🎙️ Does Substack Limit Change?| Breaking Platformization with Sharon Hurley Hall

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Our latest podcast is out to keep us rooted! Listen to 🎙️ Breaking Platformization | Disrupting Substack's Dominance on Writers with Sharon Hurley Hall. Listen on your favorite podcast app or YouTube

🎙️ Disrupting Substack's Dominance on Writers

Before I left on my roadtrip, Sharon Hurley Hall and host, Sam Chavez, hopped on a Live! to dig into the harms of Substack for creators and movement leaders who work for liberatory change.

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After Substack platformed & monetized Nazi's in 2022, we both signed on to an open letter of fellow creators & journalists and left. The companies stance on privacy, progressive values, & creator independence has only gotten worse. Get a preview of our exclusive hours-long conversation for our members, we spoke about:

• The Harm of Substack and the Need for Alternatives
• The Challenges of Big Tech’s Platform Dominance
• Our Experience Building on Secure Platforms
• The Importance of Transparency in Platform Choices
• Building a Personal Brand Beyond Platforms
• The Power of Email and Community Engagement
• Addressing Harm in Digital Spaces
• Hope Amidst Challenges in Media
• Resources & Tips for Independent Publishing

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About Sharon Hurley Hall (she/her)

Founder, Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter | SHHARE Anti-Racism Community | Author, I’m Tired of Racism | Educator | Supporting Black & Global Majority women introverts to make an impact with content

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he)
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About the roots of change podcast:

🧑‍🌾 Cultivating Connection, Empowering Change We talk about navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. Host Sam Chavez connects with organizations, campaigns, and social change communicators who are boldly creating change in today's social, political, tech & media landscape.

On the Private Podcast

Watch the whole hour-long conversation by upgrading for just $2/month. We dig deeper into the strategies for how we shifted away from Substack and built healthy, secure media ecosystems on independent publishing platforms.

If you or your organization are looking into more secure tech, please reach out! We would love to help and/or point you in the right direction. It's a crucial time that we all become more aware of staying safe and secure online and we aim to keep providing that support for our movements.

📚 Does Substack Sabotage & Limit Our Movements?

Leaving Substack for Secure & Independent Publishing

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