Off the Track: S1E5 - Team Indigenous Talk Politics
Jun 22, 2018 ·
55m 46s
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On this week’s episode Mick Swagger talks to Jumpy McGee, aka April Fournier, Co founder of Team Indigenous, coach at Maine Roller Derby, Board of Directors for Maine Roller Derby...
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On this week’s episode Mick Swagger talks to Jumpy McGee, aka April Fournier, Co founder of Team Indigenous, coach at Maine Roller Derby, Board of Directors for Maine Roller Derby and member of the World Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Advisory Committee. They discuss the formation of Team Indigenous, how Team Indigenous members are all working on this in various ways, the role of the WFTDA and what has emerged from it. They also review language and terms that are offensive including Erica Vanstone aka Double H, reference to Trail of Tears. Jumpy shares the political activism and advocacy work that she is doing in her community in regards to the Mascot issue.
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For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.
If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.
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