This is an episode that gives recognition to Juneteenth and spends some time acknowledging the Black Lives Matter movement and examining White Supremacy Culture through the insightful article published by Dr. Tema Okun. This is crucially important education that will need to be addressed and worked through in order for us to arrive at a place where we can move collectively towards sustainable development. #BlackLivesMatter #Juneteenth Click HERE to Donate to the Black Resilience Fund! You...
Jun 19, 2020
47 min
City Repair is hosting the 20th Annual Village Building Convergence which starts May 29th and runs through June 7th, 2020. 10 days of events to be held, for the first time, mostly online this year as we find our way coming into the late springtime here during a global pandemic. I spoke with Kirk Rea who has been a part of City Repair for many years now and we talked at some length about what the VBC is about and how this year is going to be a bit different. To learn more please check out th...
May 28, 2020
53 min
Roberta Eaglehorse-Ortiz, is a Member of the Oglala-Lakota Yomba-Shoshone Tribe And enrolled in the Lower Brule Souix Tribe, she’s the founding Farmer of Wombyn’s Wellness Garden, and previous Executive Director and Full Circle Doula for the Oregon Inter-Tribal Breastfeeding Coalition which she also helped create. She’s a mother, a daughter, a wife, an herbalist, farmer, friend, educator, activist and oh so much more. We had a wonderful talk and I welcome you to tune in. And I send so much ...
May 7, 2020
1 hr 11 min
To be fair, we should give thanks to this precious planet Earth every day. But today, April 22nd, in the year 2020, we mark the 50th Anniversary of our global Earth Day celebrations. It’s 2:22 in the afternoon and there’s something about all those 2’s that I’m tickled by. 4/22/2020 at 2:22pm. That seems potent, or just fun to look at anyway. And, this is Episode number 2 so there’s that, too… The episode is 22 minutes recognizing Earth Day and reflecting on where we are today. It also explor...
Apr 23, 2020
22 min
Here we go. A fresh new podcast, started in the midst of this global pandemic. The episode is an introduction to what this podcast will be about and features an interview with Mak Porotesano, a 2nd generation American Samoan, who is the Sylvania Campus Multicultural Center Coordinator of Portland Community College. Porotesano is also an elder council member of Pacific Climate Warriors and 350 Pacific, he also has a hand in several other organizations as well and was slated to be the keynote s...
Apr 20, 2020
44 min