In this special episode of the BUILD BLACK Podcast we feature Dr. Kristin Gates of Kaiser Permanente. In this intimate conversation we dive into being purposeful about the COVID 19 vaccination options for ourselves and families. Kindra shares her real feelings behind her own vaccine hesitation and the need to align health equity and justice. Dr. Gates gets “real” about the risk vs. reward and creating safe and healthy communities living in a post COVID pandemic world. “The world is about to start acting as if everyone is vaccinated! Listen to this special episode as both women speak from personal experience and LOVE. 

 

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Several issues going on in the Black community Kindra, Berry, and Damien touch on. On the heels of Megan Markle's interview with Oprah the three wind up in a discussion about how colorism runs rampant in the Black community. 

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first Ali Frazier fight. What sometimes get lost is the hateful language Ali used towards Frazier leading into that fight. 

Cassandra Jenning, the president of the Greater Sacramento Urban League joins the crew. 

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Stuart Burden joins us and explains the $100 million investment into Black owned businesses through the California Black Freedom Fund,. 

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Harrison Barnes joined us to discuss a number of things including...

His season so far. 

Social messages in the NBA. 

The importance of community and Build Black. 

Financial literacy and the launch of Drafted, a program he's doing with the Black-owned finance app Goalsetter. 

How to get young people excited about financial literacy and saving. 

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Mr and Mrs Darrell and Tina Roberts join Kindra and Berry to talk Build Black and advocating for children. The importance, the struggles, and navigating the pandemic. 

Mr Roberts shares his connection to the Super Bowl and the 4 share the importance of the Bruce Arians having 4 black coordinators and 2 women on his staff. 

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Tamisha  Walker, co-founder and current Executive Director of the Safe Return Project, joins the Build Black podcast. The Safe Return Project is an organization invested in securing the freedom and liberation of formerly incarcerated and convicted individuals while participatory action research and grassroots organizing to ending mass incarceration and mass criminalization of poor people. She has been a community organizer and known advocate on issues related to mass incarceration and racial disparity in the criminal justice system since my release from incarceration in 2009.

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The show opens with a couple of thoughts on things that have and haven't happened since the insurrection. 

Gabby Trejo, the Executive DIrector of SacACT joins the conversation. 

We discuss how she got into community action and Build Black. 

Inequality in health care. 

Racism between black and brown people. 

How to help. 

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Dedicated to Sara Richards-Newsom. 

This week we're joined by Simeon Gant, the founder of Green Tech.

Green Tech prepares youth and young adults, ages 16-21 for emerging career opportunities in clean energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living strategies. We emphasize careers in construction, transportation, manufacturing, utilities, and environmental management. 

Green Tech offers life skills and workforce development to “at promise”, working class communities and diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Hear Simeon's amazing story of how Green Tech came to be and what's next for this amazing non-profit. 

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Chet Hewitt is the President and CEO of Sierra Health Foundation. He's also one of the founders of Build Black. 

Saving the country. 

What is Build Black and why is it so important? 

Do Black people do enough to support Black people? 

Why is Build Black scary to some? 

What are the next steps? What are immediate steps? 

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Berry, Kindra, and Damien get together to discuss the Capitol Riot that took place in Washington, DC while trying to shine light on the extraordinary events that took place in Georgia. 

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