Sister Act

Join the ladies as they celebrate their co-host Sue Shankman on her recent promotion to senior Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation. She is the first woman to serve in this role! 

The ladies talk with Caprina Harris about her journey in raising awareness and advocating educational needs for her son who was born with Down Syndrome.

Join the ladies as they talk with Dr. Saima Ali o the importance of being financially literate and working for your future!

Join the ladies as they talk about the humor, disappointments and realities of finding a life partner with Yasmin Elhady & Vee of Vee Mindful!

The ladies talk about the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and the implications of it for American women and what role does religion and religious freedom play in the decisions being made by the federal government.

The ladies talk about great men who have impacted thier lives and what graduation looks for each of them since they each had children who graduated from either a University, high school, or middle school!

Join the ladies as they talk to Dr. Gabriella Caldwell Miller about sexual abuse awareness and what it entails for the victim and for those who are providing support.

Join the co-hosts as they talk about the women who have inspired each of them in their lives!

Join the ladies as they discuss Black History Month from the past and the present!

Join the ladies as they discuss healthy relationships in all aspects of life!

The ladies talk about how their faith teaches them to be present and create a Beloved Community. A beloved community where everyone is taken care of and at the table, espcially after the recent incident in Colleyville, TX.

The ladies talk about being health in many different areas of life!

The ladies finally get to see each other in person since the beginning of COVID and talk about how to be present to each other and other women.

The ladies talk about Religious Freedom with Rahmah Abdulaleem. They discuss how each faith tradition promotes religious freedom and the history of religious freedom in the United States. 

The ladies join Ramona Ferreyra to discuss the importance of celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! (Recorded 09.27.2021)

The ladies dive into what it takes to create communities of care as well as how to maintain them! (Recorded 09.13.2021)

The ladies talk about the important men in their lives and how they shaped them to be who they are today. (Recorded 06.21.2021)

The ladies talk about why Juneteenth is important and also give examples of black artists who have been great contributors to music, activism and advocacy!

The ladies talk about their mothers, mothers who have impacted them and their own individual journeys as married mothers and single mothers.

Join the ladies as they talk about all the different holidays being celebrated in the month of April 2021 with special guest Harmeet Kamboj!

In honor of International Women's Day, the ladies learn about Positive Intelligence from Life Coach, Sohaira Sultan.  The ladies also brought in 3 women from the audience to participate in two activities centered around knowing our saboteurs and sage! You can find yours by listening.

The ladies each talk about key figures in history and current times who have inspired them in celebrating Black History Month!

The ladies welcome Keisha Patrick to talk about Religious Freedom in America through the lens of of minorities and the book "African Americans & Religious Freedom. Both Keisha Patrick and Dr. Sabrina Dent have contributed to the book.

Listen to the ladies as they welcome in 2021 and and talk about the COVID-19 vaccines, the attack on the Capitol, inauguration of President-Elect Biden and everything in between!

Join the ladies and guest speakers Yenny Delgado Qullaw and Santina Knight as they converse around the history of Native Americans in North and South America.  Touching on the issues Nations are facing today from within and outside factors.

Join the ladies and their guest, licensed Psychologist Laurie Mann as she gives tips and suggestions for coping through any holiday happening during COVID-19!

The ladies have an intimate conversation with Nishani Hluchan on how she went from being a stay at home mom to the primary bread winner as a Nurse and single mom to her two boys. All the ladies end up talking about how they transformed their lives and their success stories. Women are resilient!

The ladies discuss a particular time in each of their lives when they felt invisible or unseen and how they coped.

Each of the ladies give detailed accounts on how their family members came to the United States.  Each journey is very unique and personal yet so connected to the history of America.

The ladies talk to Suheir Kafri and Meredith Jacobs about domestic violence in the Muslim and Jewish communities.  They provide, input, resources and faith based organizations responsibility to victims and survivors of domestic.

The ladies have an interesting and raw conversation with Holli Holliday, President of Sisters Lead Sisters Vote, from early voting, to voter suppression and the importance of the 2020 Presidential Election.

The Sister Act ladies discuss their personal excitement and struggles through getting their children ready for the start of distant learning for 2020. Anticipating WiFi issues, websites crashing and desk shopping to name a few!

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan talk to Leesburg Councilman Ron Campbell on what it means to be an ally with the Black community in the United States. Recorded on June. 22, 2020.

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan talk with Remaz Abdelgader, Khadijah Abdullah and Kelly Whitehead about their experiences with racism within their own faith groups. Recorded on June. 08, 2020.

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan talk to Jewish and Muslim counselor and educators Dr. Eliana Lipsky, Muzna Khan and Arshia Kaleem Muneer on how they manage to teach and help students cope with virtual learning during Covid-19. Recorded on April. 27, 2020.

Hurunnessa talks to the daughter of Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi who served as Mayor of Kandahar from February 2006 until his death on July. 27, 2011 by a child suicide bomber. Zarmina Hamidi shares loving memories of her father and his love to serve the people of Afghanistan.

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Sue have an interesting conversation with Yousof Faryar.  Yousof delves deep into the his mother's life story of life in Afghanistan, marriage, moving to the United States after the Soviet invasion, raising her two sons and being the main breadwinner of the family.

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan talk with Shugufta Ahmed from U.S. Census Bureau about the importance of the 2020 Census and the essential role of faith communities in getting each person counted.

Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan interview Pastor Willie Barber II, Senior Pastor of Prospect AME Church in Fortson/North Columbus, Georgia on how faith communities in the U.S. should react to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

Imam Magid & Rabbi Lustig join Hurunnessa & Rabbi Susan in a conversation centered around the status and rights of mothers regardless of whether they are the biological, adoptive or stepmother.  They also talk about the rights of divorced mothers and Imam Magid and Rabbi Lustig give personal accounts of their own mothers.

Hurunnessa and Rabbi Susan have a candid conversation with Dr. Fatima Ahmed and Nurse Muslima Munim about the impact of COVD-19 on the residents of Queens, NYC.

Hurunnessa interviews Imam Syed Omair on Facebook Live on how he has shifted his in-person youth sermons to online ones since the Coronavirus pandemic has forced the masjid to temporarily close. Imam Syed Omair also talks about his life at home and what the true essence of Ramadan is even during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Pastor Michelle & Hurunnessa start the first of a series of episodes on the rights of women in Christianity & Islam. In this episode, the ladies talk about personal experiences and the influence of culture over faith when dealing with education, representation and divorce.

Hurunnessa and Pastor Michelle talk about refugees, immigrants and how each of their families came to the United States.

Hurunnessa & Pastor Michelle have a lot of fun discussing how to raise boys to become great men!

Damaris Henriquez recounts her raw grief of multiple miscarriages to Hurunnessa.  She expounds on her emotions, what she needed, how she helped herself and how others can support a friend who has had a miscarriage.   Trigger Warning: Sensitive Content

March is National Kidney Month.  Join Hurunnessa as she has a candid & real conversation with Zarmina Hamidi about her journey through kidney disease, sacrifice & faith.

Pastor Michelle dives deep and interviews Hurunnessa about her divorce. This is the first of a series of episodes on divorce

Hurunnessa & Pastor Michelle discuss black history in Loudoun County, Virginia and the efforts being taken to educate public school students through black lenses. The ladies also talk about enslaved Muslims and Bilal.

Hurunnessa & Michelle talk about God from the Islamic and Christian point of view. Hurunnessa discloses a life event centered around Christianity. 

Hurunnessa & Michelle give a brief overview of the purpose and reason behind the podcast and what listeners should expect.