We Flesh

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   1. Season 1 Episode 6: Black Women Be Parenting With Thokozani Ndaba

   In this final episode of the season, we talk about emboldening our young Black youth to love their bodies, to be in their bodies. Guest Thokozani Ndaba guides us through her work of maneuvering through the objectification and over-sexualization of Black bodies, and together we learn how she turns that mess into treasure. How can we own our sexuality while also realizing that we live in a dangerous world for Black bodies? Let us start by finding our own voices. For more content for Black women, b

   Mar 13,2023 55:48
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   2. Season 1 Episode 5: Black Women Be Organizing With Ericka Huggins

   Beauty, grace, and stillness. Ericka Huggins, a founder of the Black Panther Party joins us today to discuss the journey of slowing down, sitting still, and breathing. She shares her stories of developing a meditation while incarcerated, including a period of solitary confinement. We also explore the importance of telling children the truth, the journey of being with joy, and the battalion to uplift and reflect love on one another in community. Plus, the power of healing through writing poetry,

   Mar 06,2023 01:01:18
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   3. Season 1 Episode 4: Black Women Be Creating With Michelle Browder

   Using art to reveal truth...today we talk with Michelle Browder: artist, activist, and artivist who creates art commemorating Black women in joy and love. Michelle describes the inspiration and process in building The Mothers of Gynecology monument, as well as purchasing the building at the site of Dr. Marion Simm’s experiments, reclaiming it as a space for the maternal health of Black women, and changing the medical profession through her art. Offering:  Letting the spirit of a Black woman eman

   Feb 20,2023 46:05
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   4. Season 1 Episode 3: Black Women Be Managing With Susan Callender

   Today, Black Women Be Managing!!! Susan Callender, business leader, consultant, and coach, joins us to talk about how Black women can own their own businesses and not just survive, but thrive. We explore manifesting security that is based in our own agendas, and how to BE the person who sets the agenda and scale, but not at a harmful cost to the self. Other topics include the necessity of taking care of ourselves first, even while trying to support the liberation of others. This week's offering:

   Feb 13,2023 52:36
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   5. Season 1 Episode 2: Black Women Be Singing With Dr. JoAnne Terrell

   Oh, the power that story and song give to Black Women to heal and thrive! Dr. JoAnne Terrell joins us to share her journey of singing, playwriting, and  transforming lives with music and theater. Plus, the not-so-hard leap from preacher to actor, the importance of being a beginner when one, and how we can all be artists and embody art in any medium, and the need for a singer to sing in order to be. This week's offering: Rock and Breathe and Hum And Drum…and may you be blessed. For more content c

   Feb 06,2023 55:57
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   6. Season 1 Episode 1: Black Women Be Wondering With Lisa Anderson And Amikaeyla Gaston

   Welcome, Beloveds, to our new podcast! On this inaugural episode, hosts Lisa Anderson and Amikaeyla Gaston explore it means to be in conversation and relationship with another Black woman, what Toni Morrison may have meant when she said “We Flesh” and how that might resonate with Black women, now. Plus, finding joy in a moment that feels apocalyptic, how spirituality affects us both in and out of The Church, excitement about upcoming conversations, and what parts of “The Color Purple” makes us c

   Jan 30,2023 45:55