Listening to podcasts can be passive, but the stories we hear often leave us itching to take action in our communities. This Women's History Month, we have partnered with our friends at Dosomething.org to make your podcast listening experience active!
The following podcasts address issues that aren’t just “women’s issues.” These are the stories of barrier-breaking, stigma-stomping, bias-blasting changemakers. Let’s listen to them and take action with help from Dosomething.org.
Tell us how you’re going to take action today on social media with #PodforChange. Tag @Castbox_fm and @Dosomething on Twitter for a chance to be featured. You got this.
Homelessness
On any given day there are almost 600,000 people experiencing homelessness in America. Among homeless families, 67% are female-headed. Most homeless families in the U.S. are led by a young single mother.
Bodies Host KCRW, Allison Behringer talks to KalaLea, who suffers from terrible, awful periods. But don’t a lot of women? Well, yes and no. After more than a decade of suffering, KalaLea discovers that the cause of the pain is common for Black women like herself, but far from normal.
Act: Donate period products to women in homeless shelters.
Supplies, Sealed, Delivered: Provide One Bag Of Daily Essentials To A Local Homeless Shelter.
Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpfvFKxdEM&t=14
Feminism
The Women’s March is the largest single-day protest in the history of the US. What really is the Women’s March and who’s showing up to march? Does it represent Feminism?
Sexual Assault
Raquel O’Brien explains that we never expect sexual offenders to be the most trusted people in our lives. Silent Waves tells one true story led by 25-year-old Raquel as she attempts to liberate herself from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and a father with a dark secret. “Silence is not broken until everyone has spoken.”
Act:Take Photos To Share Resources With Survivors Of Sexual Assault.
Support for Survivors
Mental Health
Gloria Lucas founded Nalgona Positivity Pride because of the Lack of women of color representation in the eating disorder awareness community. LatinX Therapy Host - Adriana Alejandre, LMFT, talks to Gloria about body positivity, diet culture and the historical trauma of disordered eating in communities of color.
Displacement
Women make up 80% of all refugees and displaced people. A caravan of migrants from Honduras reached the U.S. border a few weeks ago. Now, thousands are living in a camp in Tijuana, waiting to find out whether they'll be allowed in the country. The Cut visited the camp to talk to women about what life is like in limbo -- caught between countries, separated from their families, with no idea what comes next.
Civic Engagement
Web of WMN Host Jenny Kaplan interviews DeNora Getachew, the New York City executive director of Generation Citizen about how she uses her own civic experience to inspire her work. “Democracy is a full-contact sport,” says Getachew. She’s teaching young people how to take action on issues that matter.