Episode 23 - Anti-Oppresive Communication

Are you an Anti-Oppressive Communicator?

What does anti- oppressive communication even mean?

How can we move beyond the supremacy of the written word and use oral storytelling to engage communities and shine a light on critically important issues to advance the rights of women and other marginalized people in Canada and around the world?

This week we welcome Andrea Gunraj to The Hub. Andrea is Vice President of Public Engagement at Canadian Women's Foundation. She has 20 years of experience in community-based programming and communications and a passion for innovative public education and non-profit leadership for social change. She has worked with several organizations in the areas of equity, inclusion, systemic anti-racism/anti-oppressive practice, human rights policy and practice, gender-based violence prevention and intervention, housing and homelessness, and more.

The next time I chat with Andrea I am going to be sure to talk to her about how she is also a published author of fiction and non-fiction and holds a Master’s in criminology from the University of Toronto. In the meantime, let’s all be sure to subscribe to the Canadian Women’s Foundation podcast: Alright, Now What.

I loved getting to know Andrea better during this conversation and I think you might enjoy it as well. Here are the links to some of the organizations and resources Andrea mentioned:

• METRAC Action on Violence
• The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
• Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance (Book by Edgar Villanueva)
• Women in Law and Development in Africa - Wildaf Ghana

And finally, If the issues of the decolonization of philanthropy, community centred fundraising, and the need for our sector to make radical changes seem to be recurring topics on this podcast. If social justice and collective action are topics you enjoy you may want to listen to some of these other episodes:

Episode 20: It’s time to get uncomfortable with Liz LeClair
Episode 16: Community or Donors: Who’s Right? With Jay Frost and George Zeno

Episode 22: Scaling Connected Communities with Anne Gloger

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