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Welcome to The Work, a podcast created by the ARD. In each episode, the ARD team sits down with inspiring people transforming their communities. We hear the real story about the challenges they face, the adversity they overcome, and the future they hope t

Nicole Cardoza


    • Jan 23, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Direct Action for Resistance and Revival: In conversation with Noni Session

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 39:05


    ARD Managing Editor Andrew Lee chats with Noni Session, Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative in Oakland, California. In a city with a deep Black radical history and some of the most pronounced modern-day displacement, EB PREC is building shared economic and community power by preserving land without landlords.The ARD Podcast is co-produced by Nicole Cardoza (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and Mallory Cheng. It is edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at the-ard.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@the-ard.com. Include Episode 10 in the subject line.

    Creating the Future: In conversation with Tiffany Stevenson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 29:55 Transcription Available


    The growing creator economy is connecting consumers directly to some of the brightest talent out there - talent that's often overlooked by the gatekeepers of their respective industries.Investing in the creator economy gives us an intimate relationship with the people behind the content we love most, but it also provides innovative ways to invest in and elevate marginalized voices.To learn more about the creator economy, and its potential to permanently reshape culture, I chatted with Tiffany Stevenson, Chief People Officer at Patreon.The ARD Podcast is co-produced by Nicole Cardoza (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and Mallory Cheng. It is edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 9 in the subject line.

    Transforming the Motorsports Industry: In conversation with Brittany Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 35:43 Transcription Available


    In this week's episode of the ARD Podcast, Nicole sits down with B-360 founder Brittany Young about her work creating an equitable dirt bike culture for Baltimore City youth, building more inclusive motorsport spaces, and the journey of being a Black female founder.To support the work of B-360, go to https://b360baltimore.org/donate and follow them on Instagram @b360baltimore.The ARD Podcast is co-produced by Nicole Cardoza (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and Mallory Cheng. It is edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 8 in the subject line.

    Traveling Together: In conversation with Lamar Shambley at TOCA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 29:44


    In this episode of the podcast, Nicole chats with Lamar Shambley about his organization and his efforts to give the next generation a global mindset. TOCA (Teens of Color Abroad) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate the next generation of globally conscious youth of color through full language immersion study abroad experiences. In less than a year, TOCA has enrolled over 200 students of color from more than 20 states in zero-cost virtual language learning and cultural experiences. Support the #TOCATeenTakeover by donating to their summer campaign and following them on Instagram @teensofcolorabroad. The ARD Podcast is co-produced by Nicole Cardoza (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and Mallory Cheng. It is edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 7 in the subject line.

    Abolition on Campus: In conversation with Alecia Harger of Cops Off Campus Coalition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 25:31


    I chatted with Alecia Harger (she/they), a sophomore at UC Berkeley and representative for both UC Berkeley Cops Off Campus and the transnational Cops Off Campus Coalition, a network of students, educators, staff, and community members passionate about abolishing policing at all levels of education. We discussed today's Day of Refusal, Abolition May, and the significance of getting cops off of campuses. The ARD Podcast is co-produced by Nicole Cardoza (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and Mallory Cheng. It is edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 6 in the subject line.

    Practicing Solidarity: In conversation with Tiffany Tso and Jaimee A. Swift

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 33:06


    Nicole Cardoza and Mallory Cheng speak with Tiffany Tso and Jaimee A. Swift, co-creators of the Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities project, which looks to Black and Asian American feminist histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation.Tiffany Diane Tso (she/her) is a freelance journalist and editor based in New York City by way of Texas. Her work focuses on Asian American issues, sex work, labor, advocacy, and more. She is also a cofounder of the Asian American Feminist Collective, a group that engages in intersectional feminist politics grounded within our communities through political education, media-making, and public events. Learn more at asianamfeminism.org.Jaimee A. Swift (she/her) is the executive director, creator, and founder of Black Women Radicals, a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people's radical activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora. She is also the creator and founder of The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP), the Black feminist political education arm of Black Women Radicals. Swift has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Howard University. Her dissertation, Towards A Queer Amefricanidade: State, Structural, and Symbolic Violence and Afro-Brazilian LGBT Women's Resistance in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil examines Afro-Brazilian queer and transgender women's historical and contemporary political struggles against multiform state and quotidian violence since Brazil's democratic transition from military dictatorship from the 1980s to present day. You can follow Black Women Radicals at blackwomenradicals.com.The ARD Podcast is produced by Nicole Cardoza, (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 5 in the subject line.

    Advocating for Climate Justice: Nicole Cardoza in Conversation with Mary Annaïse Heglar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 29:09


    Nicole chats with climate justice writer and essayist Mary Annaïse Heglar on the disproportionate impact of climate change on communities of color, the role of individual activism in changing the collective, and staying committed to the work through it all. The ARD Podcast is produced by Nicole Cardoza, (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. Mary Annaïse Heglar is a climate justice writer and essayist. Her work responds emotionally to the climate crisis, as well as drawing links between racism, colonialism and climate justice. She the is co-host and co-creator of the Hot Take newsletter and podcast, which takes a holistic, humorous, and humane look at the way the climate crisis is covered in the media. Sign up for her podcast and newsletter, Hot Take.We'd love to hear your reflections on today's podcast - email us at hello@antiracismdaily.com. Include Episode 4 in the subject line.

    Rewriting our Songs: Nicole Cardoza in conversation with Raye Zaragoza.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 30:38


    Nicole sits down with singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza to talk about "This Land is Your Land," the role of folk music in the American dream, and crafting new songs that accurately tell our stories.Raye Zaragoza is an award-winning singer-songwriter who Paste Magazine called “one of the most politically relevant artists in her genre.” First-generation Japanese-American on her mother's side, indigenous on her father's side, and raised in New York City, Raye shares her unique perspective and stories through songs that are both inspiring and thought-provoking. rayezaragoza.com | patreon.com/rayezaragozaListen to the playlist Raye created for this conversation:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5a8aTpPtoUezTJJTIzkYWm?si=2uuNKnhOTLSDkq2MztwwUgThe ARD Podcast is produced by Nicole Cardoza and edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter: antiracismdaily.com 

    Curating Black History: Nicole Cardoza in Conversation with Tyree Boyd-Pates

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 35:36


    Nicole sits down with curator and historian Tyree Boyd-Pates to discuss his work of documenting Black history, and how we can act as the curators of this lifetime for future generations. The ARD Podcast is produced by Nicole Cardoza, (@nicoleacardoza on Instagram) and edited by Mallory Cheng. Learn more at antiracismdaily.com. Join us for our curated Black history series at 28daysofblackhistory.com.Tyree Boyd-Pates is a Los Angeles-based museum curator, historian, and public speaker whose museum work centers the African American experience in the American West. Recently, Tyree joined the Autry Museum of the American West as the Associate Curator of Western History. At the Autry, he is spearheading American history exhibitions and historical initiatives that engage communities across the region for archival purposes, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Black Lives Matters protests occurring across the American West. Boyd-Pates museum work has received mention in The New York Times, The LA Times, Vogue, NPR, Hollywood Reporter, and recently was selected by multi-Grammy award-winning producer and composer Pharrell Williams to be included in his guest-curated TIME Magazine issue “The New American Revolution” to discuss his views on American history. Currently, Boyd-Pates a 2021 Civic Media Fellow with the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC and a 2021 Innovation Fellow with the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. tyreebp.com

    Introducing the Anti-Racism Daily Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 0:35


    Welcome! Host Nicole Cardoza introduces the Anti-Racism Daily Podcast, a series that takes our viral daily newsletters a step further by unpacking critical current events preventing all of us from being well. Join Nicole in conversation with friends and colleagues about dismantling white supremacy and systemic oppression, and take action in your own relationships and community. The Anti-Racism Daily Podcast debuts October 20th.

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