The Sugar Jar Podcast - A Chat with Jon Rivera on Allyship, Activism, and Self-Discovery

In this episode I chat with Jon about allyship in activism, discovering your identity as a non-black POC, and more.   Jon Rivera - "The day that George Floyd was murdered by the police officer and just feeling like this is insane that this keeps happening, honestly, not that I was shocked because I think there are policies in place that allow this to happen. So, it's going to keep happening until the institutions and policies, honestly, not only reformed but completely change."   Timestamps:   02.15 - The alarming amount of racism in Jon’s college experience 07.46 - This is a podcast that is geared towards the importance of all healing 09.53 - Is there potential for support within your friendship groups? 13.34 - The difficulty of “Politics” and being surrounded by racist Dominicans 17.52 - How hard it can be trying to determine where you fit within your own race 22.42 - Jon talks of experiences at a Black Lives Matter protest 27.18 - Protests are amazing but is there a next step and what does that look like? 32.48 - How has all of this impacted how you see your future?   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)     Connect with   Follow Jon on Instagram. 
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