First Voices Indigenous Radio
May 20, 2021
On this episode of First Voices Radio, Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse devotes the entire hour to a discussion with best-selling author, Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist, and master trainer Resmaa Menakem. They discuss grief, trauma, Indigeneity, reclamation of cultures, and autonomous practicality separate from “identity” and history.
About Resmaa Menakem: Resmaa Menakem is the New York Times bestselling author of “My Grandmothers Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.” A visionary Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist and master trainer, he is a leading voice in today’s conversation on racialized trauma. As described by “On Being with Krista Tippett,” Resmaa activates the wisdom of ancestors and a very new science, about how all of us carry the history and traumas behind everything we collapse into the word race in our bodies. He illuminates why all of the best laws and diversity training have not gotten us anywhere near healing. Resmaa created Cultural Somatics, which utilizes the body and resilience as mechanisms for growth. Resmaa is a highly sought after keynote and public speaker, radio, television, and social media personality, author, international trainer and effective communicator among diverse ethnic populations. Resmaa has hosted his own radio talk show as well as appeared on programs ranging from The Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil shows as an expert on conflict mediation, self-care and healing to Minnesota Public Radio as an expert on racialized trauma during civil unrest. Resmaa has instructed and trained personnel extensively in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) police departments, as well as provided years of experience as a trauma counselor and trainer to military and US contractors in Afghanistan. Resmaa is also the author of two additional books, “101 Tips for Emerging Justice Leaders,” and a powerful book on conflict in relationships titled, “Rock the Boat: How to use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Relationships.” Resmaa has served as an executive directing behavioral health for several non-profits and a business owner for over 28 years. For more information about Resmaa, visit: https://www.resmaa.com/.