Transforming Together

In this episode of "The Love of Learning", Carl S. Moore talks with the Chair of Office Technology, Cindy Garnsey. The Office Technology program offers more than 25 courses, some integrated into different HCC programs, whether students are looking for career advancement, personal development, or both.  Through its open-entry learning format, students can take advantage of flexible scheduling and one-on-one instruction.  #HCC #officetechnology #Howardcounty #Careeradvancement 

On this episode of "The Love of Learning", Dr. Carl S. Moore talks with World Languages Professor, Cheryl Berman, about her passion for teaching languages. Learning another language opens the door to a world of opportunities — not only marketability in a growing number of careers, but cultural awareness and communication in an increasingly interconnected society. 

In this episode of “For the Love of Learning,” Dr. Carl S. Moore talks with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program Coordinator, Timothy Jennings. HCC's EMS program prepares competent, entry-level Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The program combines cutting-edge simulation technology, real-life field experiences, and interdisciplinary learning to prepare students to respond to situations they will face on emergency calls.

On the very first episode of “For the Love of Learning,” HCC's Vice President for Teaching & Learning, Dr. Carl S. Moore, talks with Bill Gillett. Bill is the Chair of Dance, Theatre, & AV Production and he is also an Associate Professor of Theatre. These programs are committed to helping students develop their individual creativity and artistic viewpoint.

On Today's final episode of transforming together, MC says goodbye to the audience and spends the last episode reminding the audience why prevention work matters. In a discussion about the roots of the work in transformative justice, abolition, and community accountability, MC offers the audience a deep reminder of where the work is headed and how each person is accountable for violence prevention and envisioning a world where people are safe and have what they need. MC ends the episode with a list of the upcoming events and resources of HopeWorks of Howard County and a link to register for these free events and stay up to date: hopeworksofhc.org/events

On today's epsidode of Transforming Together the podcast goes back to our roots of discussing gender based violence and its immense impact on communities like Howard County, MD and those all over the world. MC Carey (they/them) is joined by author, R.L.K. Eastabrooks, to talk about her newly published book, Inauspicious, which tells the devastating story of women from Rajasthan, India to New York City and to Cambridge, MA who experience the immense pain of gender violence. Inauspicious is the international saga of Rajasthani teenage bride, Triti Sharma, whose harrowing escape from the flames of a forbidden ancient ritual takes her from the desert sands of India to the streets of New York City where her soul twin, Jaq Morel, helps her uncover the horrors of her forgotten past. Spanning two continents, five cities, and three divergent cultures, Inauspicious is a modern story of survival, redemption, and the transcendent brilliance of synchronicity. Join us for a riveting conversation about the book, her work with survivors and a conversation rooted in ending gender based violence.

On today's episode of Transforming Together we discuss health equity gaps in maternal and infant health care and the increasing need for Howard County, MD to adopt a Maternity Partnership Program to serve the growing number of uninsured women. We are joined by CASA organizer Viviana Lozano and recent immigrant mothers from Honduras, Nolvia Reyes and Yusi Ramirez, to share their stories as Latina mothers and women who are uninsured seeking maternal and infant care in Howard County. We start by unpacking the root causes of the health equity gap, then move towards a detailed look at Howard County and its major gaps in care, and then end with an incredible interview with these three women about their experience and what they want to see change. To learn more about the movement to bring the maternity partnership program to Howard County and to support equitable maternity care in Howard County please sign this petition https://wearecasa.org/updates/support-equitable-maternity-care-in-howard-county/

On this episode of Transforming Together the HopeWorks Podcast, the HopeWorks Youth Leadership Project takes over the podcast with an incredible conversation for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Youth Leaders, Addie, Sangeetha, and Sreya dive into a detailed and authentic conversation about their understanding of teen dating violence, as youth who have been studying and learning about it for the past 5 months, and as teens themselves. The discuss the impact that their upbringing, schooling, and media have on their understanding of healthy vs unhealth/ abusive relationships and unpack the representations they have around them. With both a dose of research and their own experience, this very special episode of Transforming Together brings youth voices front and center for an incredible conversation that will leave you thinking about dating relationships in a completely new way.

On this episode of Transforming Together, MC Carey (they/them) is joined by the phenomenal Patrilie Hernandez (she/they) to discuss generational trauma, eating disorders, and the road to healing through ancestral food ways. Patrilie Hernandez, MS (she/they) has over 14 years of experience working in the health and nutrition sector as an educator, advocate, project manager, and policy analyst. She approaches Health at Every Size from an Intersectional lens and uses a Body Liberation framework as the foundation of her work. She combines her academic background in anthropology and nutrition/health, with her lived experience as a fat, neuroatypical, queer multiracial femme of the Puerto Rican diaspora to disrupt the status quo of the local health and nutrition community and advocates for a weight-inclusive paradigm in health and educational settings. Learn more about Patrilie's work on ancestral food ways and food justice with EmbodyLib at on Instagram at https://www.embodylib.com/ and join her health at every size community on Instagram @the_bodylib_advocate.   Join HopeWorks for a special youth-led workshop in celebration of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Our Youth Leadership Project is hosting a virtual workshop centering teen voices and a conversation around healthy dating relationships on Saturday, Feb 19th from 1:30-3pm via zoom called “Writing Relationship Wrongs” RSVP for this incredible workshop here: Eventbrite Link. You can also join HopeWorks by submitting to one of our two annual arts magazines! Submissions for Cultivate, our youth arts magazine, and Dragonfly, our adult arts magazine, are open now. These arts magazines center the voices and vision of talented artists from around the country who create art on themes of love, loss, trauma, healing, justice and more. Submit your written and/or visual art today by visiting www.hopeworksofhc.org 

What if we transformed the way we thought about boundaries from the watered down and single lensed discussion of boundaries you might see popularized in social media, to an understanding of Boundaries that encompasses the entire self, including and centering our Felt Sense? What if we learned how to start connecting with our bodies so that we could actually feel and respect our bodies sensations as a way to understand our boundaries? In this Episode of Transforming Together the HopeWorks Podcast, key host, MC Carey (they/them) is joined by HopeWorks Clinical Therapist, Anne Eckman (she/her) who helps to guide the conversation of boundaries through the lens of Somatic Therapy and mind-body healing. MC & Anne go through exercises to help start the work of connecting to our own felt sense, discuss the reasons why this may be so hard and new for folks, and offer knowledge around how boundary setting helps to heal our relationships to self/partners and also helps to heal our community. Boundary setting is a transformative act, and starting from an embodied place, a place of safety, can help us connect with boundaries in a more authentic and whole way. More felt sense exercises here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r43S2OEhVtOwFAe2qAdxquKM5WnhujvE/view?usp=sharing 

Welcome back for a new season of Transforming Together, the HopeWorks Podcast. On this episode, key host, MC Carey (they/them), brings in two special guests to talk about the intersection of environmentalism and healing. We are joined by HopeWorks staff member and survivor, Sandra Price, and Community Ecology Institute & Free Town Farm founder, Chiara D'Amore, to talk about the ways our communities, and specifically survivors, can heal through engagement with the earth and environmentalism. In this episode we talk about reciprocity, hear stories of surviving through connection with the earth, and learn a bit more about HopeWorks partnership with the Community Ecology Institute and FreeTown Farm through the Our Earth program and garden plot.  There's much relationship building to be done between us humans and the earth and CEI/Freetown farm and the Our Earth Program are perfect places to engage in reciprocity and healing. Learn more about the projects mentioned in this episode and see some pictures of the garden and farm by clicking this link to view a PDF with all sorts of goodies from this episode. Also, feel free to continue the conversations had in this episode by emailing us at podcast@hopeworksofhc.org We'd love to hear from you and get an idea of what you want to talk about next and ways we can transform together.    To learn more about HopeWorks and our services including gender-based violence survivor services and prevention services and/or to support our work via gift card or financial donations visit HopeWorks new web address https://hopeworksofhc.org/

On this episode of Transforming Together, the HopeWorks Podcast, MC Carey (they/them) brings in three guests for a deep dive conversation around sports and transphobia. Joined by the two founders of Unmatched Athlete, Justin Fair & Olanrele Oni, and trans health and sports advocate from Trans Maryland, Jack Mirabella, together they unpack the heavy wave of anti-transgender sports bills that have been hitting state legislatures all over the country as well as the undeniably important work of creating safe space for queer and trans youth to engage in sports. Sports are meant for everyone regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation and no one understands that better than Unmatched Athlete which works to create a safe and inclusive space for queer and trans youth to engage in sports and movement. You can learn more about Unmatched Athlete by visiting https://www.unmatchedathlete.org/. Interested in advocacy around the Transgender community in Maryland? Engage with the legislative, healthcare, and social advocacy coming out of Trans Maryland—a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland's trans community. You can learn more about the Transgender specific advocacy Jack Mirabella is working on (and access resources regarding transgender legislation and healthcare) by visiting https://transmaryland.org/. 

In this month's episode of Transforming Together, join MC Carey (they/them) & Stephanie Mobley (she/her) for a special PRIDE episode where they discuss the roots of LGBTQ+ pride and center Black, Indigenous and other people of color queer and trans voices. From conversations around rainbow capitalism to the roots of Pride as an anti-police riot and movement started by Black and Brown trans women, drag queens, and sex workers MC and Stephanie get real with what pride should look like. Queer and Trans liberation is possible and at our fingertips as long as we keep envisioning the world we want and we root ourselves in the tradition and light of the BIPOC Queer and Trans folks who came before us. Stay up to date with HopeWorks and Transforming Together by emailing podcast@wearehopeworks.org

  Join hosts Maya 'MC' Carey (they/them) and Stephanie Mobley (she/her) for this month's episode of Transforming Together the HopeWorks Podcast. In this episode we celebrate May as Mental Health Awareness month and we are joined by HopeWorks intern and mental health advocate, Ariane Cottman, for an authentic discussion around our own mental health, mental health hygiene, community care, and envisioning a world where mental health is supported everywhere. We open up about our own relationship with mental health both from the perspective as individuals struggling to find balance with our mental health and as service providers. Join us in this deeply authentic and healing conversation.   #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter  

Join hosts Maya Carey (they/them) and Stephanie Mobley (she/her) for this month’s episode of Transforming Together, the HopeWorks Podcast. In this episode Maya and Stephanie highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a special conversation around sex workers rights! In this episode they discuss everything from what sex work is and isn’t, to myths and facts, to unpacking policies that affect sex workers like SESTA/FOSTA and the criminalization of sex work. As always, Maya and Stephanie look at support for sex workers rights through the lens of Transformative Justice and Abolition. Join us as we transform the way society understands sex workers and how as allies you can help support the safety and rights of sex workers across the United States.   Stay engaged with HopeWorks by sending us questions to podcast@wearehopeworks.org. Finally, if you identify as LGBTQ+ or as an ally to the queer and trans community, apply for our 6-week workshop series titled Unapologetic: Using Arts & Humanities to Explore Revolution & Oppression. Hosted on Saturday’s between May 22nd and June 26th, this workshop series invites the LGBTQ+ community and allies to a virtual workshop series where we will use arts and humanities to explore topics ranging from gender-based violence to food justice to alternative healing and more! Applications are due May 7th. Learn more about the series and apply by visiting //wearehopeworks.org/events/unapologetic-workshop-series/

Join hosts Maya Carey (they/them) and Stephanie Mobley (she/her) for discussion around environmental racism and it’s impact on communities. We talk about our own understanding of the issue and how redlining and gentrification have caused some of the biggest racial impacts of environmental racism. We also bring in a very special guest, Odera Igwe (she/them), to discuss her environmental justice work in Pittsburgh, PA. From Odera’s journey to environmental justice to her everyday work in Black and Brown communities to bring green spaces to overlooked communities. Join us as we unpack a long history of racism and environmental injustice and transform our understanding of the intersection between the two.   Have questions for us? Email Maya and Stephanie at podcast@wearehopeworks.org.   Stay engaged with HopeWorks and join us for our upcoming virtual film screening of Sister’s Rising, a documentary about the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, on April 2nd from 5:00-7:00pm. HopeWork’s Youth Leadership will be hosting the film and post-film discussion. Check out //wearehopeworks.org/events for more information and to register for this free event. Finally, if you identify as LGBTQ+ sign up for our free 6-week workshop series titled Unapologetic: Using Arts and Humanities to Explore Revolution and Oppression. Hosted on Saturday’s May 22nd-June 26th, this workshop series invited LGBTQ+ identified community members to use arts and humanities to explore topics ranging from gender-based violence to food justice to alternative healing and more! Learn more about the series and apply by visiting https://wearehopeworks.org/event/unapologetic-workshop-series/

On this month's episode of Transforming Together, the HopeWorks Youth Leadership Project is taking over to talk about all things youth activism and movement making. Join featured youth leadership guests, Jonetta Lah (she/her) and Vedanth Battalapalli (he/him) for an episode breaking down performative activism and youth activism. They are joined by local Howard County, MD youth activist, Rahel Petros (she/her), from HoCo For Justice-a local BIPOC and Youth run social justice organization rooted in liberation and violence free communities. They talk slacktivism and what it means to be a youth activist during a life-changing moment in history with both the Pandemic and nation-wide movement towards racial equity and justice. Stay engaged with HopeWorks upcoming events and activities by checking out our website https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2f%2f%2fwearehopeworks.org%2fevents&c=E,1,LaOzjRU3asD_lT7OT0rmmdRqDMXM4h-KzldIwp0ad-S0Y2JjbzBK2hfb5oFkJvHDvDNQpLsoIKFru0pIM2ucrk0dzOrRWU1M398Huj58YPGBABvEfcHe&typo=0

oin hosts Maya Carey (they/them) and Stephanie Mobley (she/her) as they discuss the 2021 and the year ahead. They take a quick look back at 2020 and what they grew through and turn it around into what they want to grow into while sitting with the reality of their current social-political-emotional situation. Offering up the words and wisdom of famed feminist thinker and cultural critic, Adrienne Maree Brown, they expand upon her book "We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice" to look at the complex issues related to cancel culture and healing justice. Using the accountability apology model created by Mia Mingus, they expand upon Brown's dive into cancel culture and pull out useful tools towards practicing accountability and repairing harm in 2021. With conversation rooted in the themes of transformative justice and abolition, they work on envisioning the future they want-- a future that moves away from cancel-culture and rather is steeped in radical accountability and survivor centered approach. From the differences between harm, abuse, and conflict to understanding accountability as a tool for cultural healing, Maya and Stephanie start this year with eyes wide open towards a future free from violence and full of healing.Want to continue having conversations about social justice and literature? Join HopeWorks book club, Between the Lines: A Liberation Book Club, every 2nd and 4th Monday from 6:30-8pm est to discuss powerful and life changing works by women and femmes, queer and trans people, and BIPOC authors. Also, join HopeWorks in honoring Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month by joining us in an author panel discussion called "Dating Hurts" where author, Bill Mitchel, shares the story of his daughter's tragic loss to dating violence and his journey as a parent advocating for healthy relationship. "Dating Hurts" will be held on zoom on February 25th from 7-9pm est. Keep up to date with HopeWorks and find out more about these events and register by visiting https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2f%2f%2fwearehopeworks.org%2fevents.&c=E,1,55zx8EehMtYBYQ1SEOfEcdRjFsVu176fHx-baicJL3NIoRcgJh0OKFxlmilVfg1OGYMZwhNj1VNpB7KMr5viK0Kll4Y9cceGX1nzQ_osD7d8&typo=0      

Join Host, Maya Carey (they/them), and brand new host, Stephanie Mobley (she/her), for a discussion on how the podcast is shifting towards a lens of Transformative Justice and Abolition. In Maya and Stephanie’s first episode together, they explore their reasons for taking a deeper dive into the survivor centered and grassroots lead approach of Transformative Justice. Listen as they give thanks to their BIPOC foremothers who paved the way for the expansive thinking like community accountability, mutual aid, and harm reduction.   You can stay connected with HopeWorks by following our Instagram and Facebook @HopeWorksofHC. The submission season for our two arts magazine’s Dragonfly ,for adults, and Cultivate, for youth, are both open. Submissions for Dragonfly close March 1, 2021 and Cultivate submissions close April 2021. Also, Join us for our next book club meeting for Between the Lines: A Liberation Book Club where Maya and the group will discuss Adrienne Maree Brown’s “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good” on Monday, November 30th. Visit our website, wearehopeworks.org, t

In this episode of Transforming Together, hosts, Maya Carey and Japjyot Singh, are joined by local activists and organizers Micaela Lattimer and Julian Young from HoCo For Justice. HoCo 4 Justice is a Howard County, MD based youth lead racial justice group focusing on liberation for Black and Brown folks both locally and nationally. Join us as we discuss the work HoCo 4 Justice is doing, and envisioning a new world post COVID-19 using Liberation and Abolition as a lens for greater social change and connectivity. Keep up to date with HoCo 4 Justice by following their Social medias: Instagram: @hocoforjustice  Twitter: @hocoforjustice  Email: hocoforjustice@gmail.com  Website: Hocoforjustice.com      HopeWorks continues this discussion on liberation through our book club called Between the Lines: A Liberation Book Club. Join us for September’s book club meeting on 9/14 and 9/28 where we will discuss Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Register at https://wearehopeworks.org/events/   Youth activists wanted! Apply for this year’s Youth Leadership Project 2020-2021 Cohort, open to high schoolers dedicated to social justice. Applications close on October 1st, apply at https://wearehopeworks.org/ylp/   HopeWorks is Howard County’s intimate partner violence, sexual violence and Human Trafficking agency. Our 24/7 hotline number is 410-997-2272. Send all questions or ideas for the podcast to podcast@wearehopeworks.org     #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter

In this episode of Transforming Together, hosts, Japjyot Singh and Maya Carey, are joined by criminologist, sociologist, and activist Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis. This is the 3rd and final episode episode in the COVID-19 series addressing the impacts and connections of violence and COVID-19. Dr. Dennis is the founder and owner of 365Diversity and has spent much of her life breaking down racial justice flaws in different systems. Dr. Dennis joins us again to continue on with our conversation in the last episode and breaks down how activism should look like vs. how its showing up during our current time. Learn more about Dr. Dennis at 365Diversity.com Join us for our ongoing events! Visit wearehopeworks.org for more information The Creatives Café: every other Tuesday from 7-9pm via zoom Between the Lines: A Liberation Book Club—meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 6:30-8pm. Next book is: Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”

In this episode of Transforming Together, hosts, Japjyot Singh and Maya Carey, are joined by criminologist, sociologist, and activist Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis. This is the 3rd episode in the COVID-19 series addressing the impacts and connections of violence and COVID-19. Dr. Dennis is the founder and owner of 365Diversity and has spent much of her life breaking down racial justice flaws in different systems. Dr. Dennis joins us to discuss the historical context of racism and White supremacy in the United States and much more. We discuss how important it is to actually learn from our histories and how advocates can support Black Lives Matter. Learn more about Dr. Dennis at 365Diversity.com

Host's Maya and Japjyot are back for a special multi-part series around COVID-19 and community. For this first episode, we are joined by special guest Yoo-Jin Kang, Alcohol and other Drug Coordinator, from American University to talk COVID-19 and the complexities of trauma for survivors and non-survivors alike.  Join us as we break down trauma responses, how grief may be showing up for you throughout this pandemic, and our own tools and tips for making it through this deeply unsettling time.

Hosts Allison and Victoria are joined by special guests from HopeWorks' Anti-Trafficking Department to continue our discussion of human trafficking myths and facts. Anti-Trafficking Director Samantha and Case Manager Savanna give us an update on the growth of the anti-trafficking work at HopeWorks and help us dig into some recent reports here in Howard County.  

Join Co-hosts Maya and Japjyot as they explore the complexities of new year’s resolutions, intention setting, and community care. Bring in 2020 with intention!

Maya and Allison explore the relationship between the holiday season and body liberation and body positivity. Join us in this transformative conversation and gain some tips on how to be kind to your body and self this holiday season.

Maya, Allison, Japjyot, and new host Victoria come together to reflect on their experiences with growth in their personal lives and within the Community Engagement Department as a whole. Join us in this transformative conversation and get to know us on a deeper level.  

Maya & Japjyot  continue with their conversation about immigration in this episode. Listen as they reflect on the anti-immigration rhetoric and how to respond to immigration and customs officers.

Allison, Maya, and new host Japjyot have a frank conversation about the legacy of internment camps in the United States. They reflect on the history of “othering” and what that means for human rights today.

Heidi and Brittany reunite to discuss the work Brittany’s been doing at HopeWorks’ residential program, exploring the power and limitations of nonprofit shelter systems. They then discuss their futures and the future of the podcast.

Mental health representation on tv matters, and we think “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is one show doing it right, despite its misleading title. Plus, it’s a musical!

Heidi is joined by special guest Samantha, Anti-Trafficking Coordinator at HopeWorks, to bust common myths about human trafficking and discuss why anti-trafficking work is so important in Howard County.

On this episode, Allison and Heidi explore popular tropes from romances in movies and tv and break down how what's often sold as romantic can actually be toxic or harmful. Healthy couples in the media are harder to find, but offer us some real #relationshipgoals.

Maya and two special guests, Joanne and Phyllis, dive deep our journeys through art and healing and how HopeWorks has helped transform the way we think about art as a mechanism for self-reflection.

Maya, Heidi, and new host Allison reflect on 2018 and name some of the year’s wins – personal wins, media wins, and wins for survivors.

Heidi and Maya get witchy, exploring tropes around witchcraft and feminism in the media through Netflix’s “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.”

One Year Later Maya and Heidi reflect on the impact of the #MeToo movement one year after it went viral, exploring the movement's history and impact and the power of survivor voices.

Heidi, Brittany, and new host Maya reflect on their relationships with change as the podcast moves into a new chapter.

Heidi and Brittany explore the role of having difficult conversations and setting boundaries in building loving and honest relationships.

Brittany and Heidi deconstruct how “family” is politicized and weaponized and explore ideas of chosen family and community care as loving alternatives.

Heidi and Brittany share their love for Netflix's "Queer Eye" and "Sense8," and dive into why queer representations of gender and relationship have the power to make radical change

Brittany and Heidi dive into body positivity, making the world an equitable and welcoming place for all bodies, and their own self-love journeys.

In this episode, Heidi and Brittany share the self-care tools they have cultivated to sustain themselves in  justice work.

Brittany and Heidi discuss the significance of pronouns, starting with the personal impact of respecting someone’s pronouns, and zooming out to the structural impacts of transphobia.

This month, Heidi and Brittany discuss the ways in which sexual violence is racialized, looking to the past and making connections within the current anti-violence movement.

In this episode, Brittany and Heidi explore the discussion around Aziz Ansari, sexual violence, and consent. They seek to find nuance in the conversation, breaking down binaries around “rape” and “acceptable sex.”

In this episode, Brittany and Heidi reflect on 2017 and name this year’s wins – personal, political, and professional.

This month, Heidi and Brittany continue to analyze the ways in which popular media can replicate or challenge social norms around sex, violence, gender, and race while talking about the CW teen drama “Riverdale.”

In this episode, Brittany and Heidi discuss how certain popular Halloween costumes like ‘hula girl’ or ‘sexy’ anything can actually be very harmful when they perpetuate stereotypes or sexualize different cultures or gender identities.

In this episode, Heidi and Brittany acknowledge the salience of social media in our lives and explore ways that we can have healthier relationships with and through these digital platforms.

Heidi and Brittany discuss the ways sexual violence is portrayed on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” As advocates against violence, they grapple with what it means to be fans of such a violent show.