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  • Returning to the Source with Jalessah Jackson

    Returning to the Source with Jalessah Jackson
    Oct 3 2024

    https://www.jalessahj.com/home

    Jalessah T. Jackson (they/them) is an interdisciplinary cultural worker, educator, writer, and organizer. With a background in Black Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Cultural Studies she researches and teaches about critical theories of race, gender, class, sexualities, disability and resistance movements.

    Across all of their experiences in the classroom and in community, their focus has been on the ways that systems of oppression structure opportunities in society, and her daily work has been with/in communities who are marginalized through those structures.
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    46 Min.
  • Love Letters to the South with Tyler Barbarin

    Love Letters to the South with Tyler Barbarin
    Sep 26 2024
    Luna Malbroux (00:02): Grab you a cup of tea and get comfy, baby, because this is season two of the South has the answers. And this season your host, AJ Haynes and Eric Fleming will be speaking to reproductive justice leaders across the country, specifically those who are working in the deep south.A.J. Haynes (00:22): Welcome back to season two of the South has the answers. We are elated to have Tyler with us again. This is our second interview. Thank you for being here. Thank you for all you are and all you do. So before we get into our questions, just a quick little snapshot. Who are you for folks that are less familiar with you and your work, a bit of your background, what are some of the worlds you inhabit right now?Tyler Barbarin (00:49): So thank you. And this is always an awkward question for me because I never know where to start, but my name is Tyler. I am the director of grants and development for the Louisiana Abortion Fund. I am a sister, a td. I am a Philly born, now southern loving girl myself, and I'm very excited to be here today.A.J. Haynes (01:18): And also you have family from the south, right? This is where your roots are. So born in Philly and also Louisiana is a long home for you.Tyler Barbarin (01:27): Yeah, my dad is born and raised. New Orleans man will tell you, he went to St. OG probably within the first 10 minutes of meeting him. And my family traces back to 1806, I want to say, in the what is now known as Louisiana. So yeah, definitely feel like I am where I'm supposed to be and where my people are from.A.J. Haynes (01:49): Yes, I love that context. Okay, so the first question is, what is sustaining you through this fuckery? Woo.Tyler Barbarin (02:00): Starting off easy. Yeah, so I guess what sustains me most is definitely the next generation. I am a bonus care person for young ones myself. I also have two nephews that I love very deeply, and a lot of the people that I interact with on the daily have children. And I think seeing them get to inhabit little bits of the world that are more free and more accepting and more loving and more tender definitely keeps me going. I think, yeah, even when we lose in the polls or we lose at the ballot box, knowing that there are black kids growing up in softer, more tender existences and being freer at a younger age, it definitely sustains me and makes me feel like we're doing something right.A.J. Haynes (02:54): I love that. That just brought the biggest smile to my face. So thank you for that reminder of who we're doing this for. We've had conversations before about principled struggle and actually you're the first person that introduced me to that phrase, so I wanted to dig into that. So how do you define principled struggle?Tyler Barbarin (03:16): Yeah, I think for me, principled struggle could be a number of things, but most frequently, what I mean when I'm talking about it is we inhabit these movement spaces and there's people that are in it for various reasons. Some people are in it because it's a buzzword, especially when we're talking about reproduction justice. It's a buzzword. It's a term that is in the news a lot, and we're kind of in this moment where people are caring about our issues, social justice issues. But for me, principled struggle is people that really are trying to transform the world. They're not in it for selfish reasons, they're not, I mean, maybe a bit selfish because we all want to inhabit the world that we're co-creating together. But people that are really determined to see the world become a better, more loving place overall, I think that it's easy to get wrapped up in this premise that this is just a job or this is work to be done Monday through Friday. But I think that people are engaged in principled struggle view, social justice, reproductive justice, our movement spaces as sites for co-creating the world we hope to inhabit in the future. I hope that's a good definition.A.J. Haynes (04:33): Yeah, no, it feels really honest and hopeful, which is what I need right now. So thank you for providing that. So to expound on that, how do you personally move through principled struggle, especially as an organizer here in the context of the deep south south and especially in the microcosm of New Orleans where the culture is so relational, everything is so relational.Tyler Barbarin (04:58): I think that that's the unique part about the South for me, is we are really a community. I think here, unlike other places in the United States that I've lived, you need other people to survive. You need them in different ways, be it help with childcare or help with transportation or financial support, whatever it is, because our systems have strategically abandoned us. In the south, you just need people. And so I think being in principled struggle for me is a commitment to not only the good moments, not only the abundant, happy, joyous moments, but also some of the more difficult components of it all. ...
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    32 Min.
  • Season 2 Trailer Let's Geaux!

    Season 2 Trailer Let's Geaux!
    Sep 19 2024
    It's been a long time, we shouldn't have left you, without a dope podcast to step to. The South Has the Answers is back for Season 2! This time with more leaders across the reproductive justice movement. In this clip, we re-introduce you to Season 2 hosts, A.J. Haynes & Eric Fleming, and some of the juicy conversations that await you - airing Thursdays starting September 26th!
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    2 Min.
  • Bonus Episode: The Block is Hot (With Wisdom)

    Bonus Episode: The Block is Hot (With Wisdom)
    Jul 25 2023

    The Louisiana Abortion Fund (formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund) is a community fund that assists community members as they overcome the economic and geographic barriers erected to prevent them from accessing abortion care. By providing low-barrier financial support for abortions, plus support for travel and childcare, LAAF invests in the liberation of all Louisianans. LAAF works to center Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, queer folks, and immigrants, because when society’s most marginalized are free, all be free.

    Special thanks to Seratones for The South Has the Answer's  theme song, "Get Free"
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    56 Min.
  • Authenticity with Chasity Wilson

    Authenticity with Chasity Wilson
    Jul 8 2023

    The Louisiana Abortion Fund (formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund) is a community fund that assists community members as they overcome the economic and geographic barriers erected to prevent them from accessing abortion care. By providing low-barrier financial support for abortions, plus support for travel and childcare, LAAF invests in the liberation of all Louisianans. LAAF works to center Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, queer folks, and immigrants, because when society’s most marginalized are free, all be free.

    Special thanks to Seratones for The South Has the Answer's  theme song, "Get Free"

     
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    1 Std. und 17 Min.
  • Mutual Aid with Tyler Barbarin

    Mutual Aid with Tyler Barbarin
    Jul 1 2023

    The Louisiana Abortion Fund (formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund) is a community fund that assists community members as they overcome the economic and geographic barriers erected to prevent them from accessing abortion care. By providing low-barrier financial support for abortions, plus support for travel and childcare, LAAF invests in the liberation of all Louisianans. LAAF works to center Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, queer folks, and immigrants, because when society’s most marginalized are free, all be free.

    Special thanks to Seratones for The South Has the Answer's  theme song, "Get Free"

    Tyler Barbarin (she/they) is an activist and organizer, working in areas of racial justice, leadership, education equity, and reproductive justice. With a background in Leadership Studies and Sociology, she researches, facilitates and organizes around issues of reproductive justice, economic solidarity and Black liberation. Tyler’s daily work aims to understand and address the impacts of carcerality, anti-Blackness, economic oppression on the material conditions of marginalized communities. 

    Luna Malbroux, Founder and Chief Vibe Officer of Joy Channel is an experienced facilitator, educator and leader on creating inclusive spaces, Luna is most notably, a self-described ‘joy evangelist’, who believes that fostering belonging, communication, connection and fun (yes, fun!), is the missing link in many approaches to diversity, equity, justice and inclusion initiatives. A skilled storyteller, her practices include using empathy, humor, and personal narrative to help build group dynamics and consensus. Luna has years of experience guiding small to large national organizations in building more authentic inclusivity to cater to the needs of elected members and clients.

    She is also an award winning comedian, writer, musician and public intellect whose work has been featured in KQED, NPR, The Atlantic, PBS, Glamour magazine, and more.  She loves jamming as a member of her band, The Moon and The Man, and most proud of her special abilities to make a hearty pot of gumbo, appropriately initiate a slow clap that erupts into a round of applause, and persistence in roller skating even though she always falls down.
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    42 Min.
  • Listening with Dani McClain

    Listening with Dani McClain
    Jun 24 2023

    The Louisiana Abortion Fund (formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund) is a community fund that assists community members as they overcome the economic and geographic barriers erected to prevent them from accessing abortion care. By providing low-barrier financial support for abortions, plus support for travel and childcare, LAAF invests in the liberation of all Louisianans. LAAF works to center Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, queer folks, and immigrants, because when society’s most marginalized are free, all be free.

    Special thanks to Seratones for The South Has the Answer's theme song, "Get Free"

    Dani McClain reports on race, parenting and reproductive health. McClain's writing has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, TIME, The Atlantic, Harper's BAZAAR and Colorlines. Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and she's received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. McClain is a Puffin Fellow at Type Media Center and a contributing writer at The Nation. She was a staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and Drug Policy Alliance. Her book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, was published in 2019 by Bold Type Books and was shortlisted in 2020 for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. She was the Cincinnati public library's Writer-in-Residence in 2020 and 2021.

    Luna Malbroux, Founder and Chief Vibe Officer of Joy Channel is an experienced facilitator, educator and leader on creating inclusive spaces, Luna is most notably, a self-described ‘joy evangelist’, who believes that fostering belonging, communication, connection and fun (yes, fun!), is the missing link in many approaches to diversity, equity, justice and inclusion initiatives. A skilled storyteller, her practices include using empathy, humor, and personal narrative to help build group dynamics and consensus. Luna has years of experience guiding small to large national organizations in building more authentic inclusivity to cater to the needs of elected members and clients.

    She is also an award winning comedian, writer, musician and public intellect whose work has been featured in KQED, NPR, The Atlantic, PBS, Glamour magazine, and more. She loves jamming as a member of her band, The Moon and The Man, and most proud of her special abilities to make a hearty pot of gumbo, appropriately initiate a slow clap that erupts into a round of applause, and persistence in roller skating even though she always falls down.
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    1 Std. und 7 Min.
  • Spellcasting with AJ Haynes

    Spellcasting with AJ Haynes
    Jun 24 2023

    The Louisiana Abortion Fund (formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund) is a community fund that assists community members as they overcome the economic and geographic barriers erected to prevent them from accessing abortion care. By providing low-barrier financial support for abortions, plus support for travel and childcare, LAAF invests in the liberation of all Louisianans. LAAF works to center Black people, Indigenous communities, people of color, queer folks, and immigrants, because when society’s most marginalized are free, all be free.

    Special thanks to Seratones for The South Has the Answer's theme song, "Get Free"

    A.J. Haynes is a queer Black & Filipina singer, songwriter, educator, and reproductive freedom advocate from Louisiana. She is the leader of genre-expansive soul power band Seratones which has garnered national and international acclaim. She is the board chair for the Louisiana Abortion Fund and has over a decade of experience in abortion care from working as a patient advocate at Hope Medical Group in Shreveport, LA. She believes art is part of collective community care and that our bodies are sites for liberation and joy.

    Luna Malbroux, Founder and Chief Vibe Officer of Joy Channel is an experienced facilitator, educator and leader on creating inclusive spaces, Luna is most notably, a self-described ‘joy evangelist’, who believes that fostering belonging, communication, connection and fun (yes, fun!), is the missing link in many approaches to diversity, equity, justice and inclusion initiatives. A skilled storyteller, her practices include using empathy, humor, and personal narrative to help build group dynamics and consensus. Luna has years of experience guiding small to large national organizations in building more authentic inclusivity to cater to the needs of elected members and clients.

    She is also an award winning comedian, writer, musician and public intellect whose work has been featured in KQED, NPR, The Atlantic, PBS, Glamour magazine, and more. She loves jamming as a member of her band, The Moon and The Man, and most proud of her special abilities to make a hearty pot of gumbo, appropriately initiate a slow clap that erupts into a round of applause, and persistence in roller skating even though she always falls down.
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    1 Std. und 20 Min.