KISKADEE Podcast Launches on Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Stories of Hope, Creativity and Resistance from the Americas
Reimagining a Post-Pandemic Future
KISKADEE profiles stories of female-identified and LGBTQI communities, capturing the public health, economic, political, and environmental impacts of COVID-19 throughout the Americas. Highlighting artists, movement leaders, and advocates, Kiskadee focuses on the voices of resistance, those creating a vision for a post-pandemic future grounded in justice, hope and creativity.
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Kiskadee is the name of a bird I grew up hearing from the window of my grandmother’s home in São Paulo, Brazil. The bird, known in Brazil as Bem-Te-Vi (translated to I saw you well, meaning I know who you are) is a small and bold bird that quickly makes its presence known with its distinctive song. Kiskadees are heard from forests to urban areas, from southern Texas and the Caribbean to Brazil and Chile. They are known for their ability to adapt quickly to different environments and defy norms: females and males look and sound very similar and as an egalitarian species, they both care for their offspring.
Hosted by Bia Vieira, Kiskadee explores social, economic, political, and environmental responses to COVID-19 across the Americas, and how women and LGBTQI movements and creative leaders are organizing to reimage and change our collective future. Forging connections across the Americas, Kiskadee shares ideas, stories, and inspiration to drive action.
Bia Vieira is a queer organizer, producer, strategist, and political and cultural activist. Her life work centers around advocating for a more just and safe world where power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, or any other factor. Originally from Brazil, Bia has worked in Latin America, and North Africa. Currently Bia and her wife Nina Moreno, live in California.
FIRST SEASON
- The Americas are being devastated by the pandemic, from the U.S. to the Amazon, the Caribbean, and the southern regions of Argentina and Chile. The first season will focus on the four countries with the highest numbers of COVID cases in the Americas: the U.S., Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
- In partnership with Womens’ Foundation California, the first eight episodes will focus on stories from movement builders, cultural activists and artists in the U.S., with a special emphasis on the recent elections.
- Articles about guests and featured projects/campaigns published on Medium.
To share your story, contact Bia Vieira at biafrateschivieira@gmail.com or on WhatsApp/cell at +1–267–688–7242.
Credits
Executive Producer: Bia Vieira/@biafvieira. Producer: Wanda Acosta/ Starlette Productions/@wandanyc. Art: Yasmin Hernandez, Liberation Art , Wanda Acosta and Nicola Schulze/Latina Media Co/Women’s Foundation California. Graphic Illustration: Kay Dugan-Murrell/Illustrating Progress. Original Music: Maxim Solomon/@titmouse973.
Gratitude
Wanda Acosta, Marya Bangee, Chrissie Bonner, Kamika Dunlap, Deborah Engel, Rebecca Engel, Crystal Echo-Hawk, Renee Fazzari, Miriam Fogelson, Yasmin Hernandez, Surina Khan, Liz Manne, Nina Moreno, Lora O’Connor, Kay Dugan-Murrell, Fabianna Rodriguez, Aria Said, Bamby Salcedo, Nicola Schulze, Darren Solomon, Maxim Solomon, Anasa Troutmam, Tracy Sturdivant, Yara Vieira, Luiz Fernando Vieira
