281 - Ensuring No One Goes Unseen and Making Hope and Help Accessible to All with Hope Booth Visionary Gloria Umanah
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison
Be the Bridge
4.9 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Gloria Umanah, the visionary behind Hope Booth, uses her own lived experiences to passionately fight for those who feel invisible. In this episode, Gloria generously shares her story with the Be the Bridge community and the story behind Hope Booth. She and Latasha connect over their Yoruba names and over being Black women who lead non profits. They discuss mental health, the power of making someone feel seen and that they belong, and making hope and help accessible to all.
Gloria's story, words, and work will empower listeners to choose to keep living, to see hope all around, and to see themselves as worthy of being cared for. This conversation is full of reminders that God is at work and that no one is alone. The episode ends with Gloria sharing a powerful spoken word piece you do not want to miss.
*(We do want to offer a listener warning that suicide is mentioned in this episode.)
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Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor, & Music - Travon Potts with Integrated Entertainment Studios
Assistant Producer & Transcriber - Sarah Connatser
Quotes:
“My scars are roadmaps to redemption for other people.” -Gloria Umanah
“There's a way of showing people their dignity and their worth when you acknowledge their existence.” -Latasha Morrison
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Resources Mentioned:
Until All Are Seen documentary by Hope Booth
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“See Me” spoken word video by Gloria Umanah
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Be The Bridge podcast with Latasha Morrison. |
| 0:06.1 | What are you guys doing today? |
| 0:08.7 | It's exciting. |
| 0:09.5 | Each week, Be The Bridge podcast tackles subjects related to race and culture with the goal of bringing understanding. |
| 0:17.0 | But I'm going to do it in the spirit of love. |
| 0:19.5 | We believe understanding can move us toward racial healing, racial equity, and racial unity. |
| 0:25.1 | Latasha Morrison is the founder of Be the Bridge, |
| 0:28.2 | which is an organization responding to racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world. |
| 0:34.0 | This podcast is an extension of our vision to make sure people are no longer conditioned by a racialized society but grounded in truth. |
| 0:42.2 | If you have not hit the subscribe button, please do so now. |
| 0:45.6 | Without further ado, let's begin today's podcast. |
| 0:48.9 | Oh, and stick around for some important information at the end. |
| 0:54.8 | Be the Bridge community. |
| 0:56.4 | I have another exciting guest to bring you. |
| 0:59.7 | She is a local. |
| 1:01.1 | Believe me, I am not choosing all these people from Atlanta. |
| 1:05.9 | It's just that Atlanta is producing some amazing creatives and leaders out here. So I have another amazing Atlanta |
| 1:18.9 | native here, Gloria Umana, who is here and who is going to really talk to us about some of the beautiful work that she's doing. |
| 1:29.9 | This is the thing we were talking as we got on the call. |
| 1:33.7 | We were saying that we live in Atlanta and we've never met in person. |
| 1:39.5 | We're both busy y'all. |
| 1:41.0 | We're trying to out here, trying to impact |
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