Necessary Rebels

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Necessary Rebels Podcast

Welcome to Necessary Rebels! Hosted by Sandra, co-founded by Sandra and Kanar, this podcast was inspired by the BLM, anti-racism and inequalities work in different sectors. You’ll hear stories from our guests about their experiences of inequalities & racism both in and outside of the workplace. Each episode currently conducted by Sandra will leave you with information on how you can help tackle these injustices and be a Necessary Rebel... Some of the content in these episodes may be uncomfortable and these conversations are never easy. But change needs to come - What part will you play to become a Necessary Rebel?

  1. 10/06/2022

    Women of colour in Menopause with Meera Bhogal

    In this episode we talk to Meera Bhogal who runs healthy eating and wellbeing classes for menopausal women of South Asian descent, as well as healthy eating brand Made from Scratch. When Meera started to develop symptoms of menopause at the age of 40, she didn’t know where to turn for advice. She’s since implemented free menopause training to support women in the workplace and is committed to opening up the conversation about menopause in South Asian communities. 'I’ve often been told that me...

    38 min

  2. 16/05/2022

    Swiss, The Creator Of Black Pound Day

    Meet Swiss, best known as a member of BRIT and MOBO award-winning group So Solid Crew, who rose to fame in the early 2000s. And now most recently, the creator of Black Pound Day. BPD first launched in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 27 2020 and takes place on the first Saturday of every month. It encourages the community to buy from Black-owned businesses and services for the day. 'Black Pound Day is a positive initiative that is helping rebal...

    27 min

  3. 29/04/2022

    Black Mental Health with Tashan Jordan

    In this episode we sit down with Tashan Jordan to talk about mental health, being released from QPR football academy and racism faced on the job.

    36 min

  4. 15/04/2022

    Yomi Sode Manorism(s)

    Yomi is a poet, playwright, facilitator, and recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. He is known by the public thanks to his acclaimed one-man show titled COAT, which has been performed at Brighton festival and the Last Word festival, among other spaces. He also curates an online blog platform for fathers and guardians called ‘Daddy Diaries’. In this episode we speak to Yomi about all things 'Manorism' which is also the name of his poetry collection due out Oct. 2022. T...

    43 min

  5. 01/04/2022

    Shameful assault of Child Q

    In our first episode back we talk with Esther, a social worker and team manager with experience in working in child protection, and children's safeguarding about Child Q, as she is called, a 15 year old girl who was made to remove her clothing, underwear and a sanitary pad, spread her buttocks and cough when her teachers accused her of smelling of cannabis. After they failed to find drugs on her, Metropolitan police officers were called into the school to conduct a strip search . Let us...

    29 min

  6. 03/11/2021

    Dope Black Mums, Sisterhood and why we need safe spaces with Nina Malone

    Nina Malone is a Talent Agent at IAG and Founder of Dope Black Mums movement, a digital safe space for black women to navigate motherhood together. Dope Black Mums does amazing work supporting Black mothers and their families, and I’m really excited to be chatting to Nina about her work, parenting, and what it means to be a Dope Black Mum.

    36 min

  7. 25/10/2021

    ‘Sometimes a child just needs a home' - The Practice of Farming with Tori Awani

    Have you heard of 'farming'? We hadn't. Do a search and you'll see it won’t quickly turn up. It's the practice of private fostering or adoption outside of the local authority. It gained notoriety in response to a growing population of African student families taking up temporary residence at British universities in the mid-1950s. On this week's episode Tori Awani shares what it was like being fostered by a white family and the impact it had on her life and now her daughters ...

    26 min

  8. 08/10/2021

    Life lessons with my friend Louis Howell

    On this weeks episode we talk to my friend Louis Howell about his work in the public and private sector on Diversity and Inclusion. We hear him share important life lessons from his childhood and how Black men MUST show up for Black women. Louis co-runs Revolution Hive, a social enterprise equipping young people for life through personal development and social responsibility programmes. His consultancy, 7PK, helps organisations improve their approaches to Youth and Community Development...

    43 min
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Welcome to Necessary Rebels! Hosted by Sandra, co-founded by Sandra and Kanar, this podcast was inspired by the BLM, anti-racism and inequalities work in different sectors. You’ll hear stories from our guests about their experiences of inequalities & racism both in and outside of the workplace. Each episode currently conducted by Sandra will leave you with information on how you can help tackle these injustices and be a Necessary Rebel... Some of the content in these episodes may be uncomfortable and these conversations are never easy. But change needs to come - What part will you play to become a Necessary Rebel?

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  • Creator
    Sandra
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Necessary Rebels
  • Show Website
    Necessary Rebels

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