All right, all right, that'd be hard.
Hmm, hmm, you tuned in to the Black Conversion Show.
Yeah, hey, um, 92, 1, 7, F, M, W, M, D, X, and I could be a rapper in my other life,
but I forgot to pursue it.
I'm just kidding.
You still girl-breddy-gracing in my whole favorite cousin, Clarke.
All right, y'all, we about to rap things up.
I know you guys were like, whoa, girl, you has set a breath full.
And I always do.
You don't want to me, it's just like-
And that's okay.
It's my ADHD mind, um.
But let's check in.
We never checked in.
We're going to check out.
How about that?
Ooh, I want you to check in, and we go check out.
I like that.
Okay, so how are you, Clarke?
I'm doing well, you know, um, it's 2025.
I've been really busy.
I'm ready for the code to go away because I have like this whole seasonal allergies thing.
And so I'm usually a little congested.
So if you guys can hear it in my voice, the fans are probably like-
Yeah, you sound like coolies.
I know right now, he's so right.
But I'm okay, it's seasonal allergies, I promise.
And, um,
uh-uh, speaking of, right.
But for me, I am practicing grace and mercy for others.
I'll give it myself a lot of grace and mercy last year.
I was really lazy, so I was like, you're okay, you're okay.
Yeah.
But in this year, like, just when people are doing wrong,
I'm just giving them a little grace and mercy and just being like,
it's okay, people making mistakes.
Yeah.
And then I'm also practicing living in the moment.
That's good.
So I won't look up at 80 years old and not have lived life.
That's good.
Three, two things that I'm working on this season.
I like it.
What about you, sister?
I'm working on all kind of stuff.
But I have fallen off in the last couple of weeks.
I've been very tired and exhausted.
Me too.
Sorry.
It's good.
I was very tired January and half of February.
Well, I started off January really strong.
Doing what I need to do, being healthy, being energetic.
And then I went to this conference a couple of weeks ago
and it kind of sucked the life out of me.
Because it's hard to be around people who talk about equity
and diversity of North and I owe you voted for.
So it just kind of sucked the life out of me.
It's kind of what you feel in Madison
when people talk about diversity and vulnerable people,
but your actions don't align.
And I mean, we talked about last time you were here
500 years ago, Clyde.
But we talked about that.
That was not even subtle.
I know, right?
I was just, that was a huge twist of mind.
I know, twist of mind.
OK, but what we talked about last time
was how local government is really hard for people
known as Black and Local Government.
They're always trying to play the party line
and get reelected or get voted in.
So no one takes hard stance.
They literally, people known as Black and politics
in Madison and Dane County was constant across the nation
too often, mimic what white people did in the state of the dress.
Like really quiet, you're not saying anything.
You don't even support the Black women
that are doing the work, you're not showing up.
I have never had anyone in politics and Dane County
support what we do in any way, even when we're making loud noise.
For example, urban triage just launched a transitional house
facility, just opened last week.
Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
I said some of my kids over.
Oh, good.
Thank you very much.
Much problem.
And you guys, we receive referrals directly
from Dane County social workers, from foster,
for foster children or youth who are about to age out
of foster care, what have you.
So that's how it's working right now.
That can change very soon in the future.
But I share that to say, I haven't received any like politics
or like, hey, look at what this Black
organization is doing.
If I was another leader, I'm not going to name names, right?
But if I was a male leader, y'all would have called me
you to do photo ops.
I also want to give a shout out to greater Chamber of Madison
or as a greater Chamber of Madison
or Chamber of Greater, something like that.
I think I got it right.
But I want to give a shout out to,
because they showed up for our open house.
They provided the scissors.
They provided the ribbon.
And they held the ribbon.
Where was the Black Chamber?
I don't know.
Where was the other Black, I don't know.
But that's what I'm saying.
Like as a Black woman who has done revolutionary work,
radical work, historical work.
In the years doing it.
And is doing it made room for everybody else
to enter these spaces.
Where are y'all?
And that's an example of how we don't do the work
of supporting the people that we need to support.
I'm not mad.
I'm a little mad.
But it feels a little different.
But it is okay to be upset about things like that,
especially when you're doing work.
Because after a while, that can destroy you, right?
Like it's exhausting.
Yes, it fatigued you.
Yeah, but you know what keeps us going is our village.
Yeah, because I know your village showed up,
right?
Yeah, they showed up.
Shout out to my boy.
Because I love y'all.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So those things matter.
Yeah.
So continue to do the great work.
I sent some of my 18 plus kids over.
And they enjoyed themselves.
They talked about how beautiful the house was.
I was like, of course, we don't do nothing but excellence
and brilliance.
Yeah.
So what happened?
We had one article.
One news people showed up.
I saw that.
Who was that?
Just one.
That was channel 27.
I seen that.
And they wrote an article and they said,
they didn't say Irvin triage, which was weird.
Because why wouldn't you say Irvin triage in the title
of the newspaper?
But that's what anti-blackness looked like.
And the because I'm speaking of it,
they might not ever do it again.
Now shout out to the journalist Lucas, who always wants to come.
Because he has to get permission from his editor, right?
And he sent me email like,
girl, I want to come.
This is amazing.
Thank you guys for your work.
So shout out to you.
I see you.
I appreciate you.
Shout out to all the black journalists who
supported our black history fundraiser.
They showed up at the Madison restaurant.
I took a picture with all our black journalists,
but they don't get to cover what they want to cover either.
So I just want to say, like, do better.
So that's how I'm feeling.
But I have been working on practicing what I preach.
It's been a really challenging couple weeks for Irvin triage.
We're facing a lot of questionable freezes.
Are the money that's in our budget for the next two years,
over $3 million is frozen because of Trumpity dumpity.
So there's a lot of questions for our organizations with,
and I'm trying not to panic, but it's on my heart.
It's in my stomach because I employ the people we serve.
And I offer them opportunities that most people
will not offer them.
So it's my job to make sure they stay employed, right?
So that's been sitting on my heart
and then trying to navigate that with managing my staff
because they're feeling a little anxiety,
which means that that shows up and then we end up
regulating and trying not to snap on them
or trying to keep them right.
And girl, boy, everybody, it's a job.
Yeah, but you got it, though, right?
Amen.
The race is given to the fastest person that can run.
And that's new.
So you got this, like, stay in prayer.
I think after these conferences, after these meetings,
after these ribbon cut-ins, you have to make sure
you stay in prayer because they're going to always come
for us spiritually, physically, mentally,
and emotionally.
And you got this because you're human too.
And grace and mercy.
Gotta give yourself mercy, mercy, mercy.
Yes, I've been trying to work on that.
And shot, shot, shot, shot, shot, shot, shot.
But you're doing it.
You're doing it.
We got to change our language I've been or I like,
or I'm trying to know you're doing it.
I like that.
You're doing it.
A firming.
I also want to give a shout out to my daughter
who just had a birthday.
Two shout out to you and Tavio Grayson.
She is my oldest child.
She just turned, I believe, 31?
Okay, all right.
Yes, 31.
I try to forget her age because it makes me age.
You're right.
Wait, 31.
But shout out to you.
Shout out to my tribe.
Shout out to my children.
And shout out to my partner.
He's been working really hard to get right be right.
And it's hard for a lot of reasons.
For people known as black and our relationships
as we often talk about.
But he's been working really hard.
I see you, boo.
I see you.
I see you.
We see you.
And I smack you still.
I saw another day.
I ain't no smack.
Brandy is not smacking nobody out.
She just talking.
Okay.
Because I'll be taking stuff literal.
They do.
Like Jesus.
They're gonna go to his shop.
Inspire barber shopping and stuff.
And they're like,
you should be abused and you'll spry.
You need to speak up.
Speak up and say something.
They don't be getting let me see.
He all right.
He's all right.
But remember to look up the candidates.
This is an election year April 1st.
The Dane County lady is running again.
Are you out of vote for her?
I don't understand that,
but I'm not gonna speak on it.
We'll talk about it next week.
We'll get it off the other way.
Yeah, next week.
But get out.
Learn your candidates.
Vote, show up.
Vote.
Don't vote like you did for the presidential election.
Okay.
I'll just say that.
Don't do that anymore.
Okay.
She's thinking.
You're listening to the Black Conversion show
with your favorite Black woman, Brandy Grayson.
Show up next week on 92.7 FM with my guy.
You're a favorite cousin, Clyde.
Peace, love and hair, Grishaw.
