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Chauvin Trial & Police Shootings

How do employees define a workplace, company dynamics and how do societal issues influence companies and its culture? Recently, there have been a number of articles raising the issue of women specifically Black women in the workplace and the issues around fitting in, acceptance, microaggressions and discrimination. Several articles also popped up about misogynoir, a loathing of Black women and how it plays out in the workplace. In the wake of the pandemic people are reexamining how and the way and where they will work. soon to be college graduates are out and about looking for job opportunities. Why is cultural fit so important? How does cultural fit determine your success or failure in the workplace?

Essential workers? Employee Protections// Stimulus

Asian American Violence

Issues from how they are seen to housing, work issues, and Transgender deaths.

It's been a year since the pandemic, altering our lives in so many areas. Small businesses and especially businesses owned by people of color have been hit hard with many closing their doors for good or trying to meet the demands of the Covid safety guidelines, maintaining a staff as well as customers. We wanted to follow up with some of our guests that have been on the program to see what a year of covid has changed their lives and businesses and what tips they can provide to help other small businesses.

New Massachusetts bill would create mobile vaccination program, multilingual campaign to increase access.

PBS series the Black church feb 16, 23.

This seems like the perfect opportunity to celebrate and discuss Black love since Valentine’s day is this weekend. As much as we will discuss that, the episode will delve into the history of the Black family – from the roots of slavery where families were sold and torn apart, Moynihan’s debated report on “The Black Family,” to free love, AIDS and how those pieces of history present themselves today. So we’ll talk about that and what Black love looks like today in all of its shapes and forms.

Code-switching is not new. W.E.B. DuBois wrote about the complexities of duality, or double consciousness— and how Black people walked between two worlds. And for many folks it was...and still is, a necessity for their advancement, survival and physical well-being… BUT as more people of color describe themselves as “authentically” or “openly" Black, we began to wonder in this time of racial reckoning... if Black and brown people have become more comfortable expressing themselves— their FULL selves freely to others without code-switching? And most importantly, how and what will those conversations look and sound like?