Sarah Eagle Heart is an Emmy-winning social justice storyteller, activist, media strategist, and producer focused on advocacy on behalf of Indigenous Peoples. She is an internationally accomplished executive with a diverse background in tribal, corporate, and non-profit organizations. Her creative projects are rooted in her worldview as an Oglala Lakota raised on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation supporting narrative change for healing and impact. In This Episode: The power of following your intuiti...
Mar 08, 2022•49 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Tangia Renee is doing something a little different and coming out from behind the mic to be a guest on her own show, sort of. After working hard on a new project Tangia Renee and Maribel Quezada Smith are here to talk about the launch of BIPOC Podcast Creators. An online community and consulting firm that aims to help BIPOC creators in podcasting reach beyond the 101 and grow in the industry. In This Episode: What is BIPOC Podcast Creators and why it needs to exists The personal experiences that...
Mar 08, 2022•45 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Dash Harris Machado is a Peabody-award-winning multimedia journalist and entrepreneur currently based in Panama. She is the producer of NEGRO: A docu-series about Latino Identity, a decade-long, ongoing web-based docu-series that explores AfroDiasporic identity, colonization, the historical and present-day class, and color complex, and hierarchy among Latinxs throughout the Americas. She is also the co-founder of AfroLatino Travel, a travel and community-building resource for the African Diaspor...
Nov 19, 2021•52 min•Season 7Ep. 8
A self-love advocate, businesswoman, and community champion, Kim Guerra, the founder of Brown Badass Bonita founded one of my favorite online small businesses. Brown Badass Bonita is a brand and movement that she considers to be a work of self-love and an expression of her love for her community. Guerra is the author of “Mariposa” and “Mija”: both collections of bilingual poems, affirmations, and revolutionary love letters. Today, she shares with us her journey through self-discovery and her own...
Oct 29, 2021•52 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Bree Davies is a multimedia journalist and arts community advocate born and raised in Denver. Rooted in the world of Do-It-Yourself arts and music, Davies co-founded and produced several music and arts festivals and has toured the country with various bands. Parallel to a decade-long practice in arts and organizing, Davies has also cultivated a career as a reporter, writer, producer, and host- she's currently the first-ever host of daily news podcast City Cast Denver, which launched in March 202...
Oct 22, 2021•58 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Erika Righter is a social worker-turned small business owner. Since coming to Colorado, she has worked with youth experiencing homelessness and in the foster care system, rural families, and with low-income older adults. In 2012, Erika founded Hope Tank, a gift store that gives back in the heart of the Baker neighborhood. She uses retail to connect the over 40,000 customers who come into Hope Tank every year, to organizations doing important work in our community. She served on the Mayor’s Offic...
Oct 15, 2021•55 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Today we have Dusti Gurule to talk about how reproductive rights are not just a women’s issue and how she is building collective community power through her work at Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR). Dusti is an organizing and community-building expert and is here to share about how movements are created at a local level and grow from that point. As the founding Executive Director of the Latina Initiative in 2004, Dusti built the organization to a natio...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Detroit Native, Nicole Lindsey is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director for Detroit Hives, a 501c3 nonprofit working to create sustainable communities for people and pollinators by transforming vacant lots into pollinator-friendly spaces. In just under four years, Nicole educated thousands of Detroit-area youth on the importance of bee conservation through their, Bee The Change, program. They work with local Girl Scout troops to provide conservation projects for scouts to earn bee badges and ...
Oct 01, 2021•41 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Marcia Chong Rosado is one of less than 30 Latinas in the U.S. in the venture capital (VC) field. Focusin on BIPOC founders, she is passionate about using her expertise to help scale BIPOC led tech startups. Learn about her journey into the VC world and her focus on helping train and fund underrepresented entrepreneurs. She is currently dedicating herself to help elevate an entirely new tech industry, JusticeTech. Tech startups, often led by BIPOC, identified leaders whose companies are positive...
Sep 24, 2021•54 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based award-winning writer, activist, and psychotherapist working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. In her latest book, Seven , Farzana blends beautiful storytelling with social justice, using the pages of Seven to tell the story of female genital mutilation and its impact on the communities where it is practiced. Internationally recognized as a violation of human rights, Farzana is a tireless volunteer and activist using her creative abili...
Sep 20, 2021•44 min•Season 7Ep. 1
We're thrilled to present to you Season 7, The Movement Makers . This season we're bringing you truly groundbreaking women who have found imaginative and creative ways to make positive impacts in the world, and they are creating movements in the process. From a beekeeper revitalizing a community to someone that is using travel to create game-changing cultural experiences, each episode is going to introduce you to a brilliant and unforgettable leader. Head over to www.thatswhatshedidpodcast.com f...
Sep 20, 2021•2 min
When Ibi Zoboi randomly bumped into her former college classmate, Yusef Salaam, of The Central Park Five she knew serendipity was at work, and she knew she needed to help him write his story for young adults. Together, they authored Punching The Air , the tragic, beautiful, and touching story of a young Black boy convicted of a crime he did not commit. While the story is fictional it parallels the real-life wrongful conviction of co-author Yusef Salaam in 1989. In This Episode: How the real-life...
Dec 18, 2020•41 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Winner of a 2019 She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) Contest award, Robin Farmer, wrote Malcolm And Me for every one of us that was once a 13-year-old girl trying to figure out life. A seasoned journalist and writer, her fiction projects include screenplays and poetry focusing on girls advocating for social justice. In This Episode: Why you should never give up on yourself, and keep pushing toward your dream even when it takes a long time Why young girls need to ...
Dec 11, 2020•40 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Winner of the She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing contest, Veena Rao, knows what it's like to have to start life over from scratch. She came to the US from India to create a whole new life and then spent 10 years pouring her lessons learned, observations, and inspiration into her book, Purple Lotus . Purple Lotus , is a beautiful story personalizing the immigrant experience with a universal message: there’s hope even if you feel inadequate, powerless, fearful. It is nev...
Dec 04, 2020•35 min•Season 6Ep. 8
An accomplished writer and media personality, Janice Kaplan knew she had a great book idea on her hands when she realized that “genius” is a word used to describe men, but not often women. Not even very accomplished and genius women. That’s why she wrote, “The Genius of Women,” her latest book highlighting, you guessed it, genius women who have been overlooked. Janice is on the show with us today discussing her process, what she learned about genius women, and why men get to be "genius," but wom...
Nov 27, 2020•49 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer, and the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. Minna is the author of her new book, "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone" - a collection of thought-provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and our world. In this Episode: How African-American women...
Nov 20, 2020•46 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Dr. Gail Parker is a well-known psychology expert, having been featured on nationally and internationally syndicated talk shows including numerous appearances on the Oprah Show. She is with us on the podcast today to discuss her new book, Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma, a first of its kind book describing how Restorative Yoga can be used as an effective self-care tool to help you navigate the stresses and traumas arising from daily lived experiences associated with ...
Nov 13, 2020•54 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Virginia Mendez is a children’s book author, public speaker, and co-founder of The Feminist Shop, a brand educating on gender equality through content and also selling feminist books and ethically produced wearable activism and gifts. Her bilingual book Mika & Lolo invites parents and children to challenge gender stereotypes and focus on critical thinking. Originally in Spanish/English now the book is translated into 5 languages. Virginia has been recognized as one of the145 Inspiring Women ...
Nov 06, 2020•49 min•Season 6Ep. 4
This episode is for every woman who is considered “too much.” Too loud, too sexual, too edgy, too confident. In her new book, Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today, Rachel braids cultural criticism and storytelling together in an exploration of how culture grinds away at the bodies, souls, and sexualities of women, forcing them into smaller lives than they desire. In this episode: Why women who step out of expected roles are considered “too much”, and even dangerous. What va...
Oct 29, 2020•39 min•Season 6Ep. 3
S6E2: How To Break Through with Nicole D. Vick A college professor, community activist, and public health advocate, Nicole D. Vick published her first book, a memoir, called Pushing Through: Finding The Light In Every Lesson. She shares both the heartbreaking pain and the extraordinary triumphs that led her to advocacy and social justice work. Her story takes place against the background of the long-neglected and overlooked community of South-Central Los Angeles, where she grapples with the grot...
Oct 23, 2020•41 min•Season 6Ep. 2
When Dr. Ivelisse Rodriguez debuted her short story collection, Love War Stories , it quickly became a 2019 PEN/Faulkner finalist and a 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES finalist. Her collection of short stories bring a cultural richness and elegant approach to discussing heartache, violence, and the hard choices women are often faced with as they find their place in society while trying to hold true to cultural traditions. We also discuss how she overcame her fear of writing to become an accomplishe...
Oct 16, 2020•50 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Season 6 Launches October 16th and you do not want to miss out! We've curated impactful and dynamic writers across genres whose work intersects with today's social issues. In this season of That's What She Did Podcast we share with you the stories of how these incredible authors found their way in the challenging publishing industry, the obstacles they overcame, and the stories they tell in their work that inspire us to be better. Do you like to win things? Head over to www.thatswhatshedidpodcas...
Oct 09, 2020•1 min
The Movement Makers Panel is the culmination of History Colorado’s yearlong initiative “Year of La Chicana”. This community-driven programming was a directive born out of a desire to honor Chicanas - past, present, and future and to share their stories with a wide range of communities. This group of dynamic and impactful women are current movement makers and the panel asks us all to reflect on the ways in which we too are invited to build upon, amplify, and create change in our communities. Seas...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 1
You're invited to a fun and inspiring virtual live podcast event on Tuesday, Sept. 29th at 6pm MST/ 8pm EST. In partnership with History Colorado and Year of La Chicana, we are thrilled to bring you a one-night-only live event called Movement Makers. It’s a panel discussion elevating Latina Leaders of Colorado who are creating change and amplifying justice around vital community issues. You don’t need to be from Colorado to learn about what these inspiring women are up to. I am thrilled to be ho...
Sep 24, 2020•2 min
For our final episode of Season 5, The Womxn Who Disrupt , we created a round-up of some of our favorite clips. Enjoy! Don't miss bonus episodes and Season 6 releasing Fall 2020. Subscribe Now! Featured Clips: Teri Ijeoma - Ep. 1 on how to build wealth. Cheyenne Woods & Maribel Quezada Smith - Ep. 3 on disrupting golf as women of color. Denise Hamilton - Ep. 6 on helping women go further, faster in the workplace. Bad Dominicana - Ep. 7 on colorism and anti-blackness Regan Byrd - Ep. 9 on ant...
Jun 19, 2020•40 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Corrine Rice is the Executive Director of a non-profit called the B.U.F.F.A.L.O Project, which works to train men in non-indigenous communities on healthy masculinity using traditional indigenous understandings of balance. The B.U.F.F.A.L.O. Project has found a unique way to combat violence against women and sex-trafficking through their training by helping men heal from their own traumas. Connect with Corrine: Buffaloproject.org @MissCorrine86 Search #MMIW to find out how to support demanding j...
Jun 12, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 15
We are podcasters united to condemn the tragic murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and many many others at the hands of police. This is a continuation of the systemic racism pervasive in our country since its inception and we are committed to standing against racism in all its forms. We believe that to be silent is to be complicit. We believe that Black lives matter. We believe that Black lives are more important than property. We believe that we have a responsibility to use our platforms...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Nicole Porter is the Director of Advocacy at the Sentencing Project. Nicole was named a "New Civil Rights Leader" by Essence Magazine for her work to eliminate mass incarceration. Her work has been cited in several major media outlets including the New York Times , Washington Post , and National Public Radio. She is with us today to talk about the work of disrupting mass incarceration in the US. In This Episode: Why the US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world Why women’s incarcerat...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 13
In an effort to catalyze change, and elevate opportunities for women and people of color, Simone Founded Simone D. Ross, LLC, a consulting firm with the vision of catalyzing human thriving. Simone uses her 15+ years of corporate experience to bring voice to the importance of creating equity within business enterprises. Simone also brings a refreshing voice and insight to many events as a Host and Auctioneer. She facilitates inspiring experiences, content, and presentations, to "ignite the light"...
May 22, 2020•42 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Stepping back to Season 3 this week to share one of our early breakout episodes, with sex worker Sita Kaylin. She wrote a book about her real-life experiences as a veteran stripper and sex worker, and why she doesn't have anything to apologize for for...because she made the choices she wanted to make. In this Episode: How to find your voice and live your choices unapologetically Why sex work probably isn't anything like you think Yes...it is possible to be an empowered woman working in the sex i...
May 15, 2020•42 min
