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She Been Ready! The Podcast
by SheBeenReady! The Podcast
She (Been) Ready! is a conversation centered in the legacy of Black women’s liberatory leadership praxis that articulates a path for thriving in the midst of contexts that would not otherwise have us and yet could not move without us. In each episode, Dr. Wendi hosts a special guest, a Black woman leading. From time to time, she’ll also speak with folks who have experienced the power of Black women’s leadership or in the position to amplify it.
Episodes
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SBR 304 | Fat Black and Nappy Leadership Praxis w/ Wanda Swan
Wanda Swan, is the Founder and Director of the The Swan Center for Advocacy & Research, Inc., Founder and CEO of Start By Talking, an anti-oppressive education and multimedia company that helps White folx, leaders, and organizations map their Oppressive Muscle Memory to dismantle White Supremacy...
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SBR 303 | The Art of Leadership: Articulating a Black Liberatory Praxis in the Vocal Arts w/ Malesha Taylor
We are in for quite a treat. Malesha (Mali) Taylor-Browning joins us to talk about the art of leadership. Malesha is an accomplished vocal artist, TEDx Speaker, strategist and the creator of The E.L.E.V.A*T.E. Framework: 8 Guiding Principles for BIPOC leaders and organizations. This framework has...
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SBR | SPECIAL SERIES. Break My Soul: BIPOC Folx in Academia_ Part III
The final installation. Yes, we deal with our new client. They are a system. Their name is Whiteness. As a reminder, I invited @yolie_sealeyruiz and @mindfield_drj to a conversation of remembrance and reflection. We began this conversation Fall 2023 delighted that #ClaudineGay was named president...
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SBR | SPECIAL SERIES. Break My Soul: BIPOC Folx in Academia_ Part II
Welcome to Part II our special She Been Ready! The Podcast Conversation of this engaging conversations with Drs. Maryam Jernigan-Noesi and Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, Break My Soul: BIPOC Folks in Academia. In this portion of the conversation we dive deeper and try to unearth "the why". We want to...
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SBR | SPECIAL SERIES. Break My Soul: BIPOC Folx in Academia_ Part I
Release the wiggle, release the job, release the stress, forget the rest! Beyoncé had it right. In the midst of so much sadness and despair, she released her album #TheRenaissance, or rather, welcomed us to it. And it is in the backdrop of her song #BreakMySoul, a refusal anthem, that I invited...
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SBR 301 | Sacred Rage w/ Dr. Jennifer Mullan
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Jennifer Mullan, a clinical psychologist who is lovingly called the “Rage Doctor”. Dr. Mullan is the creator and founder of Decolonizing Therapy and has merged her training as a psychologist with her lived experience to question the ways in which the practice...
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SBR 214 | Sister CEO w/ DC
Dr. Carole Dorham-Kelly, or as she is also known, DC, is the Chief Executive Officer of Rubicon Programs. At Rubicon, they do exceptional work to address the scourge of poverty by equipping participants in their programs to develop the economic mobility to move out of poverty through developing...
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SBR 213 | Black Women Will Save the World Nsé Ufot Former CEO, New Georgia Project
Activist, Community Organizer, Change Maker. Nsé Ufot is nothing short of a transformative presence in our political landscape. Former CEO of the New Georgia Project, an organization founded by Stacey Abrams, Ufot's coalition building and organizing efforts turned the "Peach State Purple". In…
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SBR 210 | On Poetics and Trenches: Teacher Education for the 21st Century w/ Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz
The marriage of heart and intellect is a beautiful thing, made so for its rarity. And yet, in my conversation with Dr. Yolanda (Yolie) Sealy-Ruiz, we get just that as she shares her work bridging the arts and academia to make layers of ourselves available for our own life practice and for our…
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SBR 211 | Exodus Movement of Black Women Academics
Black women are moving in and through in academia while cultivating movement within academic spaces. I see it up close in my own work and also in the work I witness and support others through as they navigate these complex and often intersectionally toxic contexts. And one woman whom I watch with...
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SBR 209 | Into the Wild: Leading women to power and purpose in nature w/ Tia Williams
Hiking is healing! Yes, indeed, it is. Just ask, founder of Hiking is Healing Collective, Tia Williams. In this episode, Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Tia. Tia is an experienced social justice and safe space facilitator who has developed a passion for empowering young people around social...
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SBR 212 | Story Telling: A PR Strategy for Black Women’s Leadership w/ Chelsea Fuller
Do Black women need a communications strategy? We might. Whether it be the negative media portrayals of Black women of ALL walks of life, the failure to consider the vast range of Black women's personhood and experience, or the willingness to believe the worst of us before and even after we've…
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SBR 208 | The Art of Liberation w/ Nataki Garrett
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Nataki Garrett. Nataki is a change-maker and trailblazer, a nationally recognized director, and most recently, the sixth Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). She was the first woman to artistically lead a $44 million theater company and was...
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SBR 207 | Mothering Audacity w/ Dr. Ife Udoh
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Ife Udoh, Executive Vice President of Policy Advocacy and Science at the Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI - @blkwomenshealth on Instagram). In this episode we bring one of our kitchen table conversations to the podcast. Mothering as leadership…
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SBR 206: Solidarity | The Role of Black and Asian American Women’s Leadership w/ Dr. Yuying Tsong
The Month of May is quite special and for that reason we are offering two episodes. May 1, also called Worker’s Day or International Workers Day, commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement across the globe, observed on May 1 in many countries and in September on...
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SBR 205 | Let's Get Physical w/ Ife Obi, Owner of The Fit In Bed Stuy
It is time for a rebirth. Welcome to the full thrust of spring and episode 5 of She Been Ready! The Podcast. I am quite pleased to have Ife Obi, Founder and Owner of The Fit In Brooklyn join me today. The Fit In is described as a wellness suite that provides a boutique fitness experience and...
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SBR 204 | Special Event: She Been Ready! The Podcast Instagram Live | Book Launch Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery by Dr. Wendi Williams
Dr. Wendi is joined by Dr. Nadia Lopez and Precious Stroud, two guests of She Been Ready! The Podcast and reviewers of her new book, Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery. In this LIVE Episode of She Been ReadyI The Podcast the tables are turned and Dr. Wendi is joined by two…
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SBR 203 | Unmasked: Black Man, Divine Feminine w/ Ashanti Branch
Ashanti Branch is a good brother. We met twice. Once, as I was seeking support to begin a podcast. So you all have him to thank for it. And during that time, I learned that he was an alum of the teacher preparation program of the school I was running. As an educator, he wanted to understand what...
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SBR 202 | In the Belly of the Beast: DEI at the Intersection of Movement and Justice Work
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Jamor Gaffney and Nia Martin-Robinson of For the Culture. Jamor and Nia are culture shifters. Along with their colleague, Sabrina Lakhani, they work with individuals and organizations to make changes in their organizational cultures that are for the culture. The...
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SBR 201 | Embodying Abundance w/Dr. Shri Deihl
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Shri Deihl. Shri Diehl (she/her) is a certified yoga teacher (E-RYT 500, YACEP) and recipient of the Yoga Alliance Advanced Training Scholarship. Her additional training in trauma-informed wellness complements how she facilitates. Her inspiration comes from…
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SBR 200 | Gettin' Ready for Season 2
Welcome to Season Two of She Been Ready! The Podcast. In this brief season intro, Dr. Wendi shares a bit of what drives the focus of the conversations this season. While continuing to invite a diverse group of Black women leading in a range of circumstances and contexts, this season Dr. Wendi is…
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SBR 10: On Ferocity OR And If You Think About Turning Back
In the final episode of season one, Dr. Wendi hands over the reins of the podcast to her trusted friend, Diane Wiltshire. Belovedly known as Fury by her friends and loved ones, of whom Dr. Wendi is one but refuses to call her outside her given name (another story for another day), it is, for this...
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SBR 9: The Body is the Portal w/ Kharyshi Wiginton
The Body is the Portal Kharyshi Wiginton [email protected] Dr. Wendi is in conversation with her long-time friend and co-conspirator, Kharyshi Wiginton. All their lives, Kharyshi has been a bit of a firecracker and truth-speaker. Audacious really and in ways that were discouraged primarily...
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SBR 8: Combahee Flow w/ Margo Okazawa-Rey
NOTE. Please be aware that the sound quality is a little shaky but accessible. Enjoy the conversation. Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey, scholar, activist, dancer, DJ, and overall phenomenal human and lover of life. Young at heart, our ongoing joke is that though she is...
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SBR 7: Elders and Ancestors with Lurie Daniels-Favors
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. Lurie is a sister-friend from way back and a solid companion in the struggle to bring thoughtful, engaging, and liberatory critique to assess the state of Black America. We met as her work-centered community-based education in Brooklyn…
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SBR 6 | Grace Under Fire w/Rachelle Rodgers-Ard
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Rachelle Rodgers-Ard, a colleague and friend who has translated her experience and expertise as an educational leader into teachable moments for the wider public. Rachelle has centered the concept of authenticity in her work, drawing connections between one’s...
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SBR 5 | Diasporic Visions w: Robyn Fisher
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Robyn Fisher. Robyn is President and C.E.O. of R.T. Fisher Educational Enterprises, Inc. (RTF). Since founding RTF in 1999, Dr. Fisher has subsequently co-founded and chaired a number of initiatives directed towards academic excellence in the Bay Area’s...
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SBR 4 | Sister-Friend w/ Precious Stroud
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Precious Stroud. Precious founded the Black Female Project https://www.blackfemaleproject.org/) and began her consulting firm, PJS Consultants (https://pjsconsultants.net/), to positively impact the wellness and professional experience of Black women and to…
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SBR 3 | What we owe one another: The Mechanics of Black women’s care ethic while leading w/ Dr. Leeja Carter
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Leeja Carter. Leeja is a dear friend and much more. She is a psychologist and an expert on inclusive and equity-focused practice in sport and health. I purposely invited Leeja to this conversation about the complexity of relationships between women and...
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SBR 2 | Minding the Gap w: Nadia Lopez
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Dr. Nadia Lopez, who is been lovingly called Ms. Lopez by innumerable young people and their families who attended Mott Hall Bridges Academy, the school she founded in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. In her TedTalk...
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SBR 1 | Make a Way Out of No Way w/ Mutale Nkonde
Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Mutale Nkonde. Mutale is the founder and CEO of AI For the People (AFP; https://www.aiforpeople.org/). AFP is a non-profit communications agency that aims to eliminate the underrepresentation of Black professionals in the American technology sector by 2030. In…
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Introducing She Been Ready! The Podcast
Introducing She Been Ready! The Podcast. A conversation about Black women’s liberatory leadership praxis. Follow Dr. Wendi at @drwendiwilliams on Instagram and Twitter and stay up with the latest on She Been Ready! The Podcast on Facebook...
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She (Been) Ready! is a conversation centered in the legacy of Black women’s liberatory leadership praxis that articulates a path for thriving in the midst of contexts that would not otherwise have us and yet could not move without us. In each episode, Dr. Wendi hosts a special guest, a Black woman leading. From time to time, she’ll also speak with folks who have experienced the power of Black women’s leadership or in the position to amplify it.
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She (Been) Ready! is a conversation centered in the legacy of Black women’s liberatory leadership praxis that articulates a path for thriving in the midst of contexts that would not otherwise have us and yet could not move without us. In each episode, Dr. Wendi hosts a special guest, a Black woman...
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