#HealMeToo: Insights, Art & Activism to Change Our Culture Hope Singsen

In early January, educator, facilitator and applied theater practitioner, Channie Waites, led a remarkable Hollaback! Resilience workshop  to help people process the compound traumas of the Jan 6 attempted coup by White Supremacists. 
Hear Channie share generously of her own wisdom about our nation’s illness of racism and the necessity of truth telling, reconciliation and joy. She unpacks many steps toward healing, drawing on her years of work in Rwanda, as well as personal experiences of grief, racial trauma, and resilience. 
In this bonus episode to conclude Season 3 of our #HealMeToo #AtHome series, Channie dives deeply into:
The nature of racismThe ways trauma and resilience can take shape within usThe imperative of facing “what is” and then telling our storiesHow inhabiting our bodies and our power of choice help build resilienceWhy joy belongs at the heart of every step, even in grief or other painful feelingsWhy our culture cannot heal until we tell all the truths of White Supremacy, facing and feeling the ways racism infects us, and impairs our connections A joyful movement practice to shake it all out, inspire the giggles, and help shift stuckness in the bodyAnd so much moreLearn more about Channie and Hollaback!, and find links to resources on our episode page at bit.ly/hm2pod0311.
Subscribe now and catch new episodes of the #HealMeToo Podcast in 2021 on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as on our YouTube channel — for insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now.

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen—the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers. 
Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.
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The final episode of 2020 and the concluding episode of Season 3: #HealMeToo #AtHome centers the needs (and the extraordinary resilience) of young people experiencing unprecedented isolation and many forms of trauma.

As we enter a new year, with many young people resuming remote learning, we're sharing an interview recorded in early fall, with insights, guidance and practical tips from Ashleigh Anderson, a Relationship Abuse Prevention Program coordinator at NYC's Edward R. Murrow High School, working with Day One, a nonprofit that partners with youth to end dating abuse and domestic violence through community education, supportive services & legal advocacy. 

In this episode, learn about:
Teen and middle-schoolers specific vulnerabilities to tech abuse in this timeCreating boundaries when we're at home and everyone's connected 24/7Why helping our kids can be tricky when we adults are enduring the same traumas, tooA deeper take on self-care (it's not just taking baths)How adults sometimes gloss over the impact of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement for young peopleWays to normalize the way kids and teens are feelingTips for recognizing and helping address some symptoms of PTSD  Learn more about Ashleigh and Day One, and find links to resources on our episode page at bit.ly/hm2pod0310.
Subscribe now and catch new episodes of the #HealMeToo Podcast in 2021 on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as on our YouTube channel — for insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now. 

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen—the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers. 
Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.
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In this Podcast Extra, Hollaback! Deputy Director and bystander intervention trainer, Jorge Arteaga, leads listeners in a short grounding practice called "Box Breathing." This practice is used by the military and you may find it comes in handy to help de-escalate every other type of stress too.

Learn more about using Box Breathing to keep steady when witnessing and intervening in harassment and other harmful situations during the full interview with Jorge in S3 E9: Bystander Intervention for Racism, Police Violence & Ending Harassment in All Its Forms. Or, watch the Video Podcast on our YouTube channel.

Join us throughout 2020 for new episodes on all your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube as we wrap up Season 3: #HealMeToo At-Home--focused on the needs of now.

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted by Hope Singsen--the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 
Edited by Hope Singsen
Opening & closing music: "Love Is Rising" written by Vanessa Marie Milanesi & Helga Kaefer, performed by Vanessa Marie (@vanessamariemusic)
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After a hiatus to organize and lead election activist events 7-days-a-week, we’re back! 
Our guest this week: Jorge Arteaga, the Director of Operations for Hollaback!—an incredible FREE bystander intervention training org whose mission began with stopping street sexual harassment and has expanded, to stop harassment in all its forms.
Jorge is also the originator of their training in Bystander Intervention to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment, which he previews during our interview. 
In this episode:
Hear Jorge’s powerful personal storyLearn techniques to safely practice the 5 Ds of Bystander Intervention (Distract, Delegate, Delay, Document & Direct intervention), especially in the presence of police violence. Find out about all the empowering free trainings Hollaback! offers Practice a meditative exercise called Box Breathing, which can help reduce the stress and even trauma when performing bystander interventions. (We’ll also share this practice as a Podcast Extra you can tap into any time you need a reminder or a moment of Zen!)If you don't know Hollaback! you'll love this org and their excellent trainings, which offer ways each one of us, whatever our identities, can show up as allies for others in trouble. Hollaback! has dedicated training modules to help intervene to stop workplace sexual harassment, LGBTQ+ harassment, street sexual harassment, online trolling, COVID-related Asian/American and xenophobic harassment and this fall they added a training in stopping voter intimidation at the polls! 
Hollaback! also offers advanced techniques for conflict de-escalation, a training to help examine and shift our implicit biases, and a beautiful training to strengthen our resilience to start healing from all 2020 has entailed. 
Learn more about Jorge and find links to resources on our episode page at bit.ly/hm2pod0309.
Subscribe now and catch the 10th episode of the #HealMeToo #AtHome Season 3 later this month on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as on our YouTube channel — for insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now. 

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen—the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers. 
Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.
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In this episode, we changed up the format to #KeepSharingtheMic with Jovan Martinez and Cassity Yeye of the STEPS to End Family Violence Early Relationship Abuse Prevention Program, who graced the stage at a #HealMeToo Festival pop up event earlier this year, A Love Thing, recorded for Season 2 of the podcast. Jovan’s beautiful lead singing at that event also graces the opening and closing credits of each episode in Season 3, sampling The Whispers.

We're so grateful that Jovan and Cassity returned to the platform to have a conversation about their work, about the intersections of so many types of stress & trauma at all times and especially right now for survivors of color, about how they're managing in 2020, and what wisdom they could share about how to heal.

About the #ShareTheMicNow and #KeepSharingtheMic Campaign
In June, four badass women and Instagram luminaries founded the #ShareTheMicNow campaign. Bo-zoma Saint John, Luvvie Adjaii Jones, Glennon Doyle and Stacey Bendet worked together to center Black women’s voices on White women’s platforms. As they wrote: 
"When the world listens to women, it listens to white women. For far too long, Black women’s voices have gone unheard, even though they’ve been using their voices loudly for centuries to enact change. Today, more than ever, it is NECESSARY that we create a unifying action to center Black women’s lives, stories, and calls to action. We need to listen to Black women."
 Later they invited all of us to #KeepSharingtheMic. They wrote:
"This campaign was born out of relationships. We invite other black and white women in relationship to recreate this action in their own spaces."

Learn more about Jovan and Cassity on our episode page at bit.ly/hm2pod0308

Subscribe now and join us throughout the summer and fall for new #HealMeToo #AtHome episodes on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as on our new YouTube channel as we continue Season 3: #HealMeToo At-Home—insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now.

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen—the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers. 
Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.
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In such traumatic times, and especially in light of the Movement for Black Lives against systemic racism, as well as the dangers, lost lives and lost incomes in the pandemic, right now our workplaces and work relationships are pressed to become more centered in care. But how can each of us, as workers or employers, adjust our practices to do this?

Akia Squitieri is an award-winning Producer, Director, Arts Administrator, and Anti-Harassment Advocate. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Rising Sun Performance Company and Co-Executive Director for the Innovative Theatre Foundation & New York Innovative Theatre Awards. She’s also the founder of Creating Safe Spaces, which offers anti-harassment training for theatrical environments.
 
Akia coined the term "Culture of Care" to describe the shift in culture needed now, and joined Hope for a conversation delving into the challenges and opportunities for transformation of our shared spaces. 
Ideas and strategies for employers to self-assess and level up their support for workersQuestions and practices that may help White folks acknowledge and check our privilege,  acknowledge our participation in the system of White Supremacy, and change our behaviorThe accountability facilitated by call-out and cancel culture, at their bestLearn more about Akia and find links to resources on our episode page at bit.ly/hm2pod0307.

Subscribe now and join us throughout the summer and fall for new #HealMeToo #AtHome episodes on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as on our new YouTube channel as we continue Season 3: #HealMeToo At-Home—insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now. 

Between episodes, you'll find us on all social media @healmetoofest and at healmetoopodcast.com.

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen—the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers. 
Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.
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