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The Fab Four is back! Join the Texts To Table crew as they talk election, pandemic, and looking forward to 2021. They also welcome special guests Dr. Eva Pietri, Associate Professor at IUPUI, and Christina Swarns, Executive Director of the Innocence Project.

Episode Overview

In this episode we discuss the following:

2:50 - Sponsorship & Representation

22:02 - Kamala Harris

28:22 - The Most Endangered Species: Black Women

43:07 - CEO + Mom - Book Recomendation: The Memo by Minda Harts

53:21 - Karens…

56:15 - Do We Trust White Women?

55:53 The loss of John Lewis & CT Vivian

1:00:01 - Black Women We Need to Know About

Up Next: A Conversation about Family & Leadership

Favorite quotes:

• "Feelin black and brand new."

• "Let’s just vote. That’s the key."

• "Health is wealth."

• "My trust doesn’t have a color."

Episode Overview

In this episode we discuss the following:

7:06 Main topic of today: Assimilation and Code-switching

33:45 Code switching begs the question: Who is the real me?

36:38 Fighting two pandemics: Corona and Racism

41:19 Further your education: The On Being podcast w/ Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem

44:50 White supremacy and racism as a philosophy: it can mutate and adapt

46:44 We aren’t trying to give you the answers: do the work!

52:08 Further your education: The Uncomfortable Truth documentary

55:53 The loss of John Lewis & CT Vivian

59:55 Irving’s weekend journey of the movie Harriet, the news of John Lewis passing, and a violently racist email in his inbox

Up Next: Ladies Night!

Favorite quotes:

• "Empathy is a critical leadership competency."

• "We are experts in living our black lives."

• "Push through the fear."

• "White accommodation-is trauma."

And of course, this amazing wobble how-to video.

Episode Overview

Summary: We are four Black CEOs, joining together to reflect on today’s political climate, focusing on race within leadership. Our views are our own. Listen and learn, as we share our experiences and different walks through life as we process and respond to the events of Black Lives Matter, and what it means to be a Black person and CEO in 2020. (A conversation that’s long overdue, wouldn’t you agree?) Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

In this episode we discuss the following:

1:50 Taking private group conversations in the Black community and bringing them front and center for a public discussion

3:45 Black people have had the lack of luxury of separating personal and professional lives in how they can respond to issues of race….until now?

4:41 The importance of the historical context of us being minorities in CEO roles

8:30 Race, Reactions, and Leadership: “The grace and the space” to figure it out vs. the burden to lead or respond

22:10 It ain’t new: overdue outrage, and difference of reactions

31:05 Megaphone moment: Why we feel we are finally able to share our truth as Black people

35:55 - Why Now? Where did these huge diversity champions come from?

39:18 Ally-ship: What are best practices for Black people, White people, POC non-Black, in leadership?

55:48 - Being a leader in this moment no matter what your race is

Best quick quotes from the ep:

• "Grace and space"

• "Megaphone moment"

• "Why now?"

• "It ain’t new!"

• "Who did I need permission from to speak up?"

• "Get comfortable being uncomfortable"