Celebrating Us

As we navigate throughout our lives, especially as young people it's important to find a community that best supports us on our paths and helps define our identity. Though there are many struggles within ourselves these communities build us up as we withstand these individual hardships. Traycee joins us as we talk about the importance of this as well as other subtopics within our identity. Enjoy!

Being recognized for our talents and efforts is something many Black women rarely get to experience. In this episode, we talk about this and also touch on embracing your natural self as a Black woman. Enjoy!

Women Talk About On This Episode: 

Zora Neale Hurston

• Author 
• One of the leaders of the Harlem renaissance 
• Used her work to make others aware of issues within the Black community 
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Kathleen Cleaver 

• Activist, educator, lawyer, and writer 
• First female member of Black Panther Part Centra Committee
• Organizerspokesperson for the Black Panther Party
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The Black experience is enriched with so much culture and there's just not one way of enduring this experience. Mariah discusses with us how her experience being Black has been and the importance of this month. Enjoy!! 

This month is for Black people to be their authentic selves without worries. This is exactly what this episode entails. Join Makayla and I as we discuss authenticity, self-love, and all the dope things that come with being Black. Enjoy!!

In this episode, we explore more in-depth how the older generation affects Black youth activism. There have been many times where youth are underestimated and belittled. This can put out the fire for activism especially if something is said by someone within our own community. Kharisma joins us and talks about the harms that backlash from older folks can have and why youth should never let that affect their fire. Enjoy! 

In this episode, we dive deep into what youth activism is and its importance of it. We are creating new methods to change and have a lot of impact on the world, yet there are still some issues when it comes to the older generations downplaying us. Enjoy!

To close off this series we're touching on Black trauma. Many don't realize what falls under the spectrum of this and how it can directly affect them. Our generation is more open to talking about the mental toll that racial injustice can have on us and it's important we educate the older generation. In this episode, Julian joins us to talk about why these conversations are important and how we can use them to build resilience. Enjoy!!

In the second episode of this series, we look more into what the Black Liberation movement is. It's more than just freeing Black minds from the bondage of oppression, it is about making those against us realize how much power we hold. In the past, we've seen movements take strides towards a more free country for their predecessors. Now it's up to our generation to continue can carry on the torch, but we're doing it in our own way. Listen to Linnea's views about how our generation is handling this pressure. Enjoy!

To kick off this series we have Amya Turner. She explained her perspective on the difference between Black Liberation and Black Trauma. They both hold a lot of meaning and it's hard to pick one over the other. She also connects both ideas to the Black community's struggle with mental health. Listen and hear more about what she had to say. Enjoy !!

The actions of many professional sports organizations have shown that all they care about is making money off the backs of their players. They don't care about their players' well-being as long as they're making them millions. Black athletes have gotten penalized for no longer conforming to that shut up and play mentality and that upsets them. In this episode, I sat down with Kay to talk about why this particular system is so scared of Black voices. Enjoy!