Liberation Calendar is a new daily practice for Black History Month.

Beginning February 1st, the Liberation Calendar will guide users through a daily, intentional practice to build our personal and collective resilience.

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Intersectionality Matters. The podcast that brings intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's

most pressing issues, from say her name to the war on woke, DEI and CRT, and the global

rise of fascism. This idea travelogue lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars, and helps

listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper,

more nuanced ways.

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For years on this show, you and I have explored the arts and why they matter.

And we've talked about why the story of us of who who we think we are as a nation, is so consequential. Throughout this conversation, we've submerged ourselves in something that I call artivism. Artivism is the use of art as a tool for collective resistance. It emerges out of a legacy of black women, Bessie Smith,

Nina Simone, and Tony Morrison, among others. They used their art to give voice and rhythm to our

social movements. Their work transformed hostile realities for black audiences. They did this by

centering black experiences and telling authentic

stories about the joys and the tribulations of black life. There art challenged the public to

imagine a world where the black experience is an integral part of America's national story.

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