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Dr. David Johns
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"Life can be hard. Life can be challenging. But we can get through those things. Those things do not have to kill us."
Michael K. Williams' nephew @dominicjdupont on what his uncle wants us to know.
#TeachTheBabies: 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1xul...
If you're struggling: 988
#BlackMentalHealth
The This or That segment where @jadacapri named @angela_rye, @MsPackyetti, and @TamikaDMallory as her trusted sources:
"Y'all really set the standard."
This is what honoring movement elders looks like.
#TeachBabies Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF...
"Be still, listen, connect."
Jada Ward’s message for this moment.
Not more action. Not constant motion. Just stillness, community, and presence.
Maybe this is God saying: take a second.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF... #TeachTheBabies #podcast
"It makes no sense to have college flags hanging but not toilet paper available regularly."
Nancy Hanks just gave parents the real questions to ask schools. Not the jargon - the stuff that actually matters.
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#TeachTheBabies #ParentPower #SchoolAccountability
The rules changed overnight. Nancy Hanks returns to #TeachTheBabies with strategies for the new educational battlefield.

Essential listening for educators under attack, parents navigating hostile schools, and allies ready to step up.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Demartravion “Trey” Reed
"Small axe fall big tree" - Mary McLeod Bethune's $2 became Bethune-Cookman University through "thousand little things we do daily." Dr. Karida Brown on Teach The Babies #Podcast.

What's your small axe for the babies? #TeachTheBabies #SmallAxeFallBigTree podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#GeorgeJackson’s 1971 critiques of prison, capitalism, and state violence read like they were written yesterday.
Because the systems he fought are still operating.
We break down why Jackson's analysis matters in 2025 🎧 #TeachTheBabies #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#BlackAugust
🔥 When Black women speak, the world listens. 🔥

Three fearless voices. One urgent conversation.

🎯 State of the People: The Attack on Black America
📅 August 14th
🕘 9PM EST / 6PM PST
📍 Watch live at stateoftheppl.com/livestream

This isn’t a panel.
It’s a reckoning.
"Joy, Marsha knew that these harsh conditions... didn't get to determine how she felt about herself."
@tourmaliiine.bsky.social joins the #TeachTheBabies #Podcast explores how Marsha P. Johnson turned the volume.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#MarshaForTheWin #JoyfulSurvival
“The people on the margins - if you ever empower them, it is GAME OVER. They shift the course every single time."
DeJuana Thompson explains why she invests in "zero propensity" voters others ignore 🧵Full conversation via #TeachTheBabies #podcast
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"It's the darkest hours where you find the light within yourself."
Larry Carter II on choosing to be a light in dark spaces after trauma ✨
His full story of resilience on the #TeachTheBabies #Podcast will move you 🎧

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Uncle Jimmy didn’t just write.

He warned, wept and witnessed. He held up mirrors and encouraged us to engage with ugly truths.

Honor his birthday by reading his work—not simply quoting him.

#JamesBaldwin

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You can get with this or you can get with that!!

What’s your pick? Yes, YOU!?!

Tap into the latest episode of #TeachTheBabies #Podcast right now!

#nbjc #ttb #thisorthat #podcast #outnow #listenin podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
POV: You ask two Black queer legislators rapid fire questions and they remind you that even people fighting fascism in Florida can still be fun, authentic humans who love chemistry, courtrooms, and throwing parties when dictators leave office.
The energy we need. ✨
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Florida Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social: "Republicans told y'all exactly what they were going to do.
From dismantling education to building swamp detention centers—Florida is the blueprint. We're here now.
Full conversation via #TeachtheBabies #podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"Do you have seven people who are not related to you that you'd trust with your bank pin, phone password, and children?"

A blessed life! ✨

New #TeachTheBabies #Podcast: "Fire Fueled Tears" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#Community #BlessedLife #FireFueledTears #MountaintopMoments
"Immigration isn't a Black people's issue" is a WHITE LIE designed to divide us.
@mspackyetti.bsky.social explains why "Alligator Alcatraz" threatens every Black family in America.
🎧 New episode: "Fire Fueled Tears" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#TeachTheBabies #Podcast
💫 "What gives me hope is that there are people like me and like you in every community working to help people who need a little bit of help."
Dr. Caya Lewis Atkins on finding hope in community action.
Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #TeachTheBabies #Podcast #Hope #Community
Nike HQ visit = pure inspiration 🔥 Major thanks to Howard "H" White for sharing his genius with us. 45+ years at Nike. His "Believe to Achieve" philosophy reminded me that greatness recognizes greatness. Every boundary is meant to be pushed. #NikeHQ #HowardWhite #Inspiration
"Being an architect of not just that moment but of the movement, has enabled so many of us to continue to do things that are a direct result of his teaching and sacrifice."

Bayard Rustin's legacy guides today's activists.

Read more: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
#TeachTheBabies #BayardRustin
What happened to that 2020 'racial reckoning'? Where did all those allies go? New #TeachTheBabies episode: What July 4th means. Their support was never about our liberation—it was about their comfort

Time to build our own power
#FrederickDouglass #IndependenceDay
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🎵 The Godfather of Soul's home was MAGICAL ✨ Black National Anthem, soul food, and celebrating the power of Black music 🔥

"The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible" - Toni Cade Bambara

Drop your favorite James Brown song below! 👇🏾 #Juneteenth
"If those who don't understand could just live in our shoes..."

Kenya's magic wand answer hit different. And when I said "pump in our heels" 👠—the ENERGY!

20+ years of creating change through ballroom, advocacy & chosen family. #TeachTheBabies #Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...