From the Beginning to where we are now We always try to provide additional information to go along with a podcast topic. Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS supplements our conversation with Jesse Milan, Jr., of AIDS United. Firstly, we want to cover what HIV/AIDS is and some of the advances in treatment of the disease. … Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS
As a society, we’ve been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years now. But we aren’t finished solving the problems of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Some may argue that many of the same mistakes that were made in the approach to treating HIV/AIDS were repeated at the onset of the COVID pandemic. And, we … Can We Talk About AIDS?
In our last episode Mark Hugo Lopez explores some of the complexities of Latino identity. As always we try to supply additional information on the topics our guests discuss. For your reading pleasure we add: Resources for Latino Diversity. Identity Mark helped start us off with a few links from the massive amount of information … Resources for Latino Diversity
Hope you enjoyed our episode, Learning About Our Allies: Asian Americans with Pat Eng (AAPIP). Pat was sharing so much knowledge. Some of the information was about the history of violence against Asians in the U.S. And, some delved into the history of the cooperation between Asians and African Americans. Most of us don’t learn … Resources for Asian American Information
In our discussion with Dr. Rahsaan Harris we learned about Citizens Committee for New York City. Dr. Harris is the current CEO of the 45+ year old agency, which helps New Yorkers help their communities. Citizens Committee NYC uses micro grants to help fund community initiatives. As usual, we want to give our readers additional … Resources On Community Led Initiatives
This is the last show for the season and we are focusing on empowering communities. We use the word empowerment often in specific contexts. But today, we are happy to welcome Dr. Rahsaan Harris from Citizens Committee for New York as our guest. During COVID-19 we were reminded of the importance of grass roots organizations … Helping Communities Help Themselves
Professor Kenneth Nunn discussed the real definition of Critical Race Theory or CRT, a subject taught in some law schools in our last episode. Conservatives falsely claim that CRT is being taught in the K-12 curriculum. In this episode our guests, Janella Hinds and David Adams talk about what is really happening in K-12 in … Bringing Equity & Inclusion to K-12
This season we are including episodes about our allies within BIPOC. Aida Pacheco’s episode on Latinos was the first in the series. Now, we turn our attention to the Native American community and talk about how COVID-19 hit some of the tribal groups. Our guest is Dr. Yolandra Gomez Toya, class of ’88 who is … Learning Our Native American Allies
Our guest for the episode: Are Recent Trials Achieving Justice, Glennon Threatt is a commentator on race and criminal justice in Birmingham, AL. You can hear him on the Ricky Smiley Morning Show. There are two episodes directly related to the show. One show is on the Rittenhouse verdict and the other on police shooting … Resources for Justice or Accountability
Over the past six months there were four trials of interest to Black people seeking justice from police and vigilante violence. Derek Chauvin finally went to trial for the murder of George Floyd, whose death kicked off protests throughout the summer and fall of 2020. We talked about some of those issues in our episode … Are Recent Trials Achieving Justice?