The Full Set

Nikki Gee is a retired Air Force veteran that was diagnosed with Relapse Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 2011. After being diagnosed with MS, she sought out a path to truly figuring out the meaning of life. Through her journey, she has been able to educate others on what it really means to take charge of your own life through spiritual, emotional, and physical healing.  Nikki is currently studying Complementary and Alternative Health at Ashford University and Homeopathy at the Academy of Homeopathy Education. She was trained in therapeutic aromatherapy at the Heal Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon completion she will be attending Southwest Medical College in Phoenix Arizona to become a Naturopathic Doctor.  It was out of Nikki’s love for nature and self-healing that Urban Essentials came into fruition. As an herbalist, she believes that herbs and roots carry messages that we need to become in tune with and that’s why she infuses her products with them. Her manta is Be You, Be Free, Be Inspired.  

My cash app: $UrbanEss PayPal: PayPal.Me/UrbanEssentialsUS or [email protected] Venmo: @UrbanEss

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Ijeoma is a Seattle-based Writer, Speaker and Internet Yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, The Stranger, Washington Post, ELLE magazine, NBC News and more. Her NYT bestselling first book, So You Want to Talk About Race, was released January 2018 with Seal Press. Ijeoma was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, one of The Root's 100 Most Influential Americans in 2017 & 2018, and is the recipient of the Feminist Humanist Award 2018 by the American Humanist Association, the Media Justice Award by the Gender Justice League, and the 2018 Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award by the Equal Opportunity Institute.  

Support Ijeoma’s mutual aid initiative: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-artist...

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Hari Ziyad (he/they) is the author of Black Boy Out of Time (Little A, ‘21) and the editor-in-chief of RaceBaitr. Their work has been featured in Gawker, Out, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Ebony, Mic, Paste Magazine, AFROPUNK, in the peer-reviewed academic journal Critical Ethnic Studies, and in the anthology The Future is Black: Afropessimism, Fugitivity and Radical Hope in Education, among other publications.  Two payment links where folks can donate: patreon.com/racebaitr & paypal.me/racebaitr Your social media handles: Hari Ziyad 

Originally recorded May 5 2020 

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Damon Young is writer, critic, humorist, satirist, and professional Black person. He's a co-founder and editor in chief of VerySmartBrothas -- coined "the blackest thing that ever happened to the internet" by The Washington Post -- and a columnist for GQ. Damon's writing -- which vacillates from anthropological satire and absurdist racial insights to razor sharp cultural critique and unflinching indictments of privilege and bias -- has often generated praise from from his peers. Ava DuVernay called his voice "clear and critical." Michael Eric Dyson said he's "one of the most important young voices in humor writing today." And Kiese Laymon called his work "the best of American twenty-first century writing."  Damon's debut memoir -- What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir In Essays (Ecco/HarperCollins) -- is a tragicomic exploration of the angsts, anxieties, and absurdities of existing while black in America, and won Barnes & Noble's 2019 Discover Award. It was also longlisted for the PEN America Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award, nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and is a Krause Essay Prize nominee. NPR, which named it one of the best books of 2019, called it an "outstanding collection of nonfiction."  Damon currently resides in Pittsburgh's Northside, with his wife, two children, and his faithful bottles of Nexium and Lisinopril.  

Find Damon on social media: @damonyoungvsb @verysmartbros and @damonyoungvsb (twitter) damonjyoung.com  

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Tajh Sutton is a content creator, pop culture critic, published author, arts educator and grassroots organizer in Brooklyn New York. She currently serves as Community Education Council President in Williamsburg Brooklyn, founder, curriculum design supervisor and lead choreographer at Young People of Color Incorporated and creator/ curator of Loc Love Lives Here, an online community dedicated to unpacking the politics of Black beauty through a Queer Black feminist lens free of colorism, fatphobia or texture discrimination.  Cashapp: $TajhDanielleSutton Venmo: @Tajh-Proofs  Instagram.com/LocLoveLivesHere Twitter.com/youngpplofcolor Facebook.com/afrocenchick @afrocenchick on all social media TajhSutton.com  

Originally recorded May 3 2020

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Feminista Jones is a Philadelphia-based feminist writer, public speaker, community activist, and semi-retired social worker. She is the author of the novel Push the Button, the poetry collection The Secret of Sugar Water, and the critically-acclaimed Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets (Beacon, 2019). Her work centers Black American culture, critical race theory, intersectionality, women’s health and well-being. Feminista's passion and talent for writing have led to her being featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Essence, XOJane, Complex, Vox, Salon, and EBONY.  

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In 2017, Feminista was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Philadelphia by Philadelphia magazine and was later featured in Philadelphia Style magazine for her community work in 2018, 

In 2020, Feminista was named one of the "Bitch 50", honoring the work of feminist women around the world. She is currently a weekly columnist at Zora Magazine and operates her own subscription-based platform.  Since 2013, Feminista has presented and lectured at various colleges and universities including Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Boston University, UC Berkeley, and The University of Pennsylvania. Represented by APB Speakers, Feminista is a highly sought-after presenter, and keynote speaker for major conferences and has presented at several, including Stanford's Online Feminism Conference, Drexel's Racism in Medicine Conference, the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Netroots Nation, BlogHer, Woodhull Freedom Summit, and more.  In 2018, she was honored to give the Baccalaureate speech during Vassar College’s Commencement weekend. In 2015, she co-founded and served as General Director of the Women’s Freedom Conference, the first all-digital conference completely organized by and featuring only Women of Color. For her work, she was named one of SheKnows 2015 “Voices of the Year”. In 2014, she launched a global anti-street harassment campaign (#YouOKSis) and a National Moment of Silence protesting police brutality (#NMOS14), both of which received international media attention. That year, she was named one of the Top 100 Black Social Influencers by The Root. In 2019, Feminista joined two of her closest friends to create Black Girl Missing, a true-crime podcast that focuses on the stories of missing Black girls in the United States.  Feminista is also a mom, a non-profit consultant, a mentor to young girls and women, and an outspoken advocate for the homeless, people living in poverty, and those living with psychiatric disabilities. 

Originally recorded April 30th 2020

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Payment Link: https://bit.ly/sffcity OR https://www.gofundme.com/…/soul-fire-farm-in-the-city-home-…  FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/soulfirefarm/ Ask A Sista Farmer: https://www.facebook.com/156795274335073/posts/3408393999175168/?d=n&substory_index=0  

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Leah Penniman, Co-Director and Farm Manager, (Li*/Ya/She/He) has over 20 years of experience as a soil steward and food sovereignty activist, having worked at the Food Project, Farm School, Many Hands Organic Farm, Youth Grow and with farmers internationally in Ghana, Haiti, and Mexico. Li co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to reclaim our inherent right to belong to the earth and have agency in the food system as Black and Brown people. Her areas of leadership at Soul Fire include farmer training, international solidarity, perennials, writing, speaking, “making it rain,” and anything that involves heavy lifting, sweat, and soil. Li’s book “Farming While Black” is a love song for the earth and her peoples.  

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Naima Penniman, Program Director, (all pronouns) is a multi-dimensional artist, movement builder, healer, grower and educator committed to planetary health and community resilience. As Program Director, she coordinates Afro-Indigenous farming immersions and workshops to equip hundreds of adults and youth annually with the land-based skills needed to reclaim leadership as farmers and food justice organizers in their communities, to heal their relationship with earth, and to imagine bolder futures. She is the Co-Founder of WILDSEED Community Farm & Healing Village, a Black and Brown-led intentional community focused on ecological collaboration, transformative justice, and intergenerational responsibility. She is also the Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director of CLIMBING POETREE, an internationally-acclaimed performance duo that uses art as a tool for popular education, community activism, and personal transformation. Naima is devoted to subverting injustice, igniting imagination, and cultivating collaborations that elevate the healing of our earth, ourselves, our communities, lineages and descendants.  

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Kiani Conley-Wilson, Assistant Program Manager, (she/her) is a grower, activist, and organizer based in Troy, NY. She is passionate about environmental justice, anti-racist, pro-feminist organizing, and the power of food across cultures, economies, and environments. Currently she organizes with local organizations to develop people-centered systems and spaces. During her time at RPI (B.S. Sustainability Studies) she discovered her passion for food systems and growing plants, organizations, and movements. With the School for Field Studies she conducted research on eco-tourism, biology, food, and culture in Panama and Costa Rica. After graduating she expanded on her knowledge of growing with the Urban Farming Institute of Boston (UFI), at community gardens, and Soul Fire Farm’s BIPOC immersion. These experiences lead her to start Common Greens Garden in North Central Troy. Her professional experience includes consulting for Ceres, Inc (on global food deforestation, and agricultural human rights issues) and working at the Research Foundation (on the Program Management team).  

Originally recorded  April 29th 2020 

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All proceeds from tonight will go to the following Black non-men:  https://www.patreon.com/BGIM https://www.paypal.me/KimberleeWilliams261 Https://www.gofundme.com/f/nia-wilsons-support-team bit.ly/thefullset  

Karen Fleshman Esq. she/hers is an activist, attorney, single soccer mom, and founder of Racy Conversations, with a mission to inspire the antiracist generation. She is the author of "White Women, We Need to Talk: Doing Our Part to End Racism" to be published by Sounds True in 2021.  

Debby Irving brings to racial justice the perspective of working as a community organizer and educator for 25 years without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to grappling with it. As general manager of Boston’s Dance Umbrella and First Night, and later as a classroom teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she struggled to make sense of tensions she could feel but not explain in racially mixed settings. In 2009, a graduate school course, Racial and Cultural Identities, gave her the answers she’d been looking for and launched her on a journey of discovery. Debby now devotes herself to working with white people exploring the impact white skin can have on perception, problem-solving, and engaging in racial justice work. A graduate of the Winsor School in Boston, she holds a BA from Kenyon College and an MBA from Simmons College. Her book, Waking Up White, tells the story of how she went from well-meaning to well-doing and how she unpacked her own long-held beliefs about color blindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color. She reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived ideas about race. 

Originally recorded April 28 2020 

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Dr. Moya Bailey's work focuses on how race, gender, and sexuality are represented in media and medicine. She is also the digital alchemist for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network. She is an assistant professor of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Northeastern University.  #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice is available to buy on Amazon.  https://www.amazon.com/HashtagActivism-Networks-Gender-Justice-Press-ebook/dp/B084ZD9QH7 "How marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent."   

Dr. Moya Bailey is a co-author of 'Hashtag Activism' https://www.amazon.com/HashtagActivism-Networks-Gender-Justice-Press-ebook/dp/B084ZD9QH7?fbclid=IwAR0sM4KDpuAlL6bCD47k_3sXm1f5FfnujUmqBl6ZZX5YOMH8qrT2KlnzxX4 

Originally recorded April 27 2020 

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Diamond Hill is a birthworker in Northern NJ. She is the parent of 4 daughters. Jaida 14, Naiyma 12, Amina 6 and Nairobi 3. We are a family who believes in raising free black children through gentle parenting, natural parenting and unschooling. Cash.me/carryonnewark | Venmo: @authenticallyDiamond | Zelle: [email protected]  Nina Monei currently resides in Seattle where they were born-and-raised; is single mom of one, poor, Black, queer and angry as hell. A former early learning teacher and current children's rights activist/advocate; writer/blogger. Nina loves sushi, rap, R&B, Rihanna, reminding people that Black folks are rightfully angry, and that whites should pay what they owe.  Melody Gross: There have been two moments in my life that have changed me. Becoming a single parent and experiencing domestic violence. Both of which I never expected. Life is funny that way. I find the humor in parenting a child who has the personality of a natural comedian. I find purpose in removing the stigma of intimate partner violence. I find passion in both. I’m Harlem born and Charlotte based. I’m loud and outspoken and opinionated (with facts and feelings mixed). I’m always on a path of freedom and what that looks like for me. I’m the mom to the awesome KGB (he’s finally embraced that nickname) and he’s the reason I don’t take any shit and work to dismantle white supremacy. I’m spiritual but not religious. I love to laugh and sometimes cry. I curse a lot. 

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Dr. Shamell Bell is a mother, community organizer, dancer/choreographer, documentary filmmaker, and professor who received their PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures/Dance department, they are currently teaching at Dartmouth College in the Department of Theater and in the African and African American Studies program. They use street dance as radical joy, healing, and team building and often teaches alongside her nine-year-old son, Seijani, who focuses on meditation and mindfulness.  Rish De Terra would first like for everyone to know that her name rhymes with Reesh. Born in the 80s at the height of the crack era in New York City, she was witness to the devastating effects that that period had on black and brown families. Keeping in step with their lack of response at that time, she is watching the American government repeat the same negligence in this current COVID19 sweep. Right before the sweep hit, Rish had finished her first e-book, Root Babies: Healing Our Children with Baths, Teas, and Recipes, which you can find on her site at rootbabies.org. In it, she spells out some child-safe remedies for all kinds of body system challenges, and while we know there is no cure for the disease, it is her hope that the remedies she suggests in the book will soothe the symptoms until they disappear. She is a practitioner of Rootwork and a rabble rouser who wants to flip all this shit over. In the meantime, she’s staying in the house trying to keep her babies, 6 and 3, healthy and entertained while under quarantine. Go cop her book right now at rootbabies.org and send your feedback and questions to [email protected]. 

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 Originally recorded April 25 2020 

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