Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill

Mini-Episode: A Non-Contingent Self

This week’s episode is centered around cultivating a relationship with self that is non-contingent. A self that is not tied to or determined by the myths of human beings. They are exploring how to activate a sense of belonging to something bigger to help us build the most powerful, authentic and potent versions of ourselves.If you want to dive deeper into this conversation about the Contingent Self - Join the Patreon!RSVP for the free Being the ground: Toolkit for care and connection in crisis response Live call on April 13thMini-Toolkit for Crisis RespondersSupport the showThe Becoming the People Podcast Team:Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing: Michael MaineSpecial Production Support: Jasmine Stine Original Music: Mayyadda

Erotic Energy with Melissa Febos

Author Melissa Febos is here to talk about her book The Dry Season - a memoir of her year of celibacy. Prentis and Melissa explore how to build a true understanding of our interiors, erotic energy outside of sex, and what it means to truly hold power in this world.Check out Melissa’s book - The Dry Season and follow her on Instagram @MelissaFebosThe Uses of the Erotic by Audre LordeSupport the showThe Becoming the People Podcast Team:Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing: Michael MaineSpecial Production Support: Jasmine Stine Original Music: Mayyadda

Mini-Episode: A Movement that Can Grow

In this week’s mini-episode, Prentis is talking about the kind of movement they want to b a part of. A movement rooted in empathy, filled with curiosity and where we take the risks to traverse the distance between each other. They are addressing one of the crises of our time – our inability to connect with each other and to meet people where they are at. They share their vision for exploring the doorways that help us connect across worldviews and what’s possible when we can meet in contradiction and build a reality together.Shownotes:Being the ground in crisis response - Live Call - April 13th - Available in English & SpanishListen to Prentis on the Movd Podcast with Mariah RooneySupport Black Organizing for Leadership and DignitySupport the showThe Becoming the People Podcast Team:Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing: Michael MaineSpecial Production Support: Jasmine Stine Original Music: Mayyadda

Care is a Lifeforce with Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo, the Executive Director the Domestic Workers Alliance joins Prentis this week to shareher vision for how care is the foundation to democracy and how we get free.They explore how caregivers are futurists, imagining how human life could be different if care were at the center. Follow Ai-Jen on InstagramCheck our her book The Age of DignitySupport the showThe Becoming the People Podcast Team:Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing: Michael MaineSpecial Production Support: Jasmine Stine Original Music: Mayyadda

Mini-Episode: Children as Sacred

This week’s mini episode is a love letter to children. Prentis reflects on how they are carrying the greatest weight of cruelty in our time—and why failing to protect them betrays our future. Prentis also shares an invocation to James Baldwin and borrows from his moral clarity to ask what it means to intervene when children are being harmed.Apply for the Becoming the People In-Person Training May 6-9thRSVP for the Being the ground: Toolkit for care and connection in crisis response webinar April 13thSupport the showThe Becoming the People Podcast Team:Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing: Michael MaineSpecial Production Support: Jasmine Stine Original Music: Mayyadda