Dear Mama

You are worthy to rise each day and dance in your dreams with your children by your side.

You are worthy of serenity in birth.

You are worthy of joy while holding your children.

Join Midwife Jamarah Amani of Southern Birth Justice in partnership with the WNBA for a meditation experience to remind you:  You are complete. You are not alone.  You are magic.

Meditations by Mamas are led by Black mamas to help us maintain alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance.

We’re coming to LA on September 3rd!!! Early bird has been EXTENDED TIL SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th. Get on the mothership & ride with us LIVE!  GET YOUR TIX NOW>>>https://demblackmamas.com/events/

For more about Jamarah visit the shownotes for this episode on our website: https://www.demblackmamas.com/podcast

Dear Mama,

What if I told you understanding menopause was a matter of life and death? In her 2022 book You Got Anything Stronger, Gabrielle Union went into deep detail about how in her words, “the surge and retreat of hormones” during perimenopause and menopause caused her to have passive suicidal ideations and pointed out that science has focused on hiding symptoms or treating the symptoms of menopause that have mattered most to men like vaginal dryness.  The part of Union’s book that made me pause (see what I did there) was when Union stated, “According to a 2020 CDC study, the suicide rate among women is highest for those ages 45-64” and calls out how women’s depression is often linked to men or their children, focusing on the external features of women’s lives and not the internal.  That’s when I knew we had to do an episode about Menopause and I knew just who turn to Omisade Burney Scott s creator of the platform Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause which includes a podcast of the same name.   

Black Mama Creative Week is the perfect time to drop this episode. Burney-Scott is a trailblazer in this field and roots her work in her spirituality producing creative projects such as Messages From the Menopausal Multiverse. In this episode, we talk: 

👉🏾Listening to your body 

👉🏾Menopause & spirituality

👉🏾Deciding to have the best sex of your life

👉🏾Bonus Content: The greatest story Nekisha ever told & why her Daddy is a REAL ONE!

So thanks for coming inside the Black Mama Magic Room.  If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Remember Black Mama Creative Week kicks off Saturday, June 24th & we’re hosting a workshop on podcasting called Ask Us Anything: Composing Dynamic Questions to Create Compelling Interviews and one for entrepreneurs and Black Mama Creatives called Being the Blueprint: Tools to Help Black Mama Creatives and Entrepreneurs Design a New Path.  To sign up go to www.demblackmamas.com/events .  

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• It's Black Mama Creative Week! Come celebrate with us on Instagram all week!

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Dear Mama,

Our hope for you today is:

✨ For you to honor the truth of your motherhood journey

✨ Space to heal from harm, disappointment & trauma

✨ Rest in your being  to release yourself from attaching your worthiness to doing

In this special mother’s day episode we celebrate Black Motherhood through poetry, imagination and meditation with a poem by me Crystal Tennille Irby, Image a new world with NeKisha Killings and a Liberation Meditation from Thea Monyee. 

Celebrate your whole self.  It all belongs.  

Happy Mothers Day Black Mamas & don't forget Black Mama Creative Week kicks off Saturday, June 24th!

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Dear Mama,

Dream with me.  Can you imagine a world with a Black midwife in every family, in every community, easily accessible, at our fingertips, a world in which birth choices aren’t controlled by capitalism, a world in which the birth practices that Black women used to literally birth this country are honored, a world in which they are revered, a world in which Black midwives could practice the full scope of reproductive health and reproductive choices are respected, a world in which Black mothers don’t fear death in the midst of giving birth, experience it with fully joy and bodily autonomy.  It’s Black Maternal Health Week and we are grateful for the opportunity to sit with two people invested in building that world: Jamarah Amani, founder of National Black Midwives Alliance & cofounder of Southern Birth Justice Network & filmmaker K. Sanderson  In this episode we’re talking: 

👉🏾Harriet Tubman & midwifery (Yeah we ain’t even know)

👉🏾Why the medical system fears Black midwifery (I mean we know why but still)

👉🏾The fight & journey to answer your calling (chiiilllleee this got deep)

👉🏾Their documentary series Legacy Power Voice: Movements in Black Midwifery (cause WE KNO what happens when other people tell our stories)

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✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - MAGIC EVERMORE BOX ✨

The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.  Items inside:

✨Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck

✨Manifestation Crystals: Citrine, Pyrite, Rose Quartz, Blue Apatite

✨Incense from Smell Good Spa

✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame

✨Postcards

✨Gratitude Jar

✨Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender

✨An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Jamarah Amani, LM is a community midwife who believes in the transformative and healing power of birth and that every baby has a human right to human milk. Her mission is to do her part to build a movement for Birth Justice locally, nationally and globally. Jamarah is the architect of the Birth Justice framework, the Black Midwives Model of Care and the Birth Justice Bill of Rights. Jamarah identifies as Black, Femme and Queer.  A community organizer from the age of sixteen, Jamarah has worked with several organizations across the United States, the Caribbean and in Africa on various public health issues, including HIV prevention, infant mortality risk reduction, access to emergency contraception and access to midwifery care. As a birth worker and activist, Jamarah has been tackling issues of racial justice, including the epidemics of Black maternal and infant morbidity/mortality for over fifteen years. She is currently the Executive Director of Southern Birth Justice Network, (https://southernbirthjustice.org/) a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to expand the Birth Justice movement and to make midwifery and doula care accessible to marginalized communities. She is also the co-founder of National Black Midwives Alliance, (https://blackmidwivesalliance.org/) the only national professional association in the U.S. specifically for midwives of African descent, and a founding member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association.

Karyl-Lyn Sanderson (they/them), affectionately known as K, is a non-binary visionary, artist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of work experience as a digital media producer. K’s mission is to shift societal paradigms while enriching and advancing the lives of those they serve. With their daring and joyful spirit, K takes on projects that bring greater exposure to causes and issues of importance.  For over a decade, K created groundbreaking media as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Limitless New Media, an independently operated creative studio that designed a wide array of original content for community, educational and faith-based initiatives. K is an alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Film and Television Production program.

OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS

• History of Florida Midwife & 1965 Medicaid Legislation 
• The Woman King
• Michelle Browder Mothers of Gynecolgy

All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast 

Thanks for coming inside the Black Mama Magic Room.  If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. If you’re a newbie or an OG, order our intentionally curated  Our Magic Evermore Box which is our Merch of Month by May 1st and receive it in time for Mother’s Day. 

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Dear Mama,

There are two things that happen to everyone in this life that we don’t talk about - birth and death -  both can challenge and transform everything we believe in. They can be messy and uncomfortable roads to travel and sometimes art can help us through.  In Black Panther Ryan Coogler proved he is a master at guiding us through uncomfortable conversations & in this episode we are joined by one of our faves Michele Foss of The TV Doctor Podcast to talk about how Coogler guides us through grief in Wakanda Forever.  We can’t think of a better way to kick off Women’s History Month than talking about a film held together by Black women & centers the mother daughter relationship.  May we never forget and ALWAYS celebrate their work. In this episode we’re talking: 

👉🏾The impact of Black grief

👉🏾The return of Kilmonger in that white sweater with NO SHIRT

👉🏾What surprised us 

👉🏾A new film rating system based on Angela Bassett.  

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We’re unlocking our Patreon for the next 30 days. If you love to laugh, if you want to nurture your creativity and imagination, if you want a wild ride, then THIS IS THE SPOT FOR YOU! Check the perks>>> patreon.com/demblackmamas

✨BEST PART - Investing in Black women who are committed to and actively creating spaces for Black folx rooted in creativity, healing, and liberation

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Michele Foss (she/her) challenges us all to reconsider our relationship with television. She is the creator, producer, and host of The TV Doctor (https://www.thetvdoc.com/), a podcast in which she uses her training, instinct, and empathy to “prescribe” the very best TV show to heal your emotional ailments. When she’s not “making the rounds” as a speaker and podcaster, she is Professor of Rhetoric and Media at Sacramento State University, where she teaches classes including Television Criticism, Rhetoric and Social Influence, and Media Aesthetics. You should feel free to greet her with the Vulcan salute or a few words of Klingon; she is also fluent in RuPaul’s Drag Race-isms and lyrics from ‘80s music. She is an advocate for social justice, an activist for anti-racism, and a firm believer in putting “DONE” items on your “TO-DO” list, just for the pleasure of crossing them off. Show Michele some love and follow her and her podcast on IG: @thecuriouscaseofmfoss  @theteeveephd 

EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE:

🎙️YouTube Live w/ Dem Black Mama & Michelle Foss, The TV Doc

🎙️DBM Episode 11 Live at Cal State LA: Black Panther & The Best Mama Advice

All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast 

INVEST IN US

• Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast
• Talk back to us email us ([email protected]),  engage with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments.
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• Become a Magic maker by getting on The Mothership (aka our newsletter). 
• Attend our Magic Makers Fall Workshop & purchase a Magic Evermore Box

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Dear Mama,

Hey Mamas!  The election dust has settled, MLK’s birthday is in our rearview mirror & February is on the horizon which means we are rested and hopeful so now is the perfect time to look at the political landscape for Black folx with clear eyes.  Yup! It’s the Black Mama Magic Election Update. Our first episode was in response to the 2016 election and we haven’t missed an election cycle yet. In this episode we talk: about how we feel now vs. 2016, what gives us hope, In this episode we talk:

👉🏾Black Americans are 10 toes down for The Constitution

👉🏾Why democrats need to stop chasing hoes that ain’t loyal.

👉🏾What gives us hope (Clue: Black women 😉)

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ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 30th & recieve it next month: ORDER NOW

The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside.  Items inside include 

✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.  

✨Incense from Smell Good Spa

✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame

✨Black Mama Magic Postcards

✨Gratitude Jar

✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation

✨and the best part is its  An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.  . 

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We Upgraded Our Patreon! 
  • Exclusive Content including one live a month & behind the scenes content
  • A Magic Maker Mug
  • S/o on the podcast
  • Discounts on merch & live shows
  • Investing a platform with 3 Black women actively curating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation for Black folx
• NeKisha: Join the Blackest most roductive co-working space on the internet! Say Less
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• Thea: WE GOIN TO EGYPT!
  • Hold Us Sacred Retreat 
  • New Episodes of Shaping the Shift, Born Wild, Born Free OUT NOW!

EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE:

• DBM Episode 1: Meet Dem Black Mamas
• Dem Episode 2: Michelle 4C LaVaughn Chocolate Robinson Obama
• DBM Episode 18: Deez Votes
• DBM Episode 36: Election Shift: Mash Up w/ Shaping the Shift

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• Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast
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All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast 

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Dear Mama,

What if I told you conscious parenting wasn’t about your children, it was about your journey to freedom, about you creating the life and relationship you desire about leaving behind a system that you and your children may be highly functioning in but it’s in fact causing harm and it just don’t feel good. These are the beautiful revelations we discovered in our conversation with liberation partner and conscious parenting coach Domari Dickinson. This conversation is about more than conscious parenting, it’s about how Black mothers can free ourselves from the myths and shackles of motherhood. We are diving deep into finding liberation in the Black motherhood experience, for our children and for ourselves over the next three episodes and Domari Dickinson kicks this series off in a powerful way.  In this episode we talk:

👉🏾The relationship between conscious parenting and Raheem Davaughn (it's there 🤣)

👉🏾The good, bad, the ugly of transitioning to conscious parenting

👉🏾Repairing your relationship with adult children (chiiilllleee we got healing to do 🙏🏿)

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REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop: Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET

ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: ORDER NOW

The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside.  Items inside include 

✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.  

✨Incense from Smell Good Spa

✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame

✨Black Mama Magic Postcards

✨Gratitude Jar

✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation

✨and the best part is its  An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.  . 

All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast 

INVEST IN US

• Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast
• Talk back to us email us ([email protected]),  engage with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments.
• Share us with one other person. 
• Become a Magic maker by getting on The Mothership (aka our newsletter). 
• Attend our Magic Makers Fall Workshop & purchase a Magic Evermore Box

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Dear Mama,

Stop waiting for the big moment.  Celebrate now.  Celebrate the big things, the small things, the major milestones and the minor ones even if they’re only meaningful to you, even if they come much later than you expected.  Instead of judging the journey, rest in gratitude.  Our celebration is a thank you to God, Spirit, the universe, the ancestors, the orishas, the angels and our very own souls  for all they’ve done, for clearing our path, for holding us, standing with us, carrying us. We celebrate this 50th episode.  We are grateful to you and most of all we are grateful for the journey and we trust the expansion that lies ahead. 

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REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop: Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET

ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: ORDER NOW

The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside.  Items inside include 

✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.  

✨Incense from Smell Good Spa

✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame

✨Black Mama Magic Postcards

✨Gratitude Jar

✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation

✨and the best part is its  An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.  . 

All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast 

We couldn’t have come this far without our listeners.  THANK YOU & a special shoutout to the five lucky listeners who joined us for this episode.

• Chisa Pennix Brown
• Janay Johnson
• Lou-Ann Wattley-Belk
• Stacey Allen
• Taylor Thorton 

Thanks for rockin with us.  Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss a moment of the magic. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. If you’re a newbie or an OG become a Magic maker by getting on The Mothership (aka our newsletter). Now let's 👏🏿get 👏🏿free👏🏿 yall and jump into Episode 50 of Dem Black Mamas! ✨💗✊🏾

In this episode, we share some behind-the-scenes moments/audio of the grounding that helps us connect before we begin and focus on and be fully present before we begin each episode.  

Church Announcements: 

• Responsive Reading:
  • Black Mama Magic Card 28: I Am Supported At All Times
  • Black Mama Magic Card 36: What About the Rest
  • Black Mama Magic Card 41: The Wait Is Over

• Dem Black Mamas
  • Magic Evermore Box 
    • The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.
    • Items inside:
      • ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck
      • ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa
      • ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame
      • ☀️Postcards
      • ☀️Gratitude Jar
      • ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender
      • ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.
    • Order by the 25th of each month to receive the following month.  
  • Magic Makers Workshops
    • REGISTER NOW!, Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET

• Crystal
  • Producing 2022 Birth & Breastfeeding Conference Presented by Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association, Monday, October 3rd - Wednesday, October 5th

• NeKisha:
  • Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space 
    • 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969
    • 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376
• Thea:
  • The Grateful Body: Expansion Retreat, November 3rd - November 6th
  • New Episodes of Shaping the Shift, The Love Series OUT NOW!

• • Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

• Episodes related to his episode or mentioned in this episode:  DBM Episode 41: Surrender, Worthiness & Learning From Our Children featuring Precious Bivings

Church Announcements: 

• Responsive Reading Black Mama Magic Card 33: I Trust All Of Me

• Dem Black Mamas
  • The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.
  • Items inside:
    • ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck
    • ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa
    • ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame
    • ☀️Postcards
    • ☀️Gratitude Jar
    • ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender
    • ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.
  • Order by the 25th of each month to receive the following month.  
  • Theme: Building for Liberation: Centering Black Mamas, Black Families and Black Systems of Care
  • Virtual Tickets are still available.  Link to register: https://blackmamasmatter.org/bmhc22/
  • REGISTER NOW!, Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, October 23rd, 6pmET
  • Magic Evermore Box 
  • Crystal & NeKisha are presenting at the 2022 Black Maternal Health Conference & Training Institute, September 17-18
  • Magic Makers Workshops

• Crystal
  • Producing 2022 Birth & Breastfeeding Conference Presented by Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association, Monday, October 3rd - Wednesday, October 5th
• NeKisha:
  • Created by our very own NeKisha Killings, the Melanated Mammary Atlas® is your portal to a world of images displaying mammary related conditions on Asian, Indigenous, Black and Brown folks. We feature the first and only cache of images of this type available for viewing and constantly updated by health professionals and the public.
  • 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969
  • 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376
  • Melanated Mammary Atlas Celebrates ONE YEAR!!
  • United States Lactation Consultant Association Conference, September 22nd-24th
  • Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space 
• Thea:
  • The Grateful Body: Expansion Retreat, November 3rd - November 6th
  • New Episodes of Shaping the Shift, The Love Series OUT NOW!

Mac & Cheese

Rita Little is a mom trying to leave the world a little better than she found it. She resides with pride in the City of Detroit.  She has been gifted with raising the most amazing four year old full of Black boy joy. Professionally, she works full time as a Community Health Program Manager for a local health system. She also works part time helping to inspire the minds of our future public health professionals, as a professor at two universities. She also remain diligent and dedicated to advocacy and education about breastfeeding with an emphasis on Black families. 

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#DearMama, where do we belong? Where can we be safe? Where can we be brave? Where can our children thrive? Where can we be? These are questions that more and more Black mothers are searching beyond the borders of America for answers to. Today, we explore these questions with daughter of the diaspora, Parthenia Luke. A descendant of formerly enslaved Black folks who left America in the late 1800s for Liberia, we have a raw, honest, and real conversation about what it means for Black Americans to leave America, and what it means for our children and us to stay.  For full show notes visit our website demblackmamas.com and follow us on YouTube.  New video version of our podcast drop September 1st!

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:

• Responsive Reading: Black Mama Magic Card #11 - "Magic is real. You are proof."
• Crystal: 
  • Magic Evermore Box: https://bit.ly/magicevermore
    • The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.
    • Items inside:
      • ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck
      • ☀️Manifestation crystals
      • ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa
      • ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame
      • ☀️Postcards
      • ☀️Gratitude Jar
      • ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender
      • ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.
• Thea:
  • Join Thea for Sacred Sundays by texting SACRED to 213.377.1827 & Choose your own adventure
• NeKisha:
  • New Website for Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants: https://www.nikkiandnikkiibclc.org/
  • Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space 
    • 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969
    • 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376

Mac & Cheese:

For today’s mac and cheese, we are speaking to Parthenia Luke. Parthenia is a social worker by passion and profession. She’s passionate about social justice as it pertains to the human right to be and to belong. As an emerging scholar working towards a PhD in social work, she aims to shed light on the long-term implications of gentrification, especially for individual residents and for entire communities. Her passions carry into her work as an instructor in higher education, where she advises administrators and leads efforts to promote a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable experience for graduate and undergraduate students. We dig in deep into our mac and cheese today as we discuss her challenges in social justice work, Liberia, her family’s history, and what Black mamas can learn about liberation beyond borders.

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