One of my new favorite places to spend time in, read a book, and decompress from a long work week is the beautiful and welcoming Brooklyn Tea shop. I interview Jamila McGill about her journey to New York City, being a black owned business, and the healing power of tea. She is one part of the amazing duo, with her fiancee , that runs the shop. Everything in Brookyln Tea is put together intentionally and allows for a communal afro-centric environment. I recommend not only listening to our episode but stopping by if you are ever in the Crown Heights/Bed Sty area to drink a pot of tea, you wont regret it! Check out their website: brooklyntea.com

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Shantrice and I visit Montgomery, Alabama to see the Legacy Museum and Lynching Memorial. We started our trip by taking a tour with the amazing tour guide and owner of "More Than Tours", Michelle Browder. She shares what inspired her to move to the South, start her own business, and why this work is important. I highly recommend visiting Montgomery and taking her tour! Follow her on social media: Facebook: morethan1

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This is the season 1 finale of "What's The T w/ Delmar D". In this episode, I reflect on the entire process of creating my podcast and what I've learned from each guest that I interviewed. It was such a beautiful experience to examine this journey and my growth over the last few months. I'll be taking a break before I put out season 2 to work on improving the podcast and will have interviews lined up in the fall. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to be a guest, have an idea for a future episode, or want to know how to follow the page I'll be creating on social media platforms soon. As always, thank you for listening and joining the What's The T community. #blackexcellence #blackcreatives #growth #journey #healing #daringtobebrave #queer #qpoc

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Shadenia Davis is an actress, author, poet and songwriter, whose spoken word performances and poetry are infused with a love of hip hop combined with social justice and activism. Her powerful and thought-provoking pieces are inspired in part by her own life experiences - which include growing up as one of 13 children in the Bronx, New York. Shadenia was my manager years ago when we worked at Pinkberry. Listen to us chat, and laugh alot, about her moving away from retail toward her passion of preforming and writing. Offering profound performances, word craft, intense delivery, and her depth of feeling and perception will leave you shaken, stirred and wanting more. You can pre-order her book "Child of the Ghetto" here: https://shadeniasivad.com/new-page-1 #BlackCreatives #BlackGirlMagic #BlackExcellence #Healing #ChildOfTheGhetto

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Mary Vin Rose is best known for her limited talk cable series "Healthy Living in The Bronx", where she highlights people and organizations that are helping Bronx residents live a healthier life. Mary is a self-love and mental health advocate who is dedicated to promoting wellness through art and media. We met during our time at Binghamton University and re-connected over similar post-graduate experiences. The bulk of our conversation focuses on unhealthy friendships and the rarely discussed experience of breaking up with a close friend. In the end, we share some tips for folks walking away from a toxic platonic friendship. #Healing #BlackExcellence #WomenofColor #FriendBreakup #HealthyLivingBronx

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Nylisha is an entrepreneur, vegan, and graduate of SUNY Albany. We talk about our friendship, our unique coming out story, being vegan, and more! While our conversation is causal, we have some heavy moments with a healthy source of laughter. Coming out is a never ending process for LGBT+ folks and the intersection of our other identities only makes that more complicated. Toward the end of episode, we give our younger selves advice and we remind everyone to come out when they choose to and feel ready to make that decision. #LGBT #Lesbian #QPOC #Pride #WOC #ComingOut #Vegan #Healing #Blackexcellence #Blackgirljoy

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Popy Begum is an adjunct lecturer, doctoral student, and social justice warrior. Popy chats with me about a deeply personal experience with the criminal justice system. Her older brother's incarceration and passing at an early stage in her life set Popy on the path to see people beyond the bars in front of them. In addition, she shares her research on force marriages and ends with some important advice for women of color. #CriminalJustice #Healing #Researcher #WOC #BeyondBars

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Omaima 'Mimi' Khan is a multi-ethnic Muslim feminist committed to international human rights. We chat in her living room about being raised in upstate New York, being a Muslim woman of color in the US, and her intersecting identities. Currently, Mimi is a lead organizer in a historic women's rights movement and navigating the intricacies of living in New York City. If you'd like to connect with her or learn more about her work, her Instagram page is yungbindi #Muslim #WOC #Feminism #Womanist #Healing #NewYork #Bing 

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Tanya Fields is an environmental and food justice warrior. Executive Director of the Black Feminist Project. Mother of six kids, the Bronx, and the Earth. During our conversation, she makes a clear connection between her food justice work and using cooking as a way to educate and entertain. While Tanya has spent years creating more just spaces and shifting the status quo narrative of black women, she wants to devote more time to her Mama Tanya Kitchen project. Be on the look out for that and here is her organization if you want to make a donation: https://theblackfeministproject.org/  #MotherNature #BlackExcellence #FoodJustice #BlackGirlJoy #Bronx

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Shamsi and I reconnect about our similar academic journey, her path to becoming a nurse practitioner, and her new role as a mother. Recently, Shamsi struggled with postpartum depression and she invites us into her experience. Vulnerability is power, I cant think of a more powerful person than my friend sharing her story. Here is a great resource she shared with me for someone struggling with postpartum depression and/or the loss of a child, the Seleni Institute: www.seleni.org #Healing #Nurses #NP #selfcare #Postpartum

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