IRISE RAGE

On this episode of the R.A.G.E. Podcast, Host Micaela Parker takes listeners back in time to revisit past seasons' themes, past hosts, and highlight connections. Race scholars have been doing important and insightful scholarship, research, and creative work for decades, the work has rarely led to any revolutionary change on our campuses or the communities that we serve. Instead, the work of race scholars has often been marginalized and silenced while policies, practices, and discourses of “color-blindness” and “post-racialism” have reigned supreme on our campuses and in our local politics. The result has often left race scholars silently raging at the intractability and inability of higher education to take racial privilege and anti-racist discourse seriously. On The R.A.G.E. Podcast, we interview race scholars around the country about the personal and professional challenges of academics committed to critical race methodologies in one's scholarship, teaching, and community engagement. Resources The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login  

On this episode of The R.A.G.E. Podcast, host Micaela Parker sits down with Gerardo Muñoz, PhD student at the University of Denver, current Manager of Learning and Development in Denver Public Schools, the 2021 Colorado Teacher of the Year, and educator of twenty-five years. Gerardo Muñoz chronicles his journey as an educator and what teaching has taught him. In this dialogue, the two discuss humanizing practices within education, learning as a form of community healing, and the importance of ethnic studies as a vessel for student empowerment. Our host and guest connect these themes throughout the conversation to contemporary events, such as the recent pandemic and how we truly begin to heal the wounds still visible in our communities and schools. Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

On today's episode, host Micaela Parker talks to the team that makes up Our Stories Archive; Dr. Ramona Beltrán, Kristina “Tina” Leilani Hulama, Olivia Hunte, My Ngoc To, and Blanca-Azucena Pacheco. Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive (OSOMA) is a community-based, community-owned archive that foregrounds traditional Indigenous health knowledge and their implications for improving chronic diseases funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Libraries of Medicine. At its core, OSOMA is designed to create an archive that centers traditional Indigenous knowledge in preservation and management of oral histories, cultural artifacts, genealogy and health information. Through this dialogue they talk about the importance of storytelling, community healing, and reclaiming identify.    Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

In this episode, host Micaela Parker talks to Dr. María del Carmen Salazar, Associate Dean and Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Teacher Education in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. She was one of three Chairs leading this work in partnership with DPS leaders, teachers, educators, parents, and community members. This work led to the development of strategic priorities for the DPS. She has partnered with the Denver Public School and Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado to develop district-based culturally responsive evaluation tools. She served on the Colorado Quality Teachers Commission, and she contributed to the development of the Colorado Teacher Quality Standards. She is affiliated and founding faculty of the University of Denver Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (in)Equality (IRISE). Micaela Parker and Dr. María del Carmen Salazar discuss decolonizing knowledge, the importance of our treasures in classrooms, and centering humanizing pedagogy to empower students. Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

On this episode of The R.A.G.E. Podcast, host Micaela Parker talks to IRISE Post-Doctoral Fellow Allison Bair, a social psychologist who received her PhD from York University in Toronto. She studies the social etiology of physical and mental health outcomes among stigmatized group members. As a Black Canadian with Jamaican roots, Allison Bair is conscious of how racial identity is influenced by racial and cultural context. In this dialogue, they discuss Allison's work regarding collective grief, racial trauma, racial socialization themes, the presence of barriers to social justice, racial myths, and how these all tie into our American identity. Through this dialogue, we can bridge the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd, and how these contemporary events connect to the death of worldviews. Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login  

Host of The R.A.G.E. Podcast, Micaela Parker, discusses her practicum experience in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, Micaela chronologically recalls her life while living in Kenya over the winter break. Micaela was honored with the opportunity to conduct incredible research, learn about the history of Kenya, and unlearn the colonial perceptions of the African context. Resources The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com The African Center DU: korbel.du.edu/regional-studies/content/icrs-africa-program Students for Africa: korbel.du.edu/regional-studies/content/icrs-africa-student-resources DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

In today's episode, we will be talking to Poupeh Missaghi and Berfîn Marx. Poupeh Missaghi is an assistant professor in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Denver and the author of Trans(re)lating House One. Berfîn Marx is a freelance journalist who is currently a student at the University of Denver. The ongoing revolution happening in Iran has been noticeably absent within western media. On September 13th, 2022, Mahsa Amini or Jina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating Iran's strict rules requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab or headscarf. There were reports that officers beat her head with a baton. The police said she suffered a heart attack. The first protests took place after Amini's funeral in the western city of Saqqez, when women ripped off their headscarves in solidarity. Since then, the protests have swelled, with demands for more freedoms and the end to the dictatorship. In this dialogue, we will discuss the ongoing revolution in Iran, storytelling, and international solidarity. Resources The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

The interest in this episode spawned from a tweet host, Micaela Parker, found regarding the removal of headstones at Riverside Cemetery in Commerce City, CO. This stuck with Micaela and was something she began to research more about. This is when she found the work of our guest. In today's episode, we will talk to author and DU alum Phil Goodstein. His approach to his work emphasizes history from the bottom up. He has written over 20 volumes of books that explore the controversies like the Civic Center, public education, and more.  Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

On this episode of The RAGE Podcast, we talk to Dr. Linda Estelí Méndez-Barrientos. Born and raised in Nicaragua, her research prioritizes water governance, power asymmetries, and inequalities within policy. Earlier this year, Dr. Méndez-Barrientos spoke at the Climate Justice Roundtable dialogue, put together by IRISE, to advance conversations about climate justice in academia. In our conversation, we discuss the challenges facing her work, the paradoxes around clean water access, and the importance of inclusionary policy that helps center climate justice issues impacting historically excluded communities.   Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

On this episode of The R.A.G.E Podcast, host Micaela Parker and guest Dr. Marinka Swift, the Associate Director of IRISE, talk about her work, background, and her research around linguistics and belonging. Through dialogue, they discuss the historic exclusionary practices used within higher education and the importance of cultivating scholars dedicated to resistance in academia. By connecting through lived experiences, Micaela and Dr. Swift dive deeper into who Dr. Swift is and the importance of protecting and advocating for BIPOC, underserved, and other marginalized students on campuses like DU.   Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login

On this episode of The R.A.G.E Podcast, host Micaela Parker thanks the past members of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)equality or the IRISE team for their work and support over the last year. Cheri Colter, Lynda Duran, Caris Fox, and many other affiliated faculty members who have transitioned to different opportunities outside of the University of Denver have helped make IRISE what it is today.   Micaela utilizes the episode to detail her childhood growing up in Colorado Springs, her interests, and her student organizing work at Colorado State University. She also examines the impacts of growing up and being educated in predominantly white spaces. Today, she has dedicated her life to advocacy work and empowering BIPOC students in her community.   Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login  

Summary: Host Micaela Parker and guests Professor Aaron Schneider and Colin Bogle of Social Justice Solidarity Series (SJSS) discuss the history of the student group, advocacy in the community, and much more! In light of the April 15th, 2022 tipi desecration at DU and conversations around the moniker, we explore the impacts of structural racism in the country, around Denver, and across the DU community. By helping empower students, faculty, and staff, SJSS is working to create spaces of change and solidarity here at DU. For more information on Social Justice Solidarity Series and how to get involved, please check out their Instagram: @du.sjss Resources: The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com DU Health & Counseling Center: studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center Crimson Connect: crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login  

The Legacy Series explores the lived experiences and impact of student leaders at The University of Denver (DU). This series has three goals: -Center decolonization and inform the DU community of DU's colonial roots and perpetuation of racism, hate, and discrimination -Memorialize the resilience and brilliance of student leaders and their allies, offering a behind-the-scenes of their labor -Alert the DU community to the harms that are continually inflicted upon student leaders at the University of Denver This episode consists of the closing notes from each interview regarding what they would most like to share with you. More Information and Resources: https://theragepodcast.com/legacy-part-five-what-we-want-you-to-know-closing-notes-from-each-legacy-interview/ Related Episodes: https://theragepodcast.com/tag/rememberxlegacyseries/

The Legacy Series explores the lived experiences and impact of student leaders at The University of Denver (DU). This series has three goals: -Center decolonization and inform the DU community of DU's colonial roots and perpetuation of racism, hate, and discrimination -Memorialize the resilience and brilliance of student leaders and their allies, offering a behind-the-scenes of their labor -Alert the DU community to the harms that are continually inflicted upon student leaders at the University of Denver This episode explores the impact of student activism as it pertains to the establishment of a Critical Race and Ethnic Studies minor at the University of Denver. More Information and Resources: https://theragepodcast.com/legacy-part-four-your-voice-has-power-the-impact-of-student-activism-at-du-and-the-cres-minor/ Related Episodes: https://theragepodcast.com/tag/rememberxlegacyseries/

The Legacy Series explores the lived experiences and impact of student leaders at The University of Denver (DU). This series has three goals: -Center decolonization and inform the DU community of DU's colonial roots and perpetuation of racism, hate, and discrimination -Memorialize the resilience and brilliance of student leaders and their allies, offering a behind-the-scenes of their labor -Alert the DU community to the harms that are continually inflicted upon student leaders at the University of Denver This episode explores the advocacy and hardships of student leaders who choose to embark on activism to create safer spaces for those with marginalized identities. More Information and Resources: https://theragepodcast.com/legacy-part-three-i-dont-feel-safe-addressing-the-threats-retaliation-and-backlash-that-student-leaders-and-their-allies-receive-at-du/ Related Episodes: https://theragepodcast.com/tag/rememberxlegacyseries/

The Legacy Series explores the lived experiences and impact of student leaders at The University of Denver (DU). This series has three goals: -Center decolonization and inform the DU community of DU's colonial roots and perpetuation of racism, hate, and discrimination -Memorialize the resilience and brilliance of student leaders and their allies, offering a behind-the-scenes of their labor -Alert the DU community to the harms that are continually inflicted upon student leaders at the University of Denver. This episode introduces listeners to the process and limitations of documenting student activism at the University of Denver, the pushback and blatant threats that some receive for their research and publications, and the process of students who choose to embark on activism to create safer spaces for those with marginalized identities. More Information and Resources: https://theragepodcast.com/legacy-part-two-we-are-here-documenting-student-activism-and-capturing-the-authentic-existence-of-bipoc-students-at-du/ Related Episodes: https://theragepodcast.com/tag/rememberxlegacyseries/

The Legacy Series explores the lived experiences and impact of student leaders at The University of Denver (DU). This series has three goals: -Center decolonization and inform the DU community of DU's colonial roots and perpetuation of racism, hate, and discrimination -Memorialize the resilience and brilliance of student leaders and their allies, offering a behind-the-scenes of their labor -Alert the DU community to the harms that are continually inflicted upon student leaders at the University of Denver At a foundational level, a large portion of the activism at DU has sought to force DU to acknowledge and confront its colonial roots and perpetuation of colonialism and racism. Many who join the DU community are unfamiliar with the history of The Sand Creek Massacre as well as the founder of DU, John Evans', culpability for the massacre. This history is imperative to understand the continued demand to remove the pioneer nickname at the University of Denver.  More Information and Resources: https://theragepodcast.com/legacy-part-one-the-past-informs-the-present-addressing-dus-colonial-roots/ Related Episodes: https://theragepodcast.com/tag/rememberxlegacyseries/

Summary: Host Caris Fox and upcoming host for the RAGE Podcast, Micaela Parker, are joined by guest Ean Thomas Tafoya, the Colorado director of Green Latinos, to further dive into conversations about the climate crisis and advocacy for environmental justice. In this episode, Ean Thomas Tafoya discusses the importance of art as a tool for social justice, collaboration, and self-care. Additionally, Tafoya highlights the impact of a recent decision by Colorado state officials to not cut greenhouse gas emissions from large manufacturers until 2023. This episode also discusses the importance of centering intersectionality in combating the climate crisis, water as a source of life that should be shared indiscriminately among communities, and the power of staying true to oneself. Resources: Ean Tafoya's Website: https://eantafoya.com/ A Call for Climate Justice: https://udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qVHM3216Pf4ZIa Green Latinos' Website: https://www.greenlatinos.org/ Colorado Environmental Protection Task Force: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/environmental-justice      

Summary: Host Caris Fox and guests Denisse Solis, Lauren Turner, and Katherine Crowe of Anderson Academic Commons at the University of Denver discuss the power of archives as sites of racial confrontation and reconciliation. Libraries are modern and historical examples of institutional racism as the stories of white, cis-gendered, non-disabled, and heterosexual men are systematically prioritized, resulting in the exclusion of works by Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC). The Anderson Academic Commons library at the University of Denver is no different. Solis, Turner, and Crowe center inclusion, ethics, care, and equity in their archival practices to capture the authentic stories of BIPOC students and their activism at DU while fighting for institutional change.  Resources:  The RAGE Website: theragepodcast.com  Special Collections and Archives: https://library.du.edu/collections-library-materials/special-collections-archives/research-help Crimson Connect: https://crimsonconnect.du.edu/home_login Denisse Solis: https://operations.du.edu/irise/content/about/faculty-directory/denisse-solis Lauren Turner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-s-turner/ Katherine Crowe: https://katherine-crowe.com/about/      

Summary:  Host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Nadia Kim discuss Dr. Kim's new book Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA. While Los Angeles is popularly known as the city of Hollywood, glamor, and the Kardashians, unbeknownst to most people, LA is also the city of oil and contains one of the biggest ports in North America. This episode includes a discussion about the impacts of neoliberalism and nativism in perpetuating environmental INjustice, the intersection of race, class, gender, and citizenship, and defines and expands on biopower, bioneglect, and emotive power.   Links: Dr. Kim's Website: http://nadiakimacademic.net/ Refusing Death: Asian and Latina Immigrant Women Activists on Race, Class, and Morality Lecture: https://youtu.be/RO86SpMhf_o IRISE Call for Climate Justice: https://operations.du.edu/irise/content/content/climatejustice  

Summary: Host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Miguel De La Torre introduce Dr. De La Torre's book Gonna Trouble the Water: Ecojustice, Water, and Environmental Racism. Dr. De La Torre emphasizes the importance of Indigenous perspectives and approaches in properly caring for the Earth and its inhabitants. Additional topics from this episode include environmental racism and the erasure of those with marginalized identities from the study of environmental justice; the intersection of capitalism and the eurocentric commodification of the Earth and its resources; the harmful and, at times, deadly health crises perpetuated by abuse to the environment; how the COVID pandemic has exacerbated and highlighted issues about injustice to the environment.     Links:  Dr. Miguel De La Torre's website and publication information:  http://drmigueldelatorre.com/

Summary: Host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Maria del Carmen Salazar explore the unique challenges facing students with marginalized identities in the education system and offer holistic solutions to establish true educational equity. Links: Teacher Evaluation as Cultural Practice: A Framework for Equity and Excellence: https://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Evaluation-Cultural-Practice-Excellence-ebook/dp/B07N1WSRGT NMU Humanising Pedagogy Webinar with Prof Maria Salazar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUWhlpeO6X4&feature=emb_title  

Host Caris Fox and guest Julian Rubinstein, author of The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood, discuss the Shakespearean-like history of gang violence in Denver, Colorado. This episode also examines the intimate relationship between the media and law enforcement in creating and controlling the narratives that surround gang violence in Denver. Rubinstein exposes the interdependence of gang violence and law enforcement budget increases, the effects of anti-gang initiatives funded by law enforcement, and the failure of Denver-based media outlets to accept accountability for problematic behavior and reporting about gangs.   Links:  Julian Rubinstein Webstie: http://www.julianrubinstein.com/ The Holly: https://www.thehollybook.com/

Host Caris Fox and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence's Shaina Harrison and Frank Teah deconstruct popular misconceptions about gun ownership and gun violence in the United States. This episode explores the artificial power that guns offer youth as a tool to fight against feelings of powerlessness and fear. How would America be positively transformed if systems of oppression such as poverty and racism were dismantled and replaced with transformative justice and community-based practices? What alternatives to gun ownership are present when community building is at the forefront, ensuring that the community feels seen, heard, protected, and empowered? Listen to part two of the Institutional Justice Series for answers to these questions and much more.     Link:  New Yorkers Against Gun Violence: https://nyagv.org/

Host Caris Fox and guest Jim Freeman introduce the role of systemic and strategic racism in the conversation about policing, mass incarceration, anti-immigrant policies, and the mass criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color (BIPOC). This episode highlights the importance of and offers resources to support grassroots movements with interdisciplinary assistance to end gun violence and advocate for police abolition. Lastly, Freeman introduces a summary of his book, Rich Thanks to Racism, and how the ultra-wealthy profit from the imprisonment of BIPOC bodies.   Links:  Jim Freeman's Website: https://www.jimofreeman.com/ Rich Thanks to Racism: https://www.jimofreeman.com/book Social Movement Support Lab: https://operations.du.edu/irise/content/content/project-social-movement-support-lab            

Host Caris Fox and guests Dr. Jessica Ordaz and Dr. Lauren DeCarvalho discuss veganism, food justice, and the incarceration system. Dr. Ordaz introduces the writing process and history behind her new book, The Shadow of El Centro: A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity. Dr. DeCarvalho deconstructs the representation of prisons and female inmates in film and the role that film plays in molding public opinions about incarceration and those incarcerated. This episode also examines the parallels between the food industry and the incarceration system regarding the abuse of bodies and exploitation for profit. Lastly, Dr. Ordaz and Dr. DeCarvalho address popular narratives about the legality and illegality of persons and “justified” imprisonment.    Links:  Dr. Ordaz Website: https://www.jessica-ordaz.com/ Dr. Lauren DeCarvalho Website: http://www.laurenjdecarvalho.com/ Dr. Ordaz Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrdazYesika Social Justice Living and Learning Community: https://www.du.edu/livinglearning/socialjustice/ The Shadow of El Centro: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469662473/the-shadow-of-el-centro/

In celebration of May as mental health awareness month, host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Apryl Alexander discuss the importance of Black mental health and wellness. This episode emphasizes the necessity for culturally informed and trauma-informed care in protecting the hearts and minds of Black adults and youth. Dr. Apryl Alexander deconstructs popular myths around mental illness both inside and outside of the Black community. What are the equity and accessibility issues that prevent Black individuals from receiving proper mental health care? In what ways do systemic inequalities perpetuate harm and inaccessibility for those struggling? How do the entertainment industry and social media exploit and profit from Black pain? Listen to this episode for answers to these questions and more!

Host Caris Fox and Social Justice Solidarity Series’ Victoria Martinez, Brian Guzman, Rose Quispe, and Dr. Aaron Schneider discuss the importance of solidarity and community power in creating systemic change within higher education. This episode deep dives into the experiences of students of color within higher education, highlighting the effects of imposter syndrome, feelings of isolation, and the daily combatting of micro and macro aggressions. Join us for a conversation that emphasizes the importance of creating validating spaces for students of color to share their experiences and brainstorm solutions to radically transform higher education. Resources:  Social Justice Solidarity Series: https://www.instagram.com/du.sjss/?hl=en John Evans Report: https://portfolio.du.edu/evcomm Righteous Anger Healing Resistance (No More Pios): https://www.instagram.com/rahr.du/?hl=en Remember X Research Project: https://www.instagram.com/rxdu_/

Host Caris Fox and guest Grace Wankelman introduce the We Can DU Better movement and the We Can Do Better campaign, offering a behind-the-scenes glance at the process of starting the movement and balancing life as a student and activist. This episode deep dives into subjects around sexual violence such as the words “me too” being both a heart-wrenching statement to hear, but also one that combats feelings of isolation and shame among survivors. This episode includes discussion on the role of the friend or family member in a survivor’s life, representation in media of healthy sexual relationships, rape jokes, intersectionality within the discussion of sexual violence, transformative justice, and the word “survivor”. Join us for a necessary conversation during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April).  Resources:  We Can DU Better: https://www.instagram.com/wecandubetter/?hl=en We Can Do Better Campaign: https://www.instagram.com/thedobettercampaign/?hl=en The Blue Bench: https://thebluebench.org/  

Guest host Dr. Ramona Beltrán and guests Bobby Lefebre and Ozioma Aloziem introduce Proyecto Sobremesa, a project that gathers and engages Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) artists and cultural workers in six separate eight-person dinners to discuss and plan a liberated future. What does accountability look like when it is based in love? What innovative ideas and solutions come to light when spaces for community exist? Join us for a conversation that highlights the need for radical imagination, accountability, and collaboration in creating the world we desire. Links:  NDN Collective: https://ndncollective.org/ Alternate Roots: https://alternateroots.org/ National Society of Latino Arts and Culture: https://www.nalac.org/      

Guest host Dr. Ramona Beltrán and international educator and director of Department of the Future, Mark Gonzales, define futurism and the power of radical imagination in creating an equitable world. This episode honors and acknowledges what is while envisioning what can be. What would the world look like if care and empathy are at the forefront? What would it be like to live in a world where anti-racist work is no longer necessary? Join us for a conversation to both radically reimagine and actively manifest the future.  Discover more about Department of the Future

RAGE podcast host Caris Fox and guest Dr. Elizabeth Escobedo dive into topics on immigration, highlighting common misconceptions, language as a humanizing and dehumanizing tool, and the importance of seeing humanity. This episode also explores the work of Casa de Paz, a Colorado-based organization that helps recently released immigrants from the GEO Aurora detention center, and Dr. Escobedo's book entitled From Coveralls to Zoots Suits: Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. Strap in for an in-depth discussion on the necessity of social justice and embracing fellow humans with kindness, respect, and care.   Casa de Paz: https://www.casadepazcolorado.org/ From Coveralls to Zoot Suits:  https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469602066_escobedo    

Caris Fox hosts guests Christina Yebuah and Kahlea Hunt-Khabir of Her Health Her Truth of Colorado Black Health Collaborative. This episode covers an array of topics that impact the health and wellness of Black women in society. Topics include deconstructing the “strong, Black woman” narrative, the intersections of race and gender identity on lived experiences, the socialization of Black women in higher education, capitalism’s impacts on the health and wellness of Black women, and the trendiness of Black death. This episode is an in-depth conversation that is both by and centers Black women.   Website Links Black Colorado Health Collaborative: https://coloradoblackhealth.org/ Her Health. Her Truth.: https://www.instagram.com/herhealth.hertruth/

RAGE podcast host Caris Fox and guest Mason Estes discuss how stereotypes impact the modern identity of Indigenous youth. This episode emphasizes the role of identity, the impact of positive and negative representation, the origins of Mason’s activism, and ageism within the academic and activist community. This episode is a special reminder to take back the narrative, write your own story, and create your destiny.

RAGE’s new podcast host Caris Fox and guest Dr. May Lin discuss Social Movement Support Lab and the organization’s work to provide multidisciplinary assistance to organizations fighting to shrink the mass criminalization and incarceration systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, and remedy the over-investment in the criminal justice and immigration enforcement systems and the under-investment in education, public health, and community well-being.  This episode also includes an introduction to Dr. Lin’s book project entitled Emotional Counterpublics: Feeling Racial Justice and conversation on the belief gap, transformational justice, and the vital role of emotions in activism. 

In the 2nd part of our interview with Dr. Hall in a 4 part series we call Caucasity, we address some of the ways black progress is stifled by a lack of accountability for racism when the sexism card is played. 

On this R.A.G.E. Podcast Caucasity Series we are joined by Dr. Ronald E. Hall of Michigan State University as we discuss white fragility, white feminism and white women as tools of oppression of Black people and its impacts and possible solutions.

Listen in on the 2nd-part of our incredible interview with the indomitable Saira Rao as she digs deep and explains the complicity and fragility of white women and its impact on society in general but social justice movements in particular.

Join the R.A.G.E. Podcast in this 3-part series entitled Caucasity - Exploring the Complexity/Fragility of white women. In this first of the series we speak with indomitable Saira Rao as she explains her journey and awakening into caucacity and her analysis on what next steps should be for them and people of color.

Join the R.A.G.E. podcast part 2 as we continue our conversation with co-founder of Black Lives Matter national chapter Dr.Melina Abudllah. Share!

This R.A.G.E. two part series deals with the recent killing that occurred in Aurora, Co. of a 23-year old unarmed and innocent Black man at the hands of the police. Listen in to our guest Dr.Melina Abdullah explain and expound upon both the problems and solutions to murder by police.

FBI Leaked Documents Expose Racist Targeting of Blacks. While America in general and Black people in particular where busy fighting over who had the better chicken sammich Popeyes or Chic-fila there was an astounding leak coming from the FBI that details out how that agency considers Black Activist as a greater threat than ......wait for this......white supremacist groups and hold on to your hats for this one......Al Queda! You're tuned in to the RAGE Podcast and I'm your host H-Soul. Join us as we explore and analyze this recent FBI leak and what it means to Black people in particular and the American experiment as a whole. Let's get this werk!!

Join the inaugural R.A.G.E podcast hosted by H-Soul as we tackle the issue of the Stapleton name change. Let's get this werk! #RAGE

Frances R. Aparicio was Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program at Northwestern University. She has previously taught at Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, and University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include Latina and Latino literary and cultural studies, the cultural politics of U.S. Latino/a languages, Latino/a popular music and dance, literary and cultural translation, cultural hybridity, transnationalism, Latinidad, and mixed Latino/a identities. She is author of the award-winning Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music and Puerto Rican Cultures (Wesleyan 1998), and co-editor of various critical anthologies, including Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad (University of New England Press, 1997), Musical Migrations (Palgrave, 2003), and Hibridismos culturales (Revista Iberoamericana, 2006). A founding editor of the Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest Book Series at the University of Illinois Press, she has facilitated and fostered book publications and new research on Latino/as in the Midwest. She is currently co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literatures (with Suzanne Bost) and is also writing on "intralatino/a subjects," individuals who are of two or more national Latin American origins.   In this episode, Dr. Aparicio discusses her new work "Aguanile:  Critical Listening, Mourning and Anticolonial Healing"

Christine Vega is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) Social Science and Comparative Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She holds a Master of Education from the University of Utah's School of Education, Culture, and Society. Born and raised in Pacoima, she is proud mother-scholar-activist merging both academia, activism, and spirituality. During her pregnancy and the birth of her son, her research shifted towards Chicana Latina Ph.D. mother attrition and retention of maternal activism.  She is a founding mother of both Mothers of Color in Academia de UCLA and the Chicana M(other)work collective. Christine is an AAHHE and CDIP Fellow and has short stories, poetry and theoretical publications about birth, pregnancy, and ceremony in UCLA's Regeneracion Tlacuilolli and InterActions. She is currently on fellowship (DYF) completing her dissertation as a visiting community scholar at Denver University. She has worked as a GSR for the GSE&IS Equity and Diversity Committee and is a Teaching Associate for Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies at UCLA.  This particular podcast is the second of an interconnected set of conversations with female scholars of color exploring tensions in the context of a series of books recently published that examine race and gender in higher education.  Christine is co-editor of and contributor to the recently published book, The Chicana Motherwork Anthology:  Because Without Morthers, There is No Revolution.  The anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother-scholars of color, their children, and their communities within and outside academia.  Ms. Vega is also a Visiting Community Scholar here at DU.

Dr. Manya Whitaker is an Associate Professor of Education at Colorado College. She is a developmental educational psychologist with expertise in social and political issues in education. Her courses include Urban Education, Diversity & Equity in Education, and Educational Psychology, among others. She researches the stability of teachers' diversity-related belief systems across time and settings, and how those beliefs can be intentionally disrupted and re-structured through teacher training. She is the author of Learning from the Inside-Out: Child Development and School Choice.    This particular podcast is the second of an interconnected set of conversations with female scholars of color exploring tensions in the context of a series of books recently published that examine race and gender in higher education.  Sitting with me here today is Dr. Manya Whitaker, an Associate Professor of Education in the Race, Ethnicity and Migration Studies Program and the co-editor of contributor to the recently published Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics. 

Dr. Meera Deo, Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the author of the recently published book Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia.    The book draws from the first empirical study of law faculty utilizing an intersectional lens to investigate race and gender challenges in the profession and  works to identify solutions to overcome barriers facing traditionally underrepresented faculty. Dr Deo is a co-editor and contributing author for Power, Legal Education, and Law School Cultures, forthcoming with Routledge Press. She has held visiting positions at Berkeley Law, UC Irvine School of Law, UCLA School of Law, and currently at UC-Davis School of Law and is also the Director of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) based at Indiana University.  

Episode 5 features Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante, Associate Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Arizona with dual courtesy appointment at the UA Center for Latin American Studies and Mexican American Studies Department. She received her Ph.D. in history at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include: contemporary and historical issues related to the news media in Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and Brazil; and representations of Latinxs in the media.   Dr. Bustamante joins us today as part of her related knowledge and expertise in setting up A Migrahack here at DU and in Denver. This is a “hackathon” designed to bring together people with expertise on immigration and people who are knowledgeable about how communication systems and data science might be leveraged to address the needs of those most affected by immigration policies. Dr. Bustamante organized an Arizona Migrahack, about how Denver is an ideal place to launch a migrahack, as we have a vibrant community that is facing numerous issues related to immigration and the related well-being of racialized migrant communities in Denver.

Episode 4 features Kevin Willmott, Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Kansas. Professor Willmott is a screenwriter, producer and director working with the likes of Oliver Stone, Martin Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Wes Studi and most in the news lately, Spike Lee. Indeed, Professor Willmott recently received an Academy Award in the adapted screenplay category for co-writing the Spike Lee Joint, Blackkklansman. The following clip is from a lecture by Professor Wilmott on the intersection of film, race, democracy and the resurgence of hate at the University of Denver.

Episode 3 features Dr. Johnson, Assoc. Professor of Communication at St Louis University, and award-winning scholar and teacher whose work merges qualitative, rhetorical, critical, and arts-based methods, theories, and contexts. Dr. Johnson's numerous projects advance our understandings of identity, protest, social justice, performance and aesthetics, through deep and creative engagements with communities within and off campus. Dr. Johnson is the founder and director of the Justice Fleet a mobile network of box trucks giving experiences that foster community healing through art, play, and dialogue. Structured around the concepts of Radical Forgiveness and Radical Imagination, it invites the community to come together to imagine new systems and build a world without injustice.

Episode 2 features Dr. Mary Romero, Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University and Affiliate of Women and Gender Studies, Asian Pacific American Studies and African and African American Studies. She is currently the President of the American Sociological Association. The author of numerous books, chapters, and journal articles, Dr. Romero’s research and scholarship on social inequalities and justice incorporates the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and citizenship and links the parallels between domestic gendered race relations and immigration and identifies the continuum between racism against citizens and racism against non-citizens.