52 min
No Longer Silent with Kimya Motley I'm Curious with Ashley Asti
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- Documentary
Kimya Motley knows what it means to survive. After her ex-husband shot her and her daughter multiples times with a .38 at point-blank range—and they both lived through it—she says she "woke up" to her calling. Kimya knew she never wanted another family to experience what she did. So she used her personal tragedies as fuel for purpose, advocating for women experiencing domestic violence. But after doing this work for years, she realized there was more: to end the cycle, she also needed to talk to the boys and men, shifting a culture of unhealthy manhood.
Kimya is now the Director of Communications at A Call to Men as well as the host of their new community, A Call to Boy Moms, a community for moms, aunts, and grandmas to stick together, be vulnerable, and promote authenticity, gender equity, and inclusion with their boys.
In this episode, Kimya bravely shares her story and we talk about the “Man Box,” fear, the power of mothers gathering, and even about George Floyd’s murder and how she feels as the mother of a Black son.
Links & Resources:
A Call to Men: https://www.acalltomen.org
A Call to Boy Moms: https://www.acalltomen.org/introducing-our-new-community-for-boy-moms/
The Book of Dares: https://www.acalltomen.org/book-of-dares/
Kimya’s Website: https://kimyamotley.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ashley-asti/message
Kimya Motley knows what it means to survive. After her ex-husband shot her and her daughter multiples times with a .38 at point-blank range—and they both lived through it—she says she "woke up" to her calling. Kimya knew she never wanted another family to experience what she did. So she used her personal tragedies as fuel for purpose, advocating for women experiencing domestic violence. But after doing this work for years, she realized there was more: to end the cycle, she also needed to talk to the boys and men, shifting a culture of unhealthy manhood.
Kimya is now the Director of Communications at A Call to Men as well as the host of their new community, A Call to Boy Moms, a community for moms, aunts, and grandmas to stick together, be vulnerable, and promote authenticity, gender equity, and inclusion with their boys.
In this episode, Kimya bravely shares her story and we talk about the “Man Box,” fear, the power of mothers gathering, and even about George Floyd’s murder and how she feels as the mother of a Black son.
Links & Resources:
A Call to Men: https://www.acalltomen.org
A Call to Boy Moms: https://www.acalltomen.org/introducing-our-new-community-for-boy-moms/
The Book of Dares: https://www.acalltomen.org/book-of-dares/
Kimya’s Website: https://kimyamotley.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ashley-asti/message
52 min