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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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.
In this powerful episode of the Still I Rise Podcast, we sit down with Gerry Moran, a survivor of Ireland’s brutal industrial school system, to hear his courageous and deeply moving story.
Gerry shares his lived experience as a child in an institutional system marked by abuse, neglect, and silence — and how he found healing, voice, and purpose in the aftermath. His testimony is both heartbreaking and hopeful, offering an important look at Ireland’s hidden history and the resilience of those who endured it.
If you’re interested in Irish history, survivor stories, institutional abuse, healing from trauma, or social justice in Ireland, this episode is essential listening.
Topics we explore in this episode:
- Life inside an Irish industrial school
- The legacy of abuse and institutional silence
- Mental health, trauma, and resilience
- The power of storytelling and speaking truth
- Ireland’s reckoning with its past
📢 This conversation is a call to listen, learn, and take action toward justice and truth.
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