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Still We Persist
by KBVR-TV
Still We Persist is a social and cultural talk show, established in 2019, hosted by members of AYA in collaboration with KBVR-TV.
Episodes
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Season 4 Episode 11: Summer Edition Finale!!!
The last episode of the old Still We Persist episodes. Season 6 of Still We Persist will be back during the 2024 Fall Term. Benajza and Julie discuss the community of the places they grew up, Fresno and Portland. They speak on street smarts, family values, and how close is too close to stand next...
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Season 4 Episode 10: Summer Edition
In episode two of the summer edition, Julie and Benajza are joined by Maia Barnes, Ayantu Boriya, and Sabrina She to answer some icebreaker questions. They practice accents, discuss scams, and share scare stories. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on September 6, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 9: Summer Edition
This summer, Benajza, and Julie are back to discuss what animal would triumph in the beast bracket. From lions to crocodiles, see who wins. They also discuss their current favorite songs and least favorite pizza orders. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on August 9, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 8: Finale
For the Still We Persist’s season 4 finale, Yajirrah, Jada, Julie, Shaina, and Benajza talk about their best traits, favorite memories of the year, and much more. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on May 29, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 7: Imposter Syndrome, Mastering Hobbies, Love Lies & More
Jada, Benajza, Julie, and Yajirrah talk about combatting imposter syndrome, fears, and the things they wish they could master on this episode of Still We Persist. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on May 15, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 6: Pride & SOL
The hosts chat with guests from SOL: LGBTQ+ Multicultural Support Network. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on May 1, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 5: Ettihad Cultural Center
Benajza, Jada, and Julie chat with Ayantu from the Ettihad Cultural Center. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on April 14, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 4: Centro Cultural César Chávez
Jada, Benajza, and Julie chat with Elizabeth from the Centro Cultural César Chávez. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on March 8, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 3: Asian & Pacific Cultural Center
Join Benajza, Kailey, and Jada as they chat with Kayla and Julie from Oregon State University’s Asian and Pacific Cultural Center (APCC). Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 22, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 2: Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws
Jada, Kailey, and Benajza are joined by Fawn Harris from Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 8, 2023.
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Season 4 Episode 1: BCC/ Society Of Scholarly Sistas Execs
Benajza chats with Ella, Sydney, and CeCe of the Black Cultural Center and Society of Scholarly Sistas in the first episode of a brand new season of Still We Persist. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on November 15, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 6: Icebreakers
In this episode, the AYA team talks about Icebreakers. What historical figure/person from history would you show tiktok to? Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on May 23, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 5: Toxic Social Media and Beauty Standards
AYA takes a hard look at toxic social media and the beauty standards that it perpetuates. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on April 15, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 4: WoC Bisexuality
Maija and Shaina tear down stereotypes and discuss their experiences–good and bad! – as bisexual women of color. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on March 5, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 3: Dating as Women of Color
The entire AYA team reunites in this episode about dating as women of color! Benajza, Jada, Maija, and Shaina ask each other about dating apps, interracial relationships, and the weird ways they’ve been hit on. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 18, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 2: Return to Winter Term
It’s (only?) week 5! Maija and Shaina share what’s been challenging for them and what they’re looking forward to this term. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 2, 2022.
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Season 3 Episode 1: Season 3 Premiere
Welcome to Season 3 of Still We Persist! Shaina Khan returns with co-host Maija Pham and AYA staff members Benajza Jones and Jada Dickerson. The team introduces themselves and talks about being back on campus, AYA’s programming this year, and the topics we will feature in upcoming episodes....
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Season 2 Episode 15: Season 2 Finale
Mia and Shaina reflect on the 2020-2021 school year. We share what we’ve learned, recap our favorite moments from the season, and consider where each of us is going next. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on June 12, 2021.
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Season 2 Episode 14: Prism Series | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)
Deborah Maytubee Shipman, founder of MMIWUSA, and Luhui Whitebear talk about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and how they and their communities engage in healing. Learn about the Seventh Generation Principle at http://www.7generations.ca/about/seven-generations/ Follow MMIWUSA...
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Season 2 Episode 13: Prism Series | Imperialism and US Military Presence in Okinawa
Today’s episode brings the valuable experiences of Risako Sakai to discuss imperialism and the US military presence in Okinawa. Please visit the following website to support! Rise For Okinawa [also includes the documentary that we mentioned] https://www.riseforhenoko.org/ https://uchinanchu.com/...
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Season 2 Episode 12: Prism Series | Ecofeminism
Cierra Dawson and Coral Avery join us this week to talk about environmental justice and their environmental activism as people of color! Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on May 21, 2021.
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Season 2 Episode 11: Prism Series | Queer People of Color
A Queer People of Color Feminist Lens with SOL’s Breanna Kakaruk and Sandy Nguyen. SOL Student Success Peer Facilitators Breanna Kakaruk and sandy Nguyen sit down with Mia and Shaina to talk about finding queer community, celebrating the people who have influenced and inspired them, resisting the...
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Season 2 Episode 10: Prism Series | Chicana Feminists
Enjoy one of our favorite episodes so far! Carina Buzo Tipton, a third-year PhD student in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at OSU, joins Mia and Shaina to talk about Chicana feminisms. Carina shares her knowledge about curandisma, healing from institutional harm, and Chicanx brilliance inside and...
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Season 2 Episode 9: Special | Nourishing Our Bodies Recipe Share
Nourishing out Bodies Recipe Share with Alex and Mia! We go through the process of cooking some of our favorite home-cooked meals, including the following dishes, sides, and drinks: Gallo Pinto: Rice, beans (pinto, black, kidney beans work), bell pepper, onion Flour tortilla: 2 cups flour, ½ cup...
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Season 2 Episode 8: Stress Management
This week’s conversation dives into stress and anxiety management with co-hosts Mia and Shaina! Tune in and take some time to reset/reflect. Sending out love always! Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 12, 2021.
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Season 2 Episode 7: Emergent Strategy
Follow Mia, Shaina, and returning guest Tamara with their conversations about a meaningful book recommendation. Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on January 29, 2021.
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Season 2 Episode 6: Community Care
Tune in to this conversation on community care and self-care featuring special guests Emily Haro and Alex Granera. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on January 19, 2021.
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Season 2 Episode 5: Ashley Klampe
Join us for a conversation on sustainability with Ashley Klampe as we talk about her creative, earrings business! Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on November 20, 2020.
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Season 2 Episode 4: Ratie D
Join us for a musical performance and conversation with Zimbabwean songwriter Claire Ratidzo Dangarembwa-Morgan, better known as Ratie D. She shares her positive light with us through motivational music and uplifting melodies. This episode also features Ratie D on the Mbira, a traditional...
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Season 2 Episode 3: Miranda Findlay
A conversation on queer studies and queer representation in media. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on November 2, 2020.
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Season 2 Episode 2: Sonia Camacho
A conversation on mentorship, authenticity, and experience in STEM. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on October 23, 2020.
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Season 2 Episode 1: Season 2 Premiere
Still We Persist is back!! Welcome to the season 2 premiere where new hosts Mia and Shaina introduce themselves and talk a bit about what AYA is. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on October 16, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 22: Season Finale
In this episode, Tamara Lash and Sienna Kaske remember their time in AYA and speak about what AYA is and how the initiative impacted them. They both say goodbye to Still We Persist and AYA but always know that the spirit of AYA will always be with them. Thank you all for watching our episodes and...
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Season 1 Episode 21: Iyanna Films
In this episode, we chat with Iyanna Blackburn who is an inspiring third-year double major in Film & Media Studies and African American Studies at the University of California Irvine. Iyanna recently Directed and Produced 'The 2%: Navigating UCI as a Black Student' which you can watch here:...
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Season 1 Episode 20: Empowerment with Isis Lowery
Tamara and Sienna catch up with Oregon State Senior Gymnast, Isis Lowery. Lowery is from Melbourne, Australia, and will be graduating from OSU in June with a degree in Public Health: Human Development and Family Sciences. In this episode of Still, We Persist Isis talks about her story, self-love...
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Season 1 Episode 19: Migration with Carla Medel
Sienna Kaske and Meghan Bali talk with Carla Medel about immigration and the complexities of it, the balancing act of community needs and community well-being, and the core values of movement work! Carla Medel is a junior studying Psychology with minors in Spanish & Human Development and Family...
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Season 1 Episode 18: Talk Nerdy To Me
Alex & Tamara sit down to discuss geeking out on some of their favorite things. Alex pushes Tamara to think in new ways about what it means to geek out and encourages her and the audience to deconstruct stereotypes they have of nerds. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube on April 24, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 17: Creating Space for Reflection amidst COVID-19
Sienna & Tamara sit down to talk about the ways they are personally dealing with their new realities. Together they explore the power of imagination and importance of taking time to pause for self-reflection. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube on April 15, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 16: Multicultural Sororities
Tamara and Sienna get the chance to talk with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. sisters, Dominique Holman and Alexis Valadez & Stephanie Plata from Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc. We learn about the power of sisterhood, multicultural Greek life, and some new terms! Interested in getting more...
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Season 1 Episode 15: Sneha Sinha
In this episode, Sienna and Alex chat with Sneha Sinha who is a fourth-year Industrial Engineer with an option in Engineering Management. She is very active in the College of Engineering and has a blog called @engineerlikealady on Instagram! She is an intern at the Center for Diversity and...
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Season 1 Episode 14: Brandi Douglas
In this episode, Tamara sits down with Brandi Douglass to talk about Afro-Futurism and the ways we can bring pieces of it into our personal practice. Brandi also shares the experiences that brought her to Oregon State University and her personal practices for cultivating community. Originally...
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Season 1 Episode 13: WoC in Photography
This week Tamara and guest host Alex (AYA Peer Facilitator) talk with Ridwana & Sierra two WoC Photographers at OSU. In this episode, we learn about their creative process and what it means to integrate yourself into their work. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on February 18, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 12: Sahana Prasad, AM, CSWA
In this episode, Tamara and Sienna talk with Sahana Prasad who is the Interpersonal Violence Services Coordinator at Counseling and Psychological Services at OSU. Prasad talks about racialized trauma, burnout, and tools to start healing. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube on February 11, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 11: Taylor Eena Hoe
Taylor Eena Hoe is a Two-Spirit Nonbinary drag artist. They combine their love of drag makeup and Indigeneity to explore the complexity of Two-Spirit identity. In this episode, Tamara and Sienna get to talk with Taylor about being an Indigenous queen and we get makeup tips! Originally posted on...
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Season 1 Episode 10: 3D
In this episode, Sienna and Alex (AYA peer facilitator), interview Mixtli and Rosalie from the all womxn of color dance group, 3D. They talk about how they started, what they love about dance, and the empowerment of WOC dancing together. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on January…
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Season 1 Episode 9: Messy Multiraciality
In this episode, Tamara and Sienna talk with Breonna and Sofia about multiraciality and how it affects them at OSU, in relationships, with family members, and with themselves. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on January 21, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 8: Burnout
In this episode, Tamara and Sienna discuss burnout and how it affects them and ways they try to avoid it. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on January 12, 2020.
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Season 1 Episode 7: Self-love
In this episode of Still, We Persist, Tamara and Sienna discuss self-love and how to manifest it in their own life. Self-love is a journey and a process and is different for each person. Tamara opens up about not knowing how to self-love and what her journey will look like in the future. Sienna...
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Season 1 Episode 6: Framilyships
In this episode, Sienna talks with her two closest friends, Genesis and Jinal. They discuss healthy friendships, vulnerability, honesty, and love. This episode is definitely a tearjerker so get the tissues ready. Originally posted on KBVR-TV's YouTube channel on December 3, 2019.
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Season 1 Episode 5: Activism with Jinal Patel
In this episode, Tamara and Sienna interview Jinal Patel who is a queer Indian multi-medium artist who engages with Art as a way to express their identities and silliness. Artivism is a way for them to engage with social justice practices through art. See more of their art by following them...
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Still We Persist is a social and cultural talk show, established in 2019, hosted by members of AYA in collaboration with KBVR-TV.
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