A Lesson On Shedding The Perfection Performance With Jenna Arnold

Voice Lessons Podcast

In the wake of the 2016 election, activist, social entrepreneur, and organizer of the Women’s March, Jenna Arnold, one of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 hosted listening circles around the country to understand why 51% of white women voted for Trump. She wrote a book that captured those learnings called Raising Our Hands: How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines. In this episode, Jenna tells us how the Women’s March changed her and how white women can show up in this critical time in our history, accept responsibility, and find their place on the new frontlines.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

• The common theme in Jenna’s body of work and how she finds simplified, creative solutions to solve the world’s problems.
• How being dyslexic changes the world view.
• The founding story of the Women’s March and the most surprising thing Jenna learned about herself during the process of organizing it.
• What is a leaderless movement? Can they work?
• Women are trying to lead and topple systems at oppression at the same time.
• 74% of white women don't engage in political conversation because it's too uncomfortable, because it doesn't keep the peace.
• What sparked Jenna to write her book, Raising Our Hands.
• Women are hesitant to step in and engage out of fear of not getting it perfect.
• How a woman’s self-worth, or lack of it, gets translated to our political actions and our world views.
• Why we are not willing to take responsibility for history.
• Why we are intentionally invisible in our daily lives.
• Money is an expression of an internal belief that we hold value.
• Things white women can do to take action and join the fight on the frontlines of change.