Hope & Hard Pills

Producer/Director Karen Hayes holds an M.F.A. in Film and Television Production from UCLA. She was selected for the Tribeca All Access and American Film Institute’s (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) fellowships. Hayes' production company, Ubuntu Motion Pictures, is devoted to telling stories that educate, create dialog about, and promote justice and healing. She has produced many documentary shorts for educational and non-profit organizations, including PSAs on HIV/AIDS Education featuring Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu. Hayes was also granted unique access to follow and film Desmond Tutu internationally over a 15-year period and is completing the resulting documentary feature, The Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond Tutu. Hayes also produced the authorized documentary film about Rev. James Lawson, one of the key strategists of the Rosa Parks-Martin Luther King Movement.In This Episode:You can read through the James Lawson and L.A. Times timeline TRISHES mentionedWatch Karen's short film An Incident in the Life of a Slave GirlThe Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond TutuIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Sophia A.McClennen is professor of international affairs and comparative literature at the Pennsylvania State University and the founding director of Penn State's Center for Global Studies. She has published fourteen books and over 75 scholarly articles. Her research focuses on cultural responses to crisis, change, and repression, Her recent research has focused on the political impact of satire and the efficacy of satirical tactics for nonviolent movements.Srdja Popovic is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) and a founding member of Otpor! (Resistance), a Serbian movement. Over the past two decades, he has worked with pro-democracy activists, NGOs, and students, teaching nonviolent methods to achieve positive social change and championing the power of nonviolent movements. Srdja’s educational work extends to teaching courses on nonviolent strategy at university institutions in the U.S. and authoring numerous publications on the topic of nonviolent struggle, including the book “Blueprint for Revolution”.In This Episode:Get more info from Tactics4ChangeYou can buy a copy of their book, Pranksters vs. AutocratsGive the article How to Sharpen a Nonviolent Movement Sophia and Srdja wrote with Joseph WrightIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Dr. Raquel Martin, PhD is a dynamic force in Black Mental Health and Liberation Psychology. Standing confidently at the intersection of clinical psychology and social advocacy, Dr. Martin has earned a reputation as a pioneering thought leader. Her presentations, filled with depth and passion, don’t merely inform—they ignite a spark, inspiring attendees to delve deeper and think broader. Dr. Martin brings to the table a unique blend of critical education, offering fresh perspectives that challenge traditional norms and encourage mind evolution. What sets Dr. Martin apart is her knack for providing tangible resources in a manner that’s both accessible and transformative. This authentic connection, combined with their progressive vision, ensures that every participant doesn’t just listen, but feels truly seen, heard, and empowered to make a difference.In This Episode:You can keep up with Dr. Martin on Instagram and get more info and resources at her websiteIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Kalaya'an Mendoza is a Queer, Hard of Hearing, Filipino American human rights defender, street medic, and community safetyand mutual protection trainer. He is an award-winning facilitator of holistic safety and security, as well as a recognized expert in disaster preparedness. He currently resides on occupied Lenape land. Kalaya'an serves as the Director of US Programs at Nonviolent Peaceforce, and is the co-founder of Across Frontlines, an organization that works with frontline human rights defenders.He has inspired, trained, and mobilized thousands of activists in the US and abroad to advance human rights using nonviolent direct action.Kalaya’an has worked his entire decades long career to help people use the resources they have to build the power they need to make the change they want to see in the world.In This Episode:You can keep up with Kalaya'an on Instagram and get more information and resources at the Nonviolent Peaceforce websiteIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Nikki Blak is a writer, sociologist, and womanist, whose art interrogates social constructs and affirms Blackness. Her thought leadership and radical education work centers marginalized and oppressed populations in the United States.She holds a B.A. in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Community Organizing. She uses her extensive education in combination with her lived experience and ancestral knowledge to interrogate anti-Black ideologies and challenge patriarchal cultural norms. Her incendiary art provides unrelenting socio-political critique and activates liberatory praxis to dismantle systems of oppression.In This Episode:You can keep up with Nikki on Instagram and her websiteIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Yolo Akili Robinson (he/him/his) is a non binary award-winning writer, healing justice worker, yogi, and the founder and Executive Director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective). For over 20 years Yolo has led and designed mental and emotional health workshops, experiences, support groups and training.Catch up with Yolo on Instagram and on his websiteCheck out BEAM's website and Instagram or upcoming events and more info!In This Episode:If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram  and TikTokYou can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram and TikTokMusic: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Ashley Larkin's superpower lies at the intersection of creative expression and healing. A psychotherapist focused on helping people remember their own agency to find healing and restore trust in their inner voice.Her advocacy is steeped in subverting the colonized norms of the mental health industry. Championing education and access to mindfulness and well-being practices that remind us all of our innate power to shape our lives.  Her approach is as diverse as it is inclusive, using art and music as tools to invite wellness into culture and the everyday places that are just as vital as the therapy room.Today, Ashley serves as the Head of Wellness at True Voice, a wellness app helping to cultivate well-being through mindfulness and meditation practices. Her passion for this role is fueled by a commitment to serve overlooked communities, particularly Black and Brown folks, in the wellness space. More than just an app, she is cultivating a sanctuary of self discovery, healing and empowerment for all to feel at home in.A visionary, Ashley’s work is imagining a new way forward, where well-being is accessible to all people and not just for the few.Shabazz Larkin is an artist and activist interested in creating images of black culture and contemporary spirituality. Shabazz is a multi-disciplinary artist, painting vibrant portraiture on canvas, typographic printing techniques and film. His practice of vandalizing photographs, overwhelming use of color and bold typography, at times feel like visual concepts better suited for the editorial section of Rolling Stone. This technique only veils Larkin’s true intention to explore societal  issues of race, justice and religion. Shabazz is most known for his “Black Magic” collection, a series of portraits that capture the beauty of resilience in black culture. Larkin’s newest work is a reckless abandon into pop-art — he’s begun writing notes from God and placing them around Nashville, TN. He is also a student of mindfulness and the head of content for the True Voicewellness app.In This Episode:If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Chichi Agorom is a lifelong student of what it means to be fully human. She is a Certified Enneagram Teacher & Practitioner, Associate Faculty with the Narrative Enneagram, and holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Post-Master's Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is the author of the book, The Enneagram for Black Liberation, now available wherever books are sold!In This Episode:Get more info at Chichi's websiteYou can also find Chichi on InstagramIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

EbonyJanice is the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and The EbonyJanice Project. She earned her Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice. The core and center of her work is the professional and personal liberation of Black Women and Femmes.EbonyJanice is a woman of action. Her contributions to an all-girls high school in Nayhururu, Kenya, include creating the school curriculum for girls' leadership. She's continued to support this school with monetary donations. These donations have built a computer lab, two additional classrooms, and a dormitory. She's updated the technological capabilities so that the school can access WIFI, added a large screen TV for Zoom communications and conferences, and paid the tuition for an entire class of girls.EbonyJanice enjoys theater, playing the viola, and speaking French. When she isn’t preaching, reaching, and teaching, she is ordering croissants in coffee shops around the world, reading romance novels, journaling, listening to Beyonce, laughing loudly, practicing peace, and expressing gratitude.In This Episode:Grab the All The Black Girls Are Activists book today!You can find more info at EbonyJanice's website!Check out EbonyJanice on InstagramIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Ann Cvetkovich is currently Professor in the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  She has been Ellen Clayton Garwood Centennial Professor of English and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Mixed Feelings:  Feminism, Mass Culture, and Victorian Sensationalism (Rutgers, 1992); An Archive of Feelings:  Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures (Duke, 2003); and Depression:  A Public Feeling (Duke, 2012).  She co-edited (with Ann Pellegrini) “Public Sentiments,” a special issue of The Scholar and Feminist Online, and (with Janet Staiger and Ann Reynolds) Political Emotions (Routledge, 2010).   She has been coeditor, with Annamarie Jagose, of GLQ:  A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. She currently has two books in progress:  Feeling My Way Through the Archives:  A Journey in Queer Method and How To Live in A Body:  A Survival Guide for Troubled Times.In This Episode:You can find Ann's book here!If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity and faith/spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the host of the podcast, HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l, and founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts.As a writer, Tracey has published 23 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors. Calling herself a “literary midwife,” Tracey is a highly sought-after ghostwriter/collaborator whose work includes the New York Times bestselling book, Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown, Better Not Bitter by Yusef Salaam, The Other Side of Yet by Michelle Hord, and many others.In 2022, Tracey’s critically-acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration (Gallery/Simon and Schuster) was published. Black Joy won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional and has received rave reviews from celebrities like Kerry Washington, literary authors like Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw, and media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, and USA Today. Tracey’s most recent book, Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence (WJK), examines the source and impact of racial violence against Black people in all its forms and offers a blueprint for the way the Christian Church can help facilitate healing. Then They Came for Mine has won the 2023 Wilbur Award, the highest honor given by the Religion Communicators Council, for excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes, in public media.Tracey has spoken on a number of platforms around the country on topics related to race/social justice, healing, and faith/spirituality. Additionally, her freelance work has been published in print and online publications such as Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Ebony Magazine, TheRoot.com, and more.In This Episode:You can find Tracey on InstagramCheck out her website for more!If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Dr. Chanda Reynolds recently obtained her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. Her areas of interest include the impact of transgenerational trauma on the Black community, the integration of faith and mental health, and mental health within the Black church. Dr. Chanda enjoys teaching as an adjunct professor and providing therapy to children, adolescents, and their families. Dr. Reynolds has contributed to various media platforms, including ABC7, FOX news, PHL-17, Live Civil, and more.In This Episode:You can find Dr. Chanda on InstagramCheck out her podcasts, Paging Dr. Chanda and Double DoseIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Dean Spade is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. Dean has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation and racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law and the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!” His latest book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), was published in 2020 by Verso press and has since been published in Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Korean, Spanish, Thai, Czech, and German.In This Episode:You can find out more about Dean's work at his websiteIf you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Rebeckah Price is a wellness advocate, yoga instructor (RYT 200), and meditation teacher, and wellness entrepreneur that draws on her wealth of knowledge of working in underserved, marginalized, racialized, and immigrant communities in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. With a background and education in Community Development and Engagement she saw the ways in which the social determinants of health had direct impacts on one's ability to be well. As an avid yoga practitioner she saw a gap in the ways in which people had access to the necessary resources and tools to support their wellbeing. Paralleling the worlds of community development and wellness, she sought to find a more mindful balance between her work and community impact. In 2013 she founded irise yoga + wellness- as a way to connect, promote, bring awareness to and foster the inclusion of people of colour and other historically marginalized groups in yoga and wellness spaces. In 2023 Rebeckah was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and is actively working on creating an inclusive platform to help support people with chronic illnesses and autoimmune diseases with the resources to help them along their wellness journey.Rebeckah’s work has been featured in: Refinery29, well + good, The Cut, Essence magazine and Reader's Digest. She has guest lectured at Universities across Canada, and taught for companies like Genuine Health, Nike, Shopify, Footlocker Canada, and many others. Outside of teaching, mentoring, and contributing to her community, Rebeckah works to intentionally make wellness more accessible through her philanthropic work. When she is not busy wearing her many hats she can be found courtside at one of her three sons' basketball games or taking long walks in nature.In This Episode:Rebeckah is online at Instagram and her website.If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!

Rachel Cargle is an Akron, Ohio born writer, entrepreneur and philanthropic innovation. Her work and upcoming book with Penguin Random House, centers the reimagining of womanhood, solidarity and self and how we are in relationship with ourselves and one another. In 2018 she founded The Loveland Foundation, Inc., a non-profit offering free therapy to Black women and girls. Her umbrella company, The Loveland Group houses a collection of Rachel’s social ventures including The Great Unlearn, a self-paced, donation-based learning community, The Great Unlearn for Young Learners – an online learning space for young folks launching in 2022, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre – an innovative literacy space designed to amplify, celebrate and honor the work of writers who are often excluded from traditional cultural, social and academic canons.Rachel is a regular contributor to Cultured magazine, Atmos magazine and The Cut, and has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar and The New Yorker.In This Episode:You can get more info about her book tour for A Renaissance of Our OwnFind our more about what Rachel is up to on Instagram or her website!If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, you can join the Patreon.Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.  Music: Make it to Tomorrow by Andre HenryIt Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre HenryThanks for being here!