#IssaMovement The Podcast

The jokes write themselves! Earlier this week The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, (a group put together by Boris Johnson's government), the same government that is led by a prime minister who has previously referred to black people as having 'watermelon smiles' and 'piccaninnies' concluded that the UK is supposedly a 'model for other white majority countries'. Essentially the government self marked their own homework and gave it an A*, a clear example of unwarranted self adulation! Interestingly enough, Tony Sewell head of The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, has previously stated that 'evidence of institutional racism in the UK is flimsy' and also described the Black Lives Matter demonstrations as a 'lower middle-class revolt'. Join us in this episode as we delve more into this report and it's extremely questionable conclusions.

Join us in this episode as we discuss the scandal surrounding the black relationship 'expert' Derrick Jaxn. Earlier last week, it was revealed that Derrick has had multiple affairs whilst married, this left us scratching our heads as this is the same man that branded t-shirts with the slogan 'black men don't cheat'. Is this hypocrisy at its finest or merely genuine mistakes made by Derrick? How can we as black women protect ourselves from these panderers in disguise? Click on the link to hear all our thoughts!

Join the #IssaMovement team and our special guest Sandi in this extremely important episode as we discuss mental health and suicide within our personal lives and the wider black community. We all know health is wealth, and it's so important to take care of our mental health and be upfront with our struggles, yet there is generally a silence around these issues. With this episode we want to end the silence around suicide and mental health in the black community and foster an open dialogue.

Join us in this episode as we discuss Meghan and Harry's interview and our opinions on the bombshells that were dropped during the tell-all interview. From accusations of racism, concerns about Archie being 'dark' and the alleged dismissal of mental health issues, we touch on it all. Almost two years ago, we touched on the press' relentless trolling on Meghan Markle in a blog post: https://issamovement.co.uk/2019/04/28/the-trolling-of-meghan-markle/ and two years later things have gone from bad to worse.

Can you be an introvert at work as a black person? Can you relate to being told that 'you need to make your presence more known', 'you need to be more out there', 'you need to socialise more', 'you need to talk more'. Is there an expectation that black people have a certain personality, which if you don't align with, can result in a clash within the workplace? Join the #IssaMovement team in this episode as we discuss these crucial topics.

Should we trust the vaccine? What do professionals think of the vaccine? Are you taking the covid19 vaccine? 'No jab no job' - what do we think about the possiblility of vaccine passports being rolled out? Join the #IssaMovement team and our special guest Frankie, a medical advisor, as we discuss these crucial questions re the vaccine!

Hustle porn.... are you familiar with this term or have no clue what this means? Whichever category you fit into, join the #IssaMovement team in this episode, we discuss what hustle porn means to us, the effects of consuming hustle porn and how we think you can 'hustle' healthily!

Join us during the Valentine's special as we discuss lurveee, relationships and standards!

Join us as we talk through mistrust towards the vaccine and how the third UK national lockdown has impacted us, both positively and not so positively......

We are back.... back and better than ever! Join us as we reflect on the whirlwind that was 2020 and pen our thoughts in our (audio) diary about 2021, the lessons learnt so far and our plans for this journey called Life!

Join us this week as we discuss the incredible protests against police brutality and the Special Anti Robbery Squad, i.e SARS in Nigeria. Is this the start of a revolution and permanent change within Nigeria? Can we achieve real change from these protests? What can the diaspora do to help towards the cause?

Can you profess to be pro black if you're bleaching your skin? Does skin bleaching mean that you're ashamed of being black and ultimately aren't comfortable with your identity? Join us in this thought provoking discussion as we delve into our opinions on bleaching and the impact it can have on individuals and the community as a whole.

There are so many questions to explore with the topic of reparations. Do black people in the UK deserve reparations? Why haven't we received reparations up till now? How can reparations help the black community? How can the reparations we are owed be reasonably quantified? How can we effectively manage reparations that we receive? Join us in this thought-provoking episode as we discuss whether black Brits are owed reparations and how we can make the distribution of reparations a practical reality, rather than an ongoing discussion which has continued to go round in circles for centuries.

In this episode we're joined by the amazing Mary Agbesanwa, a fintech programme leader, founder of the 'Now You're Talking' network and a career blogger. Join us as we discuss all things content creation and how to monetise your creativity effectively! You don't want to miss this....

In this episode we touch on our experiences with black owned businesses, we're personally approaching this topic from the perspectives of both the customer and the business owner (Jane and Paula both own businesses)!. Join us as we discuss why we should support black owned businesses, anecdotes relating to customer service issues, business habits to leave behind and what we think both business owners and customers should do as we move forward and aim to keep improving!

In this episode we touch on apologies from church of England, Lloyds of London and other large corporations and whether empathy is genuine or even possible? We also touch on the very questionable decision by a business mannclaiming he wanted to trademark the phrases 'black lives matter' and 'I can't breathe' and claim royalties as a way to raise money for the 'cause'. We also touch on whether a gender war is overshadowing BLM and we round up by commenting on statues and compensation for the Windrush victims.

Another week since our first podcast episode and there's so much to unpack and discuss. Join #IssaMovement and our special guest Mac (CEO of the 'Equal Group') as we touch on the worldwide BLM campaign, protests, statues being toppled down and questionable actions to demonstrate support including non black people washing the feet of black people.....

We're only halfway through 2020 and we've already seen so much happen. With everything currently swirling around at the moment, #IssaMovement has come together for it's first podcast to discuss the progress of #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Cov-19 and how we're tackling racism.

We're only halfway through 2020 and we've already seen so much happen. With everything currently swirling around at the moment, #IssaMovement has come together for it's first podcast to discuss the progress of #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Cov-19 and how we're tackling racism.