Inclusive Storytelling
Welcome to the Inclusive Storytelling podcast where we talk about diversity, inclusion and belonging in the arts! Your host is Ashwini Prasad, The Inclusive Screenwriter, who leads with equity and justice as her pillars in her work as an anti-racist educator and screenwriter. She has over 20 years of experience in anti-racism, anti-oppression and social justice work with two Master’s degrees in these focus areas. Her recent book, “How To Write Inclusively: An Analysis & How To Guide,” provides how tos on writing inclusively that is available for purchase on Amazon.
Episodes
This episode is the second in a trio of episodes focused on Black women fashion designers. In this episode, we learn about Bermuda born and Harlem influenced fashion designer Ruby Bailey. Bailey made figurines of her designs and was a creative force in the Harlem Renaissance.
Sources:
https://blog.mcny.org/2016/01/05/reintroducing-ruby-bailey/
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-ruby-bailey-fashion-pioneer-ny-1912-2003/
Elizabeth Keckley kicks off the trio of episodes focused on Black women fashion designers. Elizabeth was the personal dressmaker and close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
Learn about her incredible story and life in this episode. Be sure to share, like, subscribe, and download this and other episodes! Follow me on Instagram @theinclusivescreenwriter
Source: https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/black-designe...
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor born in 1878 was one of the world’s first black sports superstar ad an internal cycling champion who never received his accolades because of racism.
Sources:
https://www.majortaylorassociation.org/who.shtml
Worcester Whirlwind flier
Immigrants in Canada and the United States are rich with history. In this episode, we discuss South Asian immigrants who traveled from British Columbia to Oregon, mainly men. The men lived and worked together in St Johns and Astoria Oregon. They faced racism and prejudice on Oregon, but built a political group aiming at bettering their lives around the world. These men were supported in their efforts by Finnish, Irish, Chinese, and...
Thank you for another amazing season! I am looking forward to sharing more stories of incredible people who deserve their stories to be told.
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Merle Oberon and Vivien Leigh were Oscar nominated actresses, and most likely S. Asian.
Learn about these amazing women and how Michelle Yeoh may not be the first Asian to be nominated and win the Best Actress Oscar.
Major props to Michelle Yeoh and her incredible career, achievements and 2023 Best Actress Academy Award!
In this episode, we learn about Amelia Boynton Robinson was a leading civil rights activist who played a key role in the efforts that led to passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and was the first African American woman in Alabama to run for Congress. Sources: Amelia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ameila_Boynton_Robinson_2.JPG Memorial: https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/48913757887 Bridge: https://commons.wikim...
Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church was a staple for the Black Canadian families in rural Ontario in Canada. Former slaves joined the War of 1812 as loyalists with the promise for land and not returning to slavery at the end of the war . These soldiers were not given the best farm land.
The Church is a designated landmark with an unmarked grave.
Pauli Murray was a civil rights activist, advocate, legal scholar and theorist, author and an Episcopal priest. They were an incredible voice for sex and gender rights. Pauli should be a household name!
In this episode, we learn a little about Blind Lemon and LeadBelly who were influential Blues and guitarists in the United States. They were the OG influencers for Blues music.
In this episode, we discuss Barbara Jordan, the first Black, US Congress person! A LGBTQIA and disability advocate.
Nicole Mann is a an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes from what we call Northern California and the first US Indigenous woman astronaut. She may continue her accomplishments in 2025 as a member of the lunar landing team!
In this episode, we learn about the women who are the monarchs/pioneers on Rock & Roll! We start with Bessie Coleman and Memphis Minnie who were born in the late 1800s, and then Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Tharpe is known as the "Godmother of Rock and Roll."
Ann Thomas Callahan, Peepeekisis Cree Nation, was one of the first Indigenous graduates of the Winnipeg General Hospital's nursing school in 1958 in Canada.
She was also involved in the creation of the Registered Nurses of Canadian Indian Ancestry, now called the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association.
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Who was the first Indigenious prima ballerina? Elizabeth Tailfeather from the Osage Nation.
And, Wilma Mankiller was the first woman Cherokee Chief. Learn about how Alcatraz Island and an 18-month occupation led to her activism.
Indigenous and First Nations women are incredible and powerful!
In this episode, we discuss Bessie Coleman who was the first Black woman pilot, and Kalpana Chowla who was an incredible astronaut. Tragically, both women died doing what they loved. Lastly, we learn about Sir Palmer OBE who overcame injustice and became Scotland's first Black professor.
In this episode, we explore the Tawaifs who were cultured and revered S. Asian women prior to colonialism, the tragedy of Vaishno Bagai and the triumphs of Kala, his wife, in the United States, and how Rais Bhuiyan turned an act of hate into an act of love
In this episode, we celebrate Olivia Poole who was an Ojibwe Canadian invention who patented the Jolly Jumper. We also learn about Shakuntala Devi who held a Guiness World Record when she calculated two 13-digit numbers in her head with the correct answer!
Content Warning: Execution and Genocide
In this episode, we discuss the worst mass execution in the United States, and one of the largest in the world, the 38 Santee Sioux/Dakota who were executed in 1862.
The White Rose was a German resistance movement focused on anti-Nazi action during WWII. The founders were a professor and students at the University of Munich, and three of them were tried and executed.
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