Beauty-Wellness Talk from The Beautywell Project

Beauty-Wellness Talk from The Beautywell Project

Beauty Wellness Talk podcast is about raising awareness on the issues of colorism, skin-lightening practices, chemical exposures, the importance of redefining beauty and empowering communities that impacted by colorism. We will also highlight topics that improve the health and wellbeing of families and communities. This is a bilingual podcast English and Somali. About the host: Amira Adawe is public health practitioner, researcher and health equity advocate. Amira is the founder, Director of the Beautywell Project, a campaign to combat the skin-lightening practices and chemical exposures in the immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota, Nationwide and international. Amira is the host of weekly podcast(Beauty-Wellness Talk). Amira has undergraduate degree in Family Social Science and Master of Public Health from University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She was also a Policy Fellow 2015-2016 at Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Amira’s work has been featured on local and national media including Minnpost, STAT, National Public Radio (NPR) and Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.

Episodes

Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative - Alumni Experience

August 30, 2022 • 11 mins
Hafsa Farah’s interview on her experience graduating from the Young Women’s Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). As well as Hafsa’s experience of working in the YWWLI program as student intern and being member of Beautywell’s Youth Advisory Board.

Hafsa Farah is an alumni of the Young Women’s Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). She is currently student intern for the Young Women’s Wellness and Le...
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Interview on the Impact of Colorism, Skin-lightening Practice and Chemical Exposure in the Philippines

April 23, 2022 • 40 mins
Our Beauty-Wellness Talk interview with Jam Lorenzo on the impact of colorism, skin-lightening practice and chemical exposures in the Philippines. We want to highlight how these issues are impacting many communities of color globally and find ways we can collectively combat colorism, skin-lightening practice and chemical exposures. 

Bio: 
Jam has been with BAN Toxics since 2016. He studied BS Community Development...
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Exploring Body Dysmorphia and Eating Disorders within the East African Community

June 15, 2021 • 30 mins
The toxic influence of social media and society standards cause many people, especially women to develop body dysmorphia and eventually an eating disorder. The goal of our project is to eliminate the stigma around eating disorders and body dysmorphia in the East African community. In our video podcast, we dismiss common misconceptions most people have about Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia. This video includes a spoken wor...
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Chemical Exposures from Cosmetics

April 26, 2021 • 32 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Sonya Lunder about chemical exposures from cosmetics, small cosmetic companies formulation of these ingredients, the myth about organic beauty products and how all of these impacts our environment and human health. 


Bio:
Sonya Lunder is the Sierra Club's Senior Toxics Advisor for the Gender, Equity & Environment program. Sonya leads work on a range of toxics issues, particularly he...
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Lived Experience of Colorism-Episode 3

March 23, 2021 • 46 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Safiya Mohamed on her lived experience of colorism.


Safiya Mohamed's Bio: 

Safiya Mohamed is a first-year student at the University of St. Thomas, studying Journalism and double-minoring in Justice and Peace Studies and Interfaith Leadership. She is passionate about writing, social justice work, and fostering an equitable society through honest journalism. She joined the Young Wom...
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Lived Experience of Colorism-Episode 2

February 25, 2021 • 45 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Dr. Ronald E. Hall on the issue of colorism and how that is impacting many communities of color in the US and globally as well as his lived experience of colorism. 

Bio: 

Dr. Ronald E. Hall's professional career began as a clinical social worker. He received a BA degree in Psychology from Shaw College, an MA/MCS degree in Correctional Science from the University of Detroit, an MSW degr...
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Interview with Dr. Lynn M Thomas - The History of Skin-lightening Practice in South Africa

December 24, 2020 • 49 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Dr. Lynn M Thomas on her skin-lightening research in South Africa and her recently published book "Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners".
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Lived Experience of Colorism-Episode 1

December 24, 2020 • 54 mins
On the first episode of the Lived Experience of Colorism, Amira Adawe interviewed four young Somali-Americans who discussed about their experience of colorism within culture and outside of their culture, and their volunteering and activism work during the 2020 USA Presidential election. These four young Somali-American women are also in the Young Women’s Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI) cohort. 
 
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Baritaanka COVID-19

September 20, 2020 • 12 mins
Amira Adawe oo kahadleysa helida baritaanka COVID-19 oo aay hayada Beautywell, waaxda cafimaadka ee City of Minneapolis iyo hayado kale soo qabanqabiyeen. Baritaankaan oo lasamenayo labo malmood waxaayna bilabatay manta, Sabti September 19th, xiliga 12:00PM - 5:00PM. Malinta kalane waa Sabti, September 26th, xiliga 12:00PM - 5:00PM. Goobtana waa Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center 2824 13th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN.
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Access to COVID-19 Testing for Communities of Color

September 20, 2020 • 8 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Stephanie Graves who is with the City of Minneapolis Health Department to discuss about the collaborative COVID-19 campaign for the Somali community in Minneapolis. This is two days testing that started today, September 19th at 12:00PM - 5:00PM and Saturday, September 26th at 12:00PM - 5:00PM. The location for the two days testing is Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, 2824 13th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN....
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Discussion on Colorism, Skinlighening Practices and Black Lives Matter Movement

July 4, 2020 • 39 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed today Safiya Mohamed who is alum of the Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). Safiya how she has experience of colorism, how it impacted her and her friends self-esteem, the practices of skin-lightening in the Somali community and taking part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Safiya recently graduated from Central High School in Saint Paul, MN and fall of 2020 she will ...
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Discussion on the Intersectional Identities of Somali Youth and Helping Somali Parents Understand

June 6, 2020 • 37 mins
Interview with young Somalis about their identities and how they define. The youth also discussed about their blackness and how it's important to teach the Somali parents the History of African Americans in the US.
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COVID-19 impact on Mental Health and Building Resilience

May 3, 2020 • 55 mins
Our guest today was Hoda Samater and we discussed the impact people are having as result of COVID-19 pandemic and ways individuals and community can build resilience.
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The Use of Face Mask, Effectiveness and Workers Exposure on COVID-19

April 18, 2020 • 63 mins
We interviewed Dr. Susan Arnold who is a Professor at the School of Public Health University of Minnesota. We discussed about the impact of COVID-19 in general, the use of face masks, effectiveness and workers exposures especially those that work in places that is difficult to practice physical distancing.
The interview is in English and summarized in Somali language.
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Information About COVID-19

March 21, 2020 • 44 mins
Interview with Dr. Farhiya Farah on COVID-19
Waresigaan waxaan kaga hadalnay COVID-19, waxaana wareysanay Dr. Farhiya Farah.
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Social Media Impact on Self-esteem

February 10, 2019 • 67 mins
Beauty-Wellness Talk guest was Ismail Warsame who discussed about social media use and it's impact on young individuals self-esteem.
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Skin-lightening Practices and Chemical Exposure - In Somali Language

December 29, 2018 • 53 mins
Amira Adawe explained on Today's Beauty-Wellness Talk the practice of skin-lightening and chemical exposures in the Somali community and how it's impacting early-childhood and women's health. This show was done in Somali language.
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Somali Youth Prospective About Skin-lightening Practices

December 22, 2018 • 53 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Selma Ali and Yusra Abdi about Somali youth prospective on skin-lightening practices.
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Beauty-Wellness Talk-Skin-lightening Practices and Psychological Impacts

December 15, 2018 • 29 mins
Amira Adawe interviewed Toyin Alatise who is clinical psychologist that is based in Nigeria. The discussion was about the skin-lightening practices, chemical exposures and the psychological impacts in Nigeria.
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Beauty-Wellness Talk- The importance of Early Childhood Development

December 8, 2018 • 27 mins
Interview with Dr. Thomas Kottke about early childhood development and the importance of little moments. As well as the impact of chemical exposures on children and multi generational health.
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