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Free Community Episode | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHi y’all! 👋🏽 This week, I am so happy to chat with Ashley Williams from Mind the Movement. She shares her journey of founding a mental health organization for grassroots organizers, the importance of community support, and practical strategies for maintaining mental well-being in social change work. At a moment when organizations are being defunded and activists are in crisis, mental health is a key issue to uplift across our organizations and movement. Watch today's preview on PeerTube."We have to fight for that joy."Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the EpisodePrioritizing Mental Health in Movements & PoliticsStarting Mind the MovementThe Front Lines of Social Change & It's ImpactsMental Health as a Social IssueAffinity Groups to Build ResiliencePracticing Liberatory Change in Our Small CirclesHow Leadership & Managers Can RespondUnmute Yourself About Mental HealthSupporting Our Loved Ones in a Mental Health CrisisCreating Care for New OrganizersThe Joys of Being VeganReferences / Resources🌱 About Mind the Movement🎶 Noah Kahan🧰 Unmute Yourself Toolkits🌱 Share Your Story 🧰 QPR InstituteAbout Ashley Williams (she/her)For the past 8 years, Ashley has built and led national democracy and political programs. She’s the creator of the largest political organizing training of all time where she trained 60,000 people in 4 weeks during the height of the pandemic.Ashley is a long-time vegan, adoptee and the only person in her family to graduate from college. She’s also experienced mental health struggles since childhood and is committed to supporting others without a safety net in getting the support they need. She runs a consulting firm The Most Good (and two other small businesses). In her “spare time” she figure skates and is learning to crochet.Learn More About Mind the MovementMore About AshleyGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month. Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.

A Road Trippin' for Change Episode | Explore the Series | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHi y’all! 👋🏽 We continue on our Road Trippin' for Change to reflect on the ties between the United States' founding and Trump's America. In Arizona, we discuss indigenous voting and the long history of white supremacist violence in elections. I share more about my experience canvassing for the 2024 election in Arizona. We end with some joy on a dirt road and another Radical Reads recommendation. Watch today's episode on PeerTube.*Content Note: In the episode, I refer to the Bosnian genocide, however, I meant the Armenian genocide, which took place during World War I. I also speak to colonizers as "deeply impoverished" I was referring to European settlers who came on the heels of the colonizers who were financed by monarchs or wealthy elites.Become a member for the full experience: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the EpisodeFrom the U.S. Founding to the 2024 electionArizona's history of settler colonialismMapping the Southwest & it's historyWorld War II Aftermath and IsraelIndigenous history & White Settler Colonialism2024 Election ViolenceBook Recommendation: HItchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDriving on a Dirt RoadReferences / Resources🎬 Marfa, TX: Giant, Masculinity, & Queerness✊🏽 The Bloated Billionaire Bill📚 By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle🎙️ [Preview] Trump's America: Poverty & Ancestral Trauma in the U.S.🌱 Building Resilience Against Fascism🌱 Democrat's Won't Save Us, We Will📚 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's Road Trippin' for Change episode, consider joining our memberships for the full experience! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month.

Seedling Episode Preview | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHi y’all! 👋🏽 We connect with our regular techs-pert Joe Cardillo (they/them) about growing off of Big Tech and for profit social media that only steals our data, manipulates our emotions, and harms our connection to each other. We discuss the fediverse as an alternative that hearkens back to the early Internet of social networking & community. For organizations looking to de-Big Tech their communications, we have advice on how to setup and build on the fediverse. Plus, get the 📋 Mastodon for Social Change Follow List to expand your fediverse follows! Watch today's preview on PeerTube.Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the EpisodeWhat is the Fediverse?Why Transition Away from Big Tech?Walled Gardens vs. the MeadowCapitalization of the InternetWhy Creators & Non-Profits Should Join MastodonTips for Migrating AudiencesUsing Independent Social Media for Deeper Audience ConnectionsLiberatory Communications Off Big TechReferences / Resources📲 Get Started on Mastodon (Privacy Guides)📋 Mastodon for Social Change Follow List✊🏽 Gaza Verified🎬 Follow Us on Mastodon / PeerTube📲 Follow Sam on Mastodon📲 Follow Joe on Mastodon📚 Toying with Our Emotions: The Social Media Algorithm📚 Why Even Post? Can Social Media Work for Social Change?📚 Anti-Gaslighting Guide to Social MediaGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month. Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.

Free Community Episode | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHey y'all! 👋🏽 This year is a midterm election year and another opportunity to push back against the fascist agenda. We jump back to October 2024 and what it was like on the road talking to voters to stop Trump's 2nd term. Bear and I are going back out on the road to reflect on how we got to Trump's America in 2026 and how the roots of our history are holding us back. Watch today's preview on PeerTube."This is my muddy boy, Bear. He is a full pembroke welsh corgi and my travel buddy."Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the Episode2024 Election and Trump's 2nd RiseWhat themes does media & tech intentionally miss?Talking with voters and understanding the cracks of the U.S.Trump vs. Kamala's Future AmericaReflecting on the stakes of 2024 electionMore about Bear the corgi!References / Resources🎬 Southwest Swing State Roadtrip Video Series 🌱 Flexing Native Voting Power Against a GOP-Controlled Arizona🌱 Subverting U.S. Progressive Power: The Democratic Way🌱 How the Court was Corrupted: A Brief History of the Federalist Society🌱 Combatting Resistance to Biden's Diverse Cabinet🌱 Yes We Kahn! AI Climate & Regulation🧠 Art & Science of Changing Minds Zine Library📚 Build Your Voter Outreach Strategy | Guides & TemplatesGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activistThank you for being a listener of the roots of change agency! To access our podcast, media, & memberships, visit our website at rootschangemedia.comWant to share & support our work? Gift a membership to a heart-first activist in your life.  ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month. Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.

Free Community Episode | Explore & Subscribe | Watch | Upgrade & SupportHi y’all! 👋🏽 We are back from our month-long hiatus to dig into the major news we missed and root into the long game of organizing against our polycrisis to build the future we deserve. While elites, Big Tech, and white supremacy are throwing everything they can at us, the truth is they are all the same root. Watch today's preview on PeerTube."We deserve to tell our stories. We deserve to build the liberatory future."Become a member: www.rootschangemedia.com/private-podcast/#/portal/account/plansIn the EpisodeElites & Big Tech work to control & hoard Building news and media literacyOrganizing through an escalating polycrisisHow we navigate the ragging waters collectivelyOur theory of change and finding your role in social changeCorgi booty as community caredReferences / Resources🗞️ The Pope Calls Out AI🗞️ Peter Thiel Preaching Anti-Christ at Vatican's Door🗞️ Malaysia Suing Israel Over Torture of Gaza Flotilla Activists🗞️ Trump's DOJ Gifts Him $1.8 Billion Slush Fund for Allies🗞️ The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It 🗞️ Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After SCOTUS Blessing of Jim Crow🗞️ More US Americans Buying Beans to Offset Costs🗞️ Billionaires, Dark Money Unprecedented Spending for 2026 Midterms🗞️ Big Tech & Elite's Stealing Water, Energy, & Resources🌱 Our Theory of Change: Storytelling for Social Change✊🏽 Explore Our Refreshed Resource HubGrow with Healthy Media:Explore healthy media & techBecome a Seedling MemberFollow us on Mastodon, PeerTube, & BlueSkySupport independent media & assist an activist ★ Support this podcast ★ If you enjoyed today's episode, consider supporting our work or joining our memberships for more rooted media & resources! Root into our private podcast discussions, resources for organizers & communicators, our healthy cooking show, and more. Join today starting at $2/month. Explore our Assist an Activist program for community-supported memberships.