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Carrie and Gloria talk to Susan & Peivin Lee (@peivinlee), actor Eileen Fogarty (@FoggyinLA), and some listeners about the surge of violence against Asian Americans. What You Can Do as A Bystander to Race Based Harrassment https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-19/how-to-help-after-racist-attacks Support our SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/social-justice-scholarship join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast

Is it wrong to want a doctor that looks like you? Carrie and Gloria talk with psychologist, Dr. Jeff Gardere, and tackle this controversial issue. https://www.drjeffgardere.com NPR did a story about patients wanting Black doctors https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000780657/black-women-try-to-avert-medical-racism-by-searching-for-black-doctors Support our SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: https://give.826boston.org/give/338625/#!/donation/checkout join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast **This episode was sponsored by the Office of IDEaS, an initiative of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, which fights for inclusive, accessible, high-quality healthcare for everyone.**

It's PART 2 of... Ask a Black Person, Ask a White Person! Carrie and Gloria are at it again tackling more of your questions. Support our SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/social-justice-scholarship join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast If you have more questions, email us: [email protected]

It's time for... Ask a Black Person, Ask a White Person! Gloria and Carrie tackle questions submitted by listeners. Support our SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/social-justice-scholarship join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast **This episode was sponsored by the Office of IDEaS, an initiative of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, which fights for inclusive, accessible, high-quality healthcare for everyone.**

Carrie and Gloria reflect on diversity at work during their careers, and share how they both ended up at the job that reunited them in their 20's. 8 Ways to Promote Inclusion and Diversity at Work: https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2021/01/25/eight-important-ways-to-promote-inclusion-and-diversity-in-your-workplace/?sh=3ff045096da1 support our Social Justice Scholarship Fund: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/social-justice-scholarship join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast

The pandemic is a mental health crisis! Gloria and Carrie talk about navigating through it as working moms and all the stresses that keep piling up: working from home, parenting, avoiding getting Covid, while also trying to get loved ones vaccinated and so much more. Support our SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/social-justice-scholarship Helpful links: If you need someone to talk to: 800-950-4357 or 833-317-4673 Plan your vaccine: https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vaccine/ more about the vaccine: https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/covid19/vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-benefits.html tips for recovering from Covid: https://www.unitypoint.org/article.aspx?id=797030a3-a4d8-4201-8b00-f243670a3227 *************************** join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast **This episode was sponsored by the Office of IDEaS, an initiative of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, which fights for inclusive, accessible, high-quality healthcare for everyone.**

Gloria and Carrie tackle the assumption that Black and white people fear each other. They explore the difference between "trust" and "fear". join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast if you're looking to support organizations that are working for social justice, we have donated to these: https://blacklivesmatter.com https://www.naacpldf.org

Would you participate in a COVID-19 Vaccine trial? The vaccine trials were looking for more Black and Brown people to participate. We talked someone who signed up. follow Dr. Pena on Twitter: @izabellapena1 Dr. Pena's YouTube channel an organization she created to help inform latinos and hispanics about Covid and more https://en.contracovid.com/ Learn more about the Covid 19 vaccine here. join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast

In this episode Carrie and Gloria explore how historical medical injustices have created a racial divide in whether or not to trust the COVID-19 vaccines. They talk with Dr. Rich Joseph of Brigham and Women's Hospital about the vaccines and delve into the reality that some people are ready to get vaccinated while others are scared as hell! **This episode was sponsored by the Office of IDEaS, an initiative of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, which fights for inclusive, accessible, high-quality healthcare for everyone.** follow us on Instagram - @HCFSpodcast and on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks ADDITIONAL RESOURCES More info about the COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/covid19/vaccine What to expect at the vaccine appointment: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect.html Learn more about the Tuskegee Experiment: https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study Learn more about Henrietta Lacks: http://henriettalacksfoundation.org

Gloria and Carrie reflect on what it's been like to put their conversations out into the world. They discuss how BLM has inspired white people to want to reach out to their black friends, but are often too afraid to follow through. NAACP Legal Defense Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org join our conversations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HardCandyAndFruitSnacks follow us on Instagram: @HCFSpodcast