This episode features a conversation between BMP’s Executive Director, Janis Rosheuvel, and Charles Long, the Deputy Director of Fund Strategy at the Movement for Black Lives, on the importance of trusting Black leadership, the role of philanthropy, and the necessity of community and rest at this time. 

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah sits down with Alia Bilal to explore how the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) has spent the last 30 years building a vibrant ecosystem that weaves together healthcare, housing, arts, and organizing to nurture transformation in Chicago’s inner city.

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah speaks with Nikko Viquiera of Race Forward about the role of solidarity in dismantling structural oppression and building thriving, just communities. Nikko shares insights on weaving cross-issue strategies, deepening relationships, and sustaining a racial justice ecosystem rooted in love, equity, and collective action.

In this special episode from the April 2025 State of Solidarity, co-host Adaku Utah moderates a conversation with Oluchi Omeoga, Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project; Taja Lindley, All-Options; Ramla Sahid, Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans; and Nancy Nguyen, VietLead.

In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah is in conversation with Dom Kelly of New Disabled South about what it means to build movements rooted in care, access, and interdependence. Amid escalating political attacks—especially across the U.S. South—Dom reflects on how disability justice organizers are not only resisting harm but actively creating the conditions for transformative solidarity.