Danielle Coke Balfour on Art as Activism and Having a Heart on Fire
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison
Be the Bridge
4.9 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
To start our 2025 year on the Be the Bridge Podcast, Danielle Coke Balfour joins Latasha Morrison to discuss the evolution of her work as an artist and activist, focusing on racial justice and community empowerment. They explore the challenges and changes in the current cultural landscape, the importance of hope and personal values in activism, and the role of art in educating and inspiring others. They touch on the significance of community care, the importance of voting, and the need to rest.
Join in the conversation on our social media pages on Facebook and Instagram and LinkedIn to let us know your thoughts on this episode!
Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Producer - Sarah Connatser
Links:
Ads:
Spotify for Podcasters [Record, edit, distribute your podcast. Download the Spotify for Podcasters app or go to www.spotify.com/podcasters to get started]
Become a Donor of Be the Bridge
Shop the Be the Bridge Online Shop
Purchase A Heart on Fire & A Heart on Fire Guided Workbook
Connect with Danielle Coke Balfour:
Connect with Be the Bridge:
Our Website
Instagram
Connect with Latasha Morrison:
Instagram
Not all views expressed in this interview reflect the values and beliefs of Latasha Morrison or the Be the Bridge organization.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Be The Bridge podcast. Be The Bridge exists to empower people and culture toward racial healing, equity, and reconciliation. |
| 0:11.8 | Latasha Morrison founded Be The Bridge in 2016 to foster needed dialogue in brave spaces and to give people the tools to pursue racial justice. |
| 0:21.9 | We provide resources and community to do just that. |
| 0:25.1 | And this podcast is one of those resources. |
| 0:27.8 | You'll hear interviews hosted by Latasha and our team, conversations about current events, |
| 0:33.0 | and encouragement for your racial literacy journey. |
| 0:36.1 | Thank you for listening, subscribing, and engaging in this important work. |
| 0:41.6 | Okay. |
| 0:43.4 | I am so excited. |
| 0:45.6 | We have the artiste in the house today. |
| 0:50.5 | You may have heard from her a couple years ago. |
| 0:52.9 | We know her as Oh Happy Danny, but her name is |
| 0:56.6 | Daniel Colt Balfour. And that's her new married name. She's been married for about two years now. |
| 1:02.9 | Almost, yeah. Almost two years. Yeah. And so we have a special guest. She's a graphic designer |
| 1:09.5 | turned artist, advocate, speaker, and |
| 1:12.1 | a phenomenal entrepreneur. I had to add that part in. She's the founder of Oh Happy Danny, |
| 1:18.8 | an illustration-based educational platform that uses artwork and resources to make complex |
| 1:24.3 | ideas surrounding racial justice more accessible for the everyday advocate. |
| 1:30.1 | And Daniel works to inspire her community on over a half a million people across social media |
| 1:35.7 | to do good daily, right where they are. |
| 1:39.3 | She's also an author now for the book, A Heart on Fire, 100 Meditations on Loving Your Neighbors |
| 1:48.0 | Well, we need that right about now. Whether working with brands like Target, Adobe, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Be the Bridge, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Be the Bridge and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.