VALOR Conversations

VALOR Media
  • 5.0 (6)
  • EDUCATION

Sexual violence is not inevitable, or a logical outcome- it is preventable. Each one of us has the power to take small, yet impactful steps to address and change our behavior in order to impact our communities and society at large. These conditions can stem from inequities in our communities and behaviors that we are taught. Although these behaviors may not be clear at first, we can begin to understand their impact, question them, and ultimately change. Join the team at ValorUS in conversation with leaders, change agents, and advocates at Rape Crisis Centers in California who are advancing the issue of sexual violence in our communities and reminding us that collectively, we can work towards building a safer and more inclusive future for us all.

Episodes

  1. 04/24/2025

    Amika Mota on Speaking Truth to Power

    Welcome back to VALOR Conversations! This season, hosts Leah Aldridge, Marsela Rojas-Salas, Grace Glaser, and Rocio Molina sit down with advocates as they share how their experiences shaped their advocacy and work in the gender-based violence movement. In this episode, Amika Mota, the Executive Director of Sister Warriors and formerly incarcerated survivor joins VALOR Conversations to talk about how she became an “accidental activist.” She shares how her experiences as a teen mom, midwife, and within the carceral system pushed her to reimagine justice. Amika’s story compels us to imagine the work we can do alongside her to create a future where mass incarceration and societal barriers do not exist.

    41 min

  2. 04/24/2025

    Jasmine Wali from Mandated Reporting to Mandated Supporting

    In this episode, Jasmine Wali, a policy, advocacy, and research consultant and organizer with Survived and Punished California, joins us to discuss the criminalization of poverty. Jasmine’s story highlights transformations for social workers to become advocates who support, not report, children and families in need.

    42 min

  3. 04/24/2025

    Anabela Aguirre y Veronica M. Lagunas en Rompiendo el Silencio, Construyendo Fuerza: primera parte

    Primera Parte / Episode 1 En nuestros primeros episodios de Conversaciones de VALOR (VALOR Conversations) en español y dividido en dos partes, Anabela Aguirre y Verónica M. Lagunas comparten sus historias transformadoras de ser conserjes inmigrantes en el turno de noche que experimentan entornos de trabajo hostiles para construir una comunidad unida y poderosa como co-fundadoras del Centro ¡Ya Basta!  En el episodio se habla de cómo Anabela y Verónica comenzaron su labor de abogacía y su explosivo especial de primera línea, “Violación en el Turno de Noche.” El episodio 2 continúa la historia de abogacia de Anabela y Verónica después de “Violación en el Turno de Noche” y comparten el activismo directo en el que participaron y las leyes que aprobaron para crear entornos más seguros para inmigrantes, conserjes y trabajadores del turno de noche. ---- In our first-ever Spanish language and two-part VALOR Conversations episodes, Anabela Aguirre and Veronica M. Lagunas sit down with VALOR Conversations to share their transformational stories of being night-shift, immigrant janitors experiencing hostile work environments to building a tight-knit and powerful community as co-founders of the ¡Ya Basta! Center. Episode 1 discusses how Anabela and Veronica came into advocacy and their explosive frontline special, “Rape on the Night Shift.” Episode 2 continues Anabela’s and Veronica’s advocacy story after “Rape on the Night Shift” and they share the direct activism they participated in and laws they passed to create safer environments for immigrants, janitors, and night-shift workers.

    41 min

  4. 04/24/2025

    Anabela Aguirre y Veronica M. Lagunas en Rompiendo el Silencio, Construyendo Fuerza: segunda parte

    Segunda Parte / Episode 2 En nuestros primeros episodios de Conversaciones de VALOR (VALOR Conversations) en español y dividido en dos partes, Anabela Aguirre y Verónica M. Lagunas comparten sus historias transformadoras de ser conserjes inmigrantes en el turno de noche que experimentan entornos de trabajo hostiles para construir una comunidad unida y poderosa como co-fundadoras del Centro ¡Ya Basta!  En el episodio se habla de cómo Anabela y Verónica comenzaron su labor de abogacía y su explosivo especial de primera línea, “Violación en el Turno de Noche.” El episodio 2 continúa la historia de abogacia de Anabela y Verónica después de “Violación en el Turno de Noche” y comparten el activismo directo en el que participaron y las leyes que aprobaron para crear entornos más seguros para inmigrantes, conserjes y trabajadores del turno de noche. ---- In our first-ever Spanish language and two-part VALOR Conversations episodes, Anabela Aguirre and Veronica M. Lagunas sit down with VALOR Conversations to share their transformational stories of being night-shift, immigrant janitors experiencing hostile work environments to building a tight-knit and powerful community as co-founders of the ¡Ya Basta! Center. Episode 1 discusses how Anabela and Veronica came into advocacy and their explosive frontline special, “Rape on the Night Shift.” Episode 2 continues Anabela’s and Veronica’s advocacy story after “Rape on the Night Shift” and they share the direct activism they participated in and laws they passed to create safer environments for immigrants, janitors, and night-shift workers.

    48 min

  5. 04/24/2025

    Leigh LaChapelle on Changing an Unjust System

    In this episode, Leigh LaChapelle joins VALOR Conversations once again to discuss how they transformed their lived experiences as a queer youth in South Carolina into activism as the Associate Director of Survivor Advocacy at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), Los Angeles. Leigh touches on the importance of showing up and caring in an unjust world as a key aspect of their work.

    52 min

  6. 04/24/2025

    Ponny White on Advocacy through Storytelling

    In this episode, Ponny White, who started in this movement as a community youth engagement specialist and activist storyteller, discusses how she is transforming reproductive freedom advocacy through narrative-based storytelling. As a Senior Prevention Coordinator at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, Ponny highlights the impact of youth activism as we strive to create a more inclusive world.  We hope you enjoyed Season 5 of VALOR Conversations!

    44 min
  • 6 Episodes

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About

Sexual violence is not inevitable, or a logical outcome- it is preventable. Each one of us has the power to take small, yet impactful steps to address and change our behavior in order to impact our communities and society at large. These conditions can stem from inequities in our communities and behaviors that we are taught. Although these behaviors may not be clear at first, we can begin to understand their impact, question them, and ultimately change. Join the team at ValorUS in conversation with leaders, change agents, and advocates at Rape Crisis Centers in California who are advancing the issue of sexual violence in our communities and reminding us that collectively, we can work towards building a safer and more inclusive future for us all.

Information

  • Creator
    VALOR Media
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright VALOR Media
  • Show Website
    VALOR Conversations