Getting Free Together

In this episode, Stas and Leander sit down with iconic abolitionist, author, and podcast host Shannon Perez-Darby. Join the conversation as they dive into why nonprofits are not the ideal structure for liberatory organizations, risk management and harm reduction around mandatory reporting, and hot takes on the show Pluribus!Access the full episode transcript here.Learn more about the Mandated Reporting Harm Reduction: Balancing Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT)Listen & subscribe to Shannon's podcast "Popaganda"Learn more about the Accountable Communities ConsortiumRead "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action"Song credits:“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful ChorusLearn more about us & our work:⁠⁠Learn more about the Spring Up Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services and 6-month cohort program⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy⁠

Stas and Leander sit down with friend and mentor Mia Mingus who has taught us all so much about transformative justice, pod mapping, and disability justice. In this conversation, they speak about composting, conflict, and K-pop Demon Hunters.Access the full episode transcript hereLearn more about Transformative Justice with the video series by the Barnard Center for Research on Women featuring Mia, Leander, Stas alongside other peer TJ practioners.Learn more about SOIL: A Transformative Justice ProjectLearn more about the Ahimsa CollectiveSong credits:“Brilliant Mycelium”Written by Alexandra LovePerformed by Beautiful ChorusLearn more about us & our work:⁠Learn more about the Spring Up Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services and 6-month cohort program⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy⁠

Stas and Leander had the chance to sit down with consulting client and Getting Free Together program alumni Bre Dovez of Joy as Resistance, a Colorado-based queer mental health nonprofit to talk about succession planning within collective governance. Bre (any pronouns) founded JAR in 2020, and the organization has always practiced shared power in some format. They spent the last 18 months beginning to implement sociocracy and preparing to hand the reins to new co-Executive Directors Rafa and Janei! In this episode hear about their journey, the queer art of emergent co-design, embracing the identities of artist and magician.**Access the full transcript here**⁠Learn more about Joy As ResistanceSong credits:“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful ChorusLearn more about us & our work:Learn more about Spring Up⁠⁠Learn about our Getting Free Together cohort program⁠⁠Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars⁠⁠Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy

In this episode, we are in conversation with our new co-owner Brianna. Together we explore our embodiment practices, how we navigate risk individually and collectively, what those practices looked like in the Palestinian solidarity encampments on campus, what the role of therapy alongside other community support systems, and how unions and worker ownership show up not only in universities but in reality TV. **Access the full episode transcript here**Read Brianna's article: Care Work is Necessary for Anti-Imperialist StruggleSong credits:“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful ChorusLearn more about us & our work:Learn more about Spring Up Learn about our Getting Free Together cohort program Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy

In the first episode, hosts Stas and Leander speak with our co-founder and Alchemist, shaïna. We talk about how Spring Up emerged and has evolved over the last decade, and the role it has played in sustaining creative community work in our lives. We also talk about how getting back into video games as adults has created space for imagination, play, and exploring other worlds.⁠**Access the full episode transcript here**⁠Song credits:“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful ChorusThe purpose of this podcast is to come together in conversation with collaborators, collective members, and mentors to explore how we get free together by:Co-creating visions of the world we want to live inBuilding our capacity to collaborate and hold conflictSharing the movies, games, and tv shows that are inspiring us and getting us through!Learn more about us & our work:Learn more about Spring Up⁠⁠Learn about our Getting Free Together cohort program⁠⁠Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars⁠⁠Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy