Dive-In-Justice

After Delma makes the words bigger (and highlights them) to help Shadiin read the screen, they trade their usual sweetness. Shadiin and Delma then open up about what it means to be a Global Majority/BIPOC human facilitating difficult conversations in predominantly white spaces. How do we remain authentic and What to do with the anger, frustration, etc...that can come up. DIJ hosts dive deep with g...

The Center for Whole Communities and Shoreline Consulting is proud to present Season 2 of Dive in Justice: The podcast that explores “building ideal communities with our less than ideal selves.” Shadiin and Delma open season 2 with all the warmth and cynicism you've come to love and expect. Our hosts name the fact that their work often asks others to do the very things they struggle so hard to do...

Delma and Shadiin provide a retrospective look at all we learned together over the past months from our amazing guests. The season finale provides highlights, reflections, and important points from past episodes - what really stuck out to us from our guests, and what might have changed us or what we might be taking with us well into the future based on the wisdom of what they had to offer. We want...

Delma and Shadiin dive into the heatwaves people are experiencing caused by climate change, returning to being social, and the happiness of a true 40-hour work week, which is all too uncommon in the public service and nonprofit realms. Kellie Richardson joins as a guest this week, a writer and artist educator born and raised in Tacoma Washington. Her work explores the intersection of race, class a...

Delma and Shadiin dive into what it feels like to be put in the position of policing people claiming to be Native American and talk with lifelong educator and activist, Jeff Bean. Jeff also happens to be the first White person interviewed on the show and is a retired teacher who spent 9 years at Detroit Catholic Central and 25 years at Flint Community Schools. They go deep into White nationalism a...

Delma and Shadiin dive into storytelling for justice, “moving courageously towards a sacred purpose,” and being called to care for our collective descendents with Tannia Esparza. Tannia is a queer Chicanx raised in Chumash people's ocean waters now known as Santa Barbara, California, from a migrant family of brave persistent matriarchs who is now home in the high desert mountains of the Tiwa peopl...

Delma is tempted to bully a 10-year-old and Shadiin is saddened by the state of our curricula that would allow 10-year-olds to be more critical in response to global events. They also discuss how language reveals parts of ourselves we're not always proud of. Delma and Shadiin also dive in with racial justice leaders in the Pacific northwest and twinsies - Rena Dunbar and Leah Dunbar. Dr. Leah Dunb...

Allergy season comes for Shadiin, Delma’s struggles with motivating his kids through the end of the school year, and they both still manage to have a good week as they dive in with guest, internationally recognized Janene Yazzie, a Diné community activist who is co-founder and CEO of Sixth World Solutions, which works with Diné communities to develop projects, programs and policies that promote su...

Delma and Shadiin dive into the story behind Leah Penniman’s work with SoulFire Farm that goes far beyond food production. They talk spiritual practice, solidarity, land rights, ancestral work, and intergenerational pettiness. Threads of family and place flow throughout. Leah Penniman is a Black Creole farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist maintaining the soil and organizing for an ant...

Delma and Shadiin dive into the complexity of owning a firearm while in Black and Brown bodies, and what happens when you’re allergic to vaccinations. Like owning a gun, they question why loving the earth is so often framed as a white experience and why sometimes everything we seem to do feels like a reaction to white folks as opposed to creating a vision for ourselves in Black and Brown bodies. G...

On episode 4, Shadiin and Delma get petty while talking about compassion in a perfect world. The episode features guest, Janet Soto Rodriguez, who apparently borrowed Shadiin’s car within about five minutes of knowing each other. Delma brings disappointingly less sass than usual, but delivers on words of limitless wisdom while Shadiin asks deep questions about passions, backstories, and widening o...

On this episode, Shadiin and Delma talk: adulting from paying off car notes to watching cat videos, and trade highs and lows. The episode features guest, Enroue Halfkenny, who identifies as a 52-year old, Boston-born, multi-racial, cisgender Black male raised by organizers and activists who taught him the importance of community liberation movements to address systemic oppression. Enroue shares a...

On this second episode of the podcast, Shadiin and Delma dive with Khalif on identity - fixed identity as a white construct and the balance between love and accountability. With hearts laid bare, this episode goes deeper into current politics, work highs and lows, family, and complexities around solidarity.  You can find it, support, and directly follow on ALL the platforms: Patreon: https://...

Delma Jackson and Shadiin Garcia explore the past, present, and future of living out justice. They discuss the concept of erasure and ask questions like “What does it mean to be one’s best self with love and compassion in such a divided country, especially when confronted by oppression?” and “What does it mean for our dreaming to be transcendent, authentic, and real?” and “Why did we make yet anot...

Delma: This is Delma Jackson. Shadiin: And I’m Shadiin Garcia and welcome to our new podcast Dive-In-Justice. Delma/Shadiin: This podcast is for you…  If you love the idea of building intentional community, If you love history and pop-culture, If you want to dream into a society where intersectionality is baked in, Then dive in with us. Shadiin: Know this. People of every background are welco...