by Amisha Patel | Mar 16, 2026 | Anti-Fascism, Authoritarianism, Cancer, Labor Organizing, Op-Ed, Organizing, relationships, transformative justice, Trauma
At 15, with my skinny legs swinging off the exam table, I sat and listened as my gynecologist stood before me with serious eyes and told me that I had a high risk of developing cancer someday. It was a shocking message to get as a teenager; nonetheless, I made immediate decisions to protect myself. I stayed on birth control pills for years despite wild swings of emotion…
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by Kelly Hayes | Oct 30, 2025 | Anishinaabe, care, Grief, ICE, Interview, Organizing, relationships, Social Movements, Water
“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. In this episode of Movement Memos, Simpson and host Kelly Hayes discuss lessons from Simpson’s book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead and the ongoing struggle against ICE in Chicago, where Hayes is involved in rapid response efforts. Music: Son Monarcas and Leanne…
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