Black Women's Dept. of Labor Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:28:35 -0400 https://www.blackwomenslabor.com en-us © 2026 Colored Girls Hustle LLC yes Support this Podcast d10a169f-84dc-5e2a-80f1-375aabf5139a Colored Girls Hustle episodic true Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) birth justice, maternal health, reproductive justice, Taja Lindley, public health, pregnancy, childbirth, labor, wage gap, economic justice Colored Girls Hustle https://storage.buzzsprout.com/3a01n2wdube9txtujx8om7khwxpc?.jpg Black Women's Dept. of Labor https://www.blackwomenslabor.com Taja Lindley Cultivating Abundance Beyond Capitalism: Experiments in Commerce & Economy Cultivating Abundance Beyond Capitalism: Experiments in Commerce & Economy “What does a post capitalist future look like?” ~ Renee Hatcher

In our season finale, our brilliant guests share their experience and experiments in commerce and economy to answer this question. Tune in to learn more about:

  • Worker cooperatives and the solidarity economy
  • Spirit led creative entrepreneurship
  • Participatory budgeting
  • Democratically governed investment funds
  • Time banks

 We get into capitalism 101, the limitations of Black capitalism, the myth of meritocracy, redefining success, and the role of mutualism and cooperation in our collective liberation.

Be sure to take our quick survey! 

And sign up for the upcoming Taja Tuesday Artist Talk on Tues 9/6 – the day after labor day! - to learn more about the love and labor that went into this podcast, and what’s on the horizon. Join the Patreon at the Creative Conversation level or above to access the live virtual event or the replay.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Renee Hatcher is a human rights and solidarity economy lawyer. She is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:21:45) 

Nia Evans is the Executive Director of the Boston Ujima Project.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:58)

 Azua Echevarria is a scent alchemist who sells Spirit care products via her brand Age Into Beauty. Alongside Toni Johnson, she is the co-creator of Wild Woman Twin Flame and 2 Dope Rags. Support their GoFundMe campaign! 

Toni Johnson is a healing artist who founded Rework Creative in 2005 where she makes and sells an eclectic collection of jewelry and future relics. Listen to her full interview with Azua on Patreon (running time: 01:43:57)

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

  

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> “What does a post capitalist future look like?” ~ Renee Hatcher

In our season finale, our brilliant guests share their experience and experiments in commerce and economy to answer this question. Tune in to learn more about:

  • Worker cooperatives and the solidarity economy
  • Spirit led creative entrepreneurship
  • Participatory budgeting
  • Democratically governed investment funds
  • Time banks

 We get into capitalism 101, the limitations of Black capitalism, the myth of meritocracy, redefining success, and the role of mutualism and cooperation in our collective liberation.

Be sure to take our quick survey! 

And sign up for the upcoming Taja Tuesday Artist Talk on Tues 9/6 – the day after labor day! - to learn more about the love and labor that went into this podcast, and what’s on the horizon. Join the Patreon at the Creative Conversation level or above to access the live virtual event or the replay.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Renee Hatcher is a human rights and solidarity economy lawyer. She is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:21:45) 

Nia Evans is the Executive Director of the Boston Ujima Project.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:58)

 Azua Echevarria is a scent alchemist who sells Spirit care products via her brand Age Into Beauty. Alongside Toni Johnson, she is the co-creator of Wild Woman Twin Flame and 2 Dope Rags. Support their GoFundMe campaign! 

Toni Johnson is a healing artist who founded Rework Creative in 2005 where she makes and sells an eclectic collection of jewelry and future relics. Listen to her full interview with Azua on Patreon (running time: 01:43:57)

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

  

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-11231851 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 22:00:00 -0500 3554 2 10 full true Domestic Workers Part 2: Community Organizing Strategies & Contexts Historically & Today Domestic Workers Part 2: Community Organizing Strategies & Contexts Historically & Today We're continuing our conversation about domestic labor with a deep dive into the historical and current practice of organizing domestic workers for dignity and respect.

Tune in to learn more about:

  • the role of storytelling in building collective identity
  • community organizing strategies in and beyond legislated labor protections
  • professionalizing the workforce through narratives and negotiations
  • the politics of care work


ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)

Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)

Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)

Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here and read their full bios!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> We're continuing our conversation about domestic labor with a deep dive into the historical and current practice of organizing domestic workers for dignity and respect.

Tune in to learn more about:

  • the role of storytelling in building collective identity
  • community organizing strategies in and beyond legislated labor protections
  • professionalizing the workforce through narratives and negotiations
  • the politics of care work


ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)

Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)

Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)

Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here and read their full bios!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/domestic-workers-part-2-community-organizing-strategies-contexts-historically-today/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-11153532 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0500 3498 2 9 full true Domestic Workers Part 1: The Labor That Makes All Other Work Possible Domestic Workers Part 1: The Labor That Makes All Other Work Possible Taking care of children, disabled folks, the elderly, and the home is important work, but it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves - whether it’s paid or unpaid labor.

In this first part of a two-part series, we get an inside look into an occupation behind closed doors and in private homes - domestic work.

Tune in to hear from 5 incredible guests about:

  • Why and how people become domestic laborers
  • The dynamics of race, class, and gender that inform employer and employee relationships
  • How domestic workers create and negotiate contracts and boundaries
  • The disrespectful treatment and undignified labor conditions domestic workers have endured
  • How their labor makes all other work possible


ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)

Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)

Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)

Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> Taking care of children, disabled folks, the elderly, and the home is important work, but it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves - whether it’s paid or unpaid labor.

In this first part of a two-part series, we get an inside look into an occupation behind closed doors and in private homes - domestic work.

Tune in to hear from 5 incredible guests about:

  • Why and how people become domestic laborers
  • The dynamics of race, class, and gender that inform employer and employee relationships
  • How domestic workers create and negotiate contracts and boundaries
  • The disrespectful treatment and undignified labor conditions domestic workers have endured
  • How their labor makes all other work possible


ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)

Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)

Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)

Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/domestic-workers-part-1-the-labor-that-makes-all-other-work-possible/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-11073086 Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:00:00 -0500 3494 2 8 full true Back to Work: Examining Labor Narratives During Welfare Reform & the Pandemic Back to Work: Examining Labor Narratives During Welfare Reform & the Pandemic Welfare reform in the 90’s and the recent pandemic may seem like radically different moments in history but they share a few things in common, namely back to work labor narratives that:

  • are overly reliant on frameworks of personal responsibility
  • prioritize work over health and wellbeing
  • perpetuate policies, practices, and beliefs that are racist, sexist, classist, and ableist

Tune in to hear from three brilliant guests sharing their stories and expertise on:

  • the history and impact of welfare reform in the 90’s
  • navigating return to work during the pandemic
  • the medicine and wisdom of disability justice in imagining new ways to work and live

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Sydnie Mosley is an artist-activist and educator who works with communities to organize for gender and racial justice through experiential dance performance with her dance-theater collective Sydnie L. Mosley Dances. She wrote an article in Dance Magazine entitled "I Have No Desire to Produce a Performance, Live or Livestreamed, Until the Pandemic Is Over. I’ll Wait." Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)

Diana Romero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Sciences and director of the Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health specialization (MCRSH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York City. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:51)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. As a person with a disability and a biracial woman, she has devoted her work to advancing rights at the intersection of disability justice and racial justice. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> Welfare reform in the 90’s and the recent pandemic may seem like radically different moments in history but they share a few things in common, namely back to work labor narratives that:

  • are overly reliant on frameworks of personal responsibility
  • prioritize work over health and wellbeing
  • perpetuate policies, practices, and beliefs that are racist, sexist, classist, and ableist

Tune in to hear from three brilliant guests sharing their stories and expertise on:

  • the history and impact of welfare reform in the 90’s
  • navigating return to work during the pandemic
  • the medicine and wisdom of disability justice in imagining new ways to work and live

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Sydnie Mosley is an artist-activist and educator who works with communities to organize for gender and racial justice through experiential dance performance with her dance-theater collective Sydnie L. Mosley Dances. She wrote an article in Dance Magazine entitled "I Have No Desire to Produce a Performance, Live or Livestreamed, Until the Pandemic Is Over. I’ll Wait." Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)

Diana Romero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Sciences and director of the Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health specialization (MCRSH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York City. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:51)

Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. As a person with a disability and a biracial woman, she has devoted her work to advancing rights at the intersection of disability justice and racial justice. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)

Learn more about podcast guests here!

SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/back-to-work-examining-labor-narratives-during-welfare-reform-the-pandemic/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10911548 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500 3642 2 7 full true Discovering Your Purpose with Astrology Discovering Your Purpose with Astrology Have you ever asked yourself: 

“why am I alive?”| “what is my calling?” | “what’s my next career move?” 

If so, this episode is for you!

In this intergenerational podcast workshop, we discuss:

  • Astrology 101 reviewing signs, elements, and modalities
  • How to tap into your personal astrology without knowing your birth time or location
  • The houses to look to in your natal chart for a sense of your talents, gifts, resources, work style, purpose, and legacy
  • Example chart readings of Black women artists and activists

 Tune in to learn more about your place among the stars!

 Also! check out our 37 page digital workbook designed to help you follow along and to integrate what you learn in the episode. This workbook includes: 

  • 22 worksheets to help you decode your cosmic blueprint
  • 10 cheat sheets of correspondences, rulerships, and keywords
  • Plus! Relevant bonus info  we didn’t have time to cover in the episode!

Join the Patreon at the Creative Foundation level or above to access the workbook!

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

deria (they/she/we) is a revolutionary lover looking to the stars and the soil for guidance in this lifetime. she has creative works published at Nightboat Blog, Spicy Zine, Felt Mag, Black Youth Project, and Desert Rose Magazine. you can email her at deria [dot] em [at] gmail [dot] com to connect. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)

Deborah Singletary has served as an astrological consultant for 40 years. She loves teaching astrology, giving personal consultations as well as utilizing her passion for art in her work as an interfaith minister to create workshops to help people to pierce the veil separating them from their true selves. She founded Vision Carriers in 1986 as a way of organizing her life missions and purposes. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:50:35)

 
SUPPORT THE SHOW

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

 

CREDIT

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the
Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> Have you ever asked yourself: 

“why am I alive?”| “what is my calling?” | “what’s my next career move?” 

If so, this episode is for you!

In this intergenerational podcast workshop, we discuss:

  • Astrology 101 reviewing signs, elements, and modalities
  • How to tap into your personal astrology without knowing your birth time or location
  • The houses to look to in your natal chart for a sense of your talents, gifts, resources, work style, purpose, and legacy
  • Example chart readings of Black women artists and activists

 Tune in to learn more about your place among the stars!

 Also! check out our 37 page digital workbook designed to help you follow along and to integrate what you learn in the episode. This workbook includes: 

  • 22 worksheets to help you decode your cosmic blueprint
  • 10 cheat sheets of correspondences, rulerships, and keywords
  • Plus! Relevant bonus info  we didn’t have time to cover in the episode!

Join the Patreon at the Creative Foundation level or above to access the workbook!

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

deria (they/she/we) is a revolutionary lover looking to the stars and the soil for guidance in this lifetime. she has creative works published at Nightboat Blog, Spicy Zine, Felt Mag, Black Youth Project, and Desert Rose Magazine. you can email her at deria [dot] em [at] gmail [dot] com to connect. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)

Deborah Singletary has served as an astrological consultant for 40 years. She loves teaching astrology, giving personal consultations as well as utilizing her passion for art in her work as an interfaith minister to create workshops to help people to pierce the veil separating them from their true selves. She founded Vision Carriers in 1986 as a way of organizing her life missions and purposes. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:50:35)

 
SUPPORT THE SHOW

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

 

CREDIT

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the
Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/discovering-your-purpose-with-astrology/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10834233 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:00:00 -0500 3572 astrology, purpose, labor 2 6 full true Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) | A Panel Discussion about Race, Gender, & the Labor of Anti-Oppression Work Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) | A Panel Discussion about Race, Gender, & the Labor of Anti-Oppression Work “We are in the business of putting ourselves out of business.” Nico Le Blanc

In our first - and only! - panel discussion of the season, Taja Lindley facilitates a conversation with 3 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners with 40+ years of experience between them. Tune in to hear:

  • What DEI work looks like in institutional settings to support racial equity and social movements.
  • How they determine who they will (not) work with and why.
  • The frameworks that guide their practice (i.e. critical race theory, radical Black feminism, etc.)
  • The ways race and gender impact how their work gets done.
  • What it’s like to hold space for anti-racism while Black.
  • Who is responsible for doing this work? And who should (not) be doing this work?

PANELISTS

Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a facilitator and author based in NYC  (unceded land of the Lenape people). As she wraps up her doctoral studies, she works part-time as a trainer for the Center for Racial Justice in Education, the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, and Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race & Equity.  Megan is co-author of First Conversations, a critically acclaimed series of books for young children on race, gender, consent, and bodies. 

Nico Le Blanc is a passionate Black, Queer, Non-Binary BEing who currently serves as Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion at NYU and as a yoga and meditation instructor, counselor, and advocate focused on creating positive, safe, and empowering spaces that facilitate vulnerability, and healing. They are committed to the upliftment, self-care, health, vitality, and liberation of ALL Black BEings. 

Zerandrian Morris (aka ‘The Ignant Intellectual’) is a capital 'B' Black non-binary transmasculine girl-identified person born & raised in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans currently living in DC. Zerandrian is a 2001 graduate of THE Spelman College. Zerandrian is a social impact strategist who creates paradigm-shifting experiences for companies, institutions, organizations, and individuals around topics like anti-racism, anti-Blackness, and racial equity. 

SUPPORT THE SHOW

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> “We are in the business of putting ourselves out of business.” Nico Le Blanc

In our first - and only! - panel discussion of the season, Taja Lindley facilitates a conversation with 3 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners with 40+ years of experience between them. Tune in to hear:

  • What DEI work looks like in institutional settings to support racial equity and social movements.
  • How they determine who they will (not) work with and why.
  • The frameworks that guide their practice (i.e. critical race theory, radical Black feminism, etc.)
  • The ways race and gender impact how their work gets done.
  • What it’s like to hold space for anti-racism while Black.
  • Who is responsible for doing this work? And who should (not) be doing this work?

PANELISTS

Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a facilitator and author based in NYC  (unceded land of the Lenape people). As she wraps up her doctoral studies, she works part-time as a trainer for the Center for Racial Justice in Education, the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, and Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race & Equity.  Megan is co-author of First Conversations, a critically acclaimed series of books for young children on race, gender, consent, and bodies. 

Nico Le Blanc is a passionate Black, Queer, Non-Binary BEing who currently serves as Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion at NYU and as a yoga and meditation instructor, counselor, and advocate focused on creating positive, safe, and empowering spaces that facilitate vulnerability, and healing. They are committed to the upliftment, self-care, health, vitality, and liberation of ALL Black BEings. 

Zerandrian Morris (aka ‘The Ignant Intellectual’) is a capital 'B' Black non-binary transmasculine girl-identified person born & raised in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans currently living in DC. Zerandrian is a 2001 graduate of THE Spelman College. Zerandrian is a social impact strategist who creates paradigm-shifting experiences for companies, institutions, organizations, and individuals around topics like anti-racism, anti-Blackness, and racial equity. 

SUPPORT THE SHOW

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10747826 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500 3138 racial equity, anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion, DEI, anti-oppression, racial justice, social justice, Black Women's Labor, economic justice, Taja Lindley 2 5 full true All Black Everything | Is a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine? All Black Everything | Is a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine? Is a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine?

The short is no.

 Using race to remedy racism is not enough. 

And let's talk about why with four Black providers in reproductive health: an OBGYN, a nurse midwife, a traditional midwife, and a midwifery student.

Tune in to hear the benefits of adding more Black folks to the healthcare workforce, as well as how this diversity-based approach is an incomplete strategy to remedy health inequity, including:

  • The ways racism is embedded into healthcare education, training, tools and systems
  • How harm can be reproduced in medical settings regardless of the race of the provider 
  • How Black folks can have poor experiences with Black providers
  • Alternative and additional strategies to ensure better health experiences and outcomes for Black pregnant and birthing people

GUESTS
Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and was recently appointed as Chair and Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of  SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine and School of Public Health. Full interview on Patreon (00:57:15)

Efe Osaren has been a doula since 2014 and is currently completing her midwifery education. She has served over 200 families and is crowdfunding  to help pay for her license and board exam. Efe is also a reproductive justice advocate and is the Founder of Doula Chronicles. Full interview on Patreon (01:16:10)

Nubia Earth Martin is a Community Birth Worker, Traditional Midwife, and Founder/President of Birth from The Earth Inc., a non-profit organization steeped in education and empowerment, providing a variety of health and wellness services. Full interview on Patreon (01:10:23)

Melissa Thomas* is a Black nurse midwife working in a major metropolitan area who has attended over 350 births in her career spanning over a decade in primarily hospital settings. She came on the podcast anonymously and her name has been changed to protect her identity. Full interview on Patreon (01:03:47)

SUPPORT!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more and to access the studies Dr. Clare referenced in the episode.

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> Is a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine?

The short is no.

 Using race to remedy racism is not enough. 

And let's talk about why with four Black providers in reproductive health: an OBGYN, a nurse midwife, a traditional midwife, and a midwifery student.

Tune in to hear the benefits of adding more Black folks to the healthcare workforce, as well as how this diversity-based approach is an incomplete strategy to remedy health inequity, including:

  • The ways racism is embedded into healthcare education, training, tools and systems
  • How harm can be reproduced in medical settings regardless of the race of the provider 
  • How Black folks can have poor experiences with Black providers
  • Alternative and additional strategies to ensure better health experiences and outcomes for Black pregnant and birthing people

GUESTS
Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and was recently appointed as Chair and Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of  SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine and School of Public Health. Full interview on Patreon (00:57:15)

Efe Osaren has been a doula since 2014 and is currently completing her midwifery education. She has served over 200 families and is crowdfunding  to help pay for her license and board exam. Efe is also a reproductive justice advocate and is the Founder of Doula Chronicles. Full interview on Patreon (01:16:10)

Nubia Earth Martin is a Community Birth Worker, Traditional Midwife, and Founder/President of Birth from The Earth Inc., a non-profit organization steeped in education and empowerment, providing a variety of health and wellness services. Full interview on Patreon (01:10:23)

Melissa Thomas* is a Black nurse midwife working in a major metropolitan area who has attended over 350 births in her career spanning over a decade in primarily hospital settings. She came on the podcast anonymously and her name has been changed to protect her identity. Full interview on Patreon (01:03:47)

SUPPORT!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more and to access the studies Dr. Clare referenced in the episode.

CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10674663 Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500 3472 Efe Osaren, Camille Clare, Nubia Martin, Birth from the Earth, midwife, midwifery, OBGYN, nurse, healthcare, policy, workforce, Black Women's Labor 2 4 full true The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford | Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford | Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way

Are you curious about how to get pregnant when queer?
“Don't use a turkey baster!” Olivia Ford

Olivia started her path to parenthood before being partnered. After her intuition told her it was time to pursue pregnancy, she popped the question to her gay guy friend: how would you like to make a baby with me? After 10 unsuccessful tries, she and her boo (now wife) purchased semen during a BOGO sale at a sperm bank and got pregnant with the second vial. 

Tune in to hear Olivia's nine year journey to Black queer motherhood including:

  • intracervical and intrauterine insemination 
  • pursuing pregnancy with a known donor who is living with HIV
  • dating while trying to get pregnant
  • the limitations and possibilities of the fertility industry for Black people and queer folks

During the interview, Olivia mentions this piece from Linda Villarosa in The New York Times Magazine entitled: "Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis"

This episode is the second part of a two-part series featuring birth stories that relied on assisted reproductive technologies and it has been edited for clarity and length. To listen to the full interview, visit Patreon.com/TajaLindley.

Olivia Ford (she/her; they/their) has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007. She is the editorial director for The Well Project, an online information, support, and advocacy resource serving a global audience of women living with HIV. She trained as a doula in 2004 and serves as a perinatal health advocate with Birthmark Doula Collective, a birth justice organization supporting pregnant and parenting people and their families in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Olivia and her wife are the dazzled, exhausted co-mamas of a smart-mouthed toddler, Orian (pronounced like “Dorian” without the “D”).

Her full interview is available on Patreon (running time: 02:26:18)


Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


Credits

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 


Support the show

]]> Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way

Are you curious about how to get pregnant when queer?
“Don't use a turkey baster!” Olivia Ford

Olivia started her path to parenthood before being partnered. After her intuition told her it was time to pursue pregnancy, she popped the question to her gay guy friend: how would you like to make a baby with me? After 10 unsuccessful tries, she and her boo (now wife) purchased semen during a BOGO sale at a sperm bank and got pregnant with the second vial. 

Tune in to hear Olivia's nine year journey to Black queer motherhood including:

  • intracervical and intrauterine insemination 
  • pursuing pregnancy with a known donor who is living with HIV
  • dating while trying to get pregnant
  • the limitations and possibilities of the fertility industry for Black people and queer folks

During the interview, Olivia mentions this piece from Linda Villarosa in The New York Times Magazine entitled: "Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis"

This episode is the second part of a two-part series featuring birth stories that relied on assisted reproductive technologies and it has been edited for clarity and length. To listen to the full interview, visit Patreon.com/TajaLindley.

Olivia Ford (she/her; they/their) has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007. She is the editorial director for The Well Project, an online information, support, and advocacy resource serving a global audience of women living with HIV. She trained as a doula in 2004 and serves as a perinatal health advocate with Birthmark Doula Collective, a birth justice organization supporting pregnant and parenting people and their families in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Olivia and her wife are the dazzled, exhausted co-mamas of a smart-mouthed toddler, Orian (pronounced like “Dorian” without the “D”).

Her full interview is available on Patreon (running time: 02:26:18)


Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


Credits

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 


Support the show

]]> Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10582704 Tue, 10 May 2022 23:00:00 -0500 3876 birth story, HIV, assisted reproductive technology, LGBT, parenting, pregnancy, labor, Black women, childbirth, Olivia Ford, queer 2 3 full true The A.R.T. of Birthing with LeConté Dill | Part One: The Ol’ Mama Gang The A.R.T. of Birthing with LeConté Dill | Part One: The Ol’ Mama Gang Part One: The Ol’ Mama Gang

“I saw my daughter for the first time in a vision while I was meditating.” LeConté Dill

After Dr. LeConté Dill’s vision in 2014, she met her husband, had an epic first date, eloped, and began her journey to motherhood. 

She soon discovered she would need some support to get pregnant, namely A.R.T.s - or assisted reproductive technologies. She leaned on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive the baby of her literal dreams and gave birth in her early 40’s right before the lockdowns in NYC Spring 2020.

Tune in to hear how this crunk public health scholar:

  • created sacred ceremony and rituals to support her process
  • moved through the grief of miscarriage with poetry
  • addressed disrespectful medical treatment
  • received bomb-ass support from her mom, hubby, and doulas (Dana Ain-Davis - author of Reproductive Injustice - and Katy Cecen) during her pregnancy, labor, and immediate postpartum


This interview has been edited for clarity and length. To listen to the full interview, visit Patreon.com/TajaLindley.

Dr. LeConté Dill is a scholar, educator, and a poet in and out of classroom and community spaces from South Central Los Angeles, California. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University. She listens to and shows up for urban Black girls and other youth of color and works to rigorously document their experiences of safety, resilience, resistance, and wellness. Her work has been published in Poetry Magazine, Mom Egg Review, Journal of Poetry Therapy, and The Feminist Wire. Her full interview is available on Patreon (running time: 01:31:06).

Learn more about podcast guests here!

Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


Credits

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 



Support the show

]]> Part One: The Ol’ Mama Gang

“I saw my daughter for the first time in a vision while I was meditating.” LeConté Dill

After Dr. LeConté Dill’s vision in 2014, she met her husband, had an epic first date, eloped, and began her journey to motherhood. 

She soon discovered she would need some support to get pregnant, namely A.R.T.s - or assisted reproductive technologies. She leaned on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive the baby of her literal dreams and gave birth in her early 40’s right before the lockdowns in NYC Spring 2020.

Tune in to hear how this crunk public health scholar:

  • created sacred ceremony and rituals to support her process
  • moved through the grief of miscarriage with poetry
  • addressed disrespectful medical treatment
  • received bomb-ass support from her mom, hubby, and doulas (Dana Ain-Davis - author of Reproductive Injustice - and Katy Cecen) during her pregnancy, labor, and immediate postpartum


This interview has been edited for clarity and length. To listen to the full interview, visit Patreon.com/TajaLindley.

Dr. LeConté Dill is a scholar, educator, and a poet in and out of classroom and community spaces from South Central Los Angeles, California. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University. She listens to and shows up for urban Black girls and other youth of color and works to rigorously document their experiences of safety, resilience, resistance, and wellness. Her work has been published in Poetry Magazine, Mom Egg Review, Journal of Poetry Therapy, and The Feminist Wire. Her full interview is available on Patreon (running time: 01:31:06).

Learn more about podcast guests here!

Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


Credits

Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 



Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/the-art-of-birthing-with-leconte-dill/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10510080 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500 3281 assisted reproductive technologies, ART, in vitro fertilization, IVF, pregnancy, child birth, birth story, LeConte Dill, Taja Lindley, Black Women's Labor, reproductive justice, birth justice, doula, public health, NYC, colored girls hustle, New York 2 2 full true Gendered as Laborers with Jennifer Morgan & Dorothy Roberts | A Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S. Gendered as Laborers with Jennifer Morgan & Dorothy Roberts | A Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S. A Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S.

“Black women are at the heart of the history of the Atlantic world.”  Jennifer Morgan

What does it mean to be gendered as laborers? Both physiologically and economically? 

How has that served colonial and U.S. economic interests? 

And how has the U.S. responded when Black women’s labor and reproduction no longer served racial capitalism?

Tune in to time travel with us: your host, Taja Lindley, and our guests - Jennifer Morgan and Dorothy Roberts - as we discuss historical evidence and insight into these questions.

Be sure to support this work at Patreon.com/TajaLindley where you will be able to access exclusive content (including the upcoming Taja Tuesday Artist Talk) and full length interviews. 

Jennifer L. Morgan is Professor of History in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University where she also serves as Chair.  She is the author of Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Duke University Press, 2021, enter E21MORGN for a discount!); Laboring Women: Gender and Reproduction in the Making of New World Slavery (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004) and the co-editor of Connexions: Histories of Race and Sex in America (University of Illinois Press, 2016). Her research examines the intersections of gender and race in the Black Atlantic. 

Dorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in Africana Studies, Sociology, and the Law School, where she is the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. An acclaimed scholar and social justice activist, she is author of Killing the Black Body; Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare; Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century; and Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World.

Learn more about podcast guests here!

Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC of the Black&

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]]> A Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S.

“Black women are at the heart of the history of the Atlantic world.”  Jennifer Morgan

What does it mean to be gendered as laborers? Both physiologically and economically? 

How has that served colonial and U.S. economic interests? 

And how has the U.S. responded when Black women’s labor and reproduction no longer served racial capitalism?

Tune in to time travel with us: your host, Taja Lindley, and our guests - Jennifer Morgan and Dorothy Roberts - as we discuss historical evidence and insight into these questions.

Be sure to support this work at Patreon.com/TajaLindley where you will be able to access exclusive content (including the upcoming Taja Tuesday Artist Talk) and full length interviews. 

Jennifer L. Morgan is Professor of History in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University where she also serves as Chair.  She is the author of Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Duke University Press, 2021, enter E21MORGN for a discount!); Laboring Women: Gender and Reproduction in the Making of New World Slavery (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004) and the co-editor of Connexions: Histories of Race and Sex in America (University of Illinois Press, 2016). Her research examines the intersections of gender and race in the Black Atlantic. 

Dorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in Africana Studies, Sociology, and the Law School, where she is the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. An acclaimed scholar and social justice activist, she is author of Killing the Black Body; Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare; Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century; and Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World.

Learn more about podcast guests here!

Support the Show!

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS

Creator, Host and HBIC of the Black&

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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/gendered-as-laborers-with-jennifer-morgan-dorothy-roberts/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10422358 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500 2931 Taja Lindley, Colored Girls Hustle, Jennifer Morgan, Dorothy Roberts, labor, reproduction, Black women, pregnancy, childbirth, slavery, race, racism 2 1 full true Introducing the Black Women's Dept. of Labor Introducing the Black Women's Dept. of Labor Welcome to the Black Women's Dept. of Labor - a project and podcast by Taja Lindley about race, gender, and the double entendre of labor: to work and to give birth.

The first episode premieres Wednesday April 13th, 2022 during Black Maternal Health week! Tune in every other Wednesday for dynamic stories, conversations and analysis.

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram!
Sign up for our newsletter!
And support our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full length interviews with each of our guests featured this season.

Credits
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> Welcome to the Black Women's Dept. of Labor - a project and podcast by Taja Lindley about race, gender, and the double entendre of labor: to work and to give birth.

The first episode premieres Wednesday April 13th, 2022 during Black Maternal Health week! Tune in every other Wednesday for dynamic stories, conversations and analysis.

Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.

Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram!
Sign up for our newsletter!
And support our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full length interviews with each of our guests featured this season.

Credits
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley

Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson

Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer

Additional Music Production by Chip Belton

Vocals by Patience Sings

Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton

Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster

Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ

This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/introducing-the-black-womens-dept-of-labor/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10343396 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0500 197 Black Women, Taja Lindley, Colored Girls Hustle, labor, birth, work, maternal health, pregnancy, reproductive justice, economic justice 2 trailer false BJP NYC: Run It Back! S1 Recap BJP NYC: Run It Back! S1 Recap It's been a minute! The Birth Justice Podcast NYC team has been deep in process for the last year to bring you season 2 in 2022! But before we jump into a new season, it felt important to revisit and review some of the wisdom and insight from season one. Tune in to take a trip down memory lane and hear highlights from our esteemed guests as well as updates about the podcast.

Also: this podcast will be getting a new name! Stay tuned for details and be sure to support this work on Patreon.com/TajaLindley!


Hosted and Created by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support the show

]]> It's been a minute! The Birth Justice Podcast NYC team has been deep in process for the last year to bring you season 2 in 2022! But before we jump into a new season, it felt important to revisit and review some of the wisdom and insight from season one. Tune in to take a trip down memory lane and hear highlights from our esteemed guests as well as updates about the podcast.

Also: this podcast will be getting a new name! Stay tuned for details and be sure to support this work on Patreon.com/TajaLindley!


Hosted and Created by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/run-it-back-s1-recap/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-10107036 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0600 1460 birth justice, NYC, reproductive justice, Taja Lindley 1 bonus false BJP NYC 12: Tales from a Bronx-Based Time Traveling Doula with Evelyn Alvarez BJP NYC 12: Tales from a Bronx-Based Time Traveling Doula with Evelyn Alvarez Season 1 Episode 12 is the season finale and features an interview with Evelyn Alvarez: mom, doula, trainer, and the world’s best hypewoman! She’s also the cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective. In this week’s episode Evelyn shares the tales and the tea of being a doula in NYC. She also shares insights on the politics of doula compensation, what is happening in NYC hospitals, how medical routines cause harm, and how our City can do a better job of increasing doula access to clients who want and need them.

Announcements:

  • Help us grow and strengthen the podcast by filling out our listener survey!
  • Share your story on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC! Fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to learn more about you and your experience(s).

Evelyn Alvarez’s Bio:
Evelyn Alvarez facilitates workshops for educators and parents about Restorative Justice and practices, race and equity, and other topics. She is also founder of Prom King, a nonprofit that donates clothes to urban students to enable them to participate in special life events. She is one of three lead trainers at Radio Caña Negra, where they lead workshops about anti-Blackness in the Latinx community and co-host the Radio Caña Negra podcast. Most recently she is a co-founder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress. This collective donates diapers and formula to families in need. Bx Rebirth offers low cost doula support, mentoring to new doulas, and supports advocacy efforts that seek to improve maternal health outcomes for Black people in New York.

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How might medical practices and policies, as well as health outcomes, change if we center the experiences of Black women and Black birthing people?
  • What are the ways that routines can cause harm?
  • What have medical institutions and policymakers named as values that could use more/additional resources?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 12 is the season finale and features an interview with Evelyn Alvarez: mom, doula, trainer, and the world’s best hypewoman! She’s also the cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective. In this week’s episode Evelyn shares the tales and the tea of being a doula in NYC. She also shares insights on the politics of doula compensation, what is happening in NYC hospitals, how medical routines cause harm, and how our City can do a better job of increasing doula access to clients who want and need them.

Announcements:

  • Help us grow and strengthen the podcast by filling out our listener survey!
  • Share your story on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC! Fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to learn more about you and your experience(s).

Evelyn Alvarez’s Bio:
Evelyn Alvarez facilitates workshops for educators and parents about Restorative Justice and practices, race and equity, and other topics. She is also founder of Prom King, a nonprofit that donates clothes to urban students to enable them to participate in special life events. She is one of three lead trainers at Radio Caña Negra, where they lead workshops about anti-Blackness in the Latinx community and co-host the Radio Caña Negra podcast. Most recently she is a co-founder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress. This collective donates diapers and formula to families in need. Bx Rebirth offers low cost doula support, mentoring to new doulas, and supports advocacy efforts that seek to improve maternal health outcomes for Black people in New York.

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How might medical practices and policies, as well as health outcomes, change if we center the experiences of Black women and Black birthing people?
  • What are the ways that routines can cause harm?
  • What have medical institutions and policymakers named as values that could use more/additional resources?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/12-tales-from-a-bronx-based-time-traveling-doula-with-evelyn-alvarez/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5560930 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5423 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, Evelyn Alvarez, Bronx, Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective, doula, maternal health, doulas, birthworker, birth worker 1 12 full false BJP NYC 11: Pregnancy and Substance Use in NYC: An Introduction to Harm Reduction BJP NYC 11: Pregnancy and Substance Use in NYC: An Introduction to Harm Reduction Season 1 Episode 11 features an interview with Nathalia Gibbs and Dana Kurzer-Yashin from the National Harm Reduction Coalition. In this week’s episode we dive into a harm reduction 101 crash course where we get into the definition, history and current landscape of harm reduction policies and practices. We then apply this information to better understand how pregnant people who use drugs are navigating prenatal care, childbirth, and the child welfare system; and how New York City and State can better support people who use drugs. This episode is a follow up to Season 1 Episode 10 where we discussed how the war on drugs fuels the child welfare system’s presence in the lives of pregnant and parenting New Yorkers.

About this week’s guests:
Nathalia Gibbs (They/She) is a queer black doula, organizer and passionate believer in harm reduction serving as LGBTQ and Harm Reduction Coordinator where she is currently working on building the Lighthouse Learning Collective.

Dana Kurzer-Yashin (she/her) is the Overdose and Harm Reduction Trainer developing and administering trainings on  harm reduction, safer drug use, trauma informed care and de-escalation and more.

National Harm Reduction Coalition is a national advocacy and capacity-building organization that promotes the wellbeing and dignity of people and communities affected by drug use. Their efforts advance harm reduction policies, practices, and programs that address the adverse effects of drug use including overdose, HIV, hepatitis C, addiction, and incarceration. Recognizing that social inequality and injustice magnify drug related harm and limit the voice of our most vulnerable communities, they work to uphold every individual’s right to health and their competence to participate in the public policy dialogue.

References During the Episode:


Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 11 features an interview with Nathalia Gibbs and Dana Kurzer-Yashin from the National Harm Reduction Coalition. In this week’s episode we dive into a harm reduction 101 crash course where we get into the definition, history and current landscape of harm reduction policies and practices. We then apply this information to better understand how pregnant people who use drugs are navigating prenatal care, childbirth, and the child welfare system; and how New York City and State can better support people who use drugs. This episode is a follow up to Season 1 Episode 10 where we discussed how the war on drugs fuels the child welfare system’s presence in the lives of pregnant and parenting New Yorkers.

About this week’s guests:
Nathalia Gibbs (They/She) is a queer black doula, organizer and passionate believer in harm reduction serving as LGBTQ and Harm Reduction Coordinator where she is currently working on building the Lighthouse Learning Collective.

Dana Kurzer-Yashin (she/her) is the Overdose and Harm Reduction Trainer developing and administering trainings on  harm reduction, safer drug use, trauma informed care and de-escalation and more.

National Harm Reduction Coalition is a national advocacy and capacity-building organization that promotes the wellbeing and dignity of people and communities affected by drug use. Their efforts advance harm reduction policies, practices, and programs that address the adverse effects of drug use including overdose, HIV, hepatitis C, addiction, and incarceration. Recognizing that social inequality and injustice magnify drug related harm and limit the voice of our most vulnerable communities, they work to uphold every individual’s right to health and their competence to participate in the public policy dialogue.

References During the Episode:


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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/11-pregnancy-and-substance-use-in-nyc-an-introduction-to-harm-reduction/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5455279 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5830 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, war on drugs, harm reduction, National Harm Reduction Coalition, substance use, drug use, pregnancy, childbirth, child welfare, child protection services 1 11 full false BJP NYC 10: How the Child Welfare System Undermines Pregnant People and Families with Erin Miles Cloud BJP NYC 10: How the Child Welfare System Undermines Pregnant People and Families with Erin Miles Cloud Season 1 Episode 10 features an interview with Erin Miles Cloud: a lawyer and a mother, as well as the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Movement for Family Power. In this week’s episode we do a deep dive into the womb to foster care pipeline and the ways in which hospitals and social workers are complicit in criminalizing poor parents and people who use drugs. We get into the relationship between the police department and child welfare services, and how the child welfare system incentivizes the separation of families.

Announcement:
Share your story on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC! Fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to learn more about you and your experience(s).

Erin Miles Cloud’s Bio:
Erin Miles Cloud is the co-director/co-founder of Movement for Family Power, and a former family defense public defender. She is  Baltimore born, and Bronx living.  She is Black mother of two beautiful children. 


References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can we better support pregnant people and parents who are poor? Who use drugs and substances? 
  • When we consider abolition of police, we need to also consider all of the ways that police are embedded in social welfare programs. And how social welfare programs mimic the values and behaviors of police. 

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Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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]]> Season 1 Episode 10 features an interview with Erin Miles Cloud: a lawyer and a mother, as well as the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Movement for Family Power. In this week’s episode we do a deep dive into the womb to foster care pipeline and the ways in which hospitals and social workers are complicit in criminalizing poor parents and people who use drugs. We get into the relationship between the police department and child welfare services, and how the child welfare system incentivizes the separation of families.

Announcement:
Share your story on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC! Fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to learn more about you and your experience(s).

Erin Miles Cloud’s Bio:
Erin Miles Cloud is the co-director/co-founder of Movement for Family Power, and a former family defense public defender. She is  Baltimore born, and Bronx living.  She is Black mother of two beautiful children. 


References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can we better support pregnant people and parents who are poor? Who use drugs and substances? 
  • When we consider abolition of police, we need to also consider all of the ways that police are embedded in social welfare programs. And how social welfare programs mimic the values and behaviors of police. 

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/10-how-the-child-welfare-system-undermines-pregnant-people-and-families-with-erin-miles-cloud/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5357047 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5764 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, Erin Miles Cloud, child welfare services, ACS, war on drugs, drug use, substance use, East Harlem, East new York, South Bronx 1 10 full false BJP NYC 09: A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste BJP NYC 09: A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste Season 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story) as well as the birth injustice she has witnessed in New York City as a doula and as an advocate. We also dive into doula work: from the importance of compensating doulas to valuing doulas as autonomous birthworkers. Nicole offers some sound suggestions and advice for what our City can do to better serve pregnant and parenting people, and folks of reproductive age.

Nicole Jean Baptiste’s Bio:
Of Southern American and Caribbean ancestry and based in the Bronx, New York, Nicole Jean Baptiste strives to center the borough and the Black experience in the birth and social justice activism in which she engages. Nicole is currently a Community Doula Consultant for the New York City Health Department’s COVID-19 Perinatal Taskforce. She is the founder of Sésé Doula Services and co-founder of the Bx (Re)Birth and Progress Collective. 


References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can our City make doulas more accessible to people who want them and need them? 
  • How can healthcare institutions and healthcare providers follow the lead of their patients and clients?

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Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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]]> Season 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story) as well as the birth injustice she has witnessed in New York City as a doula and as an advocate. We also dive into doula work: from the importance of compensating doulas to valuing doulas as autonomous birthworkers. Nicole offers some sound suggestions and advice for what our City can do to better serve pregnant and parenting people, and folks of reproductive age.

Nicole Jean Baptiste’s Bio:
Of Southern American and Caribbean ancestry and based in the Bronx, New York, Nicole Jean Baptiste strives to center the borough and the Black experience in the birth and social justice activism in which she engages. Nicole is currently a Community Doula Consultant for the New York City Health Department’s COVID-19 Perinatal Taskforce. She is the founder of Sésé Doula Services and co-founder of the Bx (Re)Birth and Progress Collective. 


References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can our City make doulas more accessible to people who want them and need them? 
  • How can healthcare institutions and healthcare providers follow the lead of their patients and clients?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/09-a-sisterly-approach-to-doula-care-in-nyc-with-nicole-jean-baptiste/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5250526 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:00:00 -0500 6400 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, public health, Nicole Jean Baptiste, doula, doulas, birthworker, birth worker, Bronx, Bronx Rebirth and Progress, Amber Rose Isaac 1 9 full false BJP NYC 08: How Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting Impacts the Reproductive Health of New Yorkers with Natasha Johnson BJP NYC 08: How Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting Impacts the Reproductive Health of New Yorkers with Natasha Johnson Season 1 Episode 8 features an interview with Natasha Johnson: activist, artist, advocate, academic, attorney, yoga instructor and the founder of Globalizing Gender. In this week’s episode we discuss female genital mutilation and cutting - what it is, why and how it happens, how it impacts sexual and reproductive health (including pregnancy and childbirth), and how it shows up in New York City.

Natasha Johnson’s Bio:
Natasha has been an educator for 21 years and an attorney for 15 years. In 2015 she founded Globalizing Gender (GG) where she educates, prevents, and reforms Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through capacity building, rule of law, governance, and awareness. Natasha organized NYC’s inaugural march to end FGM/C in the United States and is currently co-authoring NYC’s first holistic FGM/C legislation. As an artist she curates public forums and creates editorial-styled work that critiques and raises awareness of GBV. Natasha earned her Juris Doctorate from CUNY School of Law, her yoga certification from Breathe for Change, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University. 

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • Let's continue to investigate the many ways that people navigate and experience their health. What are other practices - whether they be cultural, religious, or personal - that impact how people experience their sexual and reproductive health?
  • Let's consider the many ways that law enforcement permeates our society - especially social services. How do we ensure that folks who experience gender based violence are taken care of when/if we abolish police?


Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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]]> Season 1 Episode 8 features an interview with Natasha Johnson: activist, artist, advocate, academic, attorney, yoga instructor and the founder of Globalizing Gender. In this week’s episode we discuss female genital mutilation and cutting - what it is, why and how it happens, how it impacts sexual and reproductive health (including pregnancy and childbirth), and how it shows up in New York City.

Natasha Johnson’s Bio:
Natasha has been an educator for 21 years and an attorney for 15 years. In 2015 she founded Globalizing Gender (GG) where she educates, prevents, and reforms Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through capacity building, rule of law, governance, and awareness. Natasha organized NYC’s inaugural march to end FGM/C in the United States and is currently co-authoring NYC’s first holistic FGM/C legislation. As an artist she curates public forums and creates editorial-styled work that critiques and raises awareness of GBV. Natasha earned her Juris Doctorate from CUNY School of Law, her yoga certification from Breathe for Change, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University. 

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • Let's continue to investigate the many ways that people navigate and experience their health. What are other practices - whether they be cultural, religious, or personal - that impact how people experience their sexual and reproductive health?
  • Let's consider the many ways that law enforcement permeates our society - especially social services. How do we ensure that folks who experience gender based violence are taken care of when/if we abolish police?


Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/08-how-female-genital-mutilation-cutting-impacts-the-reproductive-health-of-new-yorkers-with-natasha-johnson/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5150188 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0500 6782 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, public health, Natasha Johnson, FGM, FGMC, Gloablizing Gender, female genital mutilation and cutting, sexual health, reproductive health 1 8 full false BJP NYC 07: A Scholar Activist's Brief History of Reproductive Justice in NYC with Dr. Lynn Roberts BJP NYC 07: A Scholar Activist's Brief History of Reproductive Justice in NYC with Dr. Lynn Roberts Season 1 Episode 7 features an interview with Dr. Lynn Roberts: a mother, grandmother, professor, and scholar activist. In this week’s episode we discuss some historical moments of reproductive justice organizing and advocacy in New York City from the nineties and early 2000’s as well as the intersections of public health and reproductive justice in Lynn’s career and beyond.

Lynn Roberts’ Bio:
Dr. Lynn Roberts earned a Bachelor in Science in human development from Howard University (1984) and a PhD in Human Services Studies from Cornell University (1991). She is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Alumni Relations and a tenured faculty member in the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Prior to CUNY, she oversaw the development, implementation and evaluation of several programs for women and youth in NYC. She is an emeritus board member of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and co-edited the anthology, Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique.

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:
What are the frameworks and theories that guide your work? And how can those frameworks and theories influence (and be influenced by) your activism?

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Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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]]> Season 1 Episode 7 features an interview with Dr. Lynn Roberts: a mother, grandmother, professor, and scholar activist. In this week’s episode we discuss some historical moments of reproductive justice organizing and advocacy in New York City from the nineties and early 2000’s as well as the intersections of public health and reproductive justice in Lynn’s career and beyond.

Lynn Roberts’ Bio:
Dr. Lynn Roberts earned a Bachelor in Science in human development from Howard University (1984) and a PhD in Human Services Studies from Cornell University (1991). She is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Alumni Relations and a tenured faculty member in the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Prior to CUNY, she oversaw the development, implementation and evaluation of several programs for women and youth in NYC. She is an emeritus board member of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and co-edited the anthology, Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique.

References During the Episode:

Questions to Consider After the Episode:
What are the frameworks and theories that guide your work? And how can those frameworks and theories influence (and be influenced by) your activism?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/07-a-scholar-activists-brief-history-of-reproductive-justice-in-nyc-with-dr-lynn-roberts/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-5056502 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5228 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, health inequity, public health, HIV, Lynn Roberts, scholar activist, adoption 1 7 full false BJP NYC 06: Fake Clinics: How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Coerce People to Give Birth with Elizabeth Estrada BJP NYC 06: Fake Clinics: How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Coerce People to Give Birth with Elizabeth Estrada Season 1 Episode 6 features an interview with Elizabeth Estrada ( commonly known as Eli) - a Mexican immigrant organizer based in the Bronx working on reproductive justice in New York City and State. In this episode we discuss fake clinics, also known as crisis pregnancy centers.

We do a deep dive into how fake clinics are intentionally confusing and coercing people to give birth by creating barriers and detours, as well as providing misinformation to people who are looking to learn about and access abortion.


Elizabeth Estrada Bio:
Elizabeth Estrada serves as the New York Field and Advocacy Manager at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. Previously, she served as the Civic Engagement Manager where she worked to raise the voices of Latinas nationally for policy change at all levels of government on issues that impact people's reproductive freedom and self-determination. Elizabeth immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of 4, where she remained undocumented until age 13. She began as a Sexual and Reproductive Health “Promotora” for the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Elizabeth has had the honor of organizing hundreds of women on reproductive justice in her 10 years of grassroots organizing experience.


References During the Episode:

  • Reach out to Eli to get involved in the fight against fake clinics in The Bronx and throughout NY State email: newyork@latinainstitute.org
  • Pro Truth New York: a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates, policy makers, and service providers, united to fight fake abortion clinics
  • Expose Fake Clinics: a national initiative created to tell the truth about manipulative, fake reproductive health centers
  • Advocates for Youth: where Eli first shared her abortion story via their 1in3 campaign.
  • Yo Te Apoyo: a campaign from Latina Institute to destigmatize abortion, and shift the culture to one of compassion and dignity.
  • Renee Bracey Sherman: award winning reproductive justice activist and writer with expertise in public abortion storytelling and ending abortion stigma
  • Lifting Latina Voices Initiative at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta, GA
  • Legislation for a research board to measure impact of fake clinics: NYS Assembly passed the LSPC Study Bill (A.8212) on 7/21. It authorizes the Commissioner of Health to conduct a study and issue a report examining the unmet health and resource needs facing pregnant women in New York and the impact of limited service pregnancy centers

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

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For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

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Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 6 features an interview with Elizabeth Estrada ( commonly known as Eli) - a Mexican immigrant organizer based in the Bronx working on reproductive justice in New York City and State. In this episode we discuss fake clinics, also known as crisis pregnancy centers.

We do a deep dive into how fake clinics are intentionally confusing and coercing people to give birth by creating barriers and detours, as well as providing misinformation to people who are looking to learn about and access abortion.


Elizabeth Estrada Bio:
Elizabeth Estrada serves as the New York Field and Advocacy Manager at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. Previously, she served as the Civic Engagement Manager where she worked to raise the voices of Latinas nationally for policy change at all levels of government on issues that impact people's reproductive freedom and self-determination. Elizabeth immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of 4, where she remained undocumented until age 13. She began as a Sexual and Reproductive Health “Promotora” for the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Elizabeth has had the honor of organizing hundreds of women on reproductive justice in her 10 years of grassroots organizing experience.


References During the Episode:

  • Reach out to Eli to get involved in the fight against fake clinics in The Bronx and throughout NY State email: newyork@latinainstitute.org
  • Pro Truth New York: a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates, policy makers, and service providers, united to fight fake abortion clinics
  • Expose Fake Clinics: a national initiative created to tell the truth about manipulative, fake reproductive health centers
  • Advocates for Youth: where Eli first shared her abortion story via their 1in3 campaign.
  • Yo Te Apoyo: a campaign from Latina Institute to destigmatize abortion, and shift the culture to one of compassion and dignity.
  • Renee Bracey Sherman: award winning reproductive justice activist and writer with expertise in public abortion storytelling and ending abortion stigma
  • Lifting Latina Voices Initiative at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta, GA
  • Legislation for a research board to measure impact of fake clinics: NYS Assembly passed the LSPC Study Bill (A.8212) on 7/21. It authorizes the Commissioner of Health to conduct a study and issue a report examining the unmet health and resource needs facing pregnant women in New York and the impact of limited service pregnancy centers

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/06-fake-clinics-how-crisis-pregnancy-centers-coerce-people-to-give-birth-with-elizabeth-estrada/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4956182 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5916 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, health inequity, Elizabeth Estrada, fake clinics, crisis pregnancy center, abortion, Bronx, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Latinx 1 6 full false BJP NYC 05: These Waters Run Deep: Bronx-Based Midwifery and Maternal Health with Carmen Mojica BJP NYC 05: These Waters Run Deep: Bronx-Based Midwifery and Maternal Health with Carmen Mojica Season 1 Episode 5 features an interview with Carmen Mojica. We discuss her journey into birthwork and motherhood, the history and current practice of midwifery, and what it will take to achieve birth justice in the Bronx and in New York City.

Carmen Mojica Bio:
Carmen Mojica CPM, LM CLC is an Afro-Dominicana born and raised in the Bronx. She is a midwife, mother, writer and reproductive health activist. The focus of her work is on the empowerment of women and people of the African Diaspora, specifically discussing the Afro-Latina identity. She utilizes her experience as a midwife to raise awareness on maternal and infant health for women, highlighting the disparities in the healthcare system in the United States for women of color. She is a cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress.


References During the Episode:


Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can we make midwifery more accessible in our City, namely Certified Nurse Midwives? 
  • What are ways our City can provide resources for people to give birth outside of hospitals? This can be in people’s homes and in birthing centers.
  • How can we shift conversations that focus solely on maternal mortality to take a look at the broad scope of how maternal healthcare is not serving the needs of pregnant and birthing people overall?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

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]]> Season 1 Episode 5 features an interview with Carmen Mojica. We discuss her journey into birthwork and motherhood, the history and current practice of midwifery, and what it will take to achieve birth justice in the Bronx and in New York City.

Carmen Mojica Bio:
Carmen Mojica CPM, LM CLC is an Afro-Dominicana born and raised in the Bronx. She is a midwife, mother, writer and reproductive health activist. The focus of her work is on the empowerment of women and people of the African Diaspora, specifically discussing the Afro-Latina identity. She utilizes her experience as a midwife to raise awareness on maternal and infant health for women, highlighting the disparities in the healthcare system in the United States for women of color. She is a cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress.


References During the Episode:


Questions to Consider After the Episode:

  • How can we make midwifery more accessible in our City, namely Certified Nurse Midwives? 
  • What are ways our City can provide resources for people to give birth outside of hospitals? This can be in people’s homes and in birthing centers.
  • How can we shift conversations that focus solely on maternal mortality to take a look at the broad scope of how maternal healthcare is not serving the needs of pregnant and birthing people overall?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/05-these-waters-run-deep-bronx-based-midwifery-and-maternal-health-with-carmen-mojica/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4859477 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0500 5812 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, health inequity, birth inequity, maternal mortality, maternal health, Carmen Mojica, midwives, midwifery, midwifery model of care, Bronx, COVID, Bronx Rebirth and Progress, d 1 5 full false BJP NYC 04: Going Beyond Birthwork: Ancient Song Doula Services with Chanel Porchia Albert BJP NYC 04: Going Beyond Birthwork: Ancient Song Doula Services with Chanel Porchia Albert Season 1 Episode 4 features an interview with Chanel Porchia Albert. We discuss how she became a doula, why she started Ancient Song Doula Services, the role of doulas in and beyond birthwork, and how Ancient Song is pivoting during this pandemic moment. We also chat about intergenerational hope and birthwork as political work for both the birthing person and the doula supporting them.

Chanel Porchia Albert Bio:
Commissioner Chanel L. Porchia Albert CD, CPD, CLC, CHHC is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ancient Song Doula Services: a reproductive health organization of over 70 full-spectrum community-based doulas focused on providing resources and full-spectrum doula services to women of color and marginalized communities throughout NYC and Northern New Jersey. She is a certified lactation counselor, midwifery assistant, and vegan chef who has served on various advisory boards throughout the country. When she is not working on legislative policy or facilitating workshops, you can find her spending time with her six children.


References During the Episode:

  • Follow Chanel (@chanel_porchia) and Ancient Song Doula Services (@ancientsong) on Instagram
  • Learn more about the Listen to Me Now! Campaign
  • If you live in NYC and need a care package/box from Ancient Song, email info@ancientsongdoulaservices.com
  • Donate to Ancient Song via PayPal or via their Amazon wishlist
  • Stay tuned for announcements from Ancient Song about the Virtual Decolonizing Birth Conference in Fall 2020 and recipients of the Juneteenth Birthworker Seed Fund
  • Young Lords takeover of Lincoln Hospital in 1970 on WNYC


Questions to consider after the episode:

  • How can we center intergenerational hope in birthwork and community organizing?
  • How to engage people who experience oppression and marginalization in political organizing and policy work? In world building work? How do we meet folks where they are so they too can bring their voices and experiences into the processes that shape our world? 
  • Birthwork is political work. For birthworkers: what is the work you can do to address unequal birth outcomes and experiences?

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of&

Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 4 features an interview with Chanel Porchia Albert. We discuss how she became a doula, why she started Ancient Song Doula Services, the role of doulas in and beyond birthwork, and how Ancient Song is pivoting during this pandemic moment. We also chat about intergenerational hope and birthwork as political work for both the birthing person and the doula supporting them.

Chanel Porchia Albert Bio:
Commissioner Chanel L. Porchia Albert CD, CPD, CLC, CHHC is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ancient Song Doula Services: a reproductive health organization of over 70 full-spectrum community-based doulas focused on providing resources and full-spectrum doula services to women of color and marginalized communities throughout NYC and Northern New Jersey. She is a certified lactation counselor, midwifery assistant, and vegan chef who has served on various advisory boards throughout the country. When she is not working on legislative policy or facilitating workshops, you can find her spending time with her six children.


References During the Episode:

  • Follow Chanel (@chanel_porchia) and Ancient Song Doula Services (@ancientsong) on Instagram
  • Learn more about the Listen to Me Now! Campaign
  • If you live in NYC and need a care package/box from Ancient Song, email info@ancientsongdoulaservices.com
  • Donate to Ancient Song via PayPal or via their Amazon wishlist
  • Stay tuned for announcements from Ancient Song about the Virtual Decolonizing Birth Conference in Fall 2020 and recipients of the Juneteenth Birthworker Seed Fund
  • Young Lords takeover of Lincoln Hospital in 1970 on WNYC


Questions to consider after the episode:

  • How can we center intergenerational hope in birthwork and community organizing?
  • How to engage people who experience oppression and marginalization in political organizing and policy work? In world building work? How do we meet folks where they are so they too can bring their voices and experiences into the processes that shape our world? 
  • Birthwork is political work. For birthworkers: what is the work you can do to address unequal birth outcomes and experiences?

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of&

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]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/04-going-beyond-birthwork-ancient-song-doula-services-with-chanel-porchia-albert/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4754846 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:00:00 -0500 6139 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, Chanel Porchia Albert, Ancient Song Doula Services, doula, birthwork, Brooklyn, decolonize birth 1 4 full false BJP NYC 03: Sistas on the Rise: A History of Organizing Teen Parents in NYC with Leslie Grant Spann BJP NYC 03: Sistas on the Rise: A History of Organizing Teen Parents in NYC with Leslie Grant Spann Season 1 Episode 3 features an interview with Leslie Grant Spann. We discuss her three birth stories, and do a deep dive into the history of reproductive justice community organizing via Sistas on the Rise in the Bronx, New York City and nationwide with young parents in the early 2000s.

Leslie Grant Spann Bio:
Leslie Grant-Spann began her work in social justice as a 15-year-old-mother working with Sistas on the Rise in the South Bronx. Leslie organized other young mothers around  access to education and childcare in New York with intersections to the larger reproductive justice movement. Leslie has served in a number of leadership positions: Executive Director of Sistas on the Rise (2007-2011); Secretary to the Board of Directors for SisterSong (2007-2013); and as a member of the Standing in Our Power Leadership team (2013-present). Leslie is the Director of Conferences and Convenings for Race Forward. In this role, Leslie is the Executive Producer of the Facing Race National Conference: the largest multiracial racial justice conference in the United States. Leslie also manages the production of over two dozen in-person and virtual events for the organization annually. In 2019 Leslie founded 31st Event Productions LLC which supports organizations and businesses to produce unique and inclusive in-person and virtual experiences to drive mission and brand awareness.


References During the Episode:

  • Young Women United (now Bold Futures)
  • Martha Neilson Schools (closed in 2007. Learn more about the closure’s effect on Sistas on the Rise and young parents on this blog post on Radical Doula)
  • Organizations and projects in NYC that are no longer around but organized with Sistas on the Rise: Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, Sister 2 Sister, Community Birthing Project

Questions to consider after the episode:
Leslie’s birth stories and history of reproductive justice organizing highlight some of the ways that multiple City agencies impact the health and well-being of parents and families. Consider: how do multiple systems and institutions impact health and families? Especially sexual and reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth. And how does this understanding impact how we organize communities for reproductive justice and birth justice?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 3 features an interview with Leslie Grant Spann. We discuss her three birth stories, and do a deep dive into the history of reproductive justice community organizing via Sistas on the Rise in the Bronx, New York City and nationwide with young parents in the early 2000s.

Leslie Grant Spann Bio:
Leslie Grant-Spann began her work in social justice as a 15-year-old-mother working with Sistas on the Rise in the South Bronx. Leslie organized other young mothers around  access to education and childcare in New York with intersections to the larger reproductive justice movement. Leslie has served in a number of leadership positions: Executive Director of Sistas on the Rise (2007-2011); Secretary to the Board of Directors for SisterSong (2007-2013); and as a member of the Standing in Our Power Leadership team (2013-present). Leslie is the Director of Conferences and Convenings for Race Forward. In this role, Leslie is the Executive Producer of the Facing Race National Conference: the largest multiracial racial justice conference in the United States. Leslie also manages the production of over two dozen in-person and virtual events for the organization annually. In 2019 Leslie founded 31st Event Productions LLC which supports organizations and businesses to produce unique and inclusive in-person and virtual experiences to drive mission and brand awareness.


References During the Episode:

  • Young Women United (now Bold Futures)
  • Martha Neilson Schools (closed in 2007. Learn more about the closure’s effect on Sistas on the Rise and young parents on this blog post on Radical Doula)
  • Organizations and projects in NYC that are no longer around but organized with Sistas on the Rise: Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, Sister 2 Sister, Community Birthing Project

Questions to consider after the episode:
Leslie’s birth stories and history of reproductive justice organizing highlight some of the ways that multiple City agencies impact the health and well-being of parents and families. Consider: how do multiple systems and institutions impact health and families? Especially sexual and reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth. And how does this understanding impact how we organize communities for reproductive justice and birth justice?

Created and Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/03-sistas-on-the-rise-a-history-of-organizing-teen-parents-in-nyc-with-leslie-grant-spann/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4664987 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:00:00 -0500 7313 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, history, community organizing, juvenile justice, teen pregnancy, teen parenting, homelessness, breastfeeding, miscarriage, Leslie Grant Spann, Sistas on the Rise 1 3 full false BJP NYC 02: A Brief History of American Gynecology with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens BJP NYC 02: A Brief History of American Gynecology with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Season 1 Episode 2 features an interview with professor Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens. We discuss a brief history of American gynecology and we reflect on what this history means in present day gynecological care, including her own experiences of medical racism.

But before we jump into this week's episode, we take a moment of silence for Sha-Asia Washington - a 26 year old Black woman who died during childbirth in early July at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Say her name. Learn her story. Here is the gofundme page to support her newborn and her family.

Deirdre Cooper Owens Bio:
Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’ (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors for her scholarly and advocacy work. A popular public speaker, Dr. Cooper Owens has spoken widely across the U.S. and Europe. She has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences. Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the Organization of American Historians as the best book written in African American women’s and gender history.  Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability. 

References During the Episode:

  • [Book] Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology
  • [Lecture] Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens presenting on her book Medical Bondage at Carnegie Mellon University (2019)
  • [Organization] East Harlem Preservation Society (Marina Ortiz, founder)

Questions to consider after the episode:
What are some examples of practices, behaviors and policies that are considered “normal” in healthcare that do not sit right with you? Consider how racist practices, behaviors and policies have become so rampant and routine that they are accepted as a normal part of American healthcare.

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> Season 1 Episode 2 features an interview with professor Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens. We discuss a brief history of American gynecology and we reflect on what this history means in present day gynecological care, including her own experiences of medical racism.

But before we jump into this week's episode, we take a moment of silence for Sha-Asia Washington - a 26 year old Black woman who died during childbirth in early July at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Say her name. Learn her story. Here is the gofundme page to support her newborn and her family.

Deirdre Cooper Owens Bio:
Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’ (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors for her scholarly and advocacy work. A popular public speaker, Dr. Cooper Owens has spoken widely across the U.S. and Europe. She has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences. Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the Organization of American Historians as the best book written in African American women’s and gender history.  Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability. 

References During the Episode:

  • [Book] Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology
  • [Lecture] Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens presenting on her book Medical Bondage at Carnegie Mellon University (2019)
  • [Organization] East Harlem Preservation Society (Marina Ortiz, founder)

Questions to consider after the episode:
What are some examples of practices, behaviors and policies that are considered “normal” in healthcare that do not sit right with you? Consider how racist practices, behaviors and policies have become so rampant and routine that they are accepted as a normal part of American healthcare.

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/02-a-brief-history-of-american-gynecology-with-dr-deirdre-cooper-owens/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4569152 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:00:00 -0500 6158 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, history, gynecology, Medical Bondage, Deidre Cooper Owens 1 2 full false BJP NYC 01: Pregnant and Parenting in the 1980’s: Adrianne Robinson’s Birth Story BJP NYC 01: Pregnant and Parenting in the 1980’s: Adrianne Robinson’s Birth Story The first episode of the first season of the Birth Justice Podcast NYC features an interview between podcast host Taja Lindley and her mother, Adrianne Robinson. This episode - the birth of the Birth Justice Podcast NYC - is released on the same day as Taja’s birthday! Adrianne shares her journey into motherhood and what it was like to give birth to Taja in New York City in 1985.

Adrianne Robinson’s Bio
Adrianne Robinson has always had a passion for science and helping others, while growing up her passion translated into her career. Adrianne obtained her degree in nursing at Beth Israel School of Nursing, completing her program while 7 months pregnant with her first daughter, Taja Lindley. She likes to joke that Taja has an honorary degree in nursing because she graduated while pregnant with her. Adrianne is currently an RN with 30+ years of experience in various areas of the healthcare industry including geriatrics, hospice, and homecare. Adrianne has concluded that the hardest thing about motherhood is keeping your cool when others try to come for your kids.

Questions to Consider After the Episode

  • What do our birth stories reveal about who we are and provide clarity about the lives we’re living? Also consider other births, other moments when you recreated yourself and are birthed anew.
  • How do birth stories and origin stories reveal patterns that show up in the American healthcare system and in New York City? 

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> The first episode of the first season of the Birth Justice Podcast NYC features an interview between podcast host Taja Lindley and her mother, Adrianne Robinson. This episode - the birth of the Birth Justice Podcast NYC - is released on the same day as Taja’s birthday! Adrianne shares her journey into motherhood and what it was like to give birth to Taja in New York City in 1985.

Adrianne Robinson’s Bio
Adrianne Robinson has always had a passion for science and helping others, while growing up her passion translated into her career. Adrianne obtained her degree in nursing at Beth Israel School of Nursing, completing her program while 7 months pregnant with her first daughter, Taja Lindley. She likes to joke that Taja has an honorary degree in nursing because she graduated while pregnant with her. Adrianne is currently an RN with 30+ years of experience in various areas of the healthcare industry including geriatrics, hospice, and homecare. Adrianne has concluded that the hardest thing about motherhood is keeping your cool when others try to come for your kids.

Questions to Consider After the Episode

  • What do our birth stories reveal about who we are and provide clarity about the lives we’re living? Also consider other births, other moments when you recreated yourself and are birthed anew.
  • How do birth stories and origin stories reveal patterns that show up in the American healthcare system and in New York City? 

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.

Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/01-pregnant-and-parenting-in-the-1980s-adrianne-robinsons-birth-story/ Colored Girls Hustle Buzzsprout-4481678 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:00:00 -0500 5823 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice, birth story 1 1 full false BJP NYC Prelude: What to Expect on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC BJP NYC Prelude: What to Expect on the Birth Justice Podcast NYC In this pre-season (and pre- series!) prelude episode, the Birth Justice Podcast NYC host Taja Lindley shares what brings her to this podcast project, and what you can expect to hear and experience in Season 1 and beyond.

Links to information and resources that Taja references in this episode:

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.



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]]> In this pre-season (and pre- series!) prelude episode, the Birth Justice Podcast NYC host Taja Lindley shares what brings her to this podcast project, and what you can expect to hear and experience in Season 1 and beyond.

Links to information and resources that Taja references in this episode:

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Music, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPal
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.



Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/prelude-what-to-expect-on-the-birth-justice-podcast-nyc/ Taja Lindley Buzzsprout-4367282 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:00:00 -0500 4482 Taja Lindley, New York City, NYC, New York, birth justice, reproductive justice 1 bonus false BJP NYC Trailer: Introducing the Birth Justice Podcast NYC BJP NYC Trailer: Introducing the Birth Justice Podcast NYC Get ready for the Birth Justice Podcast NYC - the only podcast on the internet exclusively grappling with the sexual and reproductive health of New Yorkers. Every week there will be conversations and interviews with people, projects and organizations doing the good work of making reproductive justice and birth justice possible in our city and beyond.

Season 1 Episode 1 drops July 8th, 2020.

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc (website launches July 1st, 2020)

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.



Support the show

]]> Get ready for the Birth Justice Podcast NYC - the only podcast on the internet exclusively grappling with the sexual and reproductive health of New Yorkers. Every week there will be conversations and interviews with people, projects and organizations doing the good work of making reproductive justice and birth justice possible in our city and beyond.

Season 1 Episode 1 drops July 8th, 2020.

Hosted by Taja Lindley
Produced by Colored Girls Hustle
Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma Alabaster

Support our work on Patreon
For more information visit BirthJustice.nyc (website launches July 1st, 2020)

This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.



Support the show

]]> https://www.blackwomenslabor.com/introducing-the-birth-justice-podcast-nyc/ Taja Lindley Buzzsprout-4311581 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500 148 birth justice, reproductive justice, NYC, new york, new york city, taja lindley, pregnancy, childbirth, parenting 1 trailer false