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Summary In this episode, hosts Carolina De La Rosa Mateo and Vidhya Shanker ask, “why evaluation?” We wonder if evaluation can be a site of resistance against racial/gendered capitalism, when capital developed evaluation to support its interests and continues to control the means and ends of knowledge production. Can evaluators renounce capitalism and positivism to organize against exploitation alongside the working class? Can we refuse to take EEI, DEI, CRE, GEDI, CRT, etc. for granted and change the structure of the knowledge economy? Episode 2 transcript Notes 19:45: Access to the written word provides an advantage only in hierarchical systems that devalue oral traditions and non-written languages and knowledge to justify the displacement of entire bodies of knowledge and ways of knowing and the corresponding domination of entire peoples who are portrayed as primitive or unfit to govern themselves 20:30: (Vidhya's elaboration) Tamil language and culture predate Sanskrit and what people now call Hinduism. But the language that brahmins typically claim is Sanskrit. Though no longer spoken, Sanskrit is still used within Hindu hegemony in much the same way that Latin and Greek are used within European hegemony: to provide authority and legitimacy to specific ideas and practices and to discredit others. 23:15: The only time that there is not an adversarial relationship between workers and management is when workers are management, as in self-governed cooperatives 47:06: There is also the stereotype that Asians only like numbers—cultivated largely through the 1965 Immigration Act 47:47: While this happened in 2020, Vidhya meant the 2016 elections References Rodríguez, D. (2016). The Political Logic of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Scholar and Feminist Online—Navigating Neoliberalism in the Academy, Nonprofits, and Beyond, 13.2. Seizing the Means of Knowledge Production (6,000-word blog entry) How Environmentalism was Separated from Class Politics (60-min video of a Jacobin talk by Matt Huber) The Professional-Managerial Class (2-hr video of a Jacobin talk with Catherine Liu) The Dialectic of Enlightenment (25-min video) How Europe Under-developed Africa: 50 years since its publication (2-hr video about Walter Rodney's activist scholarship) Vidhya's understanding is based on personal communication over time with Justin Laing of Hillombo Consulting Why Marx was Right: Alienation (25-min video) How Capitalism Absorbs Anticapitalism (15-min video) West India Emancipation, speech delivered at Canandaigua, New York, August 3, 1857 “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them” (p. 139 of Assata: An autobiography, 1987; Lawrence Hill) Marshall, A. G. (2015). Black Liberation and the Foundations of Social Control. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 74(4), 775–795. Delgado, R. (2009.) Explaining the Rise and Fall of African-American Fortunes: Interest Convergence and Civil Rights Gains. Harvard Civil Rights—Civil Liberties Law Review, 37: 369–387. Kohl-Arenas, E. (2015). The Self-Help Myth: Towards a Theory of Philanthropy as Consensus Broker. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 74(4), 796–825. The MN IBPOC in Evaluation Community of Praxis Facebook group The Frankfurt School, Student Radicalism & Anti-Communism (75-min podcast by Unequal Exchange with Gabriel Rockhill) The Frankfurt School: From a Failed Revolution to Critical Theory (25-min video) A place for solitude, community & healing for attendees who identify as Indigenous, Black, and People of Color (IBPOC) at Evaluation 2019! (AEA365 Blog post from 2019) Music “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Contact us Website: https://themay13group.net LinkedIn: Carolina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela Vidhya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker
BrownTown on BrownTown. Once again, our comrades build on previous discussions from 2019 (Ep. 39) and 2020 (Ep. 59) on the interrelationship between working within and outside of the movement media landscape while balancing a healthy personal life, financial well-being, and everything in between. The duo situate what recent growth means for SoapBox as an entity while also attempting to navigate the inherent contradictions of trying to dismantle capitalism while working within it. In this moment colored by genocide in Gaza, mass migration due to decades of neoliberal policy, and revanchist regressive public policy across the US, we are reminded of the necessity of liberation work as well as the toll it takes on our everyday. How do organizers, activists, creators, and freelancers at large sustain the self in order to sustain the work? How do we do fight the power while avoiding burnout and paying the rent? Here's BrownTown's take. Originally recorded April 17, 2024. Other topics mentioned:Ep. 95 - HomeEp. 64 - Non-Profit Industrial Complex ft. Lizette GarzaOne Fair Wage Ordinance Approved by Chicago City Council (NBC)One Million Experiments (2023)No Cop Academy: The Documentary (2023) CREDITS: Intro sound bite from The Boondocks. Outro song Thank you, Goodbye by GENTA. Audio engineering all by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Glitter Guts.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
In this episode, we (hosts Vidhya Shanker and Carolina De La Rosa Mateo) introduce ourselves, share how our worlds came together, and discuss The May 13 Group. We talk about our personal histories inside and outside evaluation, the Minnesota IBPOC in Evaluation Community of Praxis, how The May 13 Group came to be, and what it could possibly become. We invite anyone who works in and around evaluation or other knowledge work (e.g., philanthropy, nonprofits, NGOs, government, academia) to take a listen and help craft the ecosystem! Episode transcript: Transcript_TheMay13GroupPODCAST_WhoAreWe_Episode1_20240513 Notes: 1 correction: At the 45:34 mark, Vidhya misspoke by saying "before my generation and even before me" when she meant to say "before me and even before my generation." References: Why is Evaluation So White? (90-min video of Center for Evaluation Innovation webinar that took place on 5/13/2020) Definitional Tension: The Construction of Race in and through Evaluation (dissertation that draws from and led to many of the ideas The May 13 Group is working with) Pangea World Theater (comrades who helped create the stop-action play entitled The Revolution Will Not Be Culturally Competent, which led to the MN IBPOC in Evaluation Community of Praxis) Theater of the Oppressed (playlist of videos ranging from 5 to 30 min on Augusto Boal and the performance traditions underlying The Revolution Will Not Be Culturally Competent) Welcome to the Revolution! MN IBPOC in Evaluation Community of Praxis (AEA365 Blog entry) Shaking Up the Evaluation Patriarchy: AEA Womanists & Feminists Coming Together to Claim Power and Place in the Academy (AEA365 Blog entry) The Invisible Labor of Women of Color and Indigenous Women in Evaluation, Part 1 (AEA365 Blog entry) The Invisible Labor of Women of Color and Indigenous Women in Evaluation, Part 2 (AEA365 Blog entry) Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective (inspiration for much of the mutual aid work) Why is Evaluation So White? 10 Ways to Repair, Reverse, Redress, and Regenerate from the Racialized Circulation of Capital in Evaluation (20-min video of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations short-talk) Mondragon (worker-owned coop in Spain) The Rand Corporation and Our Policy Makers (article about the Rand Corporation) Beyond Mobility: The Limits of Liberal Urban Policy (paper with a bit about/ surrounding the Urban Institute) The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (book about the origins of philanthropy and NPIC) Music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Contact: Website: https://themay13group.net Linktree: Vidhya: https://linktr.ee/dr.vidhyashankerphd LinkedIn: Carolina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela Vidhya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker
This week on Humanism Now, Audrey & AJ join the panel to discuss personal and group activism and support for Social Justice campaigns. The panel discuss; How do humanist vales align with these causes? How do we prioritise issues to best influence changes? and what role should Humanist groups play in leading or supporting campaigns? We delve deeper into these topics with this week's guest Anya Overmann. Anya is a writer, consultant, speaker and digital nomad driven by her values as a progressive humanist activist. As former President of Young Humanists International, Anya shared her evolving views on the movement, frustrations with organised non-profits and optimism for the next generation of activists. About Anya Overmann:
Joining me today to talk about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, is GeeChee Yaw. Geechee is a published author, activist, organizer - has organized in the UK, the Baltimore and DC area and also organizes in Central America. Geechee is a member of a number of organizations like BPM. He provides research work and curriculums for a number of organizations. He is also a contributing writer for the Hood Communist - A collective of African revolutionary nationalists using journalism to advance the struggle for African liberation. Geechee gives insights into foundations and/or non-profit organizations and how their funders influence and, to a large extent, shape the objectives of those they fund. Foundations are a good way of tax sheltering. On the subject, Geechee says: We should be asking the question - How is wealth built? How is poverty built? To these questions, Geechee opines in this rather radical way: "Wealth is built through violance, public policy and fraud." Find Geechee on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007575525523 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mpilo-nkambule/support
BrownTown on BrownTown. As SoapBox (the film and movement media hub that powers Bourbon 'n BrownTown) moves into its first-ever office, Caullen and David discuss their journeys finding and curating spaces to call home, personally and professionally. BrownTown affirms housing as a human right while examining Chicago and America's dialectical relationships -- the housing crisis and Bring Chicago Home legislation, decades of US imperialism and caring for asylum seekers, Wall Street bailouts and billionaire tax breaks while the working many unionize for better workplaces, etc. While films like SoapBox's Calvin's Story (2016) create empathy, we must balance the interpersonal with the need to radically transform systems if we are ever to bring everyone home. Originally recorded June 19, 2023. Topics Mentioned:Ep. 64 - Non-Profit Industrial Complex ft. Lizette GarzaHot Ones event with Digs With DignityChicago Coalition for the HomelessCorporate landlords (1, 2)--CREDITS: Intro soundbite from PBS Newshour and outro music Dirty Money by Diddy ft. Skylar Grey. Episode photo by James Murray of SoapBox. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support
We've just finished our first ever Patreon book club pick, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and we have so many thoughts. Not all of them are good. In fact, they are downright infuriating in terms of the power imbalance in nonprofit funding. In today's episode, we're giving you our high-level summary and review of the significant points of the book. We touch on the chapters that really stood out to us, especially those about ethical funding, systems of power, and our political climate. It's opened our eyes to the fact that not much has changed in the funding landscape for the past 20 years. For a much deeper dive into this book, be sure to join our Patreon and listen to the bonus episodes. What's in this episode:[03:04] A summary and quick review of our recent Patreon book club pick, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex[05:21] Seeking funding, challenging systems of power, and the limitations of the 501c3 nonprofit structure[11:42] Why payout requirements should (still) be increased[14:13] The funding inequities between white-led and black-led organizations[21:45] Why nonprofits need to strive for financial independence from foundations in an increasingly dangerous political climate and must focus on being accountable to the right peopleFor full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit our website: https://thenonprofitreframe.com/Do you love our show and want to hear even more from us? You can get behind-the-scenes episodes and more by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nonprofitreframe Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode we're talking about the genre of Economics! We discuss economic philosophy, Excel spreadsheets, micro vs macro, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil by Nicholas Shaxson Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara Communism for Kids by Bini Adamczak Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis, translated by Jacob Moe Other Media We Mentioned Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild The Colour of Magic by Terry Prachett “Perhaps there is something in this reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits? It was a cumbersome phrase. Rincewind tried to get his tongue around the thick syllables that were the word in Twoflower's own language. What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement by Vladimir Lenin (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things If Books Could Kill - Freakonomics Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek (YouTube) Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek - Economics Rap Battle Round Two Peter Singer (Wikipedia) Unspeakable Conversations: Harriet McBryde Johnson on debating Peter Singer “He insists he doesn't want to kill me. He simply thinks it would have been better, all things considered, to have given my parents the option of killing the baby I once was.” If Books Could Kill - Rich Dad Poor Dad Saltwater and freshwater economics (Wikipedia) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Wikipedia) Another normal day of mining in Africa (Reddit) Belt and Road Initiative (Wikipedia) Report exposes solar panel industry Uyghur forced labour links Ouija (Wikipedia) Chinchilla (Wikipedia) Social media is doomed to die (The Verge) Reddit: Antiwork Reddit: Late Stage Capitalism 25 Economics books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change by Aja Barber The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk by Satyajit Das The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson and Arthur Manuel Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy by Kathryn Finney Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table by Carol Anne Hilton The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex edited by Incite! Women of Colour Against Violence Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives by Shalene Wuttunee Jobin How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard Can't We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions by Rupal Patel The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America by Shawn D. Rochester Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy by Kohei Saito The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddist Economics for the 21st Century by Sulak Sivaraksa Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today by Linda Yueh Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 16th we'll be talking about some old genres we've covered and whether we'd read them again. Then on Tuesday, June 6th we'll be discussing the genre of Fantasy!
Everyone’s favorite psedo-anonymous arts organizer Nick returns with a thoughtful critique and history of what the group INCITE! coined “the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.” We discuss many of the points from the 2007 (
The Pyramid Of Power: Chapter 10 –The Foundations And The Non-Profit Industrial Complex - TCRN www.theconsciousresistance.com/ The Conscious Resistance is the moment you recognize that being free goes deeper than just seeing the problems in the political arena. Consciously Resisting means being willing to engage in self-reflection, and pursuing knowledge of the self. Without knowing our own doubts, hopes, fears, dreams, insecurities and strengths we can not truly know what freedom means to us as an individual. To become conscious, and aware of ones actions is one of the most important steps towards claiming your own freedom. Motto: “Leading by example and helping others in their pursuit of Freedom.” The Conscious Resistance Network is an independent media organization focused on empowering individuals through education, philosophy, health, and community organizing. We work to create a world where corporate and state power does not rule over the lives of free human beings. Originally this site and the name revolved around the work of community activist Derrick Broze. However, in November 2013 Derrick and Neil Radimaker relaunched the The Conscious Resistance Network. TCRN aims to be a unique network of entertaining internet broadcasts featuring music videos, how to videos, gardening tips, discussions on current events, Anarchy, community organizing, and many other ideas we are currently working on.' Audio taken from: https://theconsciousresistance.com/the-pyramid-of-power-chapter-10-the-foundations-and-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/
Julianne Romanello is a mother of four and an independent scholar whose academic research interests include the life and writings of Eric Voegelin, Plato, and Kierkegaard. A PhD, she has taught at several colleges and universities near her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, most recently at the University of Tulsa. Julianne's research has focused on the corporate takeover of higher education and the development of the "P20 pipeline" in order to advance the globalist agenda of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Among many things, our conversation touched significantly on the idea that machinations of this Great Reset and it's 5G supported digital grid is what can be loosely termed a "non-profit industial complex". This broadly deployed saturation of every facet of the public and private spaces both here in the US and across the globe is the engine driving what can be aptly described as an unfolding coup. We get into many other fascinating areas of conversation and it's all informative and engaging! Enjoy!Visit DISOBEDIENT video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYZxyqqf6582vSMUijlm8TgCheck out DISOBEDIENT video on Bitchute, too: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/musjcPF0ki26/iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disobedient/id1604943510Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/793iZfqHtslp3WgU2tVGkoBE SURE TO LIKE, RATE & SHARE! CONTACT ME AT: disobedientpodcast@protonmail.com Thanks for listening!
In this episode, Tamsyn and Paniz are joined by writer and activist Nora Loreto and feminist and social justice advocate Sheru Abdulhusein to reflect on their experiences working at and with feminist non-profits (and “feminist” non-profits), how feminist non-profits emerged in Canada, and how they often reinforce the same oppressive power structures they were supposedly created to combat. Further Reading and Listening: Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age by Nora Loreto https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/take-back-the-fight Hear Nora's podcast version of the book at https://shows.acast.com/take-back-the-fight The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, edited by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded Work Won't Love you Back by Sarah Jaffe https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/work-wont-love-you-back/
On a new episode of Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club Tamsyn and Paniz are joined by writer and activist Nora Loreto and feminist and social justice advocate Sheru Abdulhusein to reflect on their experiences working at and with feminist non-profits (and “feminist” non-profits), how feminist non-profits emerged in Canada, and how they often reinforce the same oppressive power structures they were supposedly created to combat. Further Reading and Listening: Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age by Nora Loreto https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/take-back-the-fight Hear Nora's podcast version of the book at https://shows.acast.com/take-back-the-fight The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, edited by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded Work Won't Love you Back by Sarah Jaffe https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/work-wont-love-you-back/
On a new episode of Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club Tamsyn and Paniz are joined by writer and activist Nora Loreto and feminist and social justice advocate Sheru Abdulhusein to reflect on their experiences working at and with feminist non-profits (and “feminist” non-profits), how feminist non-profits emerged in Canada, and how they often reinforce the same oppressive power structures they were supposedly created to combat.Further Reading and Listening:Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age by Nora Loretohttps://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/take-back-the-fight Hear Nora's podcast version of the book at https://shows.acast.com/take-back-the-fightThe Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, edited by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violencehttps://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded Work Won't Love you Back by Sarah Jaffehttps://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/work-wont-love-you-back/
Andrew Goldstein MD, MPH (@AndrewMakeTweet) is an assistant professor at NYU who practices primary care at Bellevue, especially for those with high medical need and experiencing homelessness. His medical activism has focused on healthcare, immigration, climate, gun violence, and vaccine apartheid.
The industrial complex is an industrial complex! Today we'll be talking about the spread of industrial complexes, non-profits, so-called activist influencers, the controversy around BLM Global Network spending, and the whispers around Nikole Hannah-Jones and Kimberlé Crenshaw being problématique. What's the Word? Industrial Complex. Popularized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the industrial complex refers to the profit-driven enmeshment of the state and private industry in a way that makes it more profitable to perpetuate the problem they claim to solve. What We're Reading. “In The Shadow of the Shadow State” by Ruth Wilson Gilmore in The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. In this essay, Gilmore discusses the rise of the non-profit industrial complex as an industry that takes up "kindness" work for those the state has abandoned and operates to suppress revolution. Her solution is to take the money and run, without fooling ourselves into believing the state or capitalism will give us the keys to our freedom. What in the World?! In this segment, we discuss our ongoing experience of forming a non-profit, the questionable financial decisions of Black Lives Matter, what Alyssa and Brendane would do if we came into $90 million, whether we really should be putting our faith or support in famous people or so-called "activist influencers," and why you should stay away from Teach For America. Join our Patreon community! Discussed In This Episode The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (INCITE!, 2017) Black Awakening in Capitalist America (Robert L. Allen, 1969) Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship (Aimee Meredith Cox, 2015) Re-Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to A New Way of Life (Setsu Shigematsu, 2021) Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House (Sean Campbell, 2022) ZD merch available here and the syllabus for ZD 202 is here! Let us know what you thought of the episode @zorasdaughters on Instagram and @zoras_daughters on Twitter! Transcript will be available on our website here.
Liz Pitts, Logistics Director of Redrox, and Hillary McDaniel, a returning guest and Production Director or Redrox, come on to talk about Redrox Music Festival, why it is so powerful, why queer spaces are important, and how (and why) you can get involved! Listen to learn about this awesome queer-forward music festival.Follow on Insta @redroxmusicfestival
Today on the Patreon feed we dropped part 2 of our essay "Bulldozing Tents" reflecting on the role of the local Non-Profit Industrial Complex in repressing the encampment movement and evicting unsheltered people from public parks in the summer of 2020. Subscribe on Patreon for as little as 2$ a month to hear the entire 2 part episode and more
In this episode, Dani discusses how Human Animals use Beings at their disposal and who we need to listen to in order to end the cycle of abuse.They recommend reading "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer and "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for more information on Indigenous, sustainable way of Life and the true history of the so-called United States. She also recommends Indigenous Action and It's Going Down for articles that dive deep into the concepts that run our Lives and societies and interviews with individuals on the horrors of capitalism and settler-colonialism. They'd also recommend listening to the episode of Total Liberation titled, "Do You Know Where Your Taxes Are Going? Big Ag VS. Supply & Demand with Connie Spence" for more info on how the US government subsidizes big agriculture, making supply and demand obsolete. Lastly, Dani recommends listening to the episode of Indigenous Action titled, "Abolishing the Non-Profit Industrial Complex" to hear for yourself how the NPIC co-opts mutual aid projects.For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!To contact Dani, please email UnderstandingKindness@protonmail.com or send Dani a DM on social media!To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast's patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Content warning: Sexual violence. The Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) is a system of relationships designed by colonial and capitalist forces...
Today's Echo Chamber Podcast discusses the Non Profit Industrial Complex, how it effects social movements, and some solutions communities can implement to fight for freedom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthony-robinson41/support
For over 10 years, the academic and public health sectors have promoted "violence prevention" non-profits as the "evidence-based" alternative to mass incarceration and a solution to the shootings plaguing American cities. With the Biden administration set to invest 4 billion dollars in "violence prevention", some fear these services represent a co-option of grassroots anti-violence work and an attempt to cash in the public's anxieties around street crime, using the #DefundThePolice movement to strengthen the nonprofit industrial complex. In this talk, LBS Director of Research Lawrence Grandpre will use violence prevention as an example of the need for emancipatory, African Centered research. He'll be diving into the literature to display the limitations in Eurocentric public health methodologies of violence prevention and the need for African-centered alternatives.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)
Nancy Rodriguez is a social worker, parent volunteer, and special education advocate who ran for a seat on the Dallas ISD school board in November of 2020 where she received the highest number of votes, but not enough to receive the majority over her two opponents. That led to a runoff election with Dustin Marshall, the incumbent. His campaign spent more than $500,000 resulting in his re-election on December 8, 2020. His endorsements came from a web of political “gatekeepers” in Dallas. They are part of the Dallas patronage network that includes PACs, chamber organizations, politicians, social impact investors, and non-profit leaders. A key player in the local social impact scene is Dallas Social Venture Partners. They host luncheons and conferences to engage Dallas leaders wanting to learn more about their for-profit lens applied to solving social issues. Most people see this tidal wave of impact investing as a way to galvanize support around critical issues and a way to bring change. Doing good while making money could be a good thing, right? But are there unintended consequences to tracking people in a for-profit model that commodifies poverty, homelessness, or early childhood?More information about Nancy Rodriguez can be found at https://nancy4disd.com. Lynn Davenport is an education researcher and advocate for parental rights regarding education technology, data privacy and predatory impact investing schemes. She can be reached at ldaven@me.com.Social Venture Partners BigBang Conferencehttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bigbang-our-buck-dallas-reilience-lynn-davenport/Collective Impact: Where is the Public in Public-Private Partnershipshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/collective-impact-where-public-public-private-lynn-davenport/SVP CEO Tony Fleo’s ironic talk after City Square’s Randy Mayeux hosted the Urban Engagement Book Club: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7moOazQwv4The Invisible Heart social impact bond trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqpbMAW484wGambling On Our Futures: Big Data, Global Finance and Digital Life by Alison McDowellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVr9NBxJj2A&t=7sDallas And Tulsa: A Tale of Two Blockchains by Alison McDowellhttps://wrenchinthegears.com/2020/02/03/dallas-and-tulsa-a-tale-of-two-blockchains/Support the show (https://offbeatbusiness.com/sign-up/#join)
Dylan Rodriguez joins us to talk about the intersectionality of rebellion, activism, and abolition. How do all 3 affect Police Reform and Police Accountability? And how do all of those affect the Prison Industrial Complex and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex?
Dylan Rodriguez joins us to talk about the intersectionality of rebellion, activism, and abolition. How do all 3 affect Police Reform and Police Accountability? And how do all of those affect the Prison Industrial Complex and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex? In The Black Podcast Social Media Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/yatwasjx Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y98mh9s3 Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y9z922pv Prof. Rodriguez https://www.facebook.com/dylanrodriguez73 Twitter: @dylanrodriguez Instagram: dylanrodriguez73
GUESTLizette Garza is the Program Manager at Crossroads Fund, a public foundation that supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area. Lizette supports community-based grant making, and movement building programs like The Giving Project and Cultivate: A Women of Color Leadership program. Previously, Lizette has a background in youth development and music industry serving as a Program Specialist at After School Matters and Teaching Artist at ElevArte Community Studio. She is a longtime Pilsen-resident with a love for hip hop, yoga, and cooking. Outside of trust-based philanthropy, she is a Music Curator for ReverbNation.OVERVIEWBrownTown talks non-profit industrial complex, financial surveillance, drill rap, and everything in between with Lizette Garza, Program Manager at Crossroads Fund. The gang dissects the philanthropic world's inherent root in inequity as well as its changes and challenges from the grassroots over the years. Lizette brings her lived experience as well as work with Crossroads into the conversation around the role of non-profits, funding "radical" initiatives, and the impact coronavirus and the George Floyd uprisings had on them. As summer 2020 brought a racial justice reckoning, everyday people began to distrust institutions, better understand how whiteness and anti-Blackness permeates in even (and especially) the most trusted charitable giving, and how we can build better networks for funding, support, and trust outside of established institutions. BrownTown and Lizette analyze unpack these topics while reflecting on their own roles in movement work and as funders/fundees. As media creators and lovers of hip hop, they center the power of media, art, and imagination in pushing back against oppressive ways of thinking and accepting and living out abolitionist politics.Considering it all, BrownTown and Lizette distill these larger dialogues wrestling with how to work within and simultaneously resist a system built on the same hierarchies and oppression it is supposed to challenge. Ultimately, we're all just trying to figure out where the money reside. Originally recorded December 3, 2020.#TwerkForLiberation--Mentioned media, topics, and information:San Francisco billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness, AP** Episode Correction: Marc Benioff gave $30 million, not billions **"Donor Advised Funds" segment of Patriot Act with Hasan MinhajShit's Totally FUCKED! What Can We Do?: A Mutual Aid Explainer, Narration by Dean SpadeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Instagram Cooking + Q&A (December 10, 2020)Abolitionist challenge the FORD Foundation's support of replacing Rikers JailRacism by the Numbers: How the Internal Revenue Service Targets Poor Black Taxpayers, The RootHyperlocal Giving to Black-Led Nonprofits Cannot Simply Be a Trend, SSIRNonProfitAF.comDescription of the book, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex by INCITE!A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the non-profit model. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers essays by radical activists, educators, and non-profit staff from around the globe who critically rethink the long-term consequences of what they call the "non-profit industrial complex." Drawing on their own experiences, the contributors track the history of non-profits and provide strategies to transform and work outside them. Urgent and visionary, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded presents a biting critique of the quietly devastating role the non-profit industrial complex plays in managing dissent.--Follow Lizette on Instagram and Twitter; and Crossroads Fund on their site, Instagram, and Twitter.--CREDITS: Intro soundbite Kofi Ademola from the Chi DNA interview with audio track by Genta Tamashiro. Outro song Where the Money Reside (Remix) w/ IMarkkeyz by Seude the Remix God. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro with assistance from Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Jamie Kelter Davis.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support
Welcome to episode 5 of season 2! On this episode we welcome CAM who is the co chair of organizing for the DC chapter of the Black Youth Project (BYP) 100. Cam discusses queernesss for our freedom, how our ancestors used the hush harbors, Black leftism, sex work, and the need for divesting in non-profits. Book Mentioned: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Podcast E-mail: blkrdlimgns@gmail.com Podcast Twitter: @blkrdlpod Podcast Instagram: @blkrdlpod Host Twitter: @_christxn_ Cashapp: $christxnn Cam's Information GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-cams-move-back-to-dc Twitter: @killaCAMfrmdaGo Instagram: @sweetpeafromthego Linktree: linktr.ee/CAMLiberation Papyal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/CAMliberation Cashapp: $CarrieMorris
Today's episode is a reflection on the role of foundations and non-profit organizations in the political economy of Minneapolis. We take a close look at the McKnight Foundation's interjection of a $250,000 grant at a critical moment in the struggle over the Upper Harbor Terminal, assessing the implications and impacts of that grant. We also use Blue Cross Blue Shields Foundation and the Pohlad Foundation as case studies for how foundations and non-profits consolidate ruling class power. We close with some thoughts on organizing within, against and beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Isaac goes off with a soundscape that brings it all together and gives it life. Produced by Isaac Specktor. Help us reach 200 Patrons https://www.patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity
I discovered Kristy Lovich on Twitter calling out the non-profit world and the local politicians in here native Los Angeles. We talk about working with the unhoused, the paternalistic approach to treating unhoused people, and the law enforcements over involvement with the mentally ill. Some organizations that can use your support: Ground Game LA https://www.groundgamela.org/ Ktown4All https://ktownforall.org/ Streetwatch LA https://streetwatchla.com/ Services Not Sweeps https://servicesnotsweeps.com/ Meztli Projects https://www.meztliprojects.org/ Echo Park Rise Up https://www.instagram.com/echoparkriseup/?hl=en Mountain House: A collective that practices radical stewardship of land, relationships, and culture (on-going tent fund/unsetttling the commons) https://www.mountainhouse.family/ The Revolution Will Not Be Funded https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded Unhousing the Poor: Interlocking Regimes of Racialized Policing Ananya Roy, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Terra Graziani, The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, Los Angeles Pamela Stephens, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Link to PDF: https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2020/08/25/unhousing-the-poor/ The paper, prepared for The Square One Project's Roundtable on Justice Policy, is part of the Institute's ongoing research on racial banishment, the expulsion of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities from our cities through criminalization, policing, and forced removal. With a focus on Los Angeles, the paper examines three regimes of racialized policing: the criminalization of the unhoused, nuisance abatement lawsuits (specifically the Citywide Nuisance Abatement Program, or CNAP), and the forfeiture of public housing. Since this is a paper written for a project concerned with the “social contract,” it concludes with a framework of rights, including “right to remain.” But as this national moment of reckoning in the United States has made vividly clear, such a right cannot be established without dismantling the role of racialized policing in maintaining propertied order. By bringing to light the many forms of spatial illegalization that are constitutive of racial banishment, the research presented in the paper makes a contribution to the ongoing work of housing justice. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. Please support independent media and become a patron. You'll get bonus content from a lot of the shows. We're currently creating patron only content and you'll get MERCH! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/BitterLakePresents Follow, like, subscribe, and PLEASE share on these platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIRShowOakland Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisrevolutionoakland/ Medium: https://medium.com/@jasonmyles/vengeance-has-no-foresight-837212d85a97
Race Capitol explores the steps of Black Liberation and the diversity of tactics while navigating the non-profit industrial complex. All three hosts join this week to discuss the complexities and dynamics of the institution that appears to hold influence over perceived progress. Readings: -https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fundi-none-shall-escape-radical-perspectives-in-the-caribbean.pdf -https://www.revolutionaryabolition.org/bdap.pdf -https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/2010NPIndudtrialComplex.pdf -cover: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Funded.html?id=QCEuDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button Video to watch: -https://youtu.be/2NQj7zKlHSc Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nJ7a08hxU&feature=youtu.be VisionaryLion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9RogCACgPc
Andrew Goldstein discusses his experience of activism and medicine. We discuss how he first stepped into activism, the challenges of non-profit work, how healthcare workers can get involved in organizing, leader-full movements, the temptations of professional "success," and the dangers of waiting until the "right moment" to begin this work. Andrew Goldstein MD, MPH (@AndrewMakeTweet) is an assistant professor at NYU who practices primary care at Bellevue, especially for those with high medical need and experiencing homelessness. His medical activism has focused on healthcare, immigration, climate, and gun violence. He also focuses on civic habit building, election action, narrative shifting, escalated tactics like civil disobedience and protest, and health worker organizing. His recommended resources: "Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex," Incite-National.org, (website): bit.ly/3bK26ia "Jane McAlevey on Organizing vs. Mobilizing," Current Affairs (podcast): apple.co/2Rfu1g9 "Movement Strategy, 1. Momentum, Introduction to the Dominant Systems," from Momentum/Anyi Institute (video): bit.ly/3ieNHgi
Hey gang. We're really enjoying bring Dr. Sprengeler to the Wine Cellar. It really is basically developing a friendship in public. Even cooler this time because Phoenix (SWOP - Executive Director) Calida joined in to really flesh out perspectives on Dr Sprengeler's topic. This episode starts with some external audio to set the stage and from there we go into doing our segments and even grabbing a couple of callers. Dr Sprengeler handles awkward calls quite well. This upload is of course, Patreon Early Access and from there, it's off to the Socialized Feed. If that works best for you, remember you can just search for "Wine Cellar Media" in your favorite podcast application and subscribe, leave a 5 star review and start ripping through some episodes. furie.chicago@gmail.com https://www.panwomanist.org Who is FURIE? About Chicago's grassroots Pan-Womanist, 3rd World Internationalist, Marxist organization. All Power to the People! Contact: furie.chicago@gmail.com Twitter: @FURIEchi E-mail: furie.chicago@gmail.com Call in at 347-857-3937. Press 1 if you have a question or comment. Support Wine Cellar Media and get weekly early access to programs got to patreon.com/winecellarmediafund and sign up for any amount. We do not have a tiered system. You can also always drop something in the tip jar at paypal.me/phoenixandwilliam. We also have the cash app at $PhoenixCalida and the Venmo @WineCellarMedia
Hey gang. We're really enjoying bring Dr. Sprengeler to the Wine Cellar. It really is basically developing a friendship in public. Even cooler this time because Phoenix (SWOP - Executive Director) Calida joined in to really flesh out perspectives on Dr Sprengeler's topic. This episode starts with some external audio to set the stage and from there we go into doing our segments and even grabbing a couple of callers. Dr Sprengeler handles awkward calls quite well. This upload is of course, Patreon Early Access and from there, it's off to the Socialized Feed. If that works best for you, remember you can just search for "Wine Cellar Media" in your favorite podcast application and subscribe, leave a 5 star review and start ripping through some episodes. furie.chicago@gmail.com https://www.panwomanist.org Who is FURIE? About Chicago's grassroots Pan-Womanist, 3rd World Internationalist, Marxist organization. All Power to the People! Contact: furie.chicago@gmail.com Twitter: @FURIEchi E-mail: furie.chicago@gmail.com Call in at 347-857-3937. Press 1 if you have a question or comment. Support Wine Cellar Media and get weekly early access to programs got to patreon.com/winecellarmediafund and sign up for any amount. We do not have a tiered system. You can also always drop something in the tip jar at paypal.me/phoenixandwilliam. We also have the cash app at $PhoenixCalida and the Venmo @WineCellarMedia
About This Episode What happens when social movement activists receive leadership fellowships? In this podcast, three Harvard Kennedy School graduate fellows discuss philanthropic scholarships and fellowships given to “change agents.” They review the major foundations who are funding fellowships, examine the history of how this type of giving came about, think aloud some critiques and alternatives, then chat about their personal connections to this topic. Hosts Becky Meris a Center for Public Leadership Fellow and Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, and she has previously worked in criminal justice reform in the United States and abroad. Inayat Sabhikhiis a Center for Public Leadership Fellow and Master in Public Administration candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. She is associated with the Right to Information and Right to Food movements in India. Talk to her about gully rap and Zadie Smith. Samer Hjoujis a Center for Public Leadership Fellow and Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, and he has previously worked in education in Palestine. Learn More Videos Rockefeller Fellowship on Social Innovation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t6JyGoDnzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t6JyGoDnzQ) Open Society Foundation for South Africa Commemorative Scholarship and Fellowship Awards 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCyTHhShfjA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCyTHhShfjA) Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=43&v=qqH3Cib-Y5Q&feature=emb_logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=43&v=qqH3Cib-Y5Q&feature=emb_logo) 2019 Obama Foundation Fellows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxPYxQ0KNkY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxPYxQ0KNkY) Emerson Collective Dial Fellows: https://www.emersoncollective.com/organizations/emerson-collective-dial-fellowship/ (https://www.emersoncollective.com/organizations/emerson-collective-dial-fellowship/) Harvard Lecture by Condoleeza Rice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLYCE4NU9Hw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLYCE4NU9Hw) Professor Randall Westbrook on W.E.B. Du Bois' Talented Tenth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wollGiMRCIE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wollGiMRCIE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnACmH2ueSU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnACmH2ueSU) Books Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy (2014) International Scholarships in Higher Education: Pathways to Social Change edited by Joan Dassin, Robin Marsh, and Matt Mawer (2017) The Lucky Few and the Worthy Many: Scholarship Competitions and the World's Future Leaders edited by Warren F. Ilchman, Alice S. Ilchman, and Mary H. Tolar (2004) The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (2007) Top Down: The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial Liberalism by Karen Ferguson (2013) Articles Beilke, Jayne R. (1997) “The Changing Emphasis of the Rosenwald Fellowship Program, 1928-1948.” The Journal of Negro Education, vol. 66, no. 1. Du Bois, W.E.B. “The Talented Tenth,” from The Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative Negroes of To-day (New York, 1903). Peterson, Richard H. (1984) “The Spirit of Giving: The Educational Philanthropy of Western Mining Leaders, 1870-1900.” Pacific Historical Review, vol. 53, no. 3. Pietsch, T. (2011) “Many Rhodes: Travelling scholarships and imperial citizenship in the British academic world, 1880-1940.” History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 40(6). Reports https://givingusa.org/ (Giving USA 2019: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2018) http://factfindingjan2020.mit.edu/files/MIT-report.pdf?200117 (Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Interactions With MIT) (2020) Other Media...
We meet with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, a Seattle-based writer, transformative justice and disability justice movement worker, and educator. By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 014 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound (https://www.patreon.com/bythesound) SHOW NOTES: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (www.brownstargirl.org) : writer, crank, disability and transformative justice worker (https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html) , edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (https://www.powells.com/book/-9781849352628) , edited by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha The Audre Lorde Project (https://alp.org/) The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded) The NW Network (https://www.nwnetwork.org) “ Policing is a Dirty Job, But Nobody’s Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/policing-is-a-dirty-job-but-nobodys-gotta-do-it-6-ideas-for-a-cop-free-world-199465/) ,” Rolling Stone (2014). BYP100 (https://www.byp100.org) The Oakland Power Projects (OPP) ( http://criticalresistance.org/chapters/cr-oakland/the-oakland-power-projects/) Trans Lifeline (https://www.translifeline.org) The Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective (BATJC) (https://batjc.wordpress.com) INCITE! (https://incite-national.org) API CHAYA (https://www.apichaya.org) Black & Tan Hall (https://www.facebook.com/blackandtanhall/) SFSX (SAFE SEX) (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sfsx-safe-sex) (https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Care-Work) , by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/Tonguebreaker) , by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Support this podcast
In this episode, we're joined by The MANY: The Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti, which is located in SE Michigan. They are a Mutual Aid group that was formed before the Covid-19 Pandemic, and they share the lessons they've learned. They have non-profit status, though they are very critical of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. We have a great discussion about the ways that this status can be used as a valuable tool, and how they work to avoid the problematic dynamics that often arise when operating a Non-Profit. Many other exciting topics covered, too! Check them out here! https://www.facebook.com/ypsimutualaid/ on on Instagram: @many.info
In the mid-2000s, a documentary about "troubled youth" from Baltimore sent to Africa was critically acclaimed. it was more than another white savior story. It revealed the fundamental flaws in the logical liberal white racism. We use the documentary as a starting point for an analysis of the racism in the human & social service sector by juxtaposing the interventions of the documentaries teachers with African centered liberatory methodologies.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)
What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, Chris and Dave kick it solo. The content well had run a little dry so we picked up a local newspaper and found a nice story. We tackle the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and how 98.99% of all Non-Profits would organize themselves out of all their cash if they weren't just Chamber of Commerce gentrifiers. We namely go in on a local "community gardening" (it's laughable they call it that) non-profit that not only exploits the neighborhoods where they put their gardens but also the people that work for them, all for the benefit of some pretty healthy local farms. Community gardening is a great way to build solidarity, educate and feed these communities. Evidently, it's also a real good way to exploit folks for a nice buck. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) http://bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com Ohio Valley Pride's ongoing fundraising efforts: bit.ly/31dtmyq
On this edition of Parallax Views, Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, author of Roadtripping at the End of the World, joins us to discuss the climate crisis and his recent piece "The Teachable Moment of the Greta Thunberg Phenomena", which responds to the provocative six-part report "The Manufacturing of Greta Thunberg – for Consent: The Political Economy of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex" by investigative journalist Cory Morningstar. This is not, however, an attempted takedown of Greta Thunberg or the phenomena she has sparked in regards to climate activism. Kollibri finds a great deal of inspiration in Thunberg, but argues that we must guard against her message being co-opted by those seeking to only make gestures about climate change and take half measures in response to it. Indeed, Thunberg herself seemed to express this same sentiment in her now famous "How Dare You!" speech delivered at the 2019 UN climate change summit in New York. Additionally we discuss politics, the environmental movement as a whole, the Green New Deal, generational difference between boomers, Gen X, and millennials, the media, and much, much more! SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! WHERE YOU CAN HEAR... PARALLAX VIEWSTHE WEEK THAT WASCURRENT EVENTSPROGRAM
This internet shit is fake as fuck and it's hard to navigate--join us as we attempt to. Highly Recommended Reading: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble The Manufacturing of Greta Thunberg---for Consent: The Political Economy of the Non Profit Industrial Complex by Cory Morningstar http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2019/01/17/the-manufacturing-of-greta-thunberg-for-consent-the-political-economy-of-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/ In Defense of Cory Morningstar's Manufacturing for Consent Series by Hiroyuki Hamada http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2019/09/20/in-defense-of-cory-morningstars-manufacturing-for-consent-series/ Music: Apathy Happy By Benjamin Earl Turner, get into my brother tho Episode Sponsored by You, to monetarily support Hoodrat to Headwrap Venmo @Ericka-Hart or PayPal: ericka@ihartericka.com
In our final #HotMicSession for the Summer, Dayvon Love gives a talk on the psycho-social dynamics behind white folks doing work with Black kids. Combining personal experience with academic analysis, Dayvon breaks down the role whiteness plays in the social imaginary and, despite good intentions, how it manifests itself in everyday teacher/student engagements. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)
I'll take a little theory and history with my labor organizing, please. And I'd like them shaken...not stirred. Comrade and fellow social worker/labor organizer, Sam, is on the show this week to help me talk about Jane McAlevey's dynamite book on labor organizing in the current era of capitalism, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age. We talk about the basic concepts and organizing strategy McAlevey focuses on in the book by looking at their application in our own labor union organizing with social workers in Texas. There are also lots of details in here regarding some basic facts and history of labor unions and labor struggles in the U.S. which should be of interest to theory geeks, history nerds, and organizers alike. Most importantly, we talk at-length about our own personal realizations that a strong Leftist, radical approach to labor organizing isn't just about higher wages - it's about human dignity and changing society. ***Correction: First philanthropic foundation we mention in the show was the Rockefeller Foundation, not the Ford Foundation. See notes below on Ludlow Massacre*** References/Further Reading and Viewing: McAlevey on Fight for 15! Labor Notes Review of No Shortcuts OPEIU Homepage Wisconsin's Act 10 Right-to-Work Laws Harlan County, USA - One of THE BEST Documentaries on U.S. Labor Struggles You Can Find Out There John D. Rockefeller and the Ludlow Massacre What is the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and Why Should I Care? The Problem with Saul Alinsky ------------------------------------------------ Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front
If the Lockheed Martin funding and the awards for Jeff Bezos at those yearly Human Rights Campaign National Dinners have left you with a pit in your stomach, let Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) fill you up with The News Never Ends's First Annual Takedown Takeout! Special guest star Yasmin Nair (@NairYasmin) joins the TNNE crew for an awards show of our own and a roast of the HRC and the role the Non-Profit Industrial Complex plays in contemporary LGBTQ movements. No need to microwave these takes! They stay lava-hot! Join the Galaxy Brain Club for even more show!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Yasmin Nair & Eli Massey on “Inclusion in the Atrocious” https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/inclusion-in-the-atrocious Nathan J. Robinson on the HRC https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/09/the-human-rights-campaign-has-totally-betrayed-its-constituents Timestamps: 0:00: Introduction and chitchat 23:18: Some historical background 45:01: Takedown Takeout categories 48:31: The One-Party Rule Visibility Award 1:29:45: The Class Warfare Innovation Award 2:23:52: The Equality in Extinction Award 2:25:46: The Imperial Innovation Award 2:47:55: Play us off More links: JB doesn't tell dad jokes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k0LmQLQbPY JB doesn't sing karaoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HR52lP6RQ The HRC Bezos tweet out of time and space https://twitter.com/HRC/status/922606069364543488 When AIDS Was Funny by Scott Calonico https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/reagan-administration-response-to-aids-crisis Shots in the Dark https://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/servlet/DCARead?standardNo=0393050270&standardNoType=1&excerpt=true Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB-4ZHmt82Y& Bezos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQs5STtwUY BP https://www.bp.com/en/global/bp-careers/working-at-bp/diversity-inclusion.html#lgbt Chad Griffin on heroic trans troops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdGYCBKo1s Susan Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3WajO-WwI Bloomberg http://gawker.com/5979679/id-do-her-a-brief-history-of-michael-bloombergs-public-sexism Urvashi Vaid http://urvashivaid.net Thrasher on the Military-Industrial Complex http://gawker.com/haaay-to-the-chief-the-military-industrial-complex-con-486133694 NAACP against Net Neutrality https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/net-neutrality-naacp-verizon_n_5630074.html Purvi Patel https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/purvi-patel-feticide-freed-released-prison-indiana-20-year-sentence-a7220251.html American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) http://aver.us/ http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-veterans-to-dedicate-Halsted-monument-celebrate-25-years-on-Memorial-Day-/59190.html Miriam Ben-Shalom's TERF present https://goo.gl/B4QrHK Michael Arria's memery https://goo.gl/SBoM6p Corporate Equality Index Archives https://goo.gl/dFkAAt 2018 Index https://goo.gl/sKtKpe 2002 Index https://goo.gl/yBEaWj “Thirteen companies achieved a score of 100 percent.” Kelly Winters Bilerico on index tools https://goo.gl/B4n8Yy More thereon: https://goo.gl/UECi1m Nike unboxing https://goo.gl/zQUL4j Coke in India https://goo.gl/z4doaZ Coca-Cola Pride https://goo.gl/MUiG8S Drone donors https://goo.gl/m8wBqs Yasmin's review of Jo Becker's Forcing the Spring https://goo.gl/xhh7EV Max Blumenthal on Michael Lucas's “Men of Israel” shoot https://goo.gl/2Zou1y David Rakoff on the space for gay porn in the erotic con https://goo.gl/XNU4MJ We owe Janet Jackson an apology… https://goo.gl/89Jt2Y … but Les Moonves is we https://goo.gl/Vp8Sqq Dean Spade on Jennifer Pritzker https://goo.gl/NFZfeV Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Is the World Cruel or is it just White? Will it ever change? How is changed defined? Who gets to decide? Greater good or creating change---are they real or some veiled gospel of prosperity that’s mostly self interested and leaves us, the “change makers” at the center of it? Examples Jeff bezos Anne Hathaway HRC Non profits—origin of non profits, where did they come from? Why do we need them? A way to pacify activists and neutralize grassroots movements and embed them into the same oppressive institutions they were formed to absolve? Are we a less radical generation than before us? Do we just have more words to describe fucked up shit? Maybe we just gotta call shit what it is, be clear and explicit by what we mean dismantle white supremacy Join us in our attempt to make sense of the swirl. Recommended and Referenced Reading: Winners Take All by Anand Giriharadas: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/anand-giridharadas-on-winners-take-all.html Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: https://incite-national.org/beyond-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/ Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton's Thoughts on Reparations for Slavery: https://splinternews.com/bernie-sanders-and-hillary-clinton-both-supported-repar-1793854216 HRC Executive Resigns After Using N-Word https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/8/24/hrc-executive-resigns-after-using-n-word Episode Sponsored by The Pleasure Chest: https://thepleasurechest.com/new-york-ues-location
In Episode 19, we sit down with Arielle Iniko Newton. Arielle is a writer and organizer within the Movement for Black Lives. She currently serves as Senior Editor of RaceBaitr, and Executive Director and Founder of the Black Giving Fund. We talk with Arielle about the Black Giving Fund and it's mission, purpose and principles. We also talk about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and why it will always be inadequate in the pursuit of Black Liberation. Arielle talks about BGF's work, giving directly to Black organizers, activists, content creators. We also speak with Arielle about the great work she's apart of over at RaceBaitR.
This week's Global Research News Hour radio program features a conversation with London Ontario based Cory Morningstar and Boston Massachusetts based Bob Feldman, These two investigative journalists share their research into the way elites manipulate activism and media through foundation funding.
What is necessary for museums to radically imagine what is possible, not only what has been done? Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum, shares how she decided to "step up" during a moment of transition for the museum. After beginning her career at the Brooklyn Museum in an entry level position, she hadn’t planned for a leadership role of this nature in her career trajectory. She shares how youth organizing and collectives have shaped the values that inform her leadership at a large encyclopedic museum. We also talk about organizational culture, how social movements change institutions, and the tricky nature of passion and work in a capitalist society. After graduating from Brown University in 1995, Adjoa received a Fulbright scholarship to research community schools and cultural identity in Bahia, Brazil. In 1996 she moved to Brooklyn, NY where she worked as a high-school teacher at El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice, and helped to create Sista II Sista (SIIS), a women’s collective dedicated to supporting young women of color in developing personal and collective power. In 2005, she earned her Master’s from Teacher's College in International Education Development. From 2006-2013 she lived in Arembepe, Bahia where she co-founded a community based organization, Diáspora Solidária, committed to social & environmental justice, artistic expression and youth development. She began her work at the Brooklyn Museum in 2013. Reading: The Art of Social Justice: Behold the beautiful struggle! by Adjoa Jones de Almeida The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Adjoa Jones de Almeida contributor
(http://www.advanceyourart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Jennifer-Edwards-resized-credit-Evi-Abeler-copy.jpg) Jennifer Edwards – artist, facilitator, writer, choreographer, educator, and organizational development specialist Artists, what is the value of your art? I challenge students and peers – and now you – to drop the easy, untrue notion that the arts are intrinsically valuable. For if we cannot define and claim our value, service, and impact, no one else will. Jennifer Edwards is a facilitator, writer, choreographer, educator, and organizational development specialist. She has been called upon, as a speaker / facilitator, by organizations including Americans for the Arts, Emerging Women, Columbia University Medical Center, the Juilliard School, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Encore Careers. A Founding Partner of The Lasky Symposium (http://www.laskysymposium.org/) , and several strategic thinking groups. Some of the artifacts of her creative work include an iPhone App, called ‘Grounded,’ a short dance film series by the same name, and an award-winning spoken word album, titled ‘exposed.’ Additionally, her writing can be found on The Huffington Post, blogs of Dance /USA, Americans for the Arts, in The National Museum of Women, and in feminist zines, and chapbooks. Her choreography has been shown in some atypical spaces like Martha Stewart’s Whole Living website, Governors Island, and the streets of Shanghai. She continues to build, with various communities, a collective story / data installation project titled, jened.com (http://www.jened.com/) . Books and Articles: What impact do you want to have on the world? (http://www.artsmarketing.org/resources/article/2016-06/what-impact-do-you-want-have-world) (http://www.artsmarketing.org/resources/article/2016-06/what-impact-do-you-want-have-world) Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (http://amzn.to/2a1Pwie) (http://amzn.to/2a1Pwie) by Natalie Goldberg How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In (http://amzn.to/29RjdRY) (http://amzn.to/29RjdRY) by Jim Collins Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses (http://amzn.to/29Gt4Xr) (http://amzn.to/29Gt4Xr) by Amy Whitaker The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (http://amzn.to/29N5AVw) (http://amzn.to/29N5AVw) by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Contact: jen@jened.com www.jened.com (http://www.jened.com/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Edwards.Jennifer) @jenniferedwards (https://twitter.com/jenniferedwards) (https://twitter.com/jenniferedwards)
Churches, non-profits, Kickstarter campaigns, charity events - Jeff, Mona and Allen give some space this week to the topic of charitable giving. How do we exercise generosity in a way that really makes a difference? From the “faith giving” of the televangelists’ guaranteed returns to the one-for-one giving of Toms shoes, this conversation challenges our notions of philanthropy and charity - and is followed by another round of Knowin’ Jemonen. Charitable Giving Conversation (00:30) Knowin’ Jemonen Segment (51:27) ANNOUNCEMENTS Registration for the Irenicast Book Club is open. Get all the details at irenicast.com/bookclub RELEVANT LINKS Charitable Giving Conversation Jesus Clears the Temple - Matthew 21:12-17 & John 2:13-22 (NRSV) Biz Stone (Twitter Co-Founder) Biz Stone Says This Will Be the Future of Marketing (Article) I Will Not Be Pinkwashed: Why I Do Not Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Article) Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential by Dan Pallotta (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Toms Shoes (One-4-One Business) Bombas Socks (One-4-One Business) Social Enterprise Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Televangelists (YouTube Video) Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology, Discipleship, and Ministry by Ellen F. Davis (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Episode 29 | Water for Everyone - The Scott Harrison Interview (RobCast Episode) Adam Smith (Wikipedia Article) Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Ice Bucket Challenge The Widow’s Mites - Luke 21 & Mark 12 Nimi Wariboko Knowin’ Jemonen Segment - This Segment Has Appeared in Episodes 005, 021, 025, 036, 038, 044, 046, 056 THANK YOU Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Thank you for supporting the podcast! Your ratings, reviews and feedback are not only encouraging to us personally, but they help others find the show. If you appreciate the content we provide please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. Join our conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Read Us on our blog An Irenicon Email Us at podcast@irenicast.com Follow Us on Twitter and Google+ Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud and TuneIn Speak to Us on our Feedback Page and the Post Evangelical Facebook Group See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us This post may contain affiliate links. An Irenicon is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
All Power To The Positive! Vol#6, Episode #9 by wakeupgoddammit “Our mission is to do the work…Build power by building institutions, serve people, (re)educate the mind to cultivate a revolutionary consciousness, establish hope & peace by meeting people where they are at, develop allies who support Black liberation, transform predators into protectors, be collectively self-sufficient, develop a cadre of leaders/neighbor organizers that can work closely together or independent if need be, promote self-images of ourselves and establish concrete programs that is not only meeting the immediate needs of the people but is ultimately building a mass movement of people that is becoming organized to seize power!” – Yusef Bunchy Shakur. Beats: “Start The Revolution” – Marcel Cartier “I Took A Pill At Ibiza” – Mike Posner “American Greed” – AraabMUZIK “My House” – Flo Rida “I Mean It” – G Eazy “Middle” – DJ Snake “Groove Grease” – Jimmy McGriff “Takeover” – Lion Riddims “A Milli” – Lil Wayne Cuts: “Afrika Hot” – dead prez “Never Give Up” – Jennifer Johns “Whisper” – Ronnie Rain “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Humphrey Vocals: Jay-Z (freestyle), 6 Facts About The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Dr. Jared Ball on Colonialism in The U.$., and MORE…! Click on the image (above) to learn about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Click here to learn why the U.$. is NOT ‘your’ land. Click here to watch the history of May Day.Click here and here to learn how to help yourself to housing in [gentrified] Seattle.