Bagels and Plantains Christina and Deidra

Amaka Okechukwu (PhD, NYU) is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at George Mason University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar engaged in research on social movements, race, community studies, and Black archives.

Her work has appeared in Research in Conflicts, Social Movements, and Change and in The Sociology Project: Race and Ethnicity.

We dive into Amaka’s new book: To Fulfill These Rights: Political Contention Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions in Public Universities (Columbia University Press). Pre-Order here



Her work explores and offers insight into:


How do social movements emerge in relationship to changing ideas and practices of racial justice?

How has social policy developed in response to the demands of social movements?

How do identities like race, class, and gender function in the development of social movement collective identity and strategy?



We get into....


The art of ‘air hustling’

The underground Oakland hip-hop scene

Educated while black, brown, and female

WATCH! This is life: by Ava DuVernay: "A rich narrative of praise, clarification, brother-and-sisterhood and the birth of cool.” - LOS ANGELES TIMES

Where we are, where we’re headed, and how we all can make education accessible and a top priority

The intersectionality of oppression -- beyond affirmative action

READ!  The Privileged Poor How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

How to help the youth thrive in PWI (predominantly white institutions) beyond

And much, much more…..THIS IS THE FINALE (FIRE!!!)...



Check for Dr. Amaka Okechukwu on twitter: @PhdAmaka

And her Website: amakaokechukwu.com



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Thank you so much for all the love. And support. And for tuning in. We appreciate you. See below for all that stuff we said we'd deliver :)

Links to a few of our past guest Black Friday deals (including Gabes NYT's rated show)--- AYYYYYY!  (follow us and all our past guests for all the plugs)


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Our guest for episode #18 is our boy Robert “Rob” Newman. Rob is a 2014 Morehouse College graduate, Alpha, and Artist from Arkansas now Harlem transplant kicking down all creative doors -- pulling up seats for his friends all over NYC.

 Rob is an AVP @ the Neuberger Berman finance firm by day. And exploring career and outreach through art whenever he can: the art of work-life balance #worklifeblend. His works and exhibitions include Words on White, Summer of 2016 & Silent Renaissance, an active experience. 



With Deidra & Christina, Rob explores:


Greek life

The Morehouse College experience

The Finance culture paradigm

Business as usual

Financial Literacy

Black masculinity

Work-life balance #worklifeblend

Words on White

Silent Renaissance

Black Lives Matter

Whiskey

Agitation

Just do it

Calling out Black

Life Imitating Art v. Art Imitating Life



For all things Rob Newman visit:  @WordsOnWhiteMovement; @rxbart; @SilentRenaissance


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In 2011 Founder and Creator of Oemi, Allison Shimamoto went natural. Taking the leap was a no brainer. Finding products that worked for her type 4 coils was the challenge. Most natural hair curly products are designed to ‘work’ with all curl patterns. But those products left her type 4 coils dry, flat, and rigid.

Fed up with the so-called natural products on the shelves, Allison made her own natural products at home. Perfecting her natural hair care craft for over 7 years then bringing Oemi it to the world. A unicorn product for all those rocking the type 4 curls. 

Allison took her passion for Type 4 curlies, what the food industry does for clean eating, and transforms natural hair care with her brand Oemi. A product so natural (and delicious) you can eat it (just don’t)! Shoot...you can even slather it on your skin. We love a good 2 for 1.

With Allison we talk:


Side hustling 
Branding for the culture
The science of the curl and textured hair
Oemi , the brand, the myth, the living legend
Importance of having people up, down, and sideways that believe in you

PLUS


Traveling while curly
Juggling all the things
The state of PoC hair care
And what’s next for Oemi & Allison


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Thank you so much to Allison for the gem drops, the discount plug, and her generosity!


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Pivot! Maya Millett talks about her new project, Race Women and the stories we're not hearing in the history books (or seeing on the screen). 

Join us as we peel back the onion that is black women in history on episode 16, pt. 2 w/ Maya Millett

"For five years Maya Millet was the senior and later executive book editor at StoryCorps, the national oral history organization featured on NPR’s Morning Edition. Maya worked on three StoryCorps books: All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012), Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from StoryCorps (2013), and Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work (2016).

These anthologies, celebrating the lives of everyday people, were published-published (The Penguin Press) and went on to become New York Times bestsellers. Maya also served as the executive producer of StoryCorps Animation, producing nearly 20 animated short films based on StoryCorps broadcasts, for which her team earned the Peabody and Columbia-duPont awards, and two News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations..."


See Maya @ The Well-Read Black Girl Fest in Brooklyn, St Francis College, November 2nd
Find Maya @: https://www.mayamillett.com/
About Race Women: https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/black-feminists-race-women/
Follow Race Women & Maya on the Gram: https://www.instagram.com/race_women/
StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/




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Mai-kee Tsang is a Launch Strategist, Conversion Copywriter, Speaker & Coach (add Podcaster to the list) who helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs to discover their Brand DNA in order to launch their signature courses.
As a Launch Strategist, she’s at the front lines during course launches from start to finish. To date, she has worked on multiple 5 figure launches with Tim Han, #1 Amazon Bestseller and Founder of Success Insider, Pete Scott, Founder of the Sales Pro Academy and Sebastian Bates, #1 Amazon Bestseller and Founder of the Warrior Academy, and many more."
We explore:

The Launch ‘Runway’

What is a Launch Strategist?

Who’s Launching & Why?

Research is your friend

Quantum Leaps

Investing in yourself

Coaching

The Universe has your back

Hurdles & Blessings

Getting Dirty

Being BBC (and no not the UK TV network)

British Baking Show (sort of)

RICE -- lots of rice (inside joke -- you’ll just have to listen)


Want to work with, listen to, or follow Mai Kee Tsang? Here’s where to find her:
The Quiet Rebels Podcast: https://maikeetsang.com/podcast/
Ready to Launch? Listen to this first  https://maikeetsang.com/podcast/007/
Ready, ready? Book Mai Kee here https://maikeetsang.com/launching/
Follow Mai Kee on the gram: https://www.instagram.com/maikeetsang/

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