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The Suga

Reimagining Justice with Brittany K. Barnett

The Suga

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week we're talking about the intersection of incarceration and motherhood with Author, Attorney and Entrepreneur, Brittany K. Barnett. We learn more about the life saving work she's doing to change the narrative around justice impacted people and how we can get involved in creating sustainable liberation for women and girls impacted by the justice system.You can learn more about Brittany's incredible work by checking out the nonprofits she founded: The Buried Alive Project, which works to dismantle life without parole sentences handed down under federal drug laws and Girls Embracing Mothers (GEMS), dedicated to empowering girls with mothers in prison. The Buried Alive Project: https://www.buriedaliveproject.org/ GEMS: https://girlsembracingmothers.org/about/mission-statement/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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patients. The Colagard test is available by prescription only. Hi, I'm Rush Missijani, founder of

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Girls Who Code. Look, I'd consider myself a pretty successful adult woman. I've written books,

0:51.6

founded two successful nonprofits, and I'm raising two incredible kids.

0:56.3

But here's the thing. I still wake up wondering, is this it? And if the best years are yet to come, when's that going to start?

1:06.3

Join me on my so-called midlife, my new podcast with Lemonada Media, where we're building a playbook

1:12.9

for navigating midlife, one episode at a time. Each week, I'll chat with extraordinary guests

1:19.6

who've transformed their midlife crisis into opportunities for growth and newfound purpose.

1:26.6

At some point, we all ask ourselves, is there more to life?

1:31.4

I'm here to discover how to thrive in my second act, right alongside you.

1:37.2

My so-called midlife is out now, wherever you get your podcast.

1:42.7

This week on The Sugar.

1:45.4

Black people, we're complex, we're nuanced, we're multidimensional.

1:49.9

It's not always this monolithic struggle story.

1:52.4

And really to show that joy and pain can coexist.

2:00.5

I'm Tika Sumpter and I'm an actress, producer, and a boss.

2:05.3

And I'm Ty Randolph, entrepreneur, entertainment exec, and also a boss.

2:10.1

But before any of this time, we are mothers.

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