Still I Rise Podcast
Still I Rise Podcast
Podcast Description
The Still I Rise Diversity Storytelling Podcast amplifies underrepresented voices through authentic conversations and personal stories. Each episode explores race, identity, culture, and allyship—challenging biases and fostering empathy. Perfect for educators, parents, and changemakers seeking practical insights and inspiring narratives that drive diversity, equity, and belonging. 🌍 Listen, learn, rise.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of race, identity, culture, and allyship, with episodes like exploring toxic masculinity with Uju Asika and conversations about Irish identity featuring personal stories that challenge societal biases and promote empathy.
The Still I Rise Diversity Storytelling Podcast amplifies underrepresented voices through authentic conversations and personal stories. Each episode explores race, identity, culture, and allyship—challenging biases and fostering empathy. Perfect for educators, parents, and changemakers seeking practical insights and inspiring narratives that drive diversity, equity, and belonging. 🌍 Listen, learn, rise.
Episode 13: Leon Diop – Being Mates with the President, Adopting Seals & Black Irish Identity
In this episode of the Still I Rise Podcast, I sit down with Leon Diop, co-author of Black and Irish, to explore the richness and complexity of Black Irish identity, racism in Ireland, and the joy of Black culture in Irish life.
Leon shares his personal journey growing up Black in Ireland, reflecting on identity, intersectionality, and internalised sectarianism.
We discuss how the landscape of racism and anti-racism in Ireland is evolving and the powerful impact of the Black and Irish book in amplifying underrepresented voices.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in race, culture, and identity in Ireland, as well as those seeking to understand what it means to be Black and Irish today.
🎧 Listen now and join the conversation about representation, inclusion, and belonging in Irish society.
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