Nurah Speaks

Sellout is a term often tossed about to neutralize the adoration of someone who has made significant achievements in life. Our low expectations and limiting beliefs are causing us to be traitors to our own promise! •What about those from among us who are recruiting our children to illicit lifestyles for personal profit? •What about entertainers getting rich promoting killing and drug abuse? •What about those influential adults who enable the delinquency of our youth and interrupt their promise? Let's rethink what we hear and give definition to the word, "sellout!" If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be t

Chabree Muhammad is back on the podcast sharing her perspectives on educating the Black child. Hers is a perspective not heard in the mainstream so this is a great opportunity to introduce an unorthodox voice. Chabree understands the science of education and why conventional education misses the mark with our children. As you listen to this episode, have a pen and pad nearby to take notes and re-listen to this once or twice for anything you might have missed. And please, be sure to share this episode with anyone you know involved in the development of our children. The gems Chabree shares in this discussion are impactful and her ideas are universally applicable in any arena our children enter. To learn more about Your Educational Consultants and Services, Inc. visit yecservices.com. You can contact Chabree Muhammad by calling 856-966-1722 or by emailing her at chabree@yecservices.com. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  L

We are so frequently accosted in these ‘living while black’ incidents wherein someone calls the police on us as we engage in normal, non-criminal activities in our own communities, sometimes in our own homes. And nearly as often during these incidents, the accused begins explaining his occupation, salary or education as a means to suggest why the accusation is a complete implausibility. But I say, “We have to stop explaining ourselves!” Neither our income, our educational attainments, the cars we drive, nor the size of our homes should dictate the level of respect to which we are entitled. We are qualified for respect by our very personhood, by the breadth of life within our bodies. And if someone chooses to respect us based on some false qualifier such as our degree, membership or salary-they are in fact not respecting us at all. And neither are we in having such an expectation. I am passionate about this issue as listeners will hear in this episode. We cannot continue to waste time and energy pleadi

With unchecked vanity, leaders or would-be leaders may appear bullying, arrogant, selfish and insecure. Too much is required of a good leader to allow pride to interrupt progress. A remedy for vanity ‘gone wild’ may include being reminded of the bigger picture, getting attuned to the needs of others and being grateful for the opportunity to serve. Being in the mind of the greater good can alleviate the stumbling block of conceit. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

This week’s guest is Vallrie Dorsey an attorney, entrepreneur and a newly minted host of the podcast, ‘When We Get Out.’ Vall’s podcast will discuss the challenges facing our second chancers as they re-enter society, search for employment, re-connect with friends and family and more. The podcast will feature ex-offenders, advocates, attorneys, judges and the family of ex-offenders. Vall’s extensive knowledge and interest in this area stems from her experience as a criminal defense attorney, a juvenile prosecutor and the partner of an ex-offender. ‘When We Get Out’ launches this month so be sure to follow Vall on Instagram @whenweget.out and @valldorsey. You can also connect with Vall at www.valldorsey.com to learn more about her professional coaching services. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Foll

This episode will help listeners navigate their career, social and familial circles by identifying into which categories those around us fit. ‘Friends, Foes and Phonies’ highlights the features of each of these people and explains why knowing them is a protection for us. How do you deal with foes and phonies? Have you learned that someone you thought was a friend actually is a foe or phony? I am curious about your experiences. You can share with me by emailing me at Nurah@NurahSpeaks.com. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

Without order, there is chaos. And our diminished self consciousness and self control has damaging impacts on our community. If we do not restore restraint and discipline to our language and behavior, how can we grow? How can our families be successful? And how will our communities improve? If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

I am excited to welcome Kimme Carlos to the podcast. Kimme is the Founder and Executive Director of the Urban Mental Health Alliance: Advocating for Healthy Minds in Urban Communities. She is a a certified instructor for Mental Health First Aid and author of the published book The Window of Grace: Living in Recovery through Christian Faith. I asked Kimme to be a guest on Nurah Speaks to discuss her work with the Urban Mental Health Alliance because she understands how to have a conversation about mental health in a culturally credible way. She also recognizes the intersection of social injustice and mental health concerns. As a listener, I guarantee you will come to understand mental health in a way that you hadn’t before. Kimme is a consultant, speaker and facilitator of programs on mental health, addiction & recovery and wellness & self-care. She has received numerous awards for her nonprofit and volunteer work. Follow Kimme on Facebook @KimmeCarlos, on IG @KimmeCarlos and visit her websit

We treat our ‘smart’ devices in many ways as a retreat from the world around us. But what happens when we spend more time distracted in our escape than we do our reality? In episode 89, I share five key areas of our lives affected when we are distracted by our smart devices. What has been your experiences? I look forward to your feedback and observations. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

There is no joy without gratitude! This episode was recorded while I watched the sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean. In moments like these gratitude can come easy. But are we grateful even in life’s mundane or even challenging moments? This episode is a reminder to us all to be grateful in all of the moments. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

Mother is the first teacher, doctor, nurse…mother in many ways is a child’s first god. That is why the saying goes, “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.” I read an article recently in which a woman discussed having hired a wife which resulted in her legal career flourishing. By her own admission, she could not be a great attorney and a great mother at the same time. So she enlisted a part time caregiver for her children wherein she was no longer boggled down with the minutia of motherhood. School pickups, extra curricular activities, dinner, clothes shopping-she was free from these and other “time sapping chores” (her words not mine) because she had a proxy in her place to perform these tasks. This episode is not an attack on the article’s author but it is a defense of motherhood and the need children have of mothers. Society has declined so much that we terribly devalue both. However, motherhood is a not a trivial responsibility that we can hire out without there being collateral imp

Many corners of America are reluctantly acknowledging the 400 year anniversary in which the first slaves were brought to the New World colonies in 1619. But very few historians will concede that the actual import of the first slaves to North America by Sir John Hawkins occurred in 1555. This episode explores the true history and why the 64 Hidden Years were ever concealed from conventional knowledge. Revisionist historians have whitewashed American slavery as an unfortunate moral misstep in American history when it was something far greater with further reaching consequences than we can begin to imagine. You can read more on this subject by clicking this link: http://nurahmuhammad.com/blog/1619-and-the-64-hidden-years If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on

There is a destructive trend in our community that prevents us from celebrating the good that comes to our brothers and sisters. Think about it! Have you ever payed to attention to the ways in which we diminish the shine coming to those among us who are successful? “He always gets lucky but that so and so ain’t...” “She sold out, that’s how she got in office.” You’ve witnessed this hardship that we heap on our peers who 'make it.' Our efforts to explain away their success is a weak attempt to negate their achievements despite their sacrifice, effort, study and expertise. Jealousy and self hatred are bitter diseases that we must get under control lest they eat away at the fabric of our families, communities and our own personal well being. What has been your experience? Have you been on the receiving end of this treatment or have you in fact been the one laden with feelings of jealousy yourself? How did you handle it? If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listen

“You better wake up and smell the real flavor/Cause 911 is a fake life saver!” If you remember the classic Public Enemy hit song, “911 Is A Joke” then you remember this line. This is the song that came to mind when I overheard a conversation about religion and our youth’s rejection of it. I do not actually think that religion is a joke-I am being facetious with the title of this episode. But I do think that our young people see it that way. I’ve often heard older folks lamenting about our young people, “They won’t come to the church” “What’s wrong with them” or “This is a lost generation!” I’d suggest that our young people are in fact a reflection of the generation that produced them and if they don’t see any value in religion, it is because we have not shown them the value of religion. Scripture teaches us that, ‘Faith without works is dead.” I also say, “Talk without works is dead” and if our young people hear our talk but don’t see the rewards in our practice we won’t keep their attention. If

“I found it dehumanizing that there’s some segment of white America that still see us as N’s no matter how much money we make, no matter where we live. So to me, it was a wake up call that the good ol' boy network still exists.” This was the comment from Jerrick Jackson, a Black patron at J. Alexander’s in Bloomfield, Michigan who claims he was discriminated against in the restaurant. He also says that he was called the n-word and had food thrown at him when he came to the aid of another black patron who was also confronting apparent discrimination at the same time in a separate incident. Mr. Jackson says this experience was for him, a ‘wake up call.’ In 2019, if we are still asleep to the challenges of equity and justice than we have a much deeper problem than the one he had in the restaurant. Read more in my blog: https://nurahmuhammad.com/blog/managing-expectations-in-400-years-of-domestic-violence If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@Nu

Yosef Ben Asiel is the host of the ‘Know Thy Self Radio' podcast and is this week’s guest on Nurah Speaks. Yosef, who hails from Chicago, has an interesting background. His late mother was a student and follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his father is Prince Asiel Ben Israel, the International Ambassador of the Hebrew Israelites. His exposure to both the Hebrew Israelites and the Nation of Islam - plus the moral and spiritual contributions of both parents - has uniquely positioned him to challenge the social conditions impacting young blacks in this nation and abroad. Yosef has made it his personal mission to use the knowledge and talents he’s gained to uplift his community. His podcast 'Know Thy Self Radio' is based on the teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Inspired by his late mentor Munir Muhammad and the Coalition for Remembrance of Elijah Muhammad (CROE), he dedicates the podcast to be an extension of the Munir Muhammad Show, to combat lies and deception which have been

This week’s episode of Nurah Speaks is a special tribute replay in honor of the recently departed Munir Muhammad. Brother Munir was the business manager and co-founder of CROE (Coalition for the Remembrance of Elijah Muhammad). He is also known to be the chief archivist and historian of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. This interview was recorded on December 9, 2017 during a film showing of the movie ‘The Nation’, written and directed by Junie Smith. In this interview Brother Munir explains: •how Elijah Muhammad impacted him personally •why time dictated the establishment of CROE •why Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam is misunderstood by many I feel it is important to note the significant impact of the work of Brother Munir. He was a man who single handedly performed the work of many men. He was an archivist, a journalist, an investigative reporter, a facilitator, a radio host, a television host, a leading media figure, a husband, a father, a successful businessman and so m

In order for us to prevent child abuse, we must recognize the antecedents and take proactive measures to protect our children. This episode shares seven proactive measures we can take to safeguard our children and guard the wellbeing of our communities. If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com.  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link. Follow Nurah Speaks @NurahSpeaksPodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email info@NurahSpeaks.com Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!

This episode is the conclusion of my conversation with Denise Poole, Founder and CEO of Heart 2 Heart Services. If you did not listen to the first part of our conversation, I advise you to go back and listen to episode 79. Be advised that this conversation may be triggering for some. Heart 2 Heart is a nonprofit agency providing education on Sex Trafficking in the United States as well as outreach and support services for survivors. Learn more about Heart 2 Heart Services by visiting https://www.heart2heartservices.net/ and follow Heart 2 Heart Services on social media: https://www.facebook.com/heart2heartservices/, https://www.instagram.com/heart2heartservices You can contact Heart 2 Heart Services by email heart2heartsvcs@gmail.com or calling (856) 352-5424. If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, call now: National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1 (888) 373-7888 If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com

Denise R. Poole is an International Speaker, Author, Therapist, Workshop Presenter, and Founder/CEO of Heart 2 Heart Services, Inc. With experiences that span more than twenty years, Denise is considered an expert in the field of social services and child and youth development. Denise established Heart 2 Heart Services, Inc. with a mission to educate and provide outreach to services linked with providing a safe home for youth who are victims of human trafficking. (scroll down for Denise’s full bio) Did you know that New Jersey ranks as the 13th state in the nation with calls regarding child sex trafficking? Did you know that sex trafficking was the 2nd largest criminal enterprise in the nation? Denise shares these stats and other important information in this episode of the Nurah Speaks that most of us do not know about Sex Trafficking in the United States. •••Disclaimer this episode may be triggering for some!). This episode is Part I of II. Learn more about Heart 2 Heart Services by visiting htt