2023

Solidarity Is This Podcast

This season, we explore how organizers, community historians, and storytellers are reimagining and transforming sites of public history into spaces for understanding, healing, reconciliation, transformation, and of course, solidarity.


January 2024

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. Find the full episode page and notes here.


November 2023

Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide

Deepa Iyer and Shanelle Matthews discuss how organizations can shape solidarity narratives in a time of crisis. Find the full episode page and notes here.


October 2023

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. Find the full episode page and notes here.


September 2023

Solidarity: Truth Telling From The Banks of the Ohio River

In this episode, Hannah Drake and Josh Miller from the (Un)Known Project speak with host Deepa Iyer about how sharing the names of stories of enslaved Black men, women and children in Kentucky transforms our understanding of history. Find the full episode page and notes here.


August 2023

Solidarity: Reclaiming Our Collective Memory

In this episode, host Adaku Utah is in conversation with Mariame Kaba about transformative spaces and practices to reclaim our interdependence and collective memory. Find the full episode page and notes here.


June 2023

Solidarity: How Sites of Conscience Can Transform Us

The new season of Solidarity Is This begins with an introduction to the power of sites of conscience. Host Deepa Iyer speaks with Braden Paynter and Ereshnee Naidu at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Find the full episode page and notes here.


April 2023

Solidarity: Introducing The Next Season

Deepa Iyer, Adaku Utah, and UyenThi Tran Myhre of the Building Movement Project/Solidarity Is team introduce the themes addressed in the next season of Solidarity Is This. Find the full episode page and notes here.