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by Relando Thompkins-Jones
Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community. Through truth-telling: the honest sharing of their experiences, storytellers teach us about themselves, enabling us to learn about ourselves and our world through their stories. By reconnecting with pivotal moments of activation in their lives, they invite us to do the same. At Social Justice Origin Stories, we believe that there's power in storytelling and that lived experience is experience. There's room enough for all of us to do this work. There are many ways to contribute, and our contributions don't need to be the same. We can enter and remain engaged in the work using the gifts that are special to us while supporting others and using theirs. We have the capacity to grow and change for the better when exposed to new information and experiences. We believe in our inherent worth and capabilities, and we possess t
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- 3 days ago12 min
For Those Who’ll Come After Vol. 4 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 4 of “For Those Who'll Come After“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. In this series, storytellers reach across time, sharing messages and reflections for future generations, sharing what they want them to know, remember, and carry forward in the ongoing pursuit of social justice.🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Series Purpose00:43 Stay Curious00:58 Youth Are Human01:58 Be Kind Be Brave02:30 Your Best Is Enough03:56 Look For Helpers05:32 Never Stop Fighting06:35 Hope And Forgiveness07:52 Prevent Harm Now08:27 Hope Is Practice09:29 Time Is Limited10:27 Leave A Legacy11:09 Thanks And Subscribe11:30 Join The Community12:23 Support On Patreon12:44 Credits And Goodbye
- 2 weeks ago53 min
On Becoming and Redefining Reality: Podcasting as Narrative Disruption with Talib Jasir
Talib Jasir understands narrative as infrastructure and uses storytelling to build narrative power, reclaim agency, and take ownership of the stories told about us without us.To him, podcasting is a barrier-free path back to the tradition of sharing oral histories, where Black people can create a living record of our experiences for future generations, at a time when our stories are actively being co-opted and erased.He shares how he founded the Afros & Audio festival and ecosystem to connect Black independent podcast creatives and audio professionals, and invites listeners to own their agency, decolonize their thoughts, and use their voices to help build a more just future.Follow Talib on Instagram @afrosandaudio and @talibjasirYou can also visit his website: talibjasir.com🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Afros and Audio Begins02:09 Narrative as Disruption03:31 Show Intro and Mission04:46 Meet Talib Jasir07:15 Early Activations09:06 Narrative as Infrastructure11:11 Silent Protest Origins14:21 Oral History and Lineage17:05 Why Podcasting Matters21:16 Conference Validation Moment24:07 From Idea to Action27:19 Resisting Internalized Oppression30:12 Do Your Own Research31:48 Privilege and Us Versus Them36:03 Breaking Small Worldviews37:27 Books That Shaped Me41:03 Eyes on the Prize Lessons42:47 Heroes and Everyday Agency45:46 Liberation Takes Inner Work47:42 Justice We Imagine Prompts51:10 Message to Future Generations52:03 Closing and Community Call
- Oct 14, 20261h 18m
Living A Life Of Truth, Justice, and Love with Fanshen Cox
Fanshen Cox connects her commitment to social justice to the example her parents set and the intention they put into naming her. Drawing inspiration from the documentary book "Fanshen" about Long Bow Village and the Mao revolution, they chose a name tied to overturning power structures. Fanshen’s journey of meaning-making and living into her name continues to guide her work today.As a founder, Fanshen has poured a similar depth of intention into naming TruJuLo Productions, a media company dedicated to promoting stories that speak truth in pursuit of justice in service of love. Fanshen tells the origin story of TruJuLo, and the creation of Sista Brunch, a podcast and growing community that is building the largest archive of Black women and Black gender-expansive people’s stories who are thriving in entertainment and media.Fanshen’s storytelling reminds us to share our resources, to keep telling our origin stories, and to live a life guided by truth, justice, and love.Connect with Fanshen on Instagram @fanshencoxFollow Sista Brunch on Instagram @sistabrunchpodcastFollow TruJuLo Media on Instagram @trujulomedia🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Sista Brunch Origins00:41 Resistance Versus Uplift02:18 Share The Stories03:01 Show Mission Explained04:17 Why Origins Matter06:19 Staying In The Work08:33 Backlash And Erasure09:45 Representation By The Numbers12:51 Community And Archives15:31 Name And Family Roots20:04 Sharing And Free Labor22:22 Early Storytelling Spark24:44 Hollywood Limits And Racism28:04 One Woman Show Breakthrough31:23 TruJuLo Framework35:24 Platform And Responsibility39:23 Ongoing Inner Work41:00 Ego And Letting Go41:58 Threads Debate On Whiteness48:05 Race As A Construct50:42 Truth Telling And Liberation55:40 Backlash And Being Heard59:39 Film Money And Tax Incentives01:04:32 Black Girls Film Camp Impact01:06:45 TruJuLo Listener Takeaways01:08:49 Origin Story Prompts01:14:25 Share The Gift Forward01:16:07 Outro And Community Call
- Oct 9, 202647 min
Introducing What Resonated: Where Your Responses Become Part of The Story | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is What Resonated, a series from Social Justice Origin Stories where your responses become part of the story. What Resonated explores what comes up for you after the stories are shared. By replying to your comments, your questions, reflections, voice notes, and responses across the Social Justice Origin Stories community, this series highlights the ideas, the moments, and stories that stay with you, and it keeps the conversation going between us. Share your thoughts in the comments, across social media, or through the contact page at https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com/contact. Your voice helps shape this community and your response may be featured in a future episode.Featured Stories from this Episode:For Those Who'll Come After Vol. 3Moving From Anger To Action: Why My Teaching Philosophy Centers Social JusticeStop Believing In Things That Don't Believe In You: Asymmetrical Vulnerability with Kwesi RobertsonFrom Isolation to Advocacy: Confronting Color Evasiveness in Transracial Adoption with JaeRan KimDo The Hard Thing: Confronting Our Privilege as a Path to Justice with ajay freemanThinking Beyond Direct Practice and The Clinical Office: Macro Pathways with Patrick TaylorHumanizing Our Neurodivergence: Lessons of Love From The People's Platypus with Sheldon GayUsing My Oar, My Voice, to Design Equitable Futures: Ubuntu and Social Justice with monique listonBlack In The Stacks: Sharing Stories of Black librarians, Authors, and advocates with Marquita GoochSankofa Bird: Affirming Blackness From The Start of Early Childhood Education with Anissa L. EddieThe Power of Relationships and Lived Experiences with Sharman Spieser🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.<
- Sep 16, 20261h 14m
Shaped By Community: Navigating Identity and Breaking The Mold with Demetrius T. Gary
Demetrius T. Gary describes the impact moving from a multilingual, multiracial middle school experience to a rural, mostly white high school where he was the only Black person had on his racial identity development. He shares his experiences with assimilation, what led him to view code-switching as an asset, and how that unforgettable transition helped him realize there isn’t any one way to be Black.Demetrius also tells the story of how disorienting it was to be the only Black student in his grad school cohort, and how having affirming supervision helped convert experiences of alienation into agency, including a supervisor whose attentive inquiry validated his experiences with racist dynamics at work; experiences that continue to inform his “why” for working in university housing, his approach to coaching, the ethics of supervision, and the value of deliberate, affirming leadership that deliberately chooses to face race instead of ignoring it.🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Why Stay In Housing02:19 Coaching Future Leaders04:19 Seeing Students Up Close05:16 Series Introduction06:32 Meet Demetrius Gary09:30 Education And Blackness12:00 Assimilation And Identity15:30 Code Switching Debate19:35 Black People Are Not A Monolith23:06 Representation In Media28:33 Grad School Culture Shock31:16 Finding Community And Being Seen36:31 Learning by Observation37:37 Socialization and Suspicion39:04 Supervisors Who Grow42:12 Equity in Supervision45:25 Moments That Motivate48:07 Why Housing Matters51:11 Coaching Future Leaders55:51 Checking Privilege at Work01:02:03 What Keeps Me Up01:06:56 Gratitude and Takeaways01:09:07 Rapid Fire Reflections01:12:18 Closing and Call to Action
- Sep 2, 202628 min
Take This With You Vol. 4 | Social Justice Origin Stories
This is Volume 4 of “Take This With You“, a special series from Social Justice Origin Stories. Storytelling is a gift, and in this series, storytellers reflect on what they hope stays with you after their episode ends. As you listen to their sharing, consider this moment as an invitation to reflect on your own journey.🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Series Introduction00:17 Grace And Action01:11 Love Yourself Fully03:57 Authenticity And Success09:12 You Are Enough10:11 Work In Progress12:24 Raising Justice-Minded Kids16:18 Everyday Justice And Learning18:54 Start Anywhere Activism22:03 Social Work Beyond Clinical25:14 Reflect And Take It With You26:31 Outro And Community Links
- Aug 27, 202616 min
Moving Through Anger To Action: Why My Teaching Philosophy Centers Social Justice
Reflecting on over a decade of teaching, Relando Thompkins-Jones explains his teaching philosophy and why it centers critical self and systems reflection, education as a path to liberation in collaboration and community.He reflects on the significance of social justice education, which not only provided him with language to express himself and describe the experiences, and inequitable patterns he was recognizing but didn't yet have the words for, but also with practical skills necessary to act, intervene, and confront systemic inequity wherever he can.Key things to consider:Education as a tool and pathway for liberation and way to understand systemic inequities and systemic interventions.The importance of critical reflection on our roles within larger systems and power dynamics.Engaging with lived experiences creates space for deeper understanding of how oppression is perpetuated, and how we can play a role in designing better ways of being in relationship with ourselves, with each other and the world around us.Everyone has a role to play, and we need as many people as possible our there working to create change however we can, with whatever we have. Storytelling and story sharing are necessary vehicles on the journey of discovery.🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Finding My Voice01:01 Dreaming of Teaching02:09 Write Your Dreams Down and Don't Crumple The Paper04:02 Relando's Teaching Philosophy Roots06:12 Education for Liberation06:29 Critical Reflection Practice08:25 Channeling Legitimate Rage10:35 Methods for Justice Learning12:52 Closing Thoughts14:36 Subscribe and Connect15:48 Support the Project16:09 Credits and Farewell
- Aug 19, 20261h 44m
Making Study Abroad More Accessible to Black and Brown People: Unexpected Journeys with Sarah Jones
Instead of a single, pivotal moment, Sarah Jones compares her journey towards social justice work to a fire that ignited during her first experiences with race and racism in the 1st grade, defining further memories and experiences as the logs that kept the fire burning.She shares a story about how studying abroad as a first-generation college student revealed how capitalism reinforces inequity by limiting access to travel opportunities, especially for Black and Brown students. Her experience clarified her commitment to making travel experiences more accessible and inclusive, which she does in her work today, leading global leadership programs with an intentional focus on equity.Sarah shares what sustains her, what keeps her up at night when it comes to global equity trends, and why rest, community, and storytelling matters in social justice work.You can Connect with Sarah Jones on LinkedIn.🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube!❤️ SUPPORT THE PROJECTSupport this work by becoming a patron.💬 SHARE YOUR STORY OR FEEDBACKYour voice helps shape this community and may be featured in a future episode.Email: stories@socialjusticeoriginstories.comLeave a Voice Note on our contact page or speakpipe page.Or leave a comment below🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOWWebsite: socialjusticeoriginstories.comFollow The Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Listen wherever You Get Your Podcasts.Instagram @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFacebook @socialjusticeoriginstoriesFollow on BlueskyFollow Social Justice Origin Stories on LinkedInConnect with Relando on LinkedIn.Visit these additional links for more information.-----Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.00:00 Study Abroad Spark02:07 Money Shapes Access03:32 Career Mission Emerges06:00 Show Identity and Values07:19 Meet Sarah Jones13:10 Early Racial Awakening17:40 Soccer Field Microaggressions20:42 Finding Support Systems24:13 Mentors Megan and Monroe29:58 Spanish and Demographic Shifts36:59 Katrina Displacement Story46:03 Leading with Equity Today51:01 Why This Work Matters52:51 Alumni Moment of Support54:34 Representation Fuels the Fire58:09 What Keeps Me Up01:02:54 Internalized Oppression01:11:17 Internalized Superiority01:16:35 Mentors and Rest01:22:46 Black Food as Joy01:30:05 Gratitude and Shoutouts01:33:03 Listener Takeaways01:35:10 Finish the Statements01:38:30 Wisdom for the Future01:39:31 Naming the Journey01:41:52 Closing and Community
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Storytelling, reflections, educational resources, and conversations on what moves us to work for equity, social justice, and collective liberation. A growing community. Through truth-telling: the honest sharing of their experiences, storytellers teach us about themselves, enabling us to learn about ourselves and our world through their stories. By reconnecting with pivotal moments of activation in their lives, they invite us to do the same. At Social Justice Origin Stories, we believe that there's power in storytelling and that lived experience is experience. There's room enough for all of us to do this work. There are many ways to contribute, and our contributions don't need to be the same. We can enter and remain engaged in the work using the gifts that are special to us while supporting others and using theirs. We have the capacity to grow and change for the better when exposed to new information and experiences. We believe in our inherent worth and capabilities, and we possess t
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