Ezekiel, Elijah and Andre discuss how self quarantine has been affection those with mental health challenges specifically withing brown communities in Baltimore. They suggest some solutions on how communities can leverage technology to get the help they need. They also talk about how African American communities have to strengthen their information networks as this will not be the last situation that hits Brown communities harder, disproportionately.  System Unknown is a new mini series within the Just Talking Podcast and will be covering the COVID pandemic and its effects on Baltimore until the issue is resolved. We hope you all are enjoying the content.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

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System Unknown #8

Andre, Elijah, and Ezekiel discuss what has changed over the past weekend in terms of how COVID is effecting Baltimore and the greater surrounding areas. They also discuss the direct impacts to children who are at home but also suggest that maybe now is the best time for organizations and schools to partner with parents and support more education at home .System Unknown is a new mini series within the Just Talking Podcast and will be covering the COVID pandemic and its effects on Baltimore until the issue is resolved. We hope you all are enjoying the content.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

System Unknown #7

Ezekiel and Andre discuss the importance of maintaining a sense of community during these troubling times as well as how history seems to be repeating itself. They remain hopeful that the United States and Baltimore will learn from this situation, and that young people will continue to be more involved in political discourse.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.comCategory

System Unknown #6

Ezekiel, Andre and Eli discuss potential solution to the challenges returning citizens will face as the Covid 19 pandemic rises. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.Stay updated on all of our latest content! Click this link (https://bit.ly/2Uk1Cqo) to SUBSCRIBEFollow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.comCategory

System Unknown #5

Elijah, Andre and Ezekiel discuss some of the Covid 19 developments and what they mean or don't mean for Baltimore and Maryland.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content! Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia) Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen) Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com

System Unknown #4

Andre and Eli talk about how as humans all have the ability to be the good wolf or the bad. They discuss the importance of us investigating ourselves about the moments we aren't always at our best and how we must actively resist our more primal instincts and look to progress. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content!Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com

System Unknown #3

Eli and Andre discuss the power of collaboration especially in times like the one we're in. How many privileged communities are feeling what underprivileged communities have been feeling since inception. They also discuss how Baltimore has laws that have only recently been changed 40+ years ago. Why haven't we figured out how to eliminate poverty in our society? In our communities? Are there ways to think about those solutions now?Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more. Stay updated on all of our latest content!Follow us on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bemoreopenmedia)Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/bemoreopen)Be More Open is a Baltimore Media Channel bringing you a fresh and honest take on social issues, music, art, politics, and more. Find all of our content at https://bemoreopen.com 

System Unknown #2

Andre and Eli sit down to begin the discussion on what the Coronavirus may mean for Baltimore. Just Talking: System Unknown is a new series posing difficult questions and asking for Baltimore citizens to respond to COVID 19 and the ways our local and federal government are handling it.  Be More Open is a Hyper Local media channel covering topics that affect your everyday life and conversation.

System Unknown #1

Zeke and Tamira sit down and talk about growing up in a single parent home, what happened to a lot of the programs that helped young women in Baltimore City have a chance at graduating from college, and how small businesses need to be more involved in the communities that support them. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking #12 Tamira Dunn

Zeke and Mary sit down to talk about how her graduate school experience informs how she looks at systemic issues facing marginalized communities, what does trauma mean for the African-American community in Baltimore, and what are solutions that will lead Baltimore to be a more equitable city for all residents.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking #11 Mary Washington

Ezekiel and Ray sit down to talk about diversity in Baltimore, what it means to be an outsides, the difficulty of raising children and the importance of having confidence in your own choices. Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking #10 Ray Powell

Just Talking #9 Brandon Scott

Zeke and Stokey talk about his journey growing up in Baltimore, where the lack of an opportunity in the city can lead a youth, and what he's doing now to redirect the current youth.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking #8 Carlmichael 'Stokey' Cannady

Ezekiel and Matan sit down to talk about housing politics in Baltimore, the importance of mentorship, and the need for transparency from politicians to the citizens.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking #7 Matan Zeimer

Just Talking's first Live Panel Episode recorded at Bird in Hand Cafe on January 24th 2020. In this episode Ezekiel engages a diverse panel of Baltimore citizens, developers, artists, entrepreneurs, and community organizers in conversation about some of the major issues facing our city. Tune in for a conversation about progressive solutions for issues surrounding literacy vs. fluency, education, food access, and equity for Baltimore's citizens.Just Talking is a channel of Be More Open, bringing you open and honest conversations with thinkers, makers, creatives, and more.

Just Talking LIVE #1

A Baltimore Based Media Channel bringing you Conversations with Makers, Artists, Creatives, and more!