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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

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I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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Below is an edited transcript of our conversation for the Big Vision Podcast which you can listen to online , or download from iTunes. It's really an honor to have the opportunity to learn from everyone that's around us, and all the voices that have informed what we're doing here today. From that point, my path shifted.

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Using Film to Change the World: An Interview with Shalini Kantayya

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Below is the transcript of a recent interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast. So I seek to put my voice as a filmmaker, and the sharpness of the tools of major motion picture filmmaking, behind this thing that I care so deeply about. BB: As an artist and activist, how do you balance your art, your activism, and making a living?

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. *

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

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18 In this world of management by algorithm, many workers feel that they have lost dignity and voice. For instance, Stocksy United, a platform cooperative for photographers, videographers, and artists generally, has a fair wage distribution system for members. Andrew Cox, “Is Instacart headed to be America’s top grocer?,”

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. And I work here at Ella Baker Center.

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