With Love And Justice For All

Ep.70 - Healing: It’s Not What You Think It Is

Ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr Day and the National Day of Racial Healing we have a conversation about how "Healing" has been conflated for maintaining comfort, what healing actually means, and how MLK Jr's concept of Beloved Community invites both connection and discomfort.
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Ep.69 - New Year, More Us.

We're back after the holidays with a discussion around our 2023 intentions as individuals and as a platform and community committed to creating an antiracist culture.
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Ep.68 - Here’s Looking At Ya & Other Headlines

Problematic AI selfies and facial recognition, Black people dying sooner because racism, RIP Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and other headlines you might have missed. Links to articles referenced in show below:
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-gloria-steinem-d5c11ee749bfc94f4834622b28b2bcc4
https://www.prri.org/spotlight/the-majority-of-lgbt-americans-are-religious-who-they-are-and-why-they-matter/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-twitter-harass-yoel-roth/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/fatal-police-shootings-unreported/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/neurologists-say-accelerated-brain-aging-black-people-can-countered-li-rcna59243
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/19/federal-study-confirms-racial-bias-many-facial-recognition-systems-casts-doubt-their-expanding-use/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/02/tsa-security-face-recognition/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/08/lensa-ai-portraits/
 

Ep.67 - Antisemitism 101 with Rabbi Eli

We welcome Rabbi Eli Freedman for a wonderful and enlightening conversation with  about Judaism, antisemitism, and what's our to do at time when misinformation is fueling a rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence.
Rabbi Eli Freedman serves the Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to joining the clergy team at Rodeph Shalom, Rabbi Freedman served as Rabbinic Intern at the NYU Hillel, spent three years of rabbinical school in London and ran the outreach and engagement program at Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Rabbi Freedman’s major areas of work at Rodeph Shalom include RiSe Up! (Social Justice) Initiative, Families with Young Children, and young adult work.

Ep.66 - Advent, Appreciation, Appropriation

Advent is already underway, but it's not the only holiday observed at this time of year. When is it appropriate to celebrate other traditions not created for our race or ethnicity? We discuss, as well as take a deconstructed view of Advent.

Ep.65 - Living Our Preferred Future Now

In a recently published article, writer and activist adrienne maree brown invites us to embrace  a few key activities and perspectives that will help create a future that is nourishing for all of us.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2022/11/29/murmurations-collective-accountability

Ep.64 - Good Giving & Other Headlines

We talk about Giving Tuesday as a tool to upend capitalism, real life aftermath of abortion laws in Texas, the colorism of Black Panther Wakanda Forever, and other headlines you might have missed. Links mentioned in the episode below:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21727010/giving-tuesday-explained-charity-nonprofits
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21728843/best-charities-donate-giving-tuesday
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/28/us/merriam-webster-word-year-2022-gaslighting-cec/index.html
https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/abortion-texas-roe-v-wade-data-maternal-morbidity.html
https://www.vox.com/culture/2022/11/21/23467145/black-panther-wakanda-forever-latino-colorism-racism-namor-tenoch-huerta
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/beyonce-ap-taylor-swift-lizzo-jayz-b2226004.html
https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2022/10/17/child-poverty-social-safety-net
 

Ep.63 - Dangerous Speech

As the Club Q mass shooting showed us, these are more dangerous times for some, and it's being fuels by dangerous speech. In this episode we take a look at what constitutes dangerous speech, how it's different than hate speech, and what we can do when we see and hear it. We use some recent exchanges from our social media accounts as examples. Links mentioned int he podcast below:
DANGEROUS SPEECH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE -- https://dangerousspeech.org/guide/
Rev Ogun's Instagram Post -- https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTmKP9uf2Z/
The right’s moral panic over “grooming” invokes age-old homophobia -- https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained
THE GLOBAL RIGHT WING’S BIZARRE OBSESSION WITH PEDOPHILIA -- https://fpif.org/the-global-right-wings-bizarre-obsession-with-pedophilia/
How age-old homophobic language is being used to miseducate voters -- https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/27/us/rhetoric-lgbtq-midterms-race-deconstructed-newsletter-reaj

Ep.62 - Connecting The Dots

In the wake of the Club Q mass shooting, we connect the dots between such senseless acts of terror against the LGBTQ+ community, the current conservative political rhetoric, and white supremacy cultural norms.

Ep.61 - Mormons For Marriage & Other Headlines

In a welcome surprise, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced their support for the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill enshrining protections for marriage equality. We discuss this and other headlines you might have missed.

Ep.59 - The Red Trickle & Other Headlines

We recap the midterm elections results up to the time of recording, as a well as some other headlines you might have missed.

Ep.60 - Democracy Stress Test

We're recording on election day so we might be a little stressed. Today we discuss how we, and Democracy, will hold up and navigate not just through today, but in the days, weeks, months and, heaven forbid, years to follow.

Ep.58 - Talking To Your People

With volatile midterms weeks away, and the holidays right on the heels, we see more and more people struggling to have difficult conversations about racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. Very often these become intense disagreements, drawn in party lines, or instead are people opt for staying silent, and ignoring the elephants in the room, which feels inauthentic and hopeless. In advance of our upcoming workshop TALKING TO YOUR PEOPLE we discuss the challenges of such conversations, and tease the framework we will share in the workshop. More info and registration at projectsanctus.com/events/talking-to-your-people

Ep.57 - Lift Me Up & Other Headlines

Rihanna makes us cry with new music, Toni Morrison gets more flowers, voter intimidation is still a thing, and other headlines you might have missed. Links to articles from episode below.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-lift-me-up-fans-react-1235162702/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/masked-poll-watchers-are-showing-up-at-voting-sites-with-handguns-and-kevlar-vests?leadSource=uverify%20wall
https://thegrio.com/2022/10/25/black-voters-thegrio-kff-funding-police/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/18/dangerous-beauty/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/27/loreal-lawsuit-hair-straightener-relaxer/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-queen-story-time-protests_n_63578cc1e4b0b7f89f6527c5
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/health/racial-disparities-infant-health-ivf/index.html
https://thegrio.com/2022/10/25/toni-morrison-ernest-j-gaines-honored-with-stamps/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/griner-russian-penal-colony-difficult-prisoners-say-rcna54180
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/us/texas-guns-permitless.html

Ep.56 - Love & Rage: A Path to Liberation

In advance of our upcoming conscious antiracism event LOVE & RAGE: A CONTEMPLATIVE PLAYSHOP ON LIBERATION THROUGH ANGER, we talk about  redefining our relationship with anger, loving ourselves deeper, and decolonizing towards wholeness.
More info and registration for the event at https://projectsanctus.com/events/love-and-rage/

Ep.55 - From Bad To Worse? & Other Headlines

Even more restrictive laws may be coming down the road, a student-painted mural stokes panic, two legendary actresses get their flowers, and more.

Ep.54 - Intersectionality: A Prism For Racial Justice

Intersectionality is the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of different forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect”. It means that different forms of discrimination don’t exist in a vacuum – for those who embody different marginalized identities, these often overlap and amplify each other to create a unique experience of discrimination that is more than just the sum of its parts. 
In anticipation of our upcoming workshop, we have preliminary discussion about Intersectionality, including a real-time activity that puts Ogun on the spot.
For more workshop info and registration visit https://projectsanctus.com/events/intersectionality-why-a-new-prism-is-needed/

Ep.52 - It Still Stinks & Other Headlines

Redlining-induced pollution is still causing harm, a tale of two Ericks, no commonsense from the Supreme court, and other headlines you might have missed this week. All articles from the episode are linked below.
 
How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s 
 
Everything we know so far about the shooting of teenager Erik Cantu by a San Antonio police officer 
 
Eric André Sues Over Police’s ‘Racial Profiling and Coercive Stops’ at Atlanta Airport 
 
Howard Schultz’s fight to stop a Starbucks barista uprising 
 
Conservative judges’ new gun-law rulings show ‘originalism’ beyond parody  
Why NOBODY should be using the 'thumbs up' emoji in 2022 - and the 10 symbols only 'old people' use that have Gen Z rolling their eyes  
 
'World's coolest' neighborhood for 2022 named by Time Out 
 

Ep.51 - Maybe Parents Don’t Know Best?

As the culture wars escalate, classrooms have become battle grounds for fragile parents who have been indoctrinated to believe that long-running well-established teaching techniques and education principles are Trojan horses for “woke” liberalism. On today’s episode we explore one of the latest casualties: Social-Emotional Learning.
How social-emotional learning became a frontline in the battle against CRT -- https://www.npr.org/2022/09/26/1124082878/how-social-emotional-learning-became-a-frontline-in-the-battle-against-crt

Ep.50 - Do As I Say, Not As I Do & Other Headlines

We take a look at the senate race in Georgia, the misuse of COVID funds, how redlining has evolved, as well as other headlines you might have missed, including some life-affirming news.