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That Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 45: Talking Sisterhood, Leadership, and Service with Dr. Araba Afenyi-Annan and Educator Leola BanksEpisode 45 is the season finale for Season 2 for That Social Work Lady Podcast. Recorded on November 12, 2022, this episode pays homage to my sorority Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. I am so grateful to the two women who joined me to celebrate our sorority's centennial celebration: Dr. Araba Afenyi-Annan and Educator Leola Banks. We pledged together at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Iota Psi Chapter) and have each done the work to live out our sorority mission - Greater Service, Greater Progress!Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in I...2022-11-2051 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 44: But Is She Funny?Comediennes are community griots. They make spaces for the stories that we all need to know and tell them with flare and honesty while making us laugh. enoje (EN-oh-jay) is a community griot. In episode 44, she graces me with her brilliance, and goals for creating space for women to explore comedy for our mental health and well being. She takes her cue from her own mother's laughter. Remembering stories from her childhood of her mother and the aunties being in the kitchen telling each other stories from their day and laughing uncontrollably. Their joy is...2022-11-061h 05That Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 43: Bodily Autonomy is for EverybodyAbortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy. Why then is something so basic at the heart of so many toxic conversations?Episode 43 brings a topic that is very dear to my heart - bodily autonomy. It’s time we reframe the abortion conversation as a discussion about right to privacy and bodily autonomy. Any other approach to this conversation is problematic and grounded in patriarchal toxicity. American citizens with the capacity for pregnancy deserve to be able to make medical decisions about their bodies with the guidance of medical care professions of their choosing without the...2022-10-3040 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 42: Jacqueline M. Baker Talks Leadership & EtiquetteJacqueline M. Baker is a speaker, author, leadership consultant and advisor known for her unique approach to modern etiquette and leadership. As the author of The Unexpected Leader: Discovering the Leader Within You and Leader by Mistake: Becoming A Leader One Mistake At A Time, she frequently speaks and writes on the leadership-for-all concept.In Episode 42, I got to speak with leadership consultant and entrepreneur Jacqueline M. Baker about her company Scarlet Communications and the impact she has had on leadership training in corporate America. Baker’s story is one of perseverance, finding your niche and pursuing it...2022-10-2340 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 41: Find Your North Star and #JustStart with Jacqueline M. BakerEpisode 41 brings another Black woman's story and this time we're getting advice from a leadership expert. Jacqueline M. Baker is a speaker, author, leadership consultant and advisor known for her unique approach to modern etiquette and leadership. As the author of The Unexpected Leader: Discovering the Leader Within You and Leader by Mistake: Becoming A Leader One Mistake At A Time, she frequently speaks and writes on the leadership-for-all concept.This conversation that I got to have with Jacqueline M. Baker is a full motivational lesson for the unexpected leader. I appreciate Baker for her...2022-10-0949 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 40: Pivoting while Parenting for Black and Brown Mamas and PapasThe world has shifted. It has changed. So how do you are a parent of black or brown child pivot to be responsive to the times we live in now?...parents fear being viewed as inconsistent or worst undermining our own authority by changing our minds. The paradox of that is that there is no better expression of authority to making a change due to changing circumstances or the realization that you didn't do enough due diligence before making a decision.-Heather Frazier, Pivot Parenting PodcastEpisode 40 explores the need for black and brown...2022-10-0241 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 39: Authentic Rest is PowerWhew! I'm tired (please read as tiiiii'ed). But I know I'm not the only one out here feeling the multiple levels of tired that I feel.Episode 39 in this Season 2 is all about rest. Michale Bernard Beckwith once said, "Authentic Rest is power." I read that quote when my son was an infant after my body had been stressed and strained beyond my previously recognized limitations. I thought then that I knew what 'rest' meant. However, according to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith I grossly overestimated what I knew. Dr. Dalton-Smith's research demonstrates that we a...2022-09-2641 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 38: Talking Autism Awareness with Special Needs Advocate and Educator Vertongie Kendrix-BaileySpecial Needs Advocate and Educator Vertongie Kendrix-Bailey shares in Episode 38, that was stressful to see her toddler cry a lot, act as if he was lost at times and throw tantrums. When he was 4 years old, her son Hezekiah was diagnosed with autism after a comprehensive evaluation by his medical team. The medical team that evaluated Hezekiah included a pediatrician, a psychiatrist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language pathologist, and a nurse. After the evaluation and diagnosis Kendrix-Bailey knew she had to get help for her son. With that in mind, Kendrix-Bailey took it upon herself to educate he...2022-09-1827 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 37: Where Humility, Hard Work and Determination MeetIn Episode 37, Vertongie Kendrix-Bailey shares her journey as a mother and advocate for her two sons: Zechariah and Hezekiah. Her parenting philosophy guides how she has crafted community to support her values and goals for her family. As a highly educated professional, Vertongie is the kind of mother who uses all her resources and skills to provide for and advocate for her children and herself. Vertongie also serves as a parent liaison for Children with Special Needs, participates on nonprofit boards, trains parents on how to be better advocates for their children, organizes local campaigns, and found h...2022-09-1149 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 36: Coffee, Counseling, and Accessing CareEpisode 36 continues our conversation with Detroit's very own #communitycounselor Patrece M. Lucas, MS, LPC.Patrece specializes in providing culturally specific counseling and creating safe healing spaces for African, Black, and other indigenous and BIPOC communities. She has committed her life's work to advocating for communities of color to not only survive but to dismantle broken systems and create new ones that are inherent on supporting and uplifting the communities capacity to thrive. As a licensed Mental Health Counselor Patrece serves as a community counselor in Detroit and its surrounding communities. She is in private practice a...2022-08-2839 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 35: Where Luck + Blessings + Opportunity Meet with Patrece M. LucasEpisode 35 invites Detroit's very own #communitycounselor Patrece M. Lucas, MS, LPC.Patrece is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and serves as a community counselor in Detroit and its surrounding communities. She is in private practice as a counselor, wellness partner and mediator at her agency called indigo transitions. indigo transitions is about assisting the INDIGO (person) transition and adjusts to functioning in this social construct wholly as THEY ARE...At indigo transitions, Patrece assists clients as they PREPARE for, MANIFEST, and begin to LIVE their best lives. P...2022-08-2144 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 34: You're Not a Heretic But You Just Might Be a SaintThat Social Work Lady welcomes both Jasmine Logan and Jada Williams back to the studio for Episode 34.Both Jasmine Logan and Jada Williams are master level divinity students at Wake Forest University. In Episode 34 they offer me a crash course on womanist theology. The concepts they share about womanist theology are mind-blowing. Especially the idea that womanist theology takes many of the iconic bible stories and views them through the eyes of a Black woman...well that just makes me giddy! #BlackWomenStoriesMatter Logan already made my head spin in Episode 32 when she introduced the idea...2022-08-1444 minThat Social Work LadySeason 2, Episode 33: When the Unexpected Community is Where You Heal MostEpisode 33 is a Millennial Theologian Takeover!I am so grateful to welcome theologian Jasmine Logan back on That Social Work Lady along with her colleague Jada Williams. Jada Williams is in her fourth year of the dual JD/MDiv program at Wake Forest University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Young Harris College, where she was a Division II NCAA basketball player and heavily involved in other campus organizations and clubs ranging from Greek life to religious life to residence life. Jada is a certified beekeeper, began her own cheesecake business in 2020...2022-08-0741 min