In this episode, we interview Melissa Malcolm-King. Melissa is an educator, author, and advocate whose work can be found in the Exponent 2 Magazine, Innerversion Magazine, and West View Media Newspaper, as well as in her most current publication, New World Coming: Frontline Voices on Pandemics, Uprisings, and Climate Crisis, and her second anthology that is currently available for pre-order, "I Spoke to you with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders." Melissa runs a nonprofit entitled Project B.E. S.A.F.E. -Bridging the Education of Safety, Awareness and Female Empowerment. As a survivor of abuse, Melissa has appeared on multiple panels for We Brave Women to advocate for survivor rights and discuss the intersection of being a Queer, Disabled, and Person of Color. They are also an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and is on various planning and leadership boards throughout the continental United States, is a director of the People of the Global Majority (which represents and supports the International BIPOC communities), and is a proud and active board member of the disability rights activist committee. (D.R.A.C.) and ADAPT American Disabled for Attendant Programs. You can connect with them on their Facebook fan page.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Reaching for those "in the cracks" and giving everyone a voice
- Growing up around various religions and making a place for themselves
- How internalized and systemic ablism has impacted her life
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