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Breaking Barriers
Black Iowa News Founder Fights for Representation and Equity
About the Guest(s):Dana James is a prominent figure in the journalism industry, particularly championing the voice of the Black community in Iowa. She stands as the publisher and founder of Black Iowa News, which is currently the only Black-owned newspaper in Iowa. With her background as a former reporter for the Des Moines Register, Dana brings her extensive experience to the forefront in her current pursuits. Beyond her editorial capacities, she's the treasurer of the Iowa Association of Black Journalists and has vast involvement within the realm of written media, including a column titled "New...
2024-03-14
51 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
MLK NOW 2024 - BOB Reward Club - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Mark your calendars for a free event featuring Black-owned businesses, speakers, children’s activities, vendor tables and more at MLK NOW 2024 by BOB Rewards Club, held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Veterans Memorial Building, 50 2nd Ave. Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (BOB stands for Black-owned businesses.) Black business owners: There is still time to get a vendor table for $75 at MLK NOW 2024. Need a free ride to the event? Find out how. Register now. Learn more at (www.mlknow.com).
2023-11-30
23 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E9- Being Heard: MeJa Pinkney, Activist and Public speaker
Teacher, activist, and motivational speaker MeJa Pinkney shares her valuable perspective on being an educator beyond the classroom. According to MeJa, the focus often is on what kids are doing rather than why they're doing it. Join our conversation with returning guest MeJa as she shares more insights on how to inspire our students beyond the curriculum. Don't miss out! #education #motivation #perspective #2blackpodcast #blackiowanews #blackpodcast
2023-10-17
36 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E8 - Being Heard: Florida Shooting at Dollar General
The hosts discuss the Florida shooting at Jacksonville Dollar General. According to CNN, "It took less than an hour for the gunman to travel from the Family Dollar – where investigators believed he initially planned to carry his attack – to nearby Edward Waters University and then to the Dollar General where he killed three victims, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office."
2023-09-26
22 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E7 - Being Heard: Bobbye Wagner, The Pink Canopy
Bobbye Wagner, writer and producer of a documentary film entitled ‘The Pink Canopy’. This film reveals the life of an Iowa Educator and her battle with a mental illness.
2023-08-28
19 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E6 - Being Heard: Teresa Zilk, Stories to Tell My Daughter
Teresa Zilk, Creator of Stories to Tell My daughter, discusses the experience behind story telling with co-host Lya
2023-08-15
22 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E5 Part 2 of 2 - Being Heard: Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker, and Happiness Maker
Part 2 of Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker, and Happiness Maker sharing her story as a survivor of domestic violence.
2023-07-16
24 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E4 Part 1 of 2 - Being Heard: Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker and Happiness Maker
Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker and Happiness Maker shares about her experience with domestic violence as a black woman.
2023-07-11
13 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 E3 - Being Heard: Juneteenth
According to Smithsonian Institute, "Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas. "
2023-06-19
17 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 Ep 2 - Being Heard: MeJa Pinkney, Teacher, Activist and Motivational Speaker
Teacher, activist and motivational speaker MeJa Pinkney uplifts her students in the classroom, and battles for them outside of it.
2023-06-06
25 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
S2 Ep 1 - Being Heard: Dana James, Black Iowa Newspaper Publisher
Black Iowa News founder Dana James makes history with the Black Iowa Newspaper.
2023-05-24
33 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Ep 23: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with LaNisha Cassell of the African American Museum of Iowa
Ep 23: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with LaNisha Cassell, executive director of the African American Museum of Iowa, on celebrating Juneteenth and the museum's renovation. Get to know the African American Museum of Iowa.
2023-05-16
24 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Episode 22: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa
From the Ying Yang Twins and Ginuwine concert in June to the Lost Island Themepark and Waterpark and a new grocery store, Mayor Quentin Hart says Waterloo is moving forward.
2023-05-09
28 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Episode 21: Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Kari Bassett and the Black History Research Collective
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana delve into Black Iowa history with Kari Bassett of the Black History Research Collective.
2023-05-02
24 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard: Episode 19 with Lya & Dana — Going Deeper into Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
In this episode of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations (19), show hosts Lya & Dana discuss diversity, equity and inclusion in city services.
2023-04-13
20 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 20: 'What the hell happened to Iowa' podcast host Rekha Basu talks about just that.'
Renown columnist Rekha Basu ticked through some of the things she feels make Iowa a great place to live: Edna Griffin fought for civil rights seven years before Rosa Parks. Iowa was the third state to legalize gay marriage. Interracial marriage was approved before neighboring states. Iowa welcomed Southeast Asian refugees to the state in the 1970s. Fast forward to the last election. Now it's book-banning, new anti-LGBTQ laws and taking money from public schools for private ones. It's easy to blame the governor, legislature and Republicans, she said. #2blackpodcast #iowa
2023-04-11
25 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 19 — Going deeper on DEI
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya and Dana spoke with Audrey Kennis, diversity, equity and inclusion director for the city of West Des Moines, delves into what DEI is and how the city of West Des Moines is embedding the principles in its service to residents. #2blackpodcast #DEI #inclusion #equity
2023-04-04
20 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 18 - Saluting Women’s History Month
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya and Dana salutes all women during Women's History Month and celebrates the 40-year career of Dawnelle Conley, deputy district director of the Iowa District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
2023-03-20
15 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 17- "When it comes to friends, you have to be willing to promote or demote accordingly."
Rap group Whodini famously pondered the meaning of friends. Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, discuss what it means when your friends support you, and what it means when they don't, and why it's necessary to have tiers of friendship. #2blackpodcast #blackiowanews #friends #support #tuesdaytalks
2023-03-14
33 min
Black Headline News
(15) Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana — Stop Being Surprised When People of Color Own Businesses
In this episode of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations (15), with show hosts Lya & Dana, discuss business ownership with Pots and Shots, a combination cocktail bar and plant shop, owner Temeshia Bomato.#2blkpodcast #2blackpodcast #blackiowanews
2023-03-06
17 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 16 - ‘Dementia is the disease’
Edith Crawford, a community volunteer with the Greater Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, has experienced what it's like to care for a loved one with dementia. She also knows Blacks are twice as likely as whites to have the disease. That's why she's working to spread awareness. She also hosts an Alzheimer's support group at 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month at Corinthian Baptist Church in Des Moines. Website: alz.org
2023-03-06
29 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Ep 15 - Stop being surprised when people of color own businesses
Lya, co-host of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, highlights Pots and Shots, which mixes house plants and cocktails, and encourages community and networking in Waukee, with owner Temeshia Bomato. #2blackpodcast #potsandshots #womanownedbusiness #plants #cocktails @potsandshotsiowa
2023-02-27
17 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Ep 14 - The Black Iowa history they didn't teach you about in school
Leo Landis, state curator of the Iowa Historical Society, sits down with Lya & Dana of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations. Landis uncovers some of the key people and places important to Black Iowa History that you may not know about. #2blackpodcast #blackhistorymonth #blackiowa
2023-02-21
22 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Ep 13 - "Should we continue to watch videos of police brutalizing Black motorists?"
Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, ponder whether or not to watch the viral videos of Black motorists being subjected to police brutality — like in the cases of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, and and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #2blackpodcast
2023-02-14
35 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Bonus: Happy Valentine’s Day
Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”
2023-02-14
00 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard: Episode 12 - Iowa's school vouchers: 'I view it as theft. I view it as racism'
In this episode of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations (12), the show host talk about the recent "Students First Act" signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds.On January 24, 2023, Governor Reynolds signed the Students First Act into law, just two weeks after introducing it in her annual Condition of the State address. The bill makes state education funding available for K-12 students who choose to attend private schools. It also provides public schools with additional categorical funding for students who live in their district but attend private schools, and allows public school districts to use unspent...
2023-02-09
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 12 - "Iowa's school vouchers: 'I view it as theft. I view it as racism'"
Ultimately, this is the end goal — to have the populace be dumbed down. To have the populace not be able to connect the dots." Lya and Dana discuss the controversy surrounding school vouchers and the tenuous future of education in Iowa. #2blackpodcast #schoolvouchers #Iowa #education
2023-01-31
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard - Episode 11: Beloved Black actress Nia Long recently decried using the terms "Black Movies" and "Black Famous," which she told Buzz Feed "hold us back."
Beloved Black actress Nia Long recently decried using the terms "Black Movies" and "BlackFamous," which she told BuzzFeed "hold us back." Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations discuss movies, HBCUs, Black media and why they are unapologetically Black and proud. #2blackpodcast #blackgirlfollowtrain #blackgirlmagic #blackisbeautiful #tuesdaythoughts #affirmingblackness #blackfamous #blackmovies #blackactresses
2023-01-17
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode - 10: "Every condition requires a doula, honey."
Giving birth is sacred, says Clem the Doula. And, it can be difficult and deadly for Black women who must navigate Iowa's predominantly white health care systems, where Blacks are six times more likely than whites to die during or after childbirth, according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Doulas wrap mothers in support and education, which can help minimize complications and help save lives. Clem the Doula told Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, how doulas change lives and why people shouldn't get hung up on the term. #2blackpodcast #blackiowadoula
2023-01-10
46 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 9 - "See Black women as human beings and not some type of super women."
During the holidays and in everyday life, Black women are the glue. They prioritize taking care of their children, families and communities with too little thought to taking care of themselves. They push through work while they're tired and underpaid. Then, they overwork at home and in their communities. Often, their public personas don't align with their private pain, and the stress of it all can harm their health. Lya & Dana, co-hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations get real about the challenges of being Black women, what happens when there's an imbalance and how to add more...
2023-01-03
31 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Bonus - Mashup
We will be taking a break before the New Year. We hope you will take time to rest and of course catch up on our past episodes. Here is to wishing EVERYONE a Happy Holiday. #2blkpodcast #2blackpodcast #holiday #winter #rest #podcast #HappyNewYear2023
2022-12-25
00 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Bonus: Happy Holidays 2022
We want to wish you a Happy Holidays!!!
2022-12-24
00 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 8 - "In order for there to be progress, we also need the youth to be paying attention."
People ask Waverly Zhao, Johnston High School student, why she's so interested in politics. Zhao has already run for public office and won — representing students on the Johnston School board. Next, she'll serve as Legislative Page in the Iowa Legislature. Zhao tells Lya & Dana, hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations how and why she uses her voice to push for change. #youth #futureleaders #2blkpodcast #2blackpodcast #tuesdaythoughts
2022-12-20
31 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 7 - "I'm a whole damn woman."
Seeta Lee, an educator, writer and self-care coach, learned something revolutionary about herself: She's "A Whole Damn Woman." Lee is CEO of Whole Damn Woman, a feminist self-care education company. Self-care is about "more than massages" Lee told Lya, co-host of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations. Lee coaches people to rid themselves of "BS" societal pressures and learn to live on their own terms. Find out her secret on episode 7. Whole Damn Woman: Feminist Self-Care Education - Whole Damn Woman Whole Damn Woman (WDW) is your feminist self-care education company.. We help women and enbies combat t...
2022-12-12
30 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard: Episode 5 - Does the U.S. need another Donald Trump presidential run?
Lya & Dana, of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, contemplate the possible fallout from another Donald Trump presidential run. Will it lead to more bigotry in the world? #2blackpodcast #2blkpodcast
2022-12-06
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 6 - "Why does my side of town not look like the other side of town?"
Waterloo, Iowa Mayor Quentin Hart, in his fourth term, told the hosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations he "made it into office" by working for people — in whatever capacity he could. Now, he's helping to spearhead citywide transformation —with an emphasis on equity — in the town of about 68,000 people, of whom 18% are Black. What will that look like? Listen to the conversation with hosts Lya & Dana.
2022-12-06
38 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Ep 5 "“Does the U.S. need another Donald Trump presidential run?"
Lya & Dana contemplate the possible fallout from another Donald Trump presidential run. Will it lead to more bigotry in the world? Grab a coffee as Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations tackle Trump. #2blkpodcast @Lya I think that’s all you need for now.
2022-11-28
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 5 - “Does the U.S. need another Donald Trump presidential run?
Lya & Dana contemplate the possible fallout from another Donald Trump presidential run. Will it lead to more bigotry in the world? Grab a coffee as Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations tackle Trump. #2blkpodcast
2022-11-28
32 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 4 - "How are your children?"
A group of concerned Black educators and parents have developed an interest group for a Des Moines chapter of the National Black Child Development Institute. Anita Fleming-Rife, a retired educator, hopes to rally people around Black students' math and reading proficiency and implement programs and advocacy initiatives. She decried the test scores and told Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations: "We've got to get the community together to tell us what they want to do." Learn what the group is planning and how to join in the fight. #2blkpodcast #education
2022-11-21
35 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard (3): 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations: "What you write down, you retain."
Whether you use Bullet journal, Rocketbook, voice record, or still use a Franklin Covey planner, Lya & Dana, the cohosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, discuss the best ways to stay organized.
2022-11-18
18 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard Episode 2: Dana James talks about the Iowa voter guide by Black Iowa news and the 2022 Midterm Elections
Watch episode two of "Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana" who talk about the importance of voting; they discuss local Iowa politics. Lya talks about her personal experience running for a school board seat and the importance of being involved in local politics. Dana talks about the voter guide her media company--Black Iowa News--produced to help community members have a better understanding of the 2022 midterm races in Iowa.
2022-11-14
18 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 3 - "What you write down, you retain."
Whether you use Bullet journal, RocketBook, memo record, or still use a Franklin Covey planner, Lya & Dana, the cohosts of Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, discuss the best ways to to stay organized. #journaling #2blkpodcast #bulletjournaling #organization Watch us on our YouTube Channel 'Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana
2022-11-14
18 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 2 - ‘Aren’t you glad you live in Iowa?’ Depends on the results of the Nov. 8 midterms.
Americans go to the polls today, Nov. 8, 2022, to vote in the midterm elections. On Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations, hosts Lya and Dana urge Black Americans to think about those high grocery and utility bills, how they had to keep pushing during the coronavirus pandemic and run, not walk, to the polls. #2blkpodcast #midterms #elections You can watch us on our YouTube channel 'Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana!
2022-11-07
18 min
Black Headline News
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana - Episode 1
Watch episode one of "Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya & Dana" who talk to Corey Dion Lewis about the upcoming public health conference and forum happening in Iowa.
2022-11-02
27 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: Episode 1 - "It's going to be really Black"
Corey Dion Lewis, The Healthy Project Podcast host, and creator of the My City My Health Equity Summit on Nov. 11 at Mainframe Studios in downtown Des Moines. "It's going to be really, really Black." That's how Corey Dion Lewis describes his inaugural My City My Health Equity Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Forget some stuffy conference. Lewis told podcast hosts Lya and Dana he wants the public to get real about the health disparities that harm and shorten the lives of Black folks. With a sprinkle of Black art and music, Lewis, founder of the Healthy Project...
2022-10-30
27 min
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana
Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee and Conversations with Lya and Dana (Trailer)
2022-10-29
00 min
Inclusivi-TEA Podcast
Episode 8 with Lya and Dana and Mandi
Grab a cup of tea and join us for conversations, laughter, and community building focused on environmental, social and economic justice. With wonderful guests and our partners, Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org), Black Iowa News (blackiowanews.bulletin.com), and Inclusivi-TEA Collaborative (https://www.facebook.com/groups/inclusivesustainability), we pledge to work together to cocreate a future where the earth and everyone on it thrives. Alone, you can make a difference. Together, we can make THE difference.
2022-07-12
27 min
The Total Spectrum - TSS
DJ ARCH Soulful House (Mix #244)
Consider making a donation to this podcast here: PayPal.Me/deejarch CashApp $deejarch Venmo @deejarch Your donations help keep this podcast running. Please leave a comment if you are enjoying this podcast. Share share. My mobile app is available on all platforms at http://bit.lya/djarchapp Get the DJ ARCH APP FREE today! http://bit.ly/djarchapp http://bit.ly/djarchitunes Check me out at the following locations: http://bit.ly/djarchontwitch http://bit.ly/djarchitunes http://bit.ly/djarchradio http://bit.ly/djarchwebsite http://bit.ly/djarchonpressure http://bit.ly/djarchtwitter http://bit.ly/djarchinstagram http://bit.ly...
2020-08-02
2h 26
The Total Spectrum - TSS
DJ ARCH Soulful House (Mix #241)
Consider making a donation to this podcast here: PayPal.Me/deejarch CashApp $deejarch Venmo @deejarch Your donations help keep this podcast running. Please leave a comment if you are enjoying this podcast. Share share. My mobile app is available on all platforms at http://bit.lya/djarchapp Get the DJ ARCH APP FREE today! http://bit.ly/djarchapp http://bit.ly/djarchitunes Check me out at the following locations: http://bit.ly/djarchontwitch http://bit.ly/djarchitunes http://bit.ly/djarchradio http://bit.ly/djarchwebsite http://bit.ly/djarchonpressure http://bit.ly/djarchtwitter http://bit.ly/djarchinstagram http://bit.ly...
2020-07-13
2h 51