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Asha Wheeldon is the founder of Kula Foods. Her journey began in Kenya where sharing food with her community was an important part of every day. She migrated to Toronto as a young teenager where she was introduced to West African, Caribbean, and middle Eastern cuisine and culture. After moving to Vancouver she was inspired to create something unique that is reflective of her experiences by connecting people to their food and community. Kula offers plant based food through weekly meal prep, retail products and catering. You can also find goods from local and BIPOC led businesses offering plant based options including Elbo Jamaican Patties on their website.
YOUR FAV AUNTIE  Made By Hand, With Lots Of Love. Elbo Patties brings Jamaican patties, coco bread, chutneys and sauces to the people of Vancouver British Columbia for pick up and special events. Self made entrepreneur Chef Chris Boreland has been serving both quality interpretations of classics and daring new ventures into the uncharted territories of Jamaican cuisine.

Kulakitchen.ca

Elbopatties.com

Women Who Code started as a community group in 2011 when a handful of technologists decided they wanted to change the industry experience for women engineers. Since then, it has become a global non-profit organization and the world’s largest and most active community dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. One city at a time, Women Who Code spread around the world, reaching more than 20 countries.  Each city has its own unique culture and has seen local leaders rise to be both leaders of our movement and leaders of the industry, paving the way for the new face of tech.

On today's episode we covered Women Who Code and the local Vancouver Tech industry.  WWC acknowledges a femme identifying role in the public sphere and work force and values their contributions, as well as examines whether or not womxn are credited enough (pay). The org fights for pay and diversity equity that demands womxn in masculine-dominated workplaces to receive similar salaries as their peers.  We chatted about the future aims to secure the rights, education, and benefits of femme identifying folx in Tech environments.

Holly Marie Peck is Founder and Director of Women Who Code Vancouver, a community she grew from 0 to 2300 techlords in three years. She is a 2018 BC Business 30 Under 30, a 3x Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence, and a recipient of the Udacity x Intel scholarship in Edge AI. Recently, she was profiled in the YouTube docuseries 'The Age of AI', narrated by Robert Downey Jr., the first episode of which has seen over 41 million views. 

Special guests: 

Holly Marie Peck-Director and Founder of Women Who Code Vancouver

Senzeni Mpofu and Patience Mpofu- Co-Leads of Women Who Code Vancouver

Link to blog post (also check out the merch): https://www.originpapers.com/post/women-who-code-vancouver-chapter

As an artist, model, background performer, stand-in and photo-double; Jade Pattenden is surely a multidisciplinary talent to say the least! Born in Melrose, Scotland to her Zambian mother and Scottish father, Jade moved to so called Canada at the age of eleven and to Vancouver in 2015. Nurtured by a creative family, art has been a major part of Jade's life and she quickly fell in love with the art of painting portraits at a young age. "I believe there is beauty in the expression of one's eyes and I love the challenge of showing it in a piece of art.



Jade and Tinthi met back in 2016, on set as background performers (one of Jade's multiple talents). They both bonded on the fact that they were half Zambian and found comfort in spending time together on different shows, and now call themselves good friends. They took on the discussion of their experiences with the local Vancouver Film and Creative industry overall. 



Show notes:

"Our liberation comes from us having proper representations of who we are..." - Tinthi

"Yeah I want to make money and work, but at the same time your morals are like.... do I wanna prove a point and make a stand and say no I’m not doing this?"

Link to article and podcast shop: https://www.originpapers.com/post/artist-model-and-actress-jade-pattenden

Moannah is a neo abstract expressionist. Neo-expressionism is a style of late modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s. It is characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials. Moannah chose to add their own touch on the color choice of this style using varnishes creating a lighting effect that truly touches the soul. A memorable moment at our blood money show in Seattle was when Moannah made someone cry through their piece and it touched my soul that we could create an environment for those types of deep emotions.

There are discrepancies between U.S. law and punishment regimes, where a sizable segment of its society warrants formal interventions to punish based on race. People who become vetted to routines and practices of criminal behaviour establish issues of corruption and injustice. What is the difference between a crime and deviance? We take on the discussion of how to reinvent the principle goals of punishment with, U.S. Criminal Defense Attorney, Sarah Fraenkel. Sarah is a proud Third Culture Kid, who spent time in different parts of the world. Now, she finds herself living in the United States during a time of great turmoil and change. As an attorney she is beginning to use her  background and skills to fight and mold legal systems towards justice and equality.

Do you love Burlesque? Have you noticed a lack of BIPOC representations at shows, within the local Vancouver Burlesque scene? On today's episode, Lindsay Braymen also known as stage name, Androsia Wilde shares valuable insight into her experience and the inner workings of the local Vancouver Burlesque scene. Lindsay is one of the founders of an emerging collective named " Diasporic Dynasty" a newly-established Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color (#BIPOC) collective, aiming to champion and uplift the stories of BIPOC within Vancouver Performing Arts communities.

Their group comprises of Burlesque and Drag performers who have performed around the province over the past decade (as members of Virago Nation, Geekenders, Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society, etc.)- thus, their practice largely centers movement, striptease, and satire, while celebrating the diversity in our voices and Paths.