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52: Glorivette & Rox (Queerdos) & Queer POC Resistance

August 22, 2018 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST

Glorivette and Rox run the Queerdos Brand, which is a DIY activist clothing brand meant to uplift and empower the experiences and humanity of queer people of color. The two were inspired by the recent insurgence of "The Future is Female" shirts, but they wanted to focus on the broader queer community in order to encompass folx regardless of gender and orientation.

We had a bi-coastal conversation this week, in which we discuss the struggles of being a queer person of color - and all of the cultural stigmas that are then piled onto societal stigmas. The conversation also veers into the hope we can create in solidarity with one another in the queer community and what that looks like in today's political climate. Glori and Rox are great people and we're so thankful they both took time out of their day to share such a thoughtful conversation and we hope you dig it!

MUSIC NOTE:
- This week we shared tunes from the new Mint Green EP, "Headspace," which came out on August 3.
- Mint Green is a great Boston-based Indie punk band who is always playing out, gigging, and making fantastic fun tunes - we played the songs, "June 2," and "Foggy" for you on this episode!
- The EP is currently available FOR DOWNLOAD on their bandcamp site, so you have no reason to not download this album right now!

As always, you can CHECK OUT THE NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!

ADVERTISING NOTE:
- Make sure you visit the Queerdos Webstore and get yourself a shirt or some stickers!
- As we cover in the podcast, Queerdos is a DIY collective for queer people of color to proudly express their identities in public - during a time in which the queer community needs to be stronger than ever!
- You can follow Queerdos on Instagram so you can keep up on their work.
- Not to be confused with the Queerdos podcast - but that is also a fantastic resource for all your queer weirdos out there!

And as always, you can now join our Facebook community by CLICKING HERE!

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Thanks so much for tuning in and we will be back next week with a new episode!

Up the punx!
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39: Nick Bates & Supporting Men of Color

May 02, 2018 / Craig Bidiman

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Supporting Men of Color

WELCOME TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST

Nick Bates is the Assistant Director of Student Life at Loyola University Maryland. Nick is a sage human being with a love of appreciating the people around him and imparting knowledge onto his students, friends, and colleagues. And that's exactly what happens in this episode! I learned a lot in this episode - and I definitely do a lot of reflecting in the moment.

I'm most thankful that Nick visited me at UMass Boston to have this conversation because it was great to chat in person - so you get to hear the buzz of my campus, which is awesome. We dig into the topics of gender, masculinity, having grace with students as they're learning, receiving and giving compliments, and the importance educating and cultivating the greatness of men of color.

MUSIC NOTES:
- This week we featured tunes from the new Dearist album, "Sonder," which was released last week on Spartan Records.
- We shared the tunes, "Beaches" and "Demuto" on this episode - and if you liked what you heard, go to SpartanRecords.com to snag a vinyl, CD, or digital copy of the album.
- You can also check out Dearist.bandcamp.com to listen to the album on Bandcamp - or find it on Spotify!

As always, you can CHECK OUT THE NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!

ADVERTISING NOTES:
- This week is the first week of Mental Health Awareness Month, so I shared information about the National Suicide Prevention lifeline.
- This can be difficult for many people for many different reasons and sometimes it can feel like too much - so please know that you have an outlet in case you need someone to speak with when you aren't feeling great.
- Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) if you need some support.
- You can also suggest that folks reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting "HOME" to 741741.
- And feel free to reach out to us on social or via email if you need someone to talk with as well! we're here for you - we love you.

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- Don't forget, Android users - we are now on the Google Play Store!!
- We're also FINALLY on Stitcher, so head over there if that's your preferred platform!
- Follow along on Instagram and Twitter @eduPUNXpod!

Thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you next week!

Up the punx!
Let's get to work.

- CRAIG.

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16: Anaëlle Séïde & Peer-to-Peer Social Justice Education

October 03, 2017 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST!

This week is a special episode of the podcast because it's the FIRST episode where the reins are handed over to Katy Hamm! You might remember them from our 14th episode, where we discussed mental health in the workplace. Well now Katy is the host, chatting with one of their students, Anaëlle Séïde!

Anaëlle is a senior at Lesley University studying Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also a co-director of the peer social justice education organization at Lesley called CommonLYNX - which is a fantastic pun since the Lesley mascot is the Lynx! Katy and Anaëlle dig into the details of what it takes to run a peer mentoring program based around diversity, inclusion, and identity development. They also break down, from the student perspective, the barriers that exist between student and admin in terms of professional boundaries and respect.

EPISODE NOTES:

- Anaëlle is a big Beyonce and Chance the Rapper fan, and who could blame her?
- In case you were wondering, yes - Family Matters was and is a badass TV show that didn't skip a beat on social commentary back in the day.
- If you're down for a new read, check out "Home Going," by Yaa Gyasi, which sounds like a fascinating read.
- And if you wanna dig into Anaëlle's favorite book of all-time, get yourself a copy of "Sister Outsider," by the incomparable Audre Lorde.
- You know you wanna listen to some Lauryn Hill right now - we could all use some Lauryn in our lives these days.

MUSIC NOTES:

- Big thanks to our friends at Counter Intuitive Records - a DIY record label in Massachusetts that is dedicating to supporting new and up-and-coming bands - this week we feature a song from the folks in Sleeping Patterns.
- "Saratoga" is off the new album, "Don't Be a Stranger," from Brooklyn's own Nervous Dater. You can purchase/stream a digital copy (at a name-your-own-price) from Nervous Dater by visiting nervousdater.bandcamp.com or snag a physical copy from Counter Intuitive Records at CounterIntuitiveRecords.com!
- You also got to hear the song, "Forever Please," by Pictures of Vernon, which is also on Counter Intuitive Records, and can be snagged at their store as well! You can learn more about the band by visiting picturesofvernon.bandcamp.com.

ADVERTISING NOTES:

- This week we are sponsored by Free Negro University - which is the company ran by our guest on episode 7, Josh Odom. Josh has been creating and printing more apparel for your activist needs.
- Free Negro University is a collective of Black scholar-activists devoted to absolute freedom for all Black lives. They pride themselves on imagining and building new worlds where people can be their unapologetic selves.
- Make sure to visit his temporary online store while he gets things up and running again!

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Thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you next week!

Up the punx!
Let's get to work.

- CRAIG.

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12: Victoria Malaney & Multi-Racial Identity Development

September 05, 2017 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME BACK TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST!

This week, I feature a very good friend of mine who is doing great research and work in the field of multi-racial identity development! Victoria Malaney is a doctoral student at UMass Amherst, where she is pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education Administration. We were cohort mates during graduate school at UMass Amherst, so we have spent plenty of time discussing a myriad of topics over the last few years. We also get into Victoria's work in the Dean of Students Office at UMass Amherst, as well as the work she does with Intergroup Dialogue - work that started in her undergraduate experience at Skidmore College. It was great to have another with her on this episode! of the podcast! I hope you enjoy the chat.

EPISODE NOTES:
- Learn more about the CMA Multi-Racial Network, which is hosted by the American College Personnel Association, by visiting http://www.myacpa.org/standing-committee-multicultural-affairs-multiracial-network-mrn.
- To learn more about how to become an Americorps VISTA, visit https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorpsvista.
- Victoria mentioned the opening of a new Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning at Skidmore College, which is ran by her mentor, Kristie Ford.
- You can also snag a copy of "Facilitating Change through Intergroup Dialogue," by Kristie Ford -and make sure to read the chapter that Victoria contributed!
- And if you're up for a mandatory book for all student affairs professionals/educators, please take a few moments and read, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," by Paulo Freire. You can get cheap copies of it really anywhere!

MUSIC NOTES:
- Once again, our music sponsor for the week is Sounds and Tones Records! You can check out more about the label at www.soundsandtonesrecords.com. And you listen to their bands and buy merch at www.soundsandtonesrecords.bandcamp.com!
- This week's featured songs are "San Francisco Bay," by Izzy Heltai off of “Izzy Heltai and Secret Creature," as well as "Watch the World Go By," by Darling Valley off of the new album, “Watch the World Go By."

ADVERTISING NOTES:
- Today's episode is selfishly sponsored by my own nonprofit, The Art of Survival! You can check out more about what we do for survivors of trauma, by visiting www.artissurvival.com.

FOLLOW, RATE, REVIEW, SUBSCRIBE, AND SHARE!
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Thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you next week!

Up the punx!
Let's get to work.

- CRAIG.

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10: Dillon Nettles & Modern Segregation

August 15, 2017 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME BACK TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST

Dillon Nettles is the Community Programs Director for the Montgomery Education Foundation (MEF) in Montgomery, Alabama. Dillon has lived in the south his entire life, and the timing of the heinous, racist, and bigoted events this weekend in Charlottesville, he shares his thoughts with me!

We also dig into his work at the MEF and what got him into the education field, as well as what keeps him doing this work in spite of the various systems of racialized oppression and segregation that still exist and persist in America in 2017. This is a fascinating conversation and I am so excited to share it with you all.

EPISODE NOTES:
- Dillon needs to remind you all that can use Google and it is free. So there is no need to be stingy about it's resources.
- Check out the fantastic work that Dillon and his colleagues do at the Montgomery Education Foundation by visiting www.montgomeryed.org.
- Dillon and some of his colleagues have a blog focused on progressive work in the South, so check out the forewordsouth.com!
- In addition to the blog, Dillion JUST posted a new piece on his thoughts about the events that occurred in Charlottesville, VA this weekend.
- Dillon hypes up the great work of the P.O.W.E.R. House in Montgomery, Alabama, which provides a safe environment for folks in the South to access reproductive care services.
- Dillon is currently jamming out to the new SZA album, "CTRL"
- A massive Beyonce fan, Dillon is all about her album, “4,” and especially the track, "Countdown."
- He claims the book that changed the game for him was, "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou.
- Also, if you haven't seen it already, Dillon suggests checking out "Girl's Trip!"

MUSIC NOTES:
- This week you get tunes from This Patch of Sky, who release their new album, "These Small Spaces," on September 22 through Equal Vision Records and Graphic Nature Records.
- You can preorder the new album on vinyl, CD, and digital at thispatchofskymusic.com and equalvisionrecords.com!
- Make sure to check out the band's tunes on Spotify as well! Plenty of fantastic sleepytime/study music!
- Also, you can watch the time-lapse music video for "Pale Lights," directed and created by Nevan Doyle (see below), which showcases how Nevan made the album artwork for the "These Small Spaces."

ADVERTISING NOTES:
- If you need some design work done, check out the work by my buddy, Nevan Doyle! He is one of the best up-and-coming graphic designers and artists today!
- Visit Mishko.co to check out his artwork, videos, and music! You can commission him to create artwork and/or videos for your band, brand, program, company, and/or office! Make it happen!

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See you next week!
Let's get to work.

- Craig.

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7: Josh Odam (Free Negro University) & DIY Activism

July 25, 2017 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST!

I am so stoked to share this week's conversation with Josh Odam. Josh and I met during my time as a grad student at UMass Amherst, where he was an undergraduate student. Through our interactions, I quickly learned about the poise and passion he possessed. It was magnetic.

Since I left the Amherst community, I stayed in the UMass family - as I now work at UMass Boston - and I have kept in close touch with Josh as he has developed his brand of DIY activism through a clothing line he created. Josh started Free Negro University as a way to spread some strength and solidarity to his friends and community members in Amherst and beyond.

Josh and I dig deep into the politics of race in America - especially in regard to the education system. Seeing as Josh is now a graduate student in Labor Studies, his perspectives on the intersections of race and the work force are incredibly nuanced and embattled. This was an informative and fun conversation and we hope you enjoy it!

EPISODE NOTES:
- Early on in the chat, Josh discusses the impact of the organization, Harlem Mothers SAVE, and how it cultivated him into the man he is today. Check out more information on them by visiting
harlemmotherssave.org.
- Josh also credits his time at the Institute for Responsible Citizenship for creating a numbers of the relationships that lead to the creation of Free Negro University.
- Here is a great interview on how Free Negro University was created.
- Check out this piece that ran about Josh when he was campaigning for student trustee at UMass Amherst.
- And here is another article on when he and a number of other student orchestrated a sitdown protest for UMass Amherst to be declared a sanctuary campus.
- Check out two of Josh's favorite books, “This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed," by Charles E. Cobb, Jr., as well as "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison
- If you haven't listened to “The Low-End Theory,” by A Tribe Called Quest, have you ever really lived?
- Josh and I are both big professional wrestling fans, and we both love Shinsuke Nakamura.
- You can watch Josh's favorite film of all-time, the Blaxploitation film, "The Spook Who Sat by the Door," in its entirety on YouTube!
- While we couldn't track down the exact article on colleges as plantations, the recent book from Craig Steven Wilder, "Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities" is a great look into the topic.
- Make sure to follow Josh on Instagram or Facebook by searching "Free Negro University."

MUSIC NOTES:
- The intro and outro of the podcast feature the song, "List of Demands (Reparations)," by Saul Williams - which is apt given Josh's reference to the list of demands that the Black students at UMass Amherst in the 1960s presented to the campus and were still unresolved over 50 years later.
- Big thanks to our friends at Counter Intuitive Records - a DIY record label in Massachusetts that is dedicating to supporting new and up-and-coming bands - this week we feature a song from the folks in Sleeping Patterns.
- "Raindance" is off the new album, "A Little Blood Never Hurt Anyone" from Sleeping Patterns, which you can order a physical or digital copy from Sleeping Patterns by visiting SleepingPatterns.bandcamp.com or from Counter Intuitive Records at CounterIntuitiveRecords.com!

ADVERTISING NOTES:
- This week we hyped the vinyl subscription service, Table Turned!
- Table-Turned is a DIY record-of-the-month club. Subscribers select from two genre options and receive a record each month for that genre, including some “classics” as well as albums they may have missed.
- Right now, subscribers can subscribe for $160 until August 31. At that point, the price goes up to $175, but they can also subscribe month-to-month for $15 a month. That option only lasts until October 31, when our month-to-month option expires until the next round. Round Two’s records ship before January 1.
- To learn more and/or to start your subscription, visit Table-Turned.com!

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See you next week!
Let's get to work.

- Craig.

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5: Sai Boddupalli (People Like You) & Scene Inclusivity

July 11, 2017 / Craig Bidiman

WELCOME TO THE EDUPUNX PODCAST!

This week, I chat with my first music guest, Sai Boddupalli, of the bands Animal Flag and People Like You. Sai is the child of Indian immigrants, and his experience of being raised in an Indian household contains a number of great stories that you get to hear on this episode!

Sai was raised by a very musical father, and that influence led to him becoming a musician as well. While completing his undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music, Sai became a very active member of the Boston music scene - where he currently resides. In this chat, we cover his experience as a person of color in the DIY scene and in music spaces that are traditionally populated by white cishet dudes. We discuss the importance of representation and diversity in music, as well as the realities of touring and signing to record labels.

EPISODE NOTES:
- Sai just finished a six-week tour with his rock band, Animal Flag, of which was recently featured on Audiotree.
- The two earliest albums to influence Sai were "Kid A," from Radiohead and the self-titled Rage Against the Machine album.
- Representation is important because if it weren't for "All Killer no Filler," by Sum 41 and Sai recognizing Dave Baksh of Sum 41 as a fellow Indian, we may not have the Sai we know now.
- If you haven't check out the diversity of sounds that Topshelf Records has to offer, you really need to get on that now!
- Animal Flag recently did a number of gigs alongside the magnanimously talented performer, Chad Matheny, otherwise known as, Emperor X. His new album, "Oversleepers International," is an eccentric collection of songs - out now on Tiny Engines.

- You can see People Like You and meet up with Sai while on their east coast tour that starts this weekend! For tour dates, visit http://www.topshelfrecords.com/roster/people-like-you.
- Make sure to read this piece on the othering of people by Edward Said.
- We quickly plug two great Boston-area organizations, BARCC (Boston Area Rape Crisis Center), as well as the Democracy Center. Visit their sites for more information!
- Sai and I are both currently enjoying the new Big Thief album, "Capacity," so don't say we didn't warn you!
- Check out the "Short History of Nearly Everything," by Bill Bryson.
- Sai also suggests checking out the book from "A Breath of Fresh Air," by Amulya Malladi.

This is the album artwork for the new People Like You album, "Verse."

MUSIC NOTES:
- All of the music on this week's podcast is provided by People Like You - in which Sai plays the bass guitar. The band was recently signed to Topshelf Records, which will be releasing their new LP, "Verse," on July 28th. It is chock-full of tasty jazzy emo tunes.
- The intro, outro, and ad breaks feature parts of the song, "Variations on an Aria."
- Today's music break song is, "Thumbnail," which was recently premiered by the band.
- You can PREORDER the new People Like You album on vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital by visiting http://www.topshelfrecords.com/products/593720-people-like-you-verse!
- As referenced in the podcast, a portion of the proceeds from the new People Like You album's pre-order sales will be divided equally and go directly to The Trevor Project, The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Planned Parenthood.

ADVERTISING NOTE:
- This week we were sponsored by our friends in Safer Scenes, who are currently on the road with War on Women during the Vans Warped Tour. Safer Scenes is dedicated to educating younger crowds at festivals and in typical concert venues on harmful and problematic issues that plague scenes - explicitly sexual assault, sexual violence, bullying, misogyny.
- You can donate to support the Safer Scenes folks by visiting their GoFundMe page! And if you donate at least $75, I will make you a piece of art - since my nonprofit, The Art of Survival, is sponsoring War on Women and Safer Scenes during their Warped Tour travels.

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Let's get to work.

- Craig.

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