Nia Hodge and Sherry Neil
Recorded
December 21, 2022
Archived
December 21, 2022
48:05 minutes
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Id:
oss000053
Description
Sherry Neil (49) and Nia Hodge (50) talk about the importance of community, conversations about mental health for Black women, and their hopes for Fresno in terms of equity.Subject Log / Time Code
SN talks about her choice to go to college close to home.
SN talks about what led her to Fresno.
NH talks about being a young mother and having 5 children, evolving and growing with them.
NH talks about her "servant's heart" and how that has impacted her life.
SN talks about her mother's influence, who was a teen mom.
NH talks about the influential aunts in her life, learned how to serve watching them.
NH and SN talk about the expectation to be "strong Black women", mental health.
NH talks about her daughter's death, and how that forced her to stop, reflect and turn toward her community.
NH talks about the role of social media in talking about Black mental health, especially for women.
SN talks about the importance of social responsibility.
NH talks about her political views and not identifying with any party.
SN talks about importance of equity in work that DRIVE is doing.
NH talks about her hopes for Fresno to heal from past traumas.
Participants
- Nia Hodge
- Sherry Neil