2020 has been a whirlwind for all of us, and especially in the Diabetes community. So I felt it was important to address why the podcast has been a bit more absent recently, as well as address how Diabetics Doing Things will make efforts to be more inclusive, more anti-racist, and part of the solution rather than contributing to the erasure of Black experiences in the Diabetes community.

In this episode I cover the following:

• Why I’ve been so absent on the pod

• The days leading up to the COVID-19 lockdown

• Business updates and challenges following the lockdown

• The cancellation of all the Diabetes events I was scheduled to be a part of

• How my agency, Recreation has been handling the economic fallout

• Updates on ADA Imagine Camp

• Looking back on Rob Howe Has a Live Show

• Updates on how Diabetics Doing Things is responding to the Black Lives Matter movement, and what you can expect going forward

• Statistics on the lack of inclusivity on our platforms, and a candid discussion about the failure of representing Black people with Diabetes, and other BIPOC voices as well.

• Addressing the failure of JDRF to protect Kylene, Anita, and Keiva on the Juneteenth social media posts, and how I plan to use my involvement with JDRF, ADA and BeyondType1 to open the door for more opportunities for BIPOC people with Diabetes to share their voices and stories to spread awareness about the challenges our BIPOC brothers and sisters face.

Ok, that’s it! Thanks to Dario Health for sponsoring this episode, and keep it locked on Diabetics Doing Things. Listeners of the pod can save 77% on the Dario Starter kit!