Solidarity Is This

Solidarity Is This is a podcast created and hosted by Deepa Iyer, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Building Movement Project where she runs Solidarity Is, a multi-strategy program to deepen transformative solidarity practices, models, narratives, and ideas. On the podcast, we explore how individuals and institutions are experimenting with cross-racial and cross-movement solidarity in America’s changing racial landscape. Learn more at www.solidarityis.org

Solidarity Within and Across Communities

In this episode, Jamie Beran from Bend The Arc shares messaging and practices that build solidarity within and outside Jewish communities.

11-11
32:39

Solidarity As Public Memory

How are Native and Japanese American communities marking a shameful part of American history? Our guest, Satsuki Ina, shows us how to build solidarity from a national tragedy.

10-01
24:08

A Conversation About Solidarity Stances

In this special live episode, co-hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer explore how movements can use Solidarity Stances to build deeper, more aligned forms of solidarity — even under authoritarian conditions.

09-16
42:58

Solidarity Across Division

Co-host Adaku Utah talks with Rima Meroueh of the National Network for Arab American Communities about resisting surveillance, healing divisions, and building power through solidarity and connection across differences.

08-27
35:45

Solidarity: Racial Justice during Black August and Beyond

BMP’s Exec. Director, Janis Rosheuvel, talks with Charles Long, the Deputy Director of Fund Strategy at the Movement for Black Lives, on the importance of trusting Black leadership, the role of philanthropy, and the necessity of community and rest

08-13
38:08

Solidarity Through Sacred Work: Organizing from Hope and Healing in Divided Times

Adaku Utah talks with Alia Bilal about how the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) has spent the last 30 years building a vibrant ecosystem weaving together healthcare, housing, arts, and organizing to nurture transformation in Chicago’s inner city.

07-22
46:17

Solidarity as Strategy: Building Power Across Movements

Co-host Adaku Utah speaks with Nikko Viquiera of Race Forward on solidarity’s role in ending oppression and building just communities—sharing insights on strategy, relationships, and sustaining a justice ecosystem rooted in love and equity.

06-01
01:00:14

Solidarity: Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days

In this episode, we share a conversation from our State of Solidarity series exploring how movements are responding to political upheaval, and highlight strategies from our new report, Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days.

05-18
01:15:10

Solidarity at the Pace of Interdependence and Care: Lessons from New Disabled South

Co-host Adaku Utah talks with Dom Kelly of New Disabled South about building movements rooted in care, access, and interdependence. Amid rising attacks, Dom highlights how disability justice organizers resist harm and foster transformative solidarity.

03-31
42:14

Solidarity: Nonprofit Sustainability Now and Beyond

In this episode, co-hosts Adaku and Deepa explore the devastating impact of recent executive orders on nonprofits and how organizations are resisting defunding, criminalization, and state repression.

03-18
44:20

Solidarity in Crisis: Building Power in Uncertain Times

Building Movement Project's Executive Director Janis Rosheuvel and Adaku discuss the urgent challenges organizations and communities face in response to political instability, and how to balance immediate action with building long-term power.

02-18
44:55

Solidarity: Stories of Rebuilding and Reimagination

As Trump's administration unleashes a wave of restrictive executive orders, hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer spotlight innovative solidarity practices emerging across movements, from rapid response networks to bold models of community defenense and care.

01-29
32:09

Solidarity: Countering Attacks on Each Other

How do we build and protect cross-racial solidarity for the long term? In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah explores this question with Alvina Wong (APEN); Anna Castro (Transgender Law Center); and Janis Rosheuvel (Building Movement Project).

12-11
01:05:08

Solidarity: Beyond the Elections

In this special episode, co-host Adaku Utah speaks with Margaret Faliano (IllumiNative), Mary Hooks (M4BL), and Rachel Cheek (NNAF) about the necessary and ongoing work we need to cultivate a democratic society beyond the ballot box.

11-26
01:10:45

Solidarity: 2024 Elections and Beyond: Fortifying Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Our Ecosystems

Join co-hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer as they present the "2024 Elections and Beyond" toolkit, offering tools to clarify values, engage in rapid response, and strengthen ourselves, our organizations, and ecosystems.

10-24
30:15

Solidarity: Building Solidarity In an Era of Silos

In an age of increasing polarization and division, how can we build bridges. Join us in this special State of Solidarity episode to explore the challenges and opportunities of building solidarity in our current social and political climate.

06-18
01:05:19

Solidarity: Reckoning with Sustainability

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah and guest M Adams reflect on BMP's latest report: Reckoning with Sustainability, which explores how more than 50 Black movement leaders and their organizations understood the brief moment of “racial reckoning” in 2020..

03-19
44:05

Solidarity: Healing across generations at the intersections of memory, care, and justice

In this episode, Cara Page of Changing Frequencies discusses with host Adaku Utah how we reclaim ancestral wisdom for collective liberation and shape futures that center collective care and safety and build power.

01-23
43:16

Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide

Deepa Iyer and Shanelle Matthews discuss how organizations can shape solidarity narratives in a time of crisis.

11-29
23:26

Solidarity: Mothers of Gynecology transform our history and future

In this episode, Michelle Browder from the More Up Campus speaks with host Adaku Utah about how reclaiming the history of gynecology can transform our conditions and teach us how to center empathy and dignity.

10-22
34:50

Recommend Channels