Today, we listen to Indigenous and BIPOC voices, because these leaders carry wisdom essential for building genuine liberation movements. Their perspectives challenge white-centered activism and offer frameworks for justice that connect spiritual healing to systemic transformation.
These podcast episodes center Indigenous leadership and healing-centered organizing approaches that understand how personal transformation and collective liberation interweave. Listening to these voices means learning from communities who've been resisting oppression for generations.
Today's Action:
Choose one episode from these recommended options and listen actively
Be the Bridge: Terry Wildman - Learn how Indigenous Christians reclaim spiritual traditions within their own cultural contexts https://bethebridge.com/ep-278-terry-wildman/
Unlocking Us: Shawn Ginwright - Explore how healing ourselves becomes essential to healing the world through four transformative pivots https://brenebrown.com/podcast/the-four-pivots-reimagining-justice-reimagining-ourselves/
Eminazhichiget: Mark Wilson - Hear from Traverse City's Mayor Pro Tem about Anishinaabe values shaping local politics and community care https://titletrackmichigan.org/episode-2-of-eminazhichiget/
Take notes on insights that challenge your assumptions about justice work
Share key learnings with other people in your life
This matters because white-dominated movements often replicate the same hierarchies and harm patterns they claim to oppose. When we center Indigenous wisdom about interconnection, when we learn from Black leaders about healing-centered organizing, we build movements capable of creating the world we're fighting for.
Sustainable justice requires spiritual grounding, cultural rootedness, and community care practices that Indigenous and BIPOC communities have preserved through centuries of resistance.