Episode Description -
This week’s episode of S.T.A.R.V.E. Talk is a family affair. J Haleem sits down with Founder of Passionate Rebel, Warith Jumuah, his personal family member. In this episode, they discuss the fashion & apparel industry, HBCUs and how they shape the Black experience, and why he chose to focus on children.
Show Notes:
1:17 - J Haleem welcomes Warith Jumuah to the show
2:07 - Warith speaks on his passions growing up/looking at television as a career opportunity
5:17 - Growing up in Newark, NJ and what life was like in the city
7:08 - Transition from high school to attending an HBCU
11:00 - HBCUs and the Black college experience
13:13 - Warith speaks on focusing on the positive and not being influenced by the negative
16:21 - “Between his words and her actions,” Warith speaks on his parents & their influence on his life
19:24 - Warith speaks to the point of setting a bar for yourself
21:18 - J Haleem speaks on school being the only thing you can set a clock to
24:31 - Start where you are
25:00 - The dangers of instant gratification. Your failure creates your success story
28:37 - Warith speaks on how he devoted himself to the power & responsibility of choosing a difficult path
30:29 - Warith speaks on being in education & not getting his degree on time because he couldn’t pass the test to become a certified teacher
32:30 - Warith speaks on launching his business “Passionate Rebel”
36:20 - Finally receiving his degree after being on pause from graduating in 2011
38:37 - J Haleem speaks on your passion killing
40:16 - Warith speaks on when he decided to focus on children
48:02 - Roadblocks to launching Passionate Rebel
53:02 - Warith speaks on creating a mascot
55:50 - Going through multiple designs and early beginnings of an apparel business
58:31 - J Haleem asks Warith his thoughts on the CEO of Zara’s statement, “America is where fashion goes to die.”
1:06:37 - Fashion as an initiative
1:13:50 - Warith speaks on what S.T.A.R.V.E. means to him
Connect with Warith:
@passionaterebel
