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Jacqueline Douge
A podcast centering the stories of Black people and culture to help raise affirmed, empowered, healthy and thriving Black children and teens. The biweekly podcast is hosted by Dr. Jacqueline Douge a Black mother, pediatrician, writer, and speaker.
This is part 2 of our discussion about addressing gun violence. We're joined by Dr. Chinonyelum Obih.
Resources discussed during episode:
- Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States
- Racial Disparities in Child Exposure to Firearm Violence Before and During COVID-19
- WCAAP Statement on Recent Acts of Violence in the U.S.
- Alliance on Gun Responsibility
- Washington State Firearm Tragedy Prevention Network
- Safer Homes Coalition
In this bonus episode we're talking about addressing gun violence. The recent tragedies in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas as well as new reports have brought to the attention that immediate action is needed to address gun violence. We're joined by special guests Dr. Sonia Khan and Abiba Salahou to talk about the issues.
Resources
- History of Brady Bill
- HealthyChildren.org Parent Resources
Data sources shared during this episode:
- https://www.npr.org/2022/05/28/1101307932/texas-shooting-uvalde-gun-violence-children-teenagers
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
- https://www.everytown.org/issues/gun-violence-black-americans/
- https://www.childrensdefense.org/state-of-americas-children/soac-2021-gun-violence/
We're joined on this episode by Sophie Isabelle to talk about her upcoming book, The Witchery, a young adult (YA) fantasy set in a diverse magical school with Black girls front and center. She shares her inspiration for writing the book and a sneak peak about her new book.
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Sophie Isabelle
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Website: https://www.sisabellebooks.com
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This week special guest host Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barnes is joined by Tenikca Gainey and Dr. Maxine Davis
to discuss Black families and homeschooling.
Topics discussed
- Benefits of homeschooling
- Personal experiences with homeschooling
- Resources and Tips for parents interested in homeschooling
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This episode is sponsored by: mater mea
Guest Social Media
Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barnes
Twitter: @stbbarnes
Tenikca Gainey
Instagram: @tenikcag
Website: hitswiththemrs.com
Dr. Maxine Davis
Twitter: @DrMaxineDavis
Youtube Channel: DrMaxineDavis
Website: www.drmaxinedavis.com
Resource for parents who need help navigating home schooling
For anyone who needs help: Maxine Johnson email: parentunionmo@gmail.com
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What is Black, LLC is excited to announce our new children's podcast, Henry's Library! We're sharing the first episode of Henry's Library.
We're excited to share's today's adventure The Feather Bookmark. In this episode, Henry and his friends investigate books to learn more about seeing planets and stars.
Visit our website for access to free activities and to learn more about the topics and books mentioned in this episode.
Books mentioned in today’s episode:
Bright Sky, Starry Cityby Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by: Aimée Sicuro
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, Illustrated by Laura Freeman
This podcast is a production of What is Black.
Created by Dr. Ashaunta Anderson and Dr. Jacqueline Douge
Episode written by Jacqueline Douge
Music: Snap Happy by Shane Ivers-https://www.silvermansound.com
Sound design and editing: Vita Productions, LLC
Cover art: Dreahna Lewis Illustration
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This week our guest is Tomi Akitunde, founder of matermea.com. We discuss how Tomi created a space for transparent conversations about Black motherhood. mater mea was founded nearly 10 years ago and has evolved to cover the topics that Black mothers want to know about, which is why it's also known as the 'Black Mom Google."
Resources shared in episode:
Therapy for Black Girls
Health In Her Hue
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Instagram: @matermea
Website: matermea.com
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This week our guest is Kimberly Williams, founder of SingleBlackMotherhood.com. As a single Black mom, Kim knew that she wasn't alone in needing a community that to connect with. That's why she founded a community for other single Black mothers.
In this episode we discuss:
- Kim's inspiration to create singleblackmotherhood.com
- Resources provided to moms that join the community
- How starting her platform has impacted personally and as a mom
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On today's episode we're joined by Kaya Henderson, the CEO of Reconstruction, an education company that's rethinking how we educate Black children about Black people, culture and contributions of Black people.
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During the pandemic, Black families leaned into content that entertained, informed, started conversations and provided connections and community. Families were intentional about the programs they viewed together on television and other digital media. On this episode we're joined by Charlene Polite Corley, Vice President of Diverse Insights and Partnership at Nielsen and Natalie Engel, Director of Content for Children’s Programming at PBS to discuss why representation in the media for Black families matters.
Links mentioned in this episode
- The New Black Family Culture: Navigating Crises Through Content
- Common Sense Media
- Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters
This episode is a solo episode. I wanted to take time to say thank you to all that support the podcast and share updates about upcoming projects.
Music and editing by Manni Simon
In this episode, we're continuing our conversation about COVID-19. We're joined by Dr. Jasmine Zapata, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Community Health within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion at the Wisconsin Department of Health, to discuss addressing racial health disparities related to COVID-19.
Guest Bio:
Dr. Jasmine Zapata is a double board certified physician specializing in the fields of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Community Health within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion at the Wisconsin Department of Health where she provides expert guidance for a variety of public health promotion, planning and policy efforts. In this role she also serves as co-chair of the Governor’s Health Equity Council Subcommittee on Power, Access, and Representation as well as co-chair of the Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team. She is also an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she practices clinically in the newborn nursery and is involved in a variety of scholarly activities aimed at increasing diversity in medicine and promoting health equity. She has many lived experiences that help her uniquely connect with the communities she serves and is well known for her infectious energy, passionate advocacy, and heart for service. Her ultimate mission in life is to “heal, uplift, and inspire.”
Show Links:
Learn more about Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Learn more about how Wisconsin Department of Health Services is addressing COVID-19
Information to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and kids
Music and editing for this podcast by Manni Simon
We're joined on this episode by Bethany C. Morrow to talk about her new book, So Many Beginnings, which tells the story of Four young Black sisters coming of age during the American Civil War. So Many Beginnings is a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women.
Music and editing for this episode by Manni Simon.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Our sponsor Reconstruction.us
We're joined on this episode by Jay Coles to talk about his new book, Things We Couldn't Say which tells the story about a a bi Black boy finding first love and facing the return of the mother who abandoned his family. The story addresses grief, relationships, love, identity and joy.
Music and editing for this episode by Manni Simon.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Our sponsor Reconstruction.us
This is the last episode of Season 3. When I started the season, I was motivated by the word possibilities. I was on a journey to learn the possibilities of changing systems, such as education and justice, to better serve Black families and children.
For this episode, I’m sharing insights from our amazing expert guests on their thoughts about reimagining a world to better serve Black children and families.
In this episode you'll hear from
-Aliyya Swaby and Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass from Season 3 Ep. 1 Black Children, Youth and Education in the Erat of COVID-19
-Dr. Lawrence T. Brown from Season 3 Ep. 3 The Black Butterfly The Harmful Politics of race and space
-Frederick Joseph from Season 3 Ep. 4 The Black Friend
-Dr. Sheretta Butler Barnes from Season 3 Ep 5 Centering Black Girl’s VOices and Experiences: Addressin over policing and overdisciplining of Black girls
-Dr. Elizabeth Hinton from Season 3 Ep. 7 America on Fire: The Untold History of Police violence and Black rebellion Since the 1960s
-Kwame Mabalia and Prince Joel Makonnen from Season 3 Ep. 8 Last gate of the Emperor
Music and Editing by Manni Simon
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So often we hear about Black Joy but rarely how can help up in our parenting journey to raise healthy and thriving Black children. On this episode we explore Black Joy and Parenting. We're joined by guests Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barnes, Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Dr. Lynette Mawhinney and Jennifer Thompson. In our conversation we discuss
- Incorporating joy into the parenting journey
- Affirming our kids's identity
- Tips to help kids navigate negative social media messages
- Moments of joy
Editing and music by Manuel Simon
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On this episode I speak with authors Kwame Mabalia and Prince Joel Makonnen about their new middle grade book Last Gate of the Emperor. In our conversation we discuss the power of story, the connection of Ethiopian culture to the book, their collaboration to create the book, science fiction and so much more.
Music and Editing by Manual Simon
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On this episode, I talk with author and educator, Dr. Elizabeth Hinton, about her new book America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s. In our conversation, we discuss her new book, the historical significance of the period from the 1960s through early 1970s on current movements to address police violence, the impact of police violence on Black youth, history of Black youth leading movements for social justice, our reflections as moms and so much more.
Hosted by Jacqueline Douge (@drdouge)
Music by Manni Simon
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On today’s episode, we keep the conversation going about reimagining systems/institutions to better serve families raising Black children and teens with a conversation about the topic of discussing race beyond the binary of Black or White to focus on the discussion on the impact of racism on AAPI communities.
To discuss this issue, I’m joined by guests,Dr. Kimara Gustafson is on faculty at the University of Minnesota Pediatric Department as an Assistant Professor and Dr. Jonathan Tolentino, Program Director UM/JMH Med-Peds Program and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Miami.
Music and editing by Manuel Simon.
Reference: https://stopaapihate.org/2020-2021-national-report/
On today’s episode, we’re continuing our discussion about reimagining systems/institutions to better serve families raising Black children and teens with a specific focus on Black girls. According to data from The African American Policy Forum's, The Facts To Know About the Status of Black Women As We Enter the Biden Years series, Black girls are 7 times more likely to be suspended than their white counterparts, and 4 times more likely to be arrested at school. Black girls are over-disciplined and over-policed in schools.
To discuss this issue, I’m joined by guests, Dr. Sheretta Butler Barnes, a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School and Dr. Valerie Adams Bass, a developmental psychologist and Assistant professor Department of Human Services at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.
References:
- https://www.aapf.org/blackgirlsmatter
- https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/events/strong-black-girls
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340607737_My_Teacher_Doesn%27t_Like_Me_Perceptions_of_Teacher_Discrimination_and_School_Discipline_among_African-American_and_Caribbean_Black_Adolescent_Girls
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/black-girls-school-discipline.html
Music and editing by Manni Simon
On this episode, I talk with author, activist and philanthropist, Frederick Joseph, about his book The Black Friend On Being A Better White Person. In our conversation, we discuss the spark for the book, how the book advances antiracism and his thoughts about reimagining our society to improve the health and wellbeing of Black children and families.
Music and editing by Manni Simon
On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Lawrence T. Brown the author of newly released book, The Black Butterfly The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America. During our conversation we discuss the impact of hypersegregation and historical racism on the wellbeing of Black people, link between hypersegregation and hyper- policing, how Baltimore became the model for urban apartheid, and strategies to improve the health of Black neighborhoods.
To purchase a copy of The Black Butterfly, go to Johns Hopkins University Press or your favorite bookstore.
To learn more about Dr. Brown and The Black Butterfly, go to https://theblackbutterflyproject.com.
Editing and music by Manni Simon.
On this special episode, we’ve partnered with the hosts of Flesh ’N Bold, Healthy Homes with The Hippocratic Hosts and What is Black?. Today, we’re talking with Dr. Lauren A. Smith, Chief Health Equity and Strategy Officer for the CDC Foundation and Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, Commissioner of Health for the Baltimore City Health Department. We’re talking with these public health and pediatric health experts to help parents better understand the science behind the COVID-19 vaccines, address misinformation, strategies to communicate health information about the vaccine to families of color and discuss the impact of the vaccine on children of color.
Dr. Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, is the chief health equity and strategy officer for the CDC Foundation. As chief health equity and strategy officer, Smith partners with the CDC Foundation’s other senior leaders to develop and drive strategic efforts to embed health equity across the Foundation’s COVID-19 response activities with an explicit focus on addressing systemic racism and its impact on vulnerable populations’ resiliency amidst the pandemic. In addition, she leads activities to build organizational capacity to integrate health equity into the Foundation’s practice, process, action, innovation, and organizational performance to elevate the importance of and deepen the Foundation’s health equity impact. Smith holds a BA with honors in biology from Harvard College, an MD from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and an MPH from University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. She completed her pediatrics residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital Boston and her general pediatrics fellowship at Boston Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, MD, joined Baltimore City government as the Commissioner of Health in March 2019. Dr. Dzirasa, a Hopkins trained pediatrician, believes that equitable care is the basic right for all and will tirelessly advocate for programs that support the overall health and wellbeing of all Baltimore city residents. Dr. Dzirasa’s special interests include obesity management and prevention, trauma informed care in children and adolescents, and expanded use of technology to improve health outcomes. Dr. Dzirasa also has close clinical ties to the Baltimore community, having trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in pediatrics and having worked as medical director for school based health and quality at Baltimore Medical System from 2013-2016. In addition to holding a B.S. from University of Maryland, Baltimore County in biological sciences, Dr. Dzirasa graduated from Meharry Medical College, Summa Cum Laude, in 2007.
References:
http://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/blog/racial-disparity-mortality-covid-children#:~:text=American%20Indian%2FAlaska%20Native%20
https://www.covkidproject.org/disparities
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/12/569910574/native-americans-feel-invisible-in-u-s-health-care-system
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/efforts-to-address-hardest-hit-black-latino-communities-hamstrung-by-generations-of-distrust-in-health-system/
Editing and music by Manni Simon
In this episode, I talk with The Texas Tribune's Public Eduction Reporter, Aliyya Swaby and developmental psychologist and educator, Valerie Adams-Bass, Ph. D. We talk about the impact of COVID-19 on the education of Black children and using what we've learned to reimagine how the educational system can better serve Black children, teens and families to achieve educational equity.
In this episode, I'm joined by Victoria Bond an award winning author and professor. She joins us to discuss her new book Zora and Me:The Summoner, the third book in the Zora and Me trilogy series. During our conversation you'll learn more about the inspiration of creating a historical fiction series centered on Zora Neale Hurston's life, insights for young writers interested in writing historical fiction and how Victoria was able to bridge the historical themes in the book to present day. It's a great conversation.
To learn more about the author, go to https://victoriabondauthor.com/.
Episode produced by: Jacqueline Douge
Music by: Manni Festo
In this episode, I talk with Lynnette Mawhinney, PhD, award winning author and professor about her new children's book, Lulu the One and Only. We discuss how the main character, Lulu handles the question of "what are you?", the inspiration for writing the book, how the book explores the experience of mixed-race children, how the book addresses universal issues of self-love and identity and provides tools to help parent discuss topics of race and racial identity. Lynnette also shares information about a free curriculum and activity guide that parents and educators can use in connection with Lulu the One and Only.
Host/Producer: Jacqueline Douge
Music produced by: Manni Festo
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On this episode, we're joined by Kelly Starling Lyons, an award winning author and co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf ,for a great conversation about her new books, Ty's Travels and Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations, her work to raise awareness of Black book creators and celebrating Black children through stories.
Producer/Host: Jacqueline Douge
Music produced by: Manni Festo
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, about her work to help children and families deal with the pandemics of COVID-19 and structural racism, her tips for helping her family and her upcoming memoir about how her patients have transformed her.
Producer/Host: Jacqueline Douge
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, educator, adolescent literacy expert and co-founder of #DisruptTexts and #31DaysIBPOC., about how she's working to disrupt the books that are taught to Black and LatinX children, her work with #Disrupttexts and tips to help parents advocate for a more inclusive curriculum in schools.
Organizations mentioned in episode:
Disrupttexts.org
Producer/Host: Jacqueline Douge
Music produced by: Manni Festo
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On this episode, we're joined by Mahogany L. Brown (@mobrowne) a poet, writer, organizer and educator for an inspiring conversation about her books, Woke Baby, Black Girl Magic & Woke A Young Poet's Call To Justice, an excerpt from her upcoming YA book, Chlorine Sky, power of poetry, social justice, and ways to cultivate the voices of young people.
Books and author discussed in this episode:
Honey, I Loveby Eloise Greenfield
Poem for Aretha by Nikki Giovanni
This elegy for the great Billie Holiday, by Sonia Sanchez
Audre Lorde
Organizations mentioned in episode:
Urban Word NYC
Youth Speaks
Producer/Host: Jacqueline Douge (@drdouge)
Music produced by Manni Festo
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This past summer we've seen the role of youth leading calls for social justice and racial justice. In this episode, we're joined by Nina Douge, guest host and What is Black? Podcast Advisory Board Member, to discuss youth activism. Nina is joined by her friends, Caleb Dunson, Ruqaiyyah Lucas-Caldwell and Jacob Starobin for an engaging conversation about the following topics:
- What youth activism means to them
- How social media is used in activism
- Discussing mental health impacts of social media messages
- Sharing ideas for how parents can support youth activism
- Tips on how young people can become involved with the community and social causes
- The importance of voting
This episode brought to you by Puzzle Huddle, children's jigsaw puzzles featuring diverse characters. To learn more about Puzzle Huddle go to https://puzzlehuddle.com.
Andrea Davis Pinkney is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author. In this episode, we talk about her new book, Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell it, a book the provides a front-row set to the dramatic events that led to the African-Americans earning the right to vote, it's relevance to today's events and her role as an author historian.
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Michael W. Waters is an award-winning author, activist, professor, and pastor. A sought-after speaker to national and international audiences, he is a frequent social commentator for major media outlets. In this episode, we talk about his new picture book For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World, the importance of joy and tips for parents to talk their children about questions about racism and gun violence.
For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World Discussion and Activity Guide
For more information, visit www.michaelwwaters.com.
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We're planning to take a mid-season break to plan for the second half of season 2. In addition, we'd love your feedback to help inform the future direction of What is Black. To complete survey go to https://www.whatisblack.co and click on the banner.
In this second part of a two part series on colorism, I speak with developmental psychologist Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barnes, Ph.D. We discuss practical strategies parents can use to help talk to kids about colorism.
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In the first part of a two-part series on colorism, I'm talking author and educator Alicia D. Williams about her book Genesis Begins Again. We'll discuss her inspiration for writing the book, talk about colorism in the Black family, and learn how colorism impact children.
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This episode is an excerpt of a special live recorded conversation that I had a few weeks ago with my colleagues, we discuss how our children are doing and coping during these unprecedented times and ways to improve the systems that determine health outcomes.
Featured guests are:
- Dr. Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, MS
- Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo, MD
- Dr. Monique Jindal, M.D.
- Dr. Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH
Resources mentions:
-White Coats for Black Lives
https://whitecoats4blacklives.org
-Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity
https://www.mdhealthequity.com
-Dr Jasmine Zapata's Beyond Beautiful Girl's International Empowerment Movement
https://www.drjasminezapata.com
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On this episode, I interview Mijha Godfrey, co-founder of Jambo Books, a multicultural book subscription service for kids ages 0-13. Mijha is committed to ensuring that children of color have books where they see themselves as the stars of the story. She does this through curating diverse, inclusive, entertaining and engaging books for families.
During our conversation, we talk about the important role diverse and inclusive books play in a child's life, the theme of belonging, the inspiration behind Jambo Books and some great book recommendations.
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Links mentions in this episode:
- https://www.jambobooks.com
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In this episode, we’re joined by sociologist Dr. Margaret A. Hagerman. These past few weeks have made this conversation that was recorded a few weeks before the recent news reports of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the experience of Christian Cooper just doing what he enjoys, watching birds in the park, more necessary. During our conversation, you’ll hear about Dr. Hagerman’s research on understanding the roles white parents actions have in reproducing racism and racial inequity.
For more information about Dr. Hagerman, check out the show notes for this episode at https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast.
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, MD, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Affairs and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. We discuss the topic of talking about sexual health issues facing teens and young adults, how gynecologists can help parents and their daughters navigate conversations about sexual health, the connection of sexual to overall health and wellbeing and bonus topic on Dr. Jocelyn's work to increase the diversity of medical professionals.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This episode we share a great resource to address mental health in the Black Community. During this episode, I speak with Dr. Riana Anderson and Dr. Shawn Jones, clinical psychologists and researchers. We discuss their series, Our Mental Health Minute and how they're using media to increase the accessibility of mental health resources and destigmatize the conversation about mental health.
The goals of Our Mental Health Minute are
1) Reduce stigma about mental health in the Black community
2) Provide resources in access, utilization, and quality of mental health care
3) Increase mental health literacy (in a fun and relevant way!)
Resources:
Our Mental Health Minute
Our Mental Health Minute: Session Notes Ep. 4. "Tweets & Snaps & Tiki's Toks, Oh my!"
This episode tackles the role of media & social media on mental health
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The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the health inequities faced by the Black community and other communities of color. One strategy that might help to address these health inequities is to increase the number of doctors of color in medicine.
This week we're discussing the importance of increasing the diversity of doctors in medicine. My guest is Dr. Frank Clark, MD. Dr. Clark and I discussed how increasing the number of docs of color can be a tool to achieve health equity, his medical experience, importance of finding a mentor, and tips for students interested in considering medicine.
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Twitter: @tapkidmd
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St. Clair Derrick-Jules shares her new book Dear Khloe: Love Letters to My Little Sister, inspired by her 6-year-old sister Khloe to help her love her afro. Dear Khloe features photos of a hundred Black women, accompanied by their personal narratives of sometimes harrowing but always triumphant journeys through a hostile landscape towards love of their natural hair. She put together this book because " it’s one thing for us to tell young girls to love themselves; it’s another for us to show them how it’s done."
You can learn more this book and its author by visiting https://www.whatisblack.com/podcast.
On this episode of What is Black Podcast, we're joined by Drs. Lanre Falusi and Lisa Varghese-Kroll to discuss the unique health challenges experienced by immigrant families and children, their immigrant experience, impact of COVID-19 and a preview of their upcoming podcast, Health and Home with the Hippocratic Hosts.
To learn more about our guests go to https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast
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It's important that moms feel supported and there's no better way to find that support than in a community with fellow moms.
During today's episode, I'm joined by Lara Schulte, host of Generation.Mom podcast, to talk with me about why it's so important for moms to build communities.
What's in this episode:
- Lara discusses why she and her co-host Jenn Rout created Generation.Mom podcast
- How they help mom navigate motherhood
- How a moms building community can help address feelings of isolation
- Tips on how mom can create community
- Discussing the vulnerability of building friendships and connections with other moms
Ashli St. Armant (@AshliStarmant) shares her Audible Original book VIVA DURANT AND THE SECRET OF THE SILVER BUTTONS, about 14-year-old Viva Durant who visits her grandmother in New Orleans for the summer and while she's there she ends up solving a mystery.
During our conversation
- You'll learn about Ashli's connections to New Orleans
- The role jazz plays in the story
- History of hand clapping games connection with African-American history
This book is filled with jazz, mystery, love and family. I enjoyed listening to the book and my conversation with Ashli. I think you'll enjoy it too!
Join us for the conversation!
You can listen to Viva Durant and The Secret of The Silver Buttons for free on Audible Discovery by going to https://buff.ly/2WHjcrx.
You can learn more about this book and its author by visiting
https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast.
During this season we'll be featuring more children's authors. As a pediatrician, I love books and want to promote reading and authors of color. Books are magical and a great resource for kids to see themselves, learn, discover, explore and have fun. Books are conversation starters.
In this week’s of What is Black podcast, we talk about a new children’s book, Fry Bread, that explores a modern Native American family. I speak with debut author Kevin Noble Maillard. He shares the inspiration for the book, the origin of Fry Bread, and how the book helped him and his family explore has African-American and Native American heritages. Fry Bread celebrates the diversity of the Native American family.
To learn more about Kevin Maillard, go to https://www.kevinmaillard.com.
For show notes check out whatisblack.co.
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Brandy Colbert (@BrandyColbert) shares THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN, an unforgettable story about the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past. The book is filled with family, love, friendships, celebrates diverse families and explores themes of micro-aggressions, racism & colorism.
Join our conversation as we discuss THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN!
You can learn more about this book and its author by visiting https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast.
Jewell Parker Rhodes (@jewell_p_rhodes) shares BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER, A powerful coming-of-age middle-grade novel about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, this story explores the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world – all while training for a fencing competition. The book addresses issues of colorism,the school-to-prison pipeline, and racial bias. During our conversation, we discussed that BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER is also is a sports book, her inspiration for the book and her love of writing for young readers.
BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER is an amazing book and I'm excited to share it with you as well as my conversation with its author.
You can learn more about this book and its author by visiting https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast
Blogger and writer Amanda Rodriguez also known as the Dude Mom discusses her new book, 50 Things to Do in Baby’s First Year: The First-Time Mom’s Guide for Your Baby, Yourself and Your Sanity, a guide to surviving and thriving the first year of parenting. During our conversation she discusses the following:
- Her perspective and experience on parenting and raising three sons
- Importance of having supportive relationships with other moms
- Importance of investing in your own self care as a mom
- The book features tips from experts in fields related to parenting and mothering
- Her top 5 tips for new mothers
To learn more about Amanda's top 5 tips for new mothers, check out whatisblack.co for the show notes.
Social media:
@thedudemom
dudemom.com
To purchase her book: https://www.amazon.com/Things-Babys-First-Year-First-Time/dp/1641529148
On today's episode, we're joined by Lori L. Tharps to discuss black hair and her book, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. Lori is a set-described diversity diva and hairstorian.
During this episode we cover the following topics and so much more!
- The complicated history of Black hair
- Strategies to help kids learn to love their hair
- Cultural and historical importance of Black hair
To learn more about Lori, check out the show notes on whatisblack.co.
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, IG and Facebook @whatisblk.
Author and professor Janet Stickmon discusses her new book, "To Black Parents Visiting Earth Raising Black Children inThe 21st Century". She shares her purpose in creating a guide to help parents navigate the current political and social landscape that often create challenges for parenting and raising Black children. Janet writes the book as letters to parents visiting Earth for the first time. She shares her experiences, challenges and shares resources. But most of all she describes the book as "a love letter life guide."
You'll find show notes for this episode and to learn more about Janet Stickmon at whatisblack.co.
Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo is CEO and founder of OmolaraMD Health Solutions, a social justice physician, advocate and researcher passionate about health equity for mothers and children. She joins us today to discuss breaking the myths of being a supermom, the health impacts of being a supermom, why embracing vulnerability is important for moms embracing vulnerability, and how she help moms of color through her podcast role as pediatrician, mom and of host of SupermomRehab.
You can find her blog and podcast at omolaramd.com
For show notes visit, whatisblack.co.
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We're ending season one of What is Black podcast with a discussion about "When They See Us," the Ava
DuVernay docuseries about five teenagers falsely accused and convicted for a crime they didn't commit. Much has been written about the series but I wanted to explore with my guests Dr. Baraka Floyd, Dr. Frank Clark, Dr. David de Angel Sola and Dr. Angela Moemeka how the series portrays how the adverse childhood experience and toxic stress of structural racism impacts Black and Brown youth then and now and how the series can be a conversation starter for families and communities to address racism.
Guests
Dr. Baraka D. Floyd, MD, MSc is a pediatrician at Stanford School Of Medicine and co-medical director of the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program, Stanford Children's Health’s Medical-Legal Partnership; @rakareemd
Dr. Frank Alexander Clark is a board-certified adult psychiatrist in Greenville, SC. Dr. Clark has held many leadership positions in national organizations including the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association. His passions/interests revolve around teaching, advocacy, mentoring, and community engagement. Dr. Clark’s proudest accomplishments include being a husband and a father; @tapkidmd
Dr. David de Angel Sola is a pediatrician, Fellow of Sleep Medicine at Yale School Of Medicine and researcher.
Dr. Angela Moemeka is a pediatrician and Chief Medical Officer for Aetna Better Health of Texas; @DrMoemekaMD
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What is Black welcomes Dr. Aronica Cotton a Board Certified Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatrist and an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Maryland Medical School, on this week’s podcast. Black children and young adults are less likely to get mental health care but still experience mental health conditions. One way to address this disparity in access to mental health care for Black children and adolescents is to talk about it.
In Episode 26 you will learn:
- The most common mental health concerns in children
- The importance of mental health to children’s health and wellbeing
- Tips to stay engaged with your children
- A discussion about the growing disparity of suicide in black children
Finding Mental Health Care
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- National Association of Social Workers
- SAMHSA Mental Health Provider Locator
- Association of Black Psychologists
- National Alliance on Mental Health
- Mental Health Care: Who's Who
If you or a loved one are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for free, 24/7 at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or Text TALK to 741-741 to text with a trained crisis counselor from the Crisis Text Line for free, 24/7.
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On this episode, I speak with poet, educator and author, Shonda Buchanan about her new memoir Black Indian. Shonda's memoir is an inspiring story that explores her family's legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with not just society's ostracization but the consequences of this dual inheritance.
In our conversation Shonda and I talk about the lineage of fierce women in her family; why she wrote the book; how intersectionality of race and identity influenced the writing of her memoir; the impact of her multi-ethnic and multi-racial identity on her as a woman of color; the importance of telling our stories; and how learning about her family's past impacted her. It's a great conversation!
Shonda Buchanan Biography:
Award-winning poet and educator Shonda Buchanan (1968) was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia in the mid-1700 to 1800s to Southwestern Michigan. Black Indian, her memoir, begins the saga of these migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss.
For the last 18 years, Shonda has taught Creative Writing, Composition and Critical Theory at Loyola Marymount University, Hampton University and William & Mary College. An Eloise Klein-Healy Scholarship recipient, a Sundance Institute Writing Arts fellow, a Jentel Artist Residency fellow and a PEN Center Emerging Voice fellow, Shonda has received grants from the California Community Foundation, Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program and several grants from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Her first book of poetry, Who's Afraid of Black Indians?, was nominated for the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the Library of Virginia Book Awards. Literary Editor of Harriet Tubman Press, her second collection of poetry, Equipoise: Poems from Goddess Country was published by San Francisco Bay Press. Shonda's poetry and essays have been featured in numerous anthologies. Freelance writer for the LA Weekly since 1991, and Indian Country Today, the Los Angeles Times and the Writer's Chronicle, Shonda is completing a novel and a collection of poetry about the iconic singer, concert pianist and Civil Rights activist, Nina Simone. For more information visit, https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/black-indian and www.shondabuchanan.com.
Follow Shonda @shondabuchanan.
Why is it so hard for Black mothers to show vulnerablity? Do you feel anxious raising black children? Theses are questions that many of us may have asked ourselves but have found it hard to answer or openly discuss with family and/or friends. Today's guest is Kelly Glass a writer whose interests focus on the intersections of parenting, mental health, race, and diversity. She's also the author of young adult racial literacy book Looking at Privilege and Power. Her work can be found in the Washington Post, Oxygen.com, HelloGiggles, Romper, and more. She's written two essays on these topics.
During my conversation with Kelly, we'll learn about more about how she uses her writing to explore the joys and challenges of Black mothering, the vulnerablity of Black mothers, and Black mom anxiety. It's a great conversation and I think many moms will relate to the shared experiences.
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Links mentions in this episode
Where do black mothers go to cry?
The terrible stress of shopping with kids while black
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Twitter:@kellygwriter
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During this episode I speak with Lauren G. Caldwell, JD, PhD, Keyona King-Tsikata, and Tiffany G. Townsend, PhD from the American Psychological Association (APA) to discuss the RESilience Initiative. RESilence's goals are to address the effects of racism, racial bias and discrimination through:
- Increasing knowledge of racial and ethnic socialization (RES) as an important part of identity development.
- Increasing the effective use of racial and ethnic socialization.
- Supporting parents in managing their own experiences while helping their children learn positive messages about race and ethnicity.
- Increasing attention to RES and related issues among researchers, research funders, practitioners, educators and other stakeholders.
Bios:
Lauren G. Caldwell, JD, PhD, is the director of the Children, Youth and Families Office (CYFO) of the American Psychological Association. The CYFO coordinates and tracks APA initiatives related to children, youth and families across the organization. Housed in the Public Interest Directorate, CYFO works to fulfill APA's commitment to applying the science and practice of psychology to the fundamental problems of human welfare and the promotion of equitable and just treatment of all segments of society through education, program delivery, and policy design and implementation.
Keyona King-Tsikata is the director of the Office on Socioeconomic Status (OSES) of the American Psychological Association. OSES is responsible for directing, overseeing, facilitating and promoting psychology's contribution to the understanding of SES and the lives and well-being of the poor. As such, the office works to develop and facilitate relationships and activities to advance psychology as a major force in research, policy and advocacy related to SES.
Tiffany G. Townsend, PhD, is the senior director of the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) at the American Psychological Association. OEMA works to increase the scientific understanding of the ways in which culture pertains to psychology and ethnicity influences behavior. This is accomplished, in part, by ensuring the appropriate training and development of psychologists who can adequately work with our nation's ethnically diverse society and move the extant literature concerning multicultural psychology forward. The office also promotes the development of public policies that support the concerns of psychologists of color and the communities they serve.
To learn more about RESilience go to: https://www.apa.org/res
Parent resources: https://www.apa.org/res/parent-resources/index
It's summertime! Parents, children and teens are enjoying the fun and sun. But we can't forget about the importance of water safety and drowning prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the US. Children ages 1-4 have the highest drowning rates and there’s a disparity in the rate of drowning with African-American children disproportionately impacted. On this episode, I speak with Dr. W. Steen James, a pediatrician, member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Georgia Chapter. She has a solo practice, Pediatrics Village P.C. in Peachtree Georgia. She shares information to help families stay safe this summer and beyond:
- Learn CPR
- Learn to swim (parents and children)
- Supervise children when in or around water
Bio:
Dr. Steen James was born in Newnan, GA. Graduated from Freedman’s School of Nursing in Washington DC. Received a B.S. degree from Howard University in child Development. Attended Morehouse School of Medicine and received an MD degree from Emory University. Completed a residency at Emory University and also served as Chief Resident. Board certified in general Pediatrics and is a member of the National and GA chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Serves on AAP GA chapter board, represents district IX as well as serving on the chapter’s legislative and PCMH committees. Recipient of the National Health Scholarship and served as Pediatrician at West End Medical Center for four years. Worked for the Meridian Medical Group for eleven years, served as lead physician and was a member of the corporate management team. Completed the Physician Executive Leadership Program of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Irvine. Serves as preceptor for medical students, residents and high school students interested in medicine. Has been a guest lecturer at Emory School for Physician Assistant Program. Vice Chairman for the Community Physician’s Network (CPN) at Morehouse school of Medicine. Current member of legislative committee Fayette Chamber of Commerce. Medical licensed in the state of Georgia. Solo physician and founder of Pediatrics Village, PC. 2002. The practice is NCQA PCMH certified and achieved level III recertification October 31, 2017. The practice is currently participating in the American Academy of Pediatrics Quality Improvement HPV project to be completed December 2018. Previous board member of Peachtree City Tennis Center. Former council member of Peachtree City Elementary School Council. Member of Peachtree City Christian Church. Resident of Peachtree City, GA with husband and mother of two sons. Enjoys tennis, gardening and running.
Resources for parents on water safety and drowning prevention from HealthyChildren.org:
Drowning Prevention for Curious Toddlers: What Parents Need to Know
Swim Lessons: When to Start & What Parents Should Know
Infant Water Safety: Protect Your New Baby from Drowning
Water Safety for Teens
Pool Dangers and Drowning Prevention―When It’s Not Swimming Time
This episode is a follow up to the Reflections on Fatherhood Part 1 episode. This is the full conversation that I had with Max Douge, my husband, Pierre Douge, brother in-law, and Wayne Abbott, family friend. During this episode, my guests share their viewpoints on raising children and the ongoing lessons they're learning about what it means to be a father.
Bios:
Wayne Abbott grew up in East Windsor, NJ and attended Hightstown HS. He graduated from Rutgers School of Engineering in 1990 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Wayne joined VCE (now the Modern Data Center division within Dell EMC) in December 2012 as a Senior vArchitect. He was recently was promoted to the role of Principal Systems Engineer and has been the Chief Architect for the New York Metro and Mid-Atlantic regions for 3 years helping drive more than $500M in revenue. Wayne was the Americas vArchitect of the year for 2014 for being the technical anchor on complex revenue generating accounts as well as for his development of several tools that have been extensively used by the vArchitect community. He also serves on the Global vArchitect Council that helps set standards for pre-sales activities and represents the field in interactions with the office of CTO, Architecture, and Product Management & Engineering.
Prior to joining Dell EMC he was a pre-sales systems engineer for 15 years at Oracle/Sun Microsystems helping drive more than $1 billion in revenues during his tenure. His background ranges from technical sales of hardware and software to defining mission critical systems for data center and telco operations. He also has experience in the full development cycle of UNIX applications (development, test, documentation, and training), a variety of programming languages, web server deployment, and system administration.
Outside of his professional life Wayne has been involved in community service by organizing technology days for high school students, mentoring students at his alma mater Rutgers School of Engineering as well as local high schools, and coaching basketball. He is also has obtained his 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He has been married to his college sweetheart for 22 years and has two teenagers in high school accelerating the pace of his graying hair.
Pierre Douge grew up in Piscataway, NJ and attended Bishop Ahr High School. He attended George Washington University and studied Engineering Management and Applied Science with an applied minor in Business Management. In 2014, Pierre began working in IT Security for T. Rowe Price. In 2016, he moved to Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center as a Support Engineer for the Firepower Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System. Recently, he moved into a new role working as a software engineer in feature development for the Next Generation Firewall and Threat Defense as part of the Cisco Security Business Group. His role there is as a System Integration Lead focusing on network lab infrastructure for feature testing and automation development.
Prior to moving into IT full-time, he worked in real estate both as a sales agent and property manager for almost 15 years. He owned his own property management company servicing properties in Maryland and DC. He was part of the Million Dollar Sales Club and had a team of 7 agents.
In his personal life, Pierre has been involved in coaching youth sports for both soccer and basketball at both the recreation level and AAU level for both girls and boys. He enjoys working with kids as they progress into competitive sports and try to reach higher levels in their respective sports. His greatest pleasure and accomplishment is his family and spending time with them. He has been married for 13 years to Patricia and has two children, ages 11 and 5.
Max Douge is a Business and Employment Consultant with Frederick County Workforce Services (FCWS). Max has over 20 years of experience in career and work
On this episode, I speak with Tembi Locke, actor and author of the debut novel, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. The novel is a beautifully told story of a cross-cultural love story set mostly in Sicily that deals with themes of family, food, loss, multiculturalism,
motherhood and forgiveness.
During our conversation, Tembi shares the inspiration for writing the book, her work as an advocate for family caregivers, raising a multiracial child, and how food, love and family helped her heal after the loss of her husband from cancer.
To learn more about Tembi Locke, please visit her website TembiLocke.com.
Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play.
Today's guest is Dr. Jalan Burton (@pedsdrj), or Dr. J as she is called. Dr. J works as a pediatrician and is the founder of Healthy Home Pediatrics LLC, a concierge or direct primary care house-call practice providing holistic and comprehensive care to children and young adults in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
In today's episode, she explains what is concierge or direct primary care and how it helps her to reach the goal of recentering the doctor-patient relationship and how her experience as a Black female doctor and mother has influenced her practice and interest to address health equity.
Bio:
Dr. J is a licensed Pediatrician and public health expert primarily serving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. She has over a decade of experience in primary care, complex care, children with special needs, public health, youth development, and health care consulting.
Dr. J graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelors of Arts. She received a Masters in Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a concentration in health promotion. She graduated from The George Washington University School of Medicine with a concentration in urban and community medicine. She completed a Pediatric Primary Care Residency with UNC Hospitals. After residency, she gained considerable experience in primary care working for Childrens National Health Systems and Core Health and Wellness Centers as an Attending Pediatrician. She also worked with Health Services for Children with Special Needs, the DC Medicaid program for children with special needs for 3 years as the Medical Director, Interim Chief Medical Officer and as an Independent Pediatric Consultant.
Dr. J works as a pediatrician and is the founder of Healthy Home Pediatrics LLC, a concierge or direct primary care house-call practice providing holistic and comprehensive care to children and young adults in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. She offers longer and unrushed appointments, unlimited access by text, video, and email, same and next day services, environmental assessments, and group wellness activities. All services occur in the comfort of home.
Dr. J is also a highly sought after pediatric consultant and develops customized, engaging, and dynamic presentations and trainings for diverse audiences such as parents, nonprofit organizations, childcare providers, staff development, college and graduate students. She adeptly covers a wide range of child health topics such as common child health concerns, baby and child sleep, constipation prevention and management, infant development and early intervention, body development and sex education, special needs resources, holistic living, urban gardening, healthy eating, and emerging topics in child health including home based care, managed care, and concierge medicine.
Dr. J believes that when children and families are supported they thrive. Her medical philosophy is centered on a deep commitment to building strong children and not just managing illness. Rather, her practice focuses on disease prevention, wellness enhancement, and community building. When Dr. J is not providing excellent patient care she is spending time with her husband and their two young sons. She enjoys reading, cooking, urban gardening, and exercising.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Telephone: 202-930-9669
Fax: 202-873-2242
Website: https://www.healthyhomepediatrics.com/
Email: jwburton@healthyhomepediatrics.com
Social media:
http://facebook.com/pedsdrj
https://www.instagram.com/pedsdrj/
https://twitter.com/pedsdrj
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Our guest today is Dr. Nathan Chomilo. Dr. Chomilo is both a pediatrician and doctor of internal medicine. He works in Minnesota and serves as the Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Minnesota. His advocacy work includes the impact early childhood intervention and healthcare access have on the long-term prospects of our children and how physicians and health systems can address racial & health equity.
During this episode, he shares his work with to address racial & health equity, importance of early childhood literacy, work with Reach Out and Read, resources to help parents address race, and book recommendations.
Bio:
Dr. Nathan Chomilo received a Zoology degree from Miami University (Oxford, OH) and graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and was the Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital. He practices as a General Pediatrician at Brookdale Clinic and an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Methodist Hospital with Park Nicollet Health Services/HealthPartners. His advocacy work includes the impact early childhood intervention and healthcare access have on the long-term prospects of our children and how physicians and health systems can address racial & health equity. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood and Section on Minority Health, Equity & Inclusion, is one of the Early Childhood Champions for the MN chapter of the AAP, currently serves as the Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Minnesota, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School where he is a clinic preceptor and a member of the Medical School’s Admissions Committee, has been appointed to the Governor’s Early Learning Council and helped start the organization Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity (MDHEQ) where he serves as the Vice-President. His advocacy work with Reach Out and Read MN & MDHEQ has been recognized by Mpls.St Paul Magazine in their 2018 Top Doctors: Rising Stars edition, by Reach Out and Read National which awarded him the 2018 Medical Champion Achievement Award and the City of Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights which recognized him as a 2019 History Maker at Home recipient. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife & son.
Twitter: @ChomiloMD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrNateMN/
Links to organizations discussed:
- Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity
www.mdhealthequity.com - Reach Out and Read Minnesota
www.reachoutandreadmn.org - Think Small
https://www.thinksmall.org - Embrace Race
https://www.embracerace.org - Raising Race Conscious Children
https://www.raceconscious.org
Books for kids:
- Please, Baby,Please by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee (Authors), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
- Little Blue Truck Series by Alice Schertle (Author), Jill McElmurry (Illustrator)
- Africa's Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight (Author), Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator)
In this episode, we pay tribute to Black fathers in celebration of Father's Day. I speak with Max Douge, my husband, Pierre Douge, brother in-law, and Wayne Abbott, family friend. This episode is an excerpt of a conversation they had after the interview I had with them about fatherhood. During their conversation share reflections of their youth, how their father's influenced their parenting, Black culture then and now, racism and how they help their children deal with negative perceptions about their children based on race. It's a great conversation!
This episode is dedicated to Max Douge, my father-in-law, and Liston Abbott, Wayne's father. Their legacy lives on.
Bios:
Wayne Abbott grew up in East Windsor, NJ and attended Hightstown HS. He graduated from Rutgers School of Engineering in 1990 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Wayne joined VCE (now the Modern Data Center division within Dell EMC) in December 2012 as a Senior vArchitect. He was recently was promoted to the role of Principal Systems Engineer and has been the Chief Architect for the New York Metro and Mid-Atlantic regions for 3 years helping drive more than $500M in revenue. Wayne was the Americas vArchitect of the year for 2014 for being the technical anchor on complex revenue generating accounts as well as for his development of several tools that have been extensively used by the vArchitect community. He also serves on the Global vArchitect Council that helps set standards for pre-sales activities and represents the field in interactions with the office of CTO, Architecture, and Product Management & Engineering.
Prior to joining Dell EMC he was a pre-sales systems engineer for 15 years at Oracle/Sun Microsystems helping drive more than $1 billion in revenues during his tenure. His background ranges from technical sales of hardware and software to defining mission critical systems for data center and telco operations. He also has experience in the full development cycle of UNIX applications (development, test, documentation, and training), a variety of programming languages, web server deployment, and system administration.
Outside of his professional life Wayne has been involved in community service by organizing technology days for high school students, mentoring students at his alma mater Rutgers School of Engineering as well as local high schools, and coaching basketball. He is also has obtained his 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He has been married to his college sweetheart for 22 years and has two teenagers in high school accelerating the pace of his graying hair.
Pierre Douge grew up in Piscataway, NJ and attended Bishop Ahr High School. He attended George Washington University and studied Engineering Management and Applied Science with an applied minor in Business Management. In 2014, Pierre began working in IT Security for T. Rowe Price. In 2016, he moved to Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center as a Support Engineer for the Firepower Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System. Recently, he moved into a new role working as a software engineer in feature development for the Next Generation Firewall and Threat Defense as part of the Cisco Security Business Group. His role there is as a System Integration Lead focusing on network lab infrastructure for feature testing and automation development.
Prior to moving into IT full-time, he worked in real estate both as a sales agent and property manager for almost 15 years. He owned his own property management company servicing properties in Maryland and DC. He was part of the Million Dollar Sales Club and had a team of 7 agents.
In his personal life, Pierre has been involved in coaching youth sports for both soccer and basketball at both the recreation level and AAU level for both girls and boys. He enjoys working with kids as they progress into competitive sports and try to reach higher levels in their respectiv
Growing up in Mississippi helped shaped Dr. Denise's Powell's advocacy work to prevent youth violence especially gun violence. Dr. Powell uses her role as physician and journalist to make a difference in her community. Youth violence is an important preventable public health issue.
During this episode, Dr. Powell shares how her childhood experience with gun violence influenced her advocacy, disparities of violence within the Black community, the health effects of youth violence, it's role as an adverse childhood experience and it's intergeneration effects, and her work to prevent violence in her community.
Bio:
Denise Powell is a seventh generation Mississippian who made her way to the San Francisco Bay Area for her medical training. She is an executive officer of the Young Leadership Council for the National Medical Fellowship and has written for CNN, ABC, Good Morning America, Doximity, and Blavity. Her dedication to preventing interpersonal gun violence within communities of color was born out of her own experiences and educational background.
To learn more about youth violence prevention and gunsafety:
- https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/prevention.html
- https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Handguns-in-the-Home.aspx
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Today's guest is Dr. Rhea Boyd. Dr. Boyd is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California.
In this episode, we discuss the following
- how her childhood experiences influenced her work to become an advocate for children and her community,
- the connection between racial inequality and health,
- Adverse police encounters in communities of color
- Mobile Justice CA app
Bio:
Rhea W. Boyd, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. She travels to teach students and trainees about the relationship between structural inequity and health and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), serving on the board of her local chapter, California Chapter 1, and as a member of the AAP's national Executive Committee on Communications and Media.
In addition to her clinical, policy, and teaching work, Dr. Boyd enjoys participating in community-based advocacy. Over the past 5 years, she helped organize a group of public health officials, clinicians community advocates, and funders to evaluate and address the impact of harmful police practices and policies on child and public health. She also worked with a San Francisco-based tech non-profit to increase access to social services across the Bay Area as a means to improving child and community health. Dr. Boyd is the author of the blog Rhea.MD (rheamd.wordpress.com), where she critically engages the intersections of health and justice. She is also active on twitter @RheaBoydMD.
Dr. Boyd graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Africana Studies and Health from the University of Notre Dame. She earned a M.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University of California, San Francisco, where she participated in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved Program. In 2017, Dr. Boyd graduated from the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Minority Health Policy Fellowship at Harvard University’s School of Public Health where she received an M.P.H.
Links to information shared during podcast:
- Privileded article by Kyle Korver
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba - Mobile Justice CA App
https://www.mobilejusticeca.org
Today's guest is Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (@ebonyteach) author of the new book The Dark Fantastic: Race and The Imagination From Harry Potter To The Hunger Games (@NYUpress).
The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Gwen from the BBC’s Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. Analyzing their narratives and audience reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world.
During our conversation, we discuss current Black fantasy authors, the need for more representation by Black authors in fantasy and science fiction, the inspiration for the book and much more.
This episode is a crossover episode with my other podcast, Talking About Books For Kids.
Listen to both podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play.
Author bio:
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is Associate Professor in the Literacy, Culture, and International Educational Division at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. A former Detroit Public Schools teacher and National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, she is an expert on diversity in children’s literature, youth media, and fan studies.
Books & Authors discussed during this episode:
- Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeyemi
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
- Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
Other references:
- Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw : Discussion about intersectionality and race:
- Dr. Debbie Reese: American Indians in Children's Literature
To learn more about the books and authors discussed in this podcast, please check out your local library or bookstore.
Links mentioned in the episode
Talking About Books For Kids
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Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. Dani is the author of the new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. During the episode, Dani shares her unique perspectives of the social, cultural and political forces that impact Black parenting, the political power of Black mothering, lessons learned from interviewing other Black mothers, as well as challenging stereotypes of Black mothering and the Black family.
Bio:
Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. She is a contributing writer at The Nation and a fellow with Type Media Center (formerly the Nation Institute). McClain's writing has appeared in outlets including Slate, Talking Points Memo, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. In 2018, she received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. McClain was a staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and the Drug Policy Alliance. McClain’s book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, was published this month (April 2019) by Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books).
To learn more about Dani McClain:
https://danimcclain.com/
Twitter: @drmclain
Article Mentioned in this episode:
https://www.thenation.com/article/black-motherhood-family-parenting-dani-mcclain/
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Today, we're celebrating the mothers! We're talking with my friends Nicole Peltier-Lewis and Veronica Lowe about issues facing Black mothers, importance of self-care, the role of sister friends to lend support and love and importance of having a your own board of directors.
Bio:
Nicole Peltier-Lewis
Ideation and Leadership Coach, Educational Consultant, Author, and Mom
Instagram: @npstrivedaily
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-peltier-lewis-0bb00436/
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Executive, Community Leader, Mom, and Grandmother
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Our guest today is author and illustrator Jerry Craft (@JerryCraft). He shares NEW KID, his new middle grade graphic novel about seventh grader Jordan Banks who loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School, where he is now one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either. Can he learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?
During our conversation Jerry also shares his love of comics, art and how he co-founded the Schomburg Center's Annual Black Comic Book Festival. To learn more about NEW KID and its author and illustrator go to www.jerrycraft.net.
Social Media
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @jerrycraft
Bio:
JERRY CRAFT is an author and illustrator who has worked on numerous picture books, graphic novels, and middle grade novels. His newest book, New Kid, is a middle grade graphic novel that has earned four starred reviews, including one from Booklist Magazine that called it "Possibly one of the most important graphic novels of the year." Kirkus Reviews called it "An engrossing, humorous, and vitally important graphic novel that should be required reading in every middle school in America."
Jerry's books have been Junior Library Guild selections, and he has won five African American Literary Awards. He is the creator of Mama's Boyz, an award-winning comic strip that was distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 - 2013. He is a co-founder and co-producer of the Schomburg's Annual Black Comic Book Festival which has drawn close to 50,000 fans since its inception in 2013. Jerry was born in Harlem and grew up in nearby Washington Heights. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School and received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.
Mocha Moms is the premier voice and support group for mothers of color. During this episode, we speak with Danae Aicher, Director of Communications for Mocha Moms, Inc., about the important role Mocha Moms plays for mothers of colors.
To learn more about Mocha Moms, Inc. and find a local chapter go to https://www.mochamoms.org
Twitter: @mochamoms
Facebook: @mochamoms
Instagram: mocha_moms
Bio:
Danae Jones-Aicher was a mass communications professional with more than 20 years of experience in news and public relations when she made the choice to leave her career to be what she calls a “professional Mom”.
She joined Mocha Moms in 2009, when the birth of her first child prompted her to help charter the Hampton Roads, Virginia chapter. A few years later she began serving as the Director of Communications for the National Board.
In recent years, Danae has jumped back into the workforce as the Director of Equity for the Rainbow Community School where she designs and conducts social justice workshops for teachers, students, parents, and other organizations. In addition to her service to the Mocha Moms, Inc. national board, she also serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina and she’s recently finished a four-year term on the Board of Building Bridges of Asheville, a local anti-racism organization.
Throughout her careers in news, politics and now social justice, Danae says the through-line has been observing the ways in which power, privilege and oppression- especially along racial lines- play out in our society and systems.
We all know that racial discrimination isn't good for anyone but did you know that it affects children's health? During this episode, we talk with Dr. Ashaunta Anderson, pediatrician and researcher, about the health effects of racial discrimination on kids and strategies to help parents address racial discrimination's health impact and help raise resilient children.
Bio:
Ashaunta T. Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Anderson received her bachelor’s degree in Human Biology at Stanford University, and her MD at Harvard Medical School. After her residency at Baylor, she completed additional graduate work at both the Harvard and UCLA Schools of Public Health. Dr. Anderson’s prior research explores the origins of health disparities in the social environments of early childhood. This work is particularly focused on the impact of early school readiness and racial socialization on later academic achievement and related health outcomes. She has conducted a number of qualitative assessments of early childhood educators, pediatricians, and minority parents with the goal of developing a culturally appropriate way to enhance a child’s education, health, and resilience in a multi-ethnic society. She plans to bring this community-partnered perspective to her new line of research exploring the quality of care in pediatric sickle cell disease.
Ibi Zoboi (@ibizoboi) and Leah Henderson (@LeahsMark) discuss BLACK ENOUGH. BLACK ENOUGH is a collection of stories about what it's like to be young and black in America.
In this episode, we'll speak with Ibi Ziboi and Leah Henderson talk about their experiences growing up a Black teens in the United States, how they used their experiences to write their stories for the collection and how race, culture and identity intersect to influence what it's like to be young and black.
Bios:
Ibi Zoboi holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. Her debut novel, AMERICAN STREET, was published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers was a finalist for the National Book Award and has received five starred reviews. Under the same imprint, her latest YA novel, PRIDE, was released this Fall, and, BLACK ENOUGH, a collection of stories about what it’s like to be young and black in America, will debut in January of 2019. Her middle grade debut, MY LIFE AS AN ICE-CREAM
SANDWICH is forthcoming from Dutton/Penguin Books.
She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, and their three young children.
You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.
Leah Henderson is a mentor, avid traveler, and a believer in all readers seeing their possibilities. Her volunteer work has roots in Mali, West Africa and her middle grade novel One Shadow on the Wall, is an Africana Children’s Book Award notable and a Bank Street Best Book. Her work appears in the YA anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America and she has a few picture books and another middle grade novel on the horizon for 2020. She holds a Master’s degree in Writing and is on faculty in the Spalding University MFA program. Leah calls Washington, D.C. home.
You can find her on Twitter @LeahsMark or at her website: leahhendersonbooks.com.
How do you feel? What do you say after you learn about another tragic incident that has occurred due to hate? How do you talk to you kids? Our guests for this episode include a panel of diverse, dynamic and passionate child advocates and pediatricians, Dr. Sindhura Kodali, Dr. Jonathan Weinkle , Dr. Julie Linton, Dr. Sonia Khan, and Dr. Jihan Abdul-Haqq.
In this episode, we reflect on recent tragedies motivated by hatred, discuss their work with families to address and tackle tough issues such as racism, islamophobia, antisemitism, and how they help create safe spaces for families.
Guest Bios:
Sindhura Kodali is a pediatrician practicing in the Bay Area. She is the daughter of first generation immigrants and was raised in Southeast Michigan. Over the past decade, she has had the privilege of partnering with South Asian community organizations and activists and supporting their efforts to raise awareness and understanding about hate crimes against South Asians. These experiences inform her work as a pediatrician and educator.
Handles: Twitter @sindhoorichickn
Instagram @sindhoorichickn
Facebook: Sindhura.Kodali
Jonathan Weinkle is an internist and pediatrician at the Squirrel Hill Health Center in Pittsburgh, a federally qualified health center serving a population that hails from more than 80 countries and speaks more than 60 languages. He serves on the clinical faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Studies Program at Chatham University. Dr. Weinkle is also the author of the recently published book, Healing People, Not Patients: Creating Authentic Relationships in Modern Healthcare, in which he takes the core principle of his Jewish faith, that humans are created in God’s image, and maps out the nuts and bolts of a healing relationship, and healthcare system, that lives that belief.
Social media:
FB: Healers Who Listen
Twitter: @healerswholistn
Instagram: @healerswholisten
Web address: http://healerswholisten.com
Julie Linton is a pediatrician in Greenville, SC and a Culture of Health Leader.*
*Culture of Health Leaders is a national leadership program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support leaders—from all sectors that have an influence on people’s health—to create collaborative solutions that address health inequities and move their communities and organizations toward a Culture of Health.
Social media:
@juliemlinton
Sonia F. Khan is a pediatrician in California, Commisioner, Human Relations, City of Freemont, California, and Consultant, Pediatrics, Critical Care & Adolescent Medicine.
Noor Jihan Abdul-Haqq completed her Pediatric residency with Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She currently owns her practice Peace of Mind Pediatrics in Oklahoma serving a diverse population. Her honors include the Gold Foundation's Humanism in Medicine award, Sisters United Practitioner of the Year and The Journal Record's Achievers Under 40 Award. She is happily married with 3 children. Dr. Jihan Abdul-Haqq is a pediatrician practicing in Oklahoma.
Resources:
Talking to Children About Tragedies & Other News Events https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Talking-To-Children-About-Tragedies-and-Other-News-Events.aspx
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Sarah Gaither (@sarahegaither), Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and a faculty affiliate at the Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. During today's episode we discuss her research, her experiences growing us a biracial Black/White woman, racial identity, and insights into raising biracial and multiracial children.
Links and resources mentioned in this episode
Duke Identity & Diversity Lab
Helping My Fair-Skinned Son Embrace His Blackness by Myra Jones-Taylor
Social media for Dr. Sarah Gaither
@sarahegaither
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This episode of Part 2 of the conversation about discipline our children. Our guests are pediatricians, Dr. Michelle Collins Ogle and Dr. Shontae Buffington. During the conversation we'll discuss the American Academy of Pediatrics policy on Effective Discipline, the policy's impact on African-American families and cultural influences of parenting recommendations.
Guest Bios:
Dr. Shontae Buffington is a pediatrician and an active American Academy of Pediatrics member practicing in southeast Georgia. She earned a Bachelors of Arts in Human Biology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California and her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. Dr. Buffington completed her residency at the University of California Davis in Sacramento, California where she developed a keen interest in adolescent medicine, ADHD, and child behavioral disorders. In her free time, she designs, sews, and blogs about creating her own clothing.
Dr. Michelle Collins Ogle is a Clinical Infectious Disease Specialist who has dedicated most of her career to providing comprehensive medical care to infants, children, adolescents and adults living with HIV / AIDS. She also has a special interest in assuring equal access for the treatment of HIV as well as other infections in young gay men and transgender youth. Dr. Collins Ogle received her training in Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She is currently the Medical Director at Warren-Vance Community Health Center, Inc., which provides comprehensive medical care for adolescents and adults living with HIV/AIDS in the most rural, isolated communities in the state.
Dr. Ogle passionately advocates for patients living in rural, indigent isolated areas of North Carolina because she holds the belief that these patients deserve the same access to quality medical care as those living in urban areas. She expanded the HIV practice to provide a warm, non-judgmental and welcoming environment for transgender people living with HIV in rural NC. Providing hormone therapy and coordinated HIV care for the transgender population has been a welcomed service.
Dr. Collins Ogle currently serves as the Pediatric liaison for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and the HIV Medicine Association, past Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Ryan White Medical Provider’s Coalition which advocates and Lobbies legislators on the state and federal level to protect funding for HIV/AIDS medical care programs. She also proudly served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS; Inducted Sept 4, 2014 resigned along with 5 other members in 2017 in protest of this administration’s attempt to cut Medicaid and RW funding.
References:
American Academy of Pediatrics Effective Discipline Policy
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/6/e20183112
American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org: What's the Best Way to Discipline My Child?
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/family-dynamics/communication-discipline/Pages/Disciplining-Your-Child.aspx
Dr. Stacey Patton (@DrStaceyPatton) is an adoptee, child abuse survivor, and former foster youth turned award-winning author, journalist and child advocate. As a nationally-recognized child advocate, Dr. Patton travels the country delivering keynotes and professional trainings focused on combating racial disparities in child abuse cases, criminal prosecutions for child abuse, foster care placements, the over prescribing of psychotropic medications to children of color in foster care, the school- and foster care-to-prison pipelines, corporal punishment in public schools, diversion and restorative justice programs. She works as an intermediary between social service and law enforcement agencies seeking to improve services to communities of color. During this episode, we talk with Dr. Patton about the historical roots of corporal punishment in the Black community and her work to advocate for alternative forms on discipline instead of the use of corporal punishment by parents.
To learn more about Dr. Patton and her work go to
http://sparethekids.com
Resources:
Article: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/news/Pages/AAP-Updates-Corporal-Punishment-Policy.aspx
Dr. Janie Ward is a Professor and Chair Education and Africana Studies at Simmons University and the author of The Skin We're In: Teaching Our Children to be Emotionally Strong, Socially Smart and Spiritually Connected (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2000). During this episode, we discuss The Talk, strategies on to have The Talk with our children and the four-step model to help children resist racism.
To learn more about Dr. Janie Ward go to http://www.simmons.edu/Faculty/Janie-Ward.
Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson (@rianaelyse) is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Health Behaviors & Health Education Department in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her scholarship addresses culturally specific parenting practices to reduce race-related stress in families. During this episode, we discuss the importance of having conversations with our children about race, promoting child psychosocial well-being, her current program, EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race), a family-based intervention that provides parents and children skills to address race and racial discrimination, and her video series, Our Mental Health Minute (OurMHM), with fellow psychologist Dr. Shawn C.T. Jones (@SCTJones) that addresses mental health stigma within the African-American community.
To learn more about Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson go to https://www.rianaelyse.com.
Resources:
- Article: https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2018posts/talking-about-race.html
- Getting involved in EMBRace: https://www.theembraceprogram.com/get_involved
- EMBRace Video: https://vimeo.com/210478950
- OurMHM: https://www.facebook.com/pg/OurMHM/videos/
What is Black?"is a new podcast about parenting Black/African-American children. The podcast seeks to help parents address issues such as race, culture, identity, and everyday challenges of growing up. Join us for episode one launching January 21, 2019. Hosted and produced by pediatrician and writer Jacqueline Douge. Music by Manni Festo of the poetsloungepodcast.com. Subscribe now.