No. 59 – Black Women & Incarceration + Been Down, But We UP w/Amber of The Been Down Project. PART ONE.

Hey Friends & Kin!

FYI: THIS, JUST LIKE ALL EPISODES OF HAND ME MY PURSE, CONTAINS PROFANITY. THIS PODCAST IS FOR ADULTS AND CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…

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Friends and Kin this episode is AMAZEBALLS!!! I got to sit and have a conversation with Amber of the BEEN DOWN PROJECT, who is a friend of a friend – but now we are cousins (BECAUSE LOS ANGELES SAID SO!). I have been trying to sit and chat with this sista for probably two years, but we all know that LIFE BE LIFING & it didn’t happen… UNTIL NOW! Everything always happens in perfect timing. 

Amber & I got to chat about some serious things, and some fun things. Like me, Amber has lived a HELLUVA LIFE. Very very colorful & she tells us all about them. One of the main focuses of Hand Me My Purse. is to tell the stories of people who don’t get heard often & an educated Black woman serving time in federal prison for a white collar crime is one of those stories. So sit back, relax and enjoy yourself as me and my new cousin, Amber dive into her story. I am so excited to share our conversation with my Friends & Kin!

The We Got To Do Better segment graced us with a quote from our Supreme Auntie, Shirley Chisholm (see what I did there? 👀 – if not, you ruined my joke!🙄). She said, ”Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.” ✊🏾💕

Also just so you know, the music for Hand Me My Purse. is provided by none other than West Baltimore’s own… Gloomy Tunez.

“GO WHERE YOU ARE LOVED. NOT WHERE YOU ARE TOLERATED…”

• MeMe’s Jam No. 59
• Toco Done Paid $20k To Become a DOG!
• THE BEEN DOWN PROJECT.
• FIND A THERAPIST.

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MeMe

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