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Welcome to my Mini episode with advocate activism! In today’s episode I talk about my mission for 2022, how I came to discover Intentions vs Expectations &, share my desire to spend more time in SILENCE.  I’m Amira, I hope you enjoy the short meditation at the end. TRANSCRIPT Want to help make the show […]

Welcome back y’all! I’m Amira. In today’s episode Rayah and I have the pleasure of speaking with THE Rabbi Ariel Stone, Brandy Daniels, and Heather Hawkins. Rayah and I listened as we heard about the beginning of Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance (PICR). How Brandy stepped in on behalf of PICR for my first event, which […]

Hey Friends! Welcome back. In today’s mini episode Rayah talks about some of the stuff they’ve been going through recently in relation to meds, depression, diet culture, fat phobia, and body shame. Hope you find this helpful and know that you are not alone. The Body is Not an Apology Sources: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/news/20110711/deadliest-psychiatric-disorder-anorexia  https://integrativelifecenter.com/wellness-blog/how-diet-culture-influences-eating-disorders/  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/893006538 […]

TW: episode contains mentions of suicide Welcome back everyone!  In today’s episode of ADVOCATE ACTIVISM Rayah & I introduce our new intro, we chat about the difference between when we started over a year ago, and what we hope for moving forward.   I’ll also be changing up my mini episode vibe from a “dear diary […]

Hello beautiful humans! I’m Amira, welcome back to another mini episode.  I was just telling my bestie Rayah that our podcast is literally my Diary. It has been healing to have a space where I can speak my truths, hurts, growth pains and experiences within my activism world through the eyes of an Anti-Racist Student.  […]

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Advocate Activism!  Rayah and I had the opportunity to chat with Julianne Jackson, founder of Black Joy Oregon-Salem. We talk politics, her faith, motherhood, and more. We hope you find something new about the woman with many hats & most of all, we thank you, Julianne for sharing […]

Hey Friends! Welcome back. Recently a twitter conversation Rayah had with a mutual led to an invitation to come to a Torah study at Shir Tikvah in Portland. In today’s episode, Rayah talks about why they were interested in going and what that was like for a former evangelical christian kid. Spoiler alert – it […]

Welcome back to Advocate Activism! This week Amira and Rayah take a deep dive into some of the things that have been going on in the Salem-Keizer School District. Local youth have been busy getting rid of SROs, pushing for the appropriate reallocation of those funds, and demanding violent and racist school staff and board […]

Hello All! Welcome Back to another Mini Episode with me, I’m Amira! This is ADVOCATE ACTIVISM!  I wanted to do another guided meditation because life is hard. Life is really difficult for a lot of us right now, but I believe in the power of loving the shit out of ourselves while going through these […]

Welcome Back! For this week’s mini episode, Rayah talks about the history of Samhain (pronounced “SAH-win”).  Halloween – Robert Burns Poem Video  Text FULL TRANSCRIPT If you want to support the work we are doing on the streets and in the community: Rayah Donation Links Amira Donation Links For one time gifts, send us an […]