Solidarity Is This Podcast
The Solidarity Is This Podcast explores the principles of transformative solidarity and provides examples of what solidarity looks like in action.
In each episode, you’ll hear from activists, artists, faith leaders, and organizers throughout our social change ecosystem who are working for equity, justice, and liberation. Providing a glimpse into the many faces of transformative solidarity, we hope this podcast will give you inspiration, ideas, and support for your own journey with solidarity practice.
Recent Episodes
Solidarity at the Pace of Interdependence and Care: Lessons from New Disabled South
April 2025
In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah is in conversation with Dom Kelly of New Disabled South about what it means to build movements rooted in care, access, and interdependence.
Nonprofit Sustainability Now and Beyond
March 2025
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.
Solidarity in Crisis: Building Power in Uncertain Times
February 2025
Building Movement Project's Executive Director Janis Rosheuvel and Adaku discuss the urgent challenges organizations and communities face in response to political instability, the importance of solidarity in sustaining movements, and how to balance immediate action with building long-term power.
Solidarity: Stories of Rebuilding and Reimagination
January 2025
As Trump's administration unleashes a wave of restrictive executive orders in January 2025, hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer spotlight innovative solidarity practices emerging across movements, from rapid response networks to bold models of community defense and care.
Solidarity: Countering Attacks on Each Other
December 2024
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).
Solidarity: Beyond the Elections
November 2024
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.
Fortifying Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Our Ecosystems
October 2024
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.
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