Convergence Partnership
These podcast episodes act as final grant reports for Convergence Partnership’s grantee partners across the country. The Convergence Partnership is a collaborative of local statewide and national funders working to advance racial justice and health equity. This podcast introduces you to people and organizations who are building social, political, and economic power.
Podcasting since 2021 • 10 episodes
Convergence Partnership
Latest Episodes
Hutchinson’s Fight for Justice: How Community Advocacy Revived a Civil Rights Office
How many of my friends and kids with similar stories to mine fall through the cracks? I mean, that keeps me up at night. It puts this fire in my belly to try to address the systems that we live in. - David Sotelo, Hutch...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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12:30
Mutual Aid, Resilience, and the Fight for Justice in Buffalo
Now we need to make sure we have sustainable aid, ongoing. So we had to not only be boots on the ground, but also put on suits and go into boardrooms to tell stakeholders: This crisis isn’t over just because the headlines moved on. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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13:00
Holding the Land: Indigenous Resistance and Climate Justice in the Bayou
My whole story is a story of diaspora and displacement. We lost everything but what we had on our backs. That’s why tribal communities are on the front lines of this crisis—because they were forced to the furthest ends of Louisiana, to p...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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12:03
TikTok, Transit, and Transformation: How Elevated Chicago is Fighting for Transit Equity
I started the page because I was walking to the train station, and it felt like Mario—I couldn’t get around. There was construction everywhere. I said, maybe people need to know about this. So I started recording. - Janice Ne...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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9:53
Telling Our Own Stories: DocuCourse and the Power of Community Narrative
Oftentimes, what’s positive isn’t what’s promoted. And that’s been one of my biggest frustrations. They want the drama. They don’t want the uplifting story that our communities are yearning for. — Avrell Stokes, president BeG...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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