social justice

Episode 92: Julie Raskin of the Foundation for New York’s Strongest on zero waste and building a cleaner, greener NYC

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Julie Raskin, Executive Director for the Foundation for New York’s Strongest, the official non-profit partner of the NYC Department of Sanitation.  We speak with Julie today about her work leading NYC’s efforts to reduce waste and promote zero waste through the organization’s co-hosting of ReFashion…

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Episode 87: Edgar Villanueva on Decolonizing Wealth

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Edgar Villanueva, a globally-recognized expert on social justice philanthropy.  Edgar currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Native Americans in Philanthropy and is a Board Member of the Andrus Family Fund, a national foundation that works to improve outcomes for vulnerable youth.  We speak…

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Episode 66: en(gender)ed Reflections on child sexual abuse

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the child sexual abuse – Episode 60: Gary Greenberg on the NYS “Child Victims Act”–activism and accountability in response to child sexual abuse, Episode 61: #SurvivorStories series with Kathy Picard, on her book, “Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage…

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Episode 63: James Powell on the power of social work therapy to heal trauma

  Our guest today is James Powell, a social worker and practicing therapist at Jason Walter and Associates.  James believes that healing and self-actualization result from a life-long commitment to self-reflection—the constant pursuit of increasing congruency between one’s values and behavior. Her psychotherapeutic practice is rooted in Buddhism, 12-step philosophy, shamanic spirituality, humanistic psychology, and…

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Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist

On this episode of engendered, our guest is Nicole Perry, a Registered psychologist with a practice in Edmonton, Canada.  For the past ten years, she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy, for healing trauma.  She is known for her work as…

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