DBM Ep 75 107 Days, Kamala Harris & Black Motherhood

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Website 107 Days, Kamala Harris & Black Motherhood DBM Ep 75

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Dear Mamas

I’m a simple girl from South Carolina who’s mother was a union leader in an anti-union state so politics was a part of the day to day conversations in my home.  I am a Black artist, interrogating the landscape, reflecting the landscape and expressing new possibilities. I’m a Black mama who desires a free country for her Black children.  I’m a Black birth worker who wants Black women to go into birth looking forward to life not fearing death.  I’m a Black woman, a Black mother, a Black artist who wants to be free.  These are all the intersections I brought with me when I began to listen to “107 Days”, Kamala Harris’ book about her 2024 presidential campaign.  Fresh off the heels of an awe-inspiring episode with Loretta Ross, Thea Monyee and I unpack how the book impacted us.

We dive into

  • How the layout of the book impacted our experience
  • Performative and respectability politics in the current political climate
  • Disappointments, darkness & moments of hope
  • Where we are now vs where we were in 2024

PLUS – We sprinkle in some church announcements, share wisdom from June Jordan, and, of course, we stay on our Blackest behavior. Stick around till the end for our signature ‘Black Mama Say’ segment where we put our own twist on phrases from Black Mamas and the phrase we’re twisting this episode is “But what I do know is…”

SYLLABUS

To expand knowledge and combat misinformation and disinformation, we create a list of references/sources for our listeners to dive into.  This list includes any books, videos, podcasts, etc. that we’ve mentioned in the episode or that will help you gain a well-informed perspective. ENJOY!

Responsive Reading/Church Announcements/Praise Reports/Prayer List Requests:

  • Responsive Reading
    • Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #37 “It’s a Moment.  Not a Lifetime.”
    • Word From Our Ancestors:“And the babies cease alarm as mothers
       raising arms
       and heart high as the stars so far unseen
       nevertheless hurl into the universe
       a moving force
       irreversible as light years
       traveling to the open
       eye And who will join this standing up
       and the ones who stood without sweet company
       will sing and sing
       back into the mountains and
       if necessary
       even under the seawe are the ones we have been waiting for” -June Jordan, Poem for South African Women, Commemoration of the 40,000 women and children who, August 9, 1956, presented themselves in bodily protest against the “dompass” in the capital of apartheid. Presented at The United Nations, August 9, 1978
  • Announcements

Mac & Cheese:

Important definitions and links to books, organizations, videos, articles, etc mentioned in this episode.

Black Mama Say: “But What I Do Know Is…”

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