Uprooting: Deconstructing Systems, Building Community

EAGER (European Americans Growing Engaging & Reconditioning)

Uprooting: Deconstructing Systems, Building Community is a biweekly podcast dedicated to those on the front line. The organizers, mutual aid providers, educators, and liberators who are actively dismantling oppression and creating systems of care. If your work centers justice, direct aid, or community power, we want to hear from you and share your story. The podcast welcomes and centers the work of organizers from all backgrounds. We are particularly eager to platform the essential work happening within and for Black, Indigenous, disabled, immigrant, and LGBTQIA2S+ communities, recognizing that our liberations are intertwined. Sponsors: EAGER Community (European Americans Growing Engaging & Reconditioning) Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change Law Office of Spencer J Cahoon

Episodes

  1. Ep 2 - Growing Light in the Cracks: A Village for the Ones We Lost

    Apr 24

    Ep 2 - Growing Light in the Cracks: A Village for the Ones We Lost

    On today's episode, we speak with the founder of Sunlight Village, Robbie Brandon. Sunlight Villages mission is to promote and support the mental health and well-being of youth, young adults and families through quality programs and services with a focus on inner-city West Dayton communities. https://sunlight-village.org/

    29 min

  2. Apr 1

    Ep 1 - Gathering at the Root: Why We Are Here

    On our first episode of Uprooting we are speaking with some of the folks involved in the work of building community and deconstructing systems to create one that better serve our needs.  Hear from Sabrina Jordan (Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality), Emily Cole (Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change), and Spencer Cahoon (Attorney & Community Advocate) for some insights into what brings folk to the work and how to engage.

    46 min
  • 2 Episodes

About

Uprooting: Deconstructing Systems, Building Community is a biweekly podcast dedicated to those on the front line. The organizers, mutual aid providers, educators, and liberators who are actively dismantling oppression and creating systems of care. If your work centers justice, direct aid, or community power, we want to hear from you and share your story. The podcast welcomes and centers the work of organizers from all backgrounds. We are particularly eager to platform the essential work happening within and for Black, Indigenous, disabled, immigrant, and LGBTQIA2S+ communities, recognizing that our liberations are intertwined. Sponsors: EAGER Community (European Americans Growing Engaging & Reconditioning) Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change Law Office of Spencer J Cahoon

Information

  • Creator
    EAGER (European Americans Growing Engaging & Reconditioning)
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 EAGER (European Americans Growing Engaging & Reconditioning)