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We're Spilling the Tea!Are you a Young Black Woman between 16 and 50? Then, let’s have tea!Come join us at the Lane Wiley Center on October 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM for a fun and engaging event where we spill the tea on what you need to know about breast health. Get ready to spill some tea of your own and enjoy an afternoon filled with information, demonstrations, laughter, and good company. Don't miss out!
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Also,
GP Mendie with FAMU MMERI.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to community view points and Shawnee feeling blessed and
highly favored. On this Sunday morning, we are empowering our community,
just doing a post interview due to our tenth annual
law offices of Ran Scholl's PA Sisters Strutt. One of
our key sponsors was the Sister's Network of Northeast Florida.
So today we have a follow up with the Sisters
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because they do this three sixty five, it's not just
in the month of October. So today I have Patrise
Stevens Felder. She is here from the Sisters Network Northeast Florida.
Good morning, Patrise.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good morning, So thank you guys so much for giving
Sisters Network this platform to amplify breast cancer wareness.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Doing this Mom, we are here, Patrise, We are in
our community, and we love the Sisters Network Northeast Florida.
The members our family and have become family. If you
would tell the community just a little bit about Patrese.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
And as you know, I've been an associate survivor member
of Sister's Network for like a year and a half.
This October I'll be a four year breast cancer survivor.
And during my journey, I found myself feeling like I
didn't see anyone who would looked like me when I
walked into a facility, and Sister's Network gave me that
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that support system, the resources I need, and they helped
me foster the inner strength that I need to continue
through my fight after recovery, because then you never stop fighting.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
As life is a fight, but with the additional medical
situations such as breast cancer, that's just another fight altogether.
The communities listening, Patrice, I understand that you said you
have battled, you are now a survivor. Just talk to
us about how you went about surviving or get through.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Thank you for asking that. You know, originally I felt overwhelmed.
I felt scared. I didn't feel like there was a
lot of resources out there for what I was facing.
I had three cancers in one breast, and as African
American women with dense breast tissue, it's sometimes difficult to
find those abnormalities that's in there, and I was one
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of those cases for two years. They watched me, and
it was after I found my own tumor, and that's
one of the reasons that I reach out to the
community as a cancer patient. Advocate. I have walked other
women through this journey. Three of those women under forty.
So you know, we know the fact that you know,
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African American women, we are two times more likely to
have triple negative breast cancer. We're forty two percent more
likely to die. So for Sisters Network, our goal is
to get out there in the community and get that
educational information out there. And we have reached thousand the
women just with our partnership with Sister Strutt. It gives
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us an opportunity to give direct resources and give information
to the women who are right there that day in
that community community.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Shawnee speaking to Patrisea Stevens Felder. She's here from the
Sisters Network Northeast Florida. Empowering us today, empowering our young sisters,
empowering the sisters of color so that we can detect.
You said something about you know they were watching you,
but you found your own cancer. Early detection is the key.
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And talk to his sisters about you know, knowing your body.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yes, that's one of the main things we're looking for.
We want our young women to know their breast health
when everything's normal, so when there is a change, they
can recognize it, so you know, when should I check
my bread, what's the proper way to check it, how
often should I be doing that? And if I do
find something abnormal, having the courage to speak up, having
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the power to advocate, knowing how to ask the right questions,
and then knowing there's a support system that's still there.
So you know, we want to educate our young women
to be proactive and advocate about their own breast health.
You know, we're targeting these women that are under forty.
They're too young to get their mammogram yet American Cancer
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Society says forty five years old. Yet last year we
loss a sister who was twenty six years old. We
have women that are finding cancer at thirty three, thirty four,
thirty five. So our goal is to get out there
in those underserved communities and make our young women aware.
This is what good breast health is. So when you
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find something abnormal, you're aware of it, and you're not waiting,
and you're not afraid to speak up for yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Spilling the tea on this Sunday morning is the Sisters
Network Northeast Florida. With me today is Patria Stevens Felder.
She is one of the advocates and one of a
survivor paving the way and building a momentum of sisters
being there for sisters. So talk to us about Saturday,
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October the eleventh. It's called Spilling the Tea, empowering young
Black women to take charge of their breast health. Talk
to us about that day, what they expect.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We are so excited. We're targeting our young Black women
between sixteen and fifty. We're telling them to come out,
slay sid have some conversations with us. We're going to
have a medical expert who've given accurate information on the
breast held. We're going to have engaging demonstrations on how
to properly check your breath. We are going to have
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a survivor's story that's empowering that you know, this young
lady found her cancer herself. So we want these mothers
come out and bring your daughters. Daughters, come out and
bring your mothers so that we can break the bust
these myths and these disparities that are found among our
African American women. October six is the last day to register.
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You know, you guys have it on your Westite, but
you can also go to eventwright dot com and look
for Spilling the Tea for breadth Health community.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
This is an event where you take your sister with you, your
mom with you, your friend with you. This disease has
no barrier and no color. And we are targeting our sisters.
We want them to understand and know, especially the young
ones where right now medically they say you don't need
to take a test to know, but you need to
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be aware. So October the eleventh, starting at eleven am,
the Sisters Network Northeast Florida is Spilling the Tea, bringing
the tea and providing the tea on breast health. Patrice,
anything else you'd like to share with the community at.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
This time, you know, we like to thank the community
for coming out to schools destrut and supporting us once
again for ten years. We are out there in our community.
We're spreading awareness. We have the resources, and we just
want them to know. Early detection is the key. That's
the main thing we keep telling my young women. Early detection.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
And I have to ask you this, with breast cancer and
you coming through surviving your mental health was a big
part of this, what would you say to those out
there battling you.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Know what I would tell them. Number one, slow down,
give yourself a chance to digest what's going on. It's
very overwhelming. Find that support system that's going to help
you through. Take each victory just one step at a time,
because it's going to be small victories. When they say
it's a journey, it truly is a journey. I've had
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a four year fight. My first year. I celebrated my
first year with Sister Strutt and I have been walking
with them since. I have been going through Sister's network fence.
But you have to take it one day at a time.
That would be my advice mentally, one day at a time,
and remember this is a faith walk and some days
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you're gonna fall, some days you're gonna stutter, but the
faith part is getting back up.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Other than the Bible, did you read any books to
see you through this journey?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You know, I did have a pink sister who was
just wonderful walking me through the journey, and she shared,
she sent me gifts, and she sent me a book
and that was a great tool for me. I read
Everybody Got Something by Robbing Robert, and I just could
relate to what was in that book and the journey
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that she was going through because I too was walking
through it, so that was like a survivor guide for me.
Besides reading my Bible, praying and having my moment of
my Wednesday worships. That's what I would do. I would
have my Wednesday worships. So just encourage me throughout the week,
you know, because on this journey we're having three four
Dots appartment a week, midweek Wednesday worships. I just needed
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that encouragement. So having a Pink sister to walk on
the journey encourage me once I was on the other
side of recovery, to do the same for another woman.
It actually gave me purpose in my pain to be
a part of an organization like Sister's Network and to
help other women advocate, encourage them, and support them throughout
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this journey.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Patrice, you know, having been with the iHeartMedia and doing
Sisters Strut for the ten years, seeing the sisters, understanding
that each year we build something and it's called family.
How important is family on this journey?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Oh, I had such a wonderful village. You know, we
sometimes forget that there are other survivors on this journey.
We think of the breast cancer survivors. But our caretakers,
our caregivers, our family, and our friends, they're survivors too
because they're going through the battle right along with us.
There is no way that I could have made it
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on the other side without the support system that I had,
the family members who would take me to appointments, the
ones who would cook, the ones who would call just
to check on me, you know, and then building that
family with the Pink Sisters, having those sisters from Sisters
Network loving on me, praying with me, supporting me through
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having a community of people from your job to the
resources that at your cancer center, all of those make
up that village that you need to make it throughout
the journey.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Is there anybody that you would like to think that
saw you through other than Sisters Network, Northeast Florida, the
Pink Sisters, anybody else out there that you would like
to think, as you are now a survivor, and I'm
sure the doctors and all the people that pushed it
through with you, is there anybody you'd like to think?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You know, I had a wonderful team at Indian I
cannot say them enough. They had so much compassion, the
knowledge base, the time that they took. They would answer
all of my questions. My husband was there from day one.
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I have three beautiful sisters who walk through that with me,
from my sister Felicia, to my sister Twanda, to my
sister Laitania, my best friend, even though she too had
a fight that she was going through, she was there
for me. Latersa was amazing. And then my children. It
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was tough for them, but they showed strength that I
didn't even know they had. So can I just thank
Erica and Daniel and Jayvon and Xavier and Maya. They
were my wife, the reason that I got their fault
every day. So for the team at MD Anderson that
I still work with that watched me closely, that still
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let me know it's going to be okay, even sometimes
when it's not okay. To my husband, to my sisters,
to my children, they have just been wonderful, you know.
And I can't thank them enough. Like I said, they
too are survivors on this journey because they went through
the battle with me.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
Community. You're listening to Community Viewpoint Shawnee speaking to Patrice
and Patrice. I just want to say that the children
saw you and so trust that they saw strength as well.
So you know, children always, and I have to say this,
they always mirror a parent. So thank you. Thank for
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being that strong parent too, you know, because I truly
believe they got it from you.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Johnny's speaking to Patrise today from Sisters Network Northeast Florida,
a survivor of breast cancer. As we salute and celebrate
Breast Cancer Month, know that it is not a death
senter because if you have a team and a family
and a village, you can be a survivor like Patrise. Patrese,
thank you so much for your time, your words, your
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voice of strength to those listening. Again. October the eleventh,
starting eleven AM, Sisters Network north East Florida is spilling
the tea empowering young African American women to take charge
of their breast health. Anything else, Patrice, Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Would that's say a community come out. This is a
free advent and we just want to empower our young
black women.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
You can find the flyer on our website and the
location is at the Lane Wiley Community Center. Community. Be empowered,
stay empowered, and understand that hey, one day we will
find a cure. But right now we have the greatest
support system of all Sisters Network Northeast Florida is empowering
our sisters and even though we had our tenth annual,
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they keep going and empowering others. So thank you for
being advocate today, Patrice. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You're so welcome.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Welcome to Community Viewpoints. As Shawnee feeling blessed and highly
favorite on this Sunday morning, we are empowering our community.
It is the month of October where we channel into
fighting cancer, especially breast cancer. But today we have two
ladies here from the Charmetts, Latania Rogers and Yolanda Rogers,
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not related. They are the co chairs for the one
hundred Women in Pink event happening this year. Latanya, good morning,
how are you.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I'm doing great? How are you?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Latanya? If you would just tell us a little something
about yourself before we get to Yolanda.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Okay, while I'm Latanya Rogers. I am originally from Detroit
and I moved here from to Jacksonville Orange Park area
and around two thousand and five with my sons and
I joined the Charmett It was about two years ago now,
and I guess the opportunity to share this event.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Thank you so much for joining us on community viewpoints
and Yorlanda is here. Yolanda Rogers, how are you doing
this morning?
Speaker 3 (15:11):
I am great?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Orlanda? I feel so blessed to be able to talk
to both of you this morning. I have a double
team today talking about a wonderful event and I saw
this and I said, you know, the community needs to
get involved. So with the Charmets, you guys have been
just empowering the community. You have an event coming up.
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Talk to us about the Charmets the nonprofit and you
know the organization's mission statement.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Absolutely, it's a sisterhood of dedicated women committed to improving
the quality of life within our community with advocacy, education, service,
and support for cancer research. So of course we definitely
love service and helping and being a sisterhood.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yolanda, tell us a little something about yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Absolutely, I was born in Alabama, but I've been here
since early two thousand.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I'm a mother of four, and I feel serving.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
And helping my community is definitely my purpose in life.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Community Shawnee speaking to the Termets this morning, Latanya Rogers
and Yolanda Rogers not related, but they are related in sisterhood.
Today they're here to talk to us and empower us.
The month of October, we plan on empowering anyone, any survivors,
anyone going through cancer. So this event that's coming up,
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the one hundred Women in Pink is coming up, and
Latanya talk to us about this event. I love the
subtitle stronger than the Storm. Talk to us about the
one hundred Women in Pink event comeing up.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Sure, So the one hundred Woman in Pink is an
event that they have, which is really our annual fundraiser
that we've had, and so Yilan and I are the
chair and the Colt chair. So we decided to come
up with a theme for this and what better way
to do it to name it other than stronger than
the Storm, because this is a matter that some women
don't overcome, and so many women do. So we decided
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to honor those ladies that have survived breast cancer. So
it will be honoring five women that was stronger than
the Storm. And that statement in itself is a wonderful blessing.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
To say and tell us the event is one hundred
Women in Pink. When will the event happen and where
will the event be a place?
Speaker 3 (17:44):
So the event is October nineteenth, and it will be
held at the main Library downtown and the event is
from three o'clock to six o'clock. We will have saxophonists there,
We're going to have a comedian, We're having seniors there.
So it's not just a kind of sit down and
find out more about breast cancer. It's more of an
experience of us being able to share and uplift other
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women that's going to be there. Our goal is to
make sure that we have one hundred women there to
celebrate them, not only just the survivors, but their caregivers
as well.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
And tell the community how can they attend this event?
How can they get involved with the Charmettes?
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Absolutely they can, definitely. We have our ticket sale on
event bright. Look for one hundred women in pink on
event bright.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Ticket sales there.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
They can also reach out to the Tanya Rogers or
Yolanda Rogers as you said, not related. Our contact information
for the tickets is forty dollars and they can do
that by veil cash app.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
The same one is event bright. So we would love
for people to go through event bright, but if you
can't go through event bright, you can look up either
one of us on Facebook, Latanya Rogers or Elanda Rogers,
and you can send us a direct message and we
can send you a link.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
One hundred women in Pink Stronger than the Storm. These
ladies community are asking you to attend, and it is
another event facing and empowering women who are going through
breast cancer or a type of cancer. But this is special.
You can also go on our website. You will see
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the flyer. We have some phenomenal women who will be
entertaining you on October the nineteenth. I will also say
that I'm blessed to know a few of these women,
so I'm excited that you guys are empowering the community. Again.
Where will this event be held? You said, the library downtown.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yes, at the Jacksonville Library downtown, the main library.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
Again.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
It's from three to six o'clock on Sunday, October the nineteenth.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
All right, And is there anything else that you'd like
to share with the community on the charmets And if
women would like to join your group so that they
can be a part of the force, I would call it.
How can they get in touch with you?
Speaker 2 (20:11):
All?
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
So the Charmets actually have a website. It's called Duval
County Charmet, and if you're interested in enjoining us, you're
more than welcome to go on to Facebook and see
one of our page which is called the Duval County Charmets,
and you can click right onto the link and you
can get a direct contact or message with our person
that handles that page and just let them know that
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you're interested in becoming a Charmet. Because the Charmet is
more of an invite only organization, So you just express
your interest, someone will contact you and meet with you
and we will actually at that point discuss some of
the qualifications to actually become a Chartmt.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
I and D Shawnee speaking to Latanya Rogers and Yolanda
Rogers from the Charmets. They are here to talk to
us about one hundred Women in Pinky event Stronger than
the Storm happening October nineteenth downtown at the Library, empowering
our community, empowering women, caregivers and servants that are doing
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the work in the community. Ladies, I want to thank
you for joining Community Viewpoints today. Is there anything you'd
like to share with the community.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I do want to say that all is invited.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
Even though we have said is to call one hundred
women in Pink, we celebrate all, you know, people to
come out and be a part of This.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Is just not exclusive to women.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Men and women are absolutely We even have some children
coming to spend some time with us on this day.
It's a great and wonderful occasion.
Speaker 5 (21:43):
So we want.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Everybody to come out.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
But since here are speakers, we're even going to have
vendors there as well, so we're welcoming all to come
and join us.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Community. Be sure to get out to the one hundred
Women in Pink events Stronger than the Storm October nineteenth. Again,
you can go on our website. Flyer is on our
website as well. Latania and Yolanda, it was a pleasure
speaking with you. If you have community events throughout the year,
please do not hesitate to get in touch with me
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so I can share it with the community by adding
it to our community website.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Okay, okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
Latanya and Orlanda. I know this event takes work and
you have someone who is supporting you, talk to us
and tell us who is your sponsor.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
This year, we were able to secure some great sponsors
this year, one of those sponsors being Black Girl Vitamins.
We were pretty excited for the fact that they were
willing to partner with us on such a great occasion
because they said some of our values actually lying that
with what they leave in, which is the greater of
the help of African American women. So we're pretty excited
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to say that they're one of our sponsors and there
to be able to provide some information as well as
some of their products that they've provided us to give
out to every participant dot com and we're still accepting
sponsors and donation.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
If someone wants to connect with you, they just have
to go to the Charmett website. Could you repeat that
one more time?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Do I find a Charmet and so on Facebook. We
also have a website as well.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
The website is the Charmet Incorporated.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
And there's various links because there's a lot of chapters,
so you can actually just go to the Duval County
Chapter link and it's right on the website where you'll
be able to click right onto our website.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Excellent community. Shawnee speaking to Latanya and your landa rogers
Hear from the Charmetts ready for everyone to experience the
one hundred Women in Pink event stronger than the storm.
I thank you for being on Community Viewpoints, and of
course thank you for empowering the community through the Charmetts,
through this event and not stopping as servants to ensure
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that we advocate for cancer.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Welcome to Community Viewpoints and Shawnee feeling blessed and highly
favored on this Sunday morning, empowering the community and just
bringing things to light about questions you may have. So
today I have GP Mendy from FAM you, Mary and Gip.
Good morning. How are you.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
I'm well, I'm well, Shannie. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
You know, GiB when this request came about, I was like, yeah,
let's talk about this. So if you would just share
with the community just a little something about who is
GP Mendy.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
Well, my name is GP Mandy. I'm the assistant vice
president for research as well as the executive director or
the Family Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative. Well, it's
it's quite a mouthful, but one of our missions by
the Left Florida legislature that Mary has is to educate
Florydians about medical and unlawful use of marijuana, and of
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course the subject of marijuana on its own, It's always
been a very sensitive subject and so we get is
our task as minded about the legislator to help Floridians understand,
you know, the differentiate what the myths and the truths
are about medical and unlawful use of marijuana. A lot
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of folks think they know what marijuana is about, you know,
some have even used it, you know, for decades. We
want folks to know that your marijuana the seventies is
not the marijuana today. There's a law that has changed
through the years that we want Floridians to have a
better understanding of so they can leave their lives on
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the side of the law.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Community Shawnee speaking to GP Mendy this morning. We are
talking and just bringing something to the community where there
may be some misunderstanding. I spoke to GP on Thursday
morning because Senator Davis was here talking to the community
and I wanted to do a post interview just so
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that if people didn't hear or were not there or GP,
how can these people get involved with fam you Mary
and get a better understanding about the medical marijuana and
the laws.
Speaker 5 (26:10):
Well, thank you very much, a very very good question.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
We encourage Florians to visit our website at the Mary
to find you thet E d U m M E
r I dot FAMU f A m U dot E
d U. So when you visit the Mary to find
you the e DU website, there's a lot there's a
plethora of resource about medical and unlaw for use of
marijuana cannabis, and so there's a lot to learn. Even
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if you think you do know, we still encourage you
to visit. There's always something new to learn, so there's
a lot of information there. We also want folks to
understand that not everyone that utilizes medical marijuana is using
it to get high, that there's that misconception. In Florida,
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the legislature has made it legal for medical marijuana, you know,
to be utilized as medicine. And so if you feel
like you have a medical condition, well, even if you
don't know what medical condition qualifies for medical marijuana, you
know to be used as a treatment modality. You know,
visit our website. You'll see all the conditions and if
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you feel like you qualify, talk to your physician and
make sure you're using it legally. There is something called
irresponsible use. When medical marijuana is not used the right way,
you could use it irresponsibly, and we encourage folks not
to do that because your health could be at stake.
And so the more we learn, the more we understand
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about medical and unlawed for use of marijuana, and we
want to talk to the community more about it and
we want them to learn so they can make better
inform decisions for themselves and their families.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Tommy and d Shawnee speaking to GP. Mandy here from
Family Mary, enlightening us about the things that we may
not know, but giving us a path of progress if
we should need to use marijuana and have a legal
entity to it. GP, I want to thank you for
bringing this to the table to the community so that
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everyone can understand, you know, they can use marijuana the
right way. Is there anything else you'd like to share
with the community at this time?
Speaker 5 (28:24):
Yes, I'd like to thank the community for their audience,
and I would like to ask everyone that is a
parent or a guardian or a mentor anyone that you
have a kid or minor that looks up to you.
I'm talking about parents, uncles, aunts, Please look out for
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those kids. There's a high prevalence of kids, high incidences
of kids, even at the elementary school level, being exposed
to various forms of cannabis gummies in particular, vaping is
becoming quite an epidemic. So please pay attention to your kids,
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work with us, learn what we're talking about, so you
can better educate your kids and the miners in your life,
so those kids are making informed decisions for themselves. Please please,
We're begging you look out for those young kids. A
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lot is happening in their lives. Please pay attention because
a lot of them aren't adopting maladaptive ways of coping,
including vaping and the utilization of gums from god knows
where that could be laced with harmful substances and could
even turn deadly. So please watch out for your families
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and for the kids that you know mary in your lives,
and just let's just look out for each other, Okay,
especially the young kids. That's what I would like to
leave to communiy.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
With Shawnee speaking to GP Mandy here to empower us.
But it is also a call of action for the
young generation being exposed. This is a path where parents
can check out more or learn more at Mary dot
fam you dot edu. GP. Is there anything else you'd
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like to share or what's the best form of action
to get more involved with sam you Mary.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
Please visit us. Visit our website. There's an opportunity for
you to put in a request if you'd like for
us to you know, show up on one of your events,
or you'd like for us to come and speak at
your events, to your local church, to your local you know,
chapter of your organization. Just men, invite us and put
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a call through or send us an email. Check out
our website. The opportunities are there for you to reach us.
Please well, you're here to serve the community, here to educate,
learn and talk with a community about medical and unlawful
use of marijuana. We're at your service. Reach out to
us and i will do our best to.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Be there for you community. Shawnee speaking to GP Mendy
with fam You Mary. This is a call of action,
but there is a lot of groups out there that
can use this information to nurture the minds of our
young generation coming up. Lots of schools out there, so
be sure. I learn more at Mary dot FAMU dot edu.
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We're always in the community, always empowering, but always sharing
to ensure that our next generation gets a fair shot.
Speaker 5 (31:37):
Right, yes, yes, you're very right, Shaannie. And please let
your audience know this is free, what everything we're doing
is free to go to the community. That is free
to everyone.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
And thank you, Thank you for listening to community viewpoints.
Be sure to check out our community calendar page and
have a blessed day.
Welcome to community view points and Shawnee feeling blessed and
highly favored. On this Sunday morning, we are empowering our community,
just doing a post interview due to our tenth annual
law offices of Ran Scholl's PA Sisters Strutt. One of
our key sponsors was the Sister's Network of Northeast Florida.
So today we have a follow up with the Sisters
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because they do this three sixty five, it's not just
in the month of October. So today I have Patrise
Stevens Felder. She is here from the Sisters Network Northeast Florida.
Good morning, Patrise.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good morning, So thank you guys so much for giving
Sisters Network this platform to amplify breast cancer wareness.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Doing this Mom, we are here, Patrise, We are in
our community, and we love the Sisters Network Northeast Florida.
The members our family and have become family. If you
would tell the community just a little bit about Patrese.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
And as you know, I've been an associate survivor member
of Sister's Network for like a year and a half.
This October I'll be a four year breast cancer survivor.
And during my journey, I found myself feeling like I
didn't see anyone who would looked like me when I
walked into a facility, and Sister's Network gave me that
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that support system, the resources I need, and they helped
me foster the inner strength that I need to continue
through my fight after recovery, because then you never stop fighting.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
As life is a fight, but with the additional medical
situations such as breast cancer, that's just another fight altogether.
The communities listening, Patrice, I understand that you said you
have battled, you are now a survivor. Just talk to
us about how you went about surviving or get through.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Thank you for asking that. You know, originally I felt overwhelmed.
I felt scared. I didn't feel like there was a
lot of resources out there for what I was facing.
I had three cancers in one breast, and as African
American women with dense breast tissue, it's sometimes difficult to
find those abnormalities that's in there, and I was one
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of those cases for two years. They watched me, and
it was after I found my own tumor, and that's
one of the reasons that I reach out to the
community as a cancer patient. Advocate. I have walked other
women through this journey. Three of those women under forty.
So you know, we know the fact that you know,
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African American women, we are two times more likely to
have triple negative breast cancer. We're forty two percent more
likely to die. So for Sisters Network, our goal is
to get out there in the community and get that
educational information out there. And we have reached thousand the
women just with our partnership with Sister Strutt. It gives
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us an opportunity to give direct resources and give information
to the women who are right there that day in
that community community.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Shawnee speaking to Patrisea Stevens Felder. She's here from the
Sisters Network Northeast Florida. Empowering us today, empowering our young sisters,
empowering the sisters of color so that we can detect.
You said something about you know they were watching you,
but you found your own cancer. Early detection is the key.
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And talk to his sisters about you know, knowing your body.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yes, that's one of the main things we're looking for.
We want our young women to know their breast health
when everything's normal, so when there is a change, they
can recognize it, so you know, when should I check
my bread, what's the proper way to check it, how
often should I be doing that? And if I do
find something abnormal, having the courage to speak up, having
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the power to advocate, knowing how to ask the right questions,
and then knowing there's a support system that's still there.
So you know, we want to educate our young women
to be proactive and advocate about their own breast health.
You know, we're targeting these women that are under forty.
They're too young to get their mammogram yet American Cancer
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Society says forty five years old. Yet last year we
loss a sister who was twenty six years old. We
have women that are finding cancer at thirty three, thirty four,
thirty five. So our goal is to get out there
in those underserved communities and make our young women aware.
This is what good breast health is. So when you
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find something abnormal, you're aware of it, and you're not waiting,
and you're not afraid to speak up for yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Spilling the tea on this Sunday morning is the Sisters
Network Northeast Florida. With me today is Patria Stevens Felder.
She is one of the advocates and one of a
survivor paving the way and building a momentum of sisters
being there for sisters. So talk to us about Saturday,
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October the eleventh. It's called Spilling the Tea, empowering young
Black women to take charge of their breast health. Talk
to us about that day, what they expect.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We are so excited. We're targeting our young Black women
between sixteen and fifty. We're telling them to come out,
slay sid have some conversations with us. We're going to
have a medical expert who've given accurate information on the
breast held. We're going to have engaging demonstrations on how
to properly check your breath. We are going to have
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a survivor's story that's empowering that you know, this young
lady found her cancer herself. So we want these mothers
come out and bring your daughters. Daughters, come out and
bring your mothers so that we can break the bust
these myths and these disparities that are found among our
African American women. October six is the last day to register.
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You know, you guys have it on your Westite, but
you can also go to eventwright dot com and look
for Spilling the Tea for breadth Health community.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
This is an event where you take your sister with you, your
mom with you, your friend with you. This disease has
no barrier and no color. And we are targeting our sisters.
We want them to understand and know, especially the young
ones where right now medically they say you don't need
to take a test to know, but you need to
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be aware. So October the eleventh, starting at eleven am,
the Sisters Network Northeast Florida is Spilling the Tea, bringing
the tea and providing the tea on breast health. Patrice,
anything else you'd like to share with the community at.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
This time, you know, we like to thank the community
for coming out to schools destrut and supporting us once
again for ten years. We are out there in our community.
We're spreading awareness. We have the resources, and we just
want them to know. Early detection is the key. That's
the main thing we keep telling my young women. Early detection.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
And I have to ask you this, with breast cancer and
you coming through surviving your mental health was a big
part of this, what would you say to those out
there battling you.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Know what I would tell them. Number one, slow down,
give yourself a chance to digest what's going on. It's
very overwhelming. Find that support system that's going to help
you through. Take each victory just one step at a time,
because it's going to be small victories. When they say
it's a journey, it truly is a journey. I've had
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a four year fight. My first year. I celebrated my
first year with Sister Strutt and I have been walking
with them since. I have been going through Sister's network fence.
But you have to take it one day at a time.
That would be my advice mentally, one day at a time,
and remember this is a faith walk and some days
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you're gonna fall, some days you're gonna stutter, but the
faith part is getting back up.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Other than the Bible, did you read any books to
see you through this journey?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You know, I did have a pink sister who was
just wonderful walking me through the journey, and she shared,
she sent me gifts, and she sent me a book
and that was a great tool for me. I read
Everybody Got Something by Robbing Robert, and I just could
relate to what was in that book and the journey
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that she was going through because I too was walking
through it, so that was like a survivor guide for me.
Besides reading my Bible, praying and having my moment of
my Wednesday worships. That's what I would do. I would
have my Wednesday worships. So just encourage me throughout the week,
you know, because on this journey we're having three four
Dots appartment a week, midweek Wednesday worships. I just needed
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that encouragement. So having a Pink sister to walk on
the journey encourage me once I was on the other
side of recovery, to do the same for another woman.
It actually gave me purpose in my pain to be
a part of an organization like Sister's Network and to
help other women advocate, encourage them, and support them throughout
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this journey.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Patrice, you know, having been with the iHeartMedia and doing
Sisters Strut for the ten years, seeing the sisters, understanding
that each year we build something and it's called family.
How important is family on this journey?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Oh, I had such a wonderful village. You know, we
sometimes forget that there are other survivors on this journey.
We think of the breast cancer survivors. But our caretakers,
our caregivers, our family, and our friends, they're survivors too
because they're going through the battle right along with us.
There is no way that I could have made it
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on the other side without the support system that I had,
the family members who would take me to appointments, the
ones who would cook, the ones who would call just
to check on me, you know, and then building that
family with the Pink Sisters, having those sisters from Sisters
Network loving on me, praying with me, supporting me through
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having a community of people from your job to the
resources that at your cancer center, all of those make
up that village that you need to make it throughout
the journey.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Is there anybody that you would like to think that
saw you through other than Sisters Network, Northeast Florida, the
Pink Sisters, anybody else out there that you would like
to think, as you are now a survivor, and I'm
sure the doctors and all the people that pushed it
through with you, is there anybody you'd like to think?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You know, I had a wonderful team at Indian I
cannot say them enough. They had so much compassion, the
knowledge base, the time that they took. They would answer
all of my questions. My husband was there from day one.
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I have three beautiful sisters who walk through that with me,
from my sister Felicia, to my sister Twanda, to my
sister Laitania, my best friend, even though she too had
a fight that she was going through, she was there
for me. Latersa was amazing. And then my children. It
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was tough for them, but they showed strength that I
didn't even know they had. So can I just thank
Erica and Daniel and Jayvon and Xavier and Maya. They
were my wife, the reason that I got their fault
every day. So for the team at MD Anderson that
I still work with that watched me closely, that still
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let me know it's going to be okay, even sometimes
when it's not okay. To my husband, to my sisters,
to my children, they have just been wonderful, you know.
And I can't thank them enough. Like I said, they
too are survivors on this journey because they went through
the battle with me.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
Community. You're listening to Community Viewpoint Shawnee speaking to Patrice
and Patrice. I just want to say that the children
saw you and so trust that they saw strength as well.
So you know, children always, and I have to say this,
they always mirror a parent. So thank you. Thank for
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being that strong parent too, you know, because I truly
believe they got it from you.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Johnny's speaking to Patrise today from Sisters Network Northeast Florida,
a survivor of breast cancer. As we salute and celebrate
Breast Cancer Month, know that it is not a death
senter because if you have a team and a family
and a village, you can be a survivor like Patrise. Patrese,
thank you so much for your time, your words, your
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voice of strength to those listening. Again. October the eleventh,
starting eleven AM, Sisters Network north East Florida is spilling
the tea empowering young African American women to take charge
of their breast health. Anything else, Patrice, Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Would that's say a community come out. This is a
free advent and we just want to empower our young
black women.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
You can find the flyer on our website and the
location is at the Lane Wiley Community Center. Community. Be empowered,
stay empowered, and understand that hey, one day we will
find a cure. But right now we have the greatest
support system of all Sisters Network Northeast Florida is empowering
our sisters and even though we had our tenth annual,
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they keep going and empowering others. So thank you for
being advocate today, Patrice. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You're so welcome.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Welcome to Community Viewpoints. As Shawnee feeling blessed and highly
favorite on this Sunday morning, we are empowering our community.
It is the month of October where we channel into
fighting cancer, especially breast cancer. But today we have two
ladies here from the Charmetts, Latania Rogers and Yolanda Rogers,
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not related. They are the co chairs for the one
hundred Women in Pink event happening this year. Latanya, good morning,
how are you.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
I'm doing great? How are you?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Latanya? If you would just tell us a little something
about yourself before we get to Yolanda.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Okay, while I'm Latanya Rogers. I am originally from Detroit
and I moved here from to Jacksonville Orange Park area
and around two thousand and five with my sons and
I joined the Charmett It was about two years ago now,
and I guess the opportunity to share this event.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Thank you so much for joining us on community viewpoints
and Yorlanda is here. Yolanda Rogers, how are you doing
this morning?
Speaker 3 (15:11):
I am great?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Orlanda? I feel so blessed to be able to talk
to both of you this morning. I have a double
team today talking about a wonderful event and I saw
this and I said, you know, the community needs to
get involved. So with the Charmets, you guys have been
just empowering the community. You have an event coming up.
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Talk to us about the Charmets the nonprofit and you
know the organization's mission statement.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Absolutely, it's a sisterhood of dedicated women committed to improving
the quality of life within our community with advocacy, education, service,
and support for cancer research. So of course we definitely
love service and helping and being a sisterhood.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yolanda, tell us a little something about yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Absolutely, I was born in Alabama, but I've been here
since early two thousand.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I'm a mother of four, and I feel serving.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
And helping my community is definitely my purpose in life.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Community Shawnee speaking to the Termets this morning, Latanya Rogers
and Yolanda Rogers not related, but they are related in sisterhood.
Today they're here to talk to us and empower us.
The month of October, we plan on empowering anyone, any survivors,
anyone going through cancer. So this event that's coming up,
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the one hundred Women in Pink is coming up, and
Latanya talk to us about this event. I love the
subtitle stronger than the Storm. Talk to us about the
one hundred Women in Pink event comeing up.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Sure, So the one hundred Woman in Pink is an
event that they have, which is really our annual fundraiser
that we've had, and so Yilan and I are the
chair and the Colt chair. So we decided to come
up with a theme for this and what better way
to do it to name it other than stronger than
the Storm, because this is a matter that some women
don't overcome, and so many women do. So we decided
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to honor those ladies that have survived breast cancer. So
it will be honoring five women that was stronger than
the Storm. And that statement in itself is a wonderful blessing.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
To say and tell us the event is one hundred
Women in Pink. When will the event happen and where
will the event be a place?
Speaker 3 (17:44):
So the event is October nineteenth, and it will be
held at the main Library downtown and the event is
from three o'clock to six o'clock. We will have saxophonists there,
We're going to have a comedian, We're having seniors there.
So it's not just a kind of sit down and
find out more about breast cancer. It's more of an
experience of us being able to share and uplift other
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women that's going to be there. Our goal is to
make sure that we have one hundred women there to
celebrate them, not only just the survivors, but their caregivers
as well.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
And tell the community how can they attend this event?
How can they get involved with the Charmettes?
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Absolutely they can, definitely. We have our ticket sale on
event bright. Look for one hundred women in pink on
event bright.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Ticket sales there.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
They can also reach out to the Tanya Rogers or
Yolanda Rogers as you said, not related. Our contact information
for the tickets is forty dollars and they can do
that by veil cash app.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
The same one is event bright. So we would love
for people to go through event bright, but if you
can't go through event bright, you can look up either
one of us on Facebook, Latanya Rogers or Elanda Rogers,
and you can send us a direct message and we
can send you a link.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
One hundred women in Pink Stronger than the Storm. These
ladies community are asking you to attend, and it is
another event facing and empowering women who are going through
breast cancer or a type of cancer. But this is special.
You can also go on our website. You will see
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the flyer. We have some phenomenal women who will be
entertaining you on October the nineteenth. I will also say
that I'm blessed to know a few of these women,
so I'm excited that you guys are empowering the community. Again.
Where will this event be held? You said, the library downtown.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yes, at the Jacksonville Library downtown, the main library.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
Again.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
It's from three to six o'clock on Sunday, October the nineteenth.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
All right, And is there anything else that you'd like
to share with the community on the charmets And if
women would like to join your group so that they
can be a part of the force, I would call it.
How can they get in touch with you?
Speaker 2 (20:11):
All?
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
So the Charmets actually have a website. It's called Duval
County Charmet, and if you're interested in enjoining us, you're
more than welcome to go on to Facebook and see
one of our page which is called the Duval County Charmets,
and you can click right onto the link and you
can get a direct contact or message with our person
that handles that page and just let them know that
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you're interested in becoming a Charmet. Because the Charmet is
more of an invite only organization, So you just express
your interest, someone will contact you and meet with you
and we will actually at that point discuss some of
the qualifications to actually become a Chartmt.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
I and D Shawnee speaking to Latanya Rogers and Yolanda
Rogers from the Charmets. They are here to talk to
us about one hundred Women in Pinky event Stronger than
the Storm happening October nineteenth downtown at the Library, empowering
our community, empowering women, caregivers and servants that are doing
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the work in the community. Ladies, I want to thank
you for joining Community Viewpoints today. Is there anything you'd
like to share with the community.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I do want to say that all is invited.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
Even though we have said is to call one hundred
women in Pink, we celebrate all, you know, people to
come out and be a part of This.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Is just not exclusive to women.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Men and women are absolutely We even have some children
coming to spend some time with us on this day.
It's a great and wonderful occasion.
Speaker 5 (21:43):
So we want.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Everybody to come out.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
But since here are speakers, we're even going to have
vendors there as well, so we're welcoming all to come
and join us.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Community. Be sure to get out to the one hundred
Women in Pink events Stronger than the Storm October nineteenth. Again,
you can go on our website. Flyer is on our
website as well. Latania and Yolanda, it was a pleasure
speaking with you. If you have community events throughout the year,
please do not hesitate to get in touch with me
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so I can share it with the community by adding
it to our community website.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Okay, okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
Latanya and Orlanda. I know this event takes work and
you have someone who is supporting you, talk to us
and tell us who is your sponsor.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
This year, we were able to secure some great sponsors
this year, one of those sponsors being Black Girl Vitamins.
We were pretty excited for the fact that they were
willing to partner with us on such a great occasion
because they said some of our values actually lying that
with what they leave in, which is the greater of
the help of African American women. So we're pretty excited
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to say that they're one of our sponsors and there
to be able to provide some information as well as
some of their products that they've provided us to give
out to every participant dot com and we're still accepting
sponsors and donation.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
If someone wants to connect with you, they just have
to go to the Charmett website. Could you repeat that
one more time?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Do I find a Charmet and so on Facebook. We
also have a website as well.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
The website is the Charmet Incorporated.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
And there's various links because there's a lot of chapters,
so you can actually just go to the Duval County
Chapter link and it's right on the website where you'll
be able to click right onto our website.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Excellent community. Shawnee speaking to Latanya and your landa rogers
Hear from the Charmetts ready for everyone to experience the
one hundred Women in Pink event stronger than the storm.
I thank you for being on Community Viewpoints, and of
course thank you for empowering the community through the Charmetts,
through this event and not stopping as servants to ensure
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that we advocate for cancer.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Welcome to Community Viewpoints and Shawnee feeling blessed and highly
favored on this Sunday morning, empowering the community and just
bringing things to light about questions you may have. So
today I have GP Mendy from FAM you, Mary and Gip.
Good morning. How are you.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
I'm well, I'm well, Shannie. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
You know, GiB when this request came about, I was like, yeah,
let's talk about this. So if you would just share
with the community just a little something about who is
GP Mendy.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
Well, my name is GP Mandy. I'm the assistant vice
president for research as well as the executive director or
the Family Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative. Well, it's
it's quite a mouthful, but one of our missions by
the Left Florida legislature that Mary has is to educate
Florydians about medical and unlawful use of marijuana, and of
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course the subject of marijuana on its own, It's always
been a very sensitive subject and so we get is
our task as minded about the legislator to help Floridians understand,
you know, the differentiate what the myths and the truths
are about medical and unlawful use of marijuana. A lot
(25:12):
of folks think they know what marijuana is about, you know,
some have even used it, you know, for decades. We
want folks to know that your marijuana the seventies is
not the marijuana today. There's a law that has changed
through the years that we want Floridians to have a
better understanding of so they can leave their lives on
(25:34):
the side of the law.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Community Shawnee speaking to GP Mendy this morning. We are
talking and just bringing something to the community where there
may be some misunderstanding. I spoke to GP on Thursday
morning because Senator Davis was here talking to the community
and I wanted to do a post interview just so
(25:57):
that if people didn't hear or were not there or GP,
how can these people get involved with fam you Mary
and get a better understanding about the medical marijuana and
the laws.
Speaker 5 (26:10):
Well, thank you very much, a very very good question.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
We encourage Florians to visit our website at the Mary
to find you thet E d U m M E
r I dot FAMU f A m U dot E
d U. So when you visit the Mary to find
you the e DU website, there's a lot there's a
plethora of resource about medical and unlaw for use of
marijuana cannabis, and so there's a lot to learn. Even
(26:37):
if you think you do know, we still encourage you
to visit. There's always something new to learn, so there's
a lot of information there. We also want folks to
understand that not everyone that utilizes medical marijuana is using
it to get high, that there's that misconception. In Florida,
(26:57):
the legislature has made it legal for medical marijuana, you know,
to be utilized as medicine. And so if you feel
like you have a medical condition, well, even if you
don't know what medical condition qualifies for medical marijuana, you
know to be used as a treatment modality. You know,
visit our website. You'll see all the conditions and if
(27:19):
you feel like you qualify, talk to your physician and
make sure you're using it legally. There is something called
irresponsible use. When medical marijuana is not used the right way,
you could use it irresponsibly, and we encourage folks not
to do that because your health could be at stake.
And so the more we learn, the more we understand
(27:42):
about medical and unlawed for use of marijuana, and we
want to talk to the community more about it and
we want them to learn so they can make better
inform decisions for themselves and their families.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Tommy and d Shawnee speaking to GP. Mandy here from
Family Mary, enlightening us about the things that we may
not know, but giving us a path of progress if
we should need to use marijuana and have a legal
entity to it. GP, I want to thank you for
bringing this to the table to the community so that
(28:16):
everyone can understand, you know, they can use marijuana the
right way. Is there anything else you'd like to share
with the community at this time?
Speaker 5 (28:24):
Yes, I'd like to thank the community for their audience,
and I would like to ask everyone that is a
parent or a guardian or a mentor anyone that you
have a kid or minor that looks up to you.
I'm talking about parents, uncles, aunts, Please look out for
(28:45):
those kids. There's a high prevalence of kids, high incidences
of kids, even at the elementary school level, being exposed
to various forms of cannabis gummies in particular, vaping is
becoming quite an epidemic. So please pay attention to your kids,
(29:06):
work with us, learn what we're talking about, so you
can better educate your kids and the miners in your life,
so those kids are making informed decisions for themselves. Please please,
We're begging you look out for those young kids. A
(29:26):
lot is happening in their lives. Please pay attention because
a lot of them aren't adopting maladaptive ways of coping,
including vaping and the utilization of gums from god knows
where that could be laced with harmful substances and could
even turn deadly. So please watch out for your families
(29:47):
and for the kids that you know mary in your lives,
and just let's just look out for each other, Okay,
especially the young kids. That's what I would like to
leave to communiy.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
With Shawnee speaking to GP Mandy here to empower us.
But it is also a call of action for the
young generation being exposed. This is a path where parents
can check out more or learn more at Mary dot
fam you dot edu. GP. Is there anything else you'd
(30:20):
like to share or what's the best form of action
to get more involved with sam you Mary.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
Please visit us. Visit our website. There's an opportunity for
you to put in a request if you'd like for
us to you know, show up on one of your events,
or you'd like for us to come and speak at
your events, to your local church, to your local you know,
chapter of your organization. Just men, invite us and put
(30:50):
a call through or send us an email. Check out
our website. The opportunities are there for you to reach us.
Please well, you're here to serve the community, here to educate,
learn and talk with a community about medical and unlawful
use of marijuana. We're at your service. Reach out to
us and i will do our best to.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Be there for you community. Shawnee speaking to GP Mendy
with fam You Mary. This is a call of action,
but there is a lot of groups out there that
can use this information to nurture the minds of our
young generation coming up. Lots of schools out there, so
be sure. I learn more at Mary dot FAMU dot edu.
(31:30):
We're always in the community, always empowering, but always sharing
to ensure that our next generation gets a fair shot.
Speaker 5 (31:37):
Right, yes, yes, you're very right, Shaannie. And please let
your audience know this is free, what everything we're doing
is free to go to the community. That is free
to everyone.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
And thank you, Thank you for listening to community viewpoints.
Be sure to check out our community calendar page and
have a blessed day.
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