KEIARA WADE on Generations of Black Cowboys /344

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Introducing listeners to her fierce devotion to community and care for the animal world, Keiara Wade, the Compton Cowgirl, considers the ways care work includes the human and more-than-human. Though the connection between humans and animals is often unspoken, it is a vital tie, and Keiara emphasizes the way the specific tie between human and horse can be incredibly therapeutic, healing, and nourishing.

Keiara shares her journey with the Compton Cowboys and her experiences as a Black cowgirl. The Compton Cowboys were founded in 2017 by a group of Compton locals who had grown up riding together. Recognizing the importance of intergenerational community and influence, Keiara hopes that this program and connection to the horses can continue for generations to come. Compton Cowboys is about so much more than just riding, and Keiara shares the significance of making spaces for young people to feel heard and valued . The respect and accountability necessary for a good relationship with a horse is also necessary for a good relationship with each other. How might animals be our guides and companions in making the world more equitable?

Keiara Wade is The Compton Cowgirl of the Compton Cowboys.

She is in the process of pursuing her barrel racing career and becoming the first black woman to make it to the NFR. Horses have always been her positive outlet to the traumatic world in which she grew up. She believes in giving back to our younger generations by allowing them the experience of the equine world and possibly leading them away from the streets and gang violence. She recently moved to Houston to accomplish her dream, supported by the Compton Cowboys and the Compton Junior Equestrians program. She is a mother of two children Taylor and Michael.

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1:01.5	Hello and welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young.
1:07.5	Today we are speaking with Kiarawade.
1:11.5	With being around the horses, they constantly remind us of how to bring ourselves back into peace.
1:17.5	And by us standing to peace, we're able to put that energy into the world.
1:25.5	They're just as important to us as we are to them.
1:29.5	And we're very aware of what they bring for us in a deeper way.
1:35.5	But again, that's where it comes in to stand connected within ourselves, to be aware of them, to understand that your horses communicate into you.
1:44.5	Forces daily remind us of that because we have to communicate with each other.
1:49.5	And it allows us to dig deeper within ourselves.
2:06.5	Kiarawade is the captain cowgirl of the captain cowboys.
2:10.5	She is in the process of pursuing her barrel racing career and becoming the first black woman to make it to the MFR.
2:18.5	Horses have always been her positive outlook to the traumatic world she grew up in.
2:23.5	She believes in getting back to younger generations by allowing them to experience the equine world and possibly leading them away from the streets and gang violence.
2:33.5	She recently moved to Houston to accomplish her dream supported by the captain cowboys and the Compton Junior Questrans program.
2:41.5	She is a mother of two children, Taylor and Michael.
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