In this episode, I sit down with two really good friends of mine Jediael and Ren ! We  talked about new beginnings. When to start, when to finish, when to walk away.

S/O to Black creatives : Yetunde and Rana
Yetunde
IG: Notherealye 

• PORTFOLIO: Yetunde 
• style and fashion
• just overall awesome person and fabulous stylist 

Rana
IG: Rarely.rana 

• YOUTUBE: Rain Dollas 
• makeup, cosmetology, hair, fashion, DIY, and lifestyle 

Things to keep in Mind 

• Take one step at a time
• Prepare as much as you can 
• Don't fight it (change in inevitable) 

Where have I been for the past 6 weeks?????????

TW (Trigger Warning):





Police Brutality, police violence, death, trauma porn

• Piatek, Lukas, and Leslie Many . “How To Write A Trigger Warning - Important Things You Need To Know!” LOOKSLIKEFILM, 27 Jan. 2019, www.lookslikefilm.com/2019/01/27/how-to-write-a-trigger-warning/.

S/O: 
Shani Bennett 

• SAB Strategies IG
• SAB Strategies Linktree
• SAB Blog

Jasmine Reed

• Supreme Life Blog  

Citations Episode 4

This week we will be talking about having empathy in regards to the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Black Creatives S/O
Jacob Guyton
IG: @classified_alias

Takara Smith
Youtube: Takara Breanna
IG: @takarabreanna or @takarabreannabeauty

People you should FOLLOW:
Crutches and Spice : Rude For A Disabled Person (@Imani_Barbarin)
Text ITSWALELA to 61474 (@itswalela) 

Resources:

• Brene Brown (Empathy Video)
• Center for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Google Docs
  • IMMUNE COMPROMISED PEOPLE IN NEED
  • WILLING TO HELP IMMUNE COMPROMISED PPL IN NEED

Articles:

• What the Poor Don’t Need: Financial Literacy (Matt Darling)
  • “This contradiction points to an underlying belief that lower-income Americans don't know how to manage their money as well as the rich do -- when the exact opposite is true. The very nature of poverty means that the poor are often the savviest budgeters of us all. This is borne out of necessity. If you have limited income, the daily tradeoffs you face prompt you to watch your finances more closely.”
• Poor People Are Financially Literate. They Just Need More Money (Damon Young)
  • “I’m sharing this today because, of the myriad misconceptions of what it is to be poor, the most common is the belief that the main thing keeping people without money is a lack of understanding of how money works. It is also the most violent belief because implied is that if you’re poor, it’s your fault; it’s something you did or didn’t do. It’s God’s punishment for some elusive misdeed. If only you didn’t buy those Js. If only you saved $5 a week. If only you read this book. If only you downloaded that app. If only you didn’t celebrate that birthday. If only you had dinner with Jay-Z.”

Description:

This week we are talking about the WHY or inspiration behind my podcast ! 

Other Black Creatives:

BalancingWithBB

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlCai9aCDQgoyyCRbrSxCw

The 5Guys Podcast 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-5guys-podcast/id1491770708

Ta-Nehisi Coates has an incredibly clear explanation for why white people shouldn’t use the n-word

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/9/16627900/ta-nehisi-coates-n-word

Just a bunch of 20 somethings talking about love!

My guests on the episode:
Jamaya Jones 
Nia Perkins 
Sara Rodrick 
John-Otis Blanding 
Joshua Wilson

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Becuz Words Matter is a bi-weekly conversation with Njeri Bennett, a 20-something, trying to explore the use of words through books, articles, TV shows, movies, and pop culture.  
Music By: Jacob Guyton 
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