The ZAMI NOBLA Podcast

KAREN WILLIAMS, COMIC, EMCEE, HOST, DIVERSITY TRAINER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND HUMOR EDUCATOR   Karen Williams has the unique distinction of being the nation's first openly lesbian black comic to include specifically lesbian material in her act. Her solo comedy special "I Need a Snack" filmed live in Hollywood ~ and produced by Andrea Meyerson of AllOut Films ~ is a LOGO TV favorite and available...

Dr. Annise Mabry has been a homeschooling mom for over eight years. She founded an alternative diploma program, Tiers Free Academy, and she empowers parents to understand their legal rights within the homeschool laws of their states. She is the President of The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation and continues to serve on the leadership board of the Newton County Homeschool Cooperative. Dr. Mabry was the...

Dr. Annise Mabry has been a homeschooling mom for over eight years. She founded an alternative diploma program, Tiers Free Academy, and she empowers parents to understand their legal rights within the homeschool laws of their states. She is the President of The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation and continues to serve on the leadership board of the Newton County Homeschool Cooperative. Dr. Mabry was the...

Martina Downey is an executive with more than 35 years of experience in the college publishing industry. She is a singer/songwriter/recording artist who enjoys singing, writing, speaking, theater, opera, and fine dining. She has served her community through active leadership. Martina is a healer at Harriet's Apothecary and has been a member of Kitchen Table Giving Circle, African Asian Latina Lesb...

The ZAMI NOBLA Podcast explores vision loss and intersectionality with Tracey Williams Sullivan, J.D.  Tracey, better known as Trey is a retired law professional with a specialty in the area of commercial insurance technology risks. She was raised and educated in a Chicago suburb, but she practiced most of her career and advocacy involvement while living throughout the United States. She has settl...

Pat Hussain recounts her childhood in segregated Atlanta and her involvement in various social justice groups, especially her role in the creation of SONG (Southerners On New Ground). Hussain (b. 1950) was born and raised in Atlanta, where she attended segregated schools until high school. She came from a middle class family and was a debutante, but then joined the Marines when her brother came ba...

Jillian Ford is an associate professor of social studies education in the Secondary and Middle Grades Education department at Kennesaw State University. Ford earned her Ph. D. in educational studies from Emory University in 2011, her dissertation was titled Political Socialization and Citizenship Education for Queer Youth .  Her community engagements, pedagogies, and research projects center the i...

Cynthia McKinney, 54,  is a native of Arkansas. She is the youngest of five children. After growing up in Arkansas she relocated to Indiana and lived and worked there for six years before moving to Atlanta. She went back to school and completed her bachelor's degree in English with a minor in African American Literature in 2009. She also completed coursework for a graduate program at Georgia State...

Tonia Poteat, PhD, PA-C, MPH  Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C is an Assistant Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in the Center for Health Equity Research. During her 22 years as a Physician Assistant, she has devoted her clinical practice to providing medically appropriate and culturally competent care to members of the LGBTQ community as well as people livin...

Show notes: Phyllis Adair Robinson, a visual artist, barber/beauty, poet and community activist was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Presently, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She owns her own business, PAR Art LLC - a multi-medium company, and works as a Master Barber incorporating her art in designer haircuts @ SheCuts Barber Studio in Midtown Atlanta. In her spare...

Dr. Ashley Coleman Taylor talks about her work collecting black queer oral histories that will preserve an important part of Atlanta's past. We also talk about the impact of storytelling on creating/sustaining social justice movements and how Audre Lorde's concept of the "erotic" is an asset to harnessing one's personal power. Ashley Coleman Taylor, Ph. D. is an Instructor of Women's Studies at Ag...

In a world of inauthentic voices, it is refreshing to hear someone talk openly about grief and the journey forward after losing a loved one. Rev. Maressa Pendermon is such a voice as she shares her story on this episode of the podcast. This is a frank and generous conversation that also contains her thoughts on how losing her son has affected her work as a parish minister and hospice chaplain.  Re...

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 decision declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. In our episode today, we talk with the first couple to marry after the court's decision, Petrina Bloodworth and Emma Foulkes, a same-sex couple living in Atlanta, GA. They talk about how Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, A LGBT advocacy organization help...

  Show notes: Mary Midgett, an 82 year-old Black Lesbian writer of erotica living in San Francisco, talks about the importance of having meaningful work and a passionate sex life at every age. She has written two books, "New York Flavor with a San Francisco Beat" and "Brown on Brown: Black Lesbian Erotica." Her email address is midgettsf@aol.com You can find her on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com...

 A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, Sheree L. Greer is a writer and educator living in Tampa, Florida. She founded The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center to showcase and support the work of Black women and women writers of color and is the author of two novels, Let the Lover Be and A Return to Arms, a short story collection, Once and Future Lovers, and a student writing guide, Stop Writing Wack Essays...

Mary Anne Adams, Founder and Executive Director of ZAMI NOBLA: National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging talks about why she gives back to her community and details the genesis of ZAMI NOBLA.  

Dr. Dionne Bates, L.P.C., C.P.C.S., is a licensed professional counselor who holds a B.A. in sociology (with an emphasis in deviant behavior), an M.A. in counseling psychology, and a Ph. D. in clinical psychology. She is the author of the Self-SOULstice self-affirmation model. She is a member of the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia and is a Certified Professional Counselor S...

Trey Anthony is a professional speaker, lifestyle coach, producer, author, and award-winning playwright. She   uses the unique blend of comedy, theater, motivational talk, and her own life experiences to inspire and lift up others. Her sold-out hit play, 'da Kink in My Hair, grossed millions and broke box office records across Canada, the United States, and England after it premiered in 2001. It w...

Angela Denise Davis, host of the ZAMI NOBLA Podcast talks about her journey creating and implementing the podcast. 

This podcast is for black lesbians over 40 who have always wanted a sound source that gets them. This show centers their lives with conversations about health and wellness, love and relationships, and current events.