Nubian Tigers Talk

This is part one of a two part series exploring the issues that confront Black women as they struggle to have their issues included in the broader fight for a more just racial environment. We explore some of the ways societal views of Black women impact their ability to be treated as full human beings in American society as a whole, but also within our own Black communities.

In this episode we speak with Tracy McCurty of Black Belt Justice Center. She explains the racist treatment our nation's Black farmers have been experiencing at the hands of the United States Department of Agriculture. The farmers have been in a decades long battle with USDA and have achieved little relief despite winning two settlements against the government. Thanks to Senator Warnock, Booker and Warren, Biden's American Recovery Plan Act included relief for the farmers. Will they now begin to see some justice ahead? 

In this episode Hans Hageman, the Executive Director of Land to Learn nonprofit talks to us about the importance of connecting children to the idea of where our food comes from, and the connection between growing healthy food and wellness. If the pandemic taught us anything at all, it's that we cannot take food or health for granted. Hans is full of ideas and our conversation with him was very inspiring. www.landtolearn.org

This is Part II of our discussion with Dr. Herman Taylor and Dr. Ross Zafonte, where we continue to discuss some of their findings on health outcomes for retired NFL players.

This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Herman Taylor and Dr. Ross LaFonte, two of the doctors on an interdisciplinary team working with retired NFL players to assess their health outcome in retirement.

Heirs Property is a term few of us have heard of. It is family held land that is passed down without a will or if a Will is available, without specifically naming a beneficiary who will inherit the land. Commercial speculators can then take advantage of the family by convincing an heir to sell his or small interest in the land. Dr. Sandra Thompson walks us through this process and highlights steps being taken to help prevent Black families being forced to sell their family held land.

In this episode we talk with Linda Darryl Chatman about the COVID stimulus bill. At the time the podcast was recorded only the House had passed the Bill. Now, the Senate voted to adopt the bill as well. Chatman explains the major points of the bill and takes care to highlight how those excluded from relief in prior stimulus cycles can be helped under the current bill.

This is part 2 of Dr. Cheryl Holder's discussion of how environmental racism negatively impacts the health of Black and Brown communities.

This episode kicks off Season 2 of Wake Up with Nubian Tigers Talk podcast. Our guest is Dr. Cheryl Holder who takes us through the ways in which toxic substances in the environment negatively impact the health outcomes for Black and Brown communities.

This is the last episode of season 1 of the podcast. Our political commentators get back together to discuss what they saw on Election day and to analyze what's been going on since with Trump's maneuvers to avoid the election results.