June 4, 2024 • 25 mins
Can you imagine finding joy and community during a global pandemic? Learn about the Melanated Jump Squad, a heartwarming initiative that brought people together through the art of double dutch jump rope. Born from a serendipitous meeting at a Black Girls Jump event in Compton, this inspiring group was founded on the desire to escape the confines of pandemic life and rediscover joy and movement. Meet key members Courtney and Serena as they share their personal motivations and the pivotal moment that ignited their passion for this beloved activity. Discover how this dynamic duo turned a simple idea into a movement that empowers children and adults in inner cities.
Host KC Carnage (@iamkccarnage), Courtney (@justcourtneyt) and Serena (@queen_serena)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I had to learn how to bunny hop.
Right, I had to learn how tobunny hop and then you got the
what was it?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
the typewriter.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
That's what they call it.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yeah, my mom used to call it that, the typewriter,
and then I remember when I firstlearned how to jump in from
inside.
Already, that's it, that's all.
That's it, that's all.
Black excellence at its finest.
How that skin glows.
(00:27):
She's a true diamond, with theworld right out back.
She's still smiling, never leftthat crown till she stays
thriving.
That's it, that's all.
That's it.
That's all.
That's it.
That's all, that's it, that'sall.
Is that really it, though?
(00:55):
What up, what up, what up?
Welcome to.
That's it.
That's it, that's all.
That's it, that's all.
Is that really it, though?
I guess came upon on Facebookand ended up getting to do
something with them.
We have the Melanated JumpSquad.
Hey, tell them your names,ladies.
I know you.
They don't know you.
I'm Courtney, I'm Serena.
Okay, hey y'all.
(01:15):
So let me give you guys alittle bit about the
organization.
They started in January of 2021.
Melanated Jump Squad is anoutlet for communities that they
serve.
They want to empower movementcombined with fun and allows us
to be mentally, emotionally andphysically well.
They strive to provide fun andmemorable double dutch jumping
(01:36):
rope.
You know atmosphere, so doubledutch is one of my favorite
things to do as even a young kid, and I was going over the
information that you guys sentme and I thought it was a very
funny story that you guys usedto grab the cables from the
cable course.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
That's all we jump with, so give us a little
background.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
What made you guys start the organization?
I know a little bit that youguys started after pandemic, but
yes, yeah, dive into it.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Okay.
So it all kind of snowballedfrom an event that was held in
Compton at the Compton airportby an organization called Black
Girls Jump, and so I was on Ithink it was meetup or one of
those random sites where youjust kind of look for something
to do in the city and I found it, and I didn't have anybody to
(02:25):
go with me, except for my son atthe time who was about who.
He had to be at least three,four at that time, and so I said
you know what you're going, Idon't care.
Mommy got to jump, and becausethat was the first time I saw
Double Dutch and over a decadefor sure, that was the first
time I saw Double Dutch in overa decade for sure and so it was
(02:46):
a great, great experience.
Black Girls Jump, I think theyheld from Chicago, and so at
that event I got my first pairof ropes, the founder.
I didn't know she was thefounder at that time, but I was
complimenting her on the ropesthat we were using during they
had like a contest towards theend of the event, and that's
when Sherelle and I teamed up.
(03:06):
It was myself, sherelle, and whoI found out to be a rapper.
I think her name is Dynasty.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Don't quote me on that.
I believe it's Dynasty.
And so we kind of rocked outfor that day and I complimented
the founder on the ropes and shewas like, oh, you like them?
You can have them and I'm likewhat mind you?
They're selling ropes at theevent and these were like not
the same type of ropes.
What kind of rope was it?
It was like a telephone cord.
It kind of resembled that.
(03:34):
Okay, there wasn't much so thatwas.
I was like, oh, I like these,you know.
I'm like, where did you getthem?
I'm like inquiring about them.
And so she just handed them tome and so so I sat on them for a
few years.
I ended up having a baby duringthe pandemic and I watched
Sherelle from a distance andabout the end of 2020, I said,
(03:56):
you know what girl I got to getoutside.
I have to get outside afterbeing pregnant, going through a
pandemic, homeschooling mytoddler.
I was going stir crazy, and soI just reached out to her
because I said two thirds, youknow, it shouldn't be hard to
find a third.
And so I proposed the idea thatmaybe we can go to Leimert Park
, because I'm from LA and that'sthe mecca for Afrocentric art
(04:24):
and expression, and so I justfigured that if we go there, you
know it's already a villageatmosphere There- might be
people that might want to joinExactly.
So I'm like we'll just go outthere and start turning, you
know, and see what we attract.
And lo and behold, here we are.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Years later.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So, Serena, are you a member of the squad?
I'm a member of the squad.
I'm a member of the squad now.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Thankfully somebody connected us.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Shout out to her.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, I came in contact with her through someone
else, a mutual friend of ours,who knew that she needed an
extra person for an event, andshe also knew that I like to
jump double dutch.
I used to jump with anothercrew in the Merc Park years ago.
So she connected us and I cameto that event and I've just been
(05:15):
connected ever since we clickedright off the bat.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
I mean, how can you not click?
I'm just saying that's right,that's true, you'd be surprised.
Yes.
Other than the love of jumpingrope.
One of the other things that Ithink I found very admirable is
that you guys do a lot ofcommunity events especially in
the inner cities and stuff likethat.
Let's talk about that.
(05:40):
What is the goal behind that?
Are you reaching youngerchildren as an adult thing, or
how does that work?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
we go ahead go ahead.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I was gonna say, um, as far as like community work,
yes, we do like to reach theyounger children, but then also
bring adults into it too,because we like to have fun
right.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Let's not forget that we like to play too.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
It's good to have that nostalgic memory.
Like Double Dutch.
Everybody comes up like, oh, Ihaven't done that in forever.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
They get in the ropes .
Didn't it disappear for asecond?
Was it just me?
I feel like it was everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You couldn't go and walk down a corner and people
wasn't Double.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Dutch, all of a sudden I looked up, nobody was
Double dutching.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
You know what it was.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Now you got some single rope jumpers.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah, performative.
That's cool, but yeah, so yeah,I actually correlate that with,
like the dawn of the internet,If you think of.
I can remember very distinctlyfrom, you know, my homegirls
kind of coming up.
I had a few homegirls that Igrew up with on my block and
that's actually where I learnedto jump, and one family in
(06:50):
particular had, like that,computer had AOL had the whole
setup and so we were insideexploring the new you know what
I mean, the newness of theInternet and nobody was playing
outside anymore, and that's kindof like my distinct memory.
No, I remember that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I kind of remember that too.
So my niece, she was born in2000, right, 2000.
It got to a point I was justlike don't you go outside?
And play Like because like Imean I grew up in.
I was like I remember theinternet coming out.
I remember, you know, having tobe home to call somebody.
There was no phone and a beepercame out and you would hope you
(07:29):
had a quarter or a dime to makethat call.
And then so, like I do, I thinkthat like playing outside and
like instilling that motionBecause kids were fit, like
racing.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
You remember running over racing.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You'd be running up and down the street all day long
Down the street Playing tag orracing down the street playing
tag on your bike, jumping ropeon your bike and then, all of a
sudden, there was no kids on thestreets, all the things, all
the things.
So I think, that's a beautifulthing and I think that, like
instilling, like motion and, youknow, exercising, but also what
I noticed, that it was a lot ofbeautiful things that came out
of the pandemic people juststarted creating all kind of
(08:04):
things.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
For sure, people got really creative really creative.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You have all these uh , these videos cooking people
starting a lot of cooking, yeah,um, so how?
Many events have you guys doneso far?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
oh, that's a good question.
I haven't really kept count, tobe honest.
Um, what would you say?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I have no idea.
I would have to like look at alist.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I would say anywhere between like 75 to 100 oh nice,
do you guys do any competitions?
Not yet.
I can't word yet, so next timeI pop through.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I'm gonna pop through .
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I just made some connections on the west coast
and that's all I'm going to say.
Okay, so you know we're goingto be cooking.
So is it going to be like?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Okay.
So okay, so we're cooking right, so like is it going to be like
in your idea?
It's for boys and girls, menand women.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
You know, I'm a mother of two boys, and that's
very important to me becausewhen you think about it you know
boxers jump and a lot of otherathletes jump, and so I just
want to kind of encompass all ofthat.
So, all genders, you know whatI mean, all ages, and even I
like to potentially include,like people with disabilities,
(09:31):
or quote unquote, disabilities.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
So yeah, I want to make it all inclusive as much as
possible, that's what's up.
That's what's up.
Okay, so give me your favoritemoments.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Oh man In the Melanated.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Jump.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Squad.
My favorite moment is alwayspersonally with the children
that can't jump.
And then they learn how to jumpand then they can't stop
jumping.
But at first they were like Ican't do it, I can't do it.
And then they get it, and thenthey love it and then they don't
want to stop.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I'm going to finish what I was about to say.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
But they love it and that's my favorite moment just
to see the joy in their faceswhen they've learned and
experienced that they can dodouble judge.
And then you know that I'llstay with them forever because
that's how we learned and now wecan pick it up as adults,
anywhere you know, like riding abike.
For sure, it's a good moment,for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
I will say moment for sure.
I would say I have a few.
Okay, tell us.
Okay.
Here I would have to say Ithink the event where we met
yeah, that was a pretty dopeexperience.
Um, it was a large event put onby the getty center and they had
like pop-up uh museumexhibitions throughout la county
and so we were included in theone that was, uh, hosted at
crenshaw or for the Crenshawarea, and so that was a pretty
big big deal for me.
You know what I mean, so thatwas really cool.
(10:51):
I would have to say PrivateSchool Village.
That's a pretty big organizationand they have shown a light on
us that, I feel like, has justlike kept getting brighter, has
just like kept getting brighter,and so every time that we kind
of encountered their village,it's really dope to kind of like
see the kids that we'vementored or just you know we're.
(11:12):
We're getting to see them growyou know what I mean as we grow.
So that's pretty cool.
And then I think this is prettydope Like this is my first
experience at a podcast orwhatever, and so this is just
like making history.
You know podcast or whatever,and so this is just like making
history.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
You know what I mean For our organization.
I think it cause I had a, so II'm gonna show y'all the video.
People in YouTube, I have raninto them, or I'm in Leimert
park you know, their, their hub.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Um I was shopping.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I had like I was shopping.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
I was shopping.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I was like ooh, black on business, black on business
you know, whatever.
And I remember before I saw youguys there.
I remember seeing y'all onlinebecause I like double dutch.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Like.
I like double dutch, I likeskating, so I follow mostly all
the jump pages, all the skatingpages right.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
So I saw you guys and I'm going to post it y'all I'm
going to post the video of mejumping and I did good, and that
was the first time I jumped andyou were wearing a dress, yeah,
and I hadn't jumped, I wouldhave said what am I 35?
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I want to say, I don't think I've jumped in 20
years before that day, not likedouble dutch not.
I mean, I don't know forexercise, but like double dutch
so I was just like I felt like akid.
I felt like a kid, it was somuch fun.
So, like, how, um, is yourorganization typically funded?
Like, do you I felt like a kid,it was so much fun.
So, like, how is yourorganization typically funded?
Like, do you guys, like, dolike community service events?
I mean fundraising events.
Or like, do you guys havesponsors?
(12:35):
Because, look, let me tell you,we're going to talk to the
people.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
We working on that, we got to fund our community.
Whoever will want to sponsor usor donate.
You know we're very much opento that.
It's very much grassroots.
At this point we're kind ofself-funded.
I am working on getting all mypaperwork in order.
I have established this as a501c3 nonprofit but there's some
(13:02):
fine tuning I need to do.
I kind of was doing most of thelegwork on my own, so it's a
learning process for me at thispoint.
But she's actually my treasurer, so you know what I mean and
we're just trying to like go forthe gusto.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Talk to them.
They looking for people you gotto support each other, all
donations, all assistanceMelanated Jump Squad on pretty
much all platforms Cash App.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
you know what I mean Instagram, facebook however you
want to reach out so, alright,so what we were talking about.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So you talked about how you guys double dutched as
kids, right?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
oh, let me tell you what I was going to tell you
about the kids before I forgetyou said, my kids are scared.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, we scared.
You remember getting poppedwith?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
the ropes, yeah, yeah .
I will never forget, though,getting your first lit with the
cable is probably worse thanyour mama beating your butt.
It is because you get that whipon you but see, that's how you
learn how to pick up your feet,right?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
True, and it was a thing, it was a cultural thing,
right?
You wait for the cable man andwait for the cable man.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
And I'm just a cable man.
Can I get some rope?
Speaker 2 (14:08):
And they would be so quick to cut us this rope, oh
wow.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I didn't even know what a rope came from.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Did you ever go to?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
the cable man.
No, we used the actualtelephone cords.
You know how you plug them inthe wall, oh yeah, in the house.
So the long ones, yeah, and cutthem.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
It was the cable guys , the P-S-E-N-G, that's jerseys,
oh wow, p-s-e-n-g.
And when they would come aroundin the trucks they would be
fixing the wire and they'd haveit on the truck.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
And it'd be like this , that's love.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
I don't think they would do it now, but back in the
90s they was cutting rope forus.
I think about it.
That's how none of them gotfired For missing inventory or
supporting a local double dutchcrew.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Keeping the kids off the streets.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
So what is your approach To teaching one how to
double dutch If they do not knowhow?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I think First is just kind of like to teaching one
how to double dutch if they donot know how.
I think first is just kind oflike instilling the confidence
because, like you said, there islike a natural fear.
There's two ropes turningsimultaneously and you're kind
of like whoa, like what's goingon?
How do I even start?
And so even if we have to breakit down to maybe just a single
rope, just to kind of get themin the groove and get that beat
(15:28):
going, you know what I mean?
It's all Really.
So I think that's the firststep is like just building the
confidence, kind of giving thema tutorial outside of the ropes,
or maybe just giving them anexample of what it actually
looks like in real time and thenbreaking it down slowly from
there.
So there's differentmethodologies that I feel like
(15:48):
we use.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Yeah, and then once they get in the rope, like once
they get the rhythm and get inthe rope, then I think it's best
to start with like two feet,like bunny hopping double time
so.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
But you know what's funny?
When I was learning bunnyhopping was hardest yeah, it was
harder for me, you think so itwas harder for me.
I don't know why it was harderfor me, but it was something
about, maybe, the way my brainworked.
It was like if I'm jumpingsingle rope, then I can do one.
But if I'm doing I it's just Idon't know.
I mean, I know how to do it now.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Yeah, I don't think I learned bunny hopping either,
though, because I had to learnhow to bunny hop.
Right, I had to learn how tobunny hop, yeah, and then you
got the right there, and then Iremember when I first learned
how to jump in from insidealready.
Like in front of the personthat's turning around.
(16:40):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
I didn't learn that until I got grown.
No, I learned that it took awhile.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
It was definitely one of those tricks.
You took a couple tries andonce you got it, but that was
very distinctive.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
On a good turner yes, Because, let me tell you
something, turning is notcreated equally and it's like
spades right If you can't play.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
You can't turn Because it's lazy turners Like I
can't jump properly.
If you're not turning properly,it don't even work.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Or people that turn it off.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
beat that was the one Listen, turn and double.
No shade, you know what I'msaying.
But yeah, that's I mean, it'severything.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Well, I mean that's something to think about when
you, in these competitions, whothe strongest turn is, who got
the arms and who can turn goodtogether, because some people
can turn, but then maybe theydon't turn good with another
person Right.
See, I couldn't do.
You know, like the lopsided one, like the short one, it was a
tall person Like y'all can'tturn to it.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
It don't work.
It don't work.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It don't work.
Look at the arch Like we flyover here.
We're over there.
No, it's aerodynamics.
For real Like if that have youguys?
Have you all seen like adifference in how, like the
(18:02):
squad has affected people,especially in your community?
Like that's a big thing beingable to give back to your
community and you know somethingdifferent?
Like just to say, hey, comeexercise, come play.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
You use the word play yeah, and I think that's
important.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
So like how has that been for you?
Like being being that, you'relike I guess you said you were
grassroots like up and coming inthe community as becoming a
staple, because I see peoplepost you guys all the time.
That's love.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
I love that because there's so much going on that
I'm like I don't even know howpeople find us these days.
But I love that they're.
You know we're popping upeverywhere, but I guess I would
just say it's really humblingand it's a beautiful thing to
see, like mothers and theirchildren being able to jump,
like women that are usuallywithin our age range, that have
(18:50):
the same memories that we had orexperiences, and their kids
know nothing about it, and soit's a way for, you know, to
kind of bridge that gap.
You know it brings joy it justbrings them closer.
So I think that's been thebiggest thing that I've seen in
terms of like community, um, andlet me not forget to shout out
queen amina, because she was theone that gave us our first
space to actually jump right infront of her shop that's in
(19:13):
lemur park.
So that was during the pandemic, when the streets were kind of
closed off and everything wasjust very, you know, um space
down yeah, like a ghost town andshe, without any hesitation,
like showed us so much love,didn't like charge us, you know
what I mean, did she?
jump, she jumped, she jumped.
(19:33):
So just when you say community,that's like evident, of like we
probably would never have evengotten this far had it not been
for that seed that was planted.
You know what I mean.
So just those things kind ofcome to mind.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Yeah, Well, that's amazing.
I mean, I feel it with thisshow.
For me, it was very importantto highlight the things that are
going around, not only in theworld for black women, black
people, black communities.
It's so nice to see that peopleare going out their way for the
(20:08):
betterment of our people.
Whatever form whatever shapethat they decide to choose.
I think Double Dutch is amazingto even have been brought to
the table, because for a whileit's almost a forgotten art.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
It is right, but it really is an art.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
It is, it's an art form, and it's not the easiest
thing to do, but once you get itit's very addicting.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
You got it and it's fun, you don't?
Speaker 3 (20:35):
want to's fun.
It's intense, it's a workout,but I also kind of like to
highlight that it's a sport andI don't know if many people know
, but it's actually going to bein the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
So get your feet ready get your feet ready.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
But yeah, it's serious.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
But it also reminds me.
It also brings me back to amemory like drill teams, oh, man
oh competition.
Like where did they go Diamond?
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Oh, I was so bad, I couldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
They wouldn't let me on.
I tried so bad.
It was two.
It was the hollow cadets, andthere't let me on.
I tried so bad, there was two.
There was two.
It was what was in my job, itwas the hollow cadets.
And there was what was theother one, and it was a big one.
The other one was a big one too.
Anyway, people by Jersey, don'tget me, I forgot Put it in the
comments, but like it's back andrealize, like because it does
(21:32):
bring you back, because youforget about them yeah, like you
don't see it, if you don't seeit, you forget about it, and I
think that also, too, is acultural tradition, most
definitely, like people have tounderstand, like for those that
don't know what double dutch isor what double dutch means to
the culture, it is a bigcultural thing.
Um, that we would go outside,we would our friends got your
rope behind your back.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
We at the park.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
We on the basketball court.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Yes, yes, it's a real cultural thing To the
streetlights came on To.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
The streetlights came on, and sometimes after and
sometimes after.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Yes, First, it was summertime, and the summer it
was hot outside.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yes, we out there till nine o'clock.
Yes, it was that, and the poolpool Be out there too long Water
fights.
Is there anything?
You guys want to say or amessage you guys want to send.
I love to end my shows with amessage to either the viewers,
to your younger self, or justpeople out in general.
(22:28):
If you had a message to giveabout your organization and how
you want to bring it to theworld, what would you say to
them?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
I think our mission kind of states, you know, the
majority of what I I try toconvey through the art, Um, and
it's just really highlighting,like, the mental, physical and
emotional wellbeing you knowwhat I mean we go through so
much in our day-to-day lives.
It's actually interesting somuch in our day-to-day lives.
(22:57):
It's actually interesting, Um,when we first were supposed to
shoot um, between the time fromthen till now I had some mental
health issues that I was dealingwith and so it gave me that
time to kind of get that mentalclarity, um, and kind of refocus
on my purpose, Um.
So I think that's like thebiggest thing for me and just
remembering what brings you joy,you know whatever that is, you
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know whatever form of expressionthat you feel is necessary for
you Do that.
You know what I mean and, yeah,I think that's that's pretty
much it for me.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, and I would say , like the message would be to
have fun and enjoy your timehere.
We only have this life, and so,yeah, yeah, enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Well, I want to say thank you, ladies, for coming on
the show.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Thank you for having us Of course, of course, and
y'all, and if y'all have anyquestions, you guys want to get
in contact with the MelanatedJump Squad.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I truly truly suggest go follow them.
Please tell them where they canfind you guys.
We're pretty popular onInstagram these days.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
So I hear, and our.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Instagram handle would be Melanated Jump Squad,
that's M-E-L-A N-A-T-E-D JumpSquad.
We're also on Facebook.
We have a website which isMelanatedJScom, and, yeah,
that's pretty much it okay.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
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Please like, subscribe, share.
If you have any questions forthese ladies or you want to know
how to find these ladies, youcan come to Desert, that's All.
Or you can go to Melanated JumpSquad and you know, we'll get
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I had to learn how to bunny hop.
Right, I had to learn how tobunny hop and then you got the
what was it?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
the typewriter.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
That's what they call it.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yeah, my mom used to call it that, the typewriter,
and then I remember when I firstlearned how to jump in from
inside.
Already, that's it, that's all.
That's it, that's all.
Black excellence at its finest.
How that skin glows.
(00:27):
She's a true diamond, with theworld right out back.
She's still smiling, never leftthat crown till she stays
thriving.
That's it, that's all.
That's it.
That's all.
That's it.
That's all, that's it, that'sall.
Is that really it, though?
(00:55):
What up, what up, what up?
Welcome to.
That's it.
That's it, that's all.
That's it, that's all.
Is that really it, though?
I guess came upon on Facebookand ended up getting to do
something with them.
We have the Melanated JumpSquad.
Hey, tell them your names,ladies.
I know you.
They don't know you.
I'm Courtney, I'm Serena.
Okay, hey y'all.
(01:15):
So let me give you guys alittle bit about the
organization.
They started in January of 2021.
Melanated Jump Squad is anoutlet for communities that they
serve.
They want to empower movementcombined with fun and allows us
to be mentally, emotionally andphysically well.
They strive to provide fun andmemorable double dutch jumping
(01:36):
rope.
You know atmosphere, so doubledutch is one of my favorite
things to do as even a young kid, and I was going over the
information that you guys sentme and I thought it was a very
funny story that you guys usedto grab the cables from the
cable course.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
That's all we jump with, so give us a little
background.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
What made you guys start the organization?
I know a little bit that youguys started after pandemic, but
yes, yeah, dive into it.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Okay.
So it all kind of snowballedfrom an event that was held in
Compton at the Compton airportby an organization called Black
Girls Jump, and so I was on Ithink it was meetup or one of
those random sites where youjust kind of look for something
to do in the city and I found it, and I didn't have anybody to
(02:25):
go with me, except for my son atthe time who was about who.
He had to be at least three,four at that time, and so I said
you know what you're going, Idon't care.
Mommy got to jump, and becausethat was the first time I saw
Double Dutch and over a decadefor sure, that was the first
time I saw Double Dutch in overa decade for sure and so it was
(02:46):
a great, great experience.
Black Girls Jump, I think theyheld from Chicago, and so at
that event I got my first pairof ropes, the founder.
I didn't know she was thefounder at that time, but I was
complimenting her on the ropesthat we were using during they
had like a contest towards theend of the event, and that's
when Sherelle and I teamed up.
(03:06):
It was myself, sherelle, and whoI found out to be a rapper.
I think her name is Dynasty.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Don't quote me on that.
I believe it's Dynasty.
And so we kind of rocked outfor that day and I complimented
the founder on the ropes and shewas like, oh, you like them?
You can have them and I'm likewhat mind you?
They're selling ropes at theevent and these were like not
the same type of ropes.
What kind of rope was it?
It was like a telephone cord.
It kind of resembled that.
(03:34):
Okay, there wasn't much so thatwas.
I was like, oh, I like these,you know.
I'm like, where did you getthem?
I'm like inquiring about them.
And so she just handed them tome and so so I sat on them for a
few years.
I ended up having a baby duringthe pandemic and I watched
Sherelle from a distance andabout the end of 2020, I said,
(03:56):
you know what girl I got to getoutside.
I have to get outside afterbeing pregnant, going through a
pandemic, homeschooling mytoddler.
I was going stir crazy, and soI just reached out to her
because I said two thirds, youknow, it shouldn't be hard to
find a third.
And so I proposed the idea thatmaybe we can go to Leimert Park
, because I'm from LA and that'sthe mecca for Afrocentric art
(04:24):
and expression, and so I justfigured that if we go there, you
know it's already a villageatmosphere There- might be
people that might want to joinExactly.
So I'm like we'll just go outthere and start turning, you
know, and see what we attract.
And lo and behold, here we are.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Years later.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So, Serena, are you a member of the squad?
I'm a member of the squad.
I'm a member of the squad now.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Thankfully somebody connected us.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Shout out to her.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, I came in contact with her through someone
else, a mutual friend of ours,who knew that she needed an
extra person for an event, andshe also knew that I like to
jump double dutch.
I used to jump with anothercrew in the Merc Park years ago.
So she connected us and I cameto that event and I've just been
(05:15):
connected ever since we clickedright off the bat.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
I mean, how can you not click?
I'm just saying that's right,that's true, you'd be surprised.
Yes.
Other than the love of jumpingrope.
One of the other things that Ithink I found very admirable is
that you guys do a lot ofcommunity events especially in
the inner cities and stuff likethat.
Let's talk about that.
(05:40):
What is the goal behind that?
Are you reaching youngerchildren as an adult thing, or
how does that work?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
we go ahead go ahead.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I was gonna say, um, as far as like community work,
yes, we do like to reach theyounger children, but then also
bring adults into it too,because we like to have fun
right.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Let's not forget that we like to play too.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
It's good to have that nostalgic memory.
Like Double Dutch.
Everybody comes up like, oh, Ihaven't done that in forever.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
They get in the ropes .
Didn't it disappear for asecond?
Was it just me?
I feel like it was everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You couldn't go and walk down a corner and people
wasn't Double.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Dutch, all of a sudden I looked up, nobody was
Double dutching.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
You know what it was.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Now you got some single rope jumpers.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah, performative.
That's cool, but yeah, so yeah,I actually correlate that with,
like the dawn of the internet,If you think of.
I can remember very distinctlyfrom, you know, my homegirls
kind of coming up.
I had a few homegirls that Igrew up with on my block and
that's actually where I learnedto jump, and one family in
(06:50):
particular had, like that,computer had AOL had the whole
setup and so we were insideexploring the new you know what
I mean, the newness of theInternet and nobody was playing
outside anymore, and that's kindof like my distinct memory.
No, I remember that.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I kind of remember that too.
So my niece, she was born in2000, right, 2000.
It got to a point I was justlike don't you go outside?
And play Like because like Imean I grew up in.
I was like I remember theinternet coming out.
I remember, you know, having tobe home to call somebody.
There was no phone and a beepercame out and you would hope you
(07:29):
had a quarter or a dime to makethat call.
And then so, like I do, I thinkthat like playing outside and
like instilling that motionBecause kids were fit, like
racing.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
You remember running over racing.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You'd be running up and down the street all day long
Down the street Playing tag orracing down the street playing
tag on your bike, jumping ropeon your bike and then, all of a
sudden, there was no kids on thestreets, all the things, all
the things.
So I think, that's a beautifulthing and I think that, like
instilling, like motion and, youknow, exercising, but also what
I noticed, that it was a lot ofbeautiful things that came out
of the pandemic people juststarted creating all kind of
(08:04):
things.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
For sure, people got really creative really creative.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You have all these uh , these videos cooking people
starting a lot of cooking, yeah,um, so how?
Many events have you guys doneso far?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
oh, that's a good question.
I haven't really kept count, tobe honest.
Um, what would you say?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I have no idea.
I would have to like look at alist.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I would say anywhere between like 75 to 100 oh nice,
do you guys do any competitions?
Not yet.
I can't word yet, so next timeI pop through.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I'm gonna pop through .
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I just made some connections on the west coast
and that's all I'm going to say.
Okay, so you know we're goingto be cooking.
So is it going to be like?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Okay.
So okay, so we're cooking right, so like is it going to be like
in your idea?
It's for boys and girls, menand women.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
You know, I'm a mother of two boys, and that's
very important to me becausewhen you think about it you know
boxers jump and a lot of otherathletes jump, and so I just
want to kind of encompass all ofthat.
So, all genders, you know whatI mean, all ages, and even I
like to potentially include,like people with disabilities,
(09:31):
or quote unquote, disabilities.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
So yeah, I want to make it all inclusive as much as
possible, that's what's up.
That's what's up.
Okay, so give me your favoritemoments.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Oh man In the Melanated.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Jump.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Squad.
My favorite moment is alwayspersonally with the children
that can't jump.
And then they learn how to jumpand then they can't stop
jumping.
But at first they were like Ican't do it, I can't do it.
And then they get it, and thenthey love it and then they don't
want to stop.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I'm going to finish what I was about to say.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
But they love it and that's my favorite moment just
to see the joy in their faceswhen they've learned and
experienced that they can dodouble judge.
And then you know that I'llstay with them forever because
that's how we learned and now wecan pick it up as adults,
anywhere you know, like riding abike.
For sure, it's a good moment,for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
I will say moment for sure.
I would say I have a few.
Okay, tell us.
Okay.
Here I would have to say Ithink the event where we met
yeah, that was a pretty dopeexperience.
Um, it was a large event put onby the getty center and they had
like pop-up uh museumexhibitions throughout la county
and so we were included in theone that was, uh, hosted at
crenshaw or for the Crenshawarea, and so that was a pretty
big big deal for me.
You know what I mean, so thatwas really cool.
(10:51):
I would have to say PrivateSchool Village.
That's a pretty big organizationand they have shown a light on
us that, I feel like, has justlike kept getting brighter, has
just like kept getting brighter,and so every time that we kind
of encountered their village,it's really dope to kind of like
see the kids that we'vementored or just you know we're.
(11:12):
We're getting to see them growyou know what I mean as we grow.
So that's pretty cool.
And then I think this is prettydope Like this is my first
experience at a podcast orwhatever, and so this is just
like making history.
You know podcast or whatever,and so this is just like making
history.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
You know what I mean For our organization.
I think it cause I had a, so II'm gonna show y'all the video.
People in YouTube, I have raninto them, or I'm in Leimert
park you know, their, their hub.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Um I was shopping.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
I had like I was shopping.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
I was shopping.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I was like ooh, black on business, black on business
you know, whatever.
And I remember before I saw youguys there.
I remember seeing y'all onlinebecause I like double dutch.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Like.
I like double dutch, I likeskating, so I follow mostly all
the jump pages, all the skatingpages right.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
So I saw you guys and I'm going to post it y'all I'm
going to post the video of mejumping and I did good, and that
was the first time I jumped andyou were wearing a dress, yeah,
and I hadn't jumped, I wouldhave said what am I 35?
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I want to say, I don't think I've jumped in 20
years before that day, not likedouble dutch not.
I mean, I don't know forexercise, but like double dutch
so I was just like I felt like akid.
I felt like a kid, it was somuch fun.
So, like, how, um, is yourorganization typically funded?
Like, do you I felt like a kid,it was so much fun.
So, like, how is yourorganization typically funded?
Like, do you guys, like, dolike community service events?
I mean fundraising events.
Or like, do you guys havesponsors?
(12:35):
Because, look, let me tell you,we're going to talk to the
people.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
We working on that, we got to fund our community.
Whoever will want to sponsor usor donate.
You know we're very much opento that.
It's very much grassroots.
At this point we're kind ofself-funded.
I am working on getting all mypaperwork in order.
I have established this as a501c3 nonprofit but there's some
(13:02):
fine tuning I need to do.
I kind of was doing most of thelegwork on my own, so it's a
learning process for me at thispoint.
But she's actually my treasurer, so you know what I mean and
we're just trying to like go forthe gusto.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Talk to them.
They looking for people you gotto support each other, all
donations, all assistanceMelanated Jump Squad on pretty
much all platforms Cash App.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
you know what I mean Instagram, facebook however you
want to reach out so, alright,so what we were talking about.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So you talked about how you guys double dutched as
kids, right?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
oh, let me tell you what I was going to tell you
about the kids before I forgetyou said, my kids are scared.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, we scared.
You remember getting poppedwith?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
the ropes, yeah, yeah .
I will never forget, though,getting your first lit with the
cable is probably worse thanyour mama beating your butt.
It is because you get that whipon you but see, that's how you
learn how to pick up your feet,right?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
True, and it was a thing, it was a cultural thing,
right?
You wait for the cable man andwait for the cable man.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
And I'm just a cable man.
Can I get some rope?
Speaker 2 (14:08):
And they would be so quick to cut us this rope, oh
wow.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I didn't even know what a rope came from.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Did you ever go to?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
the cable man.
No, we used the actualtelephone cords.
You know how you plug them inthe wall, oh yeah, in the house.
So the long ones, yeah, and cutthem.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
It was the cable guys , the P-S-E-N-G, that's jerseys,
oh wow, p-s-e-n-g.
And when they would come aroundin the trucks they would be
fixing the wire and they'd haveit on the truck.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
And it'd be like this , that's love.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
I don't think they would do it now, but back in the
90s they was cutting rope forus.
I think about it.
That's how none of them gotfired For missing inventory or
supporting a local double dutchcrew.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Keeping the kids off the streets.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
So what is your approach To teaching one how to
double dutch If they do not knowhow?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I think First is just kind of like to teaching one
how to double dutch if they donot know how.
I think first is just kind oflike instilling the confidence
because, like you said, there islike a natural fear.
There's two ropes turningsimultaneously and you're kind
of like whoa, like what's goingon?
How do I even start?
And so even if we have to breakit down to maybe just a single
rope, just to kind of get themin the groove and get that beat
(15:28):
going, you know what I mean?
It's all Really.
So I think that's the firststep is like just building the
confidence, kind of giving thema tutorial outside of the ropes,
or maybe just giving them anexample of what it actually
looks like in real time and thenbreaking it down slowly from
there.
So there's differentmethodologies that I feel like
(15:48):
we use.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Yeah, and then once they get in the rope, like once
they get the rhythm and get inthe rope, then I think it's best
to start with like two feet,like bunny hopping double time
so.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
But you know what's funny?
When I was learning bunnyhopping was hardest yeah, it was
harder for me, you think so itwas harder for me.
I don't know why it was harderfor me, but it was something
about, maybe, the way my brainworked.
It was like if I'm jumpingsingle rope, then I can do one.
But if I'm doing I it's just Idon't know.
I mean, I know how to do it now.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Yeah, I don't think I learned bunny hopping either,
though, because I had to learnhow to bunny hop.
Right, I had to learn how tobunny hop, yeah, and then you
got the right there, and then Iremember when I first learned
how to jump in from insidealready.
Like in front of the personthat's turning around.
(16:40):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
I didn't learn that until I got grown.
No, I learned that it took awhile.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
It was definitely one of those tricks.
You took a couple tries andonce you got it, but that was
very distinctive.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
On a good turner yes, Because, let me tell you
something, turning is notcreated equally and it's like
spades right If you can't play.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
You can't turn Because it's lazy turners Like I
can't jump properly.
If you're not turning properly,it don't even work.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Or people that turn it off.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
beat that was the one Listen, turn and double.
No shade, you know what I'msaying.
But yeah, that's I mean, it'severything.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Well, I mean that's something to think about when
you, in these competitions, whothe strongest turn is, who got
the arms and who can turn goodtogether, because some people
can turn, but then maybe theydon't turn good with another
person Right.
See, I couldn't do.
You know, like the lopsided one, like the short one, it was a
tall person Like y'all can'tturn to it.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
It don't work.
It don't work.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It don't work.
Look at the arch Like we flyover here.
We're over there.
No, it's aerodynamics.
For real Like if that have youguys?
Have you all seen like adifference in how, like the
(18:02):
squad has affected people,especially in your community?
Like that's a big thing beingable to give back to your
community and you know somethingdifferent?
Like just to say, hey, comeexercise, come play.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
You use the word play yeah, and I think that's
important.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
So like how has that been for you?
Like being being that, you'relike I guess you said you were
grassroots like up and coming inthe community as becoming a
staple, because I see peoplepost you guys all the time.
That's love.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
I love that because there's so much going on that
I'm like I don't even know howpeople find us these days.
But I love that they're.
You know we're popping upeverywhere, but I guess I would
just say it's really humblingand it's a beautiful thing to
see, like mothers and theirchildren being able to jump,
like women that are usuallywithin our age range, that have
(18:50):
the same memories that we had orexperiences, and their kids
know nothing about it, and soit's a way for, you know, to
kind of bridge that gap.
You know it brings joy it justbrings them closer.
So I think that's been thebiggest thing that I've seen in
terms of like community, um, andlet me not forget to shout out
queen amina, because she was theone that gave us our first
space to actually jump right infront of her shop that's in
(19:13):
lemur park.
So that was during the pandemic, when the streets were kind of
closed off and everything wasjust very, you know, um space
down yeah, like a ghost town andshe, without any hesitation,
like showed us so much love,didn't like charge us, you know
what I mean, did she?
jump, she jumped, she jumped.
(19:33):
So just when you say community,that's like evident, of like we
probably would never have evengotten this far had it not been
for that seed that was planted.
You know what I mean.
So just those things kind ofcome to mind.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Yeah, Well, that's amazing.
I mean, I feel it with thisshow.
For me, it was very importantto highlight the things that are
going around, not only in theworld for black women, black
people, black communities.
It's so nice to see that peopleare going out their way for the
(20:08):
betterment of our people.
Whatever form whatever shapethat they decide to choose.
I think Double Dutch is amazingto even have been brought to
the table, because for a whileit's almost a forgotten art.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
It is right, but it really is an art.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
It is, it's an art form, and it's not the easiest
thing to do, but once you get itit's very addicting.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
You got it and it's fun, you don't?
Speaker 3 (20:35):
want to's fun.
It's intense, it's a workout,but I also kind of like to
highlight that it's a sport andI don't know if many people know
, but it's actually going to bein the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
So get your feet ready get your feet ready.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
But yeah, it's serious.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
But it also reminds me.
It also brings me back to amemory like drill teams, oh, man
oh competition.
Like where did they go Diamond?
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Oh, I was so bad, I couldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
They wouldn't let me on.
I tried so bad.
It was two.
It was the hollow cadets, andthere't let me on.
I tried so bad, there was two.
There was two.
It was what was in my job, itwas the hollow cadets.
And there was what was theother one, and it was a big one.
The other one was a big one too.
Anyway, people by Jersey, don'tget me, I forgot Put it in the
comments, but like it's back andrealize, like because it does
(21:32):
bring you back, because youforget about them yeah, like you
don't see it, if you don't seeit, you forget about it, and I
think that also, too, is acultural tradition, most
definitely, like people have tounderstand, like for those that
don't know what double dutch isor what double dutch means to
the culture, it is a bigcultural thing.
Um, that we would go outside,we would our friends got your
rope behind your back.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
We at the park.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
We on the basketball court.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Yes, yes, it's a real cultural thing To the
streetlights came on To.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
The streetlights came on, and sometimes after and
sometimes after.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Yes, First, it was summertime, and the summer it
was hot outside.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yes, we out there till nine o'clock.
Yes, it was that, and the poolpool Be out there too long Water
fights.
Is there anything?
You guys want to say or amessage you guys want to send.
I love to end my shows with amessage to either the viewers,
to your younger self, or justpeople out in general.
(22:28):
If you had a message to giveabout your organization and how
you want to bring it to theworld, what would you say to
them?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
I think our mission kind of states, you know, the
majority of what I I try toconvey through the art, Um, and
it's just really highlighting,like, the mental, physical and
emotional wellbeing you knowwhat I mean we go through so
much in our day-to-day lives.
It's actually interesting somuch in our day-to-day lives.
(22:57):
It's actually interesting, Um,when we first were supposed to
shoot um, between the time fromthen till now I had some mental
health issues that I was dealingwith and so it gave me that
time to kind of get that mentalclarity, um, and kind of refocus
on my purpose, Um.
So I think that's like thebiggest thing for me and just
remembering what brings you joy,you know whatever that is, you
(23:18):
know whatever form of expressionthat you feel is necessary for
you Do that.
You know what I mean and, yeah,I think that's that's pretty
much it for me.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, and I would say , like the message would be to
have fun and enjoy your timehere.
We only have this life, and so,yeah, yeah, enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Well, I want to say thank you, ladies, for coming on
the show.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Thank you for having us Of course, of course, and
y'all, and if y'all have anyquestions, you guys want to get
in contact with the MelanatedJump Squad.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I truly truly suggest go follow them.
Please tell them where they canfind you guys.
We're pretty popular onInstagram these days.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
So I hear, and our.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Instagram handle would be Melanated Jump Squad,
that's M-E-L-A N-A-T-E-D JumpSquad.
We're also on Facebook.
We have a website which isMelanatedJScom, and, yeah,
that's pretty much it okay.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Well, there you have it, guys.
Please like, subscribe, share.
If you have any questions forthese ladies or you want to know
how to find these ladies, youcan come to Desert, that's All.
Or you can go to Melanated JumpSquad and you know, we'll get
the connections alright andthat's it, that's all.
Desert, that's All, is writtenby me, casey Carnage, and
(24:36):
produced by myself and RickBarrio-Dill.
Associate producer, brie Corey.
Assistant producer LarissaDonahoe, audio and video
engineering and studiofacilities provided by Slap
Studios LA, with distributionthrough our collective for
social progress and culturalexpression, slap the Network.
If you have any ideas for ashow you want to hear or see,
(24:59):
please email us at info atslapthepowercom and, as always,
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See you next show.
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