that puts good government and pro-social policies first. Other scholars fear that a deeper reckoning with Americans’ illiberal leanings will be required. As you’ll hear in the episode, I’m still of two minds. But I also hope there’s a middle way.

    Chapter Guide

    00:00 Content Warning

    00:16 Soonish Opening Theme

    00:30 Donald Trump Barrage Montage

    01:13 What Is Donald Trump?

    02:36 Never Another Trump

    04:22 Disaster Response

    05:07 Introducing Will Howell

    07:30 Connecting Back to “Relic” and our Failing Constitution”

    09:23 Defining Populism and its Harms

    11:20 Once and Future Populist Demagogues

    13:19 The Conditions for Populism, and How to Change Them

    15:59 Institutional Reform or Policy Reform?

    17:58 Redesigning the US Presidency

    19:31 The F Word (Fascism)

    20:13 Jason Stanley on Fascist Movements

    21:09 Sarah Churchwell: “This Is What American Fascism Looks Like”

    22:12 The Party of White Grievance 

    23:48 Will Howell Responds: Forces Working in Tandem

    26:43 The Reformist Left and the Cultural Left

    28:01 A Middle Way

    28:45 Structural Reform or Detrumpification? Priorities for the Next Administration

    31:31 Best-Case Scenario

    33:33 End Credits and Acknowledgements

    35:12 Recommendation: The Constant

    Notes

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    Episode 5: Coughing while Asian with Barb Lee

    Episode 5: Coughing while Asian with Barb Lee
    At the delicious truth, we know that talking about and uncovering solutions that keep us seeped in the history of this country is an important step in the right direction. With all that is going on in the media, racism against black people in America has become highly visible and discussed. However, since 2016 the fact that anti-immigrant racism and a more recent example with COVID-19 being called the "Chinese Virus," highlights a long-standing issue with racism against Asian people. The xenophobia and racism have led to Asian men and women being attacked. This has to stop. Our guest Barb Lee isn't new to kicking off uncomfortable conversations, as she has made it her profession to use her power as the Founder and President of Point Made Films and Point Made Learning, to use film as an opportunity to help us see, what is often unseen. Lee has served as a consultant on numerous documentary films, including Overburden, about systemic oppression and poverty in the Appalachian Mountains; Without a Fight, about the role of youth soccer in the Kenyan slum of Kibera; and Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, which reports the heartbreaking aftermath of some five hundred infants who were secretly adopted during Argentina’s Dirty War. Point Made Films is also a producing partner for the independent feature film The Birth of a Nation written, produced, directed by, and starring, Nate Parker. Prior to creating her own companies, Lee worked as a freelance video producer, a corporate event designer, a video production teacher at the North Carolina School of Science and Math (still her favorite job); she also worked in development at 20th Century Fox and Fox TV. Her first movie job was at Paramount Studios, where she was a writing intern for Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has dual degrees in broadcast journalism and speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she has volunteered in numerous leadership roles including Chair of the UNC Board of Visitors, Vice-Chair of the UNC Performing Arts Board of Advisors, Chair of ACRED (Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity), and as a member of UNC’s School of Media and Journalism’s Board of Visitors. Lee is the 2015 recipient of UNC’s Alumni Diversity Award, the university’s highest honor for work in racial justice, and was the 2016 commencement speaker for the UNC School of Media and Journalism. She is also a trustee of the foundation board of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Special Guest: Barb Lee.

    Geographical Borders

    Geographical Borders

    For decades, the world has been on a trajectory of rising globalisation with cross-border flows of trade, investment, data, ideas, technology and people. 

    But recent global events point to a trend that’s at odds with that narrative. The election of nationalist leaders in many powerful countries; Brexit and the subsequent weakening of the EU; and COVID-induced territorialism have all contributed to a sense of ‘us vs them’. 

    David is joined by Curtin University academics Dr Donna Butorac and Dr Ben Rich to discuss whether we’re witnessing a ‘de-globalisation’ that could impact our ability to solve global problems like climate change and food security.

    • Are we retreating behind borders, and if so, how did we get here? [00:54]
    • Has the pandemic affected the trust we place on international organisations? [06:48]
    • How does our geographical location influence our sense of indentity? [13:26]
    • How can we solve global problems if we’re looking inward? [17:10]
    • Has the pandemic revealed the fragility of our international supply chains? [24:50]
    • It’s become easier to move capital and goods across borders, what about moving ourselves across borders? [27:35]

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    A new EU agenda on migration after COVID-19?

    A new EU agenda on migration after COVID-19?

    COVID-19 has the potential of changing the way in which European governments and societies regard migrants, as evidenced by the initiatives adopted by some Member States on regularizing migrants’ work status and granting them access to healthcare. However, the economic impact of the pandemic may soon put migrants in the spot of xenophobic parties and movements. The pandemic will thus place the EU in a situation to choose between different policy options: migrants are not only essential workers but also entrepreneurs by nature and will contribute to the recovery from the crisis but the recession will also be a test for integration policies, and the EU must find ways to work with local and regional stakeholders in this challenge. Political agendas are likely to keep Member States divided and as political attention turns to the recession border externalisation will remain in the EU policy mix options. 

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    Abdoulaye Fall: has a PhD in Demography from the UAB Centre for Demographic Studies. He is Hello Spain Director and collaborates in ACAF as Program Manager combining this responsibility with savings groups creation, training and assessment with tracking and organization of training activities in the field of micro finance and community organization

    Laura Batalla: is Ashoka's Hello Europe’s Policy Representative in Brussels, a position that she combines with an advisory role to a Member of the European Parliament on foreign policy.

    Ruth Ferrero: Adjunct Profesor of Political Science and Senior Research Fellow, Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI)

    Moderation: Carlos Carnicero Urabayen

    Technical production and edition: Franco Delle Donne

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    An Ecofascist and a Social Justice Warrior Walk into a Bar: Extremist Politics and Censorship

    An Ecofascist and a Social Justice Warrior Walk into a Bar: Extremist Politics and Censorship

    We've seen a frightening rise in recent years of violence and violent rhetoric by so-called ecofascists, who use environmental and resource limits arguments to justify hateful views around immigration and population. But does that mean those of us who are concerned about ecological limits should keep our mouths shut? Rob, Jason, and Asher explore why squelching discussions about limits might actually backfire and fuel ecofascist views instead, while wrestling with some of the skeletons in the environmental movement's closet. Speaking of skeletons, wait until you hear our "theories" about Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold. For episode notes and more information, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter.

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    1: Countering Xenophobia In The Workplace With Michelle MiJung Kim

    1: Countering Xenophobia In The Workplace With Michelle MiJung Kim

    Join Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst) Founder & CEO Melinda Briana Epler for the first installment in a new series: Leading With Empathy & Allyship. In this first episode, Melinda focuses on countering xenophobia in the workplace with Michelle MiJung Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of Awaken.

    In this episode, Melinda and Michelle have an important conversation about: 

    • Defining xenophobia and anti-Asian racism, harassment, and bullying during COVID-19 and beyond
    • Intersectionality and the myth of the “model minority”
    • Holding ourselves accountable as allies and accomplices
    • Practical ways companies can address these issues in the workplace

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    Additional Resources
    ➡ Awaken’s virtual training on combating xenophobia: visionawaken.com/virtual
    ➡ "Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why, and How" by Michelle MiJung Kim: tcin.co/MichelleKimAllyship
    ➡ Coronavirus fears show how ‘model minority’ Asian Americans become the ‘yellow peril’ by Matthew Lee, NBC News: tcin.co/NBCModelMinorityinCOVID
    ➡ Report Hate Crimes and Incidents via Stop APPI Hate: tcin.co/StopAPPIHate

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