Alicia Garza is joined by Jenna Wortham, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and co-host of the podcast ziwe-discomfort.html?rref=vanity">Still Processing. Wortham talks about her work around healing justice, including her practices of herbalism, sound healing & reiki. Also, a deep dive into Wortham’s book, Black Futures.

This week’s weekly roundup was recorded live at Copper Spoon in Oakland on October 21st, 2021.

Jenna Wortham  on Twitter & Instagram

Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook

Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & YouTube

This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Production by Phil Surkis

Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx

Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.