COVID is not over. It is still here. This is an invitation to understand that reality, and to let it transform you.

Grounded in disability justice, and brought to you by a chorus of staunch disabled voices: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Darcy from Sick/Sovereign, Tori Hobbs and Julia Rose Bak from The Disability Justice Network and Li from COVID Solidarity ‘syd.’

Produced by Samantha Haran, Shareeka Helaluddin & Sehej Kaur. Additional thanks to Justin Chen, Allison Chan and Juliet Fox.

Episode artwork by Li @eternallyuncomfortable

Arundhati Roy on ‘The pandemic is a portal’: https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca



COVID resources:
Let Them Eat Plague! (Intro to COVID politics and basic COVID myth busting): https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/let-them-eat-plague/
You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence (Mia Mingus) https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/
How to do COVID Conscious events resource (by COVID Solidarity ‘syd’): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kf1AKdE0j5k2hqIOvIjeS4tYzxgsoar6SOot6JklLE4/edit
NSW COVID safer venues database (by COVID Solidarity ‘syd’): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tAN1QE_4_b5JSzwooQSEXwlM995UusdU9w4rswRecZ0/edit?gid=1146046115#gid=1146046115
What to do if you have COVID (by The Peoples CDC - US based): https://peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/



Support the rich chorus of voices that made this episode possible:
Read Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s latest book: https://brownstargirl.org/the-future-is-disabled/
Read the Sick/Sovereign zine: https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/policy-and-events/policy/covid-19/resources/first-nations-zine/
Darcy’s work with Blackfulla Alt2Su: https://instagram.com/BlackfullaAlt2Su
Join the Disability Justice Network facebook group (disabled people only): https://www.facebook.com/share/g/zYoTbvvRLkQYYSJz/?mibextid=adzO7l
Donate to the Disability Justice Network mutual aid fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/disability-justice-network-mutual-aid-fund
Follow COVID Solidarity ‘syd’: https://www.instagram.com/c0vidsolidaritysyd/

COVID is not over. It is still here. This is an invitation to understand that reality, and to let it transform you.
Grounded in disability justice, and brought to you by a chorus of staunch disabled voices: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Darcy from Sick/Sovereign, Tori Hobbs and Julia Rose Bak from The Disability Justice Network and Li from COVID Solidarity ‘syd.’
Produced by Samantha Haran, Shareeka Helaluddin &amp; Sehej Kaur. Additional thanks to Justin Chen, Allison Chan and Juliet Fox.
Episode artwork by Li @eternallyuncomfortable
Arundhati Roy on ‘The pandemic is a portal’: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca">https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca </a>
COVID resources:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Let Them Eat Plague! (Intro to COVID politics and basic COVID myth busting): <a href="https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/let-them-eat-plague/">https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/let-them-eat-plague/</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy &amp; Interdependence (Mia Mingus) <a href="https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/">https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">How to do COVID Conscious events resource (by COVID Solidarity ‘syd’): <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kf1AKdE0j5k2hqIOvIjeS4tYzxgsoar6SOot6JklLE4/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kf1AKdE0j5k2hqIOvIjeS4tYzxgsoar6SOot6JklLE4/edit</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">NSW COVID safer venues database (by COVID Solidarity ‘syd’): <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tAN1QE_4_b5JSzwooQSEXwlM995UusdU9w4rswRecZ0/edit?gid=1146046115#gid=1146046115">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tAN1QE_4_b5JSzwooQSEXwlM995UusdU9w4rswRecZ0/edit?gid=1146046115#gid=1146046115</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">What to do if you have COVID (by The Peoples CDC - US based): <a href="https://peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/">https://peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/</a> </li>
</ul>
 
Support the rich chorus of voices that made this episode possible:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Read Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s latest book: <a href="https://brownstargirl.org/the-future-is-disabled/">https://brownstargirl.org/the-future-is-disabled/</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">Read the Sick/Sovereign zine: <a href="https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/policy-and-events/policy/covid-19/resources/first-nations-zine/">https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/policy-and-events/policy/covid-19/resources/first-nations-zine/</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">Darcy’s work with Blackfulla Alt2Su: <a href="https://instagram.com/BlackfullaAlt2Su">https://instagram.com/BlackfullaAlt2Su</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Join the Disability Justice Network facebook group (disabled people only): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/zYoTbvvRLkQYYSJz/?mibextid=adzO7l">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/zYoTbvvRLkQYYSJz/?mibextid=adzO7l</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Donate to the Disability Justice Network mutual aid fund: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/disability-justice-network-mutual-aid-fund">https://www.gofundme.com/f/disability-justice-network-mutual-aid-fund</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow COVID Solidarity ‘syd’: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/c0vidsolidaritysyd/">https://www.instagram.com/c0vidsolidaritysyd/</a> </li>
</ul>

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Race Matters is an anti-racist show that explores the values and complexities of race, culture and identity. With a weekly show and podcast of in-depth interviews and unique story telling and spanning arts, music, politics, global and local events. 
♬ Listen back to <a href="http://fbiradio.com/podcast/racematters/">all our podcast episodes</a> ♬ Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/race_matters/">I</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/race_matters/">nstagram</a> ♬
⋆⁺₊✧. Race Matters comes together with deep gratitude to [A-Z] Alicia Zhao, Joannie Lee, Nathan Mudyi Sentance, Samantha Haran, Shareeka Helaluddin, Tim Worton, Toobs Anwar alongside an orbit on contributors and collaborators here and abroad ⋆⁺₊✧. We honor all hosts, producers, storytellers that have made this work possible as well as the long tradition of storytelling, resistance and resilience that has taken place on Gadigal Country, where FBi Radio broadcasts out of ⋆⁺₊✧. 
We want to hear from you! If you have an idea, collaboration or story to share we would love to hear from you, reach us at racematters [at] fbiradio [dot] com
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