Today on Mocha Mamas, we are addressing some of the misconceptions of Black Lives Matter. It is more than a hashtag and it is not a movement that endorses or promotes violence, hate or Black superiority.  It is a necessary movement to draw attention to police brutality and how it is impacting the Black community at disproportionate rates. Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people (and 1.3 times less likely to be armed). This is a problem. This is not OK!  

Our Mocha Mamas host, Inez, and guest co-host, Jenny Martin, talk about why Black Matters is needed and how it both harmful and hurtful when the people we love deny this fact. 

Black Lives Matter is not to say that Black lives are more important, it is to say that Black lives are just as significant.  

Resource: 

mappingpoliceviolence.org 

https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

Today's conversation is one like no other we've had. We talk to a white public school teacher (yes, our first white guest!) about the lack of diversity in public schools. Jennifer Purcell talks very openly about her experiences at different schools and the lack of resources and support the schools in a more ethnically diverse area had. She discusses challenges of being a white teacher working with parents that speak another language and some of the cultural differences she's had to learn. We really appreciate Jen's openness to talk about this subject and we love something that she said, "it only takes one or two people to make a change".  Join us next week as we continue to talk about the public schools with another guest, focusing on the racial disparities. 

Mocha Mamas host Inez and guest, Julian Newman CEO of Culture Creative, continue the conversation about Ahmaud Arbery, racism in America and six actions of invalidation. Inez and Julian also discuss practical ways for white people who want to join the cause of fighting racism which includes learning, listening and resisting the need to lead.  

Follow Julian Newman 

Suggested Reading: 

Contains affiliate links. 

Stay Woke 

Native by Kaitlin Curtice 

Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt 

Yellow by Frank Wu 

Lament for Ahmaud: The Day My Daddy Screamed by Julian Newman

Suggested Documentary: 

Many Rivers to Cross 

Today, we have a bonus episode for you! This is a conversation that happened in between recording our two part series on Ahmaud Arbery. Our Mocha Mamas guest, Julian Newman, shares about the third place where two truths exist, the suffering and the hope of working together in unity to create something beautiful. It is a beautiful and powerful message. We hope you enjoy! 

The world was recently taken by storm when a video leaked of 25 year old Ahmaud Arbery being chased down and killed by two men (a third was filming). There was a collective outrage that this could even happen in the United States of America and that this took place over two months ago, with no arrests at the time. Mocha Mamas host, Inez, has a conversation with guest host, Julian Newman, to discuss the differences between how people have responded to this particular story vs. how they respond to the countless times we have seen similar stories before.  We discuss the gut-wrenching video by This is Us actor Sterling K. Brown and how there is a third place - a necessary perspective for attaining healing and reaching racial unity. Julian shares his perspective as a Black man and Inez shares hers as a mom of a "future Black man".  Join the conversation! 

In this episode, we are talking about how social distancing, isolation and quarantine can affect our mental health with special guest, Jenny Bayardo-Flores, who works for public mental health at the state level in California. Jenny gives some practical tips on how we can be caring for our own mental health during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as what we can do to help others - including how to ease the minds of our children!  Jenny gives two great resources in this episode, check them out below!  

IDONTMIND 

Mental Health America 

Connect with Jenny on Instagram! 

Join us for a different kind of conversation. Mocha Mamas host, Inez Bayardo, is recording solo today, and shares about a recent experience she had which made her realize how much social distancing, isolation & quarantine has affected her emotions. Inez shares how she had to "sort through her spaghetti" and encourages listeners to take an honest evaluation of how the affects of this crisis - sort through the spaghetti!  Come listen and share your experience in our Mocha Mamas Facebook group.