Pull up a chair for a soulful conversation about food, culture, and community!

For us, food has never been just food. It’s memory. It’s resistance. It’s joy. It’s how we have loved, organized, healed, and built community — even in the hardest times.

From the cookfires of the enslaved to the cafés of the Harlem Renaissance to today’s kitchen tables, our meals have carried the stories of who we are and what we’ve survived. But in a world that glorifies hustle, isolation, and convenience, many of us have lost the table — that sacred space where culture and connection live.

Ama-Robin brings it all home with truth and tenderness, exploring how we can reclaim the table as a revolutionary act of care and collective power. You’ll hear about the history of Black food gathering spaces, the challenges of modern disconnection, and what it means to cook and eat from our roots again.

And because reflection must lead to action, she offers ten concrete ways to reclaim the table — from small daily rituals to community-building gatherings that feed both body and spirit.

Food connects us. Food reminds us. And when we come together around it, we are unstoppable.

Listen and learn:

• Why food is a form of resistance, not just nourishment

• How communal meals build strength, belonging, and joy

• What we lose when we abandon our cultural tables

• Ten practical ways to reclaim food as a tool of liberation and love

Pull up your chair. Pour your tea. Grab your plate.
This isn’t just a talk about food — it’s a call to remember that together, we are the table.

While I’m traveling this week, I’m bringing back a listener favorite: You’re Never Alone in a Black Bookstore.

This isn’t just about books. It’s about belonging!

I'm Ama-Robin, your guide on this storytelling journey.

Black bookstores are more than shops—they are sanctuaries, places where we’re seen, celebrated, and reminded that our stories matter. This YAIT Story takes you inside one of those spaces.

In this immersive Village episode of You Ain’t Imagining This!, I will guide y'all inside a Black-owned bookstore—a space where history lives, wisdom flows, and the Black community thrives. Through storytelling, reflection, and real conversation, we will explore how these bookstores are more than stores—they’re classrooms, healing grounds, memory keepers, and hubs of joy.

This YAIT Story is a glimpse of what that space will feel like: safe, welcoming, and filled with voices that remind us we are never alone.

And yes, when YAIT Town opens very soon, there will be a Black Bookstore waiting for you there.

This YAIT Story is a glimpse of what that space will feel like: safe, welcoming, and filled with voices that remind us we are never alone.

And yes, when YAIT Town opens this month, there will be a Black Bookstore waiting for you there!

As you listen, I’d love to know: What’s a Black book, author, or bookstore that has held you, taught you, or carried you through? Share your reflections with me on [Substack link] or [Instagram link] so we can keep building our library of love and resistance together.

📚 Got a favorite Black bookstore or book? Share it!

💬 Let’s talk about the spaces that hold us—and how we can protect, support, and remember them.

Follow @AmaRobinTells on Instagram so you don’t miss what’s next: YAIT Town!

You’re never alone in a Black bookstore.

You ain’t imagining this.

Coping can keep us alive — but it also can come at a terrible cost.

In this Believe Black People episode, Ama-Robin shares a personal story of survival coping, connects it to the weight that we as Black people have carried for generations, and names the truth: resilience is not permission, and survival is not freedom.

Together, we’ll move from survival coping to empowered personal and collective coping. You’ll hear truth-telling, an empowering meditation, and practical steps to release the burdens we were never meant to carry.

Because coping is not consent.

And you ain’t imagining this.