Dear Mama, Dream with me.  Can you imagine a world with a Black midwife in every family, in every community, easily accessible, at our fingertips, a world in which birth choices aren’t controlled by capitalism, a world in which the birth practices that Black women used to literally birth this country are honored, a world in which they are revered, a world in which Black midwives could practice the full scope of reproductive health and reproductive choices are respected, a world in which Black mothers don’t fear death in the midst of giving birth, experience it with fully joy and bodily autonomy.  It’s Black Maternal Health Week and we are grateful for the opportunity to sit with two people invested in building that world: Jamarah Amani, founder of National Black Midwives Alliance & cofounder of Southern Birth Justice Network & filmmaker K. Sanderson  In this episode we’re talking:  👉🏾Harriet Tubman & midwifery (Yeah we ain’t even know) 👉🏾Why the medical system fears Black midwifery (I mean we know why but still) 👉🏾The fight & journey to answer your calling (chiiilllleee this got deep) 👉🏾Their documentary series Legacy Power Voice: Movements in Black Midwifery (cause WE KNO what happens when other people tell our stories) ✨💗✊🏾 ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH -  ✨ The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.  Items inside: ✨Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ✨Manifestation Crystals: Citrine, Pyrite, Rose Quartz, Blue Apatite ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ✨An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. ABOUT OUR GUESTS Jamarah Amani, LM is a community midwife who believes in the transformative and healing power of birth and that every baby has a human right to human milk. Her mission is to do her part to build a movement for Birth Justice locally, nationally and globally. Jamarah is the architect of the Birth Justice framework, the Black Midwives Model of Care and the Birth Justice Bill of Rights. Jamarah identifies as Black, Femme and Queer.  A community organizer from the age of sixteen, Jamarah has worked with several organizations across the United States, the Caribbean and in Africa on various public health issues, including HIV prevention, infant mortality risk reduction, access to emergency contraception and access to midwifery care. As a birth worker and activist, Jamarah has been tackling issues of racial justice, including the epidemics of Black maternal and infant morbidity/mortality for over fifteen years. She is currently the , () a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to expand the Birth Justice movement and to make midwifery and doula care accessible to marginalized communities. She is also the co-founder of , () the only national professional association in the U.S. specifically for midwives of African descent, and a founding member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association. Karyl-Lyn Sanderson (they/them), affectionately known as K, is a non-binary visionary, artist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of work experience as a digital media producer. K’s mission is to shift societal paradigms while enriching and advancing the lives of those they serve. With their daring and joyful spirit, K takes on projects that bring greater exposure to causes and issues of importance.  For over a decade, K created groundbreaking media as the...

Dear Mama, There are two things that happen to everyone in this life that we don’t talk about - birth and death -  both can challenge and transform everything we believe in. They can be messy and uncomfortable roads to travel and sometimes art can help us through.  In Black Panther Ryan Coogler proved he is a master at guiding us through uncomfortable conversations & in this episode we are joined by one of our faves to talk about how Coogler guides us through grief in Wakanda Forever.  We can’t think of a better way to kick off Women’s History Month than talking about a film held together by Black women & centers the mother daughter relationship.  May we never forget and ALWAYS celebrate their work. In this episode we’re talking:  👉🏾The impact of Black grief 👉🏾The return of Kilmonger in that white sweater with NO SHIRT 👉🏾What surprised us  👉🏾A new film rating system based on Angela Bassett.   ✨💗✊🏾 ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH -  ✨ We’re unlocking our Patreon for the next 30 days. If you love to laugh, if you want to nurture your creativity and imagination, if you want a wild ride, then THIS IS THE SPOT FOR YOU! As a patron you will receive: ✨An Opportunity to take part in a virtual recording of Dem Black Mamas ✨An Exclusive patreon only Magic Maker mug  ✨S/o on the podcast  ✨Exclusive livestream events & replays such as Swing My Way: Using a Pendulum for Alignment & Ease, 7 Day Meditation Series, & behind the scenes content documenting our creative journey and upcoming projects.  ✨An Opportunity to purchase live show tickets and new merch one week in advance of the general public at a discount. ✨Entered 3 times in all giveaways ✨BEST PART - Investing in Black women who are committed to and actively creating spaces for Black folx rooted in creativity, healing, and liberation ABOUT OUR GUEST (she/her) challenges us all to reconsider our relationship with television. She is the creator, producer, and host of (), a podcast in which she uses her training, instinct, and empathy to “prescribe” the very best TV show to heal your emotional ailments. When she’s not “making the rounds” as a speaker and podcaster, she is Professor of Rhetoric and Media at Sacramento State University, where she teaches classes including Television Criticism, Rhetoric and Social Influence, and Media Aesthetics. You should feel free to greet her with the Vulcan salute or a few words of Klingon; she is also fluent in RuPaul’s Drag Race-isms and lyrics from ‘80s music. She is an advocate for social justice, an activist for anti-racism, and a firm believer in putting “DONE” items on your “TO-DO” list, just for the pleasure of crossing them off. Show Michele some love and follow her and her podcast on IG:     CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Order by the 25th of each month & recieve the next month NeKisha: Join the Blackest most roductive co-working space on the internet! Say Less 1st Monday 8amET-11amET 👉🏾 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT 👉🏾 Thea: WE GOIN TO EGYPT!   is open until March 31st for new folx to join the community. EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at   INVEST IN US Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast Talk back to us email us (),  engage with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Share us with one other person.  Become a Magic maker by getting on (aka our newsletter).  Attend our Magic Makers Fall Workshop & purchase a Magic Evermore Box ✨💗✊🏾

The election dust has settled, MLK’s birthday is in our rearview mirror & February is on the horizon which means we are rested and hopeful so now is the perfect time to look at the political landscape for Black folx with clear eyes. Yup! It’s the Black Mama Magic Election Update. Our first episode was in response to the 2016 election and we haven’t missed an election cycle yet. In this episode we talk: about how we feel now vs. 2016, what gives us hope, In this episode we talk: 👉🏾Black Americans are 10 toes down for The Constitution 👉🏾Why democrats need to stop chasing hoes that ain’t loyal. 👉🏾What gives us hope (Clue: Black women 😉) Join Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demblackmamas Perks Include: ✨Exclusive Content including one live a month & behind the scenes content ✨A Magic Maker Mug ✨S/o on the podcast ✨Discounts on merch & live shows ✨Investing a platform with 3 Black women actively curating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation for Black folx Magic Evermore Box: https://demblackmamas.com/product/mag... The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves. The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Order by the 25th of each month to receive the following month. Two ways to stay in the know & not miss a moment of the magic: 👉🏾 Hit the subscribe button above 👉🏾 Get on The Mothership aka our Newsletter: https://www.demblackmamas.com/links Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space cohosted by our very own NeKisha Killings 1st Monday 8amET/11amET - Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969 3rd Monday 8pmPT/11pmPT - Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376 Hold Us Sacred Retreat hosted by our very own Thea Monyee: https://theamonyee.com/retreats/hold-... LISTEN NOW to New Episodes of our sister Podcast Shaping the Shift - Born Wild, Born Free OUT NOW: https://theamonyee.com/shaping-the-sh... Episodes Mentioned 🎙️DBM Episode 1: Meet Dem Black Mamas: https://on.soundcloud.com/KH73N 🎙️Dem Episode 2: Michelle 4C LaVaughn Chocolate Robinson Obama: https://on.soundcloud.com/E2gVn 🎙️DBM Episode 18: Deez Votes: https://demblackmamas.com/dbmepisode1... 🎙️DBM Episode 36: Election Shift: Mash Up w/ Shaping the Shift: https://demblackmamas.com/dbm-episode... Other Important Links: 👉🏾 Chani Nichols Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7hpCJfE... 👉🏾 Sister Song lead by Monica Simpson: https://www.sistersong.net/ 👉🏾 New Georgia Voter Project lead by Kendra D. Cotton: https://newgeorgiaproject.org/leaders... 👉🏾 Black Voters Matter Lead by LaTosha Brown: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/our... 👉🏾 Herschal Walker pulls out police badge: https://youtu.be/b2tb6XK_pxE

Dear Mama, What if I told you conscious parenting wasn’t about your children, it was about your journey to freedom, about you creating the life and relationship you desire about leaving behind a system that you and your children may be highly functioning in but it’s in fact causing harm and it just don’t feel good. These are the beautiful revelations we discovered in our conversation with liberation partner and conscious parenting coach . This conversation is about more than conscious parenting, it’s about how Black mothers can free ourselves from the myths and shackles of motherhood. We are diving deep into finding liberation in the Black motherhood experience, for our children and for ourselves over the next three episodes and Domari Dickinson kicks this series off in a powerful way.  In this episode we talk: 👉🏾The relationship between conscious parenting and Raheem Davaughn (it's there 🤣) 👉🏾The good, bad, the ugly of transitioning to conscious parenting 👉🏾Repairing your relationship with adult children (chiiilllleee we got healing to do 🙏🏿) ✨💗✊🏾 REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop:  Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November:  The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside.  Items inside include  ✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.   ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Black Mama Magic Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation ✨and the best part is its  An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.  .  All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at   INVEST IN US Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast Talk back to us email us (),  engage with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Share us with one other person.  Become a Magic maker by getting on (aka our newsletter).  Attend our Magic Makers Fall Workshop & purchase a Magic Evermore Box ✨💗✊🏾

Dear Mama, Stop waiting for the big moment.  Celebrate now.  Celebrate the big things, the small things, the major milestones and the minor ones even if they’re only meaningful to you, even if they come much later than you expected.  Instead of judging the journey, rest in gratitude.  Our celebration is a thank you to God, Spirit, the universe, the ancestors, the orishas, the angels and our very own souls  for all they’ve done, for clearing our path, for holding us, standing with us, carrying us. We celebrate this 50th episode.  We are grateful to you and most of all we are grateful for the journey and we trust the expansion that lies ahead.  ✨💗✊🏾 ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside.  Items inside include  ✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.   ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Black Mama Magic Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation ✨and the best part is its  An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.  .  All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at   We couldn’t have come this far without our listeners.  THANK YOU & a special shoutout to the five lucky listeners who joined us for this episode.   Thanks for rockin with us.  Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss a moment of the magic. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. If you’re a newbie or an OG become a Magic maker by getting on (aka our newsletter). Now let's 👏🏿get 👏🏿free👏🏿 yall and jump into Episode 50 of Dem Black Mamas! ✨💗✊🏾

In this episode, we share some behind-the-scenes moments/audio of the grounding that helps us connect before we begin and focus on and be fully present before we begin each episode. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS: Responsive Reading: Black Mama Magic Card 28: I Am Supported At All Times Black Mama Magic Card 36: What About the Rest Black Mama Magic Card 41: The Wait Is Over Dem Black Mamas Magic Evermore Box: https://bit.ly/magicevermore The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves. The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Order by the 25th of each month to receive the following month. Magic Makers Workshop - Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET REGISTER NOW: https://demblackmamas.com/events/ Crystal Producing The Virtual Road Trip: 2022 Birth & Breastfeeding Conference , Monday, October 3rd - Wednesday, October 5th NeKisha: Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376 Thea: The Grateful Body: Expansion Retreat, November 3rd - November 6th, Register: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/the-grateful-body-expansion-retreat-ace-enterprises-llc-carefree-34357722 New Shaping the Shift Episodes OUT NOW: https://theamonyee.com/shaping-the-shift/shaping-the-shift-podcast/ Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Episodes related to his episode or mentioned in this episode: DBM Episode 41: Surrender, Worthiness & Learning From Our Children featuring Precious Bivings https://soundcloud.com/demblackmamas/surrender-worthiness-learning?si=f68c41f94ad847068eee57673b054910&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Church Announcements:  Responsive Reading Black Mama Magic Card 33: I Trust All Of Me Dem Black Mamas The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Order by the 25th of each month to receive the following month.   Crystal & NeKisha are presenting at the , September 17-18 Theme: Building for Liberation: Centering Black Mamas, Black Families and Black Systems of Care Virtual Tickets are still available.  Link to register: Magic Makers Workshops REGISTER NOW!, Sunday, October 23rd, 6pmET   Crystal Producing , Monday, October 3rd - Wednesday, October 5th NeKisha: Created by our very own NeKisha Killings, the Melanated Mammary Atlas® is your portal to a world of images displaying mammary related conditions on Asian, Indigenous, Black and Brown folks. We feature the first and only cache of images of this type available for viewing and constantly updated by health professionals and the public. Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space  1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join: Thea: , November 3rd - November 6th OUT NOW! Link to register: Creative Consulting w/ Crystal:  Books: Episodes related to his episode or mentioned in this episode:    

#DearMama, Where do we belong? Where can we be safe? Where can we be brave? Where can our children thrive? Where can we be? These are questions that more and more Black mothers are searching beyond the borders of America for answers to. Today, we explore these questions with daughter of the diaspora, Parthenia Luke. A descendant of formerly enslaved Black folks who left America in the late 1800s for Liberia, we have a raw, honest, and real conversation about what it means for Black Americans to leave America, and what it means for our children and us to stay. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRAYER LIST REQUEST/PRAISE REPORTS: Responsive Reading: Black Mama Magic Card #11 - "Magic is real. You are proof." Crystal:  Magic Evermore Box: https://bit.ly/magicevermore The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Manifestation crystals ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Thea: Join Thea for Sacred Sundays by texting SACRED to 213.377.1827 & Choose your own adventure NeKisha: New Website for Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants: https://www.nikkiandnikkiibclc.org/ Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space  1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376 MAC & CHEESE: For today’s mac and cheese, we are speaking to Parthenia Luke. Parthenia is a social worker by passion and profession. She’s passionate about social justice as it pertains to the human right to be and to belong. As an emerging scholar working towards a PhD in social work, she aims to shed light on the long-term implications of gentrification, especially for individual residents and for entire communities. Her passions carry into her work as an instructor in higher education, where she advises administrators and leads efforts to promote a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable experience for graduate and undergraduate students. We dig in deep into our mac and cheese today as we discuss her challenges in social justice work, Liberia, her family’s history, and what Black mamas can learn about liberation beyond borders. INVEST IN US! ​​ Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt. *Don’t just listen, subscribe *Share with at least one person *Follow us on any social media platform @demblackmamaspodcast *Engage through social media comments, DM us or email with questions magic@demblackmamas.com *Join our email list: https://www.demblackmamas.com/podcast *Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demblackmamas *Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast

#DearMama, we believe that imagination and creativity are tools that helped our ancestors survive and create a culture that continuously evolves. In this episode we discuss what we've manifested and navigating our friendship, spiritual practices and FEARS while pursuing our dreams. Segment Highlights: 14:08 Fear will tell you that being a mama stops you from being anything else. – Crystal 17:31 what did you imagine you would be doing now and how do you feel about where you are creatively? – Thea 24:02 I felt like I was running out of time because the industry tells you, you only have a certain window. So I had to recalibrate my relationship with time and creativity. – Crystal 28:47 I feel like we called it abundance. We called in so many of those things happening that I wanted to have. – NeKisha 31:56 If you don’t do it, somebody else will. – NeKisha 35:57 So I feel like the word for right now [00:36:00] where I am creatively is deep trust. – Thea 42:52 I’m trusting. And that’s the sacred darkness to that sacred womb, that sacred darkness, the unknown, the depths of it. – Thea 50:49 Being alone, loneliness, the language that they know, the innovation is letting go of those. – Crystal 55:57 This is why the embodiment part is important. Check in with your body and see, where am I holding attention? – Thea 1:02:30 We chose creative intentionally. We didn’t choose artists because we wanted people to see creativity in everything. – Crystal For detailed show notes including books mentioned, definitions, and workshops check our website: https://www.demblackmamas.com/reflectingonthingswemanifestedfollowingdreamsandbeingablackmamacreative/ INVEST IN US! Magic Evermore Box Link: https://bit.ly/magicevermore Description: The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves. The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Prices go up after June 1st Episodes related to his episode or mentioned in this episode: Episode mentioned in this episode DBM Ep 15: Black Mama Creative: https://demblackmamas.com/dbmepisode15blackmamacreative/ Related Content: IG Live Mothering Myself & Why I Stopped Podcasting: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqS8JxrmUj/ DBM Episode 40: We Back! What We Learned in 2021 and What’s Coming Next: https://demblackmamas.com/dbm-episode-40-we-back-what-we-learned-in-2021-and-whats-coming-next/ Project Row House Installation: https://demblackmamas.com/untamed-womb/

Dear Mama, From Rosewood, Florida to Tulsa Oklahoma Black folx have always been about the the business of building sustainable thriving communities. What if I told you we are in the midst of the same opportunity now?  What if I told you we could build communities rooted in healing, creativity and liberation? What if I told you the real estate is in the palm of your hands?  Yup I’m talking about the interwebs.  In this episode writer, content creator, sociologist, abolitionist, womanist, and intersectional feminist gives us the tools to cultivate our virtual real estate and challenges us to think about the internet, in particular social media as an infinite canvas and a rushing river. Imagine That! So if you are trying to find your footing in these internet streets, if you are trying to find your folks, if you are a creative, innovator, if you have a story to tell, a message in your gut burning with the fierce urgency of now, or you have grown weary and frustrated with the interwebs period THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! SPECIAL OFFER FROM NIKKI BLACK >>>$10 off CODE: DBMHAPPINESS Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports: Crystal:  Crystal & Thea will be speaking at Black Pod Festival (https://www.blkpodfestival.com/) hosted by Black Pod Collective goin down in ATL May 28th-29th.   Magic Evermore Box: The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves.  The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ☀️Manifestation crystals ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ☀️Postcards ☀️Gratitude Jar ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. Black Mama Creative Week is the last seven days of June. Thursday, June 24th - Thursday, June 30th Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter Link To Register: Thea: Blood & Bajaraque - Join Thea for Sacred Sundays by texting SACRED to 213.377.1827 & Choose your own adventure NeKisha: New Website for Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants:  Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space  1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join:  3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join: Invest in us! ​​Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt. Don’t just listen, subscribe Share with at least one person Follow us on any social media platform @demblackmamaspodcast Engage through social media comments, DM us or email with questions demblackmamas@gmail.com Join our email list Patreon:  Merch:  One Time Donation:  Related Episodes We mention our Black Mama Creative Episode: DBM Ep 15: Black Mama Creative: