Episode 5: Tsehaitu Abye
AIR DATE: MAY 9TH, 2021
This week our guest is Tsehaitu Abye. Tsehaitu Abye is a social strategist, entrepreneur, startup fixer, Founder of Black Dragon Breakfast Club, and a rising singer-songwriter. As an Ethiopian American growing up between Philadelphia and Hawaii, Tsehaitu gained unique perspectives of identity, race, class, immigration, community organizing, and leadership. We talk about building trust and space with other black folks to create the way we would like to and build in a way that we do not feel taken advantage of. Asking the real question of.. are hobbies really a thing? What the fuck are they? Exorcising people from your life who are only living for trauma porn and political organizing at a nonprofit vs union organizing/grass roots organizing. How the search for a woman producer was important for the creative process because men stay trying to take advantage of situations and not respecting women for their talent and only taking advantage of the situation to score a date or whatever else is on their minds. How the pressure of trying to be perfect in friendships, romance, work, can distract from the beauty of learning as you go and not being hard on yourself. Tsehaitu is an internet friend who has become an inspiration and passionate in real life force of nature. We go deep in this one and hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.
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One Fair Wage: One Fair Wage is a national coalition, campaign and organization seeking to end all subminimum wages in the United States and increase the sustainability of wages and working conditions in the service sector.
