CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR DIVERSITY: Examining Bias, Privilege and the colonial framework to reimagine Equality, Inclusivity and Equity for all Beings with Val Harvey

Our guest on SOUNDFOOD is the incredibly brilliant, strong, courageous, inspiring and multi-talented Valerie Harvey. Val is a Los Angeles-based makeup artist with an impressive roster of clients in her portfolio. She continues to follow her passion by cultivating beauty (inside and out!) with her clients and recently became a Cornell University Certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Instructor.  This month, Val will be launching a podcast, “On the Bias” about dissecting race within the beauty and fashion industry. In this episode, she so graciously creates a safe space where we discuss all things diversity, equity and inclusion.  She also shares about her life experience, including moving to the States from her birth place, Panama, growing up and then leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, breaking into a mostly white industry as a BIPOC as well as her different identities and textures as a Black and Latina woman. In this episode we open up a conscious dialogue around race, intersectionality, privilege and biases and how to actively deprogram our societal conditioning, systemic bias and the fear that polarizes communities. This episode was so powerful, we brought Val back on for a hands-on workshop on how to integrate some of this diversity training and awareness into our daily lives. Thank you for tuning in. If you are able to donate to SOUNDFOOD we would be so grateful for your support. Everything and anything you can give helps us continue to share these conversations with the world. Infinite gratitude!   CONNECT Valerie Harvey: IG  Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)   MENTIONED WORKSHOP: Creating a Safe Space: Talking About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Conscious City Guide Thirst Project Book: My Grandmother's Hands Rachel Cargyle Discover Our Glory Igbo Landing Mohawk Makeup Val Harvey on Instagram Val Makes Sense on Instagram On the Bias Podcast  To book Valerie for facilitating conversation on DEI:  lovejoy.beauty@yahoo.com   YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: EP. 84 • FINDING SANCTUARY WITHIN LUMINOSITY with Tracee Stanley  EP. 68 • BEAUTY IN TRUTH with Garance Doré  EP. 57 • SOLSTICE BLESSINGS with Nadine Artemis   NOURISH This podcast is made possible by your donations and the symbiotic support of our partners: Offer a donation to us here LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood (discount automatically applied) MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off clean, single-sourced plant protein products Mikunafoods.com LIVING TEA:  SOUNDFOOD for 15% off all tea nourishment livingtea.net  SUPERFEAST: enter CITRINE for 10% off our favorite tonic herbs + superfoods superfeast.com OSEA: enter CITRINE for 10% off oseamalibu.com sea-to-skin magic CHRISTY DAWN: 15NITSA for 15% off farm-to-closet  christydawn.com LAMBS: use code CITRINE for 10% off your EMF protective gear getlambs.com   P.S. We would be so grateful if you felt inspired to leave us a review on APPLE OR SPOTIFY!