Less Seen/Less Heard: Stories from the Margins

In this episode, Craig talks with Representative Kay Khan. State Representative Kay Khan has represented Newton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1995. She currently represents the 11th Middlesex district. Among other areas of note, she is the founder and co-chair of a legislative Mental Health Caucus, the first of its kind in the country. As a former chair of the Caucus of Women...

Part 2. In this episode, Craig talks with Phillip Reason. Phillip Reason is an accomplished public health professional and social entrepreneur with a rich background in social work, community organizing, and long-term recovery advocacy. A proud alumnus of Boston University, Phil earned his Master's in Public Health in May 2022 and his Master's in Social Work in May 2021. As a public health...

Part 1. In this episode, Craig talks with Phillip Reason. Phillip Reason is an accomplished public health professional and social entrepreneur with a rich background in social work, community organizing, and long-term recovery advocacy. A proud alumnus of Boston University, Phil earned his Master's in Public Health in May 2022 and his Master's in Social Work in May 2021. As a public health...

Part 2. In this episode, Craig talks with André de Quadros. Dr André de Quadros is a professor of music at Boston University with affiliations in African, African American, Asian, Jewish, Muslim studies, prison education, Forced Migration and Antiracism Research. He has worked in over 40 countries in the most diverse settings including professional ensembles, projects with prisons, psychosocial re...

Part 1. In this episode, Craig talks with André de Quadros. Dr André de Quadros is a professor of music at Boston University with affiliations in African, African American, Asian, Jewish, Muslim studies, prison education, Forced Migration and Antiracism Research. He has worked in over 40 countries in the most diverse settings including professional ensembles, projects with prisons, psychosocial re...

Disclaimer: Sexual Violence Content In this episode, Craig talks with Sharon and Cecilia from Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC). Sharon is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and is trained in Rape Crisis in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of sexual trauma and is currently the Project Director of Clinical Training and Technical Assistance at...

In this episode, Craig talks with Sasha Goodfriend. Sasha is one of the leaders in menstrual equity. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women (Mass NOW), a community organizer consultant with the Boston Tenant Coalition and Our Bodies Ourselves and serves as a board member with the Transgender Emergency Fund and member o...

PART 1 Craig Andrade is the Associate Dean of Practice, Director of the Activist Lab, and Associate Professor at the Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. In this special episode, we will switch it up a bit and feature Craig as our guest. As a registered nurse, athletic trainer, licensed massage therapist and strength and condition specialist with masters and doct...

PART 2 Craig Andrade is the Associate Dean of Practice, Director of the Activist Lab, and Associate Professor at the Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. In this special episode, we will switch it up a bit and feature Craig as our guest. As a registered nurse, athletic trainer, licensed massage therapist and strength and condition specialist with masters and doct...

Less Seen/Less Heard: Stories from the Margins is a podcast brought to you by the Activist Lab at Boston University School of Public Health. With our host Dr. Craig Andrade, we will bring YOU stories from the margins. Enjoy this trailer episode and stay tuned for the next first episode coming your way! Show us your support and DM us on IG: @activistlabsph if you have any topic you would like to he...

Co-Founder and CEO of Fathers’ UpLift , Charles Daniels Jr., Ph. D., M.Div., LICSW speaks with our host and Director of the BUSPH Activist Lab Craig Andrade about their experiences being Black men in America and the work they have done internally, with their families, and with their communities to navigate challenges related to parenting, healthy expression, relationships, and trauma.  Dr. Da...

In this episode, host Craig Andrade chats with the co-founders of New Hampshire for Antiracist Education (NHARE) , Adaeze Okorie, and Grace Landry. In addition to being social activists and advocates for racial justice, Adaeze is an MPH student at Boston University School of Public Health, and Grace is finishing her undergraduate degree at Drexel University where she studies product design and pub...

Sashi James, a founding member of Families for Justice as Healing, discusses the work that her organization is doing to end the incarceration of women and girls with host Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab at SPH. Sashi talks about the impact of incarceration on children and families, the state of incarceration for women and girls in Massachusetts, and how...

Craig finishes his conversation with Sophie Godley, clinical associate professor of community health sciences, about their shared experience working in adolescent health. Professor Godley also reflects on her philosophy around teaching and mentoring our future public health professionals. In her current role at BU, Sophie wears several hats, teaching both the Individual, Community, and Population...

In this episode, Craig chats with Sophie Godley, clinical associate professor of community health sciences, about her start in public health, seeing and understanding structural racism and inequalities, and how those systems impact real people.  Sophie has focused her work on the intersection between poverty and sexual health since beginning her public health career in 1993. Prior to joining the S...

Craig Andrade, associate dean for practice and director of the Activist Lab at SPH, and Eric Rubenstein, assistant professor of epidemiology, talk about their shared experiences working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Eric has worked closely with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) since he was in the fifth grade. What started as a fun volunt...

Host Craig Andrade , associate dean for public health practice and director of the Activist Lab at Boston University School of Public Health, welcomes you to 'Less Seen/Less Heard: Stories from the Margins.' We are starting conversations to shine a spotlight on and offer a megaphone to communities that have been marginalized, othered, disempowered, and in many ways silenced or removed from our pub...