I'm so Grateful its You

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep31) — I'm so Grateful its You

Hello Beautiful People, 

I’m Your Host Dreme. 

I’m a Black woman, an educator turned tech entrepreneur but still an educator. Building a platform called THE CHAIR is a Black and Brown centered tech platform dedicated to supporting people on their hair journey. You can design hairboards, connect to hair stylists, and share hair care tips all in one space for a more joyous and streamlined experience. I built THE CHAIR Podcast to highlight hair journeys. A reminder to keep creating magic. As people sit in THE CHAIR you will get more than just hair stories. You will be immersed into experiences surrounding education, entrepreneurship, and identity. I hope you enjoy listening to my stories and the stories of my guests as we sit in THE CHAIR. 

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep31) — I'm so Grateful its You

I had the beautiful opportunity of meeting Jha D many years back thanks to my cousin and her Mic Husband D. Ruff (the voice over in THE CHAIR commercial) and I have been a fan ever since from her poetry to her space creation abilities. Jha D is one of the architects who led in the creation of the "The Embrace" that sits on the Boston Commons. She is Living Black History. It was an absolute honor to have her on my podcast and it was a joy to hear her stories in the world of education, architecture, and identity. How many Black architects do you know?     

Her Bio: 

Jha D is a SpaceMaker. Through her work as a designer at MASS Design Group and artist within the Greater Boston area, she is dedicated to curating spaces of expanded narratives, opportunities for belonging and moments of deep joy. For the past two decades, she has organized events that unapologetically center the experiences of BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ artists. Her architectural work is focused on healing, radical truth telling and spatializing memory.

Jha D Spoken Word Poet, GBH Music: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yawOqYPSng0 

The poems extracted in the interview are from the link above go watch her entire performance. It is beautiful. 

Host & Exec Producer: Your Host Dreme
Editor: Lila Woodbridge
http://www.lilawoodbridge.com/
Music Creators: Your Host Dreme & Seoul (@xSeoulMusicx)

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Commercial Credits:
Visionary: Your Host Dreme
Animator: Ahmad Merhi
https://amerhifilm.com/film
Voice Actor: D. Ruff (@d_ruff3), The Poet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAH2cqo64U

My Book:
From Nowhere & Everywhere: Captured Emotions of a Beautifully Broken Love Story
My explorations through poetry, diary entries and photography as a Black woman, an educator in Guangzhou, China.
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Chapters

• 0:16 Introduction to Ms. Dreme, Your Host
• 1:55 Section 1: Jha D introduces herself and I FanGirl over how I incorporated her poetry into the classroom
• 6:50 Section 2: Jha D talks about how Architecture entered her world
• 11:11 THE CHAIR Platform Commercial
• 13:02 Jha D Simply Poetically Stated Poem
• 15:03 Section 3: Jha D explains why she stuck with Architecture and how it interacts with our daily lives
• 23:57 My Book Commercial: From Nowhere & Everywhere: Captured Emotions of a Beautifully Broken Love Story
• 24:34 Jha D Swimmers Poem
• 26:06 Section 4: Dreme & the rug in a 6th grade Classroom
• 27:40 Section 5: Jha talks about being apart of the team working on "The Embrace" with Hank Willis Thomas in the Boston Common
• 32:15 Section 6: Separating Architecture & Poetry
• 36:11 Outro with Your Host, Ms. Dreme