Episode Transcript
[00:00:04] Speaker A: Yo, it's effective immediately. I'm DJ Head.
[00:00:06] Speaker B: What up, Hip Hop Nation? It's your favorite homegirl, Gina. Views.
[00:00:08] Speaker A: Yes. We have a special guest in the building, man.
[00:00:12] Speaker B: A goat.
[00:00:12] Speaker A: One of the goats for sure. A good friend of mine, a Emmy nominated journalist. Is that clocking it? You clocking it right now?
[00:00:19] Speaker B: No, that's not clocking it.
[00:00:21] Speaker A: That's it. It's clocking.
[00:00:22] Speaker B: But this is like a different rendition of that.
[00:00:24] Speaker A: Oh, my God, I can't keep up with this shit anyway, period.
[00:00:28] Speaker C: Poo.
[00:00:29] Speaker A: Producer, host, journalist, all the things, greatness. Mimi Brown is here.
[00:00:33] Speaker C: Thank y' all so much for having me. Hey, Gina, listen, I am so honored to be here with y'. All. I have been watching every episode. Y' all are killing it up here, so it's my honor to be here today.
[00:00:43] Speaker A: I've been telling Gina about Gina and our producer, nay about you for a while. You know, you one of them ones. You were the first person to put me on network television here in Los Angeles, Fox 11. Like, I want you to get into, but I know we here to talk about, you know, all your recent works, but I want to go back a little bit and kind of give people a little background because you really put on for LA in a real way for a decade. Ish.
[00:01:10] Speaker C: So you know what, Ed, thank you for saying that because, you know, I've always tried to center our voices in spaces that didn't necessarily look like us. And so when I do that, it's important that I have people in the community like you to call on to be that voice. And so anytime that I needed you to speak to something, you were always there and you gave the viewpoint of the people of LA to make sure that they were centered and they were heard. And so, you know, that's what I've been doing for 10 years. I was a producer at Fox 11 and then I became an on air personality at Fox 11. And, you know, anytime there was a story that was about us that needed to be said, that needed to be told, I made sure to do so in a light that was reflective of who we truly are. And so it's important to have voices behind the scene that are rallying for us and that.
That LA can really know that this came with love and with heart. And so I thank you for always, you know, just saying, yes, I got you whatever you need. What's the topic? You get there, you wouldn't even know. The topic should just be like, all right, let's go.
[00:02:16] Speaker A: I'm just gonna tell the Truth.
[00:02:17] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:02:18] Speaker A: Yeah. But thank you, I appreciate that. And also, like, as far as, like, you being an on air person, you understand that a lot of. There's not a lot of you's, which is why, you know, people told me I was crazy, because they're like, you finna go on the radio with a black girl? Absolutely.
[00:02:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? My producer is a black woman. You know what I'm saying? So I think me and my team, we try to make sure we do our due diligence, but you also are one of the people who do the same.
[00:02:44] Speaker C: Yeah. You know, when you told me about Gina, I said, I looked at her, I looked her up, I said, head. Yes, yes, yes. She's amazing. And so I told him a bunch of things I wanted him to say to you, which clearly I didn't tell her. He didn't tell you, but I just wanted you to know that you are killing it. You are doing an amazing job.
[00:03:01] Speaker B: I'm sorry, I can't take no more stuff today.
[00:03:04] Speaker C: I mean, no, like, seriously, like, Head was like, you know, gina, Gina, Gina. He had been saying this for years, for years. Like, not just at the start of the show. Like, I have heard your name. I hadn't seen the face, but I've heard your name so many times. And so when this came along, he was like, oh, I already know what I'm doing. I already know the person that I'm bringing along, and here you are. And literally, like, I see the clips, I see the show, and I am just in awe of you. You were doing an amazing job.
[00:03:34] Speaker A: How many times you gonna cry?
[00:03:35] Speaker B: That's why I'm saying I can't take no more today I can't take no.
[00:03:39] Speaker C: More love today.
[00:03:42] Speaker B: So there's people watching right now who don't know your story, don't know your background. Can you just tell those, those viewers who you are, where you came from? Where are you from?
[00:03:51] Speaker C: Yeah. Oh, here we go. So I'm originally from Alaska, from Anchorage, Alaska.
I left Alaska because I wanted to, quote, unquote, find myself, because no one else looked like me. So I went to hbcu. I went to Howard, and so after I left there, I came to la. I mean, I've spent a lot of time here because I have family here. My dad's side of the family is from la, so I grew up having my summers here. So I was very familiar with la.
But I knew that I wanted to tell stories. I've always wanted to tell stories because growing up in Alaska, there's nothing else to do but watch the news or watch a documentary. And so those are always. Those have always been my window into the rest of the world. And so I knew that's what I wanted to do. And so when I got to LA, Fox 11 was like my first news job out the gate. And I became a. Well, actually, I started as a production assistant, and then I became a field producer. Then I became a regular producer. Like, I worked there so long that I have done every job in the building, you know. But I also think that's very important. If you're going to be a journalist or if you're going to call yourself, you know, in any field, you need to know how to do everybody's job, especially nowadays. And so if you tell me that I need to fix the lighting, record this interview, I know how to do it, you know, produce this, like, because you have to know every position. And so for me, as a little girl, I always knew that I wanted to be a journalist. I wanted to be on air, I wanted to use my voice to tell stories and to center those who were underrepresented in some way. And so that's what I do, man.
[00:05:25] Speaker A: Obviously, like, your lineage is much needed and it's appreciated. Like I said, you always use your platform to help others.
So to alter Dina With Love is.
To me, I look at it like some people, I've called it a podcast. I remember me, and you talked about it.
I wouldn't call it a documentary. I look at it more of like a ode or like a love letter to people who have been affected by the fires. If you have been off world like Kanye, then you would know that we had crazy fires, you know, here in la.
And Altadena is one, is one area that kind of went under. I think that it wasn't until we started making noise about Altadena, is that like. Cause everybody was like, yo, Malibu and the Palisades. The Palisades fire and this and that. But then it was like, yo, but Altadena's fucked up. You know what I'm saying? And so, like, I remember it being like a social movement. Cause it reminded me of 2020 kind of where it was like, wait, we got some shit going on.
I get it. What's going on over here, like, Covid. Yeah, but it's something that went on in Minnesota that people need to kind of pay attention to. And so I look at it from that lens. That's how I look at. Talk to Dina with love. But your boots on the ground approach to it.
Congrats on it, by the way, on the series and whatnot. But what, what was the main thing that made you like, I'm going to pull the trigger, I'm going to do this.
[00:06:55] Speaker C: Thank you for asking me that, because it's exactly kind of what you said. People were so focused on Malibu and Palisades, right? And they're going to be all right. Someone's going to come and get them what they need and fix it back up the way that it's supposed to be.
But what about Altadena? And so when I went to Altadena, I literally was like, okay, I'm going to go as a, I'm a news anchor, so I'm going to go and I'm just going to talk to people. And then when I got there and I saw the devastation, I was like, oh, this is, this is beyond anything that I had ever witnessed with my own eyes. And so then I started just talking to people and I was taking their stories and just listening to what they had to say. And then I gathered so much information. And then I went home and then I got a phone call. And when I got the phone call, it was a, an Altadena resident. He said, you spoke to my childhood best friend. And my father's home burned down, too. And we went to share our story. And that's literally how it started. People just started calling me and telling me, and I was like, okay, this is, this is something. And so what I wanted to do by myself was I, I took my camera as I said, you got to know how to do every job. Because I took my camera, I took my mics, and I literally just, I walked and I talked with people, I cried with people, I listened to their stories. And then I realized that this is a series. This is, this is, this is news. This is information that the rest of the world needs to know. Because it's not just 9,000 structures that burn down. These are people's homes. These are people's lives. You know, you hear the story of, you know, my father had dementia. And so now, you know, I have to, I have to take over this home and help him, you know, do the paperwork. You hear the stories of the lady walking through her house at 3:45 in the morning because she didn't get the warning on time that the fires were coming, you know, or the, the person who can't rebuild because grandmother died and the house was in a trust. And now insurance won't pay the money to the, to the son. You Know what I mean? And so it's. There's just so many stories and what you want to do, what my goal has always been, is to humanize these stories so that people care. Because if you care, then you'll do something about it and that you'll help. And when the news fades away and people go home and 6 o' clock news, it changes every day. Right. The headlines are crazy these days. I wanted to make sure. I wanted to use my platform to make sure that Al Tadena stays in the news and that people continue to care and to donate and to get in the city, in the town, and do things that will help the residents rebuild properly.
[00:09:20] Speaker A: I think it's important to note too, like, you just went out there, like you said, you got your camera, your mics. It wasn't like, oh, you know, so and so is funding me to go do this. It was just like, you know what? I'm going to do what I do and utilize it for this, for this reason.
[00:09:34] Speaker C: There was no funding. In fact, I've spent more than I've ever made. Right. Like, I haven't really. I haven't made anything. I've literally. It is just the type of person that I am. I believe in the power of storytelling. I believe in making. I believe in making us in our stories center. I've always felt like that I. Working in the newsroom, I see the way that sometimes our stories are told and they're not always told in the best link lens. And I wanted to make sure that if I have the power to change that, then I want to do that. And so, yeah, I just went out there with whatever I had, my equipment, and I just. I kind of, you know, wanted to tell stories and I ended up finding people. When I say, like, y', all, I can't even explain to you how much this community just still needs love. Like, it's just past the 100 day mark, you know, and things are still just kind of getting started in the rebuilding phase. Right. They still need all the things that they needed mostly on day one.
[00:10:38] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:10:38] Speaker C: You know, it really hasn't gotten to the point where I think some of the other cities, Malibu or Palisades have gotten. People are still fighting insurance. They're fighting predatory buyers who want to come in and buy properties. There are renters who are squatting right now because their landlords won't turn the water or the gas or the electricity back on, and they have nowhere else to go. I mean, there are so many stories and so many things that are still happening in this town. And so in Altadena. To Altadena with love. We chronic. We.
What's the word?
[00:11:11] Speaker A: Chronicled.
[00:11:11] Speaker C: Yes, we chronicled each.
We picked like six. Six families, and we chronicled their stories. And so episode one, we just talk about, you know, when the fires began. And episode two, we talk. We talk about redlining, which I think is very, very important because we have to understand how all the black people got to West Altadena in the first place. They weren't allowed to live on the east side of town. And so when the fires came, they disproportionately affected West Altadena. And that why you see so many black homeowners displaced, because they were redlined there in the first place. Right. And historically, if you look back, these communities don't come back the same way that they did once something, you know, catastrophic has happened.
[00:11:57] Speaker A: I was happy that you focused on that, too. In that. In that. In that specific one is because I just finished a book called the Color of Law, and it's about socioeconomics, but also just redlining in general and stuff like that.
I wanted to dive into a little bit more Episode three, when the warnings came too late, because people didn't believe that people didn't know.
[00:12:20] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:20] Speaker A: Because it's like everybody's on social media, but everybody's not on social media. And people be like, how did you not know? It's like, well, some people don't fucking know. You know what I mean? Like, I. I actually know one human with a flip phone.
Like right now, today has a flip phone. I'm like, well, how do you even.
[00:12:36] Speaker C: You.
[00:12:36] Speaker A: He's like, I don't. Yeah, I just use my caller text me and I text one letter at a time on the. I'm like, what?
[00:12:41] Speaker C: Who's still doing that?
[00:12:43] Speaker A: But I know people with landlines. Just house phones.
[00:12:46] Speaker C: My grandmother. Yes.
[00:12:47] Speaker A: Just straight up house phones. So during this process, I know you talk to more than just the Mitchell family or not, but did you find a lot of people didn't know that the fires were coming?
Listen, like, how many? Like, what was that about?
[00:13:03] Speaker C: I was shocked to find out that. So this is the main theme that I heard. These hills have been on fire before. These mountains have been on fire before. So people didn't really think that they needed to evacuate or take it too seriously because they've seen the fires before in that area. They kept saying, eaton. Eaton Canyon has been on fire before. This is nothing new.
And so people went about their day as normal, and it wasn't until again, 3:45am that phones went off, that they got the evacuation notice notice. And by then it was too late. Like, it was like. It was like, where do I go? What do I do? People were scrambling. They were going to. And not to mention, there was parts of West Altadena that are so far in the hills that they don't have cell service. They don't have. They defend. They depend on WI fi. So if you're. If there's no power, you're done. You're done. So a lot of people did not even know that this was coming. And they were. So when they found out they were going house to house, rescuing the elders, the neighbors who. Who were bedridden in wheelchairs. I mean, there was just that community saved itself.
[00:14:12] Speaker A: Facts.
[00:14:12] Speaker C: That's what happened. It wasn't the fire, you know, department, it was the community that went door to door and saved itself. Literally. That's how they got out.
[00:14:22] Speaker B: While you're capturing these stories and talking to these families, interviewing them, how were you affected?
Like, just. Cause at some. We have to balance being professional to get the story out and tell the story. But you're still human.
[00:14:37] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:14:37] Speaker B: So we still have emotions and seeing things. Like we did the drive, the clothes and stuff, and that fucked me up. I literally went to one of my friend's house. Cause her house was about to be on.
It was close to the fires and I broke down and it wasn't even my house. So I know with you being in the midst of it, talking to these families, interviewing them, you have to have been affected some way.
[00:15:01] Speaker C: Yeah, no, it is.
You know, when you're a journalist, you're supposed to, like, be stoic, right? That is not the case in this. Like, but I find that what's crazy is to be honest with you, in episode four, we talked to Ariane Taylor and her family.
I still talk to her every day. And when I say she be encouraging me, you know what I mean?
She's lost everything. Right. But she's encouraging me because you're right, it is such a heavy lift. And. And you, you know, you. I'm an empath. You take that on, you know, and you just want to help. And so I find myself trying to, like, hold it together. And they are like, it's going to be okay, Mimi. You know what I mean? And I'm like, no, no, no, I'm here for you. So it is, you know, you. This, this story touches so many people. I'm going to tell y' all this. I went to we had a benefit concert in Pasadena maybe about a month ago. And I met this lady and she told me that she lost her house. She lost everything. But what made this story, like, what made me lose it was that her son was in the war and all of his things were in the house. So the flag that he was buried in, all of his pictures, all of his childhood memories, everything, everything that she had that reminded her of her son burned in the fire. This lady now has ptsd. You cannot even mention fire to her without her literally having some sort of trauma. And that is that. That is. Those are the things that, that this has left behind. These are the stories that you, that you deal with, and these are the, These are the things that, you know, you, you, you hope that if you tell it correctly, you, you, you, you trigger someone to, to. To donate to her rebuilding fund. You know what I mean? And so that's. That, that is literally my hope in all of this, because the, like I said, each of these stories, and so when you hear things like that, you're just like, what can you do? What can you, you know what I mean? Other than try and help her rebuild. But even with that, if I'm being honest, the rebuilding process is going to take a long time. And 65% of Altadena residents were elderly. And so we're looking at a long time before a lot of these people can even return home.
And so, you know, it's, it's. It feels like a huge weight.
But when I tell you this community is like, resilient, and I wish I, I knew a better word to use than that, but when I say resilient, it's like they're still like, but you know what? God is going to make a way and everything is going to be okay, and we have each other and we're going to be rebuild. And when we do, we're still coming back to Altadena, right? They find the bright spot every single day in every story, and they always seem to bring it back to that, which helps me bring it back to that too, because, you know, if they can have that faith, I know I can have that faith.
[00:18:01] Speaker A: Gina said the toll. Gina spoke on, brought it up where the toll it take on. It takes on you to do something like this, to shoot a piece, to get the edit. It's not like you could just go talk to somebody and it's over with and you walk away. Like, you have to go and you have to sit with them and you have to figure out, okay, how I'm Gonna respectfully present this story, you know what I mean? Without feeling like you are taking advantage of their situation and whatnot. And I remember when the fires first happened. I think, I don't remember Gina and Nick Cannon told me I was the first one, but I remember I was like, all right, we shutting down hip hop.
[00:18:35] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:18:35] Speaker A: It's shit going on in the city.
[00:18:37] Speaker B: We was in the middle of a new rap beef.
[00:18:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:18:41] Speaker B: I like to stand on chairs when n start rapping. And we said, fuck all y'.
[00:18:45] Speaker C: All.
[00:18:46] Speaker B: All y' all rapping. It does not matter.
And head led the, he led that. Yeah, you did. Because he even, like, kinda like he shook me up where he's like, no, we only posting this. That's it. He was collabing with me on all the posts. He became, he didn't know this, but he became my number one source for what was going on with everything.
[00:19:06] Speaker A: So my question, I guess, to you is like, because we made that pivot at that time to shut everything else down, but there were still people, like, throwing parties and, like, it was shit going on. So in the midst of you concerts, it was full on shit going on. Like, just n was outside.
[00:19:22] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:19:23] Speaker A: And then you go down to Dina and you're talking to families who's lost everything, her sons, everything is gone. Right. Do you find, do you build resentment while doing a piece like this and knowing that people are continuing on like nothing happened? Cause I, me personally, I didn't feel away for people who weren't invested because I don't believe that people care anyway. But I'm not emotionally intelligent, I guess.
[00:19:47] Speaker C: I wouldn't say that.
I wouldn't say resentment, but I thought it was extremely insensitive. Right. That's really what I thought. I mean, even for me, like, even when the Oscars went on, I was like, we doing this. Okay. You know what I mean? But I think people find a way to say, okay, well, we're gonna bring firefighters on stage and we're gonna give a shout out. And we're still gonna go about life as, as normal, but I think we have to be.
We just have to remember that there is no life as normal for these people. Like, I, I, I've heard stories like, she literally. Someone told me the other day, it was Arian, I'm gonna keep using her because I love her to death. But, you know, she went, she was gonna tell her son to go get his soccer shoes, you know, but the shoes aren't there. So when we say life as normal, they go about the day and then remember that life has changed for them, you know, and so I just think that we as la, we have to, we have to remember, we have to kind of hold each other accountable and we have to save space for our brothers and sisters in Altadena because I don't think the rest of the world is going to. And so when we, when we're moving and shaking and we're doing all the things, let's remember that life is different for an entire town of people who look just like us. And so, you know, head, I saw the post. I saw what you were doing, you know, you were in the community, and I wanted to reach out. But listen, I have my camera. I was carrying like 20 pounds of the, you know, equipment, trying to get out there and tell the stories. And, and, and I'm so grateful because I wanted to do something.
[00:21:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:18] Speaker C: And that was my way of doing something. And to be honest with you, the love that so many people have showed this series, I never imagined that it was going to get the reaction that it had because I, I would, I'd take my 15 hours of audio and video equipment and come home and sit at my kitchen table and put it together. And now for it to be, you know, it's going to be honored at the Culture Creators BET Brunch Award this weekend. You know what I mean? And, and to be able to, to talk, to get up in front of the crowd and talk about the series and invite families who I featured in the series to be honored. And, and, and I, I'm just so grateful to everyone who has shown me love when, you know, on this series. So.
[00:22:08] Speaker B: Congratulations. That's really good.
[00:22:10] Speaker C: Thank you.
[00:22:10] Speaker A: Is this, is this something that you plan to do another, like.
[00:22:14] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, this ain't it. We keep, we. I, I have made a commitment, like, you know, me, like, once I say.
[00:22:21] Speaker A: Like, yeah, once you make your mind up, that's it.
[00:22:22] Speaker C: Is it. I'm, I'm, I am ten toes down on centering Altadena and the stories. And I plan to do a season two.
I, I want to do it a little bit more. So it's just me. So I did like five, five episodes. You know, I'm hoping to get some more funding so that I can do more episodes and feature more families and just get the word out. You know, this process is going to be forever. This is, this is, you know, even, even now from, you know, this focus on what happened a couple days after the fire, but even now just trying to figure out what life is like now to to rebuilding, to getting back into the house, to what life is like now. Like, there's. There's. There's just so much here, and I just don't want this town to be forgotten. Right.
[00:23:12] Speaker A: Is there a way to filter? Because I remember when everything was going down, I got so many spreadsheets of GoFundMe links. And is there a way that we can better centralize assistance for the residents?
[00:23:24] Speaker C: You know, I've been looking into that and finding, like, one central place, but to be honest with you, just. I think most people just need the money.
And so donating sometimes to some of these other places and then allowing them to filter the money. I wouldn't advise that.
[00:23:44] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I went direct.
[00:23:45] Speaker C: Yeah, you go direct. And so with that being said right now, the. The spreadsheets of the families is really technically the only way to get money directly to them. I know churches have helped and things like that, and. But if you're really trying to bless someone, you go directly to their link.
[00:24:01] Speaker A: Is there a way to.
Is there a way that you can direct. Help. Direct people as far as families that you. You know for a fact, you verify because you were on the ground. Is there a way that people can just reach out to you and be like, hey, Mimi, can you shoot me a link for a family?
[00:24:15] Speaker C: You can go to toaltadenawithlove.com and there is a contact page on there, and there's instructions, and then I can lead you and tell you what to do, where to go, where your money or your resource or whatever you would like to help with would be most impactful bet.
[00:24:32] Speaker A: Cause I was taking donations. I think I still have. I think I still have, like, 1300 bucks from the money that I was taking from just random people, like, you know, artists were sending me money, like, hey, bro, shout out to my boys in Texas, Trey, the truth. You know, like Mr. Rogers. Everybody was just sending money. And I'm like, I still. Right now, I think I still have 1300 bucks in that separate, like, account for families and stuff. So I'm gonna go do that myself.
[00:24:58] Speaker C: Okay. Listen, I know tons of families that would be just grateful. I mean, I think the hardest part is people have to realize, like, their house burned down, but they still have to pay mortgage, right? They still have to find a place to live. They still have expenses. They have no clothes, no nothing. They have to start over. Right?
It doesn't stop. You know, they're now responsible for two things versus one thing. Or, you know, I spoke to a man who was 87 years old, he bought his house for $33,000 in the 60s. His house is worth $2.1 million. Insurance is not giving him. Him $2.1 million.
[00:25:31] Speaker B: Now, can you speak to that? Because that's one thing that I was confused about is what was going on with the insurances.
[00:25:38] Speaker C: Yeah. So that is a big mess right now.
You know, California within itself has, you know, they, they canceled some insurance plans. And so there was a lot of people who were underinsured or some people who didn't have insurance at all because they bought their house and they, they paid it off. And so I think everyone's story is different, but the main story that I'm hearing right now is people are making claims and they're just getting nowhere. They're not getting, they're not getting the money or they're getting less than what their property was worth. Or like I said, there was another family whose grandmother bought the house in the 60s and passed it down, but the house was in a trust, so they want an ID from the grandmother who passed away to pay out the insurance claim. And so they're having to go back and forth on how do you prove that when all of the documents are ash or in the rubble, you know what I mean?
So it's like, it's like, that's crazy. It's, it's. There's. There's so many different stories and people are asking. And I went to a panel the other night at Victory Bible Church and they had a panel for different families. And a lot of the families were saying the one thing that would be helpful, that if you're going to help us, we don't have the paperwork anymore. Like, we can't prove, you know, that this, this title was here or this deed came from here. Like, you know, there was another lady which, God bless her, someone had claimed her property. So now she has to prove that she is the original homeowner because someone has come in, claimed her property, got her money, and so now she's still trying to prove. Or. The biggest issue now. Squatters.
Yeah, squatters. There's people whose homes didn't burn down, but people who are living in those homes or people who have, who have put their, their, their tit basically on plots of land and there's nothing people can do about it. I mean, there's a lot going on. There's. So that's why I said there's so many different stories to tell as time goes on. You know, looters, squatters. There's a lot happening in. In Altadena right now.
[00:27:49] Speaker A: So I'm on the website right now. Make sure you go to the website toaltadena with love.com. you can get more information on there. You can actually the links is all the links are here for the entire series.
Also the. I mean, it's audio, obviously.
You also have videos too, that I know you want to, like, make sure that people see and feel and whatnot.
[00:28:11] Speaker C: Yes. Which head you told me about too, by the way.
[00:28:15] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:28:15] Speaker C: So there is a YouTube page.
[00:28:18] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:28:19] Speaker C: That I am currently working on.
[00:28:21] Speaker A: It's.
[00:28:21] Speaker C: It's. It's up, but it's. It's. So what I, what I've. What I had to do was I, like you said, I have to go through because it's. It is not something that you throw together. No, this is something that you literally, you. You piecemeal and you put together. And so what I'm working on right now is a short documentary which is what I'm going to show at the Culture Creators this BET weekend. And so as time goes on, that short will get a little bit longer and have different episodes and things like that. So you can also go to our Instagram page, which. Isaltadenawithlove, too. And we, we. Because it is audio. But if you do want to see what some of the people look like and some of the families, we have some of the information there. And so, you know, just follow me too, at Mimi Brown tv. And I'm always just sharing different stories and telling you how you can help and some of the ways in which you can donate if you want to families and continue to help, you know, Altadena survive.
[00:29:26] Speaker A: Yeah. Thank you.
[00:29:28] Speaker B: You're amazing.
[00:29:29] Speaker A: Thank you for doing the work. A lot of people just sitting around and use their thumbs to complain, talk shit.
Even during the fires, I'm like, yeah, you could talk shit, but what are you doing?
[00:29:38] Speaker C: What are you doing?
[00:29:39] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? And so shout out to the doers. You one of the doers.
[00:29:42] Speaker C: Thank you, Head. I appreciate that.
[00:29:43] Speaker A: But thank you finally for coming through our show. Thank you for having me and, you know, blessing us. And I know Gina, and I know Gina's very pleased with you being here.
[00:29:53] Speaker B: I love black women. Professional black women.
[00:29:56] Speaker C: That's what he's saying.
[00:29:56] Speaker B: I love professional, successful black women. It makes me so emotional.
[00:29:59] Speaker C: That's what he said. And shout out to Nay doing her thing, too.
[00:30:02] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:30:03] Speaker C: Okay. Some bunch of black women up here doing their thing.
And that makes me so happy because, you know, like, I keep saying, in this industry, there's got to be more of us.
[00:30:14] Speaker A: Y' all don't get no support.
[00:30:16] Speaker C: Yes. You know, and head for you. Seeing that vision and knowing you, you win with black women.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Oh, I know. I went two years with no job and kept black women. Kept me alive. So, yeah, shout out to you. Thank you for coming through.
Go to altadenawithlove.com to get all the information you can. Listen to the whole series there. The YouTube page is on the way. And follow Mimi Brown TV for more. And thank you for coming through.
[00:30:45] Speaker C: Thank y'. All. Thank you for having me.
[00:30:46] Speaker A: It's effective immediately.
