In Black Mental Health and Trauma we discuss how COVID , police violence and suicide combine to impact our communities. We did a show in the first year on COVID’s impact on our communities. We also covered police violence. But, in this episode we look at the impact of the COVID pandemic and police violence … Black Mental Health and Trauma
On our last episode, Dr. Alicia Christy talked about the difference between reproduction rights and reproductive justice. As usual, this is our post to give readers additional information and there’s a lot to talk about. We offer: Resources for Reproductive Justice. What exactly happened to take us here Everyone anticipated the Supreme Court would use … Resources for Reproductive Justice
We mentioned the abortion issue in the episode on Voting Challenges. A woman’s right to chose is an abortion is an important issue. Yet, its one of those issues which our communities don’t talk about. We asked Dr. Alicia Christy (retired Colonel) to return to the show to talk about abortions. Dr. Christy is the … Abortion and Reproductive Justice
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