Let's Talk It Out Podcast

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Stories and experiences of people who grew up in urban communities, specifically around trauma, resiliency, and post-traumatic growth. The topics range for lighthearted stories of people overcoming adversities to the emotional and traumatic impact of poverty and gun violence. New episodes released every Monday at 6pm EST!

Jonathan Spikes


    • Jan 11, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Let's Talk It Out Podcast

    EP22: Affirming Youth with Ryan Baker, Public Health Specialist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 16:00


    EP21: PSH-CC December Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 45:52


    Project Seeds Collaborative: Exploring  Programming and Community Engagement of The Affirming Youth Foundation

    EP20: PSH-CC November Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 48:35


    Project Seeds Collaborative: Exploring  Programming and Community Engagement of The Affirming Youth Foundation

    EP 19: PSH-CC Meeting 10-7 PART 2 feat Gepsie Metellus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 23:17


    EP 18: PSH-CC Meeting 10-7

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 29:52


    Conversations with Dr. Dionne Stephens on the Brofrenbrenner Ecological System Theory for individual behaviors in the broader community for Black adolescent boy and their negotiations with racial justice in Miami. 

    EP 17: Victims of Gang Violence: Going Beneath the Surface PT. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 18:54


    Join us as we discuss the topic of gang violence with  community organizations. Where do we go from here?

    EP 16: Victims of Gun Violence: Going Beneath the Surface Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 18:50


    Join us as we discuss the topic of gang violence with community organizations. Where do we go from here?

    EP 15: Project SEEDS-HEALS Community Collaborative PT2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 20:31


    EP 14: Project SEEDS - HEALS Community Collaborative Meeting Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 17:54


    The purpose of Project SEEDS - HEALS Community Collaborative is  to improve youth mental and behavioral health, family engagement, and increase student's life and coping skills. There are several psychosocial factors that contribute to, maintain and place our young people at risk. So what we've been doing is youth focus services, collaborating with other youth agencies in order to provide services to the kids and Liberty City.

    EP 13: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Higher Education with Lovely Noel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 27:48


    Doctoral Student, Lovely Noel discusses the Ecological Factors of Marginalized Student's Sucess and their Educational Attainment. 

    EP 12: Conversation with Community Improvement Specialist, Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 30:11


    Conversation with Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant, Community Improvement Specialist and Executive Director, City of Miami Historic Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum, about youth mentoring and the preservation of African American history. 

    EP 11: "A Mother's Love," parenting a child with mental illness.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 28:28


    Ladi March-Goldwire shares her story on loving her talented, athletic son through a mental health diagnosis. Listen to her compelling account of the signs and symptoms, highs and lows, and treatment options available. If you need resources, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 800-950-NAMI. If you are in a crisis text "NAMI" to 741741

    EP 10: Lionel Lightbourne and Essential Human Virtues

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 29:29


    Lionel Lightbourn, the Community CARE Coordinator at Gang Alternative, Inc., enlightens us on the practice of Ubuntu, I am because we are.

    EP 9: Conversation with Lyle Muhammad, Circle of Brotherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 27:52


    Conversation with Brother Lyle Muhammad, Executive Director of the Circle of Brotherhood, an organization that advocates for improved economic development, crime prevention, and educational services for youth. 

    EP 8: Nontraditional Graduation Ceremonies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 27:07


    Patrice DeGraff Arenas, Department Chair for Fine Arts and Presenter of the Roll Call of Graduates at American Senior High School, discusses creative ways on how to help students deal with not having a traditional high school graduation ceremony due to social distancing requirements.

    EP 7: Coronavirus and Resource Inequalities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 26:59


    Dr. Donnie Hale, Jr., Assistant Director and Professor at the University of Central Florida, discusses how the Coronavirus disproportionately affects communities of color and highlights entrenched inequalities in resource distribution. 

    EP 6: The Challenges of Virtual Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 31:03


    Dr. Joy Davis, Clinical Director or Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc., and Guidance Counselor with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Mr. Anthony Jackson, Guidance Director of Broward County Public Schools, discuss the challenges of delivering virtual education during a pandemic.

    EP 5: The ways coronavirus is affecting the education system and family values.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 25:42


    Anthony Jackson is our special guest today, and he's going to be talking about how the Coronavirus is affecting the education system and family values.

    EP 4: How is the Coronavirus Affecting Students and their Education?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 30:11


    It's always a joy to see Dr. Joy in the building. Welcome to the show. She is the Clinical Director at Affirming Youth. She's a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Qualified Supervisor, a Doctorate of Education, and a nationally certified School Counselor. 

    EP 3: Deconstructing Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 26:44


    Let's Talk It Out about anxiety. Tamara G Jonathan Spikes discuss anxiety. Just to give you an example and a definition of anxiety, it is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. Sometimes it comes in the worst at the worst times, and in the worst places. 

    EP 2: Coronavirus: Should We Be Afraid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 29:02


        Hi, it's Tamra G. and Jonathan Spikes and our very special guest today is Dr. Armen Henderson. He is an internal medicine physician and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami. We're going to be speaking with Dr. Henderson today about the Coronavirus. It is on everybody's mind. It is everywhere, including possibly in South Florida. So we're going to talk more about that. 

    EP 1: The Introduction with Jonathan Spikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 26:52


    Hi, it is the official first podcast of "Let's Talk it Out" with your host, Tamara G and Jonathan Spikes from affirming youth and we are so happy that you all have joined us today. And so with affirming youth, for those who don't know, we're going to give you a little bit of background today on what Jonathan does, particularly since he works with the youth of our community and is helping them so much.

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