185. What Prison Abolition Really Means with Black & Pink National's Tena Hahn Rodriguez

Today's show is a conversation between Michael Griffin and Tena
Hahn Rodriguez, co-interim executive director of Black & Pink
National, a nonprofit prison abolition organization headquartered
in Omaha.


Hahn Rodriguez is a dancer, educator and Omaha native. She’s
worked at various nonprofits in Omaha, including Inclusive
Communities and Heartland Pride, and co-founded the queer
nightlife event Revel in 2014.


Today, Hahn Rodriguez discusses her Omaha upbringing and how it
shapes her advocacy, how dance shows up in her work, what prison
abolition would really look like, and Black & Pink’s mission
of supporting incarcerated LGBTQ+ folks.