This is a story of attending middle school dances in the 1960s. For many girls, dances are a stressful thing. I had the added stress of learning fast that I better not ask girls to dance. Lots of 60s music...the Twist, the Limbo...enjoy!

Limbo Rock

#MeToo

Professor Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, and RN, is a preeminent scholar of anti-racist birth equity research. In this half-hour conversation with Chana Wilson, she talks about the many factors that lead Black women to be 3 to 4 times more likely than white women to have life-threatening pregnancy-related conditions. She describes her vision, rooted in Reproductive Justice, of what political, medical, and social changes are needed for reproductive health in America.

Reproductive Justice in post-Roe America

Women and Climate Activism. Producer Chana Wilson speaks with Zainab Salbi, a long-time International Women's Rights activist. A year ago, she co-founded  “Daughters for Earth.” Daughters for Earth provides resources to women around the world doing nature conservation, restoration, and regenerative agriculture projects that are contributing to solving the climate crisis. In the past year, Daughters for Earth has funded 50 women-powered projects to protect and restore the earth. These projects span the globe, with projects in India, Africa, the Arctic, South America, Asia, the Middle East and the United States. Daughters for Earth: https://daughtersforearth.org/  Zainab Salbi: http://zainabsalbi.com/

Zainab Salbi, Daughters For Earth, and climate activism

Stories bring us close to lived experiences. Amidst all the coverage of the politics of abortion, we rarely hear personal stories directly. You'll hear three women talking about their experiences. Co-produced by Kendall Crakow and Chana Wilson.

Abortion Stories

In Kasaan Alaska, two generations of an Alaskan Native family are reviving their Haida Nation's cultural practices. Members of the Hamar family are carving oceangoing canoes, totem poles, and masks, weaving ceremonial regalia, practicing traditional harvesting of foods, curating a family museum of artifacts, and taking part in language revitalization.

People Of The Water: A Haida Family Revitalizing Their Culture

Grandma's immigrant tale

This is a portrait of drummer Carolyn Brandy and her journey to become a master drummer of Cuban rhythms in spite of the worldwide taboos against women drummers. It tells the joy of creating a women's drumming community and playing in the streets for political causes.

Carolyn Brandy: Groundbreaking Woman Drummer

Sistah Boom is a women’s samba marching band that has been showing up in the streets at San Francisco Bay Area demonstrations for close to 40 years – bringing power, energy, and spirit.

Sistah Boom: Forty Years in the Streets

In this half-hour documentary we’ll hear the stories of two women refugees, one who fled Shanghai during Mao’s Chinese revolution, and the other, my grandmother, who escaped the Bolshevik Revolution and Ukrainian pogroms. Both had secrets they held onto for years until, in an extraordinary turn of events, one opened up to her daughter, Helen Zia, and the other to her granddaughter, Chana Wilson. What healing can happen in families when the past is finally revealed?

Chana Wilson

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