Rambler

Two homies discover love in a time of quarantine.

He's a welder, She's a stay-at-home something. Together they form a rather functioning marriage.

Which, is a surprise if you consider any facts of the case. We got together and eloped 3 months later. Everyone was surprised.

But there's more to it, about five years more to it.

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After another great but more casual conversation with my friend Kells, I was so excited to share Black Ndn Tea with y'all. It was nice to get the perspective of our everyday lives without the weight of a plan. Upon uploading however alot of the MP3 was corrupted and deleted in weird ways. It took me a while to sort out everything but now the full 2 hour episode is up!!!!!

{Both the audio and the flow of the conversation make a lot more sense sorry for not catching it earlier folks}

In short: We talk sh*t.

Tw: discussion of intergenerational trauma, child abuse, misogynoir and anti Blackness.

Kells (@Iamkellingit), joins our host Jordan (@awkwardrambler)…to run our mouths. Sometimes you just need to vent with someone who gets you. Afro Indigenous experiences are wide and varied, but also we are few and far between. Dating, slogans, politics, happiness, anti-Blackness, Colorism, our complicated families. We ask each other about Black Guilt films our parents showed us and the annoyance of simply being perceived in Brown femmes bodies. And the great philosophy of minding my own damn bidness.

 Just two people admitting they are complicated and sometimes a mess. All through the duality of Afro-Indigeny.

Background Mewing by Bobby Sue (my kitten)

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In short: We talk sh*t.

Tw: discussion of intergenerational trauma and child abuse. But also about fun things, like being a mess in college, and playin around where you shouldn't.

Kells (@Iamkellingit), joins our host Jordan (@awkwardrambler)…to run our mouths. Sometimes you just need to vent with someone who gets you. Afro-Indigenous experiences are wide and varied, but also we are few and far between. Dating, slogans, politics, happiness, anti-Blackness, Colorism, our complicated families. Just two people admitting they are complicated and sometimes a mess. All through the duality of Afro-Indigeny.

Background Mewing by Bobby Sue (my kitten)

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Music by Rayne Blakeman

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Urban Forestry in historically Black neighbors brings both reciprocity and food sovereignty. We talk with our guest Kellyn (@KellynLaCour on Twitter) about their work at Baton Root, an urban farm in Baton Rogue changing the tide of Food Apartheid in the Deep South.

What does it mean to be an Urban Forester? 

How does urban Land Stewardship help shape the communities around them?

Black Land Stewardship Matters, urban places are still The Land.

Keep Up With Kellyn Here

For more on the term "Food Apartheid" and info about what that means I highly recommend this episode of a podcast called "Point Of Origin."

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Music by Rayne Blakeman

Sorry for the late upload today y'all we've been moving my MIL and we adopted a kitten today, so it's been a long one! I hope you enjoy this episode from another very Indigenous podcast.

The Following Notes Are All From Voices Of The Resurgence:

The crew sat down with Jae (@AwkwardRambler on twitter) and Kell(@Im_KElling_It also on twitter) to talk with them about being Black Indigenous. It's a long and nuanced conversation folks but it's a good one. The podcast has a Twitter @of_resurgence. We also have a Facebook! @ofresurgence You can also reach us by email for business opportunities at [email protected]. Cover art was done by Eli and you can reach him @paintedturtleco on Twitter. James and Tai have a Twitter @oglalawarriorAW and @sp4cek1d.

In this final half of the interview with Kima we discuss the tiny home trend, and what it means to be landless.

Next Episode 1/27/2021

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Links on BIPOC Housing Disparities

NPR: Native Americans Struggle To Find Housing While Facing Discrimination

Report from HUD

Serving Native Women Experiencing Homelessness

Urban Discrimination Report, also HUD

Black Women, Migration, and the Delay of Fair Housing

Homelessness And Racial Disparity

Does Race Matter For Housing?

Wave Of Mass Evictions Will Harm Black Women

Housing Discrimination and Urban Poverty of African Americans

Links On Tiny Houses And Houselessness

Operation Tiny Home

Menominee Tiny Homes

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Over the next two episodes, Kima and I discuss housing disparities in BIPOC communities.  From the perspectives of two people marginalized even within their own communities, we talk about the nitty gritties of housing, single parenthood, poverty, and domestic abuse. These factors shape the way people view

How is control over the Land still used against the very people who steward it?

Who in our communities are vulnerable?

How can we be landless and houseless in the very places that belonged to our peoples before the states were even invented?

Next Episode 12/23/2020

~Holiday Dates TBA~

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Links on BIPOC Housing Disparities 

NPR: Native Americans Struggle To Find Housing While Facing Discrimination

Report from HUD

Serving Native Women Experiencing Homelessness

Urban Discrimination Report, also HUD

Black Women, Migration, and the Delay of Fair Housing

Homelessness And Racial Disparity 

Does Race Matter For Housing?

Wave Of Mass Evictions Will Harm Black Women

Housing Discrimination and Urban Poverty of African Americans

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Support the podcast Here On Our Patreon

Find out more about the host J.Merica on Twitter, and Instagram

Support Kima On Her Patreon

Like our theme music? Check them out here: https://humanpettingzoo.bandcamp.com/

This week I am joined by our guest Juniper (@wetland_maroon on Instagram). A Rural Radical, and sweet farmer, Juniper talks to us about their journey on healing a parcel of land they received through reparations. We talk about healing the land in tandem with oneself, Afro-Indigency, mutual aid, and sovereingty. 

Important Note:

Food Sovereignty and Mutual Aid are tangible ways that poor folks have always used at some capacity to survive. Giving unused baby clothes to a new parent in your community who is struggling is mutual aid. In times like these where Black and Indigenous people are becoming increasingly vulnerable via food/housing instability. It is important we all reflect on ways we can help.

 Here are some links to get you started or inform you on mutual aid and the movement for Black/Native food sovereignty:

https://www.mutualaidhub.org/

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/25/904284865/make-farmers-black-again-african-americans-fight-discrimination-to-own-farmland

https://whyhunger.org/category/blog/bhm-a-brief-look-at-the-importance-of-black-food-sovereignty/

https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/why-food-sovereignty-is-a-human-right

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/nearly-four-in-10-black-hispanic-families-facing-food-insecurity-during-pandemic/

https://www.networkforphl.org/news-insights/addressing-native-american-food-insecurity-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-food-distribution-programs-on-indian-reservations/

https://hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/2020/11/november-native-american-heritage-month/

A good friend stops in to tell us one more tale of mystery! A continuation of the first Halloween themed episode, Tara comes to tell our host a few true personal scary stories.

Tara is a Native theater artist and director. She co-founded Groudwater Arts and does alot to bring BIPOC actors to the stage, as well as accurate representation of Native peoples. Definitely check her work out here: TaraMoses.Com

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Thanks for listening and sharing with your friends y'all see ya in two weeks for the next episode. 

We will be switching gears outta spooky season and talking about Land Sovereignty, reparations, and the importance of mutual aid.

Season II, Episode 1:

As an homage to spooky season, I decided to open this season with some fun, all be it creepy stories. The first two episodes will relax us into the rest, with stories from the land, and the people in the margins surviving on it.

First a couple of travel stories from Deondre Smiles, and then a dark tale from a lil dive bar from Tyrone! Please come listen to these two awesome storytellers discuss both the supernatural and tangible horror of traveling or living in isolated places.

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I post past trip photos, updates on my various projects, AND have free posting fairly often.

BIG THANKS To Rayne for the theme music, they recently dropped an album! Here are some links to their music:

bugbugtapes.bandcamp.com

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