Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

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VISIONS, Inc.

12 episodes

5 months ago

Longtime VISIONS consultant and psychologist Dr. Sarah Stearns shares her story, starting with her rural Connecticut upbringing to becoming a founding consultant with VISIONS Inc. In addition to talking about her personal and professional trajectory, she shares how her own experiences with discrimination fueled her commitment to multicultural work and systemic change. This is the final episode of Season 1 of Into Liberation. Please make sure you follow us on your favorite podcast platforms, a...

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Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Stearns

9 months ago

1 hour 17 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Navigating Complexities in Liberatory work with Terry Berman

Today I’m excited to introduce you to Terry Berman, a senior VISIONS consultant, elder, and mentor to many of newer VISIONS consultants as they have come into this work. Terry grew up in a politically active Jewish family in South Africa, witnessing firsthand the courageous activism of her parents, whose anti-apartheid work forced the family into exile. Terry shares her story, reflecting on the complexities around her white identity and how her early experiences informed a lifet...

1 year ago

1 hour

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Louise Coggins on Finding People Who Care Like You Do

Join us for a conversation with Louise Coggins, longtime VISIONS board member and current board chair of VISIONS, who first met the founders of this organization when high schools integrated in Rocky Mount, NC. So much of VISIONS history and way of being is rooted in its value of relationality. Louise’s longtime connection and passionate support of VISIONS, and so many other organizations working for justice, is a testament to this. We start by talking about what it was like to gr...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Real-World Vigorous Interventions with Dr. John Capitman

Join us as we sit down with VISIONS co-founder, longtime consultant, and retired professor public health Dr. John Capitman! Dr. Capitman talks about how he specialized in eldercare and developed community interventions in public health, as well as how his background and the life experiences informed his commitment and his approach, including how a severe car accident and other trials deepened his empathy and understanding of systemic inequalities and the necessity of acknowledging multiple di...

1 year ago

50 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Transformational Leadership with Dr. Julian Sonn (Part II)

What does it mean to embrace a multicultural, democratic society in a nation scarred by Apartheid? Join us for the second part of our interview with Dr. Julian Sonn, who has spent the last thirty years working towards transformational change in South Africa. From the exuberance of the first democratic elections in 1994 to the ongoing quest for inclusivity, Dr. Sonn offers an in-depth look at the power and potential for leadership in bringing about transformation for South Africans. We recor...

1 year ago

50 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Transformational Leadership with Dr. Julian Sonn (Part I)

Join us for another VISIONS elder story as we sit down with Dr. Julian Sonn, who has been with VISIONS, quite literally, since its inception. This is another in our series of elder story podcasts that we’re doing in honor of our 40th anniversary, which we'll be celebrating in Boston on September 27, 2024. Dr. Sonn is a psychologist and academic, and also worked extensively the VISIONS model while in exile in the US before returning to South Africa in the 1990s as Apartheid was ending. H...

1 year ago

51 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Championing Maternal and Child Health with Dr. Cassandra Joubert

This episode of Into Liberation features the extraordinary Dr. Cassandra Joubert, who starts by sharing her story of growing up in racially segregated Houston and becoming a passionate advocate for maternal and child health. Dr. Joubert talks about how her early life experiences and her time at Howard University in the early 1970s (amid the vibrant activism and Pan-Africanist movement) shaped her understanding of complex social issues, her work in her field, and her consulting with VISIONS. &...

1 year ago

56 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

The Transformative Power of Empathy with Vincent Johnson

Join us as we sit down with Vincent Johnson, as he recounts his trajectory from being a 'third culture kid' to becoming the Director of Equity and Inclusive Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Growing up as the child of a serviceman who was stationed in Okinawa and Taiwan, as well as Washington, DC, Vincent's immersion in different cultures before attending Harvard University shaped his outlook and his approach to his work as a consultant and board member with VISI...

1 year ago

50 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Felipe Garcia & The Role of Feelings in Anti-Oppression Work

What do feelings and emotions have to do with anti-oppression work? Join me as I welcome longtime VISIONS consultant and counselor Felipe Garcia, who specializes in Transactional Analysis, the liberatory psychology framework at the core of our model. Felipe is the author of several articles, including one you may have read if you’ve been part of a longer VISIONS training called "The Role of Feelings in the Workplace." This year, 2024, is the 40th year of VISIONS existence, and this is...

1 year ago

56 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Identity, Mental Health, and Equity Work with Dr. Haley Sparks

You've probably heard about the importance of mental health, but have you ever considered how it intersects with issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Haley Sparks, the Director of VISIONS' Mental Health Program, as we explore the terrain of DEI work and mental health. Dr. Sparks, a personality psychologist by training, shares about her journey and offers a preview of her upcoming workshop on rest and sustainability at VISIONS' 2024 Spring Summi...

2 years ago

51 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Social Justice and Land Sovereignty: PACE Connect @ Foxfire Ranch

What if you could immerse yourself in a captivating blend of personal stories, history, and introspective exploration, all while gaining powerful insights into racial equity, social justice, and their intricate relationship with land? That's exactly what we're offering in today's episode as we talk about PACE Connect @ Foxfire Ranch, taking place from March 15-19, 2024 in Mississippi's Hill Country. Foxfire Ranch is black sovereignty and community gathering space in Waterford, Mississippi. ...

2 years ago

48 minutes

Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, inclusion, and building a more just and compassionate world

Dr. Deborah J. Walker & the Alabama Civil Rights Movement

Note: This episode was recorded before the events of October 2023. In this episode I speak to longtime VISIONS consultant Dr. Deborah J. Walker, who has spent her life doing anti-oppression work-- a commitment rooted in her experiences growing up in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960s. When she was 12, Dr. Walker was a block away from the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963, when it was bombed-- an inflection moment in the history of civil rights in the US. Dr. Walker takes us ba...

2 years ago

55 minutes