Richie Reseda is a feminist ally, community organizer, recording artist, and founder of the social-impact record label, Question Culture. Success Stories, the anti-patriarchy organization he started while incarcerated, was chronicled in the CNN documentary “The Feminist on Cell Block Y.” He changes California prison policy with Initiate Justice, an organization he co-founded in prison.
We talked with Richie about:
The part he played in introducing Bell Hooks’ work to incarcerated men as a way to illustrate and push back on the Soul murder a patriarchal society demands of men
How we teach our children to understand the truth of their power vs the false ideations this society has taught them about where there power lies - and how they might reach for love and safety over fear
Why our work is not to strive for reform, but rather the abolition of the colonial system were currently living with
The importance of understanding that the societal ‘rules of governance’ are essentially violence that perpetuates more violence, given that they are not collaborative and created with a community’s consent
Why the patriarchal narrative of right and wrong or ‘good and bad’ always equate to a form of domination, and why the evolution of a Soul based societal perspective is rooted in curiosity, consent, and collaboration
This conversation with Richie is truly one of the most profound ones we’ve had on the podcast. We are certain that you will be as impacted as we were by the calls to introspection and action he elicits through his words.
You can see Richie in the CNN documentary “The Feminist on Cell Block Y”
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