It's been a year since the pandemic, altering our lives in so many areas.  Small businesses and especially businesses owned by people of color have been hit hard with many closing their doors for good or trying to meet the demands of the Covid safety guidelines, maintaining a staff as well as customers.  We wanted to follow up with  some of our guests that have been on the program to see what a year of covid has changed their lives and businesses and what tips they can provide to help other small businesses. 

This seems like the perfect opportunity to celebrate and discuss Black love since Valentine’s day is this weekend. As much as we will discuss that, the episode will delve into the history of the Black family – from the roots of slavery where families were sold and torn apart, Moynihan’s debated report on “The Black Family,”  to free love, AIDS and how those pieces of history present themselves today.  So we’ll talk about that and what Black love looks like today in all of its shapes and forms.

Code-switching is not new.  W.E.B. DuBois wrote about the complexities of duality, or double consciousness— and how Black people walked between two worlds.  And for many folks it was...and still is, a necessity for their advancement, survival and physical well-being…

BUT as more people of color describe themselves as “authentically” or “openly" Black, we began to wonder in this time of racial reckoning... if Black and brown people have become more comfortable expressing themselves— their FULL selves freely to others without code-switching? And most importantly, how and what will those conversations look and sound like?

The presidential election and the first female Vice President of Asian and African American descent.

Funding art and social justice; how the new fund will change the landscape of how we see work, what type of art people are exposed to as well as ways to create a funding pipeline for Black and Brown organizations. It also provides a deeper discussion on Black/brown philanthropy.