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For Mother’s Day: we bring you a discussion by women of color writers and poets who contributed to the anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. You’ll also hear about a recent investigation into Black maternal and infant mortality.
Featuring:
Roundtable on Revolutionary Mothering Anthology, on The Laura Flanders Show with guest host, Dr. Alexis Pauline, anthology co-editor and “A queer black troublemaker, a black feminist love evangelist and a prayer poet priestess, Alexis has a PhD in English, African and African-American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies from Duke University.”
China Martens, co-editor and “a zinestress extraordinaire based in Baltimore, MD. Her first book, The Future Generation, is a compilation of sixteen years of her first zine. She is also the co-editor of Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities.
Maia Williams, co-editor and writer, visual artist and birth worker and “the creator and director of Water Studio, which supports and co-creates with underground community artists and revolutionaries in Cairo, Egypt, and she organizes with the Revolutionary Youth Councils of Cairo.”
Cynthia Dewi Oka, anthology contributor poet and “author of Salvage. She is a member of the Sanctuary Advocate Coalition, which works to expand sanctuary in vision and practice through the framework of black-brown unity.”
Victoria Law, anthology contributor and “a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women… She is the co-editor of Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities.”
WEB Extra Segment from Democracy Now! on “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis”.
Linda Villarosa, journalist and New York Times Magazine contributor, director of the journalism program at the City College of New York.
Amy Goodman, journalist and host and executive producer of Democracy Now!
Nermeen Shaikh, producer & co-host of of Democracy Now!
Credits:
Episode Producer: Lisa Rudman
Making Contact producers: Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez
Audio Mixer: Emily Harris
Host: Sandina Robbins
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Recorded Material: The Laura Flanders Show and Democracy Now! by permission
Music Credits:
Farsical- Slow Driver by Blue Dot Sessions
Low Light Switch by Blue Dot Sessions
Careless Morning by Blue Dot Sessions
Backed Vibes Clean by Kevin MacLeod
Derailed by Blue Dot Sessions
