The Indie Soul Magazine Podcast

Indie Soul Magazine Podcast: MVLS Structural Racism PT.2 w Aja Mallory

What is MVLS (Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service)? Services are provided regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, age, religion, disability status, sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender presentation, sexual orientation, or immigration status.
MVLS offers services pro bono for the state of Maryland.  Please check with your State regarding what possible services may be available in your area. Hopefully, the topics that we discuss on the show, will spark conversation or change where you live.
 
On this episode, Host/Producer, Phinesse Demps, talks with Aja Mallory of MVLS regarding Structural Racism  and the effects this has on communities.

Indie Soul Magazine Podcast: MVLS - Chris Sweeney discussing Expungement

After continued efforts by community advocates, Maryland’s legislature has made substantial improvements to our state’s expungement laws. The expansion of expungement access has made this practice area a key component of the legal service field. But despite vast improvements in recent years, Maryland’s laws still have a long way to go before expungement opportunities can truly affect those who need this relief the most. MVLS staff attorney Chris Sweeney will discuss with Host/Producer, Phinesse Demps, the major issues still present in Maryland’s expungement law and outline the changes advocates are still fighting for.

Indie Soul Magazine Podcast: Writer/Director Dwayne Brown

Untold Secrets: The Flip Side
In this riveting short film, the filmmaker takes us inside the struggles of individuals battling cancer and mental health.
Filmmaker Dwayne Brown knows the pain and emotional toll of losing loved ones to cancer.
In his film, Untold Secrets: The Flip Side, he tells a story of how these issues impact individuals through several characters. The movie will be shown on January 15, 2024, at 3 pm at the Charles Theater, which is located at 1711 N Charles St, in Baltimore, Maryland.
A panel featuring local actors, experts, and survivors will follow the viewing of the movie.
“I hope that the movie will spark conversations throughout the community amongst mental health leaders and that organizations can continuously work together to develop strategies and solutions to effectively handle these issues as well as support individuals impacted by them,” said Brown.
Host/Producer sits down with Dwayne Brown and discusses.

Indie Soul Magazine Podcast: MVLS- Structural Racism with Margaret Henn

Host/Producer, Phinesse Demps is joined by Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Services, Margaret Henn.
 
Topic:           
Structural racism as it relates to family, expungement, income tax, and estate planning and administration
(Margaret will speak to the work MVLS does while explaining the “why” of what they do.)
 
Bio:
Margaret Henn joined the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service in 2019 and currently serves as the deputy director. In this position, Henn oversees the core pro bono program, housing and consumer work, family law work, recruitment, retention, and training of a pool of over 1,000 volunteer attorneys, operations, and compliance. Before working at MVLS, Henn was the Home Preservation Project director of the Pro Bono Resource Center. And, before that, she was awarded a two-year fellowship at Regional Housing Legal Services in Pennsylvania. Henn is a graduate of Boston College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Special Guest Author/Entrepreneur Civ Jones

Host/Producer Phinesse Demps interviews his good friend and sis,, Civ Jones, Author/Entrepreneur about her book "7 Lessons Hip Hop Taught Me That School Didn't" 
This multifaceted book with one part autobiography and one part Hip-Hop history. Through repetitive, catchy, rhythmic sequences, Hip Hop has been used to express Black joy and pain, becoming the top-selling entertainment genre amongst American youth. Civ Jones expounds on "7 lessons" she's learned from being a lover of Hip Hop culture. Jones encourages readers to go beyond rap lyrics as she discusses topics such as drugs, politics, economics, social currency, and women in hip-hop.
They also talk about everything 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop, women in Hip-Hop, and more! 
Pick up your copy of the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Taught-That-School-Didnt/dp/B0B3S1JSYF

Black Men’s Mental Health with Special Guest: Marc Samuel

Our first episode dealing with the Topic of Black Men's Mental Health features Special Guest Mark Sameul of Rize Media Group. courtesy The Baltimore Times.
Phinesse Demps ( Soul MediaGroup and SOUL ON SOUL WITH PHINESSE) speaks with Mark for the very first time as they both discuss Black Men's Mental Health.
Rebroadcast via Indie Soul Magazine.

ISM SEASON 1-SHOW 1: FEATURING MARK SAMUEL BLACK MENTAL HEALTH

The online magazine debuted in 2016 in a space to discuss and share Black and Brown stories, experiences, and successes. The Owner/Host, Phinesse Demps (Part Owner of Soul Media Group), has finally turned his attention to producing/hosting the Indie Soul Magazine Podcast (email: indiesoulmag@gmail.com).
 
This first episode features a discussion on Black Men's Mental Health featuring friend/business partner, Mark Samuel (Photographer/Videographer) who brings the Indie Soul Magazine platform up to speed on a previous conversation that was started on a previous podcast for the Baltimore Times. 
This is the first of many conversations about Black Mental Health