More In Common

Brescia Dover /// The Stigma Around Mental Illness /// E019

The stigma of mental illness is a real thing. Many struggles with admitting, accepting, or even talking about the challenges they face with mental illness because of this stigma. There are a lot of amazing organizations and individuals trying to change this culture. Giving people a safe place to open up about their experience. Today, we are graced with Brescia Dover who is one of these AMAZING individuals. Brescia has experienced more in the first quarter of her life than most. Join us in learning about her journey through anorexia and today managing Bi-Polar disorder. Brescia also produces her own videos to tell her story: End the Stigma: Mental Illness Awareness Film. In this episode we traverse: The stigma of mental illness Anorexia Bi-Polar Disorder Animal Therapy Grittiness It's not about food, it's about control Shirts!! We're selling "Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters" t-shirts. if you want one check out the apparel shop on our site. Expose.Evaluate.Evolve  Music Credits: * Main Theme: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque * Guest Theme: The Long Goodbye by John Pazdan (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/flatwound/14476

What’d We Learn /// Fighting The Zombies Of Injustice /// E018

This follow up to our conversation with Vu about Fighting The Zombies Of Injustice is short and sweet.  We contemplate what we learned and what we took away from the conversation personally.  If you didn't have a chance go back to Episode017 and check out the original conversation with Vu.  You can find Vu's work with non-profits on his website nonprofitAF, he's doing some great work to help non-profits change the way they see themselves and work with funders.

Vu Le /// Fighting The Zombies of Injustice /// E017

Vu Le (“voo lay”) joins us today.  He is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Yes, we do talk about fighting the zombies of injustice. Vu’s passion is to make the world better.  He believes that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves.  Vu can be found at his featured blog NonprofitAF.com.  The NPR podcast "Invisibilia" is really good and the episode "The Pattern Problem" goes deeper into some concepts discussed in this episode. In this episode we traverse the following topics: The non-profit ecosystem Having leaders of color in the non-profit segment Poverty mindset The non-profit life Donor paradigm  "Hose to water ratio" "We have to remember our kids will marry other people's kids" "I did just buy a new used care" Statistics on giving nation-wide (2015) found here   Shirts!! We're selling "Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters" t-shirts.  if you want one check out the apparel shop on our site, by clicking here. Music Credits: * Main Theme: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque * Guest Theme: The Long Goodbye by John Pazdan (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/flatwound/14476

What’d We Learn /// It’s Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness /// E016

What'd We Learn: It's Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness In typical fashion, we follow up with our last episode with a short talk about what we've been thinking about.  Specifically where our conversation with Ken forced us to consider new things.  If you didn't get to hear you can find it here:  It's Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness.   it  This is the Evolve part of More In Common, in which we challenge what we think we know. Want to know more about face blindness?  Click here. Expose.Evaluate.Evolve

Ken Long /// It’s Fun To Be Nice and Face Blindness /// E015

Prosopagnosia or face blindness: the inability to recognize faces. Face blindness is thought to be the result of abnormalities, damage, or impairment in the right fusiform gyrus, a fold in the brain that appears to coordinate the neural systems that control facial perception and memory. Remember kids, It's fun to be nice Today's conversation is with Ken, a Technical Sales Engineer, a good dude with a lot of interesting thoughts that will force you to think. He's got a charmingly sharp wit that will keep you on your toes. The challenge is to stay engaged past the initial thought. If you do, it's rewarding, we promise. The topics we cover: * some profanity * Prosopagnosia or face blindness * Team in Training * Evil * Nazis * TEDTalk of a reformed neo-nazi * Quotables from Ken: * "It is lazy to hate a group" * "A Year of bad blind dates" * "I'm going to figure out why I'm not popular" Remember: It's fun to be nice for no other reason than to just be nice. In other news, we're selling awesome t-shirts.  Fantastic tri-blend t-shirts. They're comfy, soft, and come with a message. They read:  "Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters" If you want one check out the apparel shop on our site. Music Credits: Main Theme: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged

A Sweet Remembrance /// Part 2 /// E014

Part 2 - A Sweet Remembrance. School to Prison Pipeline: The disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated, because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. In an uncommon twist to our typical follow-ups, today we continue "A Sweet Remembrance" with Lloyd Wilkey.  We do add a follow-up to the conversation in the spirit of our evolution but do carry the episode concluding our discussion with Lloyd. Part 2 takes us deeper into Lloyds work to help eliminate the school to prison pipeline through his boxing program @LARiotboxing.  We explore different prison programs that do the opposite of rehabilitation despite desired good intent. We close up our time with Lloyd and greatly appreciate his work in the community, his willingness to share his story and his life journey to fight the injustices in the world while promoting equality.  He lives the mission many talk about and he is someone to be admired and heard.   Music credits: Main Theme:  I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

A Sweet Remembrance /// E013

Moral Turpitude Noun   * Conduct that is believed to be contrary to community standards of honesty, good morals, or justice. Origin 15th century     Latin turpitudo (“vile” or “base”) A Sweet Remembrance. Today we are back with Lloyd Wilkey. Please go back to the first episode find it here, episode 4.  You can find Lloyd on twitter @mindfulpolicing. Lloyd is an activist, human relations trainer focusing on law enforcement, education, business, non-profit. He's a mediator, self-defense coach @ LA Riot Boxing, and he's a singer. We go deeper into the conversation we had with Lloyd previously. We cover: * Unconscious bias/Implicit bias * School to prison pipeline * Policing * Museum of Tolerance and the Sites of Conscience * Moral turpitude, and more Breaking from the norm of using a quote from the episode as a title, we named this episode "A Sweet Remembrance".  A nod to Lloyd as he and his family traverse rough waters and to serve as a reminder that he and his wife their progeny are a living legacy.  We really enjoyed recording this and think you'll enjoy listening.  Join us as we continue the social experiment to find connection and discussion that can lead to meaningful action. Expose.Evaluate.Evolve Music credits: Recovered Memory by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/48207 Ft: Doxent Zsigmond Main Theme:  I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

What’d We Learn /// We Find Ourselves With More In Common /// E012

Evolve In today's episode we take a moment to talk about what we learned from our conversation with Felicia.  What's been on our mind and what about the conversation has spurred growth and evolution for each of us. Expose.Evaluate.Evolve.

Felecia Killings /// We Find Ourselves With More In Common Than Different /// E011

Well, here is the first guest episode of 2018!  Additionally, this is our first conversation under the new name, MORE IN COMMON! We are excited to bring this discussion to you.  In this episode, we have Felecia Killings.  Felecia is a devoted mother, educator, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of FKMinistries, which seeks to help people walk in their calling. She is the Executive Director of LiyahAmore Publishing, which helps Christian Authors build their writing ministries. And she is committed to helping people discover that we have more in common with each, in spite of our political differences.  Today, we find ourselves with more in common than different. She can be found on her website at www.feleciakillings.com. We learn about her experiences helping drive change in her public system and have a great discussion about our differing views on politics and the nature of today's media as it influences the political narrative. This is a wonderful conversation that truly demonstrates the nature of civility and getting to know one another even if we come from opposite viewpoints on any topic.  We really have a lot in common with Felecia even though we disagree with a lot of things. The discussion was a lot of fun and was wonderful to have!  Enjoy listening as much as we did recording. Music (remix) credits: I Dunno (Grapes of Wrath Mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/56346 Ft: Jlang, 4nsic, grapes Reverie (small theme) by _ghost (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 Ft: Pitx

Name Change + Guns Follow Up /// E010

Name Change & Guns Follow Up Happy New Year and welcome back to More In Common.  That's right, the  name change is official.  In this episode we talk about the change and what it means to us. We also include our "What'd we learn" segment regarding our last conversation about guns.  We talk about what we've been chewing on since that conversation and how (or if) we've evolved. Join us in this, our first episode of 2018, a short and easy way to start the year off.   Music (remix) credits: I Dunno (Grapes of Wrath Mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/56346 Ft: Jlang, 4nsic, grapes