Word To Your Mama

What happens when artists, organizers, and community leaders gather to reflect on survival, resistance, joy, and the future of cultural work?

Ritzy P is joined by Evonne Gallardo and Colony Little for a conversation that spans years of shared dialogue, unpacking the evolving realities facing BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQIA+, and grassroots artists navigating political uncertainty, funding cuts, and the ongoing fight for community care.

Together, they explore how art functions as communication, dissent, healing, and liberation, moving from underground creative movements and artist residencies to sacred anger, accountability, systemic change, and the radical act of finding joy while building something sustainable.

This episode is a reminder: artists aren't separate from social transformation. They're often the ones imagining and modeling what comes next.

Topics include: arts funding cuts and their impact on marginalized communities, underground creative movements and grassroots organizing, art as dissent, healing, and liberation, sacred anger as generative creative energy, and accountability, community care, and sustainability for artists.

Resources and Mentions: QuiltCon: https://quiltcon.com/ Jupiter Magazine: https://jupitermagazine.com/ Self Help Graphics & Art: https://selfhelpgraphics.com/ MoMA Emerging Artists Program: https://www.moma.org/ Evonne Gallardo: https://evonnegallardo.com Culture Shock Art: https://www.instagram.com/culture_shock_art/ Apple TV's The Studio: https://tv.apple.com/ Black Panther: Power to the People Documentary: https://www.tressiemc.com/power-to-the-people

Connect: Evonne Gallardo: https://twitter.com/EvonneGallardo Colony Little: https://twitter.com/ColonyLittle


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The Nerd Out is Back with Lisa Jenkins and Ritzy P

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Movies, TV, Books, Ritzy’s REAL TALK AI 3 week virtual workshop. Use code NERDOUT for $100 off and how it was streaming live on purpose this time.

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Word To Your Mama – RELATIVES Episode | Ritzy + Nyysha

It’s been a minute, but the RELATIVES is back! In this episode, Ritzy Periwinkle and Nyysha reconnect for a convo full of laughs, real talk, and powerful moments of reflection.

In this episode:
• What’s bringing us joy right now in the midst of the chaos
• What Hillman Tok is and did Nyysha finish her African Herbalism 101 class.
• A milestone moment: Nyysha’s son (and Ritzy’s godson!) turns 30
• Ritzy shares the wild truth about discovering she’s been using the wrong legal name for 49 years. How did she even get a passport, license, or social security card?!

Relatives, a podcast within a podcast.  Relatives explores the  history of when a 1st generation Mexican girl and a Black girl meet in South Bay San Diego and become Relatives. We discuss Black and Brown unity, Hip Hop, overcoming trauma, crazy movie type moments navigating life and much more. Black and Brown Unity POR VIDA. New episodes monthly.

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This episode of Word To Your Mama was recorded in response to the collective trauma, grief, and anxiety many people are experiencing in this moment, particularly as policies, rhetoric, and decisions from the current U.S. administration are impacting families, communities, and children.

Ritzy P is joined by therapist and community healer Araceli Vidales to create space for processing what so many are feeling but struggling to name. Together, they explore how collective stress shows up in the nervous system, how children absorb fear and uncertainty from their environments, and why community care and ancestral wisdom are essential tools during times of instability.

The conversation examines generational trauma and generational wisdom, the role of culturally grounded therapy, and the importance of addressing mental health without gaslighting ourselves or our children. Araceli and Ritzy also discuss parenting through difficult conversations, breaking cycles of shame and silence, and finding grounding practices that support resilience rather than avoidance.

This episode is not about partisan debate. It is about mental health, emotional regulation, and community healing during a time of widespread uncertainty, and about offering listeners language, tools, and validation for what they are carrying.

Key Topics Covered

Collective trauma, grief, and anxiety

How political and social stress impacts the nervous system

Children’s mental health and emotional absorption

Ancestral knowledge as a grounding and therapeutic resource

Community healing alongside traditional therapy

Breaking generational cycles with intention and awareness

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Ritzy P has a convo with Brandi Andrews, a Black and Mexican beauty industry expert to explore the deeper layers of skincare, wellness, and representation. With twenty five years of experience, Brandi shares how her journey from a rural upbringing shaped her mission to advocate for melanated skin and build a beauty ecosystem that serves Black and Brown communities.

Brandi also introduces Youth Dealer, her skincare line created to support an inclusive, holistic, and culturally aware approach to beauty. Through the lens of Youth Dealer, she explains how skincare can become a sensory, healing, and empowering ritual for people who have often been overlooked by traditional beauty systems.

This conversation highlights the emotional and cultural realities within the beauty world. Brandi discusses the trauma carried in beauty and wellness spaces, the lack of representation in skincare education, and the importance of caring for the whole person rather than focusing only on the skin.

She also breaks down why intersectionality matters in skincare, how sensory experiences support grounding, and why investing in small businesses led by marginalized founders is essential for the future of the beauty industry.

Topics Covered:

Youth Dealer and community centered skincare

Holistic skincare and whole person wellness

Trauma in beauty and wellness spaces

Melanin centered education

Intersectionality in beauty

Representation and barriers in the skincare industry

Entrepreneurship and community investment

Creating safe and inclusive beauty environments

Building a beauty ecosystem for people of color

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