Скачать или смотреть Firestart Chat with Denise B. McLeod: Finding your gifts & making self-doubt work for you

Firestart Chat with Denise B. McLeod, a mother of two and a movement leader. Ojibway from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation survivor of the last generation of the 60’s Scoop, Denise proudly defines herself as an urban Indigenous Indigiqueer woman.

She is passionate about preserving cultures and traditions of Indigenous/Anishnaabe peoples. This especially flows through her work as a professor, consultant, and facilitator. Denise is also a very proud founding member of Toronto based Indigenous Women’s comedy collective, Manifest Destiny’s Child, founding member of Doula collective Ode’Min Giizis Full Spectrum and Founder of IndigiBabes Burlesque. Denise’s writing was recently published in “Silence to Strength—Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop. Edited by Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith.

Please join me in learning from Denise on how she clarifies her gifts, what she teaches people on, and questions she asks herself to create and lead.

Denise B. McLeod's Instagram:
IG @db.mcleod
IG @manifestdestinyschild49
IG @indigibabesburlesque

Video Editor: Ciarán Breen (IG @clubciaran)
Photographers: Greg Sparks (Denise at Comedy is Art Festival), Cherylanne James (IndigiBabes Burlesque), Mona Mousa (Madam Ode’miin Surprise)

Mentioned Programs/Festivals:
Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF): http://www.indigenousfringefest.ca/
Comedy is Art: https://theatrecentre.org/event/comed...
Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) 2022: https://coady.stfx.ca/indigenous-wome...

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction to Firestart Chat
00:28:09 Introduction to Denise B. McLeod
05:18:10 Origin story of IndigiBabes Burlesque
11:47:11 How did they accidentally start a movement?
13:29:13 How to create by asking, “I wonder if…?”
16:28:21 How to create by asking, “Why can’t we…?”
18:35:02 How to make self-doubt work for you
21:45:12 How to clarify your why
22:34:08 What is next with IndigiBabes Burlesque?
26:24:24 How to build a community
32:04:09 There is more than one story for Indigenous folks
37:19:14 How to find your gifts
44:14:08 How to work with your fear