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#HealMeToo Podcast S3 E9:

Bystander Intervention for Racism, Police Violence & Ending Harassment in All Its Forms—Hollaback!

 

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After a hiatus to organize and lead election activist events 7-days-a-week, we’re back!

Our guest in Season 3 Episode 9: Jorge Arteaga, Deputy Director of Hollaback!—an incredible FREE bystander intervention training org whose mission began with stopping street sexual harassment and has expanded, to stop harassment in all its forms.

Jorge is the originator of their training in Bystander Intervention to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment, which he previews during our interview. (Sign up for this training on 12/14 here.)

In this episode:

  • Hear Jorge’s powerful personal story

  • Learn techniques to safely practice the 5 Ds of Bystander Intervention (Distract, Delegate, Delay, Document & Direct intervention), especially in the presence of police violence.

  • Find out about all the empowering free trainings Hollaback! offers

  • Practice a meditative exercise called Box Breathing, which can help reduce the stress and even trauma when performing bystander interventions. (We’ll also share this practice as a Podcast Extra you can tap into any time you need a reminder or a moment of Zen!)

If you don't know Hollaback! you'll love this org and their excellent trainings, which offer ways each one of us, whatever our identities, can show up as allies for others in trouble. Hollaback! has dedicated training modules to help intervene to stop workplace sexual harassment, LGBTQ+ harassment, street sexual harassment, online trolling, COVID-related Asian/American and xenophobic harassment and this fall they added a training in stopping voter intimidation at the polls!

Hollaback! also offers advanced techniques for conflict de-escalation, a training to help examine and shift our implicit biases, and a beautiful training to strengthen our resilience to start healing from all 2020 has entailed.

Find all 10 #HealMeToo #AtHome episodes from Season 3 on Apple and all the usual podcast platforms as well as our YouTube channel—for insights, art and activism to meet the needs of now.

Listener Resources:

Get Trained with Hollaback!

Upcoming:

The 5D’s of Bystander Intervention by Hollaback!  

Trauma Processing Resources compiled by the Swell Collective  

Heartmob.org: A Hollaback! online community of bystanders ready to offer support and help when you experience online harassment

Find a variety of guides for all folk experiencing harassment here: https://www.ihollaback.org/resources/

The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted and edited by Hope Singsen, the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival and Podcast in NYC in the Spring of 2019. 

Music Credits:
Lead vocal: Jovan Martinez, sampling "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers, in a Choral Improvisation recorded live at a #HealMeToo Festival & Podcast event, led by: Katie Down, Bonita Oliver, Jessica Lurie & Vanessa Marie.

Guest Bios

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Jorge Arteaga, Deputy Director of Hollaback

Jorge’s passion for history, places, and people joined by his ability to plan and execute have allowed him to bring his operational skills to serve in the social justice movement. His background in Operations and in serving marginalized communities has informed his holistic approach to creating processes and systems that consider every aspect of a person’s experience. Jorge has worked on racial justice, LGBTQ+, and arts education initiatives along the East Coast. He hopes to continue contributing to the social justice movement by ensuring all the phenomenal people leading the movement have the tools and resources required to enact real-world changes. Jorge earned his B.A. in American Studies from SUNY College at Old Westbury, and his M.A. in American Studies at The City College of New York.