https://simplecast.com We Are the Voices Radio is pleased to present inspiring poetry readings and edifying conversations, recorded this past fall and in spring and summer 2020. The episodes included in this series feature the voices of nationally prominent activists, scholars, poets, and more. We offer these episodes in the hope that they will contribute to our listeners’ well-being and self-reflection, and will heighten their awareness, and move them to action. “We Are the Voices” is a Mellon Foundation Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities-funded project that forges an alliance between arts, literature, and public humanities. We are housed at Mills College in Oakland, CA, which sits on the ancestral and unceded land of the Ohlone people. This land acknowledgment serves as just a starting point for accountability and for actions to support indigenous organizations and change movements. 2020 We Are The Voices Radio en Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:37:23 +0000 https://watvradio.simplecast.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5b294269-05b1-4eaa-83f5-babaa61ced1e/206d0dc2-bc12-47ed-b87f-60948d30b365/3000x3000/radio-2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://watvradio.simplecast.com episodic We Are the Voices Radio is pleased to present inspiring poetry readings and edifying conversations, recorded this past fall and in spring and summer 2020. The episodes included in this series feature the voices of nationally prominent activists, scholars, poets, and more. We offer these episodes in the hope that they will contribute to our listeners’ well-being and self-reflection, and will heighten their awareness, and move them to action. “We Are the Voices” is a Mellon Foundation Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities-funded project that forges an alliance between arts, literature, and public humanities. We are housed at Mills College in Oakland, CA, which sits on the ancestral and unceded land of the Ohlone people. This land acknowledgment serves as just a starting point for accountability and for actions to support indigenous organizations and change movements. We Are The Voices no https://feeds.simplecast.com/cbCA8G8J activism, oakland, black lives matter, oakland arts, mills college, poetry, poetry readings Mellon HESH mzambrano@mills.edu 50e1880f-a449-465f-bc2f-d16d18ea17fd Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Alie Jones, Mimi Tempestt, Brandon Logan, Jazz Hudson, Tai Marie, tongo eisen-martin) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/raise-your-voice-community-showcase-3muY7UKJ Raise Your Voice Community Showcase Michelle Zambrano, Alie Jones, Mimi Tempestt, Brandon Logan, Jazz Hudson, Tai Marie, tongo eisen-martin 01:21:04 This episode features a warm and lively community showcase hosted by Mills graduate student and WATV Community collaborator Alie Jones, in the culminating event for her Raise Your Voice community writing workshops. These free workshops supported the work of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing. Readers include Tongo Eisen-Martin, Mimi Tempestt, Brandon Logan, Jazz Hudson, and Tai Marie This episode features a warm and lively community showcase hosted by Mills graduate student and WATV Community collaborator Alie Jones, in the culminating event for her Raise Your Voice community writing workshops. These free workshops supported the work of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing. Readers include Tongo Eisen-Martin, Mimi Tempestt, Brandon Logan, Jazz Hudson, and Tai Marie black writers, community collaborators, watv, bay area, oakland, poetry no full 17 b313d250-96ae-4a05-8255-8ec644cbd1bb Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Micha Cárdenas) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/poetic-operations-micha-cardenas-HRN3_J8b Trans Studies Speaker Series: Poetic Operations with micha cárdenas Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Micha Cárdenas 01:31:20 This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Susan Stryker is in conversation with micha cárdenas of UC Santa Cruz about her new book Poetic Operations which proposes algorithmic analysis as a method for developing a trans of color poetics. This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Susan Stryker is in conversation with micha cárdenas of UC Santa Cruz about her new book Poetic Operations which proposes algorithmic analysis as a method for developing a trans of color poetics. color poetics, poetic operations, trans studies speaker series, watv, trans studies no full 19 382b63ce-a3f2-4f50-a925-c25573ffceb0 Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Kirsten Saxton, Dr. Jina Kim, Dr. Sami Schalk, Dr. Jasbir Puar, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/critical-disability-U8oXwmOA Critical Disability: Precarities and Imaginaries, A Conversation Michelle Zambrano, Kirsten Saxton, Dr. Jina Kim, Dr. Sami Schalk, Dr. Jasbir Puar, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 01:29:36 This episode features an electric conversation between four of the most cutting edge thinkers and activists in the field of Critical Disability. Join us as Mills professor Kirsten Saxton facilitates a free flowing discussion between Dr. Jina Kim, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Dr. Jasbir Puar and Dr. Sami Schalk as they discuss disability studies, activism, capitalism, arts and the academy, and the role of the bodymind in a time of epidemic. This episode features an electric conversation between four of the most cutting edge thinkers and activists in the field of Critical Disability. Join us as Mills professor Kirsten Saxton facilitates a free flowing discussion between Dr. Jina Kim, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Dr. Jasbir Puar and Dr. Sami Schalk as they discuss disability studies, activism, capitalism, arts and the academy, and the role of the bodymind in a time of epidemic. critical disability, capitalism, disability studies, watv, arts, activism no full 18 aa672c23-b048-47f0-8a20-d8a006c82381 Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Rabih Alamedine) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-studies-speakers-series-rabih-alamedine-hxQtmxrQ Trans Studies Speakers Series: Rabih Alamedine- Wrong End of the Telescope Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Rabih Alamedine 01:33:52 This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with acclaimed novelist and activist Rabih Alamedine focusing on his 2021 novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, which won starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and the Library Journal, and earned raves in The Guardian and the New York Times Book Review, among others. This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with acclaimed novelist and activist Rabih Alamedine focusing on his 2021 novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, which won starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and the Library Journal, and earned raves in The Guardian and the New York Times Book Review, among others. wrong end of the telescope, rabih alamedine, activism, trans studies no full 20 b2e87a8a-0bf1-47e9-b34d-f7d7f1a11046 Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Chelsea Manning, Beth Hillman) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-studies-speaker-series-chelsea-manning-mxkzasVT Trans Studies Speaker Series: Chelsea Manning - Volatile Contexts: Identity, Technology and Politics in a Moment of Danger Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Chelsea Manning, Beth Hillman 01:29:36 In this final event in our Trans Speakers Series Dr. Susan Stryker, Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership joins network security expert Chelsea Manning for a far reaching conversation that spans the social, technological, and economic ramifications of Artificial Intelligence, the practical applications of machine learning, social media, video games, the nation state, and more! In this final event in our Trans Speakers Series Dr. Susan Stryker, Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership joins network security expert Chelsea Manning for a far reaching conversation that spans the social, technological, and economic ramifications of Artificial Intelligence, the practical applications of machine learning, social media, video games, the nation state, and more! technology, machine learning, video games, mills college, watv, politics, security, trans studies, social media no full 21 31ef16f2-c8ea-4836-8710-5c6003b07aaf Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Jayy Dodd, Britteney Black Rose Kapri) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/social-listening-3-jayy-dodd-britteney-black-rose-kapri-fpbh49Bx Social Listening #3- Jayy Dodd & Britteney Black Rose Kapri Michelle Zambrano, Jayy Dodd, Britteney Black Rose Kapri 00:46:04 The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic.This social listening episode features acclaimed poets Jayy Dodd and Britteney Black Rose Kapri reading work that engages complex attitudes toward gender, sexuality, power and grace. The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic.This social listening episode features acclaimed poets Jayy Dodd and Britteney Black Rose Kapri reading work that engages complex attitudes toward gender, sexuality, power and grace. watv, poetry no full 16 4cda180b-c9c9-4629-9f48-ad8fd6a0490e Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:05:22 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Dr. Susan Stryker, Michelle Zambrano, McKenzie Wark, Shola von Reinhold) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-speakers-series-trans-aesthetics-PsV57Q6u Trans Studies Speakers Series: Trans Aesthetics with McKenzie Wark & Shola von Reinhold Dr. Susan Stryker, Michelle Zambrano, McKenzie Wark, Shola von Reinhold 01:31:19 This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with media theorist McKenzie Wark and novelist Shola von Reinhold about Black and femme trans cultural production and world-making. This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with media theorist McKenzie Wark and novelist Shola von Reinhold about Black and femme trans cultural production and world-making. transstudies no full 15 f2f38f01-0acd-4572-9b3c-af354b0d96b8 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:02:55 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Nathaniel Mackey, Dr. Fred Moten, Dr. Sheila Lloyd) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/social-listening-4-nathaniel-mackey-fred-moten-fJeAgNAo Social Listening #4: Nathaniel Mackey & Fred Moten Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Nathaniel Mackey, Dr. Fred Moten, Dr. Sheila Lloyd 01:04:25 The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic. This social listening episode features acclaimed poets and scholars, Dr. Nathaniel Mackey and Dr. Fred Moten as they read from poetry which offers profound explorations of the collocations of Black music and experimental poetics, the “freedom drive” of Black life and the “fugitive impulses” in Black performance. The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic. This social listening episode features acclaimed poets and scholars, Dr. Nathaniel Mackey and Dr. Fred Moten as they read from poetry which offers profound explorations of the collocations of Black music and experimental poetics, the “freedom drive” of Black life and the “fugitive impulses” in Black performance. fredmoten, nathanielmackey, poetry no full 14 8ea00f33-aab0-408d-8ba2-0e75f8c00b22 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:01:35 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Stephanie Young, Juliana Spahr, Dr. Abigail Boggs, Dr. Nick Mitchell, Mills College Art Museum) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/mcam-mitchell-watv-dr-abigail-boggs-dr-nick-mitchell-yZJBYS_g Labor and the Conditions of Protest: Critical University Studies with Abigail Boggs and Nick Mitchell Michelle Zambrano, Stephanie Young, Juliana Spahr, Dr. Abigail Boggs, Dr. Nick Mitchell, Mills College Art Museum 01:28:53 This episode is the first of two events on labor and protest, co-hosted by Mills Professors Stephanie Young and Juliana Spahr. Professors Spahr and Young talk with abolitionist scholars Dr. Abigail Boggs and Dr. Nick Mitchell about their scholarly work on academic abolition, university studies, and imagining what might come after—or beyond—the university. This event was co-sponsored by the Mills College Art Museum. This episode is the first of two events on labor and protest, co-hosted by Mills Professors Stephanie Young and Juliana Spahr. Professors Spahr and Young talk with abolitionist scholars Dr. Abigail Boggs and Dr. Nick Mitchell about their scholarly work on academic abolition, university studies, and imagining what might come after—or beyond—the university. This event was co-sponsored by the Mills College Art Museum. millscollege, millscollegeartmuseum, laborandprotest, oakland no full 13 f115be21-5117-4039-8349-e759281f586d Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:58:36 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Trystan Cotten, Kim Green, Brynn Tannehill) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-speakers-series-transgress-press-ckU4PA97 Trans Studies Speakers Series: Transgress Press Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Trystan Cotten, Kim Green, Brynn Tannehill 01:24:49 This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. This episode centers on Transgress Press, an Oakland-based indie publisher of trans queer feminist books. It features its publisher professor Trystan Cotten and two recent Transgress Press authors Kim Green and Brynn Tannehill. This episode is part of our Trans Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. This episode centers on Transgress Press, an Oakland-based indie publisher of trans queer feminist books. It features its publisher professor Trystan Cotten and two recent Transgress Press authors Kim Green and Brynn Tannehill. oakland, transstudies no full 12 c70ee6cb-1cd2-4747-a02b-37800db36da7 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Dr. Jordy Rosenberg, Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-studies-speakers-series-dr-jordy-rosenberg-XvZAsddA Trans Studies Speakers Series: Dr. Jordy Rosenberg Dr. Jordy Rosenberg, Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker 01:22:06 This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with Dr. Jordy Rosenberg, scholar and author of the breakout novel, Confessions of the Fox—a faux memoir of the 18th-century folk hero Jack Sheppard. This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker is in conversation with Dr. Jordy Rosenberg, scholar and author of the breakout novel, Confessions of the Fox—a faux memoir of the 18th-century folk hero Jack Sheppard. no full 9 2d4c99fd-b7d6-4cab-b828-dad58b94b6c6 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Juliana Spahr, Wendy Trevino, Cecily Nicholson, Stephanie Young) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/social-listening-2-juliana-spahr-K5rnLOzT Social Listening #2: Quarantine Readings - Juliana Spahr, Wendy Trevino, Cecily Nicholson Michelle Zambrano, Juliana Spahr, Wendy Trevino, Cecily Nicholson, Stephanie Young 00:36:19 The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic. This second episode of Social Listening features readings from internationally acclaimed poets Juliana Spahr, Wendy Trevino, and Cecily Nicholson who share their work and conversation about the linked systems of ​​ecologies, labor, and borders. The Social Listening series created spaces for listening and connecting despite our spatial isolation during the pandemic. This second episode of Social Listening features readings from internationally acclaimed poets Juliana Spahr, Wendy Trevino, and Cecily Nicholson who share their work and conversation about the linked systems of ​​ecologies, labor, and borders. millscollege, poetry no full 7 50b812c3-d5eb-4163-88b6-96bd2ca38afc Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Dr. Sheila Lloyd, Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, Dr. Marquis Bey, Dr. Jenn M. Jackson) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/the-black-radical-tradition-WbzDw_bQ The Black Radical Tradition in an Age of White Rage Dr. Sheila Lloyd, Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, Dr. Marquis Bey, Dr. Jenn M. Jackson 01:29:37 This episode was organized and hosted by Dr. Sheila Lloyd in response to the events of January 6th, 2021 “Save America” rally and the insurrection at the Capitol. Dr. Lloyd and panelists Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley of UCLA, Dr. Marquis Bey of Northwestern University, and, and Dr. Jenn M. Jackson of Syracuse University consider how we might challenge white rage while centering the Black radical tradition. This episode was organized and hosted by Dr. Sheila Lloyd in response to the events of January 6th, 2021 “Save America” rally and the insurrection at the Capitol. Dr. Lloyd and panelists Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley of UCLA, Dr. Marquis Bey of Northwestern University, and, and Dr. Jenn M. Jackson of Syracuse University consider how we might challenge white rage while centering the Black radical tradition. blackradialtradition, millscollege, insurrection no full 10 028a570d-fdc4-4331-939a-27fdc409aafc Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, C. Riley Snorton, Rod Ferguson) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-studies-speakers-series-trans-is-black-black-is-trans-PW2c_AOM Trans Studies Speakers Series: Trans is Black and Black is Trans? Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, C. Riley Snorton, Rod Ferguson 01:29:45 This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker curates a conversation with eminent scholars Dr. Rod Ferguson of Yale University and Dr, C. Riley Snorton of The University of Chicago about the emergence of Black Trans Studies, the Black Trans Lives Matter Movement, and Black Trans Histories This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker curates a conversation with eminent scholars Dr. Rod Ferguson of Yale University and Dr, C. Riley Snorton of The University of Chicago about the emergence of Black Trans Studies, the Black Trans Lives Matter Movement, and Black Trans Histories millscollege, blacktransstudies, transstudies no full 11 4b509d9c-99c5-4005-ae35-44ad9d61bb53 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Leila Weefur) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/trans-studies-speakers-series-leila-weefur-mvFeRICv Trans Studies Speakers Series: Leila Weefur Michelle Zambrano, Dr. Susan Stryker, Leila Weefur 01:10:57 This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker interviews Oakland-based artist, curator, writer, and Mills alum Leila Weefur about her upcoming project PLAY†PREY, a gospel presented as a multi-channel film experience, that recounts a relationship between God, the Church, and a queer Black child. This episode is part of our Trans Studies Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Susan Stryker, the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Womens’ Leadership. Dr. Stryker interviews Oakland-based artist, curator, writer, and Mills alum Leila Weefur about her upcoming project PLAY†PREY, a gospel presented as a multi-channel film experience, that recounts a relationship between God, the Church, and a queer Black child. susanstryker, millscollege, oakland, transstudies no full 8 0deefd0c-a7e5-4367-bec2-027f0e9f1efb Thu, 6 May 2021 06:29:12 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Alie Jones) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/raise-your-voice-podcast-episode-2Dkny7PX Raise Your Voice Podcast Episode Michelle Zambrano, Alie Jones 00:44:12 In this special episode, we are featuring WATV’s Community Collaborator Alie Jones. Alie Jones is a second year graduate student in the Creative Writing program at Mills College. She has been hosting and curating Raise Your Voice - a free monthly workshop exploring connection, healing, and empowerment through creative writing and expression. The goal of this workshop is to illuminate stories of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing. This episode will feature writers who have taken part of Raise Your Voice from in person to zoom, to a one off workshop centered around Inner Child healing. In this special episode, we are featuring WATV’s Community Collaborator Alie Jones. Alie Jones is a second year graduate student in the Creative Writing program at Mills College. She has been hosting and curating Raise Your Voice - a free monthly workshop exploring connection, healing, and empowerment through creative writing and expression. The goal of this workshop is to illuminate stories of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing. This episode will feature writers who have taken part of Raise Your Voice from in person to zoom, to a one off workshop centered around Inner Child healing. inner child healing, bay area black writers, raise your voice no full 6 d743d3f8-b438-4b55-a535-0b58ae9c9d3c Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:00:00 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Ashia Ajani, Sarah Dawn Albani, Connie Zheng) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/bay-area-bookseller-voices-wolfman-books-L7f_MxoY Bay Area Bookseller Voices: Wolfman Books Michelle Zambrano, Ashia Ajani, Sarah Dawn Albani, Connie Zheng 01:21:48 In this episode, we collaborated with Wolfman Books, of Oakland CA, as part of our Bay Area Bookseller Voices series. This series allows our beloved booksellers to curate readings with authors of their choosing. We welcomed artist Ashia Ajani, a Black storyteller from Denver, CO. Her work explores the layered relationship between the Black diaspora and Western environmental stewardship. She was joined byThe Burl Concentrate, a collaborative project of the writers Connie Zheng and Sarah Dawn Albani that works towards dismantling the a-priori othering at the heart of the contemporary human relationship to the earth and the idea of “nature.” In this episode, we collaborated with Wolfman Books, of Oakland CA, as part of our Bay Area Bookseller Voices series. This series allows our beloved booksellers to curate readings with authors of their choosing. We welcomed artist Ashia Ajani, a Black storyteller from Denver, CO. Her work explores the layered relationship between the Black diaspora and Western environmental stewardship. She was joined byThe Burl Concentrate, a collaborative project of the writers Connie Zheng and Sarah Dawn Albani that works towards dismantling the a-priori othering at the heart of the contemporary human relationship to the earth and the idea of “nature.” no full 5 3b0da5d5-3360-4b8b-a173-1ed1934a7d99 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:56:46 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Cedar Sigo, Michelle Zambrano, City Lights Bookstore, Alli Warren) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/bay-area-bookseller-voices-city-lights-Ir4KplNy Bay Area Bookseller Voices: City Lights Cedar Sigo, Michelle Zambrano, City Lights Bookstore, Alli Warren 01:06:22 WATV launched Bay Area Bookseller Voices this past spring, a new series of virtual events in which we partnered with our beloved booksellers to curate readings with authors of their choosing. In this episode, we had the honor of collaborating with the historic City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco to celebrate local luminary Alli Warren and the release of her new collection, Little Hill. Warren was joined by special guest Cedar Sigo, who was raised on the Suquamish reservation near Seattle, Washington, and is the author of over 7 books of poetry, including the soon to be published Guard The Mysteries. WATV launched Bay Area Bookseller Voices this past spring, a new series of virtual events in which we partnered with our beloved booksellers to curate readings with authors of their choosing. In this episode, we had the honor of collaborating with the historic City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco to celebrate local luminary Alli Warren and the release of her new collection, Little Hill. Warren was joined by special guest Cedar Sigo, who was raised on the Suquamish reservation near Seattle, Washington, and is the author of over 7 books of poetry, including the soon to be published Guard The Mysteries. wearethevoices, city lights bookstore, poetry, bayareapoets no full 4 e098b458-aa3d-4608-8d8d-f523885eadef Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:47:53 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Stephanie Young, Dena Rod, Maw Shein Win, MK Chavez, Michelle Zambrano) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/social-listening-1-GHovUgrs Social Listening #1: Quarantine Readings Stephanie Young, Dena Rod, Maw Shein Win, MK Chavez, Michelle Zambrano 00:55:53 In this episode, we offer the recording of our first quarantine readings, organized in response to the first month of shelter in place. Poet MK Chavez curated a powerful communal gathering—in which she was joined by poets Maw Shein Win and Dena Rod. The three shared their stirring work on language, identity, and history in readings that produce an entwined conversation in poems. In this episode, we offer the recording of our first quarantine readings, organized in response to the first month of shelter in place. Poet MK Chavez curated a powerful communal gathering—in which she was joined by poets Maw Shein Win and Dena Rod. The three shared their stirring work on language, identity, and history in readings that produce an entwined conversation in poems. oaklandpoets, oaklandpoetry, poetryreadings, poetry no full 3 e9e14861-f79b-4c14-9c38-16c5bcc911c3 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:52:53 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Alicia Garza, Brandi Thompson Summers, Michelle Zambrano) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/black-to-the-future-t88cFhtq Black To The Future Alicia Garza, Brandi Thompson Summers, Michelle Zambrano 01:21:40 In this episode, we are joined by Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder and Principal of the Black Futures Lab, along with scholar and public intellectual Professor Brandi Thompson Summers of UC, Berkeley. Their discussion excavates the structural intersections of race, privilege, and power in the spaces of, as Professor Summers names, “post-chocolate cities”— such as their hometown of Oakland. In this episode, we are joined by Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder and Principal of the Black Futures Lab, along with scholar and public intellectual Professor Brandi Thompson Summers of UC, Berkeley. Their discussion excavates the structural intersections of race, privilege, and power in the spaces of, as Professor Summers names, “post-chocolate cities”— such as their hometown of Oakland. black futures lab, black lives matter no full 2 663d8cf6-da79-47ea-bb44-7290c6f9870e Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:37:59 +0000 mzambrano@mills.edu (Michelle Zambrano, Brandi Thompson Summers, Sheila Lloyd, Nikhil Pal Singh, Savannah Shange) https://watvradio.simplecast.com/episodes/knowledge-for-freedom-black-power-and-the-present-struggle-bvJ2aSGX Knowledge For Freedom- “Black Study” and the Present Struggle Michelle Zambrano, Brandi Thompson Summers, Sheila Lloyd, Nikhil Pal Singh, Savannah Shange 01:39:06 In this episode, we are joined by oppositional intellectuals Nikhil Pal Singh, Brandi Thompson Summers, and Savannah Shange for a crucial and enlightening discussion of abolition, racial capitalism, and the 2020 uprisings. This event was moderated by the Principal Investigator of We Are The Voices, Professor Sheila Lloyd. In this episode, we are joined by oppositional intellectuals Nikhil Pal Singh, Brandi Thompson Summers, and Savannah Shange for a crucial and enlightening discussion of abolition, racial capitalism, and the 2020 uprisings. This event was moderated by the Principal Investigator of We Are The Voices, Professor Sheila Lloyd. no full 1