So what? Now what? Let's catch back up with some of the solutions mentioned along the way and address the elephant in the room (or not in the room).
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We're werkin' on solutions to your werk woes. (This episode is brought to you by the letter W!) Did you know about where "tipping" came from? What does wellbeing in the workplace mean to you?
Mentioned:
https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/
https://nikolehannahjones.com/
This month we are turning our attention to employment. Listen in to possibly the longest giving tree metaphor ever expounded upon for the sake of justice.
Mentioned:
Giving Tree Image by Tony Ruth
https://www.paperpinecone.com/blog/teaching-difference-between-equality-equity-and-justice-preschool
Get ready to be Wined and Dined by Jasmine Burroughs, owner and dietitian for Food That Fits U. Jasmine breaks down the importance of representation in the food space, and shares how your diet should be tailored to YOU, not the other way around.
@foodthatfits_u
@afro_somm
Jackie and Hannah sit down to hash out the uncomfortable, and then walk towards the myriad of solutions that are ready and waiting for participation.
Mentioned:
Tribe Collective: www.tribekollective.org
Feast: www.feastva.org
Bryce Fluellen with Every Table: https://www.everytable.com/
Harlem Grown: https://bookshop.org/books/harlem-grown-how-one-big-idea-transformed-a-neighborhood/9781534402317
Maddie’s Fridge: https://bookshop.org/books/maddi-s-fridge/9781936261291
@afro_somm
Last month, we tackled Environmental Equity, and we were graced with eclectic aesthetic curator, Fania Ferdinand, of La Lolita Vintage. We invite you in to hear what she believes about the clothes we put on our skin and how her grandmother started it all.
IG/FB: @lalolitavintage
Bailey Mennona of Tidewater Food Alliance shares her experience of our broken food system, and what she is doing to fix it.
Mentioned:
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia By Sabrina Strings
TheBlackNuritionist (Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop)
Environmentalism--not just for white women! We are driving to action because you can't be anti-racist and ignore the environment, and you can't care about the environment and ignore racism.
Honor The Earth: https://www.honorearth.org/
First Daughter and the Black Snake: https://www.blacksnakefilm.com/
Sign petition against Mountain Valley Pipeline: https://www.cancelmvp.com/
Zero waste stores locally:
Hannah revisits a formative event when devastating hurricanes passed through her hometown, and realizes that the impact was not felt equally across the community.
For this episode, we went straight to local climate activist, Kim Sudderth. As Mother's Out Front's Virginia Organizing Manager, she has her finger on the pulse of what's pressing and what stands in our way (not polar bears, but it is white!)
Mentioned:
@intersectionalenvironmentalist https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/
https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/vanessa-nakate/
https://www.mothersoutfront.org/
We asked a few contributors what makes a good education. The answer to that question may be clear, but the path to get it is much more complicated.
Mentioned:
@Integratedschools. https://integratedschools.org/podcasts/
@antonioasaunders https://www.antoniosaunders.com/
Extra Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Night Light by <a href="https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/33172">Blue Dot Sessions</a>
We sought out an equity officer to no avail-but doesn't mean we came up empty handed. Links mentioned in episode:
Propublica: Miseducation Stats
https://projects.propublica.org/miseducation/
Templates for writing to schools:
Integrated Schools Podcast:
https://integratedschools.org/podcasts/
Embrace Race
https://www.embracerace.org/resources/topic/race-and-early-childhood
Outschool
https://outschool.com/online-classes?order=upcoming&q=social%20justice#usvwbzVT4d
Principal Demands:
https://usow.org/principaldemands/#section1/form
After three hours of conversation, it became clear that there are an abundant amount of inequities, concerns, questions, and needs in public education. It's a sinkhole of problems that most people care about but lack the resources to "make it right". Join Hannah in the car, and Jackie in the closet as they go #RedforED and process where to start in the Season of Solutions (SOS) for education.
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The idea of "solving our housing crisis" got ya overwhelmed? Listen in for some ideas of places to start taking your baby steps to betterment. Stay tuned for our next episode where we take a look at Education.
Referenced Links:
https://homeofva.org/get-help/fair-housing/
https://www.newvirginiamajority.org/take_action
https://www.vahousingaction.com/
https://www.classy.org/campaign/757epf/c317944
Bonus!!!
We realized the season of solutions is people-centered. That's why we are not just talking about how housing affects people. We are engaging with them on it. Listen as people around our city tells us what makes a good neighborhood?
This month we dive into housing. If we had to pick an origin point for systematic racism, this might be it--housing influences education, jobs, food, health... EV.ER.Y.THING. So listen in as Jackie breaks down the problem, and then join us in two weeks for our suggestions on places to start.
https://www.simplemost.com/dave-matthews-band-donates-5m-to-public-housing-in-hometown-of-charlottesville/#:~:text=Along%20with%20the%20rest%20of,need%20in%20the%20community%20there.
It's the season of solutions, so as promised, here is what YOU can do. We hear again from Dr. Miles Thomas of Urology of Virginia and Mekbib Gemeda, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
How to find a Black doctor: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theblackwomanshealthdirectory.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1613065496613000&usg=AFQjCNELAWSChCPMaMSSZgp1vhZi-0mAog
123 for Equity: https://ifdhe.aha.org/123forequity
Scholarships to support BIPOC in healthcare:
https://bold.org/scholarships/black-medical-students-scholarship/
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/minority/african-american-scholarships/black-medical-students-scholarship
Loveland Foundation: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/
APA apology: https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/apa-apology-for-its-support-of-structural-racism-in-psychiatry
This month we are tackling Health Equity, and we were lucky to hear from Dr. Mary Ojo-Carons who has recently opened EvoScient Gynecology. We invite you in to hear why she went to the trouble of opening her own practice, and what you can expect from a visit.
https://www.evoscientgyn.com/
Wanna be a fly on the wall as two physicians have a real convo about how to create #healthequity? Here it is. Featuring Dr. Miles-Thomas in conversation with Dr. Ilya Sobol (both of Urology of VA). Send us a message and let us know what resonates with you.
http://urologyofvirginia.net/
Fear and mistrust. Two of the many negative sentiments Americans have when facing our healthcare system and its providers. For Black people, the feelings are derived from a deep history of maltreatment dating from the time of slavery and Jim Crow.
Why is the lack of trust spreading and deepening? What do we do about it?
We sat down with Dr. Mary Ojo-Carons of EvoScient Gynecology to talk about the challenges and solutions in building trust between patients and providers.
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