Culture Class Podcast

In this concluding episode, our guest shares her experience protesting in the streets of Washington DC and how Black House Autonomous Zone came to being

In the wake of the George Floyd killing, our guest was arrested for defying the LA curfew. Upon release, she and some newly found friends proceeded on a road trip to Washington DC with a mission to register their displeasure publicly against systemic racism and other injustices. Throwing caution to the wind, they were ready to fight fire with fire and their actions eventually led to the creation of the Black House Autonomous Zone.

From issues with her former record label Tiny Entertainment to how she likes to be loved to early childhood days in Jos; Nigerian artistes Bella Alubo gets vulnerable on this episode.

Bella's spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QorJVeBcR8p3rOveZtpSk?si=t-aV2rOBTtSzzItAgr6WNQ

Assigned the female sex at birth, Dr. Elijah Nicholas spent over half of his life in the US Military, retiring as a Lt Col in 2012. Transitioning from female-to-male in 2018 manifested because Dr. Elijah

could no longer live his core values of Authenticity, Integrity,

and Transparency. He talks to the podcast about struggles within his family, the military and the church while attempting to live his truth.

Buy his book: https://www.amazon.com/Manifest-Your-Best-Life-Manifesting-ebook/dp/B07VNK5KMP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dr+elijah+nicholas&qid=1621838050&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

Korean-American J.S. Park is a hospital chaplain, former atheist, author & sixth degree black belt who talks about growing up in a dojo, cultural influences, what he's learnt being close to death and how we can find out one true voice in a world of noise. He also discusses Stop Asian Hate and Black Live Matter

Rodney Gainous Jr is an African-American technology entrepreneur, engineer, and author who made over $200,000 from his early coding project in high school. In 2016, Rodney sold everything and moved to Silicon Valley to pursue his career as a Software Engineer. Raised to believe that anything is possible, “I can’t” has never been a part of his vocabulary. He talks to Culture Class about his journey in the tech industry and his latest cybersecurity startup; SAFE.

Nine has been a burner for almost a decade. He shares his experience going to the annual Nevada festival focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. More info on https://burningman.org/

Nine is a performance anxiety coach, mental health advocate and a practical spirituality teacher. We talk trauma and therapy in this episode about mental health.

Juvelly is an artiste from Congo Brazzaville.

Anavee speaks on her Mexican American culture, experience growing up in shelters, why she got into music and how she plans on performing at Coachella someday.