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In this podcast, Nico picks up where she left off in Part 1, with some office jobs she had when she first moved here before switching to screenprinting full-time. She met the folks who run Workshop SF, and starting screenprinting and teaching classes there. Through Workshop, she also started connecting with more creative, "work hard, play hard" types, which whom she identified. She decided to open her own business in 2015. Originally known as Studio Nico, Fleet Wood hit the five-year mark this February, just before shelter-in-place began. We recorded this episode nearly two months ago, but we checked in with Nico yesterday, and she wanted to share the following in light of the uprising for racial justice: We would like to announce that we are pledging $5,000 to support Black and underserved youth in San Francisco. A portion of our daily sales will go toward funds for @larkinstreetyouth and Third Street Youth Center & Clinic (Bayview). We stand with our Black brothers and sisters to actively fight back against systemic racism. Read more about what we’re doing at ⚡️fleetwoodsf.com ⚡️
Nico ends the podcast talking about running a retail business during quarantine.
We recorded this podcast during quarantine in San Francisco in May 2020.
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Coldwater, OH, has seven stoplights, by Nico Schwieterman's last count. In this podcast, Nico, who opened and owns Fleet Wood in the Tenderloin, shares stories of growing up in the small town of Coldwater. Her dad ran a shop where, as a kid, she helped him print shirts. She was your fairly typical teenager, and ended up going to college in Cincinnati. A college internship in 2004 brought her to San Francisco, and she was in love in the first half hour of being here. We recorded this podcast on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in May 2020.
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One of Uncle Damien Posey's favorite things to tell people is that he's "not a role model, he's a real model." We checked in with our Season 2, Episode 38 storyteller last week to see how he's doing and how he's feeling about the current uprising for racial justice. In this special podcast, Damien shares some of his own experiences with racism in The City, his thoughts on the current uprising and his support role in it, and the many cultural differences that we should celebrate rather than fear. He ends the podcast talking about where he draws his strength from and what his hopes are for the near future. If you missed our original podcasts with Unc, please go back and listen to Part 1 and Part 2. We recorded this podcast during quarantine in San Francisco in June 2020.
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In this special episode, S2E49 storyteller Chloe Jackman shares her perspectives on race and the current uprising for racial justice. The daughter of a Black man and a white woman, she was often made to feel "not Black enough." But over time, she was able to defy those norms and embrace the entirety of her identity. One of Chloe's main hopes coming out of the worldwide and ongoing protests is that we engage in conversations that up to now have been deemed "uncomfortable" and that, in whatever form, a more just world emerges for her one-year-old son. If you missed Chloe's original podcasts with us, please go back and listen to Part 1 and Part 2. We recorded this podcast during quarantine in San Francisco in June 2020.
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Thea Matthews is a powerful poet. In this podcast, Thea picks up where she left off in Part 1, talking about the early days of her writing and performing poetry. She helped established the Black Student Union at City College and later went to UC Berkeley, commuting the whole time from her home in The City. Later in the episode, Thea reflects on the current uprising for racial and social justice. And she ends the podcast by reading four poems: "Gazonia," "Azalea Rhododendron," Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica," and the prelude ("Praeludium") to her book of poems that comes out on June 20, Unearth [the Flowers], which you can buy at Green Apple Books, Bookshop, or your local bookstore.
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Poet, activist, and scholar Thea Matthews grew up in the Excelsior, which to this day is still a largely ungentrified, working-class neighborhood in San Francisco. In this podcast, Thea talks about growing up as a Black/Mexican/Indigenous kid with a single mom in San Francisco in the 1990s. Most of her childhood experiences with her Blackness were negative, but they later formed a backdrop to her embracing that aspect of her life. Her views of the city, in all its complexity, inspire a lot of her poetry to this day. Toward the middle of the podcast, Thea reads her poem "St. Francis." 
She ends the episode talking about embracing her Blackness and drawing strength from it.
Please visit Thea's website to learn more. Join us tomorrow for Part 2. We recorded this podcast during quarantine in San Francisco in June 2020.
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In this special episode, we listen to artist William Rhodes talk about his arrival in San Francisco back in 2008. It wasn't exactly the city he had imagined. Together with other Black artists in the city, he helped cofound the Three Point Nine Art Collective, and that helped William feel grounded in community and what he loves to do. But it of course didn't stop the racist micro-aggressions he experienced here on a daily basis. William ends this episode offering a genuine sense of hope for the future, which he believes has to start with us all being true to ourselves. In case you missed William's original podcasts with us, please go back to Season 2 Episode 33 (Part 1 and Part 2). We recorded this podcast on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in June 2020. 
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Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez dove head-first into a career in journalism in his hometown of San Francisco. In this podcast, the young veteran reporter takes us through the later days of his time in City College's journalism program. After a brief stint at SF State, Joe got hired to write for the SF Bay Guardian, and rode it out until that weekly folded. He soon found work as a reporter and opinion columnist at the Examiner, a job he held until just last month. These days, he's a producer/reporter for KQED News. If you missed Part 1, please go back to hear all about Joe's parents and his upbringing in Cow Hollow. We recorded this podcast on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in April 2020. 
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Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez grew up in Cow Hollow, and he'd like you to know what that means. In this podcast, the prolific San Francisco journalist tells the story of how his parents met (it involves his mom and uncle hitchhiking from Los Angeles to San Francisco). He talks about the neighborhood where he grew up and all the misconceptions that surround it. An influential neighbor he had back then led him to become a writer for his middle school newspaper. Joe ends the podcast sharing stories from his time making documentary videos in high school, and how, in a roundabout way, that led him back to journalism at City College. We recorded this podcast on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in April 2020.
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In this podcast, District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen picks up where she left off in Part 1, talking about her work at La Raza Centro Legal in the Mission. She goes on a verbal tour of places in the Mission she hung out (hello, margaritas at Latin American Club!). She applied for and got a job as a legislative aide to then-D9 Supervisor David Campos. Fast-forward to 2016, when she was tapped to run to replace Campos. She shares stories from a bittersweet Election Night that November, working with former Mayor Ed Lee, and what she hopes to accomplish if she wins reelection this year. We recorded this podcast in Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in April and May 2020. |
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