5. Sonali Fiske - Reclaiming and Embodying the Roots

In this podcast, Sonali begins talking about her "pick your
platform and raise your voice" mentorship program that she has
been offering to support women of color. We talked about the
importance of honoring the first nations that habitated the land
where we live and do business in, she also talks about her TEDx
talk about this being the time for women of color to speak their
truth and for the dominant race to unspeak, or speak less to
activate their sacred hearing.


Sonali talked about her experience with Yoga as a comodified
practice, also she mentions the importance of unmelting the
cultures and returning to our roots to find deeper meaning. We
talk about white privilege and how the system where we are is
designed to help white people succeed, and how their privilege
can help them serve those people of color and black that the
system is not set up for. She says the sooner white people look
at those parts of themselves with authenticity, the better.


We talked about white passing women, birracial and multirracial
women that don't fit in one identity, like a lot of latinamerican
women and myself. She talks about the importance of aknowledging
that black women are the most marginalized of all but at the same
have a lot to offer to all of us. 


Sonali Fiske is an international speaker
and leadership consultant for marginalized & underrepresented
visionary womxn and emerging women-identifying leaders. Her
private and group programs teach leaders to unearth their cutting
edge and deeply rooted messages, to help inform,
educate and counter the current cultural
zeitgeist. 

Her recent masterclass on "Dismantling White Dominance in Womxn's
Entrepreneurship" went viral, and centered the stories of black,
indigenous womxn of color countering the current narrative in
leadership and influence.
 
She also leads storytelling workshops and self-care retreats
locally and internationally, and conducts a monthly tele-call
entitled "Call to Sacred Activism for womxn leaders" confronting
uneasy issues like cultural appropriation, tokenism, and white
supremacy. 


 


Links:


Sonali Fiske's website


Pick Your Platform and Raise Your Voice


Layla F. Saad. Me and White Supremacy workbook


Catrice M Jackson. Antagonists, Advocates & Allies


Rachel Cargel. Helping confront white feminism


Rachel Rickets. Antiracism Resources


Lisa Renee Hall. The 4 types of ancestors


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