Episode 143: In Conversation with Ruba Marshood
Recorded live at Indy Reads in Fountain Square (October 2025)
Recorded live at Indy Reads in Fountain Square (October 2025)
In this live episode of Conversation Piece, host Patrick Armstrong sits down with Ruba Marshood, CEO of Indy Reads, for a wide-ranging conversation about literacy, identity, community, and what it truly means to be seen.
Ruba shares her personal journey as a first-generation Palestinian American, her path from global community development work to local impact in Indianapolis, and how literacy extends far beyond reading and writing into confidence, agency, and belonging. Together, Patrick and Ruba unpack literacy as a relational practice—one that can either reinforce systems of oppression or open doors to liberation, understanding, and shared humanity.
Recorded in the Indy Reads bookstore, this conversation highlights the power of place, storytelling, and community-centered learning—and why creating space for people to tell their own stories matters now more than ever.
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Produced and hosted by: Patrick Armstrong
Filmed and edited by: Ziad Hefni
Engineered and mixed by: Popular Rapture
Filmed at: Indy Reads
Filmed at: Indy Reads
Music by: Mandog