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In Ep. 118 of the Adventures in Advising podcast, Leander Yazzie, tribal relations liaison at the University of Washington Tacoma, facilitates a discussion with Devon Williams, Green River College; Alexis Perez, University of Washington Tacoma; and Cynthia DePoe, Pierce College Puyallup.Panelists share their experiences and roles in supporting Native and Indigenous students, the challenges of advising non-traditional students, and the significance of cultural integration in academic advising. The conversation highlights initiatives, increasing visibility and community for Native and Indigenous students, and emphasizing the need for personalized, community-centered advising practices. Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform!The X, Instagram, and Facebook handle for the podcast is @AdvisingPodcastAlso, subscribe to our Adventures in Advising YouTube Channel!You can find Matt on Linkedin.

On today's program Ralph welcomes Kshama Sawant—teacher, activist, organizer, socialist, and former Seattle City Council Member— to talk about the labor movement, her organization Workers Strike Back, and how she achieved so many victories for Seattle's working people. Then, Ralph welcomes the Washington Post's Marc Fisher to discuss his reporting on the "return to office" issue. Kshama Sawant is a teacher, activist, organizer, and socialist. Ms. Sawant helped organize demonstrations for marriage equality, participated in the movement to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was a visible presence in the Occupy Movement. She served in Seattle's City Council from 2014 to 2023— defeating a 16-year incumbent Democrat to become the first socialist elected in a major US city in decades. She has taught at Seattle Central Community College, Seattle University, and the University of Washington Tacoma—and she has been an activist in her union, the American Federation of Teachers Local 1789, fighting against budget cuts and tuition hikes. She is co-founder of Workers Strike Back and the host of their news and analysis broadcast On Strike.It should be extremely energizing for anybody on the Left who wants to aim to provide leadership that we actually have a historic shift going on in American working-class consciousness, where there is a willingness to fight back— a real hunger for strategy. I would say that what's overwhelmingly clear to me as somebody who's been a socialist, a Marxist, and an activist for well over a decade, is that what working people are parched for is real leadership that can actually garner the kind of victories that ordinary people are looking for.Kshama SawantBusiness unionism is this idea that the role of the labor leader is to negotiate—to make peace between the bosses and the workers. It's completely wrong. It's exactly the opposite. The role of labor leadership is to organize a fight by mobilizing rank-and-file members against the bosses, with the understanding that the interests of the bosses—the greed of the bosses—is diametrically opposed to the needs of workers. Kshama SawantIf we as working people want to win Medicare for all, we will need mass action— organized independent of the Democrats and Republicans. Kshama SawantMarc Fisher is an associate editor of the Washington Post, where he writes a column on Washington— the city, its suburbs, and the people— and issues of big-city America. For 37 years, Mr. Fisher worked as a reporter and editor across various news sections at the Post, most recently focusing on Donald Trump and major breaking-news events. He previously created and led the Metro staff's enterprise reporting group, spent a decade as local columnist and blogger, served as the paper's special reports editor, wrote about politics and culture for the Style section, worked as Central Europe bureau chief on the Post's Foreign staff, and covered D.C. schools and D.C. politics for the Metro section.Most people who work with their hands are carrying on as they always did. But since COVID, we've seen that offices have emptied out in downtowns across the country. And Washington is particularly hard hit because 15-20% of the workers work for the federal or city governments. So there's been this emptying… out of downtown Washington, which has had an enormous impact on the economy. So this is a multi-level issue and problem. And yet for many— if not most—workers, they don't see it as a problem. They see it as a benefit. Marc FisherIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 8/14/241. A shocking report from the Libertarian magazine Reason exposes “Operation Rolling Thunder,” an annual “five-day law enforcement blitz,” in which 11 different agencies – ranging from local police departments to the federal Department of Homeland Security – collude to confiscate as much cash as possible on a “20-mile stretch of freeway between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia.” This piece details how officers will fabricate flimsy reasons for pulling drivers over, including “Lighting a cigarette…smelling like cologne, avoiding eye contact, being ‘preoccupied looking for the [car] rental agreement,' and having a cluttered vehicle that appeared to be ‘lived in.'” In 2022, these agencies seized “$194,000 per day or more than $8,000 per hour,” through civil asset forfeiture during this operation. Many of these drivers are never charged with so much as a traffic citation, yet are unable to recover any of their property stolen by the cops.2. Last week, Representative Cori Bush was ousted by an AIPAC-backed primary challenger. An article in Slate details how AIPAC rallied to push the Congresswoman, and fellow Black Lives Matter activist Rep. Jamaal Bowman, out of Congress – outspending both by a margin of 4-1. This piece paints their losses as the death knell of the “George Floyd Era…in Congress,” noting also that no major reforms were passed “Despite broad popular support for legislation to curtail police violence…[and] Democrats…controlling both the House and Senate in 2021 and 2022.” In her concession speech, the Hill reports Bush vowed in no uncertain terms, “AIPAC, I'm coming to tear your kingdom down!” As for Bowman, rumors are now circulating that he will challenge Rep. Ritchie Torres – the “top recipient of AIPAC cash,” according to Track AIPAC – next cycle. Asked about this idea by journalist Ryan Grim, Minnesota Attorney General and former Congressman Keith Ellison said “That'd be a very good thing…I"ll put it like this, none of us own these seats.”3. In related news, a new report in the Intercept exposes the “… ‘Zionists for Don Samuels' WhatsApp Group Raising Big Money to Oust Ilhan Omar.” As this report notes this group contained at least one campaign staffer, Alex Minn – whom the campaign has since severed ties with – and major outside donors despite “Campaign finance laws prohibit[ing] coordination between candidates' campaigns and outside spending groups like super PACs.” One major donor in this group, wealthy entrepreneur Michael Sinensky, wrote “The bottom line is…we need to be supportive…of the alt right Christian Neo Nazis at the moment (like Ukraine) to fight off the socialist, Marxist, anarchists who are supporting radical Islam… Nazis are better than Islamic terrorists.”4. Last week, the Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan held a memorial for those killed in the atomic bombing of that city – and opted not to invite the Israeli ambassador “to avoid possible protests over Israel's war on Gaza,” per Al Jazeera. In response, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel announced he would skip the event because this decision had “politicized” the event. The British ambassador to Japan also announced that she would boycott this event due to Israel's exclusion. According to the BBC, “In June, [Nagasaki Mayor Shiro] Suzuki said Nagasaki had sent a letter to the Israeli embassy calling for an ‘immediate ceasefire' in Gaza.”5. Journalist Jessica Burbank reports Palestinian American Actress Sarah Alami has called on SAG-AFTRA to “break their silence on [the] genocide in Gaza.” In a statement, Alami writes “Our union president has helped raise 60 million dollars to fund Israel's army,” and decries that many actors have “been put on Black lists in Hollywood for speaking out against a foreign government.” Alami also linked to SAG-AFTRA Members for Ceasefire, a group agitating for the Guild to take a principled stand against the genocide.6. On Monday, the leaders of France, Germany, and the U.K. issued a joint statement “calling for the immediate resumption of [ceasefire] negotiations,” stressing that “there can be no further delay…the fighting must end now...the people of Gaza need urgent and unfettered delivery and distribution of aid.” In this statement, President Macron, Chancellor Sholz, and Prime Minister Starmer also expressed that they are “deeply concerned by the heightened tensions in the region” and are “united in [their] commitment to de-escalation and regional stability,” ending this statement by writing “No country or nation stands to gain from a further escalation in the Middle East.7. Yet despite such strong words from our European allies, the Biden administration has instead taken measures sure to escalate tensions in the region. On August 9th, Zeteo reported that “The State Department…formally notified Congress of a direct sale of 6,500 joint direct action munitions (JDAM) to Israel.” This shipment, valued at $262 million, was “reportedly delayed in May, as it was…under review…[while the] U.S. sought to prevent Israeli forces from pursuing a major ground invasion in Rafah.” Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), said “It is hard to comprehend how the Biden administration can justify rewarding Israel with new weapons, despite Israel's persistent defiance of every single plea the Biden administration has made urging a modicum of restraint, and despite the very apparent fact that such sales violate black letter U.S. laws prohibiting weapons to gross abusers like Israel.” The very same day, Reuters reported that “The Biden administration…decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia… reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdom to wind down the Yemen war.” This move is an unsubtle green-light for the Saudis to recommence their war on the Yemeni Houthis, who have had more success than anticipated in their naval campaign of blockading Israeli ports and attacking American naval vessels in the Red Sea.8. Much like the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, the Biden administration continues to pursue noble goals at home even while participating in human rights atrocities abroad. On Monday, More Perfect Union reported that “Banks, credit card companies, and more will be required to let customers talk to a human by pressing a single button under a new Biden administration proposed rule.” The pro-labor outlet goes on to say that this rule, coming from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “is part of a campaign to crack down on customer service ‘doom loops,'” and simultaneously “[the Federal Trade Commission] is…considering similar requirements for phone, broadband, and cable companies,” while “[The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor] are calling on health plan providers to make it easier to talk to a customer service agent.” Consumer advocates like Ralph Nader have long railed against the increasing difficulty of talking to real person when one calls corporate customer service lines.9. In more positive news, the UAW reports it has “filed federal labor charges against disgraced billionaires Donald Trump and Elon Musk for their illegal attempts to threaten and intimidate workers who stand up for themselves by engaging in protected concerted activity, such as strikes.” This attempt to threaten and intimidate workers came during a conversation between Trump and Musk on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. Trump is quoted saying “I mean, I look at what you do…You walk in, you say, You want to quit? They go on strike, I won't mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say, That's OK, you're all gone. You're all gone. So, every one of you is gone.” UAW President Shawn Fain commented “When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean…Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It's disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”10. Finally, in an almost unbelievable story from the Miami Herald, “[Former President Donald] Trump flew to campaign events on Jeffrey Epstein's plane last weekend.” Apparently, this plane is now owned by a private plane chartering service, Threshold Aviation Group, and the Trump campaign “confirmed that a decal with the words ‘Trump 2024' was placed on Epstein's old plane for the trip.” As the Herald points out “Trump was in the same social circles as Epstein,” and records show he “flew on Epstein's planes six times from 1993 to 1997.”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Be Honest Date: 07.26.24 Ep. 35 Topic: WOMEN as NARCISSISTS: PROs and CONs Guest: O'Dell Johnson Dr. Johnson is a Transpersonal Psychologist and Public Health researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research interest focus on the development of novel interventions that promote self-actualization processes in under-resourced and marginalized communities using culturally congruent innovative cutting edge research. He is associate professor of Skepticism and Critical Thinking at University of Washington | Tacoma, and Mind Body Medicine at Saybrook University. Additionally, Dr. Johnson holds three certifications from Chopra University in the The 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga, Primordial Sound Meditation, and Ayurveda, which certifies him as a Vedic Master. He spends his spare time developing and facilitating cross cultural mindfulness based practices to address human suffrage.

Dr. Conrad Webster is a CEO, mental health advocate, critical race theorist, writer, organizer, facilitator, and Professor of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma. Go to www.thejasoncavnessexperience.com for the full episode and other episodes of The Jason Cavness Experience on your favorite platforms. Sponsor CavnessHR delivers HR companies with 49 or fewer people with our HR platform and by providing you access to your own HRBP.  www.CavnessHR.com Partners  Message your customers - https://www.tawk.to/?pid=byo1znq Payroll - https://offers.everee.com/cavness-hr Sales CRM for small business - https://refer.close.com/100cqlbfcgg5 Health Insurance and Benefits - https://www.peoplekeep.com/refer Dr. Webster's Bio Dr. Conrad Webster is a CEO, mental health advocate, critical race theorist, writer, organizer, facilitator, and Professor of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma.  Dr.Webster is currently the Associate Director of TRIO at Seattle College and previously held the position of Racial Equity Advancement Advisor and Project Manager at Seattle Public Schools from 2020 – 2022. Before that, Dr. Webster worked in Washington State community colleges in various roles of retention specialist and racial equity coach from 2013-2016. His research focuses on the exploitation of Black bodies and theorizing and praxis broadly. Areas of specific interest include decolonizing educational leadership and schools and culturally responsive practices for restoring the community for the wounded to heal. Dr. Webster has published his work in leading journals and a number of articles and chapters including his most recent Black Bodies, Dueling Pandemics, and The Hidden Rules For White Profit in The NBA. He is the recipient of the NAMI Washington Bebe Moore Campbell BIPOC Mental Health Award for Distinguished Contributions for creating programs to address the systemic barriers faced by African American/Black identified males in the K-12 school system.  We talked about the following and other items Hurricane Harvey relief efforts and Houston's music scene. Hip-hop artists and their impact, including Tupac, Biggie, Scarface, and Kendrick Lamar.  Hobbies, writing process, and athletic career. Finding purpose and order in life through personal growth and competition. Race equity, Percy Harvin's NFL career, and social media dynamics. Economic inequality and historical oppression in the US. Exploitation of black athletes in the sports industry. Privilege, oppression, and education in various contexts. Teaching methods and reaching diverse students. Race equity and privilege in various communities. Race, adoption, and systemic inequality. Diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with a focus on performative actions and interest conversions. Protests and activism, with critiques of performative actions. Protests, social justice, and personal growth. AI's impact on education and society. Universal basic income, AI, and economic inequality. WNBA players' salaries and opportunities abroad. Healing black men through emotional support. The importance of diversity and uplifting marginalized communities. Educational injustice and marginalization of African Americans and other demographics. Education, toxic masculinity, and socialization. Pursuing a PhD, challenges faced by underrepresented groups in academia. College affordability and student loan debt. Job market and mental health in under 10 words: Mental health support in the workplace. Career goals, parenting, and trust issues. Grief, trauma, and healing after loss. Vulnerability and personal growth in a sensitive and emotionally charged context. Toxic relationships, masculinity, and personal growth. Parenting, success, and diversity in Houston. Community service and mentorship in African American community. Supporting African American boys' mental health. Personal growth, redemption, and urgency for change. Dr. Webster's Social Media  Dr. Webster's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conrad-trayvon-webster-edd/ Black Boy Heal: https://theblackboyheal.com/ Dr. Webster's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_dr_webster/ Black Boy Heal Apple App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/black-boy-heal/id6446207633 Black Boy Heal Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.black.blackboy&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1 Dr. Webster's Advice My last advice that I want to give people is, take your dream and put it into action. One of my students, his name is, Brian has an amazing, amazing, amazing story. One of his biggest things I want to show people is how to take that dream and put action behind that dream. But anything that you want to do you have to work for, it's not going to be just given to you. Some people are outliers where it is, but we don't live in an outlier society where 90% of that is happening. So think about your dream, the purpose behind your dream, know that there's going to be order behind that dream in order for you to really commit to it. Once you commit to it, there's gonna be a lot of white noise around you. But you have to learn how to treat that as surface level things and aim high. If you ever need resources, there are people out here for you, such as Black Boy Heal and other community resources.

My guest today is the American game designer and musician Eric Barone. Born in Los Angeles, he spent his childhood in the suburbs of Seattle. In 2011 he graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma with a degree in computer science, but was unable to find employment. He started developing a video game to hone his programming skills. Supported by his girlfriend, and an evening job he took as an usher at the Paramount Theatre, for four years my guest worked on his game, a farming simulator. In 2016 he released Stardew Valley, which became an overnight success. To date, it has sold well over thirty million copies, while continuing to evolve via regular updates. In 2021 my guest announced a follow-up, Haunted Chocolatier, which casts players as the owner of a chocolate shop. He once described video games as “a powerful form of art, a peaceful escape from the chaos of modern life, and a way to have experiences that are impossible otherwise... Through these means, games have a powerful and growing influence on culture.” Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr. Carolyn West, internationally recognized expert on intimate partner violence and professor of psychology at the University of Washington Tacoma, discusses domestic partner abuse, especially those who are survivors of color. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elevate-health/message

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Today, Dr. Manu Ramalho of West Chester University in Pennsylvania joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the wonderful world of ants, their microbiomes, and what their intersection can teach us about our place in the natural world. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Manu Ramalho Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode I wear some microbial themed ties made by Michele Banks of Artologica.  Both Michele and Vexed Muddler understand #MicrobialArt. One of the #LuxArt sessions that I conducted at an ASMCUE session a few years ago.  Dr. Quinn and I would love to do more sessions! Pi Day is an important mathematical holiday.  Dr. Jennifer Quinn at the University of Washington – Tacoma, proud member of the Mathematics Association of America, and on Wikipedia! Albert Einstein's birthday. The quite amusing 1950s movie about “giant ants,” titled “Them!” A review of Paul Buchner's encyclopedic work on endosymbiosis.  Some day, I will own a copy of this book! A wonderful book describing microbial symbionts of insects, titled “Influential Passengers.” A review of insects and endosymbionts. Nutritional endosymbiosis in insects. A review of Wolbachia.  When Wolbachia creates plant hormones to provide food for its insect hosts.  The website for “Discover the Microbes Within” which is a CURE based student sourced investigation of Wolbachia in arthropods.  It was designed by Seth Bordenstein and Sarah Bordenstein. An introduction to leaf cutter ants.  Video.   An overview of the leaf cutter ant microbiome. A very relevant article coauthored by Dr. Ramalho describing the relationship between turtle ants and their microbiome. An interesting video interview with Dr. Ramalho. Dr. Ramalho's faculty website. Dr. Ramalho's laboratory website. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

It's Rainy Day Rabbit Holes story time, with professor of Pacific Northwest history Michael Sullivan. Michael leads us on a journey through the spellbinding world of Ray Gamble, Tacoma's own millionaire magician, and uncovers the captivating story behind Gamble's rise to fame and fortune. Michael Sullivan taught Pacific Northwest history for 23 years as well as historic preservation, at University of Washington Tacoma. He's a writer, a historian, and the chairman of the board of History Link. Ray Gamble is a character that can almost be viewed as a representation of the city of Tacoma. From humble beginnings he pulled himself up by his boot straps to become wildly successful, and was a larger-than-life character who is shrouded in mystique, even to this day. Kind of like Tacoma. Visit www.rainydayrabbitholes.com for links to Michael's website, pictures, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainy-day-rabbit-holes/message

Michael Honey – Professor of Humanities at University of Washington Tacoma. The American historian and Guggenheim fellow delves into the lesser-known chapter of Dr. King's legacy: the championing of workers' rights and his vision for economic justice alongside racial equality.

Kevin B. Dull is an accomplished leader in the field of organizational development and HR, with over 20 years of experience. He is the founder of KBD Consulting, a highly regarded People Strategy and HR Consulting Firm, and Co-Founder of MgrWorkbench.ai, a cutting-edge HR AI Technology Firm. Dull's expertise in this field culminating in his role as the head of the Human Resources department for a $3.5 billion revenue company with over 22,000 employees.Dull has also spent more than a decade working as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on Innovation, Business Strategy, and Human Resources. He is a lifelong learner, with an impressive educational background that includes a Juris Doctorate, a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Management and Leadership, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.Beyond his professional achievements, Dull is an active member of his community. He serves as the Board member of the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce Workforce Foundation and is involved with the University of Washington - Tacoma's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, as well as the Milgard Executive Council for the Milgard School of Business.Dull is a devoted husband to his wife, Susan, and proud father to two children, Bryce and Tyler. He is passionate about solving complex problems and thrives on collaborating with others to create new possibilities. To learn more about Kevin and his work, visit www.kbdull.com and www.mgrworkbench.ai.www.kbdull.comwww.mgrworkbench.aihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dull01/ For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/ #podcast #awkward #ownyourawkward #acceptance #authentiicity #motivation #inspiration #coach #tacoma #solopreneur #entrepreneur #growth #business #washington #piercecounty #HR #employeeengagement --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/own-your-awkward/support

Kevin B. Dull is an accomplished leader in the field of organizational development and HR, with over 20 years of experience. He is the founder of KBD Consulting, a highly regarded People Strategy and HR Consulting Firm, and Co-Founder of MgrWorkbench.ai, a cutting-edge HR AI Technology Firm. Dull's expertise in this field culminating in his role as the head of the Human Resources department for a $3.5 billion revenue company with over 22,000 employees.Dull has also spent more than a decade working as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on Innovation, Business Strategy, and Human Resources. He is a lifelong learner, with an impressive educational background that includes a Juris Doctorate, a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Management and Leadership, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.Beyond his professional achievements, Dull is an active member of his community. He serves as the Board member of the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce Workforce Foundation and is involved with the University of Washington - Tacoma's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, as well as the Milgard Executive Council for the Milgard School of Business.Dull is a devoted husband to his wife, Susan, and proud father to two children, Bryce and Tyler. He is passionate about solving complex problems and thrives on collaborating with others to create new possibilities. To learn more about Kevin and his work, visit www.kbdull.com and www.mgrworkbench.ai.www.kbdull.comwww.mgrworkbench.aihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dull01/ For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/ #podcast #awkward #ownyourawkward #acceptance #authentiicity #motivation #inspiration #coach #tacoma #solopreneur #entrepreneur #growth #business #washington #piercecounty #HR #employeeengagement --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/own-your-awkward/support

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom (U California Press, 2022) is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change. James M. Lawson Jr. is a Methodist minister who taught nonviolent theory and practice to help launch the 1960s Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Memphis sanitation strike, and worker and immigrant rights movements in Los Angeles. He continues to energize leaders and activists and inspire social change movements in the United States today. Michael K. Honey is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma. He is the author of five award-winning books on labor, the freedom movement, and Martin Luther King; the editor of King's labor speeches; the past president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and a former civil liberties and community organizer in the South. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Labor Center, a union attorney, and a labor activist. He has taught a course on nonviolence with Rev. James Lawson Jr. for the past twenty years and has published books on the labor movement, immigrant rights, and the Asian American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom (U California Press, 2022) is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change. James M. Lawson Jr. is a Methodist minister who taught nonviolent theory and practice to help launch the 1960s Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Memphis sanitation strike, and worker and immigrant rights movements in Los Angeles. He continues to energize leaders and activists and inspire social change movements in the United States today. Michael K. Honey is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma. He is the author of five award-winning books on labor, the freedom movement, and Martin Luther King; the editor of King's labor speeches; the past president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and a former civil liberties and community organizer in the South. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Labor Center, a union attorney, and a labor activist. He has taught a course on nonviolence with Rev. James Lawson Jr. for the past twenty years and has published books on the labor movement, immigrant rights, and the Asian American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom (U California Press, 2022) is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change. James M. Lawson Jr. is a Methodist minister who taught nonviolent theory and practice to help launch the 1960s Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Memphis sanitation strike, and worker and immigrant rights movements in Los Angeles. He continues to energize leaders and activists and inspire social change movements in the United States today. Michael K. Honey is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma. He is the author of five award-winning books on labor, the freedom movement, and Martin Luther King; the editor of King's labor speeches; the past president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and a former civil liberties and community organizer in the South. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Labor Center, a union attorney, and a labor activist. He has taught a course on nonviolence with Rev. James Lawson Jr. for the past twenty years and has published books on the labor movement, immigrant rights, and the Asian American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom (U California Press, 2022) is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change. James M. Lawson Jr. is a Methodist minister who taught nonviolent theory and practice to help launch the 1960s Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Memphis sanitation strike, and worker and immigrant rights movements in Los Angeles. He continues to energize leaders and activists and inspire social change movements in the United States today. Michael K. Honey is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma. He is the author of five award-winning books on labor, the freedom movement, and Martin Luther King; the editor of King's labor speeches; the past president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and a former civil liberties and community organizer in the South. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Labor Center, a union attorney, and a labor activist. He has taught a course on nonviolence with Rev. James Lawson Jr. for the past twenty years and has published books on the labor movement, immigrant rights, and the Asian American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom (U California Press, 2022) is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change. James M. Lawson Jr. is a Methodist minister who taught nonviolent theory and practice to help launch the 1960s Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Memphis sanitation strike, and worker and immigrant rights movements in Los Angeles. He continues to energize leaders and activists and inspire social change movements in the United States today. Michael K. Honey is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma. He is the author of five award-winning books on labor, the freedom movement, and Martin Luther King; the editor of King's labor speeches; the past president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association; and a former civil liberties and community organizer in the South. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Labor Center, a union attorney, and a labor activist. He has taught a course on nonviolence with Rev. James Lawson Jr. for the past twenty years and has published books on the labor movement, immigrant rights, and the Asian American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Meiches explores the role of animals laboring alongside humans (mine-clearance dogs, milk-producing cows and goats, disease-identifying rats) in humanitarian operations, generating new ethical possibilities of care in humanitarian practice—and opening up new ethical ways to think about being human in terms of how we interact with nonhuman animals. Meiches, author of Nonhuman Humanitarians, is joined here in conversation with Stefanie Fishel.Benjamin Meiches is associate professor of politics at the Univeristy of Washington-Tacoma. He is author of Nonhuman Humanitarians: Animal Interventions in Global Politics and The Politics of Annihilation: A Genealogy of Genocide. Stefanie Fishel is lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Fishel is author of The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic and contributor to the edited volume The Long 2020.EPISODE REFERENCES:-Emmanuel Levinas, “The Name of a Dog, or Natural Rights,” in Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism (trans. Sean Hand)-Heifer International (organization)-J. M. Coetzee / The Lives of Animals-Brian Massumi / What Animals Teach Us about Politics-Liisa Malkki / The Need to Help-Timothy Morton / Dark Ecology-Timothy Morton / Ecology without Nature-David Shannon / Duck on a Bike-Jack Halberstam / Wild Things-Eugene Thacker / In the Dust of This Planet

President Joe Biden on Friday said he will visit Michigan next week to support strikes by the United Auto Workers. “Tuesday, I'll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create,” Biden said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The president's announcement came hours after UAW boss Shawn Fain invited Biden to join the striking autoworkers. Biden's hastily arranged trip will occur only 24 hours before former President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive in the state to show his own solidarity with the autoworkers. (As reported by CNBC) This strike, demanding fair compensation and better working conditions, draws parallels to historical struggles of labor movements in the United States, particularly in the context of the southern labor history and civil rights activism. Dr. Michael Honey, a distinguished scholar in African-American and labor history and a founding faculty member of the University of Washington Tacoma , joins Tavis to unpack the historical context of this strike and to explore these critical intersections of American history and contemporary politics.

How can we fix the problems in our criminal justice system? In a feat that can seem insurmountable, a common approach is to leave the solution to experts and technocrats. But what if, instead of deferring solely to their knowledge, some of this much-needed change was carried out by the people? In her new book Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration, former attorney and law professor Jocelyn Simonson tells the stories of ordinary people joining together in collective acts of resistance: paying bail for a stranger, using social media to inform the public about courtroom proceedings, making a video about someone's life for a criminal court judge, and other acts. When people join together to contest what we have been taught about justice and safety, they challenge the ideas that prosecutions and prisons make us safer. Through collective action, these groups seek to create change from within, reframing ideas of what justice can look like and showing the vital role that grassroots efforts and participatory democracy can play in not only balancing power, but in addressing the moral shortcomings of our modern carceral state and transforming the current systems of policing, criminal law, and prisons. Jocelyn Simonson is a former public defender, professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, and the leading national authority on community bail funds. Her work has been cited by the Supreme Court and discussed in The Atlantic, the New Yorker, and the Associated Press, and she has written for the New York Times, The Nation, n+1, the Washington Post, and others. Radical Acts of Justice (The New Press) is her first book. She lives in New York City. Emily Thuma is an associate professor of politics and law in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma. She is the author of the award-winning book All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence.  Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration Third Place Books

Katie Baird is a Professor of Economics at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her new memoir Growing Mangos in the Desert, published by Apprentice House Press, came out in June 2022. She specializes in public economics and public policy, and for three years wrote bi-weekly columns on public affairs for Washington State's second-largest newspaper. She has also held an elected office in Pierce County, Washington, where she lives with her husband Dave and dog Kea.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she'll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael Join my scribe of writers for LOTS more tips and get access to my 7-minute video that will tell you if you're writing the right book! Only for my writing community! CLICK HERE:➡️ How to Know If You're Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbookDon't miss a tip! Hit that Subscribe button now!

We learned a lot from Ranny Nguyễn who visited with IWC's Lisa Nguyen and Zack Hamilton to share about the important work of Family Law CASA! Family Law CASA advocates for local children in high-risk custody cases so they have a chance for a safe, secure home life, significantly reducing the risk of abuse and neglect.  When you listen in on this conversation, you will find Ranny to be a very interesting, intelligent, light-hearted, passionate, inspiring and hopeful young woman while she navigates her way through changing careers, life at home and in community, becoming a leader in the non profit world and staying in a diligent pursuit for ways to lend her gifts, talents and resources to work on behalf of her community.    Ranny currently works in development as the Major Gifts Associate for Family Law CASA. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in Ethnic, Gender and Labor Studies from University of Washington Tacoma in 2021 with a focus on labor rights.  If you are interested in learning more about Family Law CASA visit https://familylawcasa.org    Post Production: Zack Hamilton *Recorded at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church

Today we sit down with Dr. JaeRan Kim, a fierce advocate, researcher, social worker, blogger and needle savvy knitter. Over many years, JaeRan has been very influential in the adoptee community through her academic publications and well-known blog, Harlow's Monkey, where she connects transracial adoption to the larger forces of white supremacy, racism and colonization. She continues to be a vast resource for adoptees and adoptive parents alike. In this episode, JaeRan generously shares how she helped build her children's racial and cultural identities, critical thinking skills, and sensitivity to the lives and experiences of adoptees. She sheds light on which areas of adoption need more research and publication, and her commitment to fostering community connections among adoptees. Other poignant moments include JaeRan sharing about her singing the Annie Musical song “Maybe”to her child, and pushing back on the idea of adoptive families as always being a “forever family” for adoptees. Please find more of her incredible work at www.jaerankim.com and www.harlows-monkey.com, and her colleagues Rich Lee, Heewon Lee, and Xiang Zhou. JaeRan Kim BioJaeRan Kim PhD, MSW, was born in South Korea and adopted to the United States in 1971. She has worked in foster care/adoption (both public and private), with at-risk young moms, and with adults with disabilities in residential care. JaeRan completed her PhD in Social Work at the University of Minnesota and was a Project Coordinator at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the School of Social Work. JaeRan is a recipient of the Title IV-E Child Welfare and LEND fellowships. JaeRan is currently Associate Professor and BASW chair in the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington - Tacoma. Co-Hosts: Nari Baker & Robyn ParkMusic: Mike Marlatt & Paul GulledgeEditing: Federico aka mixinghacksArtwork: Dalhe KimListen on: iTunes & SpotifyInstagram: @laboroflovepodcastVenmo: @laboroflovepodcast

Just one day after Keaira Hudson's estranged husband was released from jail on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, 45-year-old Adam Bennefield shot her dead.  Just days before her death Hudson posted a video of herself being brutally beaten by  Bennefield,  on Facebook. As Hudson left to take her children to school just around the corner, she put on a bulletproof vest, but that would not protect her from multiple shots.  Bennefield reportedly smashed into the front of Hudson's vehicle, pulled a shotgun, and opened fire with children in the car.   Joining Nancy Grace Today: Jessica Garth - Chief, Special Victims & Family Violence Unit, State's Attorney's Office, Prince George's County, MD Dr. Carolyn West Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Washington Tacoma, Award-winning author: " Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue", Filmmaker: “Let Me Tell Ya'll ‘Bout Black Chicks: Images of Black Women in Pornography"DrCarolynWest.com Julie Gates - Major Law Enforcement Crime Scene Investigator,  Forensic Science Program Coordinator/Instructor, Southern Crescent Technical College, Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida PathcareMed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine, Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference  Kristy Mazurek - Emmy Award-winning Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge has been asked to set aside his ruling that a Iowa teen must pay restitution to her rapist's family, after she stabbed him dead.  15-year-old Pieper Lews was reportedly being sex trafficked when she killed Zachary Brooks. According to Lewis, her boyfriend pulled a knife on her and forced her to go to Zachary Brooks' apartment in June 2020. Lewis claimed Brooks, 37, had raped her multiple times in the weeks leading up to the slaying. Once at the apartment, Brooks allegedly made Lewis get undressed, drink alcohol, and smoke marijuana while they watched a movie. Lewis admitted to stabbing Brooks 30 times, but she claimed she did not plot to kill him. Instead, she stated that she became enraged after she woke up to Brooks raping her and ignoring her pleas to stop. Lewis  pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury.  She was sentenced  to five years of probation and was also ordered to pay $150,000 to the slain man's family.  Polk County prosecutors never denied allegations that Pieper was trafficked and a rape victim.  The Des Moines Register reported that state law requires individuals convicted of homicide to pay $150,000. Polk County District Judge David M. Porter ordered the judgment, to be Brooks' estate, after rejecting defense attorneys' argument that he was 51 percent responsible for the deadly incident.   Joining Nancy Grace Today: Kathleen Murphy - Family Attorney (North Carolina), NCDomesticlaw.com,  Twitter: @RalDivorceLaw  Dr. Carolyn West - Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Washington Tacoma, Award-winning author: " Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue", Filmmaker: “Let Me Tell Ya'll ‘Bout Black Chicks: Images of Black Women in Pornography", Keynote Speaker, DrCarolynWest.com   Greg Scheffer - Former Phoenix Police Department Detective, 22 Years Specializing in Child Sexual Exploitation, Crimes Against Children, Domestic Violence and Adult Sex Crimes  Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"  Phillip Joens - Breaking News Reporter, Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), DesMoinesRegister.com, Twitter: @Philip_Joens    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park has expanded almost 10 times to 2,000 acres since it started on Friday. The rapidly growing Washburn Fire in California is threatening some of the world's oldest sequoia trees…and around 1,600 people have been evacuated from the area. Plus: the Biden administration tries to protect abortion providers. And: some Venezuelan migrants are granted extra time in the U.S. Guests: Dr. Maureen Kennedy, associate professor of wildfire ecology at the University of Washington Tacoma and Axios' Oriana Gonzalez. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Life-saving abortions OK despite state bans, Biden administration says Yosemite crews rush to protect sequoias as fire swells to over 2,000 acres Biden extends Temporary Protected Status for eligible Venezuelans to March 2024 (Miami Herald) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes On this episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. JaeRan Kim, Associate Professor and BASW chair in the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington – Tacoma. Dr. Kim sheds light on why adoption is not a solution to the rollback of reproductive rights. She discusses what popular adoption tropes such as “forever family” conceal about the adoption industry. Importantly, Dr. Kim brings insights from her work with adoptees to talk about the complexities of adoption from an adoptee point of view.

We talk about a LOT of random shit while enjoying our trip in Washington - Tacoma! Seattle! Portland! Oh my!

Meagan is a Director in the Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization at Microsoft, realizing the connected customer experience vision across customer touchpoints. Over the course of her career, Meagan has driven award-winning operational improvements, digital transformation, and modern technology deployment within complex, matrixed environments. She has been recognized throughout her career for her collaborative leadership style, uncanny bias for action, and ability to lead teams in achieving the “impossible.” As an agile thinker, she is accomplished at empowering talented and diverse teams, cultivating innovation, and thinking laterally to solve delivery, speed, and quality obstacles. Meagan has an entrepreneurial background with demonstrated success with a mix of business startups and mature, multinational organizations. Timestamp 2:29 Meagan O'Leary's backstory 6:29 From CPA to running bagel bakery in Gig Harbor, Washington 9:10 Becoming a part of University of T Mobile and then getting a job at Microsoft 11:47 Coping with cancer 13:03 How Meagan cured herself and the beach ball metaphor 15:45 Meeting Joe Dispenza and what he said to Meagan 18:00 From poor me syndrome to prioritizing sleep and exercise 21:36 How to start your next thing 23:25 Metabolic approach to cancer with Nasha Winters and Foundation training 28:43 How Meagan sets herself up for success 30:00 Your network is everything 30:52 Meagan's reading list Social Media Meagan O'Leary on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/meagano/ Meagan's Podcast Interview on Superage Podcast https://www.weareageist.com/superage-podcast/complete-cancer-cell-removal-without-chemo-we-are-all-unique-and-this-is-what-worked-for-me-meagan-oleary/ Follow Patti Dobrowolski - Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/upyourcreativegenius/ Follow Patti Dobrowolski - Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/patti-dobrowolski-532368/ Up Your Creative Geniushttps://www.upyourcreativegenius.com/ Patti Dobrowolski 00:03 Hello superstars. Welcome to the Up Your Creative Genius podcast where you will gain insight and tips to stomp on the accelerator and blast off to transform your business and your life. I'm your host, Patty Dobrowolski. And if this is your first time tuning in, then strap in because this is serious rocket fuel. Each week, I interview fellow creative geniuses to help you learn how easy it is to up your creative genius in any part of your life. Patti Dobrowolski 00:39 Hey, everybody, oh my gosh, I have Meagan O'Leary here, she is the most incredible person, you are going to love all the things that she talks about. I can't wait to get started. But I got to introduce you first. Welcome Maegan first, just. Hello! Meagan O'Leary 00:54 Hey there! Patti Dobrowolski 00:57 So, let me just tell you, everybody, she's a Director in the Customer Experience and Success Operations at Microsoft. Now she'll tell you if you want to hear more about what that is. But let's just say that in her 16 years of working at Microsoft, she's driven these award winning operation improvements, digital transformation, modern technology deployment within a complex matrix environment, which Microsoft is. But she is known for her collaborative leadership, her uncanny bias for action, and for leading teams to do what people consider to be the impossible. But my favorite part of your bio was when you wrote about yourself as a coach, advocate motivator that you learned from your own and your clients experiences that the true and most successful path to health and wellness stems from self empowerment and autonomy. Oh my god, I can't wait to talk about that. So welcome to the show. Thank you. Alright, so good to see you, too. I see you have in the background. For those of you that are just listening, she's drawn a picture of her and me, and she's got a picture of her most recent map up there. So that'll be fun to see what of those things already happened because I know you you draw a map and then boom, you got to draw another one like a week later. The consummate activator here. So tell everybody a little bit about yourself. How did you become and do and get to who you are today? Meagan O'Leary 02:29 Well, okay, I live in Seattle, Washington right now. I grew up on the east coast of the United States. My whole life there. My dad was what we call a beltway bandit. So anybody lives around the Washington DC area knows that means he worked for the government as a West Point grad. So he actually even worked with Liddy Dole and Robert Reich, and it was just an amazing place to grow up in a subdivision called Wayside, and Tamarack. All the kids that grew up there. We still go and share the things we learned we did because we had a creek that ran all the way around our neighborhood. We'd go and play in the creek. And we share still the stories of those times in the Facebook group, which is really fun. Patti Dobrowolski 03:08 But anyway, so the first thing is it stands out to me as your dad was a West Point grad. Right. So that just tells you right there. What an incredible, you know, disciplined environment you grew up in? Meagan O'Leary 03:22 Yeah, well, yes. And he was a West Point hippie as well. Okay. All right. That's good. A little bit of West Point, hippie, and yes, he was disciplined. He was an engineer. And he moved on. He eventually left the government had his own companies did mergers and acquisitions. But I ended up staying in Seattle area in the Washington DC area. Tell us about 27 years old. Okay. And yeah, and I was my early career. I was a certified public accountant, Patti Dobrowolski 03:47 CPA. Oh, no, no, that's fantastic. Okay, good. Meagan O'Leary 03:53 I graduated when there was a bit of a recession on the East Coast. When I was in school, I went to University of New Hampshire. I worked in the controller's office, or they call it comptroller's office. My first job there was the registrar's office was going from accepting checks and money now just dating myself here checks and money to a computer system. So my job was all of the registered ladies. They're all ladies would scooch the little chairs up around me and I would teach them how to use their computer. Patti Dobrowolski 04:19 Oh my God. And so you know, how far afield is that today? You just really getting everybody to scooch their chairs up so you can show them like, Okay, here's some magic I meant to do on the computer, just watch. Meagan O'Leary 04:33 And they were laughing and it was kind of fun. So I went to University New Hampshire, I went back to Washington, DC where I grew up, I ended up getting my CPA license, worked for a real estate development company for a few years. And then my grandmother had been in Tacoma, Washington, we used to spend our summers there, just passed away, left the family a little bit of money. So me, my brother and my mother, we decided to move to the Washington Tacoma area and open up a bagel bakery. Patti Dobrowolski 05:01 That is fantastic. Meagan O'Leary 05:03 Now, Patti Dobrowolski 05:03 You know, I spent part of my childhood in Tacoma too. Did you know that? That one of my great aunts lived there? And so we would go there. Yeah. Yeah. So all right. So you worked in a bagel bakery, you had one. Meagan O'Leary 05:15 We had one we ran for a few years. Hard work. Learned a lot. I would say the biggest learning experience I always tell people I had from the bagel bakery was probably towards the end of my two year run there. A woman came in and said, your cinnamon raisin bagels have no raisins in them. Why would we have cinnamon raisin bagels and not have any raisins? And she goes, Why can't see them? So there aren't any raisins in there. And I ah. So we have a big mixer. And we would mix the raisins in. I said, Would it help? If I mix the raisins less? So you could see them? She goes, that would be perfect. I said then would you believe that they have raisins in them? Yes, she said. But I can't tell you how much that left an impression on me around perspectives and different people's perspectives. Even though there were raisins in there. She couldn't see him. She didn't believe that they were there. Right. Patti Dobrowolski 06:02 Oh, so, then how does that translate to your everyday life? Now when you think about that, that you have to leave a little trail of something that's more visible so that people understand that it's there. Yeah. Meagan O'Leary 06:15 Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. People can't see it, smell it, touch it, whatever their favorite way to experience the world that it doesn't exist. This woman just needed to see her raisin. Meagan O'Leary 06:27 I love it. So what happened after that? Meagan O'Leary 06:29 So after that, I moved from Gig Harbor, Washington where we opened the bagel bakery in the 90s. And you can go back and look at Gig Harbor in the 90s. It was not Gig Harbor up today. And we sold bagels. But we didn't sell bagels like you would sell bagels on the East Coast and the East Coast. People buy bags of bagels and cream cheese. People in Gig Harbor, Washington, they wanted sandwiches with high labor. We were fairly successful, I would say and we didn't anticipate there being so many sandwiches that we would be making every day. So anyway, we sold that I moved into the city and I worked and went back into accounting as a controller for various restaurants in the city. So if anybody's in the city, you would know the B-liner Diner at the time the Coastal Kitchen, the Five Spot or something called Luncheonette. So we're for these gentlemen Mr Chow Foos. They ran these restaurants. So I was their controller. And I would ride my bike from restaurant to restaurant and do the books, essentially. Patti Dobrowolski 07:26 That's fantastic. Yeah, I love that. Yeah. Okay. And then how did you end up at Microsoft then? Meagan O'Leary 07:32 Okay, so after that, I went to a restaurant that was a cross over in Bellevue. And I worked there for about a year and a half. And the gentleman that was running the restaurant, and I, he and I just, I'd say we didn't get along so well. So I ended up losing my job. I'd never been fired before. So I was fired. best thing that ever happened to me. I mean, the moment no, but back best thing that ever happened. So I collected myself. And I met this woman who did placements at the time I choose, she'd helped people find a job. And so I went and met with her. Still, she and I still talked to this day. And I remember I had on this beautiful suit. And I went in to talk to her and said, look, you know, I'm looking for my next thing. And she looked at me as if you need a new cycle, not a new cycle. She goes, you just need a new cycle. And I said, like what she said, Well, there's a little company called Western wireless out in Issaquah, Washington, those of you aren't local. And they need somebody temporarily to take a role for somebody and accounts receivable while this woman's having her baby. And I said, Okay, so you think that's a new cycle? She goes, Yeah, it's a new company, a new industry, and you're out of the restaurant. I think it'll be good for you. So I go, and I get this temporary job with Western Wireless. And with a permanent job, Western wireless becomes VoiceStream VoiceStream becomes T Mobile. So I did an eight year run from I remember us having 100,000 subscribers on the VoiceStream network. And then we were purchased by Deutsche Telekom. And so I ran really all the back office systems for what became T Mobile at the time. Patti Dobrowolski 09:01 Wow. That is incredible. Oh, my God. I remember when T Mobile was happening then became such a big kaboom. Yes. All right. So T Mobile. Meagan O'Leary 09:10 Yeah, we call it the University of TMobile, because all of us that are there. Again, we're all in a Facebook group. And we still share information. And it was really a close knit group of people. So from there, I was recruited into Microsoft into leading a, they call it a time a customer data integration project. So it was a data mastery project. And I'd been running the back office systems for SAP for SAP, and I implemented SAP, at T Mobile. So then I go to Microsoft, and I got more into the data space. And so from there, I moved into the Partner Group, which I think you work with a lot of folks in the partner Yep. So that's how I kind of kind of touch base. Then I went to a field facing sales tool implementation role. Then I moved into finance for about six years. Then I moved into the Microsoft Consulting Services. And now I'm in the organization which is CNS, which is. Patti Dobrowolski 10:06 Yeah, fantastic. Well, and what I know from you is that even in the time that I've known you, you've moved around in there. And that's the I think the beauty of Microsoft is that once you get there, you can move around a lot into different organizations, you can have different roles, you can expand yourself, and and you certainly have now, what in the world do you think? Did you enjoy all that movement? And then what happened to you after that? When I met you, you had just recovered from cancer? So say a little bit about what that. Meagan O'Leary 10:38 Oh yeah. That happened in the middle of it? Well, so my philosophy at Microsoft has always been I would come in, build a strategy, put together the plan, implement, and I always finish what I started, always. But once I finished what I'd start if there wasn't something exciting where I was, I would look for something new. Patti Dobrowolski 10:55 Something else. Yeah, yeah. easily bored. Gotta move on. Right. Meagan O'Leary 10:59 Yeah. I think that's part of my nature. Yeah. And, you know, I think I have a pretty good brand, Microsoft, and I'm known for getting things done. I'm known for, as you mentioned, in the bio, working effectively with others. And, as you mentioned, in the middle of my career in finance, I was in finance six years, probably longer than I've ever been any place. I ended up with a cancer diagnosis. And, you know, it was a hard time for me. Really hard time. Patti Dobrowolski 11:29 Yeah. Well, I and you were in a relationship at the time. Right. And you have a young son? I do right. 14 now. Yeah. And so but at that time, you know, that must have been really scary for you. How did you cope with all of that? Meagan O'Leary 11:46 Cope isn't interesting. I don't think I did cope. It's interesting Patty, look and see if I have it. I do have it. I know not everybody can see the video. But I was thinking about one of my coping things that or, something that happened, and I'm holding up this book called Meagan Bear Adventures. And I'm going out of the office for about three months ended up with a double mastectomy. So I had cancer, both breasts and different cancer in both breasts. And while I was gone, my team purchased this. It's a describe it for folks. It's a rainbow bear. And it would light up and see the lights. And while I was out for three months, they would take the bear to meetings, there was an outing, there was a party, and they took the bear to the party. Patti Dobrowolski 12:28 I love that. Meagan O'Leary 12:29 So you see this book, Patti Dobrowolski 12:31 That is so sweet. So the sweetest thing ever. Patti Dobrowolski 12:33 That really, that is so amazing. And one of the things that to me is amazing about you, is that you claimed your health, you reclaimed it. And so say a little bit about what you did, because you're a complete bio hacker. I mean, you check your metrics all the time about where things are. And so talk about how you learned about that and what you did to help yourself, really cure yourself. You really did. Talk about it. Meagan O'Leary 13:02 I did. I did cure myself. And the way I describe it to people is, this is the metaphor I have used when I talk to folks. And when you're involved in a diagnosis, you know, you're talking to the person that's giving you the diagnosis, and they have a perspective. What I came to learn is, is my beach ball metaphor, and I'm writing about it right now, if I'm sitting here and you're sitting across me, Patti, I'm looking at the yellow stripe on the beach ball, you're looking at the red stripe, right? There's somebody over here looking at the blue stripe, and another person looking at the green stripe. Yeah, each one of those stripes is a doctor or a therapist or oncologist or someone within the world given me a perspective on my diagnosis and my prognosis. And what I realized is, I can't just listen to the one stripe story, I need to get up on top of the beachball look down at all the colors, and really listen to what people are telling me, and then figure out what's going on in my body. I do a lot of testing, I do a lot of blood draws, and different tests, different modalities. I even have a continuous glucose monitor that I wear every day to see what my blood sugar is doing. And so I test and I assess, and I make decisions on what I think is right for me to do. Patti Dobrowolski 14:12 What you need to eat and how much sleep and things like that, right? Meagan O'Leary 14:16 Yeah. And I'm not perfect in any means with this. It's hard. I just looked at the options. I did the research. I had the mindset of everything's a good idea until it's not a good idea. And so I would look at and being somebody who worked on machine learning and I know statistics, I would look at the statistics and what folks are saying and in the cancer space, it just turns out that the treatment tends to in a conventional way, go towards the worst case scenario. Yeah, if you look at anything as a sine curve to it, yep, there's the right side and there's the left side and then there's the middle. I decided I didn't want to plan for the worst. I wanted to plan for the healthiest. Yeah, the healthiest alternative, how I could be the most vital how I could live as long as possibly could. Patti Dobrowolski 15:01 Yeah, yeah. And so you did. And so you are true. Alright. And so part of that is you took that three months to really take care of yourself. But then how did you change? Because I think, oftentimes, and this is just my perception, and you can say. What drove you into having that kind of activating that cancer gene that you had, right? But I often feel like stressful environments where you're working too much not sleeping enough eating really crappy food, and they all these things contribute to the activation of it. And what did you change in your behavior as a result of getting that? What changed in you? Or what didn't change? Because there's so many things did, right? Meagan O'Leary 15:45 Yeah. You know, one story that I haven't told a lot of people. It was a four years ago, this month, that I was diagnosed breast cancer. And a month after that, I got on an airplane and flew down to this church called Agave. I'm not somebody who's generally very religious, but Agave is run by Reverend Beckwith, do you know him? Yes, yes. And he had a guest there named Joe Dispenza. And so I went there. And I actually met some fantastic people. And so friends with them today. And I ended up having a conversation with Reverend Beckwith, about my situation. So look, I was just diagnosed with breast cancer, and I'm super stressed out about it. And he took both of his hands and he put them right above my chest, and he closed his eyes. And I'm standing there, I'm like, Okay, I'm not sure really what's going on here. And it was about a minute and he opened his eyes, he said, You are going to live a long life. And I realized one of the keys to living that long life was to rethink some things. But also that connection that I had with him in the moment was amazing. Later that day, I got to meet Joe Dispenza, a friend of mine that I met there knew him very well. And I had a conversation with him around, you know, hey, what does it take? What should I do? And then he and I had a conversation, he said, you know, you have to make the choices that work for you, there's probably not a path, that's the same for everybody. But you have to make the choice for you. And I was actually going back and forth around mastectomy and not to have a mastectomy. And he looked at me, he said, it may be that getting a mastectomy is going to help you jumpstart your health. And I thought, why I had never really thought about it that way, you know, that you can get through some of the dysfunction in your body, and you can jump started. So with that, that was kind of my start on what would become the journey of last four years. Patti Dobrowolski 17:32 Yeah. And you know, one of the things that you said in your bio, is that you believe that the successful path is through self empowerment and autonomy. And so autonomy is like you in the beach ball. Right? And self empowerment is you reclaiming your choices, right? Not being victimized by it. Did you ever find that you felt victimized by the experience? We just had some days where you're like, why did it happen to me and like that? Meagan O'Leary 18:01 Yeah, definitely. Poor me syndrome. Yeah, for definitely poor me syndrome. And one of the things that you asked how the why of this, or you know, what happened? What did I change, I had some roles over the years, that I would get up at five in the morning, I would do cardio, I would jump on phone calls, I would work all day, I try to take a break in the middle of the day, but I'd be back on phone calls at nine or 10 at night. So I was running a pretty long day. And you know, even the breaks I was doing during the day didn't help me refresh. And often I would choose cardio oversleeping. And when I think back on those days, or even look at some of the sleep tracking, I would have nights with for sleep. Yeah. And now seven hours is what I did. Patti Dobrowolski 18:44 Yeah, that's what I was going to ask you actually was okay. So if that was your day in the past, what's your day in the present? What does it look like for you? Meagan O'Leary 18:52 Yeah, what I found for me is I prioritize sleep. Yeah. So if I'm looking at this, I'm like, Well, I'm, I've got something going on, I'm not gonna go to bed till 10. I'm going to sleep in rather than getting up and working out. And I do prioritize working out. It's very important to me to move my body. Effectively, I beat my office into the basement, and I workout room right across the way so I can run over and ride the bike or do something. So it's a little more integrated to my with my day, then separate and apart. But let's say sleep versus definitely the magic for me. Patti Dobrowolski 19:21 Yeah. And also the other pieces that you got to place up on Camino island during that same time, right. So you were able to get out into I don't know the woods as much as you can get in the woods. Right. You're right on the water there. And yeah, so I think these things play an important role. But then how did your wife deal with it and your kids? I mean, how did your son deal with it? Meagan O'Leary 19:46 Um, you know, my son's been great. He had empathy at two they say that they don't even fear to but he did have empathy at two. I do think he's still protective of me. Yeah, okay. I think he felt like he was or could lose me so easily. does have a little bit of protectionism towards me? And Shannon, my wife, it was just a jolt for both of us. And it brought us closer together. Patti Dobrowolski 20:09 Yeah, yeah, for sure. Well, she's such an amazing coach in her own right, you know, just getting people motivated to change their life and get things going. So, I mean, it's an amazing combo, the two of you, number one, and also that you were able to really transform yourself. And for years, that's all it's been. So I think I met you right at that time, when you had just been, you know, you had gotten your first clear from that, when you went to the doctor, they said that it was clear, Meagan O'Leary 20:38 It was clear it, it came back and clear to came back and cleared several times. And I've, you know, finally figured some things out. I mean, notice, for me, I'm 40 pounds lighter than I used to be, I also prioritize connections with others and connection with myself and be mindful of what I need and super mindful of what I want from other people. And then something that's also important is what are those boundaries for my life, you know, to have the relationship with my family, to spend the time with my family to be able to get the sleep I need in the workout. So, you know, boundaries in this type of situation become really important. And I would go back to the bear and the people that work for me, and yeah, how loving and caring they were for me. And while I was gone, they covered for me, when I came back, they made sure that I had the time, I needed to take care of myself, because I was doing things like high dose vitamin C twice a week and hyperbaric oxygen, oxygen tank, I get into for 90 minutes. So I had a lot of things I was still doing. And they were fantastic. Patti Dobrowolski 21:36 Yeah, that's fantastic. And I just think that one of the things that I really admire about you and appreciate is that you're always looking at what the next thing is that you have to do, whether it's in your career, or whether it's in your health, you're always trying to figure out well, now what now what do I need to do? And so when you think about the now what for what you're doing now, what do you envision for yourself? I know, you appreciate your work at Microsoft. But what else are you doing or thinking about? Are you doing any writing what's happening? Meagan O'Leary 22:09 I love to write, I was a journalist. Before I was anything else where I was younger, I was on the school paper. It was interesting how I got away from that. And I've back at it. Now I actually have someone who edits my writing for me, so I can write more. I'm writing my beach ball story right now. All right, usually on my the anniversary of the finding out I had breast cancer, I try to write something as well. So I'm in the middle of that right now. And for me, I've started to coach at bring some folks on scholarship that I coach on, how do you work through an early diagnosis? What are the things that you can think about? How can you create your own board of directors around the beach ball? And how do you want to be with it? What do you need to do to get your mind body and spirit back to where you need to be? So I do work with women in that in that regard? I am working I've I'm a certified primal health coach with Mark Seisen. I'm a certified heart math coach, do you know Heart Math? Yes, of course. Okay, yeah, about heart coherence head heart coherence. And so it's a practice that I have, I use their biofeedback tool to look and see, how's my coherence? And what can I do to make sure I'm going to do maybe a stressful situation? How can I manage it more effectively? But right now I'm studying to become a health and wellness coach, through the Functional Medicine Institute. Patti Dobrowolski 23:23 Oh, yeah. Fantastic. Meagan O'Leary 23:25 Yeah. Finishing up something at a training program. It's called the train advocacy program with Nasha Winters, who wrote the metabolic approach to cancer. And finishing that up right now, it's all about how to help people assess with their doctor what's happening with their terrain, so they can have the right plan to do what I did, essentially. And then I'm doing something really fun called Foundation Training. Have you done that? You know, what sad foundation training is all about breathing and posture, think about having a lot of scar tissue in your chest, and it can cause your body to pull in. And so I found foundation training as a way to open my body back up, and then also help with some back pain that I had. And it's a series of, of movements that pulls you out in decompresses your body, but creates a spiral such that you can you can move in a healthier way to not pull yourself. Patti Dobrowolski 24:13 I love that I got to do that for sure. You know, I got that scar, that railroad scar, I got to do something with that. That's all Yeah, I have to have that conversation with you offline. That's fantastic. Now, behind you, you've got a vision map up there. So I know that we've done many of vision map together. So tell me what's in that vision of the future for you what's up there on that picture? Meagan O'Leary 24:35 Well, I don't know if this is the last one. Well, it must be because what's in there for me is when I decide I'm going to leave from Microsoft when I have no idea when that is how do I expand upon this coaching that I'm doing right now with people to help them find their own path? And you know, I want to spend more time doing that. I want to spend more time learning these if modalities and ways to help people because I love doing it. For someone who did not do well in high school Biology, you know, just for me to have learned all this and picked it up and even this foundation course I'm going through all the anatomy and physiology how the body works, just for me to bring more of that into the world to help more people is really what I want to do. Patti Dobrowolski 25:13 Yeah. And you're gonna be so fantastic at that. I know that I have been like pushing you to do for a long time, like, get out, do it. But one of the things that you talk about is you talk about some people's perception of cancer, and how they have it and what they say about it. Can you speak a little bit about that? You know, where people just talk about it? What happens to them when they get it? What they talk about when they beat it? Meagan O'Leary 25:40 Yeah, well, I can tell you that some people become the diagnosis, they become the prognosis. I get a little frustrated when I hear someone say it's not curable. Well, it's not curable, the way they define curable, but I can take you back to my Joe Dispenza conversation and the power of intention. And I never want to live my life with something uncurable. I would reframe that in whatever way possible. Yeah. For myself. Patti Dobrowolski 26:07 Yeah. What else? Good, because we've talked about this before. And I'm curious, like, so if somebody stuck in that mindset, you know, when people give you a diagnosis, and they say you're only have four months to live, I remember they said that about my mother. We never told her that. We never told her that they had said that because we're like, yeah, they don't know, they really don't know. And so she lived longer than that. And who needed to know that right? Meagan O'Leary 26:34 Yeah. Well, they Nasha Winters that I was mentioning I study with, she had ovarian cancer was given very little time to live. She was really sick. And she's 50 years old. She's still with us today teaching everybody what have worked with 1000 people and then teaching others how to have the right conversations around your terrain in your body. And, you know, the other pieces is as you're sitting there, around the beachball, again, talking to the oncologist, and they're giving you the path forward to do your research to understand and, and not Facebook research, you know, I love when I go to Facebook, and someone says, Hey, I've read this diagnosis of cancer, what supplements should I take? And I always say, well go get your blood tested and tested and understand what you need. You don't need what I took, or you don't use oils took you need to know what you need, you know, and you know, for me, when I look back on this, I needed to get more connection with my community, I need to get more connection with myself, I needed to have the right boundaries, I needed to sleep more. And so the sense what I put forward to both people get really clear what you need. And don't get so stuck in the prognosis of it all. Yeah, because even if you have a day to live, that's a day, you how are you gonna have that to be the best day you've ever had? Does that answer your question. Patti Dobrowolski 27:47 Yes. And I was thinking too, there's something about belief, right? And so you in a way, you always set your self up for success by what you believe. And that is something that I know to be true for you is that, you know, you rarely doubt yourself unless somebody says something and you think what, you know, but you really have been very forward moving, in terms of your career, and also in terms of your health, like you're not passive at all. And I think that's part of making good changes not being passive, realizing that everything, without exception is here for you to grow from, right. And so grow was so when you think about that whole trajectory of what you went through, what did you learn? What did you learn from it? What was your big aha? Meagan O'Leary 28:43 Well, that curiosity is the way forward, that you really need to embrace knowledge, you know, learn the things, if you didn't learn biology, learn some biology, so you know what people are talking about. Don't just hand anything over to any one doctor. And doctors are people too. They have their own limitations. And not every doctor knows nutrition. And so create that right team for yourself, integrate perspectives from as many people as you possibly can. And don't get stuck in the dogma don't get stuck in your own beliefs. You know, my belief was that I could get better and I had a vision of what better looked like. But I continue to ask questions, you know, am I making the right decision? Let me look at all sides of the story. And then continue to adapt is as things change, as there's new information, then continue to adapt for sure is you notice things before? Patti Dobrowolski 29:33 Yeah. And when you think about so people that are listening, who want to be a better leader or want to pivot in their career. I mean, you're the consummate change maker. That's what's true. It's like when you feel like this is boring. I'm done with this. You move on and what would you say to someone who feels that way, but isn't quite sure how to make that leap? What would you recommend to them that they think about and consider and then do. Meagan O'Leary 30:00 In this may be a little bit different than you're thinking about, I'll say, you know, at Microsoft, it's been as much about my network as anything else. Yes. Like who I know. And hey, hey, I'm looking around, what's the next thing? Give me ideas. And it's always through the connections that I find the next thing. Patti Dobrowolski 30:17 Now, so your network is everything, right? Network is everything. Meagan O'Leary 30:21 It's everything. I thought, my smart my brain was everything. When I was 23 year old. I was kind of a pain in the ass. Actually, I'm in a different place. Now. I'm like, oh, I need other people. Yeah, people. Patti Dobrowolski 30:34 Yeah, network is everything. Well, if you were to just tell us a little bit about what you're reading right now, or what are you into right now so that we can get a glimpse into what the future is? I know you're writing again. So you're going to write a book that's going to happen. But what are you reading? Meagan O'Leary 30:52 I'm reading Eric Goodmans book that just came out. He is the Foundation guy. It's about a little bit about foundation training. It's about pain, about cannaboids. And the cannabinoid system, a little bit about THC, interestingly enough, and he's interviewed in his stories about a lot of people that he worked with over the years. So I'm reading his book, it just came out, I think about four weeks ago, I'm going to meet him at the end of the month, when I go for the training, the foundation training I was mentioning to you. And I'm reading another book off to share it with you. It's about movement. So I guess where I am in this whole journey right now, whereas it was in a body, as in a mind is really movement? How do I move my body? And how do I move things through my body? It's really kind of where I am. Patti Dobrowolski 31:34 It's incredible to me that every time I talk to you, you have done something amazing and new, that you've learned something that like a totally different health hack, or something that you're exploring to see, what does this do? How can I use it? So when you turn your practice on, you turn Microsoft off and this practice on, it's going to be incredible for people that need help. And you know, you told me at the very beginning, you talked a little bit about a podcast that you had done. Can you say a little bit more about where people can find that? We'll put it in the show notes as well. But what's your podcast about? Meagan O'Leary 32:16 Yes, with an ageist magazine, a gentleman named David Harry's Stewart started this. He's a photographer. And he's now a bit of a journalist. And so he interviewed me, he and I met through similar calls, similar way that I met you. And he and I started talking to us. Let's do a podcast. I go. That'd be fun. So we just did last week came out yesterday. There's a My birthday was this week, too. Yes. Okay. Patti Dobrowolski 32:39 Happy birthday! Meagan O'Leary 32:40 I can't remember I told you that. So that podcast goes through everything that I've done soup to nuts on. It takes a while to go through it like the red line around a cold plunge tub. And just I go through all of it there. So it's with a just magazine. Patti Dobrowolski 32:55 Okay, we'll look for that. That's fantastic. Well, I can't wait to see what you've come up with. And I know that the next couple of years are going to be very exciting, because we're going to hear a lot more from you and your story. So everybody, you know the drill, just follow Megan O'Leary, you can find her on LinkedIn. But there are a bunch of other places you can find her in the show notes. So follow her and I just can't thank you enough for being here today and sharing your story with me and all the things about how you became who you are today. I know everybody's gonna want to hear the story, especially but you're curing yourself. So thank you so much for everything today. Meagan O'Leary 33:33 And I can talk to you forever, by the way, so Patti Dobrowolski 33:37 I know so we'll bring it back. Oh, do it that way. I can't wait. Okay, everybody, you know the drill. If you liked the podcast, pass it on to your friends. And until next time up your creative genius. Thanks again, Megan. Thank you. Patti Dobrowolski 33:54 Thanks so much for listening today. Be sure to DM me on Instagram your feedback or takeaways from today's episode on Up Your Creative Genius. Then join me next week for more rocket fuel. Remember, you are the superstar of your universe and the world needs what you have to bring. So get busy. Get out and up your creative genius. And no matter where you are in the universe, here's some big love from yours truly Patti Dobrowolaksi and the up your creative genius podcast. That's a wrap.

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5, A Shady Way to Use Your Skills for Good. Season 2 has been all about our food system and some ways that alternative food systems can help our communities be more self-sufficient and sustainable while growing local, culturally relevant food. We've also discussed lots of ways that you can get involved in these types of projects in your own communities. For our final episode this season, we interviewed GIS (and all around) superstar Tonya Kauhi. We chatted with her about how she volunteered to help her community with her GIS skills. While on the surface, this episode appears to be pretty GIS focused, it's also about thinking outside the volunteer box to identify unique projects where you can share your skills to make your community a better place. We talked to Tonya about how she volunteered her GIS expertise to help Hilltop Urban Gardens in Tacoma. She also shared more about other volunteer activities she is involved with.Tonya KauhiTonya has a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Washington Tacoma and over 20 years of experience with GIS and geospatial analysis. She recently moved from working as the GIS Programs Manager with the Port of Tacoma to becoming a GIS Developer for the City of Tacoma. She also spent many years working with the private consulting group GeoEngineers as the Senior GIS architect, working on a variety of GIS and data analysis projects. When she's not busy working, she is still out there sharing her love of GIS. Tonya manages the Washington Women in GIS and Technology Group, volunteers to teach GIS and has taught girls to code in an after school program. Hilltop Urban GardensHilltop Urban Gardens (HUG) is located in Tacoma, Washington. The gardens are located in the Hilltop neighborhood and their HUG Farm is at South 19th Street and S Ainsworth Avenue. We had hoped to interview someone with Hilltop Urban Gardens, but unfortunately were not able to connect with them. To be honest, we are not sure of HUG's current status. Unfortunately, their last Facebook post was in October, 2020. However, we still wanted to provide a little more information about their organization. The following information was gleaned from their Facebook page:HUG was founded in late 2010 by long-time organizer Dean Jackson. Hilltop Urban Gardens is a community-based urban agriculture, justice, and equity organization. Their mission is to develop systems for food sovereignty and create racial and economic justice. HUG uses an Urban Farm Network to help those most impacted by food insecurity to grow, eat, share and control their food supply. The Urban Farm network consists of a farm owned by HUG, neighbors donating a portion of their yard, and the use of parking strips. HUG builds and manages the gardens, and these garden sites make up an urban farm. In the past, HUG shared the produce through the HUG Grub farm stand. Anyone from the community could come and pick up a bag of HUG produce. They asked that you share something in exchange; that something could be time, treasure or talent. Some of the things that have been exchanged in for HUG produce in the past included work hours at the Farm or at HUG Grub, hosting a HUG garden site, monetary donation, letting neighbors pick blackberries, love for the community, or cooking a nutritious meal for one's family instead of fast food. In 2019, HUG shared over a ton of healthy produce from 12 Urban Farm Network Sites, they served 18 households weekly, engaged over 300 volunteers and held 64 community and service events. Check in with HUG through Messenger for current programs, hours or volunteer opportunities.Using Shady Skills for Good - Performing a GIS Sun/Shade Analysis for the Hilltop Urban GardensIn this episode we learned more about how Tonya Kauhi got involved in volunteering with Hilltop Urban Gardens and how she figured out a way to share her skill sets for good. She helped HUG identify and prioritize garden growing areas, based on the hours of sunlight the yards, parking strips and gardens received each day. She also created maps that shared location information with garden volunteers. If you want to learn more about the ins and outs of a new ESRI solution for sun shade analysis, check out Jen's write-up on that. Tonya shared how her own involvement in her neighborhood community garden is where she first became more interested in community gardens. She originally created simple site maps that showed access, hose bibs, garden beds and plantings and later performed a sun-shade analysis to identify and prioritize areas for planting. If you aren't looking on a neighborhood or city-wide level and don't want to go to the trouble of using GIS software, we found some other resources on the web that may help you determine where the sun shines on your property. SunCalc doesn't provide the shade from buildings and vegetation, but does show the course of the sun over the day and the year.We also found this great permaculture website that helps you plan out how to determine sun/shade on your property. Sun Surveyor and Sun Seeker are apps that use your phone's GPS and compass to display an accurate representation of the sun's path through the sky at your location.How do Hilltop Urban Gardens and Food Sovereignty Tie Together?Being able to grow food in your own community, especially when there is a lack of access to land, is a great way to help develop community and help minimize the environmental impacts of industrialized agriculture. Hilltop Urban Gardens is a great example of food sovereignty. It puts growing, harvesting, and processing fresh produce in the hands of underrepresented residents in this urban area. It keeps decisions about what food to grow locally. It helps build community through gardening. Tonya found a way to contribute her skills, first through the development of simple maps and later with the sun/shade analysis to identify best places to garden from the properties that they had access to.Other Ways to Be CoolIn addition to talking about her volunteer work with Hilltop Urban Gardens, Tonya also talked about other ways she volunteers in her community and shares her love for nerding out…er, um, I mean GIS and technology. And I think one of the most important messages in this episode is finding ways to share your skills to make your community better.Tonya shared how she helped start and currently leads the Washington Women in GIS and Technology group. According to their website, “The Washington Women in GIS and Technology (WWGT) group empowers women to learn, teach, and promote GIS and technology.” They host monthly meetings to network, learn and be social.She also talked about volunteering with Girls Who Code, where she participated in an after school program that taught girls how to code. She even said she was no coding expert at the time, but was able to get the girls excited and engaged. Tonya has also helped teach elementary aged students about GIS. She tells a story about talking to the teacher to try and find a way to connect GIS to what they were currently learning about. Since GIS is very diverse, this typically does not present much of an issue, but in this case the students happened to be studying sound. At first she was a little perplexed, but then found that the National Park Service has a Sound Map Project and that there are noise level monitoring apps that could be used in the classroom and on the playground, so students could collect their own data. She was able to add value to what the students were already learning about and teach them about GIS at the same time. Just another WIN = WIN for Superstar Tonya!All these examples are just to show the variety of ways that Tonya has found to use her skills and knowledge to improve her community, while sharing her love and knowledge of GIS. Hopefully, these ideas will inspire you to find a new and different way to share your skills and knowledge to improve your community.Until Next Time…Thank you so much for joining us this season! We hope you learned more about our food system, food sovereignty, and food insecurity, and how these things impact our communities and our environment. We think the biggest take away from this episode is that we all have skills that can help make our communities better, we just need to identify where to plug in. That makes the last episode of this season a crossover between GIS and community involvement. We believe that all people deserve access to healthy, culturally relevant foods and we hope that some of the ideas shared this season will help us all move towards that goal. We'll be taking a short break and in a couple of months we will return with Season 3, which will include 4 episodes about the Sustainability in Prisons Project based in Washington State.Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts (like Tune In, Castbox, Himalaya, iheartradio, etc). Please let us know what you think in the comments below or on our Facebook page. We have had a great time and can't wait to be back next season. Until then, Will We Make It Out Alive?

A new investigation launched in the death of a popular social media influencer after allegations of botched police work. 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields died of what has been ruled as an accidental overdose of Fentanyl, prescription medication, and alcohol. 911 was called by a man Smith-Fields met through a dating app. Matthew LaFountain told police that he woke up the morning following a date and saw Smith-Fields not breathing while “blood was coming out of her right nostril.” The victim's family attorney, Darnell Crosland, is pushing for DNA testing after claiming a semen-filled condom and bloody bedsheets found at the scene were allegedly compromised by Bridgeport Police Department. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Darnell Crosland - Victim's Family Lawyer, Croslandlaw Group LLC, www.CroslandLaw.com James Shelnutt - 27 years Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective, Former S.W.A.T. officer, Attorney, The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C., www.ShelnuttLawFirm.com, Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm Dr. Carolyn West - Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Washington Tacoma, Award-winning author: " Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue", Filmmaker: “Let Me Tell Ya'll ‘Bout Black Chicks: Images of Black Women in Pornography", Keynote Speaker, DrCarolynWest.com Paul Szych - Former Police Commander, Alburquerque Police Dept. Domestic Violence/Stalking Unit, Author: "StopHimFromKillingThem" on Amazon Kindle, StopHimFromKillingThem.com, Twitter: @WorkplaceThreat Dr. William Morrone - Chief Medical Examiner, Bay County Michigan, Author: "American Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl Associated Mortality", RecoveryPathwaysLLC.com Frank Recchia - Lead TV Reporter, News 12 Connecticut, Connecticut.News12.com, Twitter: @News12Frank, Instagram: @FrankRecchia Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, PhD (He, Him, His) is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. He is focused on upstream actions to transform inequities, especially as they relate to asthma and environmental justice and trauma-informed nursing practice. He leads a global initiative with Alliance of Nurses […]

Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, PhD (He, Him, His) is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. He is focused on upstream actions to transform inequities, especially as they relate to asthma and environmental justice and trauma-informed nursing practice. He leads a global initiative with Alliance of Nurses […]

Dr. Huatong Sun (huatongs@gmail.com) is Associate Professor of Digital Media and Global User Experience Design at University of Washington Tacoma. She studies how to design and innovate for usable, meaningful, and empowering technology to bridge differences in a globalized world. Book author of “Cross-Cultural Technology Design” (2012) and “Global Social Media Design” (2020) from Oxford University Press, she writes for pubic media including Fast Company and The Conversation, speaks at SXSW, STC, UXPA, CHI, and ATTW, and offers workshops at local SIGs and international conferences. In this episode of Room 42 we discuss discursive affordances, network-building, and cultivating fan bases! Social media technologies are often considered a marketing tool in the Technical Communications community. This limits our ability to take into consideration the transformative power to restructure our networks and build new platforms globally that are inclusive. Huatong Sun discusses some of her transnational fieldwork findings elaborated in her recent book “Global Social Media Design.” We review the iterations of her course “social media”, that she has been giving for the past eight years and discuss the strategies of splicing networks and cultivating fan bases with social media technologies that are globally robust, i.e., designing for inclusivity by engaging cultural differences and nourishing differences into the design resources.

Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio, environmental chemist shares how she uses primary research in her teaching beginning with first year students at the University of Washington Tacoma. She emphasizes the need for students to see themselves as scientists...

Today we welcome Kim Yao to the podcast, partner at Architecture Research Office, ARO, in New York City. We will be talking about Milgard Hall, the 55,000 square foot Interdisciplinary STEM building at the University of Washington - Tacoma campus. It combines the School of Engineering & Technology and the Milgard Business School, and the Global Innovation and Design Lab together,  as a hub for entrepreneurship on campus. Listen in as we discuss creating an infrastructure that creates more flexibility for the future of academia in a post-covid society as well as the self-reflection necessary in our industry to create buildings that feel more inclusive to all people.About Kim: Kim Yao is a partner at Architecture Research Office, ARO, in New York City. ARO was honored by the American Institute of Architects as the firm of the year in 2020. She teaches at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. She serves on the board of the Center for Architecture and on the board of AIA New York, where she was previously the president.About your host: Atif Qadir is the Founder & CEO of REDIST, a technology company making it easy for commercial real estate professionals to find and use the $100B of real estate incentives given out every year in the US.Resources mentioned: Connect with Kim on LinkedInLearn more about AROFollow ARO on InstagramDONATE to Asian American Advocacy FundCheck out Michael Graves Architecture and DesignSubscribe to the Michael Graves Youtube Channel

Cheryl Greengrove, founding science faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma, shares how she connects her research in the Salish Sea with teaching undergraduate students how to become effective, ethical, and essential scientists in the...

Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew explores caring for all things as a nursing focus. From working with Mother Teresa in India to working toward environmental justice in the Pacific Northwest, he brings the impulse to care…for all things.   Dr. Evans-Agnew (He, Him, His) is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma’s School of […]

This week we get a lesson and conversation with Chris Schell, PhD, professor at University of Washington Tacoma. Chris studies the ecological impact of racism in urban environments. We discuss environmental racism, how wildlife species in cities indicate human health, and how black folks have been left out of conversations about climate change and why that is so harmful. For podcast information and sources visit: https://www.decolonizingscience.org To support Decolonizing Science: Venmo: @decolonizingscience CashApp: $decolonizingscience

    Caption: A team led by researchers at the University of Washington Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup have discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the fish can spawn. Shown here Edward Kolodziej (left), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Jenifer McIntyre (right), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; and Zhenyu Tian (background), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma, are at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington   Coho Salmon have been dying off in urban areas of the Pacific Northwest for years. Scientists have been working hard to figure out why, but have thousands of chemicals to sort through that enter creeks through storm runoff.     Caption: A team led by researchers at the University of Washington Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup have discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the fish can spawn. Shown here Zhenyu Tian (left), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma; Jenifer McIntyre (right), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; and Edward Kolodziej (right, background), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, are at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington   Edward P. Kolodziej is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington with a Civil and Environmental Engineering background and currently working at the Center for Urban Waters. He was part of a study that isolated the preservative compound 6PPD found in tires as the culprit responsible for killing coho salmon.     Edward joins the Zero Waste Countdown from Tacoma to tell us all about the study, why salmon are so important to the health of our ecosystems, how the culprit was found, and what we can do going forward to prevent salmon die-offs.     Caption: A preservative in vehicle tires keeps them from breaking down too quickly. 6PPD reacts with ozone and is transformed into multiple chemicals, including the toxic chemical the researchers found that is responsible for killing coho salmon. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington  

Show Resources Harlow's Monkey: JR's blog on transracial/transnational adoption Jaerankim.com: The website to find more about Dr. Kim's research, media appearances and more academia-related stuff  // Meet JaeRan Kim!Facebook / Instagram / Website JaeRan Kim PhD, MSW, was born in South Korea and adopted to the United States in 1971. She has worked in foster care/adoption (both public and private), with at-risk young moms, and with adults with disabilities in residential care. Jae Ran completed her  PhD in Social Work at the University of Minnesota and was a Project Coordinator at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the School of Social Work. JaeRan is a recipient of the Title IV-E Child Welfare and LEND fellowships. JaeRan is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Washington – Tacoma in the social work program.// Follow the Show! Online at janchishow.com Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @janchishow Join our Group! janchishow.com/afterparty Watch our Youtube Videos The Janchi Show Quick BioWe're three Korean-American Adoptees spread out around the country and each of us are at different stages in life. We'll talk about the Korean-American adoptee experience and learn more about our shared culture, usually with food. And it won't just be the three of us; each week we'll have other adoptees from all over the world joining us to talk about what makes us similar and what makes us unique. So join the party!// Meet the Janchi Boys!Nathan NowackNathan was adopted from Seoul and raised in a small town in Oklahoma by a loving family and adopted sister.  After college in Colorado he later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a digital media career and eventually started 2 photography companies.  He has a wife and 3 kids and has reconnected with his biological family in 2014. Connect with Nathan! Website: http://www.nathannowack.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nathann/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/nowackphoto Patrick ArmstrongPatrick was adopted from Seoul and raised in a small(er than Nathan's) town in Indiana. After dropping out of college, he travelled around, working a variety of jobs before co-founding the All Times Are Local Foundation with his adopted sister in Chicago. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his fiancé and is 7 seconds into his journey of exploring his Korean-American adoptee identity. Connect with Patrick! Website: http://www.alltimesarelocal.org LinkedIn: http://linkedin/in/patrickarmstrong219 Instagram: http://instagram.com/patrickintheworld K.J. RoelkeKJ was adopted from Daegu and raised in Dallas, Texas with his two biological, older siblings and his younger sister, adopted from Russia. He graduated from Greenville College and has served as the Worship & Creative Director at Schweitzer Church in Springfield, Missouri since then. He is married, with no children (yet!), and has been on his journey of discovery since 2015.Connect with K.J.! Website: http://kj.roelke.info/ LinkedIn: http://linkedin/in/kjroelke Instagram: http://instagram.com/kjroelke // Listen to/Watch The Janchi Show on all major platforms: Apple: http://apple.janchishow.com Spotify: http://spotify.janchishow.com Youtube: http://youtube.janchishow.com // Join the Asian Podcast Network: Website: https://asianpodcastnetwork.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asianpodcastnetwork/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asianpodcastnetwork/  // The Janchi Show is produced by Just Like Media: Website: http://www.justlikemedia.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/justlikemedia Executive Producer: Jerry WonCreative Director: Michelle NamAudio Engineer: Jay Tran

Emma Rose has spent her career crossing the academic and industry divide. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Tacoma and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering at University of Washington Seattle. Her research interests include participatory and human-centered design and developing methods to engage communities and marginalized populations in the design process. She is also the Past Chair of ACM SIGDOC, a professional organization dedicated to the design of communication. Prior to her academic career, she spent over a decade working at a User Experience consultancy helping organizations bring design thinking into their practices and product development. Join us in Room 42 as we discuss the relationship between User Experience and Technical Communication. Are they the same field, do they overlap, or are they distinct? How should we be preparing the next generation of technical communicators to work at the intersection between UX and TC? What skills do professionals need to be successful? In this episode, Dr. Emma Rose discusses the evolving state of UX and Technical Communication. She shares some of her recent research results that examine how the UX industry is changing. She also discusses the specific skills and dispositions early career professionals need to succeed in UX and how that is informing teaching and practice.

In this episode of Restarting America, Josh Gibbs from 97 Switch interviews Mark Horoszowski, the co-founder and CEO of MovingWorlds, a social enterprise working to create a more equitable, just, and sustainable global economy. Throughout the interview, they discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society. Horoszowski shares how the current health pandemic has affected his company and how he is adapting to new circumstances. Horoszowski is an RSA Fellow and is a founding adjunct faculty member and lecturer on Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Washington Tacoma's Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility. He has been published in HBR, Fast Company, Conscious Company, and more for this work helping brands like Microsoft, Kering, Avanade, PayPal, and more build more effective social impact programs. MovingWorlds partners directly with businesses to scale social impact, sustainability, and equity initiatives by educating and engaging employees. It also operates the MovingWorlds Institute to help professionals create purpose-driven careers, as well as the S-GRID program, which helps social-impact and underrepresented businesses scale by building partnerships with the corporate sector.

On this episode, Katie is joined by Asao B. Inoue, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Director of University Writing and the Writing Center at the University of Washington Tacoma, a member of the Executive Board of Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the Program Chair of the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Among his many articles and chapters on writing assessment and race and racism, his article, “Theorizing Failure in U.S. Writing Assessments” in RTE, won the 2014 CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award. His co-edited collection, Race and Writing Assessment (2012), won the 2014 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for an edited collection. His book, Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing for a Socially Just Future (2015) won the 2017 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for a monograph and the 2015 CWPA Outstanding Book Award. In November of 2016, he guested co-edited a special issue of College English on writing assessment as social justice, and is currently finishing a co-edited collection on the same topic, as well as a book on labor-based grading contracts as socially just writing assessment. Segment 1: Alternative Modes of Writing Assessment [00:00-14:17] In this first segment, Asao shares about his research and experience with grade-less writing and grading contracts. In this segment, the following resources are mentioned: Inoue, A. B. (2014). Theorizing failure in U.S. writing assessments. Research in the Teaching of English, 48(3), 330-352. Inoue, A. B., & Poe, M. (Eds.). (2012). Race and writing assessment. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Inoue, A. B. (2015). Antiracist writing assessment ecologies: Teaching and assessing for a socially just future. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press. College English Kohn, A. (1993). Punished by rewards: The trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A’s, praise, and other bribes. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Selected works of Peter Elbow Segment 2: Writing Assessment as Anti-racist Practice [14:18-32:31] In segment two, Asao discusses his research on writing assessment as anti-racist practice. To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.

Jeff Rice is the Managing Editor at the Puget Sound Institute at the University of Washington Tacoma. As a wildlife sound recordist, he serves as the program director for the Acoustic Atlas, one of the largest online archives of sounds of the American West. Rice has a background in journalism and public radio, as well as an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media. Rice has successfully found a way to marry his love for nature, storytelling and audio engineering in his work while also making an impact on the world around him. Sounds and Music from this podcast were used with permission, courtesy of Jeff Rice. Acoustic Atlas - www.acousticatlas.orgPuget Sound Institute - www.pugetsoundinstitute.orgJeff Rice's website - www.ecosystemsound.com

Paolo Laraño grew up in The Bay Area before moving East to attend New York University, where he studied English and Music. He served as an RA at Hayden Hall from 2008-2010. He was also heavily involved in leading retreats and groups through NYU’s Catholic Center and was involved in Middle C, a music-focused community service group. After graduating in 2010, he eventually found his way to the mental health field, all while fulfilling a childhood dream of making ice cream professionally. He sadly had to say goodbye to this dream job when he moved back to California to pursue a graduate degree at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, eventually earning a doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2018. He has cherished the opportunity to provide clinical services to students at every level, political refugees, adults of all ages, families, individuals in the criminal justice system, and more. His dissertation, entitled “Exploring The Onset and Progression of Body Dissatisfaction in Male Athletes From Adolescence to Young Adulthood” highlights some of his clinical interests, which also include multicultural issues, acculturation difficulties, decolonization work, family issues, social anxiety, and motivation. He currently works as a Staff Psychologist and Outreach Coordinator at The University of Washington Tacoma. When he’s not working, you can catch him running, eating/cooking, dancing while washing dishes, and spending time with his wife, Courtney (a fellow Hayden RA!), their son, Cai, and their dog, Winnie.

Today's conversation tackles the thorny issue of plastic pollution and looks at future opportunities for transforming our world. We speak with University of Washington Tacoma plastics researcher Julie Masura, as well as Amy Kovacs from Sound Experience, and Caitlyn McFarland, a University of Washington Tacoma undergraduate environmental researcher and Sound Experience educator. Recorded on March 17, 2020. 

We explore how people talk about justice in relation to the climate and the environment with University of Washington Tacoma professor Dr. Linda Ishem and Liesl Santkuyl with Latinx Unidos of South Sound. Recorded on March 9, 2020.

A health care expert, an urban ecologist and a social scientist unpack our perceptions of the urban environment. Robin Evans-Agnew speaks with fellow University of Washington Tacoma professors Christopher Schell and Tom Koontz about the thinking behind the Voices Unbound project. Recorded on March 4, 2020. 

We talk about the climate crisis with Dr. Ellen Moore of the University of Washington Tacoma and Erin Rasmussen of the Sunrise Movement. Recorded on March 6, 2020. 

Beverly Naidus is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator. While developing an innovative studio arts curriculum, she has been creating interactive installations, digital projects, artist books and narrative and conceptual drawings for over three decades. Much of her work is audience-participatory, inviting people to tell their own stories in response to the theme being explored. Inspired by the lived experience, topics in her art focus on environmental and social issues, including how we are individually and collectively affected by racism, climate change and multiple forms of systemic oppression. Her unique courses at UWT emerge from her own projects and include Art in a Time of War, Cultural Identity and Art, Body Image and Art, Eco-art, Labor, Globalization and Art and the Artist as Visionary and Dreamer. She is the author of Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame, numerous essays on socially engaged art and pedagogy and some recent pieces of speculative fiction. She has taught at several NYC museums, Carleton College, Cal State Long Beach, Hampshire College, Goddard College and the Institute for Social Ecology. She has guest lectured and led workshops all over North America and in Europe. She facilitated and designed the permaculture-inspired, eco-art project, Eden Reframed, on Vashon Island, WA, funded by the Royalty Research Foundation. Her work has been exhibited internationally, in mainstream museums, university galleries, alternative spaces, and city streets. It has been reviewed and discussed by many significant writers, including Lucy R. Lippard, Suzi Gablik, Paul Von Blum and Lisa Bloom. As part of her new collective, ARTifACTs, she is collaborating on an interactive, multidisciplinary project about the future. “We Almost Didn’t Make It,” imagines the artifacts (and stories that emerge from them) found by our descendants that give them insights into the risks taken by activists (their ancestors) that allowed the descendants to exist. It’s an audience participatory and multi-media work that gives participants the opportunity to imagine the artifacts that their descendants might find. Topics & Links Covered in this Episode Joanna Macy - Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age Beverly Naidus- Eden Reframed Beverly Naidus - Soil Remediation Pesticides originally developed as bio warfare during World War II Beverly Naidus on Panic and Despair about Climate Change - We Almost Didn’t Make It UW Tacoma YouTube - We Almost Didn't Make It - Beverly Naidus Pete Seeger “Lots of teaspoons can fill a pail” (The teaspoon brigade) Children & Nature Network - Nature Deficit Disorder No More "Nature-Deficit Disorder" - The "No Child Left Inside" movement Beverly Naidus Book: One Size Does Not Fit All Beverly Naidus Book: Art in a Time of War Book: Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame Non violent communication Beverly Naidus - Labor Globalization and Arts class Beverly Naidus - So you want to be an eco-artist? Lessons in Grief and Gratitude Beverly Naidus - Portable Altars for Grief and Gratitude Beverly sits on the Puyallup Nation Land Contact Beverly Naidus BeverlyNaidus.net On Facebook: Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame Download: Naidus-Art CV 2018 Eco-art Project’s Blog: Eden Reframed: Eco-art Meets Permaculture Design on Vashon Island Beverly Naidus: Academia, University of Washington Tacoma, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Faculty Member Beverly Naidus: Wikipedia Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

This week Nate sat down with Sarah Hampson, PhD Political Science, MA International Politics, professor at University of Washington Tacoma. They had a conversation about the shortcomings of liberal democracy in the US and elsewhere...

On episode 83 of Punk Rock Pariah, Grendel sits down with Dr. Sarah Cote Hampson, Assistant Professor of Public Law at University of Washington Tacoma in the Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs division of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. They talk about her books, The Balance Gap: Working Mothers and the Limits of the Law and Mothers, Military and Society, as well as the hierarchy of Academia. These topics include the legal and societal ramifications of motherhood in the workplace, her own experience with parental leave policies, Title IX, and so much more! Music featured on this episode from The Wunder Years.

Michael Honey of University of Washington Tacoma on MLK's last, unrecognized legacy. Kristin Matthews of BYU on social media and the rise of black feminist. Miranda Aldhouse-Green of Cardiff University on bod bodies. Sandi Mann of University of Central Lancashire in Preston on boredom. Tracy and Bean McKay on social media victory for a teenager with autism. Ann Foley of Skyscraper, Altered Carbon and Agents of Shield on designing costumes for television and film.

WTT interviews Asao Inoue, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington - Tacoma, about antiracist assessment practices and rethinking failure in writing classrooms. A transcript of this episode is available at http://go.osu.edu/wtts2e3

For those looking to simplify their technological lives, everything old is new again.  Flip phones are gaining a following more than a decade after the introduction of the smartphone.  Jim Thatcher is an associate professor at the University of Washington Tacoma.  He joins Rob to share explain why he has ditched the touch screen for something a bit less complex.

On this episode, Katie is joined by Asao B. Inoue, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Director of University Writing and the Writing Center at the University of Washington Tacoma, a member of the Executive Board of Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the Program Chair of the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Among his many articles and chapters on writing assessment and race and racism, his article, "Theorizing Failure in U.S. Writing Assessments" in RTE, won the 2014 CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award. His co-edited collection, Race and Writing Assessment (2012), won the 2014 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for an edited collection. His book, Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing for a Socially Just Future (2015) won the 2017 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for a monograph and the 2015 CWPA Outstanding Book Award. In November of 2016, he guested co-edited a special issue of College English on writing assessment as social justice, and is currently finishing a co-edited collection on the same topic, as well as a book on labor-based grading contracts as socially just writing assessment. Segment 1: Alternative Modes of Writing Assessment [00:00-14:17] In this first segment, Asao shares about his research and experience with grade-less writing and grading contracts. Segment 2: Writing Assessment as Anti-racist Practice [14:18-32:31] In segment two, Asao discusses his research on writing assessment as anti-racist practice. Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-05:03]: The Relationship Between Language and Race To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.

“Where can we be black if we can’t be black in Africa?” Western European standards continue to dominate education in South Africa, affecting students across races and wealth tiers. Even though Apartheid was dismantled in 1991, why do South African primary and secondary schools still appear so racially divided? How does the lasting footprint of colonialism affect schools, and how does the universal trend of denialism feed into these issues? Host: Niko Marcich Researcher: Katya Sankow Guest Interviews: Professor of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma, Christopher Knaus Producer: Geoff Keating Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network. Music: Audissey and Rodriguez