Malcolm X said: “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” Forget that being seen and not heard. Get into: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, with Lya & Dana. Let's discuss what matters to you, to us.
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Mark your calendars for a free event featuring Black-owned businesses, speakers, children’s activities, vendor tables and more at MLK NOW 2024 by BOB Rewards Club, held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Veterans Memorial Building, 50 2nd Ave. Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (BOB stands for Black-owned businesses.) Black business owners: There is still time…
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Teacher, activist, and motivational speaker MeJa Pinkney shares her valuable perspective on being an educator beyond the classroom. According to MeJa, the focus often is on what kids are doing rather than why they're doing it. Join our conversation with returning guest MeJa as she shares more insights on how to inspire our students beyond the curri…
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The hosts discuss the Florida shooting at Jacksonville Dollar General. According to CNN, "It took less than an hour for the gunman to travel from the Family Dollar – where investigators believed he initially planned to carry his attack – to nearby Edward Waters University and then to the Dollar General where he killed three victims, according to th…
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Bobbye Wagner, writer and producer of a documentary film entitled ‘The Pink Canopy’. This film reveals the life of an Iowa Educator and her battle with a mental illness.
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Teresa Zilk, Creator of Stories to Tell My daughter, discusses the experience behind story telling with co-host Lya
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Part 2 of Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker, and Happiness Maker sharing her story as a survivor of domestic violence.
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Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker and Happiness Maker shares about her experience with domestic violence as a black woman.
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According to Smithsonian Institute, "Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas. "…
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Teacher, activist and motivational speaker MeJa Pinkney uplifts her students in the classroom, and battles for them outside of it.
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Black Iowa News founder Dana James makes history with the Black Iowa Newspaper.
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Ep 23: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with LaNisha Cassell of the African American Museum of Iowa
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Ep 23: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with LaNisha Cassell, executive director of the African American Museum of Iowa, on celebrating Juneteenth and the museum's renovation. Get to know the African American Museum of Iowa.
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Episode 22: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa
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From the Ying Yang Twins and Ginuwine concert in June to the Lost Island Themepark and Waterpark and a new grocery store, Mayor Quentin Hart says Waterloo is moving forward.
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Episode 21: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Kari Bassett and the Black History Research Collective
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Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana delve into Black Iowa history with Kari Bassett of the Black History Research Collective.
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Being Heard: Episode 20: 'What the hell happened to Iowa' podcast host Rekha Basu talks about just that.'
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Renown columnist Rekha Basu ticked through some of the things she feels make Iowa a great place to live: Edna Griffin fought for civil rights seven years before Rosa Parks. Iowa was the third state to legalize gay marriage. Interracial marriage was approved before neighboring states. Iowa welcomed Southeast Asian refugees to the state in the 1970s.…
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Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya and Dana spoke with Audrey Kennis, diversity, equity and inclusion director for the city of West Des Moines, delves into what DEI is and how the city of West Des Moines is embedding the principles in its service to residents. #2blackpodcast #DEI #inclusion #equity…
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Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya and Dana salutes all women during Women's History Month and celebrates the 40-year career of Dawnelle Conley, deputy district director of the Iowa District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Being Heard: Episode 17- "When it comes to friends, you have to be willing to promote or demote accordingly."
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Rap group Whodini famously pondered the meaning of friends. Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, discuss what it means when your friends support you, and what it means when they don't, and why it's necessary to have tiers of friendship. #2blackpodcast #blackiowanews #friends #support #tuesdaytalks…
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Edith Crawford, a community volunteer with the Greater Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, has experienced what it's like to care for a loved one with dementia. She also knows Blacks are twice as likely as whites to have the disease. That's why she's working to spread awareness. She also hosts an Alzheimer's support group at 2 p.m. on the …
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Lya, co-host of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, highlights Pots and Shots, which mixes house plants and cocktails, and encourages community and networking in Waukee, with owner Temeshia Bomato. #2blackpodcast #potsandshots #womanownedbusiness #plants #cocktails @potsandshotsiowa
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Leo Landis, state curator of the Iowa Historical Society, sits down with Lya & Dana of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations. Landis uncovers some of the key people and places important to Black Iowa History that you may not know about. #2blackpodcast #blackhistorymonth #blackiowa
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Being Heard: Ep 13 - "Should we continue to watch videos of police brutalizing Black motorists?"
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Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, ponder whether or not to watch the viral videos of Black motorists being subjected to police brutality — like in the cases of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, and and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #2blackpodcast
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Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”
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Being Heard: Episode 12 - "Iowa's school vouchers: 'I view it as theft. I view it as racism'"
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Ultimately, this is the end goal — to have the populace be dumbed down. To have the populace not be able to connect the dots." Lya and Dana discuss the controversy surrounding school vouchers and the tenuous future of education in Iowa. #2blackpodcast #schoolvouchers #Iowa #education
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Being Heard - Episode 11: Beloved Black actress Nia Long recently decried using the terms "Black Movies" and "Black Famous," which she told Buzz Feed "hold us back."
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Beloved Black actress Nia Long recently decried using the terms "Black Movies" and "BlackFamous," which she told BuzzFeed "hold us back." Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations discuss movies, HBCUs, Black media and why they are unapologetically Black and proud. #2blackpodcast #blackgirlfollowtrain #blackgirlmagi…
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Giving birth is sacred, says Clem the Doula. And, it can be difficult and deadly for Black women who must navigate Iowa's predominantly white health care systems, where Blacks are six times more likely than whites to die during or after childbirth, according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Doulas wrap mothers in support and edu…
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Being Heard: Episode 9 - "See Black women as human beings and not some type of super women."
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During the holidays and in everyday life, Black women are the glue. They prioritize taking care of their children, families and communities with too little thought to taking care of themselves. They push through work while they're tired and underpaid. Then, they overwork at home and in their communities. Often, their public personas don't align wit…
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We will be taking a break before the New Year. We hope you will take time to rest and of course catch up on our past episodes. Here is to wishing EVERYONE a Happy Holiday. #2blkpodcast #2blackpodcast #holiday #winter #rest #podcast #HappyNewYear2023
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We want to wish you a Happy Holidays!!!
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Being Heard: Episode 8 - "In order for there to be progress, we also need the youth to be paying attention."
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People ask Waverly Zhao, Johnston High School student, why she's so interested in politics. Zhao has already run for public office and won — representing students on the Johnston School board. Next, she'll serve as Legislative Page in the Iowa Legislature. Zhao tells Lya & Dana, hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations how and wh…
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Seeta Lee, an educator, writer and self-care coach, learned something revolutionary about herself: She's "A Whole Damn Woman." Lee is CEO of Whole Damn Woman, a feminist self-care education company. Self-care is about "more than massages" Lee told Lya, co-host of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations. Lee coaches people to rid themselv…
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Waterloo, Iowa Mayor Quentin Hart, in his fourth term, told the hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations he "made it into office" by working for people — in whatever capacity he could. Now, he's helping to spearhead citywide transformation —with an emphasis on equity — in the town of about 68,000 people, of whom 18% are Black. Wh…
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Lya & Dana contemplate the possible fallout from another Donald Trump presidential run. Will it lead to more bigotry in the world? Grab a coffee as Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations tackle Trump. #2blkpodcast @Lya I think that’s all you need for now.
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A group of concerned Black educators and parents have developed an interest group for a Des Moines chapter of the National Black Child Development Institute. Anita Fleming-Rife, a retired educator, hopes to rally people around Black students' math and reading proficiency and implement programs and advocacy initiatives. She decried the test scores a…
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Whether you use Bullet journal, RocketBook, memo record, or still use a Franklin Covey planner, Lya & Dana, the cohosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, discuss the best ways to to stay organized. #journaling #2blkpodcast #bulletjournaling #organization Watch us on our YouTube Channel 'Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conv…
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Being Heard: Episode 2 - ‘Aren’t you glad you live in Iowa?’ Depends on the results of the Nov. 8 midterms.
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Americans go to the polls today, Nov. 8, 2022, to vote in the midterm elections. On Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, hosts Lya and Dana urge Black Americans to think about those high grocery and utility bills, how they had to keep pushing during the coronavirus pandemic and run, not walk, to the polls. #2blkpodcast #midterms #ele…
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Corey Dion Lewis, The Healthy Project Podcast host, and creator of the My City My Health Equity Summit on Nov. 11 at Mainframe Studios in downtown Des Moines. "It's going to be really, really Black." That's how Corey Dion Lewis describes his inaugural My City My Health Equity Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Forget some stuffy conference. Lewis told pod…
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