Connecting with Faith Odhiambo, or Fei-zy as she is known to friends, was one of those happy accidents that make me want to believe in destiny. Two and a half years ago, I met a young Kenyan man named Benjamin Odera in Antigua, Guatemala during Semana Santa. At the time, Benjamin was working on the [...]
I’m b-a-a-a-a-a-ck. My time in Germany is drawing to a close and I’m preparing to be RKA in L(atin)A(merica) again so I decided to take a few weeks off to re-design my art + activism website (re-launching tomorrow!) and ready my heartwork for the move back to Mexico. I am beyond excited to be going [...]
Please freely share this video with those you love. Note from RKA: I wrote in Tip #13 about sharing your story. This is mine–a patchwork of my experiences with domestic violence over the past two decades. Today I write to you as a survivor. I have closed that chapter in my life and started anew [...]
I heart people but it’s hard not to hate them. People kill. People rape. People lie. People mock. People hurt. People are the worst thing to ever happen to people. And the best. Ah, the people paradox. People hate people because they love people. People fight people to defend people. People fear people because they [...]
Just asked the Twitterverse its thoughts on the proper response to being called a “feminazi.” (I’m on workcation in Germany right now so this put down is particularly raw for me given my surroundings.) Most of the time, I’m the girl you want on your team for revolutionary Trivial Pursuit. Defend oppression in any of [...]
Naphtali Leyland Fields is a super mujer. I met Naphtali almost two years ago in Antigua, Guatemala when we, along with seven other supermujeres/artists/awesomepreneurs, trained for ArtCorps, the organization that Naphtali continues to serve today! During ArtCorps training, Naphtali and I had a few powerful one-on-ones planning workshops together, digging into questions of faith, and [...]
Enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What’s your story? Fiiiiiiiine. I’ll go first. In January, my dear friend Raquel and I, along with 500+ heartists/awesomepreneurs from across the world, experienced the transformative power of storytelling at the 2do Encuentro Latinoamericano de Teatro del Oprimido (the Second Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the [...]
Early Monday morning, thousands of awesomepreneurs from the Chicago Teachers Union took their heartwork to the streets with red shirts and raised fists. Of course, just as we have surrendered to the notion that hard work should hurt, many of us see standing up and speaking up for our rights–instead of swallowing, settling, and submitting [...]
