White Noise Collective Podcast

Our beloved collective has made the difficult decision to sunset our organization this year (2023/2024), and to make space for other expressions of our work to continue to grow and iterate out in our movements in our lives. As a part of honoring our legacy, we are proud to share this conversation with WNC New York Chapter. Chapter leaders Lissa Vanderbeck, Natalie McClellan, Sarah Kaplan Gould, Lexi Sasanow and Kate McNeely speak with Zara Zimbardo about the legacy and impact of White Noise. 

Our beloved collective has made the difficult decision to sunset our organization this year (2023/2024), and to make space for other expressions of our work to continue to grow and iterate out in our movements in our lives. As a part of honoring our legacy, we are proud to share this conversation with close collaborator Rascal Roubos (they/them) and core members Toran Ailisheva (they/them) and Zara Zimbardo (she/her). Rascal shares about "Antidotes to White Fragility" an embodied inquiry exploring and transforming defensive moves associated with white fragility, inspired by Robin DiAngelo's work. To learn more about Rascal and their offerings, check out:https://www.tidepooltherapy.com/To learn more about Toran and their offerings, check out: http://dropsinthewaterfall.com/To learn more about Zara and her offerings, check out: https://www.zarazimbardo.com/

Potent insights and movement memories with core members Julia Sebastian (she/her) and Nicole Wires (she/her), interviewed by Zara Zimbardo (she/her). Julia, Nicole and Zara reflect on the impact of WNC. They recount fond memories and lessons from the work of over a decade.To learn more about Zara and her offerings, check out: https://www.zarazimbardo.com/

Our beloved collective has made the difficult decision to sunset our organization this year (2023/2024), and to make space for other expressions of our work to continue to grow and iterate out in our movements in our lives. As a part of honoring our legacy, we are proud to share this interview with close collaborator Alex Marterre (they/them) and core member Jay Tzvia Helfand (they/them). Alex and Jay reflect on the impact of WNC, situated in the political moment of mid-October 2023. To learn more about Alex and their offerings, check out: https://www.alexmarterretherapy.com/To learn more about Jay and their therapy offerings, check out:https://www.therapywithjaytzvia.space/

“Health does not come out of a bottle, cannot be dispensed by a pharmacy, nor can it be easily or entirely defined by health experts. Health must be defined and informed by us and our wisdom, grounded in the totality of our own experiences, from the laboratory of our lives, our lived in and living bodies.” - excerpt from the Health Justice Commons Vision StatementWe are joined by dear friend and comrade Mordecai Cohen Ettinger to ground us in the powerful offerings of Health Justice Commons (HJC). Mordecai shares definitions and frameworks that serve as anchors for HJC’s organizing. We welcome listeners across a range of familiarity and engagement with these concepts, and have even more info for you in our show notes for those that want more. We hope this conversation, especially in this political context of COVID, sharpens analysis and deepens the great rivers of our imaginations towards more liberatory and whole futures.  Click here for show notes and additional information: https://www.conspireforchange.org/podcast/Click here to connect directly with Health Justice Commons: https://www.healthjusticecommons.org/join-us

We are grateful to connect with Sarah Holmes to feel into themes of healing, justice and transformation in relationship with land. Sarah identifies as white, femme, dyke, middle-aged and working class. She has been in private practice as an energetic, clinical herbalist since 1998.  Our conversation is filled with rich story and lineage on themes of racial justice, herbal medicine, and connecting to transformation across scales from personal to collective. We welcome you to join us and invite you into your own connection with heart and spirit in collective work for liberation. Learn more about the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine at: www.blueotterschool.com, @blueotterschoolAnd learn more about the Herbal Highway, the public radio program Sarah co-produces in collaboration with her wife, Karyn Sanders, at: www.kpfa.org, @theherbalhighwayFull transcript will be offered shortly!

Welcome to the White Noise Collective Podcast! This is our first episode, and we are so excited and grateful! We’ll begin with interviewing the powerful Amanda Ream and Dara Silverman, white racial justice organizers offering transformative somatic practices to our movements. We discuss their powerful contributions, in particular over the last year, engaging hundreds of white racial justice movement organizers in politicized somatic training for the sake of collective liberation. Not sure you’re familiar with this word somatics? Check out more info in the show notes featured on our website, conspireforchange.org. If this conversation inspires you, we encourage those who are able to donate directly to Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity BOLD.  After the interview, you’ll get to experience a guided somatic practice offered to us by Dara in a separate link. 

In our second full length episode, we connect with friend and mentor of White Noise Collective, Paul Kivel. He shares about his journey in feminist and anti-racist organizing, grounded in decades-long movement building and educational work. We discuss the his recent focus on transforming patterns of Christian hegemony. You are welcome to this conversation whether you have never heard of this concept, or if it is something you know well. We hope this episode resonates with you.Check out more info in the show notes and episode transcript featured on our website, conspireforchange.org. To learn more about Paul and his work, check out https://paulkivel.com/.

In this episode, we have the joy of interviewing long time White Noise Collective member, healer and organizer Alex Marterre. We explore tactics and stories to alchemize white shame for the sake of fortifying movements for racial justice. This is a conversion between all three of us, informed by years of relationship and organizing, about patterns of white shame, alongside tools to support moving through it towards collective liberation. There was a lot to say and a lot more to unpack. This will be a Part 1 of likely an additional interview with Alex. Check out more info in the show notes and episode transcript featured on our website, conspireforchange.org. To learn more about Alex and their therapy work, check out https://www.alexmarterretherapy.com/about.

A guided somatic practice in tandem with Episode 1 with Dara Silverman, somatic coach and facilitator. 

Our beloved collective has made the difficult decision to sunset our organization this year (2023/2024), and to make space for other expressions of our work to continue to grow and iterate out in our movements in our lives. As a part of honoring our legacy, we are proud to share these messages from close collaborators of WNC, Ream (they/them), Josephine Radbill (she/her) and Cynthia Ashley (she/her). They share memories and reflections about WNC's impact, along with wishes for our work for future generations. 

Contemplative and playful conversation with core members Toran Ailisheva (they/them) and Zara Zimbardo (she/her). Two of the founding core members, Toran and Zara reflect on the impact of WNC, sharing about their political evolution in collaboration for over a decade.To learn more about Toran and their offerings, check out: http://dropsinthewaterfall.com/To learn more about Zara and her offerings, check out: https://www.zarazimbardo.com/