Alison Mariella Désir Live at GU HQ
Another Mother Runner
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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Simply stated: Everyone needs to listen to this frank, enlightening podcast with Alison Mariella Désir, an activist, endurance runner, and author of the new book Running While Black. In this episode recorded in front of an audience at GU Energy headquarters and co-hosted by GU Community Manager Yuri Hauswald, Alison details:
-how she found meaning—and relief from depression—through movement;
-the early days of Harlem Run, the NYC running group she founded;
-the troubling whitewashing of U.S. running history;
-her profoundly unsettling experience running the Boston Marathon; and,
-the genesis of her upcoming PBS series, debuting December 1.
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| 0:58.9 | Welcome to another Mother Runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shea. I'm joined today by Goo's |
| 1:06.4 | Yuri Housewalt at Goo Energy Labs. This is a very special episode of the show. We are recording |
| 1:14.9 | it live at Goo Energy Headquarters in Berkeley, California in front of about 100 people. Let's |
| 1:21.4 | hear it. Yeah, so Yuri, we have not been together for three years in person. I know it feels |
| 1:30.3 | good to get the band back together for sure. The last time we did this, some people were |
| 1:34.2 | here for this. It was Katie Arnold who wrote a book called Running Home. Welcome. Yeah, |
| 1:39.1 | as we've already said, it feels really good to have the family, the endurance family |
| 1:42.8 | together and shine a light on your book and have this really important conversation tonight. |
| 1:48.4 | So that's what we plan to do, right, Sarah? Yes, yes, because we once again have an author |
| 1:52.0 | as our guest, Alison Mariella Desire, whose new book is called Running While Black. Alison is |
| 1:58.0 | an activist and changemaker. Alison is co-chair of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition and the |
| 2:04.4 | founder of Harlem Run, a New York City-based running movement. She also kickstarted Run for All Women, |
| 2:10.2 | which fund raises for social justice focused nonprofits. In her work as a mental health advocate, |
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