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Hi Rona

Adiba Nelson talks about confronting her worst fears over the holiday season as her 11-year old daughter, Emory, was recovering from spinal surgery, her close-knit family - including her own mother - all contracted coronavirus.

Waiting to Exhale

Is it time for everyone to exhale? Adiba Nelson talks about the emotional toll the last four years has brought to her life, and whether her faith in democracy has been restored.

Demonstrators protest in favor of protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.

DACA recipients can now apply to renew status online

Up until now, that paperwork had to be mailed into the agency and getting a response could take months.

A view of the Santa Rita Mountains from Rancho Sahuarita.

New manufactured housing comes to Sahuarita

The new homes will be less expensive and produce less waste on site.

Black in America

Adiba Nelson about defying the odds, overcoming statistics, and living by a strict personal code - because she has to. She says it is all part of what it means to be Black in America in 2020.

George Floyd

Adiba Nelson wonders if the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis will be the tragedy that finally propels the American people to take action on law enforcement and racial justice.

Bye Rona

Author and activist Adiba Nelson returns, to share her story of being a single mom with an underlying condition - raising a child with a disability - in the age of COVID-19.

A Love Letter to Women

This Women's History Month Adiba Nelson, Tucson-based author, activist, mother, diva and queen bee, has a message for other women in action who are living, giving, and growing.

Mother's Day

Adiba Nelson shares the hardest parts of being a mom and why she thinks her younger self couldn’t understand the reasons she'd never give it up. Featuring music by Jaime J. Soto, produced by BV Beats.

Kids Make Friends

Adiba Nelson gives advice about the conversation she says more parents should have with their kids, about how to make friends with children who have special needs. Music by Jaime J. Soto.

Black Love

Adiba shares her perspective on the different kinds of love that exist within the black community, some that were born out of history, oppression and survival. Music by Jaime J. Soto.

No Baby

Adiba Nelson returns to tell about a journey she had to take for her health, and the ways it led her to re-examine the signals our culture sends about motherhood. (Music by Q and DJ Benbi.)

Domestic Violence

Adiba Nelson shares a personal essay on the complicated and painful legacy of domestic abuse in her family.

A Conversation with Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke became the founder of the #metoo movement. Adiba Nelson talks with Burke about being a survivor of sexual assault and how the movement's message of empowerment and empathy is being expressed.

Knapsack

Adiba Nelson offers her personal perspective on what she calls "the deep and heavy knapsack" of interracial dating, and tells how she defines her identity amidst the complex world of relationships and marriage.

Emory's Future

Adiba Nelson shares her hopes and worries about her young daughter's future, and the challenges she faces growing up during tumultuous times for her particular intersection of gender, race, and special needs.

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