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Gary Sinise: “There's no comparison to the personalized message of wrapping your arms around somebody when they're going through a difficult thing.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Veterans #VA #LieutenantDan #GratefulAmerican @GarySinise @GarySiniseFound

“Indigenous people aren’t allowed to be successful,” says @lanianpo Success would remove them from a position of oppression, which is unacceptable to their colonizers. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Indijewnous #JewishIndigenous #Native

Native Americans are “in diaspora despite living within USA borders,” says @lanianpo, which could be used by malicious actors to undermine their connection to the land. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Indijewnous #JewishIndigenous #Native

Jay Ruderman hosts Indijewnous activist @lanianpo to unpack the centuries-old playbook of dehumanization and expose how its tactics are being revived and weaponized today. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Indijewnous #JewishIndigenous #Native

Despite working in traditional activism and policy spaces, Chama Mechtaly will always make art because “You can’t look away from activism when it’s art.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #MiddleEastPeace #Deradicalization #ArtIsActivism @CMechtaly

“The artwork had Hebrew, Arabic, and Tifinagh scripts woven together with the Magen David in the center, and that was the art artwork that threatened so many.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #MiddleEastPeace #Deradicalization #ArtIsActivism @CMechtaly

Jay hosted @CMechtaly artist and activist Chama Mechtaly to discuss peace in the Middle East and North Africa, multiculturalism, and art as activism. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #MiddleEastPeace #Deradicalization #ArtIsActivism

Jay hosted @CMechtaly artist and activist Chama Mechtaly to discuss peace in the Middle East and North Africa, multiculturalism, and art as activism. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #MiddleEastPeace #Deradicalization #ArtIsActivism

Sharing the story of your disability can be a burden, says @ImTiffanyYu of @Diversability "Disabled people get put into a box of having to be educators, having to be storytellers." Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #AntiAbleist #DisabilityInclusion #InclusionForAll

Jay's guest, @ImTiffanyYu of @Diversability : "I don't wanna give shame power. And part of how I am not giving shame power is by bringing more light on things that people might have shame about." Listen: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #AntiAbleist #DisabilityInclusion #InclusionForAll

CEO @StevenCPreston cherishes the chance to meet the people who @GoodwillIntl supports. “I am in this job because what we do moves my heart in a way that very few things do.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #WhyGoodwill #PowerOfWork #Reentry

Check out @StevenCPreston of @GoodwillIntl who makes the case for all Americans to support reducing recidivism. “Everybody believes that work is good … that self-sufficiency is good.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #WhyGoodwill #PowerOfWork #Reentry

Jay Ruderman hosts CEO @StevenCPreston of @GoodwillIntl to discuss workforce reintegration for formerly incarcerated people. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #WhyGoodwill #PowerOfWork #Reentry

Gary Sinise’s portrayal of Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump was a “breakthrough” for veteran representation in film. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Veterans #VA #LieutenantDan #GratefulAmerican @GarySinise @GarySiniseFound

Jay Ruderman hosts (@GarySinise) actor Gary Sinise, who has spent nearly fifty years supporting America’s veterans and other national heroes Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #Veterans #VA #LieutenantDan #GratefulAmerican @GarySiniseFound

Ashlyn knew that her community and her fashion would always be connected. “I really wanted to take what I knew about, my culture and … put it into my designs.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #AAPI #activist #design #fashionforacause @ashlynso_

Ashlyn So (@ashlynso_) happened into activism. Seeing injustice in her community, Ashlyn thought “there's no way I'm gonna let this happen in my community.” Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #AAPI #activist #design #fashionforacause

Jay Ruderman hosts @AshlynSo_, a young designer who combines fashion with activism, speaking out against bullying and AAPI/Asian-Hate. Listen now: link.podtrac.com/aac-tw #AAPI #activist #design #fashionforacause

Eli Beer (@EliBeerUH) welcomes people of all backgrounds to volunteer with United Hatzalah. That’s why he added ‘united’ to the organization’s name. Listen now: link.chtbl.com/aac?sid=AAC-ep… #Hatzalah #EMS #Ambulance #ambucycle

Eli Beer (@EliBeerUH) shares how chutzpah helps United Hatzalah save lives. “In Israel, you never ask for permission … if you get caught you ask for forgiveness.” Listen now: link.chtbl.com/aac?sid=AAC-ep… #Hatzalah #EMS #Ambulance #ambucycle