Perspective with Trinity Jennings-Pagan

In this special episode Sahara is live at the 1st annual K Woods Foundation fundraising gala. Here is the link to support: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kwoodsfoundation or via Cashapp: $kwoodsfoundation

In this episode Sahara interviews New York City Department of Education high schoolers from across the five boroughs about their experiences and perspectives on the vaccine and the newly implemented vaccine mandate in New York City.

Erik Cliette Citywide Administrator for The TaskForce on Racial Inclusion & Equity, New York City Health and Hospitals senior director for the Fund, and director of: "Guns Down, Life Up" (GDLU) joins Sahara in discussing the reasons why some communities face vaccine hesitancy in New York City. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode is the third addition to this weeks mini series “Sahara’s Hot Takes”. This whole week in honor of mental health awareness month, Sahara will be discussing social issues and there connection to mental health. I just realized that I didn’t mention LGBTQ+ representation and people with disabilities I do believe that the media unfortunately represents these groups in stereotypes as well. Here are some children’s books based on the following: Ramadan- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepheVS6/ Women Empowerment- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeprc2jr/ Asian Representation- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMephJp8p/ Protest- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMephNfCw/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepr7LMc/ Representation in general- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMepr3xNr/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeprwdj9/ Here is a link showing the impact of lack of representation- https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/onemind/2020/07/14/the-essential-role-of-mental-health-for-a-diverse-inclusive-workplace/amp/ Photograph- Chris Buck

This episode is the second addition to this weeks mini series “Sahara’s Hot Takes”. This whole week in honor of mental health awareness month, Sahara will be discussing social issues and there connection to mental health. Here are some links to short videos and articles explaining how the school to prison pipeline affect students mentally, adding on to some of them injustices/points I made during the episode and why this system was created in the first place:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegnTXRV/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegn3kDH/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegWeK2p/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMegWUey3/ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=school+to+prison+pipeline+impact+on+mental+health&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DZ7dGORup6IEJ https://www.sharedjustice.org/domestic-justice/2017/12/5/mental-health-and-the-school-to-prison-pipeline https://www.nyclu.org/en/issues/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline If you’d like to continue this conversation or reach out to Sahara visit Sahara’s website SaharaRebé.com Cover Art: Sarah DeBaar

Former state government official, urban planner and public servant Ms Lindsey Boylan joins Sahara in this episode of “Perspective”. Lindsey is running to serve as Manhattan’s Borough President. Here they discuss what drives Lindsey’s advocacy, why she’s running for Borough President, a message to those wondering “why now?” and much more!

Public servant, fierce community advocate and candidate for New York City council for the 49th district, Amoy Barnes joins Sahara in discussing her path to politics, food desserts, and much more!

In this episode my favorite teacher in the whole wide world, Ms.Lamanno and I, discuss teaching during the pandemic, connecting with students and parents as she shares her unique and effective teaching methods in the largest school district in the country!

High school Sophomore Kaitlynn Leung, joins Sahara in discussing the power of growth,accountability and the environment around us. Is it possible to make a mistake and learn in this age of cancel culture? Are we capable of growth? Find out in this episode of “Perspective”.

In this episode of “Perspective” Sahara Rebé talks about the Black Diaspora and her experiences.