Vidya Voice The Vidya Project

Nora Barpal (Executive Director, Music Inclusion Coalition; CEO, Feminasty Records) joins Daniel for a conversation about providing BIPOC and LGBTQ students with resources, visibility, and mentorship for greater opportunity and equality within music. 
Web: thevidyaproject.org / ourletterstotheworld.org
Instagram: @projectvidya / @instadan
Music: ”What If," by Illocanblo & Csum

Actress, VO artist, and coach Morgan V. Canham (@morganvcanham, @thecanhamcollective, @wakeupwithsolrise) joins Daniel to discuss mindfulness, art, and all things 2020. She talks through her journey as a dancer and actor and mindfulness practitioner. 
Web: thevidyaproject.org / ourletterstotheworld.org
Instagram: @projectvidya / @instandan
Music: ”What If," by Illocanblo & Csum

Daniel is joined by the other members of The Vidya Project (Ashika Kalra, Rina Madhani, Khayriyyah MuhammadSmith, Emily Watson) to share what they're each grateful for this year.
thevidyaproject.org / ourletterstotheworld.org
@projectvidya / @instadan
Music: "What If," by Illocanblo & Csum

Rina Madhani, co-founder of The Vidya Project and Start Lighthouse, joins Daniel to discuss their experiences as educators and what Start Lighthouse is doing to combat systemic problems in literacy.
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Laura Ramirez is a core organizer for Af3irm NYC, a national organization of women engaged in transnational feminist, anti-imperialist activism and dedicated to the fight against oppression in all its forms. She joins Daniel to discuss the 2020 election and what, if anything, it may mean for oppression in the U.S. The also discuss community organizing, Marxism, and militant movement-building. 
Follow Daniel on Instagram @Instadan and The Vidya Project @projectvidya
Check out TVP @ thevidyaproject.org & Af3irm @ af3irm.org
Show theme: "What If," by Illocanblo & Csum

Daniel is joined by artist and activist Janeese, aka SoulThundre, to discuss her experience in the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th. She also shares her mission to create safe spaces for piercers, educators and artists who identify as Black, POC, and all gender and sexual identities. Follow her on Instagram @SoulThundre and support her work.
Check out the new Vidya Project initiative Letters to the World at ourletterstotheworld.org
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