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Welcome to today’s Tea! Tea Time is a show wherein three people of color interrupt the white, heteronormative media landscape. Each week will bring you stories relevant to our community and will dissect them through the lens of our intersectional identities. We will also spotlight mutual aid groups here in Richmond that are decolonizing systems of oppression. Join us the second and fourth Mondays of the month at noon.

Hosts are: Shauntelle Hammonds, Jamie Osorio, Justice Smith

Producer: Jenn Gallienne

Jenn Gallienne June 21st, 2021

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Atima Omara returns to talk women and politics with Sheri Shannon. Atima is the President & Chief Strategist of Omara Strategy Group which provides strategic consulting to candidates and organizations centering women and people of color in their work. She works on ensuring clients create winning political campaigns and build stronger advocacy organizations

Atima Omara is working towards a more reflective and representative democracy through progressive political strategy, leadership, and grassroots advocacy. Named to Ebony Magazine’s “Power 100” and Jet Magazine’s “40 Under 40” lists. An engaging speaker, Atima has provided political commentary on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and regularly presents at conferences. She’s written for the American Prospect, Politico, Ebony, The Lily, and has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, TIME, among others.

Since 2003, Atima has worked for a Virginia Governor, multiple Democratic candidates, labor, progressive organizations, and trained activists and candidates across the country. She is an expert in electoral campaigns, especially turning out hard to reach voters, issue advocacy and fundraising.

Atima earned her BA from the University of Virginia and her MPA from George Mason University. She lives in Northern Virginia.

You can follow Atima on Twitter at @atima_omara

Follow our host and producer at @sherishannon27 and @carololson

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Carol Olson Women & Politics June 17th, 2021

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Tags: #womenleaders, AtimaOmara, SheriShannon, virginiapolitics, womenandpolitics

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Hosts are: Shauntelle Hammonds, Jamie Osorio, Justice Smith

Producer: Jenn Gallienne

Jenn Gallienne June 14th, 2021

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This interview was previously aired on Women and Politics

Today co-hosts Sheri Shannon and Carol Olson bring on guests: Stephanie Lynch, councilwomen of the 5th district; Rachelle Hunley, Manager of Bridging the Gap at VCU; and LaToya S. Gray, creator of Planned Destruction to talk about housing issues in Richmond. Discussion centers on the issues of homelessness in the city and the impact of red-lining and it’s contribution to the poverty and homelessness of the African-American community most specifically. Stephanie Lynch brings her experience in working within city government to attempt to make change, Rachelle and Carol bring their experience in working with victims of violence in our city and how violence and homelessness intersect, and LaToya describes her work on examining the history of land ownership, valuation and development in the City of Richmond and the maps used to destroy black communities.

Today’s show is part 1 with part 2 to air next week.

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Carol Olson June 11th, 2021

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