#HURDLEMOMENT: Trainer Taylor Rae Almonte On Having Conversations About Racism
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
February marks Black History Month, a time for education and celebration of Black culture. Today, I'm grateful to have Taylor Rae Almonte, an Afro-Latina actor and activist, on the show to share her story and have an open, honest conversation about race. Taylor’s a trainer at Rumble, a Reebok-sponsored athlete, and co-founder of an anti-racism wellness program ACTIV-ISM — which combines regular movement and mindful activities (from equipment-free workouts and walks to journaling) with anti-racism education. For today’s installment of #HURDLEMOMENT, she’s chatting with me about how she's combined her passions for social justice and health to find new purpose over the past year. We also unpack a handful of racial justice terminology to empower us to continue to have thoughtful, progressive dialogue going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | just having a way to hold yourself accountable that you will hold space to have these thoughts |
| 0:06.8 | and to have these conversations, that's the best thing that you can do. |
| 0:17.1 | Hey everyone, Emily Abadi here bringing you another installment of Hurtle Moment from |
| 0:31.0 | Hurtle. |
| 0:32.0 | For today's episode, I am chatting with Taylor Rae Almonte. |
| 0:36.9 | She is a trainer at Rumble Boxing, a Reebok-sponsored athlete co-founder of an anti-racism wellness |
| 0:45.2 | program called Activism. |
| 0:47.7 | We'll get into exactly what Activism is in today's show, but this is a really special |
| 0:54.0 | conversation that we are having today about racial justice terminology and just the intersection |
| 1:01.7 | of race and wellness. |
| 1:04.1 | Let me be Taylor's hype woman for just a second first and foremost. |
| 1:08.2 | We connected for the first time when I was working on an article for self at some point |
| 1:12.6 | last year. |
| 1:13.6 | And ever since we first did so, I have just been drawn to her passion, her electric personality. |
| 1:22.8 | We have since become insta friends and have now IRL plans like I'm just totally on her |
| 1:29.6 | wavelength. |
| 1:30.6 | And I think what I respect the most about her is her passion for just being authentically |
| 1:37.0 | herself and showing up the best possible way that she can to serve her community. |
| 1:41.9 | Something that I can align with, it's something that I feel like is definitely in my values |
| 1:46.7 | wheelhouse. |
| 1:47.7 | And she's not taking on easy subject matter. |
| 1:52.3 | For Taylor, she has made it her mission to be a social justice activist, to be the |
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