As It Should Be with Thamarrah Jones

Thamarrah Jones
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What if we centered equity and social justice in everything we do? On the As It Should Be podcast, Thamarrah Jones is sharing stories from every day people building an equitable future for all — as it should be. This interview-style podcast is for people learning (and unlearning) their role in upholding systems that hurt people. What does it take to recreate the world as it should be? Well, it takes you. Ordinary people, doing what you can with the skills that you have to create more honest, compassionate, and intentional communities each day. New episodes twice a month.

  1. 08/31/2023

    Bittersweet Goodbye

    After 30 episodes, hundreds of my own dollars, and an uncountable amount of hours it's time to officially say goodbye to the As It Should Be with Thamarrah Jones podcast. But in the coming weeks I'll be sharing bits of my next project which you can follow along on by going to bylittle.substack.com Until then my friends.

    3 min

  2. 12/14/2022

    30: Change Narratives, Shift Society with Rinku Sen (she/her)

    Rinku Sen joins Thamarrah to get into what it means to build narrative power and how changing dominant narratives can reshape society. Rinku is the Executive director of Narrative Initiative an organization that engages in the work of deep narrative change by equipping social justice leaders with the knowledge, resources, and skills necessary to harness narrative power and create durable social change. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

    42 min

  3. 11/30/2022

    29: Support Black Business with Melvin Graham (he/him)

    Melvin Graham (he/him) is in conversation with Thamarrah about the unique challenges of Black owned businesses and the role Black entrepreneurship has played in building America. Melvin is a filmmaker and director of the docuseries Black Business LA. In this series he follows entrepreneurs in the Los Angeles area building businesses despite a growing economic crisis.  ------------------------------------------------------------------- Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

    45 min

  4. 11/17/2022

    28: Support LGBTQ+ Youth with Elise Schuster (they/them)

    What if we raised an entire generation of young people to live freely and authentically as themselves? This is the question that Elise and Thamarrah explore in today's episode.  Elise Schuster is a sexuality educator with 15 years of experience in youth development and sexual health education. They spent years teaching workshops and having thousands of one-on-one educational pleasure-based sexual health conversations before co-founding the nonprofit OkaySo. OkaySo is on a mission to help young people become comfortable with the most personal and vulnerable topics in their lives by connecting them with experienced experts with the aiming to help them live freely and authentically as who they truly are. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

    56 min

  5. 10/21/2022

    27: Make Music Not Prisons with Fury Young (he/him) & BL Shirelle (she/her)

    In today's episode Thamarrah (she/her) is joined by Fury Young & BL Shirelle to discuss how Die Jim Crow Records is dismantling stereotypes of incarceration impacted people through music.  Fury is DJC’s founder and Co-Executive Director and Under his leadership, Die Jim Crow Records has recorded over 60 incarcerated artists and over a dozen formerly incarcerated artists and gained access inside 5 different prisons. BL Shirelle is and the Co-Executive Director of DJC and a phenomenal songwriter/rapper and producer on the label and a justice-impacted artist herself, raising up her community and sharing her art and activism with the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's episode is brought to you by the Now We Know podcast. Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

    45 min
  6. 26: Protect Your Family Online with Joe Miller, Esq. (he/him)

    10/01/2022

    26: Protect Your Family Online with Joe Miller, Esq. (he/him)

    In today's episode Thamarrah (she/her) and Joe (he/him) discuss the role legislators play in protecting us online and how we can stay informed about the policy changes that dictate what tech companies can and cannot do with our data. Resources mentioned: 5 Easy Steps to Keep Your Kids Safe Online Joseph Shepherd Miller, Esq. is the Founder of The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion (WashingTech). Through his work at WashingTech, Joe advocates for diversity and inclusion in technology public policymaking and hosts Tech Policy -- a top podcast offering practical and actionable advice to protect yourself and your family from online safety threats. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's episode is brought to you by the Integrated Schools podcast. Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

    28 min
  7. [REPLAY] 05: Building Space for Neurodiversity to Thrive with Vanessa Castañeda Gill (she/her)

    09/14/2022 ·  Bonus

    [REPLAY] 05: Building Space for Neurodiversity to Thrive with Vanessa Castañeda Gill (she/her)

    In this episode, Co-Founder of Social Cipher, Vanessa Castañeda Gill (she/her) joins the show to discuss how her company is creating space for Neurodivergent youth to thrive through their space pirate-themed social-emotional learning games. Social Cipher is led by a team of Neurodivergent Founders, including Vanessa herself. Vanessa and Thamarrah (she/her) talk the importance of autistic youth failing safely, challenges faced by neurodivergent people caused by inequity in the workplace and in the startup space as founders, and how we can all support the neurodivergent community. ---------------------------------- Connect with Vanessa Castañeda Gill Social Cipher Website: socialciphergame.com @SocialCipher on Twitter Email: ahoy@socialcipher.com ---------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share the episode with a friend, colleague, or anyone you think might enjoy it too. Want to connect with Thamarrah? Follow her LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/thamarrahjones

    46 min

  8. 08/31/2022

    25: Facing our history to shape our future with Kimberly Latrice Jones (she/her)| Part 2

    In part 2 of this 2-part episode, author and activist Kimberly Jones (she/her) joins Thamarrah to discuss taking advantage of the work that’s already being done in your city right now so that we can build thriving communities together. In her book How We Can Win, Kimberly explores the influence America’s history with racial disparity has on our lives today and delivers strategies for how we can effect change while nurturing ourselves in the process. You can buy the audiobook from Libro.fm using code ASITSHOULDBE at checkout and get 2 books for the price of 1.

    38 min
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What if we centered equity and social justice in everything we do? On the As It Should Be podcast, Thamarrah Jones is sharing stories from every day people building an equitable future for all — as it should be. This interview-style podcast is for people learning (and unlearning) their role in upholding systems that hurt people. What does it take to recreate the world as it should be? Well, it takes you. Ordinary people, doing what you can with the skills that you have to create more honest, compassionate, and intentional communities each day. New episodes twice a month.

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