Salaahs Corner

Flipping the Senate with State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta

On this episode Farah and I had the pleasure of sitting down with State Rep of PA Malcolm Kenyatta. We learned so much about his background but also the fight he's hoping to win to represent Philadelphia and the entire state in the US Senate. You don…

Just A Girl with Jeanine Uqdah

We back with another episode. This week Farah and I are sitting down with school counselor and founder of Just A Girl, an organizations dedicated to uplifting women and girls while providing scholarships to better their education. Learn more about wh…

Hot Cop Summer

This week Farah and I discuss the summer trend. Cops murdering Black people. We often hear about the rise in violence in communities when it gets warmer. Yet, we don't discuss how that violence is often instigated and performed by those in uniform. W…

Criminalizing Women's Trauma

Today I have one of the best guests and interviews to date! Cynthia Alvarado is a formerly incarcerated women wrongfully convicted and spent over 10 years in prison. We sat down to hear her story and how the trauma of women is being severely inadequa…

Young Dems with Sarah Hansel

We are back with another episode. This one builds on last weeks as we sit down with President of Philly Young Democrats Sarah Hansel. We discuss how to get more young people motivated in politics, how she came to this line of work and the shared trau…

Millennials Taking Over

How do you get young people to care about civic engagement? Today I'm sitting with Jalen Nix, my cousin in law and committee member in Philadelphia. We talk about everything from what drove him to get involved and answering those questions about ener…

Reinvesting into Community - Young Chances

We are back with a fresh episode and with a new guests. Tyrique Glaskow is the founder of Young Chances Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting community. We talk about his journey to being a community leader and how the pandemic …

Navigating Prison Reform

We're back with a very important conversation for all my woke, criminal justice reformers and prison abolitionists. For those who come to the determination that the current status of our criminal justice system needs changing, it's difficult when you…

Should Black People Promote Capitalism?

The title is very straightforward but the conversation is very complicated. Black people rarely benefit from white American capitalism yet, sometimes we perpetuate the same system that's designed to oppress Black people. This conversation was very th…

Is Social Media The Problem?

Clubhouse is just the latest social media app that's all the craze. Anyone who knows me, knows my distaste for social media, particularly Facebook. However, are we really to blame for it's use or misuse? Or is there a deeper point to how it's turned …