Take Up Space by Project Agape

About Take Up Space by Project Agape

Take Up Space is a platform for young Black individuals to take up space and talk about things that are relevant and important to us and things that we have been shunned from discussing due to the environment and circumstances we grew up in. Take Up Space is a platform that was created by survivors of Gender-Based Violence therefore our conversations are geared toward supporting survivors and giving young people a voice to speak their truth. Stay Connected with us Instagram & Twitter: @projectagpeca https://www.project-agape.org Facebook & LinkedIn: Project Agape

Publisher

Project Agape

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Sept 2022

Latest episode

26 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Mar 2026

   S4 EP 12: Roselin's Story

   This episode includes mentions of childhood sexual abuse, gender-based violence, grief and loss, and barriers to leaving unsafe situations. Please take care while listening. Welcome back to Take Up Space. This season, we handed the mic back to community. To Black survivors. To voices that deserve to be heard in their fullness, in their truth, and in their own words. For our final episode of the season, we are joined by Roselin Dixon, Community Outreach and Communications Lead at the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre and Co-Chair of Project Agape’s Board of Directors. Roselin arrives with openness and honesty, reminding us that vulnerability is not weakness, but courage in motion. Throughout this conversation, Roselin reflects on a healing journey that has been layered, nonlinear, and deeply human. She speaks about the strength she has gathered along the way, the joy that can still exist within healing, and the practice of continuing onward, even when the path feels messy. Roselin shares the profound impact motherhood has had on her life, describing how her son continues to teach her about compassion, vulnerability, forgiveness, and trusting her instincts in a world that often asks us to shrink. She also offers insight from her years working in the gender-based violence sector, naming the misconceptions many people hold about healing, and the systemic barriers that make leaving unsafe situations far more complicated than many realize. With tenderness Roselin also honours her truth as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She speaks about reclaiming her voice, believing herself, and the importance of giving yourself flowers for the strength it takes to keep going. As this season comes to a close, Roselin leaves us with something powerful. A reminder that taking up space can be as simple as breathing deeply and allowing yourself to exist fully in the moment. That our stories matter. That healing takes time. And that none of us are meant to carry our experiences alone. To everyone who shared their stories with us this season, and to everyone who listened with care, thank you for being part of this community. This has been Take Up Space. Until next time.

2. 

   19 Mar 2026

   S4 EP 11: Ulyn's Story

   This episode includes discussions of trauma, complex PTSD, chronic illness, suicidal ideation, and mental health challenges within families. Please take care while listening. Welcome back to Take Up Space. This season, we are passing the mic with intention and creating space for Black survivors to share their stories in their own words. In this episode, we hear from Ulyn, a mother, musician, and community member originally from Trinidad and Tobago whose healing journey has unfolded through many layers of life, family, health, and self-discovery. Ulyn reflects on the turning point that began in 2017, when a series of events, including family mental health struggles, a concussion, and her own diagnosis of complex PTSD, invited her to begin looking at her own story with honesty and care. Through her story, Ulyn shares what it has meant to rebuild from the ground up while raising seven children, navigating neurodivergence within her family, and living with chronic pain. She speaks about the role of faith, music, and community in helping her rediscover her voice, as well as the importance of taking healing one moment at a time when life feels overwhelming. Thank you for joining us, and for listening to Ulyn’s story with care and openness.

3. 

   12 Mar 2026

   S 4 EP 10: Esther's Story

   This episode includes mentions of sexual violence, childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, victim blaming, and safety concerns related to an abuser. Please take care while listening. Welcome back to Take Up Space. This season, we are passing the mic with intention and holding space for Black survivors to share their stories in their own words. In this episode, we hear from Esther Fagbola: a Nigerian chef, community-builder, and the founder of Project Agape. Esther shares how her healing journey began early, shaped by the weight of growing up fast, holding responsibility as the oldest sibling, and surviving the moment her family as she knew it fell apart. With honesty and clarity, Esther reflects on what it has meant to build a life rooted in peace, boundaries, and protection, especially while doing frontline community work. She speaks about the complicated grief of “losing” a parent who is still alive, the harm that can live inside love, and how that kind of rupture rewires the body, the spirit, and a child’s sense of safety. Esther also shares how stepping into public storytelling through Project Agape changed her relationship with herself, pushing her to heal more intentionally, not because it was easy, but because community needed it. She names the exhaustion and heartbreak of being dismissed in systems that claim equity while still overlooking Black survivors, and she reminds us that this work is both heavy and sacred. Above all, Esther returns to one truth: do it anyway, but do it with community. If you are listening and carrying something similar, this episode is a reminder that you are not meant to hold it alone, and that softness, rest, faith, and chosen family can be part of how you survive and rebuild. Thank you for being here, and for holding Esther’s story with care, respect, and tenderness.

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

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Quality

27

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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