Anti-Blackness in the Movement: Darin talks with Paris Chapman

Darin Dorsey recently spoke with five Black movement leaders about their experiences of anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence and ways to create a movement that is inclusive of Black workers and survivors. 

For organizations striving to serve as allies and accomplices to Black communities, these five podcasts are a tool to better understand how they can fulfill their commitments and create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us. 

Participants:

Darin Dorsey, Rooting Movements; Paris Chapman

Contact Paris: parischapmancoaching@gmail.com, @ancestralexhale and @plchapman2 on Instagram

Contact Darin via Rooting Movements: https://www.rootingmovements.org/

Resources:

Abolition X podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2XHbGCYwELws1tRqfWIqSq

The Feminist on Cellblock Y: https://www.successstoriesprogram.org/thefeministoncellblocky

Moment of Truth letter: https://www.violencefreecolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Moment-of-Truth.pdf

The Four Parts of Accountability: How To Give A Genuine Apology: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/how-to-give-a-good-apology-part-1-the-four-parts-of-accountability/

Mariame Kaba: https://mariamekaba.com/

Mapping Prevention: https://www.mappingprevention.org/

Anti-Blackness in the Movement: Darin talks with Theryn Kigvamasudvashti

Darin Dorsey recently spoke with five Black movement leaders about their experiences of anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence and ways to create a movement that is inclusive of Black workers and survivors. 

For organizations striving to serve as allies and accomplices to Black communities, these five podcasts are a tool to better understand how they can fulfill their commitments and create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us. 

Participants:

Darin Dorsey, Rooting Movements; Theryn Kigvamasudvashti, An Essential Bridge 

Seattle Central Community College, Arts, Humanities and Social Services Department: https://seattlecentral.edu/programs/college-transfer/college-transfer-programs/arts-humanities-social-sciences/humanities  

Contact Theryn via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evemarie-theryn-b-kigvamasudvashti-m-a-b6537244

Contact Darin via Rooting Movements: https://www.rootingmovements.org/

Resources:

Pursuing a Radical Anti-Violence Agenda Inside/Outside a Non-Profit Structure: https://sfonline.barnard.edu/navigating-neoliberalism-in-the-academy-nonprofits-and-beyond/alisa-bierria-pursuing-a-radical-anti-violence-agenda-insideoutside-a-non-profit-structure/

Anti-Blackness in the Movement: Darin talks with Valériana Chikoti-Bandua Estes

Darin Dorsey recently spoke with five Black movement leaders about their experiences of anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence and ways to create a movement that is inclusive of Black workers and survivors. 

For organizations striving to serve as allies and accomplices to Black communities, these five podcasts are a tool to better understand how they can fulfill their commitments and create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us. 

Participants: Darin Dorsey, Rooting Movements; Valériana Chikoti-Bandua Estes, Necessary Interruptions

Contact Info: valeriana@necessaryinterruptions.com

Necessary Interruptions: https://necessaryinterruptionsllc.com/

Social Justice Fund NW: https://socialjusticefund.org/

Contact Darin via Rooting Movements: https://www.rootingmovements.org/

Resources:

How the Mainstream Movement Against Gender-Based Violence Fails Black Workers and Survivors: https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/03/racism-domestic-violence-sexual-assault-movement-anti-me-too-black/

Moment of Truth letter: https://vawnet.org/events/moment-truth-movement-reckoning-and-renewal

Insiders say RAINN, the nation's foremost organization for victims of sexual assault, is in crisis over allegations of racism and sexism: https://www.businessinsider.com/rainn-crisis-racism-sexism-employees-say-hollywood-corporate-america-2022-2

Anti-Blackness in the Movement: Darin talks with Tonya Lovelace

Darin Dorsey recently spoke with five Black movement leaders about their experiences of anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence and ways to create a movement that is inclusive of Black workers and survivors. 

For organizations striving to serve as allies and accomplices to Black communities, these five podcasts are a tool to better understand how they can fulfill their commitments and create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us. 

Participants: Darin Dorsey, Rooting Movements; Tonya Lovelace, Lovelace Consulting Services Inc.

Contact Info:

Lovelace Consulting Services, Inc: https://lovelacecsi.com/

Contact Tonya via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonya-lovelace

Contact Darin via Rooting Movements: https://www.rootingmovements.org/

Resources:

Women of Color Network: https://wocninc.org/

Open Letter to the Anti-Rape Movement: https://issuu.com/projectnia/docs/letter-to-the-antirape-movement

Compelled to Crime: The Gender Entrapment of Battered, Black Women by Beth E. Richie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3126559-compelled-to-crime

Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberlé Crenshaw: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf

African American Policy Forum (AAPF): https://www.aapf.org/

Anti-Blackness in the Movement: Darin talks with Michelle Osborne

Darin Dorsey recently spoke with five Black movement leaders about their experiences of anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence and ways to create a movement that is inclusive of Black workers and survivors. 

For organizations striving to serve as allies and accomplices to Black communities, these five podcasts are a tool to better understand how they can fulfill their commitments and create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us. 

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts. 

Building Safe Online Spaces Together

PreventConnect staff Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez and Janae Sargent sat down Laura Palumbo and Mo Lewis, from the NSVRC, to talk about the 2022 national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign, Building Safe Online Spaces Together. The conversation highlights  how white supremacy shows up in online spaces, what’s missing in the mainstream conversation about online safety, and what preventionists and practitioners can do to live their values online.

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts. 

Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus Part 2

In the second part of a two-part episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Jennifer S. Hirsch and Dr. Shamus Khan, authors of the book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study on Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. On this episode, we discuss how the book has been received, as well as the implications of the book and the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) study for sexual violence prevention work.

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts. 

Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus Part 1

Content warning: This episode contains a detailed account of a sexual assault.

In the first part of a two-part episode, we speak with Dr. Jennifer S. Hirsch and Dr. Shamus Khan, authors of the book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study on Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. Sexual Citizens was named one of National Public Radio’s Best Books of 2020. In this episode, we discuss the principles of the book and its key concepts: sexual projects, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies.

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts

How to Measure a Sense of Community

Feeling connected in your community is a protective factor against the risk of perpetrating sexual violence. Are you thinking about how to measure this in your prevention work? In this episode, NSVRC’s Evaluation Coordinator, Sally J. Laskey, talks with researchers Iris Cardenas, a PhD Candidate in the School of Social Work at Rutgers University, and Dr. Jordan Steiner about the Brief Sense of Community Scale and their study that examined the cultural relevance of one specific tool with non‐Hispanic, Black, and Hispanic college students. For assistance with accessing research on this topic, contact resources@nsvrc.org.

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts.

How Alcohol and Sexual Violence Meet on Campus During a Pandemic - Part 2

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, Dr. Elise Lopez, and Dr. Mary Koss.  Listen as we talk about the impact of sexual violence on women and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the dynamic of sexual violence on campus.

For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts.