Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood

Joel and I had a great conversation about our experiences working in higher education, particularly in predominantly white institutions, transitioning out of higher ed, and his vast higher education experience has influenced his coaching and consulting firm, Apoyo coaching and consulting. 

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↳ Joel Perez on LinkedIn

↳ Apoyo Coaching & Consulting

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Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas (@lemele_dumas)

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Showart: Lia Osley (@liabedrawing)

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This week, I am joined by Mariah Poitier.

Mariah (She/Her) is a Black Femme, Bay Area native and scholar-activist. She loves dismantling white supremacy almost as much as she loves to dance. She enjoys the norcal and socal dual lifestyle, and procrastinating on her thesis. Mariah currently is a graduate student at San Francisco State University studying Master of Art in Education with a concentration in Equity and Social Justice.

I don’t know if y'all noticed, but I have never really mentioned where I went to school and I still won’t. Because trauma and you do not get free exposure for causing trauma. That's why I had a GREAT time talking with Mariah about her experiences at her grad school, her research, and what it's like living a double life in Norcal and Socal.

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↳ Message Mariah on LinkedIn

↳ Email Mariah

↳ Mariah on IG

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Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas (@lemele_dumas)

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Showart: Lia Osley (@liabedrawing)

Email: [email protected]

Bonus Ep for yall!

I hopped on the Bro Nouveau Podcast a few weeks ago and had a dope time. Make sure to check out the Bro Nouveau Podcast wherever you listen to your pods.

Jonathan Dumas @rtwdpodcast is the founder and owner of CommonCulture Coaching & Consulting. He is an Organizational Psychologist and Leadership Coach, specializing in organizational and team development. Jonathan works with clients across industries to create sustainable and thriving cultures that encourage diversity, equity, inclusivity, and justice. Jonathan also hosts a podcast called Real Talk with Dumas Podcast, where he has meaningful and substantive conversations on society and culture.

IG: @bronouveaupod

Podcast: The Bro Nouveau Podcast

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This week, I am joined by Emily McGill, Communications Consultant and Tarot Reader. 

Emily McGill is a communications consultant and tarot reader. After nearly a decade and a half working in entertainment in New York City as a storytelling strategist and Broadway publicist, her path of self-exploration led to healing and evolution - and reading tarot cards professionally.

Emily’s passions are unlocking the magic in others, amplifying unheard voices (inner and otherwise), offering platforms for open dialogue, and creating meaningful experiences while cultivating community.  She is the founder of The Pink Tank, a women’s group integrating the personal and the professional, and a co-founder of S.N.O.B. (Sunday Night on Broadway), a monthly Broadway industry dance party.  She is also a member of PR collective Spiral5 and a coauthor of their signature course, The Career Rebel’s Guide to Modern PR.  Currently in development is Emily’s The Broadway Tarot.

This was a great conversation, yall. Where we talk about what Tarot is, how Emily got into it, and ways she uses tarot to tell powerful stories and help others do the same. For my Real Fam listeners, you will be able to watch our conversation and Emily gives me my first ever tarot reading.

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↳ @emilyannemcg

↳ Emily McGill Entertainment

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Folx to follow:

• Donyae Coles

Sources of for the show:

• An introduction to Hoodoo

Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas 

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Showart: Lia Osley (@liabedrawing)

Email: [email protected]

I have the pleasure of chatting it up with my friend, Nereyda Yong. Neddy is a proud Latina and first generation seminarian at San Francisco Theological Seminary who is also a spiritual director and ordination candidate within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was raised in a Pentecostal Christian congregation pastored by her grandparents and her spiritual journey has fueled her passion to strengthen and support efforts of liberation for minoritized peoples in the church and society at large. You will often find her doing what she loves: meeting new people, enjoying nature, trying new food, dancing, laughing with her family (she has a partner and three beautiful children), and adventuring to new places experiencing first hand the beautiful diversity present in the world.

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↳ Nereyda Yong or email at [email protected]

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Sources & folks to follow:

• Dr. Rosales Meza

• IG: dr.rosalesmeza

• IG: Nikki La’es

• IG: desmondtutu

• IG: joluehmann

• IG: brandinico

Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Email: [email protected]

Hey yall! There is an never ending stream of things going on in the world: violation of women's rights, the U.S screwing over the people of Afghanistan...again, Hurricane Ida, the Panaroma V.2, and a stupid recall election in my home state of California.

With everything going on, it is still important to pause. So, thats what this episode is. We are going to slow down, be still, and breathe.

Find something to celebrate or find some joy, yall! ✌🏾

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This week I am joined by my friend Melany Del Carpio. Melany is Peruvian, a taurus, and is just trying to discover more of her truest self. She is also a llama lover and life long learner who wants to believe there is still good in the world. 

Melany and I dive into a taboo topic in the Black and Brown community: colorism. She shares about her own exploration of her racial identity, why she believes colorism is just a safe way to say antiblack, and why she no longer identifies as a person of color. We also explore the importance of knowing ourselves in order to be the best allies we can be. This was an incredibly honest conversation that I hope you all enjoy.

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↳ @mel_delcarpio 

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Folx to follow:

• @Lutzesegu aka the Social Justice Doula

Sources of for the show:

• Code Switch: What Does It Mean To Be Latino? The “Light-Skinned Privilege” Edition

Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas 

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Email: [email protected]

This week, I have the homie, my friend, my neighbor, and sister, Tania Miron-Perez come through on the pod to chop it up. For her job, Tania is the Training & Strategy Coordinator at Be The Bridge a non-profit org that does some great work in the racial equity space. In her spare time she is putting in work for social justice advocacy, but recharges in nature, with friends, or enjoying a great book

In our conversation, we talk about her big move to the West coast a few years back, finding and cultivating a community in the middle of a pandemic, and the passion behind her advocacy work.

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↳ @browngirlplantscene

↳ @chicanahiking

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Sources:

• Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas (@lemele_dumas)

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

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If you didn’t know, the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics are jumpin off this week and athletes across the world are set to do their thing. There have already been a ton of storylines that have come about leading up to the Olympic games this year, but one in particular surrounds the women’s national soccer team's ongoing lawsuit for equal pay. The guest this week is perfect to go into the finer points of the lawsuit, so let me introduce y'all to Jackie Gutierrez aka Jackie G. Jackie is a sports journalist and founder of Women Kick Balls, an independent news source that exists to capture women’s soccer in an authentic voice. We chop it up about how she started writing, the support she has had from her family (Shout out uncle Joe), and the importance of equality in professional sports.

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↳ EIC on Instagram: @womenkickballs

↳ EIC on Twitter: @womenkickballs

↳ Subscribe to Women Kick Balls newsletter

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Producer: Jonathan Dumas

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

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In this episode, we talk about how we handled 2020 and how we are doing now, the impact all of the unrest of 2020 had on our relationships, what being a good ally looks like as men and why the #notallmen thing is stupid af, and how we are trying to find ways to support ourselves and our partners.

Just a heads up that this episode does contain some mention of shootings and rape. No specific details, but wanted to flag nonetheless.

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Sources:

• Wakeman, Jessica. “The Real Cost of Pink Tax.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 6 Aug. 2020, www.healthline.com/health/the-real-cost-of-pink-tax. 

Production & Contact Details:

Producer: Jonathan Dumas

Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)

Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)

Email: [email protected]