Dr. Tameka

The Black Beauty Activist

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

The Black Beauty Activist podcast is a show that discusses topics critical to the growth of Black women's self-confidence and cultural consciousness.

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Dr. Tameka

Episodes

Episode #4 Winning, Confidence, and Belief Beyond Adversity 04.05.2023 31:26

Dr. Tameka and her guest, NCAA Track Champion, Olivia Howell, discuss how to stay focused and pursue your purpose while the world around your seems to be too much to bare. Congratulations again to Olivia Howell 2023 NCAA Mile Champion!! Article discussed during the conversation: A.J. Adams "Seeing Is Believing: The Power of Visualization" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/flouris...

Episode #1 Let's Call Out the Lack of Accessibility for Black women with Special Needs 17.04.2023 53:55

Dr. Tameka and her guest, Jay Wyant, Minnesota's first Chief Information Accessibly Officer, will be discussing how society continues to fail to provide adequate accessibility services for Black women with disabilities. He offers some insight to strategies and solutions to help get policy makers get on the road to correcting this. *Articles discussed https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10...

Episode #2 The "Woke" Agenda (Ohio Senate Bill 83) and its Repercussions for Black People 17.04.2023 50:14

Dr. Tameka and her guest, Dr. Cryshanna Jackson Leftwich, Professor of Public Affairs and Politics, discuss the bill that has everyone wondering, "What is going to happen to the diversity initiatives?" We will take a close look at how this new bill could impact the lives of Black people across the nation. Ohio Senate Bill 83 https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/s... Honesty for Ohio Educa...

Episode #3 The White Gaze and Black Women in Professional Settings 17.04.2023 1:07:24

Dr. Tameka has a compelling conversation with Dr. Courtney L. McCluney of Cornell University about their research, “Against a sharp white background”: How Black women experience the white gaze at work." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... From Pet to Threat, A Black Women Experience at Work by Dr. Marisol Capellan, Ed. D., PCC https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-10... My favorite quote fr...