Mic'd Up!

Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika explores the rich history of Indigenous (Pre-American) tribes here in South Carolina and how they intersected with Black lives to create communities of "Black Indians", both here in the Palmetto State and nation wide. Links to clips played during the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJyor_rFlc&t=184s www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0TImCHcAWY www.npr.org/2010/11/30/131696685/-Black-Indians-Explore-Challenges-Of-Hidden-Heritage www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146087630 USC Lancaster's Native American Studies Center www.sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/lancaster/study/student_opportunities/native_american_studies_center/ www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140630565/americas-2nd-largest-indian-tribe-expels-blacks Other Links: Black Indians by William books.google.com/books?id=9M95DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=black+indians&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-0p7m24_mAhUQvFkKHVVGAtcQ6AEwAHoEC

Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! Mika is joined on Mic'd Up by friend of the show, Benny Starr, as he prepares to launch his first book club, Chapter & Verse. Learn more about Chapter & Verse Here: bit.ly/ChapterAndVerseNickelBoys New to the show? Check out these previous episodes: bit.ly/JeanellNicoleReads or bit.ly/SavingWadmalaw I run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! On this episode of Mic'd Up on Ohm, Mika sits down with the Executive Director of the Charleston Friends of the Library, Jeanell Marvin to discuss her love of books, reading and her fantastic use of social media via @JeanellNicoleReads, a #Bookstagram account where she shares book reviews, current reads and much more! Find Jeanell on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeanellnicolereads/ Jeanell's Review of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys: www.instagram.com/p/Byfa6qWgfFz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link New to the show? Check out these previous episodes: bit.ly/EdenRoyceOnMicdUp or bit.ly/SavingWadmalaw I run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charle

On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika chats with the fantastic author, Eden Royce from her home in Kent, England. Eden discusses her Gullah roots, her thoughts on the genre that is Southern Gothic and how she weaves her Freshwater Geechee heritage into her writing. A Short List of Work from Eden: For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough https://www.apex-magazine.com/for-southern-girls-when-the-zodiac-aint-near-enough/ Every Good-bye Ain't Gone http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/ Witches for Mars (Read by the amazing Gullah-Geechee writer Sara Daise) https://www.drabblecast.org/2019/04/20/drabblecast-404-witches-for-mars-2/ Recommended reading: The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djeli Clark https://firesidefiction.com/the-secret-lives-of-the-nine-negro-teeth-of-george-washington J. California Cooper https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/31571/a-piece-of-mine-by-j-california-cooper/9780385420877/readers-guide/ "Sweat" - short story by Zo

Just in time for Halloween, Mika shares her favorite books, audio clips and ghost stories that highlight Gullah culture and folklore. Included in this episode is audio from the Strange Horizons podcast featuring Eden Royce's "Every Goodbye Ain't Gone". Strange Horizons: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/ Cleansing, Spiritual Okra Bath Recipe: bit.ly/SpiritualOkraBath Suggested Reading - Lowcountry Lore: Haunts, Hags & Plat-Eyes by Janie Dease Greene, Blue Roots: African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People by Roger Pinckney, Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce and Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston Gullah folk lore glossary: http://www.lowcountryweekend.com/haints-and-boo-hags-what-ghosts-haunt-you/ Links to the videos referenced in the show - Roger Pinckney explains Gullah Root Magic: https://youtu.be/e6F0Z4MRnV8 Dr. Buzzard's Burial Site: https://youtu.be/5gARnIKrlA4 Roger Pinckney explains "Haant Blue": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQAtRm2nyI The

New to the Pod, check out this previous episodes: bit.ly/SavingWadmalaw and bit.ly/RacialBiasAtCPD Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

This week, host Mika Gadsden takes a closer look at the recently released CNA audit of the Charleston Police Department and its uncovering of racial bias. Mika, also, discusses her recent trip to the EJI Legacy Museum and links that visit to the history of policing in America. Denmark Vesey's Garden Authors - bit.ly/MicdUpEp6 Denmark Vesey's Garden - https://thenewpress.com/books/denmark-veseys-garden EJI - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_8NA5c6br1aHFizoeWSHw Samuel Sinyangwe Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcQ9GLEuyJE&t=1788s Colin Quashie Exhibit -http://halsey.cofc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/extended-captions-for-quashie_lr.pdf New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/SavingWadmalaw Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistn

Host Mika Gadsden sits down with fellow Wadmalaw Island resident, Kelly Doyle, to discuss the local community's efforts to fight commercial re-zoning and protect one of the last remaining rural areas in Charleston county. New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/ImmigrantDetentionInChas Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Mika gives her take on a new local restaurant with a name and signature dish that harkens back to Historically Black Southern Food Culture. Devita Davison - https://youtu.be/vKGxMnAlMWE New Yorker Magazine - www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/04/the-family-business-that-put-nashville-hot-chicken-on-the-map New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/ImmigrantDetentionInChas Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Mika speaks about her own experiences working in the South as a Black woman and challenges the ways in which Black women's labor is often consumed and marginalized. Episode also includes audio clips featuring author Saidiya Hartman, Eve Ewing, Dr. Brittney Cooper and Rihanna. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-saidiya-hartman.html Saidiya Hartman at the Hammer Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxZQ3Py4-A&t=821s Greenville Ordinance for Negro Women: https://twitter.com/BaelockHolmes/status/1077006002392834053 Katrina Andry at the Halsey Institute: halsey.cofc.edu/main-exhibitions/katrina-andry/ New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/ImmigrantDetentionInChas Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Ne

On this episode of Mic'd Up on Ohm, Mika sits down with friend and South Carolina performing Hip Hop artist, Benny Starr, to discuss the critically acclaimed 1619 Project from the New York Times. Important Links: The 1619 Project - bit.ly/CAN1619Project PDF version - bit.ly/CAN1619PDF LIVE Presentation of the 1619 Project - bit.ly/CAN1619Live Pulitzer Classroom Curriculum - bit.ly/CANPulitzer1619Curriculum The Halsey/Katrina Andry - http://halsey.cofc.edu/main-exhibitions/katrina-andry/ The Halsey/Colin Quashie - http://halsey.cofc.edu/main-exhibitions/linked/ New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/ImmigrantDetentionInChas Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@char

Naturalista and all around culinary master, Chef Elaina Ruth stops by the Ohm Radio studio to share her thoughts (and her delicious juice recipes)on healthier eating habits. For more Elaina Ruth, you can find her on IG: @Treatgod and listen to her on a previous episode of Mic'd Up. (Link Below). New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/ConjureSessionsTreatGod Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika recaps her time covering Cory Booker's most recent visit to the "Holy City", stresses the importance of electoral justice and gives an update on efforts to save the Gadsden Creek from greedy developers! Jhacova Williams Voter Research: https://youtu.be/bgJe2bBO3iE Jhacova Williams Post & Courier Article: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/counties-with-higher-lynching-rates-have-low-voter-turnout-today/article_627132ba-9375-11e9-b335-3f61123ae128.html Friends of Gadsden Creek Update: https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2019/08/09/plans-to-fill-gadsden-creek-seen-as-both-an-injustice-and-a-last-chance-to-help-westside-flooding-at-public-meeting Meg Kinnard from the AP Cory Booker Coverage: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/tim-scott-says-cory-booker-not-joe-biden-is-trump/article_7fe6399c-babe-11e9-80ec-c7a4031f766e.html New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/buddybambahda Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We ru

Mika Gadsden sits down for an exclusive interview with Sen. Nina Turner, surrogate & co-chair of the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign. Plus, Mika gives her take on the second round of Democartic Debates airing on CNN earlier in the week. New to the Pod, check out this throwback episode: bit.ly/blkbodies Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

On Friday, June 14th, 2019, LaTosha Brown, Jazz Johnson and Cliff Albright of Black Voters Matter stopped in to talk w/ Mic'd Up on Ohm show host, Mika Gadsden to discuss Voter Outreach, Building Political Power Among Black Voters and Much More! New to the Pod, check out this throwback episode: bit.ly/blkbodies Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Acapella Hip-Hop Cypher(begins at 29:19 min. mark) featuring: Geechie Lord, Maliik, Keem, Salis, Buddy Bambahda & Benny Starr On this "Lost Episode", podcast host, Mika Gadsden invites her friends, Chef Elaina Ruth & Yoga Instructor Ashley Limehouse, to talk about the Black experience in Charleston, wellness, health, culture and much more. This is a second installment of the Conjure Sessions, a secret, invite only pop-up event specifically for Black folk living in the Charleston, SC area. This event was created to be a "safe space" designed in the tradition of what Gullah Folk and Black Southerners called a "Secret Black People Meeting". Previous Content From C.A.N.: Conjure Sessions I: Beach Vibes w/ Benny Starr: http://bit.ly/1ConjuredMic The Conjure Sessions Video: youtu.be/I4TnJnadZ-w Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNe

When you read the words "Charleston Activist Network" think PRESS. Think MEDIA, digital content, social media, podcasts, radio and more! The Charleston Activist Network is not an organization, it is a platform that creates content with an unapologetic, activist message. Led by Mika Gadsden! Listen to Mika LIVE on the airwaves, each week on 96.3 FM Ohm Radio. You can also stream the show...visit ohmradio963.org for more information on the OHM Radio App.

On June 28, 2019, Mika sat down with Latinx journalist, Fernando Soto to discuss his personal immigrant story and his leadership efforts with the Charleston Lights for Liberty Rally. Please Support Recursos Estatales: bit.ly/RecursosEstatalesOnFB Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Mika updates listeners on recent news regarding the Gadsden Creek and shares information regarding a local grassroots group, Citizens Want Excellence, and their 17+ year battle to ensure that the IAAM accurately and honestly depicts the Black experience in America.

Here's an episode from the May 2019 archives. Listen in as Hip Hop Artist and Activist, Benny Starr, shares his experience with the TEDx Charleston platform and why he stepped away. New to the Pod, check out this previous episode: bit.ly/buddybambahda Please Favorite, Share, Rate and Subscribe! We run on love & community support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp Get exclusive content by supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com