Healing the Land Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alexandrea Wilson, MSW
Can you imagine a world without climate change, hunger and racism? If not then Healing the Land is the podcast for you! Healing the Land is a space that centers the lived experiences of Black and Brown folks (and sometimes their allies) as they navigate the intersections between racial and environmental justice. Host Alexandrea Wilson (she/her) - a Black abolitionist engages guest in dialogue that promotes food, racial and environmental justice for BIPOC communities. Healing the Land aims to shift the narrative and create a more accessible entryway into learning more about the environment and how it impacts us based on place, class and race.
Tune in for an enlightening dialogue between host Alex and guest Michelle Fausto! Michelle and Alex discuss their experiences as Emerson Fellows, the interconnectedness of social issues and weigh in on why everyone should have left Brittany Spears alone (periodddd).
Show Links
In Conversation: David Wallace-Wells Makes the Case for Climate Reparation's
https://apple.news/nowPlaying/ARMeDGdWyRSqb0JSZo_hQ1w
Follow Michelle on Linked-In
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefausto/
Learn more about the Emerson Fellowship
https://www.hungercenter.org/what-we-do/emerson-fellowship/
Starting off 2022 with a Bang! Healing the Land Podcast host Alex Wilson is joined by co-fellow Artis Trice. Artis and Alex discuss how lived experiences shapes our work, the audacity to dream of a hunger, poverty and racism free world, how location shapes food access and the importance of having a systems perspective.
You can learn more about the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship @ https://www.hungercenter.org/what-we-do/emerson-fellowship/
Connect with Healing the Land Podcast
Instagram: @healingthelandpodcast
Twitter: @healing_podcast
Email: healingthelandpodcast@gmail.com
In this week's episode Healing the Land Podcast host Alex talks about eco anxiety and shares some tips for caring oneself while facing environmental triggers.
Episode Links
Terrified of Climate Change? You Might have Eco-Anxiety
https://time.com/5735388/climate-change-eco-anxiety/
Eco Anxiety. Dealing with Environmental Triggers https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2021/04/22/eco-anxiety-dealing-environmental-triggers
Looking for a therapist?
- Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
- Therapy for Black Girls, https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
- Mental Health Resources for BIPOC folks, https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/guide-to-mental-health-resources/for-bipoc-mental-health#directories
It's no secret that environmental issues disproportionately impact people of color and low income folks. Because of this many folks of color understand that caring for and understanding the environment is integral to our future as a society. One way in which people of color choose to engage in this work is through obtaining a formal education that will better help them address the most pressing environmental issues. What isn’t seen here are the additional barriers that people of color come up against while trying to enter the field of environmentalism their experiences are unique. Join me for a dialogue with environmentalist Charles Espedido (he/him) as they share their experiences navigating a environmental science education as a student of color.
Time stamps:
- Episode Intro (4:12)
- Dialogue (10:12)
Episode Links
- Race, Diversity and Transparency in Environmental Organizations - Article written by Dr. Dorceta E Taylor
- https://www.asanet.org/race-diversity-and-transparency-environmental-organizations
- Ray Fellowship website https://rayfellowship.org/home
- Research link https://rdcu.be/ctWkf
Follow Healing the Land Podcast
Twitter: @healing_podcast
Instagram: healingthelandpodcast
Email: healingthelandpodcast@gmail.com
Tune in for a dialogue between host Alex and guest Monica, creator of blog Food is a Love Story. Monica shares her experiences with mutual aid and organizing around food justice, addressing hunger among youth and so much more!
You can check out Monica's blog at https://www.foodisalovestory.com/.
Learn more about or/and get involved with Market Box at https://marketboxchi.org/.
Follow Healing the Land Podcast
Twitter: @healing_podcast
Instagram: healingthelandpodcast
In this weeks episode we will explore the first Black led environmental justice movement and its involvement with the civil rights movement. #celebratingblackness
How you can help Texas
a. Donate to mutual aid Houston – a bipoc led abolitionist collective at https://www.mutualaidhou.com/
b. DFW Mutual Aid Fund linktr.ee/dfwmutualaid – also bipoc led and grassroots based you can follow them on insta dwfmutalaid oh and their venmo is @DFWMutalAid
c. Austin Mutual Aid – linktr.ee/austinmutalaid
Sign the #stopgeneraliron petition @ act.nrdc.org
Happy new year! In the first episode of 2021 Host Alex discusses two separate events of environmental racism and how reparations come into play. Alex also briefly talks about long and short term goals for Healing the Land.
Articles Links:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/11/23/21593997/general-iron-move-southeast-side-environmental-racism-friends-of-the-parks-letters
https://www.knkx.org/post/task-force-says-reparations-may-be-needed-state-works-toward-environmental-justice
Alex talks with two students about their experiences with food insecurity while attending a higher learning institution.
Zaynab Baalbaki, educator, advisor, board member for the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Educators and curriculum developer for the Greens Schools National Network joins Host Alex to discuss educating youth activist and what defunding the police means for their communities.
Alex (host) introduces herself and what Healing the Land Podcast is all about. She also talks about growing up on the west side of Chicago and the institutional and environmental racism she experienced.