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DIYdancer, in partnership with Okay Let’s Unpack This, presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this third chapter, listen to a conversation with the founders of “Erase the Stigma Through Dance," Nina Madsen Puckett, Debbie Smith-Berlin, and Tzipporah Gerson-Miller; a sound interlude by Morgan Bobrow-Williams, and Misa Lucyshyn in conversation with Isla Clarke and Maxi Hawkeye Canion on trans and nonbinary experiences within the dance field. Some segments will be preceded by content warnings to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing by Stephanie Wolf, DIYdancer co-founder producer of the UnSequenced podcast, with audio support from Justin Epstein of RYBG. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let’s Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company’s Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel.