BHM2O23 with Tatianna Burnett: HeyBlackGirl, Loc'in Your Hair, and The Importance of Sisterhood and Community

BHM2O23 with Tatianna Burnett: HeyBlackGirl, Loc'in Your Hair, and The Importance of Sisterhood and Community

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Welcome back to the Political ThisThat Podcast; it has been a while since you have last heard us and we are happy to be back with new episodes for you to listen to! Happy Black History Month! This month is a time to celebrate and acknowledge Black people, Black culture, and Black history! On this episode, we are joined by Tatianna Burnett. She is the podcast host and media assistant to HeyBlackGirl, a Black women led organization that is focused on uplifting Black women across Canada. We talk about her work with HeyBlackGirl, the importance and value of sisterhood, the history and culture surrounded Black women and their hair and diversity of Black people in Canada.  Don't forget to subscribe and rate this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and follow us @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter! HeyBlackGirl media: Their website: https://www.hey-black-girl.com/ Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyblackgirlca/ Tatianna's media: Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__taati/ Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/__taati

BHM2022: BSPA with Fariba Al-Hassan and Nikayda Harris

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! Happy final day of Black History Month. To end of our Black History Month series, we are joined by Fariba Al-Hassan and Nikayda Harris, third year students studying Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. Fariba and Nikayda are the co-presidents of BSPA Carleton: the Black Students in Public Affairs club on Carleton's campus. They joined us to discuss why they created BSPA, their experiences as Black students in PAPM, the importance of representation for Black students in the public affairs sphere, and their hopes for the future of both BSPA and public affairs.  Don't forget to subscribe and rate this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and follow us @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter! BSPA's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bspacarleton/ Fariba's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westafricant/ Nikayda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niki_h20/

BHM 2022: A Sitdown with MLA Uzoma Asagwara

Hello ladies, gents, and non-binary folx! For the third episode of our Black History Month series, we are joined by MLA Uzoma Asagwara. Uzoma is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Manitoba for Union Station. They made history in 2019 for being the first Black, queer MLA in Mantioba's history. They joined us to talk about their journey getting into politics, some of the challenges they deal with in the Manitoba legislature, and the importance of representation for all voices especially Black people in Canadian politics both federally and provincially.  Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter.  Uzoma's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uzomachioma/ Uzoma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/UAsagwara Uzoma's website: https://www.mbndp.ca/uzomaasagwara

BHM 2022: Black Love Part 2 with Tinu Akinwande and Pascal Adesina

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Happy Black History Month! We hope you enjoyed part one of Black Love where we talked about familial love, self love as a Black person, and what love looks like! We switch gears for this episode which is part two of two of Black Love with Tinu and Pascal. Part two focuses on romantic love; we discuss struggle love in the Black community, the relationship between black men and black women, where this ideal of love comes from in the Black community, and how we should visualize black love moving forward.  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter! Tinu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinuveli/ Tinu's episode on Being a Child of Immigrants: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/Episode-3--Being-A-Child-of-Immigrant-Parents-with-Tinu-Akinwande-emv6se Pascal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p.adesina/ Pascal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PascalAdesina Pascal's Episode on Black Men and Mental Health: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/BHM-2021---Part-2-of-Discussions-of-Mental-Health-in-Black-Men-with-Pascal-Adesina-epvbki Link to All About Love by bell hooks: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/all-about-love-new-visions/9780060959470-item.html?ikwid=all+about+love&ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=4c82966488ee6c95a6e648825fcd36c1 Link to Is Marriage for White People: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/is-marriage-for-white-people/9780452297531-item.html?ikwid=is+marriage+for+white+people&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=f35da5febed092521ccf63310a867ae9

BHM 2022: Black Love Part 1 with Tinu Akinwande and Pascal Adesina

Hello ladies, gents, and non binary folx! Happy Black History Month and Happy belated Valentine's Day! This episode is part 1 of 2 of our Black Love episodes! We are joined by Tinu Akinwande and Pascal Adesina who are not strangers to the podcast and are recent university graduates. Tinu earned her Bachelors in Political Science with a concentration in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis with a double major in African Studies from Carleton University and Pascal earned his Bachelors in Justice, Political Philosophy and Law and a minor in Linguistics from McMaster University. In this episode, we discuss black love relating to familial, platonic, and self love. We have a raw conversation on how our upbringing affected our perception of love, our own self love journeys as young Black people, and what love truly is.  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and give us a follow @thepttpodcast on Instagram and Twitter! Tinu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinuveli/ Tinu's episode on Being a Child of Immigrants: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/Episode-3--Being-A-Child-of-Immigrant-Parents-with-Tinu-Akinwande-emv6se Pascal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p.adesina/ Pascal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PascalAdesina Pascal's episode on Black Men and Mental Health: https://anchor.fm/thepttpodcast/episodes/BHM-2021---Part-2-of-Discussions-of-Mental-Health-in-Black-Men-with-Pascal-Adesina-epvbki Link to All About Love by bell hooks: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/all-about-love-new-visions/9780060959470-item.html?ikwid=all+about+love&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=b6eafdcc4776dde43534308fbfac6f8c