{"podcast":{"title":"Social Justice Origin Stories","slug":"social-justice-origin-stories-7031511","podcast_index_feed_id":7031511,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/social-justice-origin-stories/rss","website_url":"https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F14701%2Flarge%2F7e145fa3f46d8e3e32146ea7f4a31354068497426cd680548a5afbe9bceb9806%2F129a937c42418346.jpg","author":"Relando Thompkins-Jones","episode_count":61,"summary":"Social Justice Origin Stories is a storytelling project that highlights personal stories and defining moments that have inspired individuals and organizations to labor for equity and social justice. Through truth-telling: the honest sharing of their experiences, storytellers teach us about themselves, enabling us to learn about ourselves and our world through their stories. By reconnecting with pivotal moments of activation in their lives, they invite us to do the same. At Social Justice Origin Stories, we believe that there's power in storytelling and that lived experience is experience. There's room enough for all of us to do this work. There are many ways to contribute, and our contributions don't need to be the same. We can enter and remain engaged in the work using the gifts that are special to us while supporting others and using theirs. We have the capacity to grow and change for the better when exposed to new information and experiences. We believe in our inherent worth and capabilities, and we possess the power to inspire and create change in ourselves and others. We can transcend the confines of the status quo to imagine and design more equitable and humanizing systems.…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T00:17:42.007041+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511"},"episode":{"title":"A More HUMAN Approach to Truth-Telling & Building Community: Becoming The Quiet Rebel with Tracie Jae","slug":"a-more-human-approach-to-truth-telling-building-community-becoming-the-quiet-rebel-with-tracie-jae","published_at":"2025-10-15T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/a-more-human-approach-to-truth-telling-building-community-becoming-the-quiet-rebel-with-tracie-jae","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511","url":"https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com/a-more-human-approach-to-truth-telling-building-community-becoming-the-quiet-rebel-with-tracie-jae/","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/social-justice-origin-stories/95689e21-d396-434d-8007-e1917d3e0abc.wav?source=feed","summary":"Tracie Jae, human culture strategist and educator describes how her family both shielded her from, and prepared her to engage with racial injustice, and shares about the breadcrumbs that helped her to learn that racism shouldn’t be normal. She tells the story of the birth of her identity as The Quiet Rebel, and breaks down her more HUMAN (Honest, Urgent, Meaningful, Accountable, Nuanced) approach to equity conversations and explains why real social change starts with addressing harm, embracing difference, and staying curious about the stories missing from the narratives we’re told about ourselves and the world around us. 00:00 Introduction to Social Injustices 00:34 Understanding Difference and Community 02:19 The American Dream and Its Discontents 07:59 The Power of Storytelling 09:16 Meet Tracie Jae: The Quiet Rebel 11:53 Tracie Jae's Origin Stories 14:51 The Birth of the Quiet Rebel 17:42 Facing Racism and Injustice 28:24 A More Human Approach 37:51 Addressing Historical Harms and Honesty 38:35 Legislation and Hearts: Critical Race Theory 02:06 The Pine Tree and Cactus Seed Analogy 42:18 The Reality of American Identity 45:32 The Importance of Honest Conversations 04:52 The Shared Trauma and Healing 05:52 The Old House Analogy 53:05 Practical Applications and Human Connections 01:00:23 Sustaining Social Justice Work 01:00:54 The Role of Active Citizenship 01:02:48 Gratitude and Influences 01:04:34 Sustaining the Human Approach 01:09:39 Final Thoughts and Encouragement Follow Tracie on Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/traciejae Follow Tracie on Instagram @thequietrebelllc Visit Tracie's Website: https://thequietrebel.org 🔔 If you haven't already...SUBSCRIBE to Social Justice Origin Stories on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@socialjusticeoriginstories?sub_confirmat…","meta_description":"Tracie Jae, human culture strategist and educator describes how her family both shielded her from, and prepared her to engage with racial injustice, and s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/episodes/a-more-human-approach-to-truth-telling-building-community-becoming-the-quiet-rebel-with-tracie-jae/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories-7031511/a-more-human-approach-to-truth-telling-building-community-becoming-the-quiet-rebel-with-tracie-jae.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}