Examining The Community w/ N. Jamiyla Chisholm

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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N. Jamiyla Chisholm was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn. She graduated from City College in New York City, received her master of arts in teaching from the University of Southern California, and received her MFA from the Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. As a journalist, Jamiyla has written countless articles focused on culture, race, and women, and she has worked with numerous media companies and publications, including COLORLINES, Essence, TIME’S UP, VIBE, and The Source. Jamiyla is an avid traveler, runner, and language learner. She lives in Brooklyn with her cat Reesies. Jamiyla joins Rachel to discuss her brief but impactful time living in an Islamic commune in Brooklyn run by the infamous cult leader Dwight York. In this revealing conversation, as in her new book The Community, Ms. Chisholm utilizes her skills as an experienced journalist to provide Rachel with deep insights into her early life in this high-control group. Throughout the conversation, Jamilya explains the effects of the organization's family separation policy as Rachel offers her thoughts on the devastating nature of childhood neglect that's all too common in cultic groups. Before You Go: Rachel focuses further on Jamiyla's admission that as a child she felt somehow at fault for being separated from her mother, explaining the long-lasting feelings of helplessness and even inferiority that often accompany these types of neglect in early childhood. For more information visit: http://www.njamiylachisholm.com You can find Jamilya's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Community-N-Jamiyla-Chisholm/dp/1542037395 Thanks to all of our newest Patreon supporters: Aisha Mitchell Camerer, Ingrid Holm, Kirsten Blackburn, Will, Ali Vaughan, Baylie Freeman, Mavis Seehaus, Rebecca L Walter, Cat, Jessica, Julia, Jess, and Sarah O'Mahoney To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination You can help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to Indocination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.2	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.4	Hi, everybody. Before I introduce today's guest, please go to patreon.com slash indoctrination.
0:20.5	Patreon.com slash indoctrination, patreon.com slash indoctrination to become a supporter of this show.
0:27.3	If you like it and you want it to continue, thank you very much.
0:34.6	And for today, we have Jamila Chisholm.
0:38.8	Jamila Chisholm was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn.
0:42.8	She graduated from City College in New York City,
0:45.6	received her Master's of Arts in Teaching from the University of Southern California,
0:49.9	and received her MFA from the Writers' Foundry at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn.
0:56.0	As a journalist, Jamila has written countless articles focused on culture and race and women,
1:02.7	and she has worked with numerous media companies and publications, including color lines,
1:08.8	essence, Times Up, vibe, and the source.
1:13.3	Jamila is an avid traveler, runner, and language learner.
1:18.2	She lives in Brooklyn with her cat Reese's.
1:22.1	For more information, you can visit www.
1:26.5	Njama chisholm.com.
1:29.9	Jamila's going to be talking about a group that some of you have never heard of.
1:34.1	And I was very excited to be able to talk to her because this group is a group I had heard about years ago.
1:42.3	And it kind of captures a slice of history and a very interesting way that a group I had heard about years ago, and it kind of captures a slice of history and a very
1:45.6	interesting way that a group had operated and had continued to operate for many years until
1:53.1	people sort of found out about what was happening. But Jamila is a strong, strong woman
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