Solidarity Is This Podcast

The Solidarity Is This Podcast explores the principles of transformative solidarity and provides examples of what solidarity looks like in action.

In each episode, you’ll hear from activists, artists, faith leaders, and organizers throughout our social change ecosystem who are working for equity, justice, and liberation. Providing a glimpse into the many faces of transformative solidarity, we hope this podcast will give you inspiration, ideas, and support for your own journey with solidarity practice.

Recent Episodes

Building Solidarity Infrastructure as a Survival and Civic Strategy

July 2026

Adaku Utah talks with UyenThi Tran Myhre about episodic solidarity in our movements and why we need to build and resource transformativesolidarity infrastructure for the long haul. Their conversation builds on an op-ed Adaku and Deepa Iyer co-wrote earlier this year for Nonprofit Quarterly.

Solidarity Wedges and Opportunities

June 2026

In partnership with Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, this special episode features co-host Adaku Utah in conversation with Anna Castro from Transgender Law Center, Rinku Sen from Narrative Initiative, and Sharmin Hossain from 18 Million Rising about navigating the “solidarity wedges” and opportunities shaping our movement ecosystems.

Solidarity and Cultural Organizing in Minneapolis and Beyond

May 2026

In this episode, guest host UyenThi talks to Minneapolis organizer Ricardo Levins Morales about cultural organizing, coalition building, and how solidarity work can be messy, chaotic, and full of possibility.

Culture of Care with the Rad Ops Podcast

May 2026

In this special episode, we share a Rad Ops Podcast from Convergence Magazine. Hosts Yashna Maya Padamsee and Sha Grogan-Brown join BMP’s Adaku Utah to discuss the culture of care.

Solidarity, Justice, and Interfaith Organizing

April 2026

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah and Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis discuss the reclamation of justice work by faith communities and the solidarity possibilities that arise from interfaith organizing.

Solidarity in a Time of Displacement

February 2026

In this episode, Adaku and Loidymar discuss what it means to fight for dignity, land, and belonging in Puerto Rico, what transformative solidarity requires, from confronting U.S. colonial policies to following the leadership of youth organizers working to stay, return, and reclaim their future.

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