AMPLIFY

This episode is a conversation with Monique Vargas, a Count US IN community organizer. Summer and Monique sit down to talk about Count US IN, a non-profit organization that uplifts the voices of citizens to create more inclusive political participation and diverse voter turnout, to talk about their efforts to educate and empower Indiana that suppressed voices matter. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications Find Count US IN below- Website- https://www.countusindiana.org Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/countusindiana/ Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/CountUSINdiana Twitter- https://twitter.com/CountUsIndiana Linktree- linktr.ee/CountUSINdiana --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is part 2 of series of the first episode of season 2 with Amira Alashi, Social Media Coordinator of Cultural Communications. The previous episode talked about Amira's experience moving to the United States from an Arab country. This episode talks with Bea Paras, a first-generation immigrant from the Phillipines, about her struggles moving to the United States at 10-years-old. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Kulsoom Tapal and Amira Alashi, two members of the Cultural Communications team. Summer, Amira, and Kulsoom sit down for a casual conversation about their favorite comfort foods growing up in a Palestinian and an Indian and Pakistani household and how food has kept them connected to their culture in a Western Society. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Hanan and Mielere from H.E.A.R. For Them, Hygiene Education and Resources for Them. This grassroots organization is based in Edmonton and Calgary and focuses on fighting period poverty on a local scale. Summer and Hanan and Mielere talk about period injustices in places like Canada and the United States and more. Find H.E.A.R. for Them below- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hear.for.them/ Linktree: linktr.ee/hearforthem Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Eric Maddox, podcast host of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. The podcast focuses on highlighting underrepresented communities and issues. He also teaches displaced people how to make their own podcasts. Summer and Eric talk about what he wished people understood about misunderstood places and communities, his podcast, Latitude Adjustment, his unique experiences from his travels, and more. Find Eric Maddox below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/latitudeadjustmentpodcast Instagram: @latitude_adjustment_podcast Website: www.latitudeadjustmentpod.com GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-podcast-training-for-asylum-seekers?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet Podcast episodes: https://www.latitudeadjustmentpod.com/podcast Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Emiliana Gallardo, a DACA recipient. She uses her voice to educate the public on the experiences of DACA recipients and also advocates for the immigration community. Summer and Emiliana talk about her fears of being a DACA recipient, her dreams to gain permanent citizenship in the United States, her hopes to reunite with her family in Mexico, and more. Find Emiliana Gallardo below- TikTok: @emilianagallardo27 Snapchat:emiliana_98 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nani.loks.1 Instagram: @emilianagallardo Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Courtney Johnson, a previous guest on the podcast and the founder and executive director of Young and Established. Summer and Courtney talk about the impact of racism on the lives of minorities, how being actively anti-racist can make a difference, and more. Find Courtney Johnson below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.johnson.54738 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneylj_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/courtneylj_ Find Young and Established below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Young-Established-384221844993301/about/?ref=page_internal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngandestablished/ Website: https://www.youngandestablished.com Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Amira Alashi, Social Media Coordinator of Cultural Communications and cousin of the host, Summer El-Khodary. Summer and Amira talk about her experience moving to the United States when she was 10-years-old, her struggles learning a new language, and more. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Rima Shahid, the executive director of Women 4 Change Indiana. This non-partisan organization has a mission to educate, equip, and mobilize Hoosiers to create positive change for women. Summer and Rima talk about increasing women rights and voter turnout in Indiana, why a person's vote matters, Rima's start in this line of work,  the Women 4 Change organization, the reasons on the low voter turnout for young people, and more. Find Women 4 Change Indiana below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Women4ChangeIndiana/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/women4changeindiana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/w4cindiana Website: https://www.women4changeindiana.org Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Arthi Lokaiyan, one of the co-founders of Remember Their Voices. This organization was started as a way to amplify the voices of members of the BIPOC community and to spread awareness about the injustices they face. Summer and Arthi talk about how the BLM movement inspired the start of the non-profit, the struggles of starting a non-profit young, being a person of color with privilege, the implicit racism in South Asian communities, the current efforts of the organization, personal efforts that anyone can take to support the fight for racial equality, and more. Find Remember Their Voices below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/remembertheirvoices/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remembertheirvoices/ Website: http://remembertheirvoices.org Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Courtney Johnson, the founder and executive director of Young & Established. This organization inspires and motivates youth while addressing the challenges young people face every day through their mentoring programs, community events, and relevant campaigns. Summer and Courtney talk about the establishment of his community center, how he addresses barriers to his services, what he did during the pandemic to serve his community, his advice to the new generation of youth on how to make an impact in their community, why he ultimately chose to come home to Evansville, and more.  Find Courtney Johnson below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.johnson.54738 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneylj_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/courtneylj_ Find Young and Established below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Young-Established-384221844993301/about/?ref=page_internal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngandestablished/ Website: https://www.youngandestablished.com Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Emily Miles, Eyob Moges, and Abhi Mishra, some of the founding members of the Evansville-based organization, Coalition Against Racism in Evansville (CARE). The CARE project aims to uncover and recognize through research the ubiquity of racism across different industries and the unique expression of this racism in each of these spheres of life in Evansville. Summer and the CARE members talk about experiences of racism growing up in Evansville, dealing with family members with different viewpoints, the reason for the creation of the group, the goal and plan for the project, and more. Find CARE below- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CAREprojectEVV Twitter: https://twitter.com/careprojectEVV Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with fellow hijab podcaster, Sereen Qader, who is the creator and host of a podcast called Journal Hijabi. Sereen started Journal Hijabi as a way for hijabi women to connect and share their personal stories of the Hijab. Summer and Sereen talk about experiences with the hijab, social justice issues related to the hijab, the reason for the creation of her podcast, her goal and plan for the podcast, and more. Find Journal Hijabi below- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalhijabi/ Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/journal-hijabi/id1502786862 Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ic5f34bfippkzjqs6fdtnt67eru Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ncxWibzf6Jv0NZxYeX3z4?si=MFDALf_zTeCvQc7CpckkNA Find Sereen Qader below- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sereenqader/ Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode took a different approach. We decided to break away from coronavirus in other countries and social justice issues to bring about the topic of Muslim Representation in Media. The host, Summer El-Khodary, reached out to her friends and family about their opinions of Muslim Representation in Media, and they delivered with some answers. The episode is going to be a compilation of voice memos, and we wanted to know how you like this format from our traditional interview style! Please leave a review, and the audience can share their opinions of Muslim Representation in Media by leaving a voice message through Anchor! We might just include it in our next episode! Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Tenshi Nakamura, an alum of the University of Evansville and an English teacher in Japan. Tenshi moved to Japan in January of 2020 to connect with her heritage as a Japanese American and teach English. Shortly after her arrival, coronavirus happened, and she is learning to navigate her new environment amidst dealing with a pandemic. Summer and Tenshi talk about her experience living in Japan teaching English, Japan's reaction to coronavirus, her reasons to moving Japan at this time in her life and more. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications Findi Tenshi below- Email: tenshiinakamura@gmail.com Instagram: @tenshinakamura --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Sindi Dlamini, an alum of the University of Evansville and a former international student from South Africa. Because of the onset of coronavirus, Sindi's senior year of college was cut short and she had to go home to South Africa. Summer and Sindi talk about her college experience in the United States versus her friends' experience in South Africa, her transition to online school, coronavirus in South Africa, the reaction of the government and public to the pandemic, and more. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Hussein Abubeker, a Black African Muslim from Eritrea which is a small East African country located near Somalia and Ethiopia. Hussein and Summer talk about the differences in experience in Black Americans versus Black Africans, his experience living in America as a Black Muslim, how systemic racism has affected him, and how in some ways his Muslim community could have done better to support him and other Black Muslims. Find ways to support the BLM movement below- Support local rallies and protests, Sign petitions, Donate money, Continue to promote the cause on social media, Buy from small Black businesses, Educate yourself through movies, books, and other resources, Engage in conversation with families and friends, Reach out to Black friends and ask them how they are? Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

This episode is a conversation with Menna Hijazi, an exchange student at the University of Southern Indiana from Gaza, Palestine. It is one of two Palestinian Territories in the Middle East which is located on the Mediterranean sea and borders Egypt. Menna was set to go home at the end of the semester and be reunited with her family in Gaza but the closed borders have delayed her return to her home. Summer and Menna talk about quarantine in America on an empty college campus, her transition to online school, her exchange program, quarantine during the war, coronavirus in Gaza, and more. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support

Welcome to AMPLIFY A Cultural Communications Creation with the host, Summer El-Khodary. She is the founder of a non-profit organization called Cultural Communications. Cultural Communications strives to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and have hosted panel discussions with people of diverse backgrounds in the small southern Indiana city of Evansville, Indiana. Panel discussion topics have ranged from living in America to living in Evansville from the perspectives of diverse teens to immigrants. Summer also just recently graduated from college with her Bachelor's in Science in Public Health and is currently applying to graduate school. After the coronavirus hit, she and her team knew diverse people needed to still share their stories and decided the best way to do that was through the creation of a podcast. Summer sits down in this first season with people around the world and in different diverse communities about their experiences with coronavirus. This season also touches on the problems that are still existent within the world and that the media is covering up such as immigration, systemic racism within healthcare, prisons, legal systems, refugees, discrimination, and more. Find Cultural Communications below- https://www.flow.page/culturalcommunications --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/summer-m-el-khodary/support