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According to Weeze

by Louiza "Weeze" Doran

Welcome to According To Weeze, with me, your host, Louiza Doran, aka Weeze. I believe that liberation requires of us the ability to imagine, to re-imagine what is into what could be. It requires us to think outside of what is currently possible to become architects of possibility. In each episode, I’ll examine and explore everything from pop culture to current events and trends through this lens in a candid and conversational way. It’s like being a fly on the wall to a really lit coffee date (or me just talking to my dog, Lola) but from the comfort of your own home. I hope this spurs curiosity and conversation for you all. Catch you on the airwaves or in the Patreon!

Copyright: COPYRIGHT © 2024 LOUIZA DORAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Episodes

America Hates Us

1h 4m · Published 09 Jun 07:00

How do we effect change for our most marginalized folx? Why is it so important for “us” to work together to fight the system collectively? Today, I’m chatting with Tareq, co-founder of the social justice brand America Hates Us (AHUS), a clothing company that is so much more than that. We are digging in deep to what brought his company around, who “us” really is, and what it means for a brand to evolve while remaining consistent.

 

We’re exploring:

  • What it means to combat the everyday conditioning that America stands for whiteness
  • The importance of slowing down and actually engaging with what's in front of you-instead of the constant sense of urgency
  • Understanding how one sided advice can be dangerous and how to combat it
  • The herb that can help you focus and relax at the same time
  • What does it mean for a platform or company to be able to evolve with time
  • Knowing the difference between offering others what they NEED for their healing and what you want to give
  • Weeze’s take on the first step to bringing down all systems of oppression



Follow America Hates Us!

monthly book club (eventbrite.com/o/america-hates-us-32685241245)

Patreon (patreon.com/americahatesus) and online store (americahates.us/shopahus)

IG/twitter: @americahatesus

FB: m.facebook.com/americahatesus/

Patreon: patreon.com/americahatesus

Tamela Gordon (@shewritestolive) is AHUS's publications managing editor

Alison Fields (@itsalisonaf) is AHUS's marketing and communications strategist

 

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Owning your Own Pleasure w/ Celine Manning

52m · Published 26 May 07:00

*ATW regular is unfiltered and has some cussing, but as an extra heads-up, in today’s episode we are explicitly talking about sex from a shame free place, so you may want to consider who around you is listening*

 

What does empowerment mean when it comes to pleasure, sex, and our own bodies? Society teaches those of us who are socialized females to repress our pleasure and sexuality.  In this episode I’m chatting with Celine Manning about owning our pleasure, turning off the outside voices, and embracing our inner heaux!

 

Celine Manning, AKA Coach Baddie, is CEO of Sex With Baddies, host of “The Hot Seat,” a live questionnaire game show about juicy sex topics, and the host of the podcast “The Baddie Blueprint”. An expert in her field of both sexual confidence and mindset coaching, Coach Baddie leads a community of all races, ages, and sizes, bringing everyone personal empowerment and confidence through a Baddie lens.  It’s a juicy conversation, let’s dig in! 

 

We’re exploring:

 

  • What a “Heaux Bag” is, what should go in it, and why you NEED one
  • Why we need to stop demonizing and start making room for external validation
  • The term we need to stop using when discussing sex and why
  • What meditation really is and how it can change your sex life for the better
  • The trick for figuring out what your own judgment is trying to tell you
  • Learning to own our pleasure - it’s not JUST about orgasm
  • Coach Baddie’s message to you and what to ask yourself on your Baddie journey

 

Follow Celine aka Coach Baddie on Instagram

And check out her website www.sexwithbaddies.com

 

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Community: What is it good for? w/ Dr. Janice Gassam Asare

1h 38m · Published 12 May 07:00

Is social media drowning out your voice? Are you too busy surviving to speak up or walk out? The lived experiences of marginalized communities are often overlooked and brushed aside so whiteness can remain in the center. But we can all work together towards change, towards community, towards liberation. This week I’m honored to be joined by Dr. Janice Gassam Asare. She is the founder of BWG Business Solutions which helps organizations create cultures built on equity. She is a senior contributing writer for Forbes and has collaborated with companies like Google, Amazon, Yale University, and many more. She’s been doing this work before this work was “cool” and she has so much wisdom to share. We get right into it! So join us as we talk about ALL THE THINGS! 

 

We’re getting into:

 

  • The funding disparities for DEI firms and why it matters
  • Whiteness is the disease, NOT the antidote
  • Diversifying our incomes to create protections and build wealth
  • Why you do NOT have to adjust yourself for whiteness and what to do instead
  • How white supremacy removes imagination and community and tells us to compete (but we’re in this together!)
  • The thick skin required to do this work plus some of our biggest fears 
  • Why “just” quitting or speaking out isn’t an option for everyone 
  • The importance of community in our lives and the role social media plays
  • Plus so much more!

 

Follow Dr. Janice Gassam Asare on Linkedin and Instagram

And check out her latest book The Pink Elephant.

 

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

I️ don’t want resilience. I️ want softness & grace. w/ Weeze Doran

1h 1m · Published 18 Nov 08:00

It’s the season 3 finale, so we’re flipping the script and Weeze becomes our guest! In this episode she is interviewed by our amazing guest, Madison Jacobs, from ep 3. They talk about Weeze’s process of slowing down, tending to her own humanity after being in overdrive for the last 20 months, how we as a collective can begin to heal and exist unapologetically in systems created to destroy us, what liberation can look like, and how she’s learning & co-creating in her relationship.

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility. 

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • Setting yourself up for healing, joy, success, and liberation in a system designed to profit off your turmoil & destroy you.
  • The truth is that systems of oppression aren’t going to be eradicated in our lifetime, so how can we begin to exist unapologetically anyway?
  • The difference between being emotionally reactive and retraumatized or triggered. 
  • Weeze’s current growth edge in life, where she’s been recalling her energy, and how she’s refocusing on her wellbeing.
  • Bae deets are in!! We hear about Weeze’s relationship and their process of co-creating a healthy partnership with each other. 
  • Healing ancestral wounds and trauma.

CALL TO ACTION

  • Join The Academy on Podia for ongoing education. 
  • Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast!
  • Follow Weeze on IG!

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xTfwerUi_XhudUucoYPo-J1Nan7A5eS/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

Join the Academy (its like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy 

Equitable Wellness for Black Women and Femmes w/ Dr. Lanice Avery

57m · Published 28 Oct 07:00

Dr. Lanice Avery is giving greatness in this episode! Y’all we talked about Black women and femme’s freedom, gendered and racial socialization, and how our identities around ourselves and relationships are detrimental to our well being. Dr. Lanice brings hope, education, and reminders that Black women and femmes have always been about joy, liberation, and pleasure. It’s just who we are!

ABOUT DR. LANICE AVERY

LANICE R. AVERY, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of psychology and women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Virginia. She earned her PhD in the joint program in psychology and women’s studies at the University of Michigan. Her research uses multiple methods to explore Black women’s inter- sectional identities, sexual socialization, and how the negotiation of hegemonic gender ideologies and racial stereotypes are associated with adverse psychological and sexual health outcomes. The primary aim of her research is to promote healthy racial, gender, and sexual development among socially marginalized and stigmatized groups.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

 

  • The role Black women and femmes played in the creation of whyte supremacist, hetero patriarchal, and capitalist like infrastructures.
  • Why Black women and femmes are scrutinized at the most extreme levels of law and surveillance.
  • The expectation of uplift everyone to the detriment and death of yourself. Eww...
  • The difference between Black feminine and masculine ideologies.
  • How the media shapes our view of ourselves and the world around us.
  • How the media perpetuates oppression, we internalize it, then oppress ourselves. 
  • Even in our empowerment, we are still being reminded of how we are subjugated as a humanity
  • Black women will always be free for choosing our own erotic power, joy, and pleasure.
  • Why Megan Thee Stallion is winning!!!! What we need to learn from her & what we can heal. 

CALL TO ACTION

  • Read "Pretty hurts": Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women by Dr. Avery

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HL-dl1iKSRYbgRe8jjALQZ2vs54-5lgU/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy 

FOLLOW DR. AVERY

Website: ​​https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/la4gd

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dr_neecie

What is your role in the revolution? w/ Lettie Elizabeth, Myisha T. Hill, and Lyvonne Briggs

56m · Published 21 Oct 07:00

It’s our first round table discussion and damn was it so good! I had my amazing friends Lyvonne, Myisha, and Lettie on to check in one year after the great whyte awakening of 2020. This episode is all about giving yourself permission to heal and to follow your calling. Listen y’all, we can only liberate others to the degree that we liberate ourselves, so start doing the work on yourself first!! 

ABOUT LETTIE, MYISHA, AND LYVONNE

Lettie Elizabeth is a historian, educator, and facilitator in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast "History Shows Us" where she educates about history and bridges the past to the present, she discusses racial and social issues, and she doesn’t hold back the truth. Her gift and ability to "connect the dots" is something that is critical to learning from the past. The love she has for history is evident! In 2015 Lettie received her M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) where she focused on American history and specialized in Black history and race studies. She also completed her M.A. in Conflict Management & Resolution in May 2020 which equipped her with skills to incorporate effective communication with hard topics and how to navigate these situations, mediation and facilitation knowledge, and this MA contributed greatly to her work as both a historian and antiracism educator.

Lettie's story and journey is filled with strength and resilience, continuing to speak up against racial injustice, and learning what it means to choose and cultivate joy while growing and healing.

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Myisha T is an awesome and sometimes exhausted mom to 3 different-ability children. She is an anti-racism guide, mental health activist, speaker, and entrepreneur.

A passionate advocate for mental wellness, Myisha T believes that when people get real, they can begin to heal. She founded the “Check Your Privilege” (CYP) movement, that support white and white folx all over the world in exploring their relationships with the interlocking systems of oppression

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Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs (aka “Pastor Baé”), an Emmy Award winner, is a body and sex-positive womanist preacher, writer, transformational speaker, and spiritual life and liberation coach. She is the founder of beautiful scars, a healing-centered storytelling agency focused on fostering pleasure and resiliency; and the curator of The Proverbial Experience, a series of virtual spiritual gatherings to nourish your soul! Briggs has been featured in ESSENCE, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post magazines and Sojourners named her one of “11 Women Shaping the Church.” Briggs, a NYC native, is currently based in New Orleans, LA. Follow her: @LyvonneBriggs

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • What is your role in the revolution?
  • What are you masterminding in your collective community to change things around you?
  • The lack of capacity the collective faces when it comes to nuance. 
  • We’re socialized to only see, feel, and experience pain all of the time. 
  • Liberation is about healing the mind, body, and spirit.
  • How social media has tripped us up to become performative and how we can get back to our center. 
  • Staying grounded in beauty amidst terror.

CALL TO ACTION

  • Check out Lettie’s podcast: History Shows Us

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od7GDUFrDHOe1zkqf_HgZZFgXciwsv5B/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118275191661323945286&rtpof=true&sd=true

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR FOLKS!

LETTIE

Website: ​​www.patreon.com/lettieshumate 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyshowsuspodcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincerely.lettie 

MYISHA

Website: checkyourprivilege.co

https://www.instagram.com/ckyourprivilege

LYVONNE

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lyvonnebriggs

1-on-1 spiritual life coaching or tarot card readings: https://calendly.com/lyvonnebriggs

i'm a Surthrivor: healing, faith, and sexual trauma online course.

Use code WEEZE for 16% off : https://lyvonnebriggs.podia.com/healing?coupon=WEEZE

Website: https://lyvonnebriggs.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lyvonnebriggs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyvonnebriggs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lyvonnep

Podcast: Sensual Faith podcast (Spotify linked, but you can listen wherever your get your podcasts!)

Profit over people, is that you? w/ Trudi Lebron

56m · Published 14 Oct 07:00

This week I have Trudi Lebron on the podcast! My partner on my other podcast, That’s Not How That Works! Trudi and I talk about how we can become equity-centered, meaning how can we evolve as folks who want to decolonize and uproot systems of oppression within ourselves, so that it can reflect in our businesses. Bc listen here, 2020 was a hot mess express and businesses were coming to Trudi and I with the most urgency asking to review, change, and create anti-racist DEI policies...without wanting to do the actual work! Not surprised of course, but we could see through the thin veil of pretending to give a shit about melanated folks' lives bc it was profitable. And believe it or not, some companies didn’t want to change a thing bc they were afraid of losing customers! 

ABOUT TRUDI

Trudi holds a BA in Theatre, a Master’s of Science in Psychology, and is currently ABD in a PhD program in Social Psychology.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • Why interest and support of humanitarian change dipped after the great whyte awakening in 2020. Y’all sure went silent! 
  • Businesses urgently wanting anti-racist & DEI policies changed in thier company culture...without actually doing the work. Le sigh.
  • What gets mixed up when companies think about diversity, equity, and inclusion!
  • How we’ve been culturally taught to normalize whyteness and how it equates to success. 
  • The tons of companies that have diversity, but not representation.
  • How we can begin to decolonize ourselves, so that can reflect in our businesses as well. 
  • The Institute for Equity-Centered Coaching®️ certification program. 

CALL TO ACTION

  • Join The Institute for Equity-Centered Coaching®️: the leader in comprehensive DEI education & application of anti-racist and equitable business practices.

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aVY_MpDchHRmxQdTkIKl7RgjIEBuCcLi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118275191661323945286&rtpof=true&sd=true

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW TRUDI TO STAY CONNECTED

Website: https://trudilebron.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trudilebron/

Hey Siri..How can tech do it for the culture? w/ Madison Jacobs

53m · Published 07 Oct 17:45

In this episode Madison and I talk about how white folks have a special way of infusing racism into anything, even tech! As much as we rely on tech in our everyday lives, we have to understand who it’s built by AND who it’s built for! Tech is racist because it’s created by racists, and unfortunately it makes their ability to oppress and silence people of color much easier. We talk about how things like facial recognition on our phones are built from white features, down to facial recognition for criminalization, and the algorithms that shadowban or simply erase people's lived experiences & education. 

ABOUT MADISON

Madison Jacobs is a marketing and communications leader, tech policy practitioner, and civil rights champion working as the cofounder of The Edtech Equity Project (EE) to combat racial bias in edtech products and AI tools used in education. She is also an executive director at A/B Partners, a social justice creative agency developing new narratives about people, power and social change to transform politics and the economy. Before her work at EE and A/B, Madison was a nonprofit communications leader and an Aspen Institute fellow. At the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, Madison built technology policy outputs on issues like improving access to water quality data, improving women's access to algorithmically-granted housing loans, and mitigating racial bias in AI-driven education technologies. Before her work in nonprofit and tech policy, Madison worked at several technology startups and companies, including Google, leading product marketing initiatives. Madison has a journalism degree from The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • The fact that all of the systems that were already racist before are just being supported in a larger way by technology. 
  • The impact of facial recognition, google searches, and more on communities of color.
  • How these systems were only designed to really think through one thought process and that's a middle aged white male. 
  • The lack of ebonics, varied forms of speech, and context available in AI language detectors. 
  • They done took it a level deeper on the job applications! Machines run more than just names, race, and ethnicity to exclude job applicants. 
  • How we need to take a look at the culture of technology and understand its origin.
  • We need to be having real conversations with ourselves about how we engage with tech to combat what is happening.

CALL TO ACTION

  • AI in Education Toolkit for Racial Equity: https://coda.io/@edtechequity/edtech-ai-toolkit-for-racial-equity
  • School Procurement Guide: https://coda.io/d/School-Procurement-Guide_dYBoc7ujwQA/School-Procurement-Guide_su9mx#_luz2W
  • Join me on podia where you can get access to tons of BTS content including a very special Weezionaire interview with all of our guests!
  • Rate & review the show!
  • Follow me on IG

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyVQQJsSzwAbvSrojmtxnCP4orm6YSpU

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW MADISON

Website: https://www.edtechequity.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaddierae/

EdTech’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdTechEquity

Madison’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/madisonrjacobs

 

Black Chefs Are the Spice This Economy Needs W/ Rashad Armstead

1h 16m · Published 30 Sep 07:00

In this episode Rashad and I talk about how systemic racism once again shows up in the food industry. From restaurant profits being cut by greedy food distributors, to not being approved for funding, and even having to face a lack of kitchen rental opportunities, Rashad tells us about the trials he’s faced as a Black chef and his determination to empower Black chefs. An economy is only as strong as its food industry, and with Black people owning little to none in this industry, Rashad seeks to change that. Tune in to learn how he’s making waves for Black chefs, so we can gain power in the Black economy.

ABOUT RASHAD

Rashad Armstead is a chef, entrepreneur, just an overall world changer. His goal in life is to leave this world empty, giving everything God put in him to the world. Rashad has worked in the food industry since he was 15 and worked his way up from a dishwasher to a Chef. He opened his first business in 2014 and never looked back. Now he has a new job to help people that change the world change the world. 

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • Rashad’s grandma and how she lit the torch for generations of chefs in his family. 
  • Rashad’s experience with seeing food from different aspects; restaurants, food trucks, caterers, industrial side, hospitals, prisons, and more! 
  • How systemic racism shows up in the food industry. 
  • Rebuilding a chef business from scratch to winning Chopped and keeping it under wraps for 18 months. 
  • Why there’s not a strong economy for the Black community. What we’re missing out on!
  • The entrepreneurial journey of opening and closing multiple restaurants, due to racism in distributor policies and land ownership.
  • One of the biggest ways to fight hunger is that there has to be investment in local entrepreneurs, and people that represent their community. 
  • Rashad’s vision to build EPIC Ventures Test Kitchen, an affordable commercial kitchen located in East Oakland.

CALL TO ACTION

  • Join me on podia where you can get access to tons of BTS content including a very special Weezionaire interview with all of our guests!
  • Rate & review the show!
  • Follow me on IG
  • Research land theft and the displacement of Black farmers, specifically in the south and California.
  • Look up the history of what existed before Central Park was built. 
  • Donate to E.P.I.C Ventures Test Kitchen
  • Watch all the worlds of stage video

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_H6HJ81JG31TjwALjWctMQKxvvRYMU02/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

FOLLOW RASHAD

Website: https://www.blackfoodcollective.com 

Instagram: https://www.twitter.com/ChefRashad2.0

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eoakcollective



Communities of Color Don’t Need Starbucks. We Need Funding. w/ Keta Price and Dani Dynes

1h 0m · Published 23 Sep 07:00

In this episode Keta & Dani of the East Oakland Collective and I talk about the changes they’re creating  in Oakland to increase accessibility. We all know there’s no damn reason for communities of color to be under-resourced other than whyteness doing what it does! And Dani let us know that no community, even if it’s underdeveloped, ever goes unmapped or unplanned. So what can we do about houselessness, transportation, and making sure our communities thrive? How can we be the ones to stand up for our cities to increase access? Bc let’s face it, we’ve always known WE gotta take care of US.! How can we create what we want to see and get the resources for it? Listen, learn, and get involved!

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.  

ABOUT KETA & DANI

Marquita “Keta” Price (she/her/Goddess), aka “The Hood Planner,” is a third-generation East Oakland native serving as the Director of Urban and Regional Planning for The East Oakland Collective. Keta’s formal passion for urbanism came about during recreational research on how gentrification has impacted low-income Black “hoods” across the nation. As director, Keta is the lead on several East Oakland neighborhood & transportation planning projects, participates in the development of local urban and regional planning, and holds the city of Oakland accountable to equitable zoning and land use in East Oakland.

Her early activism and care for community is rooted at Merritt College, where she served as the Vice President of The Black Student Union, President of the Kem(istry) Club, President of the Associated Students of Merritt College (ASMC), and served as a Student Trustee of the Peralta Community College School District. Keta’s initial goals were to restore the intellect and militancy of Merritt’s student government. Seeded by Chairman Bobby Seale and other former Black Panthers, ASMC focused on leveraging the institution’s resources to address the socioeconomic issues from the flatlands prohibiting students from thriving academically. Keta’s political and social goals pulled her away from studying chemistry to deeply exploring how societies, communities, and cities are planned, designed and constructed. 

As a chemistry major, Keta received an achievement award for the completion of The Center for Educational Partnerships NIH-UCB internship. During this project Keta synthesized pro-fluorophores used for live-cell RNA imaging. Keta also received recognition and commendation from the California Legislature Assembly and State of California Senate and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for her student advocacy work with the Tobacco-less Club at Merritt College. Keta has an Associates of Science in Mathematics and Natural Science. When the opportunity presents itself, Keta plans to further her education in Urban Studies, Data Analysis and Design.

Danielle "Dani" Dynes is a dedicated community planner who was born in East Oakland and raised in West Oakland. As a planner, she focuses on the present needs of residents and while creating strategies to deal with the challenges of the future. She works to bring more resources and infrastructure to Oakland and ensure we have safer, healthier, and well-connected communities moving forward.

Danielle has a B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from San Francisco State University. She has previously worked at the Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) in their Planning and Project Development section. Several of Danielle's projects at OakDOT prioritized equitable and culturally relevant change in the East Oakland community. She facilitated events around the 90th Avenue Scraper Bike Way and conducted community outreach for the East Oakland Mobility Action Plan. She also helped manage Sustainable Transportation Planning grants while interning at the California Department of Transportation.

Before she studied planning Danielle taught website design and visual communication to students in Oakland and Richmond. In 2016 she was honored as a Youth Development Fellow by Coro, a civic leadership training organization. In her leisure, Danielle enjoys photography, crafting, hiking, and gardening.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

  • How EOC’s founder, Candace Elder, said hell nah to the ways her community was deteriorating due to gentrification and decided to address issues like pollution + houselessness.
  • The fuckery with folks seeing systemic challenges and thinking it’s random or beyond our control, but it’s not! We knowwww this!
  • Why disparities and underdeveloped communities even exist, when communities are always mapped out and planned. 
  • How the white flight outta of East Oakland and left the whole area for dead!.
  • There's no designated funding to give to communities to plan their own communities surprise surprise, so a lot of that grunt work falls on nonprofits, grassroots people, and individuals to fill that gap.
  • How a lack of economics, transportation, and accessibility affects communities + what we can do to help!

CALL TO ACTION

  • Support the East Oakland Mobility Action Plan.
  • Get involved with the Mobility 4 All program, their new clean mobility fellows, and an upcoming project funded by the STEP Grant to explore the feasibility of implementing a zero-emission bus shuttle to bridge access to nearby local/regional park-The Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline.

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eq-twyoJeB5ipLs7kbAWjF0Kgq210WRO/view?usp=sharing

FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED 

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

 

FOLLOW KETA & DANI TO STAY ENGAGED

Website: https://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastoaklandcollective/

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According to Weeze has 44 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 45:51:29. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on December 17th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 15th, 2024 08:40.

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