So what? Now what? Let's catch back up with some of the solutions mentioned along the way and address the elephant in the room (or not in the room).

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We're werkin' on solutions to your werk woes. (This episode is brought to you by the letter W!) Did you know about where "tipping" came from? What does wellbeing in the workplace mean to you?

Mentioned:

https://onefairwage.site/

https://webuyblack.com/

https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/

https://nikolehannahjones.com/

This month we are turning our attention to employment. Listen in to possibly the longest giving tree metaphor ever expounded upon for the sake of justice.

Mentioned:

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/12/05/478150/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/

Giving Tree Image by Tony Ruth

https://www.paperpinecone.com/blog/teaching-difference-between-equality-equity-and-justice-preschool

Get ready to be Wined and Dined by Jasmine Burroughs, owner and dietitian for Food That Fits U. Jasmine breaks down the importance of representation in the food space, and shares how your diet should be tailored to YOU, not the other way around.

https://foodthatfitsu.com/

@foodthatfits_u

@afro_somm

Jackie and Hannah sit down to hash out the uncomfortable, and then walk towards the myriad of solutions that are ready and waiting for participation.

Mentioned:

Tribe Collective: www.tribekollective.org

Feast: www.feastva.org

Bryce Fluellen with Every Table: https://www.everytable.com/

Harlem Grown: https://bookshop.org/books/harlem-grown-how-one-big-idea-transformed-a-neighborhood/9781534402317

Maddie’s Fridge: https://bookshop.org/books/maddi-s-fridge/9781936261291

www.Foodthatfitsu.com

@afro_somm

Last month, we tackled Environmental Equity, and we were graced with eclectic aesthetic curator, Fania Ferdinand, of La Lolita Vintage. We invite you in to hear what she believes about the clothes we put on our skin and how her grandmother started it all.

https://lalolitavintage.com/

IG/FB: @lalolitavintage

Bailey Mennona of Tidewater Food Alliance shares her experience of our broken food system, and what she is doing to fix it.

Mentioned:

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia By Sabrina Strings

Tidewaterfoodalliance.org

TheBlackNuritionist (Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop)

Environmentalism--not just for white women! We are driving to action because you can't be anti-racist and ignore the environment, and you can't care about the environment and ignore racism.

Honor The Earth: https://www.honorearth.org/

First Daughter and the Black Snake: https://www.blacksnakefilm.com/

Sign petition against Mountain Valley Pipeline: https://www.cancelmvp.com/

Zero waste stores locally:

https://golessthan.com/

https://www.ecomaniac.org/