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Who Owns Juneteenth and Who Gets To Celebrate It? w/ Chris Ward Jr

What is freedom, How do we celebrate it, and Who Owns Juneteenth?

In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth as a federal holiday. While the Black community has celebrated this day for decades, America is being introduced to this holiday for the first time and its getting mixed reactions.

Some ignore it, some don't quite understand it, and others want to own a piece of it. In today's episode, Chris Ward Jr joins the show to share how we can leverage content and storytelling to ensure that Juneteenth continues to be owned by the Black community.

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What Does It Take To Change The World?

What does it take to change the world? To convince someone that their actions are racist, or to have an impact on society when you're just one person?

In this episode, I’m joined by Skorpyen November, a member of the Working While Black community.

As we talk about the moment we decided to use our voice to do something after George Floyd was murdered. Originally recorded on Fanbase

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Follow Skorpyen and learn more about her shows (The Fyx, If It Isn’t Love, and Smart Mouth Skorpyo) on her website

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What Does It Mean to Fall Off & RIP DMX

What does it mean to fall off and why do we rush to ridicule someone for not performing the way we expect them to?

In this episode, I'm joined by "Handsome Guy named Will" as we explore new growth and react to a message from Dave Anderson about DMX passing. Originally recorded on Fanbase

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#33 Buy Black Friday Live ft Steve Worthy and Adrian Cole

Justin is a Law student, campaign manager, and co-founder of DC Protests. DC protests is a grassroots racial justice organization that Organizes and distributes resources and educational tools that aid in propelling the mission of Black liberation and opportunity for those that have been historically marginalized and disenfranchised.

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#32 Protesting While Black w/ Justin Dawes

Justin is a Law student, campaign manager, and co-founder of DC Protests. DC protests is a grassroots racial justice organization that Organizes and distributes resources and educational tools that aid in propelling the mission of Black liberation and opportunity for those that have been historically marginalized and disenfranchised.

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#31 You & Five-O w/ BJ Council

In This Week’s Episode, BJ Council shares her journey as a Black woman on the police force, the relationship between slave patrols and the police department, and the work she’s doing to help Black people survive encounters with the police.

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#30 More Walt: I See Color

In This Week’s Episode, I explain how White people can support Black movements without taking over. This came from a response I wanted to share to a voice message I received from a member of the Boss Locks Village.

This recording came before January 6th White Privilege Day but I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to share this with you all as we get 2021 started with the first Boss Locks episode of the year.

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Episode #29 Creating Leverage w/ Ruuster

Ruuster is an artist from Orlando, Florida using his creative talent to share his experiences and outlook on life with the masses via melodies and rhythm.

In today's episode, Ruuster comes through to talk about changing the narrative in music, Florida Locs, and the importance of creating leverage as an independent artist.

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Episode #28 Identity and Equity w/ Mac Alonge

Mac Alonge is the CEO of The Equal Group, a company in the UK that offers data-driven diversity and inclusion consultancy services and tech platforms.

In this week's episode, Mac shares his experience growing up as a British Nigerian, Working While Black, and how his company helps to identify and eliminate bias in the workplace.

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Episode #27 Representation Matters w/ Ashley Limehouse

Ashley is a yoga, meditation, and wellness director who creates spaces to explore the act of mindfulness through meditation, celebration, and therapeutic conversation. She is the co-founder of Brown Girl Talk, she is a Yin yoga instructor, and Charleston's first Black ambassador for Lululemon.

In this week's episode, Ashley discusses her wellness career, experiences with mental health, and how teaching yoga led her to influence a company to intentionally invest in Black instructors.

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