BOLD: Conversations About Race

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In this episode, co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé sit down live with Hamid Khan, an activist, speaker, organizer, and outspoken advocate for maintaining YOUR rights in the face of invasive state surveillance programs.

367. BOLD: On State Surveillance and Repression (Feat. Hamid Khan)

In the last of our three LIVE from UCLA episodes, co-hosts Ivette Ale and Dahlia Ferlito talk with Justino Mora and Karla Estrada on immigration. We talk about borders, the DREAM Act, American foreign policy, and policy reform efforts. You can find full show notes, including useful links and recommended reading, at patreon.com/smallbeans.

386. BOLD: The Immigration Episode (Feat. Justino Mora & Karla Estrada)

Ivette Ale (@dignityandpowernow, @justicelanow) and Dahlia Ferlito (@wp4bl) talk with Chanelle Gallant (@ChanelleGallant) about decriminalization and sex work. This is a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up for Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. You can find full show notes, including useful links and recommended reading, at patreon.com/smallbeans.

416. BOLD: Sex Work and Decriminalization (Feat. Chanelle Gallant)

Ivette Ale (@dignityandpowernow, @justicelanow) and Dahlia Ferlito (@wp4bl) talk with Erin Heaney about SURJ and the history of white people for black lives. This is a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up for Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.
Show production team: @hi_femme, @dahliaseed, @cocomarzipan, @imapowerranger.
Main Theme by Rachael Cantu.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
USEFUL LINKS
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
https://surj.org
Who was Anne Braden?
https://louisville.edu/braden/about/who-was-anne-braden
Poor People’s Campaign
https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
Highlander Research and Education Center
https://highlandercenter.org
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
https://www.ibramxkendi.com/
JusticeLA
https://justicelanow.org/
SURJ’s values
https://surj.org/about/our-values/
Critique of #8CantWait by WP4BL member Molly Talcott:
Because Black Lives Matter, Defunding the Police Can’t Wait!
https://medium.com/white-people-4-black-lives/because-black-lives-matter-defunding-the-police-cant-wait-d3bcb42a6fcc
#8ToAbolition
https://www.8toabolition.com
SURJ webinar:
Understanding and Organizing to End Racial Capitalism with Dr. Robin DG Kelley
https://surj.org/understanding-and-organizing-to-end-racial-capitalism-with-dr-robin-dg-kelley
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
https://heathermcghee.com
Subversive Southerner by Catherine Fosl
https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813191720/subversive-southerner
DONATE:
The New Georgia Project
https://newgeorgiaproject.org
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/new-georgia-project-1
Highlander Center
https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1417777
Showing Up for Racial Justice
https://surj.org/give
Follow WP4BL on Instagram & Twitter @wp4bl
Follow SURJ on Instagram @showingupforracialjustice & Twitter @ShowUp4RJ
Get in touch with us: boldconversationspod@gmail.com

453. BOLD: Showing Up for Racial Justice (Feat. Erin Heaney)

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the first episode, BLM Los Angeles co-founder Dr. Melina Abdullah discusses America's history of police brutality, current efforts to dismantle that system, and how you can get involved. 

Also features a piece by Alyesha Wise and voices and sounds from the ongoing effort to remove Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey from office.  

Music by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia.

Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

147. BOLD: Police Brutality, Black XMas, Jackie Lacey (Feat. Dr. Melina Abdullah and Alyesha Wise)

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the second episode, writer, educator, and legendary social justice advocate Paul Kivel helps Dahlia and Michael explain a bit of the history of white allyship, what your stakes as a white person are in dismantling racism in America, the history of racial assimilation in America, the relationship between racism and economic inequality, and much, much more.

Also features a piece by Ariel Luckey, and voices and sounds from ongoing protests against 24-Hour Fitness following the locker-room murder of Albert Ramon Dorsey by police.

175. BOLD: Allyship 101, The Construction Of Whiteness (Feat. Paul Kivel, Ariel Luckey)

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. 

In the third episode, Dahlia Ferlito talks with Ivette Ale and Taina Vargas-Edmond about their activism around prison reform. Also features a special message from Rahsaan Thomas, currently serving a life sentence at San Quentin State Prison.

Complete Show Notes at https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans

199. BOLD: Mass Incarceration - The Cost and Fight to Change

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.

In the first episode of our second batch, our co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Ale discuss their signs, favorite music, and most importantly, how social action has affected them and become an area of focus in their lives.

Complete Show Notes at www.patreon.com/SmallBeans

260. BOLD: Meet Your Hosts! An Introduction to Activism & Organizing

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.

In the first of our three live interviews, our co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé  talk with Eunisses Hernandez about her activism as a member of Just Leadership USA, which focuses on issues of drug criminalization and the intersection between race and incarceration in America. 

Featuring "Sage for my Soul," by Indigo Mateo, Produced by Richie Reseda. Main Theme by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

Email the show! boldconversationspod@gmail.com

USEFUL LINKS in the episode's show notes at patreon.com/smallbeans

285. BOLD: Live Interview - Drugs, Race & Criminalization with Eunisses Hernandez

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.

In this special Election Update, co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé discuss the impending vote, voter suppression, and how to make your voice heard in modern America.

Main Theme by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

Email the show! boldconversationspod@gmail.com

USEFUL LINKS in the episode's show notes at patreon.com/smallbeans

325. BOLD - The Election Special

Production note: This episode was recorded before the election.

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In this special Mailbag Episode, co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé answer listener questions!

Main Theme by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

USEFUL LINKS
AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere) 
https://www.awarela.org/
Why a White Space? 
https://witnessingwhiteness.wordpress.com/aware-la/why-a-white-space/
Initiate Justice 
https://www.initiatejustice.org/
Prison Renaissance 
https://www.prisonrenaissance.org/
CURB (Californians United for a Responsible Budget) 
https://www.curbprisonspending.org/
Justice: LA 
https://justicelanow.org/
Donate to SURJ National 
https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/donate.html
Donate to CURB 
https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51040/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=9521
Donate to Initiate Justice 
https://www.initiatejustice.org/donate/
Reform LA Jails 
https://voteyesonr.org/

RECOMMENDED READING
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Dr. Gabor Maté
https://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-realm-of-hungry-ghosts/
Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 
https://maps.org
When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds and AgitArte
https://www.whenwefightwewin.com/about/
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook by Mark Bray
https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/antifa/
How “Normal” Became a Code Word for “White” by Alok Vaid-Menon
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2jO83BTFI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
White Ally Toolkit
https://www.whiteallytoolkit.com

CONTACTS/SOCIALS
email: boldconversationspod@gmail.com
Instagram and Twitter: @wp4bl
showingupforracialjustice.org

339. BOLD: Questions from the Mailbag

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