Black Oxygen

This episode of Black Oxygen features Nichelle Nichols, the President of the MMSD school board and System Leader in Residence for the National Equity Project. Although born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, for many years she thought that her life and profession would taking her to places much larger than Madison. Today, you'll learn how Nichelle began in education as a profession, what type of educational experience she wants for all children in the Madison area, and how she now fully accepts Madison as here home. Our conversation covers many topics including, her initial dreams of being an artist, motherhood, achieving equity within education and much more.

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On September 20th, Letesha Nelson, the Executive Director of the Goodman Community Center, is hosting a community conversation on the evolving role of donors featuring Vu Le. Vu is the author of the book Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships and this the creator and author of the website Nonprofit AF. In this episode of Black Oxygen, Letesha, Vu and I talk about the sometimes challenging dynamic between non-profit and philanthropy, what it means to leave justice as a legacy, the role of AI and the impact it will have on the non-project sector, and so much more. Regarding AI Vu says, "AI is life fire, it can be used to either warm people or burn people." Letesha and Vu caused me to think a lot during this conversation - and this conversation is just a warm up session for what you'll hear and experience at the Goodman Community Center event this coming Wednesday.

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Resources:

Event info: The evolving role of donors: An evening with Vu Le - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-evolving-role-of-donors-an-evening-with-vu-le-tickets-692019618307?aff=oddtdtcreator (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-evolving-role-of-donors-an-evening-with-vu-le-tickets-692019618307?aff=oddtdtcreator)

Goodman Community Center - https://www.goodmancenter.org/ (https://www.goodmancenter.org/)

NonprofitAF - https://nonprofitaf.com/ (https://nonprofitaf.com/)

On September 24th, Alex Booker and Charisse Daniels-Johnson are hosting Soulful Sunday Brunch at the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center. The soulful brunch is a fundraiser to help send Black farmers from the Madison area to the Black Urban Growers Conference. On this episode of Black Oxygen, we discuss the role of farming and healing, becoming an elder, making your own tea and so much more. They both offer so much wisdom and Charisse states, "when we heal ourselves, we heal our timeline - past, present and future." I hope that you find some inspiration and joy during this conversation.

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Resources:

Farm 2 Table Soulful Sunday Brunch - https://m.facebook.com/events/690374839679991/ (https://m.facebook.com/events/690374839679991/)

Booker Botanicals Bridges Culture & Agriculture - https://ediblemadison.com/stories/local-upstarts-booker-botanicals-bridges-culture-agriculture (https://ediblemadison.com/stories/local-upstarts-booker-botanicals-bridges-culture-agriculture)

Booker Botanicals - https://www.facebook.com/BookerBotanicals/ (https://www.facebook.com/BookerBotanicals/)

Mark Richardson, President of Unfinished Business, is the Senior Co-Chair of the Downtown Madison Inc (DMI) Board of Directors. Twenty years ago when Mark moved to Madison, while he liked the downtown area, he saw Black folks being tolerated downtown not celebrated. In this episode of Black Oxygen Mark and I discuss his vision of what downtown could be, the role of DMI in creating a vibrant and inclusive downtown, and how each of us can get involved in continuing to make downtown town a great destination place for Black folks. Mark says, "you have to create what you want to see."

To learn more about DMI visit their website at downtownmadison.org (http://downtownmadison.org) or check out their upcoming event on September 21 at the Monona Terrace.

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Angela is taking a few weeks off to restore.

On this week's episode of Black Oxygen, the tables are turned. Regular Black Oxygen guest Ali Muldrow interviews Angela Russell. The friendship vibes are on thick on this episode as they discuss when Angela first started noticing beauty, her relationship with beauty, and travel the 5 senses of beauty.

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This week's episode of Black Oxygen is a special call to action featuring Tracy Anderson, Community Outreach and Volunteer Manager of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County. Big Brothers Big Sisters empowers children to reach their full potential by creating and supporting strong and enduring one-on-one mentor relationships throughout Madison and Dane County. There are currently nearly 200 children ages 6 to 13 years old in Dane County waiting for a mentor. In this episode of Black Oxygen, Tracy discusses her journey in Wisconsin, the importance of mentorship for children, the current mentor needs, and how to get involved in volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County.

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Links and Resources:

https://www.bbbsmadison.org/ (https://www.bbbsmadison.org/)

Drawn by our access to nature and overall cost of living, singer-songwriter Carisa moved to Madison from New York City two years ago. In this episode of Black Oxygen, Carisa discusses her love of nature, what she finds beautiful and the importance of slowing down. We also discuss our mutual love of musicians Ahmad Jamal and Donny Hathaway. Carisa will be performing throughout the city this summer - to learn more about Carisa and her performances connect with her on her Facebook page or her IG page (@CarisaCat). Her music is streaming on all music platforms.

Links and resources:

https://www.instagram.com/carisa.cat/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/carisa.cat/?hl=en)

https://carisa.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-is-deep-water (https://carisa.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-is-deep-water)

https://isthmus.com/events/carisa-cider-farm/ (https://isthmus.com/events/carisa-cider-farm/)

Angela takes a break for Mother's Day, but she wanted to share what she's been thinking about on this special occasion.

Born and raised in Racine, Wi, Alicia Hazen is a Madison-based blogger, model and influencer covering the Midwest lifestyle, fashion and motherhood. She is also on the Assistant Dean and Director of Career Services at UW-Madison's School of Human Ecology. In this episode of Black Oxygen, Alicia discusses her journey into parenthood, the grief and shame one experiences after experiencing miscarriages, describes the Midwest lifestyle (which of course includes cheese curds), and offers advice on moving through career changes. Alicia reminds us that, "we are a part of something bigger."

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Links & Resources:

Here's why we might be one and done - https://madisonmom.com/heres-might-one-done/ (https://madisonmom.com/heres-might-one-done/)

Fabulous People: Alicia Hazen - https://fabulouswisconsin.com/fabulous-people/fabulous-people-alicia-hazen/ (https://fabulouswisconsin.com/fabulous-people/fabulous-people-alicia-hazen/)

Madison Momma - https://www.instagram.com/madisonmoms/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/madisonmoms/?hl=en)