It's Your Voice

Reggie Harris is a singer-songwriter, storyteller and world-renowned song-leader who is a powerful interpreter of the global music narrative. A passionate, engaging inspirational entertainer and concert artist Reggie is recognized for focusing new energy on the important role of music in the discourse for inclusion and the struggle for human rights using the lessons of history as a base. It's Your...

11/24/21 Thanksgiving theme is Shop for Justice with guest Jenni Biggs, founder & CEO of Do Good Shop sharing stories of how her nonprofit provides survivors of human trafficking with living-wage artisan employment. Hear the moving, life changing impact each purchase of beautiful one-of-a-kind gifts makes, stories of artisans from 40 countries. Also, a peek at a true book If You Lived During the P...

11/17/21 Ann Lew Liu was born in L.A., CA of a Chinese mother under false papers and 8th of 9 children of a laundry man. Raised to be silent by tradition in the 1950s, she knew America as a foreigner, her parents’ homeland as an unmentionable sleeping giant. After living 7 decades & with inspiration from teaching a fully diverse and inclusive community of students with hearing loss in L.A. County,...

9/22/21 Emily Henderson is a theatre educator, community advocate & an Ethnic Studies(ES) student. For 10 years she’s been the Artistic Director for Acme Theatre Company, a youth-led theatre group proud to be the oldest theatre company in Davis, CA. Since Emily began taking ES in 2019 she’s become a voice for integrating ES in our local schools and serves as a member of an ES Coalition of students...

11/10/21 Michelle Bailey, Calvin Handy & Richard K. Cassem, Jr speak from the heart on why they served, greatest learnings and biggest challenges with deep empathic concern for the critical unmet needs of so many Veterans. The Veterans Crisis Line is available 24/7 for all veterans and service members or their family, friends. To connect/help others connect to free, confidential support call 1-800...

11/03/21 Diana Almendariz, Cultural Practitioner, teacher of traditional botany, from her Native Maidu homeland of the Sacramento Delta and Wintun homeland of Davis shares her rare knowledge of the relationship between Fires & Plants. A powerful educator on the extremely important reasons to re-plant native plants is undeniably best practice. Her astute clarity & knowledge also increase visibility...

10/27/21 Susan Corbett ushers in a close to the digital divide. A preeminent authority, expert & advocate for digital equity & inclusion she began to identify critical needs for broadband expansion in rural communities and approached authorities years before they could hear the alarm. Post pandemic arrival, Susan was heard and is now the National Digital Equity Center Director mobilizing inclusion...

10/20/21 Dr. Daniel Yackzan completed his MD at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in neuroscience. In his second year of residency he discusses contrasts between urban & rural hospitals and unexpectedly working with his share of COVID patients in a small Eastern Kentucky town that was flooded with COVID cases. He also gives a glim...

10/13/21 Jessica Torres Vazquez, the National Program Director of Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training, describes effective responses to defenses & listening all the way through. Resistance can rise when we hear that we are a part of harmful systems we didn't create but "we can try to see that we have much more in common...we can align ourselves...figure out how to more effectively get th...

10/06/21 Joe Robbins is an avid Salmon Fisherman who grew up in and knows Downeast Maine like the back of his hand. Joe has been a Real Estate Broker Appraiser since 1972 and has dedicated decades of volunteer service to help protect the land and pristine rivers that are home to endangered salmon and other species. He shares heartfelt and compelling stories about the decline of salmon and salmon f...

9/29/21 Harold Powell is the co-CEO of Telios Environmental with his partner Dorrie Powell. With 32 years of cutting edge building and design experience and a former student of Buckminster Fulmer, Harold describes compromises one must deal with when balancing societal forces and pragmatic realities in housing, and how there is no one right answer to housing questions. Hear snapshots of their ecolo...

This week, Bahia meets with Jim Picariello, a Maine-based screenwriter, to discuss: his experience trapped in a mind-control cult, how to communicate with loved ones in cultic groups and relationships, and how to help them save themselves by rediscovering their critical thinking skills. For more information visit https://freedomofmind.com and read the book "Combating Cult Mind Control - 25th Editi...

Cultural Practitioner, Diana Almendariz, teaches practices, traditions & life skills in her Native Maidu homeland of Sacramento, where she feels like a refugee. Her grandmother, Bertha Norton (1897-2001), lived through 3 centuries and loved her cultures but not the bias. She stuck with the positive memories of Native people who lived through the chaos. Diana says,“this country should be called the...

Carin Lenk Sloane, licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, packs in very useful advice for youth and parents to boost mental well being as many re-enter in person, day-long school for the first time in 18 months. With great empathy Carin notes silver linings rising out of the pandemic and lays out warning signs and effective approaches for responding to mental health challenges. Hear what hugging...

Kate Michels, Founder and CEO of the Emotional Wisdom Training Institute, discusses the evolution and versatility of the EWTI with CAC, EWT Specialist and Diversity Equity Inclusion Educator host Bahia Yackzan It's Your Voice is broadcast live Wednesdays at 8PM ET. It's Your Voice TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV ( www.talk4tv.com ). It's Your Voice Radio Show is broadcast on W4CY Radio ( www.w4cy.c...

Céline Cousteau is a socio-environmental advocate, a documentary film director, producer, explorer, artist, often a panelist at the United Nations and author of The World After My Grandfather. We discuss the powerful message of her film, Tribes on the Edge, which underscores that 5% of the global human population protects 80% of the planet’s biodiversity: indigenous people are, to this day, the fr...

Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz-Guajardo, MS in Applied Ecology, Ph. D. in Evolutionary Ecology, is a consultant for Green Science Games & a co-founder of Genex Evolution, a start up that designs educational content & video games for STEAM. Currently he’s the Cultural & Educational Attache at the Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento, promoting the image of Mexico, showcasing the rich, ethnic heritage &...

Lynne Yackzan, O.T. & retired Developer, co-built innovative housing & commercial projects with associates in Davis, CA in the 80s-90s. Once embarrassed by the stigma attached to development, she now feels proud of what she & colleagues accomplished: the first US co-housing model, mixed & affordable housing, a senior citizen complex, college student housing & downtown business growth. She notes ho...

Dirk Charley, Tribal liaison & firefighter from South Central Sierra Nevada gives a vital view on Fire as a Tool & Cultural Burning to protect water for all forms of life. Cultural Burning requires extensive skills: horticultural, craft & tool abilities, artistic eyes & great physical endurance. His father, a WWII & Korean War Veteran, founded the Horseshoe Meadow Hotshots who were called across t...

Hamza El-Nakhal describes Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Festival celebrating Abraham's sacrifice. Hamza, former president of the Islamic Center of Davis, retired professor and a pro-active interfaith community builder, shares his insights and commitment to increase interfaith understanding through the story of Abraham. He also speaks about heartwarming, collective efforts, post 911, that local leaders...

Sandy L. Holman's expertise as a systems change agent for over 35 years brings on crystal clarity. She is the Director of the Culture C.O.-O.P. (Caring, Optimistic & Open-minded People) & of United in Unity which promote systemic change, inclusion, equity, cultural competency, diversity & quality education for all. Among her books are We All Have a Heritage, Grandma Says Our Hair Has a Flair, & Gr...

Garry Schleifer, CEO & publisher of choice-the magazine of Professional Coaching, ICF certified PCC & CMC, delightfully flows through topics ranging from facets of being bi-lingual, growing up in Canada, the origins of choice, being a member and on the board of the Gay Coaches Alliance to, ultimately, his commitment to continuously expand diversity inclusion and equity practices from just talk int...

Peggy Froehlich sheds light on gaining and spreading awareness of the pervasive depth of White dominance. She shares pieces of conversations and books that helped her begin to peel off layers of previously unseen relative privilege. She describes what it's like to venture into the discomfort of facing what's been taken for granted, how she committed to walking through stages of expanding awareness...

Yolo County DA candidate Cynthia Rodriguez on police community interaction & responsibilities on both sides. She states the DA's office must tend to "people with mental health disabilities who encounter the criminal justice system and can't be just treated like everyone else...people with first time offenses...people with drug and alcohol problems [that need addressing]" in order to decrease their...

Erin Santos, Fitness Enthusiast & instagram hit for her highly sculpted workout routines, discusses gender fluidity and her transition, as a trans woman. We chat about social constructs of gender and other limiting forms of identity classifications and clarify the distinction between biological sex & gender. While Erin emphasises that everyone's journey is unique she shares some of the deep intern...