DBM Episode 39 Mothering, Art & Black Maternal Health
05/04/21 • 89 min
Dear Mama,
When it comes to Black Maternal Health, our work is not over when Black mothers survive and the child is born alive and we will not let it fade into our peripheral. In this episode we discuss being invited to do an art installation for Project Row Houses Round 50 entitled Race, Motherhood, and Health. We also discuss the importance of art in this movement and art’s capacity like nothing else to creep into the crevices of culture and push us forward. Before we jump into that convo we take a discuss witnessing our children during hard situations inspired by card number 19 from our Black Mama Magic Card Deck which reads I honor my child’s divine path. We hope this episode reminds you that motherhood is not the graveyard of dreams, that our children are divine beings on their own divine journey, and when your mothership hits rough waters to soften.
SYLLABUS
Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
- Black Mama Magic Mini Card Deck & Magic Evermore Summer Solstice Boxes are on SALE NOW
- Crystal is teaching writing and helping Black folks heal.
- NeKisha is getting her keynote on!
- Thea has a new web home and released her first book from her press.
- Check the show notes for the episode for all the links to support us!
Mac & Cheese Art & Black Maternal Health
Black Mama Say A word to mamas from the mamas
ASSIGNMENTS
Visit our website demblackmamas.com to do TWO important things:
- Invest in us by purchasing the Magic Evermore Summer Solstice Box or a Black Mama Magic Mini Card Deck on SALE NOW!
- Check our website for raw footage & images from our Black Maternal Health Art Installation.
- As always thanks for rockin with us. For full show notes & time stamps check out website: demblackmamas.com
MORE WAYS TO INVEST IN US Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt:⠀
- Don't just listen, subscribe
- Share with at least one person
- Follow us on any social media platform @demblackmamaspodcast
- Engage through social media comments, DM us or email with questions [email protected]
- Join our email list by visiting our website
- Patreon
- One Time Donation:
Now let's get free yall & jump into Episode 39 of Dem Black Mamas!
Dear Mama,
When it comes to Black Maternal Health, our work is not over when Black mothers survive and the child is born alive and we will not let it fade into our peripheral. In this episode we discuss being invited to do an art installation for Project Row Houses Round 50 entitled Race, Motherhood, and Health. We also discuss the importance of art in this movement and art’s capacity like nothing else to creep into the crevices of culture and push us forward. Before we jump into that convo we take a discuss witnessing our children during hard situations inspired by card number 19 from our Black Mama Magic Card Deck which reads I honor my child’s divine path. We hope this episode reminds you that motherhood is not the graveyard of dreams, that our children are divine beings on their own divine journey, and when your mothership hits rough waters to soften.
SYLLABUS
Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
- Black Mama Magic Mini Card Deck & Magic Evermore Summer Solstice Boxes are on SALE NOW
- Crystal is teaching writing and helping Black folks heal.
- NeKisha is getting her keynote on!
- Thea has a new web home and released her first book from her press.
- Check the show notes for the episode for all the links to support us!
Mac & Cheese Art & Black Maternal Health
Black Mama Say A word to mamas from the mamas
ASSIGNMENTS
Visit our website demblackmamas.com to do TWO important things:
- Invest in us by purchasing the Magic Evermore Summer Solstice Box or a Black Mama Magic Mini Card Deck on SALE NOW!
- Check our website for raw footage & images from our Black Maternal Health Art Installation.
- As always thanks for rockin with us. For full show notes & time stamps check out website: demblackmamas.com
MORE WAYS TO INVEST IN US Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt:⠀
- Don't just listen, subscribe
- Share with at least one person
- Follow us on any social media platform @demblackmamaspodcast
- Engage through social media comments, DM us or email with questions [email protected]
- Join our email list by visiting our website
- Patreon
- One Time Donation:
Now let's get free yall & jump into Episode 39 of Dem Black Mamas!
Previous Episode
DBM Episode 38 Raising Transgender Children featuring Jamarah Amani & Michelle
Dear Mama,
Come celebrate with us. Celebrate this beautiful mothering journey. Celebrate with us the powerful legacy of Black motherhood that always offers healing, is abundant in creativity, and expands liberation. We are celebrating Women’s History Month by elevating the radical work of mothers raising transgender children. In this episode guests midwife Jamarah Amani & Michelle are Black mothers building a Promise Land rooted in equity and love.
We would like to say thank you for your patience during our unexpected hiatus while I was healing from COVID.
SYLLABUS
Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
- All who have had COVID and lost love ones to COVID
- Frontline workers
- Gratitude
- Crystal writing workshop coming up on Sunday, March 28th & NeKisha's first conference keynote on Monday, March 29th (check the show notes on our website for registration links: demblackmamas.com)
Mac & Cheese:
- In this episode we talk with midwife Jamarah Amani & transgender youth advocate Michelle about what they learned about themselves & what raising transgender children taught them about liberation.
Black Mama Say:
- Black Mamas on The Insurrection
ASSIGNMENTS
Visit our website demblackmamas.com to do three important things:
- Check the show notes for this episode & register of Crystal's writing workshop & register to hear NeKisha's first conference keynote.
- Our Black Mama Magic Mini Card Deck will be on sale again soon so sign up for our email list
- And get yo mug on Mama and invest in us by purchasing a mug, which is our #MerchOfTheMonth from our Black Mama Magic Shop
- All of these things can be done on our website demblackmamas.com
As always thanks for rockin with us. For full show notes check out website: demblackmamas.com
INVEST IN US Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt:⠀
- Don't just listen, subscribe
- Share with at least one person
- Follow us on any social media platform @demblackmamaspodcast
- Engage through social media comments, DM us or email with questions [email protected]
- Join our email list by visiting our website
- Patreon
- Merch
- One Time Donation:
Now let's get free yall & jump into Episode 37 of Dem Black Mamas!
Next Episode
DBM Episode 40: We Back! What We Learned in 2021 and What’s Coming Next
Dear Mama, We all deserve the grace and permission to explore our shadows and cradle ourselves in radical honesty. After losing the desire to continue producing our podcast, I went on an unexpected hiatus where I found the answers I was looking for. WE BACK & Today, Thea and Nekisha are riding shotgun with me as we all share our journey looking back at what 2021 taught us and where we’re headed in 2022.
Church Announcements
- Thea:
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- New Website: theamonyee.com
- Join Thea for Sacred Sundays by texting SACRED to 213 & Choose your own adventure
- NeKisha:
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- New Website for Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants: https://www.nikkiandnikkiibclc.org/
- Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space
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- 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969
- 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376
- Crystal:
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- Turning 7 year program Writers Well Youth Fellowship into a non-profit Writers Well is a program for Black girls/femmes 14-19 living in South Carolina interested in writing and/or performance. It’s a brave space for Black girls to nurture their imagination.
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- Follow on IG: @writerswellyouthfellowship and/or donate: https://bit.ly/blackgirlswritethefuture
- Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter
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- Sunday, April 3rd, 6pm, Zoom Link To Register: https://bit.ly/amwritingworkshop
Invest in us! Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt.
- Dem Black Mamas Social Media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demblackmamas
- Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast
- One Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/demblackmamas
- SUPPORT OUR SISTER POD:
- Shaping The Shift hosted by our very own Thea Monyee IG | Facebook
- INFORMATION & INSPIRATION
- Looking for some Black Mama Love, support, and connection?
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- Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection
- Join the new app for Black Moms, Meet Akina founded by Black mom and entrepreneur Leigh Butler, Meet Akina is a new social media app for Black Mamas, Black Bonus Mamas, and Aunties
- Are you a Woman of Color or a Black person interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration follow Women of Color Podcasters and/or Black Pod Collective on IG.
- We need more of us feeding us! If you’re a Black woman interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants
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