Making Moves

About Making Moves

Produced by SportsE Media. Music by Marbie Miller. Hosted by Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW. Production Assistant and CSSJ Governing Board student representative Mady Acosta. Funding provided by CSU East Bay and The Center for Sport and Social Justice. Supported by Dr. Matthew Attencio and Dr. Missy Wright. Making Moves is a podcast created by The Center for Sport and Social Justice at California State University East Bay. Our intention is to provide an accessible resource that increases awareness in our communities regarding the following topics: the future of social justice and sport, mental health, gender equity.

Publisher

Center for Sport and Social Justice

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jul 2021

Latest episode

9 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 26 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beyond the Games: The Social and Human Rights Impact of Sport Mega-Events

   Host Lisa Bonta Sumii interviews Michael Kodama and Matthew Atencio about the social and human rights impacts of sport mega-events, revealing who truly benefits and how to create positive legacies.

2. 

   21 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Planning the Future of the Oakland Coliseum: Castlemont High Students Share Their Vision

   Oakland lost its teams, but a new vision is rising. Lead Teacher Lily Jacobsen of the Sustainable Urban Design Academy, together with Castlemont High School students Dayvionna and Rosa, are leading a youth-driven plan to revitalize the Coliseum area-bringing sports, green space, and community pride back to East Oakland. Our Host: Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC, Clinician and Certified Mental Performance Consultant®, Mental Performance Coach at the Oakland Roots SC, CEO & Founder of AthMindset® Tune in to discover how youth are turning loss into opportunity and shaping the future of Oakland. Available now on all platforms. Resources: Oakland Roots & Soul Sports Club United Soccer Coaches - Communities Initiative Oakland Sport Equity Coalition - Only 14% of Oakland youth get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity daily Funding: Funding for Making Moves was provided by Cal State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. Make sure to catch all past and future episodes of Making Moves. Streaming now on SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Big thanks to everyone who made this episode possible! AthMindset - www.athmindset.io/ SportsEpreneur - https://sportsepreneur.com/

3. 

   10 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Transgender Athletes in Sport: Current State in the U.S.

   Meet Frankie de la Cretaz and Kaig Lightner -two leading advocates bringing visibility and support to transgender athletes! Frankie is a journalist whose work critically examines the intersections of sport, gender, and culture. Kaig has a Master's in Social Work and is an educator advancing equity and inclusion in athletics through policy, education, and grassroots programming. Our Host: Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC, Clinician and Certified Mental Performance Consultant®, Mental Performance Consultant at the Oakland Roots and Soul SC, CEO & Founder of AthMindset® Tune in for an exclusive scoop: a powerful conversation on transgender athletes, policy, and pushing the boundaries of sport. Available now on all platforms. Funding: Funding for Making Moves was provided by Cal State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. Make sure to catch all past and future episodes of Making Moves. Streaming now on SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

Inside a recent episode

Beyond the Games: The Social and Human Rights Impact of Sport Mega-Events

Published 9 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah, I mean, there's so much to this human rights piece. And the way it's been conceptualized in the academic literature is you've got the pre-event preparation and there's human rights issues there. You look at stadium building, you look at the labor, and obviously with the Qatar World Cup, 2022, that was a huge issue. And FIFA has now gone on and said, as of 2022, when they started making the considerations for the next World Cup in North America, they were very explicit about the criteria of why human rights should be a key consideration from the very outset. And I'm actually looking over their guidelines here. […]

Who has been a guest on Making Moves

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Michael Kodama
• Matthew Atencio
• Mike Geddes
• Dr Brian Gearity
• Khali Blackman-Newton

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,004,281

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

68

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