#8 Brenda Herrera Moreno - In.Visible Paradigms and the Work of Anti-Oppression

The Kamga Tchassa Podcast

Brenda Herrera Moreno is an amazing person. This was our longest conversation and the first we've had without our mutual friends. I had such a great time listening to her story and her take on the world she's building. Favorite quotes from the conversation: "It's a very risky narrative when we think about refugee resettlement only as assimilation or only upward mobility""The work of anti-oppression is always to come back to community" Here's her professional bio: At a young age, Brenda moved from Mexico to India with her family. She and her parents relocated to South Carolina when Brenda was eleven. There, confronted with the forces of American assimilation, Brenda began developing her passion for social justice and advocacy. Brenda ultimately pursued an interdisciplinary degree at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. During her time at Hampshire, she studied how social and political systems delineate and silence marginalized communities. Her commitment to anti-oppression and community informed engagement, Brenda founded In.Visible Paradigms in 2017 with the goal for White individuals to critically understand their role in the movement. In her work at In.Visible Paradigms, Brenda pulls from her personal, professional, and academic experiences to facilitate these conversations. On this episode, we talk about: * Why her friend dubbed her 'the white people whisperer' * The Journey to In.Visible Paradigms * Why and When she started charging for the In.Visible Paradigms Cohorts * Her Intercultural Experience * What she'd do if she were in a room with Katy Perry * How she met her partner (who happens to be in the same graduating class as my wife) Connect with Brenda and In.Visible Paradigms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/in.visible.paradigms/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/in.visibleparadigms/ Website: https://www.invisibleparadigms.com/ Her newsletter: https://facebook.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=979c8b64abcbf7b99cfd4dc35&id=4c09f97d9c Support In.Visible Paradigms: https://www.paypal.me/InVisibleParadigms Resources: The Autobiography of Malcom X So You Want To Talk About Race 12 Years a Slave Rachel Cargle Get Out Roma Matilda Rate and Review this Episode on Apple Podcasts and don't forget to subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kamga-tchassa-podcast/message