Welcome to our last episode of the second season of Questions You Didn't Ask. We are closing out with our series on Harvesting Health Equity with your host Niasha Fray and her guests Demetrius Hunter, Dr. Monique Gary, and Camryn Smith. In this episode, we discuss the various leaders and organizations that inspire our work around foodways, black farming, and the transformative power of food as medicine. Dive in now to learn more about some of the most cutting-edge community organizations that are meeting the comprehensive health needs of minoritized communities, developing equitable policy and leadership strategies to realize justice, and places that provide opportunities for our imagination of Health Equity to flourish and become real! Thank you for listening to season 2 of QYDA!! Stay Tuned for Season 3 to kick off with a BANG!

In this episode, your host, Niasha Fray, and her guests Demetrius Hunter, Dr. Monique Gary, and Camryn Smith start to imagine a world with food justice and food sovereignty. Our imagination leads us to analyze the barriers produced by the philanthropy sector and food-related non-profits. Have you thought that "success has been measured by the wrong metrics" as Dr. Monique Gary says when examining ROI and actual community impact? Have you thought about what a healthy food system and food economy could look like?

What is Food Apartheid? What do economic mobility, cost of living, average median income, and zip codes have to do with Food Justice? Have you looked at these things and thought, “These minority health disparities are here by design?” The second episode of the series Harvesting Health Equity: Exploring Foodways, Black Farming, and the Transformative Power of Food as Medicine will begin to travel down this path with you. Your host, Niasha Fray continues the conversation with guests Demetrius Hunter, Dr. Monique Gary, and Camryn Smith.

Did your family or community elders teach you how to heal yourself with food and natural remedies? Have you noticed that most of the healing foods are hard to find in your neighborhood? Does this make you worry about where to find the food you need to stay healthy? Are you asking yourself what can be done to improve access to healing foods? Well, tune in now to the newest series Harvesting Health Equity: Exploring Foodways, Black Farming, and the Transformative Power of Food as Medicine. Your host, Niasha Fray introduces her inspiring guests Demetrius Hunter, Dr. Monique Gary, and Camryn Smith.

This final episode of the series "In the Weeds: Health Equity and the Cannabis Conundrum" ends strong with your host Niasha Fray and Guest Leo Bridgewater Sr. The importance of community engagement in shaping local policies, identifying leaders who reflect the community's interests, and entrepreneurship as key mechanisms for effective Cannabis and Health Equity Advocacy are covered in this episode. You will leave this series informed, empowered, and inspired to Run your Race toward equity, justice, and win!

What does Restorative Justice, White Fragility, Political Accountability, PTSD, Economic Justice, Poverty Pimping, and Gun Laws have to do with Cannabis? Well, you'll have to tune into this power-packed episode of "In the Weeds: Health Equity and the Cannabis Conundrum" to find out. Join your host, Niasha Fray, and guest Leo Bridgewater, Sr. discuss these topics and more on Questions You Didn't Ask.

What are the racial equity implications of mandatory drug testing? How does cannabis decriminalization protect workers? What makes New Jersey's cannabis policies different from other states? What are the vast economic and industrial opportunities for hemp, CBD, and cannabis? In this episode, your host, Niasha Fray continues her conversation with Leo Bridgewater, Sr. uncovering bold, innovative, and transformative social equity policies and mobilization strategies that advance health equity. We also discuss the economic equity implications of this industry for black farmers and landowners.

What's the big deal about legalizing Marijuana? Isn't Cannabis a gateway drug? Who's being impacted by the criminalization of Weed? In this series your host, Niasha Fray is joined by Leo Bridgewater, Sr. to lift the complex intersection of health equity and cannabis, as well as the historical, political, and cultural changes around Cannabis in the U.S.

If your Christian organization is meant to serve the housing needs of veterans and people who are formerly incarcerated how do you make room for their unique spiritual beliefs? What are some current models of quality, affordable, sustainable, long-term housing solutions for veterans and people involved with the justice system? In the final episode of this spirited series, our guests Mr. Eric Hargrave, Mr. Dennis L. Fontelroy, and Dr. Benjamin C. Bell Jr. imparts wisdom to our audience regarding the power of love and shares the spotlight by talking about their national partners working to make a difference in the housing space. We also lament about the fact that rent is not going down and wages are not keeping up. Lean into this episode to learn how you can join in this good struggle to provide housing solutions.

What are the challenges of re-entry into civilian life for veterans and those formerly incarcerated? How do bias, stigma, and prejudice exacerbate the challenges of reentry? In episode three, our guests Mr. Eric Hargrave, Mr. Dennis L. Fontelroy, and Dr. Benjamin C. Bell Jr. shares insights on the harsh reality of the school-to-prison pipeline. This discussion touches on the far-reaching effects of these issues on the person impacted, their interpersonal relationships, the communities they return to, the organizations poised to help, and the policies that impact us all.