MCLA’s The Black Experience
By MCLA Black Student Union
MCLA’s The Black ExperienceMay 05, 2021
Aviva Fashion Show After Party
Episode 20: Sigma Boys - The Real Truth
Hello everyone! It is with a heavy heart that we announce that this is our last episode... for now. Unless you want to hear more! We will be ending here for the semester unless we get some responses on the guest form. The E-board wants to thank everyone who has been listening this year! Keep listening, keep sharing. All our past episodes are available here. Thank you so much. This episode we hang out with Edgar Perez and Monterey Rojas of Sigma Chi Beta. We talk everything from lack of BIPOC involvement on campus to the real tea about Greek Life. Please share, share share!
Daunte Wright's family's Go Fund Me
Brooklyn Center Kids and Family Go Fund Me
Visit our website if you'd like to be a guest. - We will keep recording episodes if we have guests.
Email tv4756@mcla.edu if you are interested in running for an e-board position.
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Episode 19: Women of Color Initiative
This episode is very pleasing to me and my homecestors. We are joined by Brianna, Franchesca, Zuly, and Aliza from MCLA's Women of Color Initiative (WOCI). After some really heavy and important episodes, this is just a fun conversation that ranges from celebrity crushes to conspiracy theories. We thought collabing with WOCI would be the best way to end Women's History Month. Enjoy!
Today (3/31/21) is the LAST day to enter the raffle! Please do so by emailing tv4756@mcla.edu
Email Aliza at ag5014@mcla.edu if you are interested in the Women of Color Initative
Follow the Women of Color on Instagram to keep up to date with their upcoming events! @woci_mcla
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Episode 18: Stop AAPI Hate
Our hearts go out to the families of Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Daoyou Feng, Soon Chung Park, Yong Ae Yue, Sun Cha Kim, and the other unnamed victims of the terrorist attack in Atlanta on March 16th. We wanted to make this episode to let members of the AAPI community know that we stand with you and we grieve with you. The E-board of BSU is committed to educating ourselves so we can be better allies to our Asian brothers and sisters.
Email #StopAAPIHate to tv4756@mcla.edu and we will include your name in a solidarity post.
Visit https://stopaapihate.org/ to learn more.
Support Asian American Owned Businesses
Follow Asian American Businesses on Instagram
Read:
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
Asian Mental Health Collective
Listen:
Episode 17: Community Outreach Reaching Nowhere.
Email tv4756@mcla.edu with our action item to be entered into the raffle.
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In light of the recent violence against Asian-American people across the nation, please check out our episode Solidarity with the Asian-American Community
Episode 16: International Women's Day
Hey y'all! Hillary, Bri, and Tah sat down to record this on March 8th, International Women's Day. We wanted to take a moment and have an honest conversation about Black women and what it's like for us. You also get to hear a little about what motivates us! As always, share, share, share!
Don't forget to send your answer to the action item to tv4756@mcla.edu
This month we will be raffling off exciting prizes from black-owned businesses. Make sure you listen every week and complete the action item to increase your chances of winning. Email Tarah at tv4756@mcla.edu
Tarah's Podcast: Therapy with Tah
Check out more Living Room Conversations
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Episode 15: Racism in Advertising
Welcome back! Today we are talking about racism in advertising and lack of representation in children's TV shows.
This month we will be raffling off exciting prizes from black-owned businesses. Make sure you listen every week and complete the action item to increase your chances of winning. Email Tarah at tv4756@mcla.edu
Visit our website if you'd like to be a guest.
Follow us on Instagram @mclabsu for updates.
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Episode 14: Our History Matters
Welcome to the LAST episode of our Black History Month Series! Wow. This month flew by fast. We hope y'all have enjoyed this series as much as we have. This episode we discuss the importance of learning about Black History and the importance of supporting ALANA clubs on campus. We hope you like it! Our last Black History Month is this Friday at 6 pm on Teams. I think we saved the most exciting for last, y'all! We are hosting Black Bingo and we will be giving away exciting prizes from black-owned businesses. If you've been listening this month, we've been giving away some Podcast Exclusive bingo answers so go back and listen if you missed them!
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Episode 13: Cast Correctly Please
Welcome to the third episode of our Black History Month Series! Today's episode is a quick chat about movies with black leads and some of the issues we have with the movie industry. Make sure you join us for our Watch Party this Friday at 6pm! Email Tarah for the link @ tv4756@mcla.edu
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Episode 12: Valentine's Day Special
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Valentine's Day Special Intro Music: Prod by VVS Melody x Zeke
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Episode 11: Hair Talk
Black History Month Events: linktr.ee/mclabsu/
Contact Tarah: tv4756@mcla.edu
Black Owned Hair Companies:
Bèlla Beauty (Small business!)
Bèl Tresse (Small business!)
Mielle Organics
Kinky Tresses
Alikay Naturals
ORS
TGIN
Luster’s
Kinky Curly
TPH by Taraji
Twisted Sista
Camille Rose Naturals
Mixed Chicks
Naturalicious
Curls Dynasty
Kreyòl Essence
Episode 10: Solidarity with the Asian-American Community
In this episode, we sit with the amazing Houa Xiong (probably the busiest person on campus) to talk about solidarity with the Asian-American Community. Please share this episode! Knowledge is power. This is the last episode of Season 1! Thank you for listening to us! We'll be back in February for Season 2. Happy Holidays!
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Follow Houa on Instagram @huahua.xg
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Post-Thanksgiving Interlude
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to make you hungry! Heat up your leftovers and enjoy this quick little holiday conversation.
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Follow Bri on Instagram @brixkiki
Follow Tah on Instagram @tarebearthewriter
Follow Hillary on Instagram @nana_yaa1998
Submit writing, photography, and art to the Empowered Voices Collective: @evoicescollective@gmail.com
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Episode 9: Catcalling
Hey, y'all! Welcome to our first-ever collaboration! Today we collabed with Minah from the Birds and Black Girls Podcast. We chat about our experiences with being catcalled and the fetishization of black women. Make sure y'all check out Birds and Black Girls on Spotify. As always, don't forget to share this episode with everyone you know!
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Follow Minah on Instagram @minahstcyr
Listen to Birds and Black Girls
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Episode 8: Meet Our Advisor!
Y'all have to listen to this episode, you don't want to miss it! Do you think you know Laura the librarian? Guess again. In this episode, we chat with our very own advisor, Laura and she tells us all about herself. (She is so awesome, y'all) Please share, share, share!
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Election Free Interlude
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for a really chill session with Bri and Tah. No politics in this one, just poetry. [Warning: Tah's poetry isn't for the faint of heart (sorry, y'all). ] Also our special guest SZA! Just kidding, SZA isn't on this episode but BZA is!! Stay safe, y'all. The sun will rise without fail.
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Follow Bri on Instagram @brixkiki and BZA
Follow Tarah on Instagram @tarebearthewriter or @roadtobgm or @tarebearslams (listen, they don't call me ReelsTah for nothin')
Submit to Spires: spires@mcla.edu [Word Document] deadline Nov 22
Submit to Empowered Voices Collective: @evoicescollective@gmail.com deadline Nov 8
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Episode 7: Doctors and Housewives
Hello, hello welcome back! First and foremost, Tarah would like all the young, single, handsome Haitian men who are listening to know that she does, in fact, cook and clean as opposed to what you'll hear in this episode. Today we sat down with Eileen from Emmanuel College to talk about everything from being a pre-med student to keeping a home to being a victim of disparities within the health care system. Tune in and share!
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The book Eileen mentioned: Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine
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Episode 6: TMZ Who?
TMZ, Shaderoom, Vice, and Breakfast Club better move out the way. It's your e-board here chatting it up about celebrities.
Visit our website if you'd like to be a guest on the podcast. (Black men... where y'all at?)
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Tarah's Twitter: TatheCatholic
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Links to check out:
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/14/769083847/columbus-day-or-indigenous-peoples-day
https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/covid-19.html
https://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/hispanic-heritage-month.htm
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/us/latinx-term-usage-hispanics-trnd/index.html
Episode 5: The Protests Part 3
Welcome to the last episode in our Black Lives Matter protests mini-series. Today we are joined by Marina from WPI and our very own Sherley. Enjoy!
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Episode 4: The Protests Part 2
We have two special guests on this episode! We are joined with Jodams, a sociology major at Georgetown University, and Judenie, a Umass Boston graduate. They took a moment to tell us about their experience at a protest in Boston. Happy listening!
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Episode 3: The Protests Part 1
We sat down with former President of LAS (Latin American Society) Nadia, current President of LAS Anayra, and Captain of NEXXUS Amouré. All three of these amazing women took to the streets to make their voices heard. Tune in to hear their stories. This is a must share episode!
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Follow LAS on Instagram @las_mcla (E-gift cards, y'all)
Follow NEXXUS on Instagram @mcla.nexxus (Best step team in the county, trust me)
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Episode 2: Black Lives Matter - Real Talk
Welcome back! We jumped right into it with this episode. We chat about our lives during quarantine and we begin to unpack the Black Lives Matter movement. Please share this with your friends and follow us on Instagram @mclabsu for updates!
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Voting Advocacy with Masspirg: https://masspirgstudents.org/chapters/mcla/
BIPOC Healing Space: Email Marissa.Parker@mcla.edu
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Episode 1: Hey Y'all!
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