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🌱 May the Force Be with Your Organizing

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:00:22 GMT

Star Wars Storytelling for Community Organizing

🌱 May Day a Movement for the Masses

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:35 GMT

Join This Friday's Day of Action for Workers Rights & Liberation

📚 Gone Fishin' | On Hiatus to Forage for Resources

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:00:41 GMT

👷🏽‍♀️ Transformation in Progress: Resources, Road Trippin, & Rooted Media

🌱 Orbán's Hungary: A Playbook for MAGA

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:39 GMT

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Hungarians go to the polls this Sunday with a chance to topple their corrupt autocratic leader, Victor Orbán, just as leadership in the U.S.

🌱 Orbán's Hungary: A Playbook for MAGA

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:39 GMT

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Hungarians go to the polls this Sunday with a chance to topple their corrupt autocratic leader, Victor Orbán, just as leadership in the U.S.

🌱 I'm Sick of the Patriarchy

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:50 GMT

Movement Leader Recap | March Recap & Resources

🎙️ From Human Doings to Human Beings Radical Love at Middle Church

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:30:34 GMT

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Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ From Human Doings to Human Beings Radical Love at Middle Church. Listen on y

🌱 “In the Name of Christ, Shoot!“

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:00:31 GMT

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As Easter Sunday approaches and we are reminded of Jesus as an anti-elite radical, the Christian Nationalists ramp up their attacks on the U.S. Military to reshape war for oil and wealth as a war of religion. Read on for more...

Welcoming Our New Owner! Palantir Technologies Inc.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:30:27 GMT

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I am so excited to announce that we have new leadership! After the 2024 election, the roots of change agency hit a rough financial patch and have struggled to find funding since. We scoured the progressive landscape for donors to help u

🎙️ Texas-Sized Stories: Christian Nationalism & the Republican Party

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:30:21 GMT

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Pete Hegseth is reshaping the military in the image of Christian Nationalism, just in time for Palm Sunday! To address their hatred head-on, we stop at the 1st Christian Church in Marfa, TX to talk about Republicans, Christianity, and the rise of christian nationalism. Listen on Hey y'all, welcome back! 👋🏼
We close our March series on modern masculinity with a reflection on how our world creates little elite boy kings, how the toxicity is spread, and what's needed to solve, as I call it in this week's podcast, "the manly men problems." Plus, resources for No Kings and beyond! Read on for more...

Watch Cowboys & Queers! From the Private Podcast

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:00:33 GMT
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🎙️ Cowboys & Queers | Modern Masculinity through Texas Storytelling

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:08:54 GMT

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Elon Musk and the billionaire's think they're cowboys in their own Western epic, but I know a thing or two about cowboys! 🤠 Cowboys, they ain't! Today, we stop in Marfa, TX to talk about toxic masculinity, the manosphere, and billionaire's need to control through gender. Listen on Hey y'all, welcome back! 👋🏼
Women's History Month 2026 has been one of reckonings. The mask of patriarchy, as flimsy as it was, is being ripped off across our society, from our "so-called leaders," and inside our movements. For many people who were raised to be women, these revelations are nothing new. Read on for more...

🎙️ The Interconnected Roots of Disability Justice & Housing Rights with Janiah Miller

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:48 GMT

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Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ The Interconnected Roots of Disability Justice & Housing Rights with Janiah Miller. Listen on your favorite podcast app, Hey y'all, welcome back! 👋🏼
We interrupt this month's conversation on patriarchy to bring you a real-world example of patriarchy stripping our collective power. In Big Tech's backyard, elites are stripping the power of independent commissions that protect the public‘s voice in local government, especially communities that are systemi

🎙️ [Re-Air] U.S.-Israel | Context of War in the Middle East

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:30:29 GMT

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Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ [Re-Air] U.S.-Israel | The Global Context of War in the Middle East. Listen on your favorite podcast app, YouT

🌱 I'm Sick of the Patriarchy?

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:30:02 GMT

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I'm sick of the patriarchy. The fascists in the U.S. and Israel decided to go to war this week to distract from the crumbling economy, growing resistance movement, and global interconnected pedophile ring that Mr. Trump is at the center of. In honor of Women's History Month, we ask...are men okay? Read on

🎙️ Don't MAHA Me! Rooting into Health & Affordably in U.S.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:00:02 GMT

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Who's hungry? As RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement continue to obsess with perfection, health, and ideal bodies, we turn to a more rooted approach to health. Watch today's episode on PeerTube or Hey y'all, welcome back! 👋🏼
The biggest threat to elite power in the 1960s was a breakfast program for children and that's a lesson for us today. Today we reflect on why the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast Program was “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country” according to J. Edgar Hoover and what lessons we c

🎙️ Rooting into Strategic Communications for Change with Taryn Talley

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:00:44 GMT

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Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ Rooting into Strategic Communications for Change with Taryn Talley. Listen on your favorite podcast app, YouTube, a

🌱 Montgomery Bus Boycott: We Go Together

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:29 GMT

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Democrats are celebrating Black History Month by attacking and silencing a Black congresswoman to elevate a white male Christian instead. Have they learned nothing? With that background, we dive into Rosa Parks, the woman, the myth,

🎙️ Care Practices & Grounded Energy Amidst Fascism

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:00:28 GMT

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How are you caring for yourself in this moment of right-wing extremism and political upheaval? Today, I let you into my morning ritual in 🎙️ [Preview] Care Practices & Grounded Energy Amidst Fascism. Listen on your favorite podcast app or Hey y'all, 👋🏽
Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ Organizing for Our Future Today with Chris Torres. Listen on your favorite podcast app,