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Featured in Apple Podcasts' Women's History Month Collection! Beyonce?! BEYONCE! From Destiny's Child to Renaissance, Blue and Liz discuss one of America's greatest singers of all time BEYONCE!

Featured in Apple Podcast's Women History Month Collection! Debra Lee is the former CEO of the BET Network and just released her memoir "I Am Debra Lee". The Red Dove discusses who is Debra Lee, her impact for the culture and recount Debra's story of how Aretha Franklin taught Debra the power of "No" and so much more! Listen, learn then activate!

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Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection!  Harriet Tubman the GOAT, the EVERYTHING, the LEGEND is poised to be the new (front side) face of the American 20 dollar note...but......Andrew Jackson's racist face will be on the BACK of the $20 note!!!  Is this how we honor Harriet?  Will this symbolic first be a help or a hurt to the movement? No wrong answers! We discuss all of this and more, listen, learn then ACTIVATE!!

MAJOR SOURCE MATERIAL:  Twenty Dollars and Change Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy by Clarence Lusane.  We purchased our copy from Harriett's Bookshop, if you chose to purchase a copy of this excellent book please consider supporting Harrietts' at harriettsbookshop.com

Until next time!

Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection!

Shirley Chisholm was America's FIRST Black woman congressperson!  Shirley brought Black feminist politics to the national government, focusing on legislation that helped poor Black women (and as a result all poor people) including universal free childcare, housing, the minimum wage and more.  Our story focuses on Shirley's run for the Democrat party's presidential nomination in 1972.  We run into old friends, like Elaine Brown and the California Black Panther Party, and meet new friends like Barbara Lee and Sandra Gaines....Listen, learn then activate!

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Welcome Back Blue!!!!!!  It's so great to have all the hosts recording again, and this time Rainey tells a hilarious horror story about that time she went camping...

A Black History story from the 1960s, we discuss the people who provided armed defense for Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement!

A school shooting survivor turned activist, Tyah-Amoy Roberts began using her voice in stirring speeches heard across the country advocating for gun control and voter registration....while she was in high school!!  Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a story (from the recent past) of Black Girl Magic!  Listen, learn then Activate!

The Atlanta Police Foundation, a private non-profit funneling corporate money into police initiatives, wants to build a massive training facility for Atlanta cops  outside of Southeast Atlanta.  Multiple activists want to stop the building of this "cop city" pointing out the horrific history of the land itself, the environmental racist impact and more.  The Red Dove centers the words of  local activists Jasmine Burnett, Jackie Echols and the Forest Defenders to share the story of "cop city", and how YOU can get involved to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest.  Listen, learn then activate!!

We begin with an excerpt from Bree Newsome Bass' article "Black Police Officers Don't Make Policing Any Less Black" and then dive into the anti-blackness of policing. Sometimes the shorter the episode, the stronger the message.  Listen, learn then activate!

This week The Red Dove discusses the brilliant Stephanie Younger, a spoken word poet, activist and organizer!  Stephanie, at age 14, created The Black Feminist Collective!!!! Fans of  the show will remember The Red Dove's past episodes using The Black Feminist Collective as source material, now learn the Collective Creator's origin story in this episode of Black girl excellence..  Listen, learn then activate!

Hannah Lucas is described as a "visionary leader", much like Harriet Tubman, who had an idea and made it into a realty!  Hannah created the notOK app because "it's okay to not be okay".  The app is there for anyone who is having a mental health crisis and needs someone they trust to know that they are not okay.  Hannah is another example of Black girls leading the way; listen, learn then activate!

Kynnedy Simone Smith is a scholar, violinist and entrepreneur from Ohio and a young Black leader making big moves in Ohio and beyond!  At eleven Kynnedy started a nonprofit called I Art Cleveland, its mission is to connect underrepresented youth in Northeast Ohio to art education, programming and funding sources.  Listen, learn then activate!!!

Major source material:  Unbossed by Khristi Lauren Adams

The Red Dove discusses Brittney Griner's nightmare in Russia.  

A movie review of Wakanda Forever with fellow podcast hosts!  The Red Dove was honored to sit down with special guests Derik (Ratchet Book Club), Donna (Donna Tha Dead) and returning guest Sharmanique (Catch These Vibes) to discuss Wakanda Forever.  This is a spoiler-inclusive episode filled with the love these hosts felt towards Ryan Coogler's movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....

Special thanks to Derik, Donna and Sharmanique, it was a fantastic experience collaborating with you all.  Doves: be sure to listen to their podcasts Ratchet Book Club, Donna Tha Dead and Catch These Vibes!

Kayne has been a problem for a very long time, so why didn't companies cancel their contract with him back then?  We discuss the bullshit that is Kayne's behavior towards women and Black people.  Kayne is an abuser and that's not okay.  How do we support survivors of domestic abuse?  Can we not buy his shoes anymore?  Listen, learn then activate!

the Bullshit/the Resistance: It's been feelin very faschisty lately and we're calling it out!  Elon Musk buying Twitter, The Pelosi Attack, and MSNBC canceling Tiffany Cross are just some of the Bullshit covered this week.  the Resistance suggestion this week is simple: VOTE!  

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Dove Horror Story: capitalism orchestrates human experiments!  Doctors injecting cement into patients' spines with disastrous results.  Listen, learn then activate!

Dove Horror Story Alert!  First let's learn about Iowa's meat packing union and then learn how capitalism killed it.  Iowa's meat packing union understood the importance of racial solidarity and workers' rights, it not only secured strong wages for its workers but desegregated the town as well.....but then along comes big business..... A new packing plant, tough working conditions, all leads to the workers either moving away or quitting the job.  Either way, big business brings in replacement workers, many refugees from other countries.  When Covid hits, this little town becomes one of the biggest hot spots for infection disproportionately affecting the meat packing workers because........the business did NOTHING to prepare for Covid even though they knew it could happen fifteen (15) years before Covid-19 struck the town.  Listen, learn then activate!

Rainy and Liz sit down and answer Oprah's "5 Questions on Motherhood".  

The Red Dove honors Indigenous Peoples Day with this Dove Tale all about the first Indigenous woman to become a doctor.  Susan was born in 1865, at a time the Omaha Indigenous people were "assimilating" into white American culture, she would later write about walking a tightrope in between honoring her culture and assimilation.  Susan attended U.S. government schools, college and medical school.  Upon receiving her medical degree, Susan moved back to the Omaha Reservation and spends the rest of her life caring for her people.  In 1913 Susan's life goal was achieved when she built a hospital for her people.  Susan died in 1915, but her legacy as "Dr. Susan" to her people remains alive today.  Presently, health care services is still an issue for the Omaha people but they also broke ground on both an $8.3 million expansion of the Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center in Macy and a new clinic in Walthill.  We close out the episode with a reading of one of Susan's essays depicting the conditions, trials and tribulations Susan face on the daily.  Listen, learn then activate!!!

Shout out to Assata's Aunt Evelyn at the top, Evelyn was not only Assata's aunt but her attorney as well!  During one of her trials Assata and her co-defendant begin a sexual relationship that takes its course into the birth of a baby girl for Assata.  Cut ahead to Assata is free, living in Cuba today with her family at an undisclosed location.  Along the way, the hosts discuss Assata's opinion on imperialism and have a conversation about America's carceral state.  Listen, learn then activate!

Shout out to all the Doves out there, never stop being too much: this song is from us to you. (fun fact: we own the rights to this music!)

Tonight the hosts discuss Assata's opinions on the Black Panther Party, Huey Newton and activist strategies.  Along the way, the hosts share stories from their personal experiences of organizing.  Listen, learn then activate Doves!

Rainey & Liz discuss Assata Shakur's 1975 Opening Statement to a jury in her criminal trial, when she was co-counsel for her own defense.  Assata's speech provides the listeners with a general overview of America during this time, and shows how little has changed from then to now.  Assata, and her co-defendant Ronald Myers, were acquitted of those charges by the way.. Listen, learn then activate!

Rainey explains what "Black trauma porn" is and why it's harmful to Black people; examples of Black Trauma Porn in the news, books, tv shows and movies and what we want to see more of instead.  Along the way, Rainey and Liz discuss Will Smith's movies, Black Panther, Black characters in sci-fi and fantasy (Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones, D&D), the American Girl dolls & books, and of course...Oprah!

Red Dove Podcast Recommendations mentioned in this show: Catch These Vibes and Everrealm Adventures.

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Rabbi Tamar Manasseh is a community leader in Chicago and founder of MASK (Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings) who works to prevent gun violence in the neighborhood.  Join Blue, Rainey and Liz as they discuss Rabbi Manasseh and the intersectionality between Jewish and Black Americans.

Spotlight In Activism: Qudsiyyah Shariyf, Deputy Director of Chicago Abortion Fund and a "fierce advocate for reproductive justice and aspiring birth worker."  

Rainey & Liz share their stories about organizing in support of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in public schools.  But first, Rainey shares an explosive story about contracting Covid!

We will return on August 15!

Harriet's Wildest Dreams is a Black-led abolitionist community defense hub "centering all Black lives most at risk for state-sanctioned violence in the Greater Washington area."  Their work includes "legal empowerment, political and civic education, mass protest, organizing campaigns, and community care that builds alternatives to oppressive systems."  Our Spotlight in Activism focuses on the founders of HWD: Makia Green, Nee Nee Taylor and Qiana Johnson.  

Listen, learn then activate!

Major Source Material:  harrietsdreams.org

The hosts are joined by Sharmanique, host of Catch These Vibes podcast, to discuss Stranger Things Season 4!   The ladies discuss the entire season chronologically, offering their insights and opinions throughout.  FYI-SPOILER ALERT: this episode discusses any and all surprises of ST4!

Be sure to check out Catch These Vibes podcast, new episodes drop every Tuesday and are available anywhere you listen to podcasts: https://www.catchthesevibespod.com/

Blue and Liz sit in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha's Vineyard.

Listen, learn then activate!

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Rainey & Liz discusses where to go from here, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned by the US Supreme Court.  Spotlight on Activism is Yamani Hernandez, the Executive Director of National Network of Abortion Funds.  The National Network of Abortion Funds builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice. NNAF "consists of member organizations work across our network to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. Some of them work with clinics to help pay for your abortion. Some of them offer support such as transportation, childcare, translation, doula services, and somewhere to stay if you have to travel to get your abortion."  The hosts also discuss Ally Henny's article "A white woman's guide to not being completely insensitive in the wake of Roe being overturned". 

Listen, learn then activate!

NNAF: https://abortionfunds.org/

Ally Henny's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/allyhenny

Blue and Liz sit in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha's Vineyard.

Part 2 of this interview series showcases Sharon's expertise in health & wellness, dropping mental health gems throughout including don't minimize your aura to make some people comfortable, your presence intimidates them and learning how to say "No" at work & in your personal life to maintain balance inside of you.

Listen, learn then activate!

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This week Blue & Liz sit down in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha’s Vineyard.

In Part 1 of this interview series Sharon Discusses her role as chief operating officer of Martha’s Vineyard Vegan Society where she teaches her community about eating healthy and distributes free food to the community every month.

Sharon is also the director of the Island Food Pantry where she feeds and cares for her community, the full time residents of the island.  Every week the pantry provides free food, supplies and pet food for up to 500 people a week.  Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free options are available.  Over the lockdown, Sharon began operating a farm to provide even more good food to Martha’s Vineyard!

Martha’s Vineyard’s full-time residents are displaced from their homes twice a year during the tourist season. This tourist season Sharon is raising awareness of the community’s struggles, part of her long term work to improve the lives of Martha’s Vineyard’s most marginalized people.

Listen, learn then activate!

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As of the release of this episode, 27 school shootings have taken place this year in America.  Join Rainey & Liz as they discuss America's School Shootings and how to talk to the children in your life about them.  Listen, learn then activate!

March For Our Lives Saturday, June 11 - nationwide protest, show up and DO SOMETHING!

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This is the second, and final. part of our horror story about Judge Donna's juvenile courtroom and detention center.  The cops have entered the elementary school building, poised to arrest four Black female students (4th and 6th graders) for a crime that doesn't exist (but they don't know that yet!).  The arrests could not have gone more poorly, resulting in all the students being detained in Lynne's "filter system" and experiencing more trauma.  However, the parents rise up and fight back against Chrystal Templeton and the whole county.  We conclude with a "Where are they now?" of Donna, Lynne, Chrystal, Amy and Sherry, wrapped in a deep discussion of America's juvenile court system, Donn's juvenile "justice" in particular.  Listen, learn then activate! 

Back with a Red Dove Horror Story!  Meet Donna, Lynne, Chrystal, Amy and Shery: pillars of white supremacy in Rutherford County, Tennessee.  Part 1 covers their back story and introduces us to Donna's juvenile court: a place where nightmares are made.  You have been warned.  Listen, learn then activate!  (Source materials will be published with Part 2 on thereddovepodcast.com ).

Liz and Blue discuss imagination: used as a form of mental health, in activism and within all of us.  Listen, learn then activate! 

We celebrate some of our favorite female artists who overcame the bullshit and paved the way for the next female singer.  Fan girl with us over Beyonce, Cardi B, Lizzo, Rihanna, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott and more! 

President Biden's 2023 budget will include a new tax on the 700 richest Americans in the country & The Red Dove is so here for it!  The "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" would create a 20% minimum tax rate on all Americans worth more than $100 million by changing the definition of "income" in the Tax Code.  Is #TaxTheRich becoming a reality?! Or will members of his own Democratic party block it from being passed?

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This week we discuss Florida's Everglades and the "black snow" that rains down on its neighbors.

Rainey and Liz discuss tv shows they think the other will love, trying to convince the other to watch it.  This is material usually reserved for a Director's Cut episode, so if you like it sign up for our Patreon to hear more!

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The life and times of Ella Baker.  Ella Baker worked with Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hammer and more during the Civil Rights Movement!  Ella is responsible for the 1965 Voting Rights Act getting passed!  Ella also helped make interracial marriages legal, creating SNCC (The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), fighting to Free Angela Davis, and empowering others to fight for social justice!   Listen, learn then activate!

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Deep dive into the historical event of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing and how it hits different for working moms.

Once upon a time, (in the not so distant past) America said "Women can't do that!" to things like voting, wearing pants, owning property, having a passport, going to school, taking out a business loan and more! Take a trip down memory lane with The Red Dove as we continue to celebrate Women's History Month!     

"Why do women get their own month?" gets answered!  Listen, learn then activate!

The Red Dove discusses recent American legislation aimed at centering the subjective beliefs of white Christians in our public schools and why that's so problematic.  Listen, learn then activate!

The final installment of the Elaine Brown Story.  Deep dive into the BPP's school for Oakland children, ran by Elaine, Ericka Huggins and Regina Davis.  The murder of Kathleen Smith exiles Huey to Cuba where he marries Gwen.  After Regina is beaten up, Elaine leaves the BPP with her daughter Ericka and begins a new life eventually settling in Georgia.  Listen, learn then activate! 

The Red Dove continues telling Elaine's story, covering 1970-1973, based on Elaine Brown's memoir "A Taste Of Power." Deep dive into the the brilliant philosophy of Huey Newton, but we honestly discuss the violent underside of Newton's Black Panther Party as told through the POV of Elaine.  Listen, learn then activate!