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The Gurls Talk Podcast

Ep 46. Adwoa and the community organisers from London-based youth outreach initiative Milk & Honey Bees discuss how they work to carve out spaces for Black and Biracial women where they can defy society’s expectations.

The Gurls Talk Podcast

Gurls Talk

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8583 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The experience of Black girlhood is a difficult one. We are thrust into spaces and organisations that aren’t built for us, that do not understand us and that deny us agency. Few people understand this more than my guests this week. Ebinehita Iyere founded Milk & Honey to create spaces where young Black girls could connect with their feelings and vulnerability at that pivotal point in their lives — before they are forced into the trope of ‘strong Black woman’. With her colleagues Sophie ...

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0:00.0

Girls Talk.

0:06.8

You're listening to the Girls Talk podcast, hosted by me, Adjoa-Boha and powered by our friends at Nike.

0:13.9

This is where girls come together to talk, share, listen and take control.

0:19.0

So listen to us every week for your source of fierce chat. And don't forget to

0:23.8

subscribe.

0:31.6

Hi everyone. I hope you've all been well. Today I am honoured to speak to Ebeneita, Sophie and Chauvonne,

0:39.4

three incredible community organisers who are doing amazing work with young girls through milk

0:45.3

and honeybees, a creative and expressive safe space for black girls to thrive and put her first.

0:52.5

Healing, empowerment and resilience. Ebeneita is the founder of the

0:57.7

organisation and also serves as a therapeutic youth practitioner of juveniles, working with young people

1:04.5

who were affected by education and youth justice systems using relational and creative methods.

1:12.3

Ebeneita is joined by Sophie, an 18-year-old blogger and podcaster,

1:17.4

and Chavon, a 23-year-old primary school teacher teaching assistant

1:21.7

and sports coach for girls in London.

1:25.1

Chauvin and Sophie have both been with milk and honeybees for just over a year, supporting the

1:30.3

organisation and serving as role models for the young girls participating in the project.

1:36.3

In today's episode, we will be discussing childhood trauma and how it manifests into adulthood

1:42.3

and finding your voice as a young black girl.

1:45.7

Ebeneita, Sophie and Giron, welcome to the Girls Talk podcast.

1:54.3

Girls Talk.

1:56.4

So first of all, thank you so much for taking the time to be virtually on my podcast.

2:02.9

I wish we could like do this in person and I am getting quite like, I don't know.

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