The issues on availability of housing in Black and Brown communities continues to be significant. During our first season we first highlighted how COVID impacts Black home ownership. Then, we followed up with an episode on the banking systems complicates loss of housing. Now, Professor Audrey McFarland focused on gentrification, which is a significant issue … Resources on Surviving Gentrification
In our first year of the podcast, Pam Taylor talked with us about declining Black home ownership. Two years later, we are coming back to the issue from a different angle. The cohesiveness of many Black communities are being destroyed yet again! But this time, it’s through gentrification. Professor Audrey McFarland from the University of … Can Black Culture Survive Gentrification
As always , we like to provide our readers with additional information on our podcast topics. Resources on Black Mental Health accompanies our wonderful talk with Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson from the Morehouse School of Medicine. If you are interested in seeing more of Dr. Vinson’s work, she is the co-editor of SOCIAL (In) JUSTICE … Resources on Black Mental Health
In Black Mental Health and Trauma we discuss how COVID , police violence and suicide combine to impact our communities. We did a show in the first year on COVID’s impact on our communities. We also covered police violence. But, in this episode we look at the impact of the COVID pandemic and police violence … Black Mental Health and Trauma
This is the second part of our discussion with artists JoAnne McFarland, Princeton ’77 and Gayle A. Hall. In this part: Conclusion: The Healing Power of Art our guest continue on their journey of creativity. Gayle talks about expanding the spaces where her art can exist. She suggests using your home as a vast artistic … Conclusion: Healing Power of Art
It’s the end of the year! What a year 2022 turned out to be! We covered many serious issues this season from learning about our allies to HIV to the challenge to abortion. But, we want to finish the season off on a lighter note. We’re turning to the arts to get a lift up. … Healing Power of Black Art
On our last episode, Dr. Alicia Christy talked about the difference between reproduction rights and reproductive justice. As usual, this is our post to give readers additional information and there’s a lot to talk about. We offer: Resources for Reproductive Justice. What exactly happened to take us here Everyone anticipated the Supreme Court would use … Resources for Reproductive Justice
We mentioned the abortion issue in the episode on Voting Challenges. A woman’s right to chose is an abortion is an important issue. Yet, its one of those issues which our communities don’t talk about. We asked Dr. Alicia Christy (retired Colonel) to return to the show to talk about abortions. Dr. Christy is the … Abortion and Reproductive Justice
In this episode we welcome back three prior guests. Mary Nelson, Glennon Threatt and Dr. Janice Herbert Carter to talk to us about Voting Challenges for Election 2022. Mary Nelson is a lawyer and worked in the administration of the last Democratic Governor in Missouri. She was on the election round table from 2020. Glennon, … Voting Challenges for Election 2022
From the Beginning to where we are now We always try to provide additional information to go along with a podcast topic. Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS supplements our conversation with Jesse Milan, Jr., of AIDS United. Firstly, we want to cover what HIV/AIDS is and some of the advances in treatment of the disease. … Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS