a thot's thoughts

Hey everyone, I hope you are staying safe and doing well! This episode is really short, but I wanted to tell you all about my experience of going to a nail salon on May 9, 2020 and my thoughts about reopening the economy. I am still deciding what my feeling are on the economy reopening, but I hope to get your comments or opinions through instagram: @nikitamangaru or twitter: @_nikitamangaru . 

As teacher appreciation week is coming to a close, just a reminder that it does not need to be a specific "day" or "week" where you can appreciate people in your life who are supporting you. WE APPRECIATE YOU TEACHERS! This episodes features some extra voices; Amanda Martinez and Shawn Durrett who are both teachers right now. We go over their transitions to online learning, mental health, being a parent during the pandemic and much more. Their perspective was very eyeopening to me and I hope it will be for you too. Thank you so much for your support and for listening!

Hey guys, in this episode I want to bring awareness to this case in Georgia that recently emerged to a national level regarding Ahmaud Arbery. 

Warning: I will be talking about murder and use of guns to kill so please do not listen if you're sensitive to this content. 

First I give an overview of the case, then go into my thoughts about it. 

Here are the sources I used: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/us/ahmaud-arbery-jogging-georgia-shooting/index.html, https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2020/05/05/glynn-da-recommends-grand-jury-review-as-video-emerges-of-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-black-man/, https://wgxa.tv/news/local/da-opening-investigation-into-death-of-brunswick-man-shot-while-running, https://www.gabar.org/forthepublic/forteachersstudents/lre/teacherresources/upload/ch16.pdf

I hope you enjoy!

Hi!  just want to mention that my cover art was generously made for me by my best friend Victoria Frangie. This is my first podcast episode! I am so excited to start this journey and hopefully you will want to continue with me! This episode is not the most interesting since I am only introducing myself and my intent for this podcast, but I promise the next episode will be on a specific subject. This is just the beginning, so I hope production will get better and I know that I will improve. Check on the intro speech: An Ode to Black Women by Alicia Garza (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VemmBIKWyhE)