Welcome to March! The month of spring, growth and transition! The Aunties are digging in deep this spring, learning and growing with each passing season. Today we celebrate a very special Auntie and her book release: What Your Comfort Costs Us by Dr. Gabriela Alcalde. Aunties Lauren and Lisa received a special quick peak at this amazing book of stories. They dove in and came to the surface with many questions about intimacy, equity, sacred storytelling and deep healing in the workplace. This book fills your heart with love and often your head with curiosity and confusion. This curiosity and confusion is what we must continue to grapple with and discuss. Sacred stories of women of color and leadership, providing deep insights on what we collectively must know, what we must do and how to hold love while doing it. Please grab this book, find a comfortable place and begin to get uncomfortable.
Aunties on Air Episode 21: Comfort, Safety, & Our Sacred Stories
Welcome to March! The month of spring, growth and transition! The Aunties are digging in deep this spring, learning and growing with each passing season. Today we celebrate a very special Auntie and her book release: What Your Comfort Costs Us by Dr. Gabriela Alcalde. Aunties Lauren and Lisa received a special quick peak at this amazing book of stories. They dove in and came to the surface with many questions about intimacy, equity, sacred storytelling and deep healing in the workplace. This book fills your heart with love and often your head with curiosity and confusion. This curiosity and confusion is what we must continue to grapple with and discuss. Sacred stories of women of color and leadership, providing deep insights on what we collectively must know, what we must do and how to hold love while doing it. Please grab this book, find a comfortable place and begin to get uncomfortable.
Wabanaki Words Used:
Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell) https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc
Topics Discussed:
Gabriela Alcalde - https://www.mgalcalde.com/
“What Your Comfort Costs Us” by Gabriela Alcalde - Order Now
The Briar Patch - https://linktr.ee/briarpatchbooks
North Atlantic Books - https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/
Peru’s Internal Conflict - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Peru
Mestizo/Mestiza - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo
Richmond, Virginia - https://www.rva.gov/
Wabanaki Tribal Nations:
Houlton Band of Maliseet Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)
Mi’kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)
Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk
Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)
Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine
Special Thanks/Woliwon:
Guest: Dr. Gabriela Alcalde
Producer: Gavin Allen
Podcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders