Just BE Podcast

Join Mari, Hope and Kamilah as we talk to Lisa Evans in the Beauty Shop. In this episode we get Black girl nerdy with comics and Marvel, dive into Trans/ Queer POC culture training, Meghan Markle and Blackness, and Colin Kaepernick and our current Civil Rights fight. Just BE @justbeoak www.justbeoak.com DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Lisa Evans @TheQueerdoWeerdo Comics: The God Shaper Rat Queens The Wicked and the Divine Universal FanCon www.universalfancon.com Kin Folk Collective Facebook Page HOSTS: Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot @richandriot www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman Fresh to Def Collective @ftdcollective www.freshtodef.co Marisol Catchings Azteca Negra @aztecanegra www.aztecanegra.com PRODUCTION: Recording Studio UnitedRoots www.unitedrootsoakland.org Recording Equipment Green Eyed Media www.greeneyedmedia.com Intro and Outro Music: Vinnie Bellz @vinniebellz Stats Music: Ajman Thrower @AjGod510

Join Hope, Kamilah, and Mari as we talk talk about the origins of Just BE. We share how it all began, how we met, and our own individual journey’s to entrepreneurship. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Just BE @justbeoak www.justbeoak.com Just BE FOUNDERS Kim Turner Elizabeth and Pearls Juliette Acker Furious Flower Designs Candice Cox CANDID Art Yolanda Cotton-Turner Yolanda Cotton-Turner Aylah Baker Show & Tell Qulture Collective Penelope Adibe Nneka Mercedes Tres Mercedes HOSTS: Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot @richandriot www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman Fresh to Def Collective @ftdcollective www.freshtodef.co Marisol Kamaria Azteca Negra @aztecanegra www.aztecanegra.com PRODUCTION: Recording Studio UnitedRoots www.unitedrootsoakland.org Recording Equipment Green Eyed Media www.greeneyedmedia.com Intro and Outro Music: Vinnie Bellz @vinniebellz Stats Music: Ajman Thrower @AjGod510

Join Hope and Kamilah as we talk to Elisha Greenwell the Founder of the first annual Black Joy Parade about what it is like to turn a passion project into a reality. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Elisha Greenwell Founder The Black Joy Parade > Sunday, February 25th 2018 > 12:30pm > Starts at 14th & Alice Street Website https://www.blackjoyparade.org/ Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/BlackJoyParade/ IG = @blackjoyparade HOSTS: Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot @richandriot www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman Fresh to Def Collective @ftdcollective www.freshtodef.co Marisol Kamaria Azteca Negra @aztecanegra www.aztecanegra.com Just BE @justbeoak www.justbeoak.com PRODUCTION: Recording Studio UnitedRoots www.unitedrootsoakland.org Recording Equipment Green Eyed Media www.greeneyedmedia.com Intro and Outro Music: Vinnie Bellz @vinniebellz Stats Music: Ajman Thrower @AjGod510

Join Hope, Kamilah, and Marisol as we talk to Charmaine Green of Happy Spark Media about what it is like being a black woman boss. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Charmaine Green http://www.happysparkmedia.com/ Shopify www.shopify.com Empire Flippers https://empireflippers.com/ Flippa https://flippa.com/ Kapor Center https://www.kaporcenter.org/ Asana https://asana.com Mindmeister https://www.mindmeister.com/ Gary Vaynerchuk https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/ Kiva https://www.kiva.org/ 7 on your side http://abc7news.com/7onyourside/ Get Magic https://getmagic.com/ HOSTS: Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot @richandriot www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman Fresh to Def Collective @ftdcollective www.freshtodef.co Marisol Kamaria Azteca Negra @aztecanegra www.aztecanegra.com Just BE @justbeoak www.justbeoak.com PRODUCTION: Recording Studio UnitedRoots www.unitedrootsoakland.org Recording Equipment Green Eyed Media www.greeneyedmedia.com Intro and Outro Music: Vinnie Bellz @vinniebellz Stats Music: Ajman Thrower @AjGod510

Join Hope, Kamilah, and Marisol as we talk about our entrepreneur lifestyles and self care. This week we explore our self care routines, crazy work schedules, meditation, therapy, and accountability partners DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Standing In Our Power Retreat www.standinginourpower.com Subversive Self Care: Centering Black Women’s Wellness www.thefeministwire.com/2012/11/subversive-self-care-centering-black-womens-wellness/ Boys and Men of Color www.urbanstrategies.org/issue-areas/bmoc/ National Alliance on Mental Health African American Mental Health www.nami.org/Find-Support/Diverse-Communities/African-Americans Women’s Therapy Center www.womenstherapy.org HOSTS: Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot @richandriot www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman Fresh to Def Collective @ftdcollective www.freshtodef.co Marisol Kamaria Azteca Negra @aztecanegra www.aztecanegra.com Just BE @justbeoak www.justbeoak.com PRODUCTION: Recording Studio UnitedRoots www.unitedrootsoakland.org Recording Equipment Green Eyed Media www.greeneyedmedia.com Intro and Outro Music: Vinnie Bellz @vinniebellz Stats Music: Ajman Thrower @AjGod510

Join Just BE for our debut episode, hosted by Kamilah Richardson and Hope Lehman. We are Black Women Entrepreneurs, sharing about our entrepreneurial journeys and the lives we lead as Black Creatives. Just BE Collective. http://www.justbeoak.com/ Black Women are the Fastest- growing Group of Entrepreneurs in the US http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/black-women-entrepreneurs/ Margot Dorfman, Co-Founder and CEO Us Women’s Chamber of Commerce https://uswcc.org/ https://uswcc.org/leadership-team/ Lifting as We Climb Women of Color, Wealth, and America’s Future http://www.mariko-chang.com/LiftingAsWeClimb.pdf Americop https://www.sfccc.org/americorps/ First Friday in Oakland http://oaklandfirstfridays.org/ HOST Kamilah Richardson Rich and Riot https://www.richandriot.com Hope Lehman (light skin baby) Fresh to Def Collective http://freshtodefcollective.com/ Marisol Kamaria Azteca Negra http://www.aztecanegra.com/ Intro music provided by: Vinnie Bellz https://soundcloud.com/vinniebellz Stats Music provided by: Ajman Thrower instagram @AjGod510 Outro Music provided by: Vinnie Bellz https://soundcloud.com/vinniebellz