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
In our latest episode we talk with Aida Pacheco about understanding the Latino communities. Latino communities are very diverse and Aida cautioned that election time is NOT the time when groups or politicians should start talking to Latino communities about allyship. But before we can talk about being allies we have to know something about … Resources for Latino Allies
Progressive Black people use the term POC or BIPOC frequently. But, what do we know about the communities other than African American that are included in those terms? In our round table discussion of the 2020 election we discussed how communities voted. Through that discussion we realized we heard conflicting news accounts about the Latino … Learning About Our Allies – Latinos
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?
Hope you enjoyed our special discussion with Mike Claiborne, St. Louis area sports broadcaster. The show covered a wide range of topics. As usual, we always try to provide some additional information of interests on the subjects. If you liked the episode here are some additional resources for sports broadcasting. First and foremost, we want … Resources for Sports Broadcasting
We are pleased to close out the season with an episode for our sports fans. Our co-hosts discuss a wide range of sports with St. Louis broadcaster Mike Claiborne. In an earlier episode we focused on the experiences of retired players. But in Sports Broadcasting & Athletes’ Activism we are looking at how Black athletes … Sports Broadcasting & Athletes’ Activism
For the last two episodes of the podcast we focused on some aspects of the Black veteran experiences. As always, we do try and provide our listening audience with additional information on the topic of the podcast. This episode is no exception and we are happy to post: Resources on Black Vets. In addition to … Resources on Black Vets
Welcome back to part 2 of our episode on Black vets entitled Conclusion: Black Vets & Military Culture. We started a conversation with Colonel Dr. Alicia Christy and Cmdr (CDR) David Steigman in our last episode. This episode is the last part of the conversation with them. They discuss whether race impacts officer selection and … Conclusion: Black Vets & Military Culture
In this episode: Black Veterans and Military Culture we feature Colonel Christy (and Doctor) and Commander Steigman share their experience in the service. Dr. Christy works on reproductive health at the Veteran’s Administration and Cdr. Steigman is in the reserves. Over the past year many stories about veterans are appearing in the media. A few … Black Veterans and Military Culture