Black Women's Dept. of Labor Colored Girls Hustle

“What does a post capitalist future look like?” ~ Renee Hatcher
In our season finale, our brilliant guests share their experience and experiments in commerce and economy to answer this question. Tune in to learn more about:
Worker cooperatives and the solidarity economySpirit led creative entrepreneurshipParticipatory budgetingDemocratically governed investment fundsTime banks We get into capitalism 101, the limitations of Black capitalism, the myth of meritocracy, redefining success, and the role of mutualism and cooperation in our collective liberation.
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And sign up for the upcoming Taja Tuesday Artist Talk on Tues 9/6 – the day after labor day! - to learn more about the love and labor that went into this podcast, and what’s on the horizon. Join the Patreon at the Creative Conversation level or above to access the live virtual event or the replay.


ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Renee Hatcher is a human rights and solidarity economy lawyer. She is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:21:45) 
Nia Evans is the Executive Director of the Boston Ujima Project.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:58)
 Azua Echevarria is a scent alchemist who sells Spirit care products via her brand Age Into Beauty. Alongside Toni Johnson, she is the co-creator of Wild Woman Twin Flame and 2 Dope Rags. Support their GoFundMe campaign! 
Toni Johnson is a healing artist who founded Rework Creative in 2005 where she makes and sells an eclectic collection of jewelry and future relics. Listen to her full interview with Azua on Patreon (running time: 01:43:57)
 
SUPPORT THE SHOW!
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on InstagramSign up for our newsletterSupport our work on Patreon Make a one-time donation on PayPalPurchase the podcast music (and remix!)Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
  
CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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We're continuing our conversation about domestic labor with a deep dive into the historical and current practice of organizing domestic workers for dignity and respect.
Tune in to learn more about:
the role of storytelling in building collective identitycommunity organizing strategies in and beyond legislated labor protectionsprofessionalizing the workforce through narratives and negotiationsthe politics of care work
ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)
Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)
Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)
Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)
Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)
Learn more about podcast guests here and read their full bios!


SUPPORT THE SHOW!
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on InstagramSign up for our newsletterSupport our work on Patreon Make a one-time donation on PayPalPurchase the podcast music (and remix!)Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Support the show

Taking care of children, disabled folks, the elderly, and the home is important work, but it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves - whether it’s paid or unpaid labor.
In this first part of a two-part series, we get an inside look into an occupation behind closed doors and in private homes - domestic work.
Tune in to hear from 5 incredible guests about:
Why and how people become domestic laborersThe dynamics of race, class, and gender that inform employer and employee relationshipsHow domestic workers create and negotiate contracts and boundariesThe disrespectful treatment and undignified labor conditions domestic workers have enduredHow their labor makes all other work possible

ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Allison Julien is the We Dream in Black Organizing Director for the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:41:59)
Adela Seally is a professional nanny and childcare specialist, mother of seven, and a member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance - New York We Dream in Black Chapter.  Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:59:38)
Rose Gloria* is nanny who has worked with over 50 families in the last 15 years. Her identity and voice have been changed to protect her identity. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 02:26:08)
Premilla Nadasen is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University and the author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:05:28)
Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is a person with a disability who employs six domestic workers. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)
Learn more about podcast guests here!


SUPPORT THE SHOW!
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on InstagramSign up for our newsletterSupport our work on Patreon Make a one-time donation on PayPalPurchase the podcast music (and remix!)Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Support the show

Welfare reform in the 90’s and the recent pandemic may seem like radically different moments in history but they share a few things in common, namely back to work labor narratives that:
are overly reliant on frameworks of personal responsibilityprioritize work over health and wellbeingperpetuate policies, practices, and beliefs that are racist, sexist, classist, and ableistTune in to hear from three brilliant guests sharing their stories and expertise on:
the history and impact of welfare reform in the 90’snavigating return to work during the pandemicthe medicine and wisdom of disability justice in imagining new ways to work and liveABOUT OUR GUESTS
Sydnie Mosley is an artist-activist and educator who works with communities to organize for gender and racial justice through experiential dance performance with her dance-theater collective Sydnie L. Mosley Dances. She wrote an article in Dance Magazine entitled "I Have No Desire to Produce a Performance, Live or Livestreamed, Until the Pandemic Is Over. I’ll Wait." Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)
Diana Romero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Sciences and director of the Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health specialization (MCRSH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York City. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:29:51)
Nikki Brown-Booker is the Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. As a person with a disability and a biracial woman, she has devoted her work to advancing rights at the intersection of disability justice and racial justice. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 00:56:24)
Learn more about podcast guests here!
SUPPORT THE SHOW!
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram and turn on notifications!Sign up for our newsletterSupport our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full-length interviews with each of our guests featured this season. Make a one-time donation on PayPalPurchase the podcast music (and remix!)Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Support the show

Have you ever asked yourself: 
“why am I alive?”| “what is my calling?” | “what’s my next career move?” 
If so, this episode is for you!
In this intergenerational podcast workshop, we discuss:
Astrology 101 reviewing signs, elements, and modalitiesHow to tap into your personal astrology without knowing your birth time or locationThe houses to look to in your natal chart for a sense of your talents, gifts, resources, work style, purpose, and legacyExample chart readings of Black women artists and activists Tune in to learn more about your place among the stars!
 Also! check out our 37 page digital workbook designed to help you follow along and to integrate what you learn in the episode. This workbook includes: 
22 worksheets to help you decode your cosmic blueprint10 cheat sheets of correspondences, rulerships, and keywordsPlus! Relevant bonus info  we didn’t have time to cover in the episode!Join the Patreon at the Creative Foundation level or above to access the workbook!


ABOUT OUR GUESTS
deria (they/she/we) is a revolutionary lover looking to the stars and the soil for guidance in this lifetime. she has creative works published at Nightboat Blog, Spicy Zine, Felt Mag, Black Youth Project, and Desert Rose Magazine. you can email her at deria [dot] em [at] gmail [dot] com to connect. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:32:43)
Deborah Singletary has served as an astrological consultant for 40 years. She loves teaching astrology, giving personal consultations as well as utilizing her passion for art in her work as an interfaith minister to create workshops to help people to pierce the veil separating them from their true selves. She founded Vision Carriers in 1986 as a way of organizing her life missions and purposes. Listen to her full interview on Patreon (running time: 01:50:35)
 
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on InstagramSign up for our newsletterSupport our work on PatreonMake a one-time donation on PayPalPurchase the podcast music (and remix)Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.
 
CREDIT
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Support the show

“We are in the business of putting ourselves out of business.” Nico Le Blanc

In our first - and only! - panel discussion of the season, Taja Lindley facilitates a conversation with 3 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners with 40+ years of experience between them. Tune in to hear:
What DEI work looks like in institutional settings to support racial equity and social movements.How they determine who they will (not) work with and why.The frameworks that guide their practice (i.e. critical race theory, radical Black feminism, etc.)The ways race and gender impact how their work gets done.What it’s like to hold space for anti-racism while Black.Who is responsible for doing this work? And who should (not) be doing this work?PANELISTS
Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a facilitator and author based in NYC  (unceded land of the Lenape people). As she wraps up her doctoral studies, she works part-time as a trainer for the Center for Racial Justice in Education, the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, and Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race & Equity.  Megan is co-author of First Conversations, a critically acclaimed series of books for young children on race, gender, consent, and bodies. 
Nico Le Blanc is a passionate Black, Queer, Non-Binary BEing who currently serves as Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion at NYU and as a yoga and meditation instructor, counselor, and advocate focused on creating positive, safe, and empowering spaces that facilitate vulnerability, and healing. They are committed to the upliftment, self-care, health, vitality, and liberation of ALL Black BEings. 
Zerandrian Morris (aka ‘The Ignant Intellectual’) is a capital 'B' Black non-binary transmasculine girl-identified person born & raised in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans currently living in DC. Zerandrian is a 2001 graduate of THE Spelman College. Zerandrian is a social impact strategist who creates paradigm-shifting experiences for companies, institutions, organizations, and individuals around topics like anti-racism, anti-Blackness, and racial equity. 
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Follow @BlackWomensLabor on Instagram and turn on notifications!Sign up for our newsletter!Support our work on Patreon where you will have exclusive access to full length interviews with each of our guests featured this season. Make a one-time donation on PayPal. Purchase the podcast music (and remix!). All sales go towards the production of the podcast and support with project expenses.Visit www.BlackWomensLabor.com to learn more.


CREDITS
Creator, Host and HBIC: Taja Lindley
Audio Engineering by Lilah Larson
Music by Emma Alabaster who also served as the Pre-Production Associate Producer
Additional Music Production by Chip Belton
Vocals by Patience Sings
Mixing and Mastering by Chip Belton
Lyrics by Taja Lindley and Emma Alabaster
Logo and Graphic Design Templates by Homegirl HQ
This podcast is produced by Colored Girls Hustle 
Support the show