Change The Narrative with JD Fuller

Decolonization with Portia Burch Pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0500

Portia Burch is a Black queer activist and Omaha native with a specific focus on anti-racism work and abolition. Portia was activated by the murder of Michael Brown Jr. and the subsequent protests and riots in Ferguson, MO. As consciousness shifts towards reckoning with racism and white supremacy in the world, Portia is working to create spaces that are just and equitable as a way to build communities that are focused on healing and growing. She does this by curating and nurturing spaces to unlearn and decolonize behaviors that have upheld racism and white supremacy culture. Her priority is and will always be the uplifting of Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of the global majority. She is intentional in her work so that people working to be active anti-racists and social justice accomplices understand that by making the groups they advocate for their priority, the decolonization becomes a natural act and creates effective change.

What You Will Hear:

The motivation for and importance of podcast episode “Let’s Heal Together: Make the Most Marginalized Voices the Ones Most Heard”
The unaddressed white supremacy in the LGBTQ+ community
Why black women, cisgendered, lesbian, hetero, and trans are still the most disrespected and silenced women
How Portia deals with moments of hopelessness
Surviving suicide attempts. Lifeaversaries

Quotes:

“I need for queer white people to remember that they are white first…….You can be white and gay, white and bi, white and poly, white and pan, any of those things, but you're white first, which means that if we're standing in a line and we're talking about anti-black rhetoric, you can appear to be straight and you don't have to deal with any of that. You might internalize it, but are you directly harmed by it? No, because nobody knows that you're queer. For me, if I wanted to, I could tuck my queer away, but I'm black all day long.”

“Twitter is the place where critical and cognitive thinking goes to die.”

“White women need to know that they still benefit from the patriarchy because the men that are in office, even though they're making laws that are detrimental to all white women, it's gonna hit them last. It’s gonna go through us first.”

“A sense of urgency is a characteristic of white supremacy.”

“Rest is an act of resistance, rest is an act of liberation and rest is a requirement not a reward. The sense of urgency isn't helping anybody because we're rushing to do things and what we're actually fighting for isn't working.”\

“If you're not checking in with you, if you're not touching in with you, part of you starts to die.”

“it's important to be loved. It's important to allow people to love you. It's important to share that love with somebody else. Whatever that love looks like, platonic, romantic, whatever the case may be, it's just important to have people.”

Mentioned

@portia.noir

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

https://portiaburch.com/

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Decolonization with Portia Burch

JD Fuller — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0500

Portia Burch is an activist and educator, with a focus on deconstructing current societal norms and systems in power to create a more equitable and just world. She believes in creating change from the inside out which involves identifying the root cause, where change needs to begin, and encouraging growth beyond. Portia works with both nonprofit and for profit organizations as well as private sectors.

What You Will Hear:

Portia’s father’s influence
Portia’s why and her legacy
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Whiteness, white supremacy, white fragility and aggression
Children learning about race
Community and collective mind set

Quotes:

“We're just human beings and we're doing our best, and if somebody shows you that they're trying, hold them close and hold that space for them.”

“I do what I do for black women.”

“Whiteness, inherently, is a place of defensiveness. it is never at fault. It's white people never do anything wrong. White people expect black people, indigenous people and other people, the global majority, to just give them a free pass, to accept the same apology over and over again.

The tears. the caring, the acting out because you didn't get your way, those are all characteristics of whiteness because white people can get away with it. You’re melanated people cannot.”

“You cannot be an ally in a war that you created.”

“there's no reason why a black child at five years old can have a conversation about race and a white child can't.”

Mentioned

https://portiaburch.com/

Evolutionaryworkplace.com

Dismantling White Supremacy with Jill Nagle

JD Fuller — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Jill Nagle is a published author, coach, facilitator, and founder of Evolutionary Workplace. She aims to help reduce harm to Black and Brown people, as well as support white people in liberating themselves from the effects of white supremacy’s toxic mythology. She uses somatic tools to help white anti-racist leaders dismantle white supremacy and liv their most aligned lives from the inside out. She’s working on her book called Skin in the Game: How White People Benefit from Dismantling White Supremacy, and hopes to find a publisher very soon. You can find out more about Jill Nagle at EvolutionairyWorkplace dot com.

What You Will Hear:

Corporate contract work and Jill’s focus
Healers
Dismantling white supremacy
Dysfunctional white psyche

Quotes:

“I think that dismantling white supremacy, mythology, that work ought to be done by white people and it ought to be done by white people seeking out other white people, particularly those who are resistant because we have a certain kind of privilege. “

“The compartmentalization is attached to the, into the individualism of the white culture and so it can compartmentalize it and not necessarily feel this today and recognize it tomorrow, and that is yet another bit of access and privilege that can be experienced on behalf of the white culture.”

“I think that what white supremacy, mythology does to white people is it strips us of our full humanity. “

“Poor and working class white bodies do not have a collective identity within which to organize.”

“My intent is to shift the discussion from whether or not an individual white person is racist and how racist are they, that kind of provokes defensiveness and shame, to let's stand together and look at this phenomenon called white supremacy mythology that we are all subject to and let's think together and work together to unpack that from our beings so that we can feel more sane and we can be more effective in dismantling it and preventing harm to black and brown bodies.

Mentioned

Robin DiAngelo

Lily Jang The Ethical Sellout

Jacob Holt American Pictures

Daryl Davis

The White Supremacy Playbook: Decoded

Coffee with a Black Guy guest James Joyce III

JD Fuller — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

James Joyce III is Founder and Chief Visionary Ocer of Coee With A Black Guy, an innovative movement in which he provides consultation and coaching that is rooted in facilitating conversations about race and perspective for community groups and organizations. Joyce is an educator, a former award-winning journalist, and runner up in the 2021 Santa Barbara mayoral election.

James Joyce III is an educator, public servant—civil rights activist and social entrepreneur that founded Coffee with a Black Guy. At its foundation, CWABG serves as a safe place for interactive, community conversations about a variety of issues from the perspective of a Black man. It's been a growing, grassroots effort hosted by Joyce and his team to help put an end to racism.

For these efforts and more, several organizations have recognized Joyce and his innovation, including the Ventura County (CA) branch of the NAACP who awarded Joyce with their 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award. It's bestowed upon an individual whose groundbreaking work increases understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. Forbes also featured Joyce and his work with CWABG in a piece published during the Covid-19 outbreak. In that, Joyce was recognized for his outstanding leadership in aiding anti-racist conversations even during a worldwide pandemic. He's also served as keynote speaker for the University of British Columbia’s 2021 Social Enterprise Conference, among more.

Currently serving as adjunct faculty for the Santa Barbara City College Career Skills Institute, for much of the past decade Joyce has served as District Director for California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (Ret.), who represented nearly 1 million constituents within Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, until terming out in Dec. 2020. In that role, Joyce was responsible for the day-to-day operations representing the Senator and her work. Known as a sturdy leader and champion for justice, Joyce has served on various advisory boards in the area including Impact Hub Santa Barbara (now Kiva Cowork), the Ventura County Leadership Academy (Joyce was awarded the 2021 Alumnus of the Year), and the Santa Barbara Young Black Professionals.

Joyce is also on the board for the Common Table Foundation (formerly the Lois and Walter Capps Project), Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara, TV Santa Barbara, formerly the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapist Education Foundation, as well as the national board for Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB), where he helped found the collegiate chapter while a student-athlete at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

An award-winning journalist, Joyce, a Maryland-native is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., currently active with Xi Iota Lambda Alumni Chapter, seated in Camarillo, CA. Joyce was runner up in the 2021 Santa Barbara mayoral election, securing 27 percent of the votes cast among 6 candidates. Now, Joyce leverages more than two decades of public service and journalism experience to provide impactful insight for groups an individuals seeking to gain better cross-cultural understanding

The White Supremacy Playbook with KL Collins

JD Fuller — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

KL Collins is a Cornell University graduate who has worked for several large studios, including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks. After years of writing as hobby, he took a draft of his screenplay, Talk Show, and used it to gain entrance into the Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship Program at the University of Southern California. Kevin has written a number of books but more recently, he has completed his third book—his first non-fiction work—The White Supremacy Playbook: Decoded about the inner workings of white supremacy and its impact on Blacks and other people of color. We are so excited to discuss his latest endeavor and to catch up Kevin today on CTN w/JD Fuller

What You Will Hear:

The motivation behind Kevin’s new book, The White Supremacy Playbook: Decoded
Tone, anger, sadness and the message
White supremacy indoctrination
The manifestations of racism
The unfortunate marriage of racism and misogyny
Collateral damage
Hollywood’s racism and desensitizing
Rebranding: What does it look like to rebrand the US and the world.
What Kevin has learned throughout the years and throughout the process.

Quotes:

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”

“When I worked in corporate, I didn't try to sit at the table. If I went into a conference room with a bunch of people, a lot of times I would go sit on the wall and you don't realize all the different ways in which you're subliminally saying, I don't see myself as being valid sitting there.”

“We've been living in this narrative as if it's reality, and now we're starting to deconstruct it and realize that it's narrative. It's not reality.”

“There's a discomfort of seeing black people congregating, even if they're just having fun, that makes some people uncomfortable.”

Mentioned

Facebook

James Baldwin

Joy DeGruy

Connect with JD

@chnge_the_narrative

Young, Black and Aware with Leteria Bailey

JD Fuller — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

In 2016 Leteria founded Young Black and Aware to bring national awareness to police brutality and racism in communities of color. Young Black and Aware has garnered international recognition by highlighting social justice issues on a daily basis. As of January 2021, online engagement surpasses 350,000 persons monthly. Notable supporters of Young Black and Aware include American Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Activist Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, and Artist Bisa Butler. Follow @youngblackandaware on Instagram. She has gotten into so much this since the last time we shared space so we are so happy to welcome her back to catch up on CTN with JD Fuller

What You Will Hear:

Consistent theme of lessons and growth
What it’s like to be an activist in white space, especially corporate America
The sellout factor
Activism throughout the country
Sense of urgency about the banning of black history
White supremacy
The awakening after George Floyd’s murder
Using social media to inform the work without desensitizing it
Addiction
Trauma
Should black people stop using the N-word

Quotes:

“You never know when you might need some kindness back….Get what you give out.”

‘Grassroots is the answer.”

“I feel a sense of urgency about the fact that they're banning black history in our schools, and I don't think that there's enough of an outrage about it.”

“White supremacy demands the perfect victim. “

“In this anti-black world. They will demonize you before they try to give you grace.”

“George Floyd wasn't the first, and there was many after him.”

“We have to stop subscribing to the fact that there is not enough power amongst us to finally Cease and desist. “

Mentioned

@YoungBlackandAware

Youngblackandaware@youngblackandaware

Sleuth, Gang or Die

Connect with JD

@chnge_the_narrative

Minnesota Center for Psychology

Transgender Truths and Education with Angel Buck

JD Fuller — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Buck Angel's message of empowerment through self-acceptance and the mission to encourage everyone to be comfortable in their own skin - whatever that means to them - has struck a passionate chord with people around the world. Buck was born female on June 5,1962. He never felt female and struggled through life until he had the life-changing opportunity to transition from female to male and finally live life authentically. He had many obstacles during his transition mostly due to no information for transitioning for FTM transsexuals. Since then he has managed to live his truth and he continues to help to educate the world with his story. His mission is to inspire people to redefine gender and to foster a new generation as they discover the fluidity of sexuality and navigate gender politics. His message, "It's not what is between your legs that defines you." has sparked many conversations and opened minds. Buck is a truth teller and he is here to share his perspective and experience today on Change the Narrative with JD Fuller.

Mentioned

@buckangel

Depression with David Romano

JD Fuller — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0500

When David Romano began to feel the early symptoms of depression in middle school, he thought everyone felt that way, and that it was part of growing up. The popular student and multi-sport athlete tried to maintain his outward image as the fun, goofy kid, and used sports and other activities to cover his inner struggle. A mental health checklist he read in health class shone a light on his symptoms and his life changed forever. After some ups and downs, David began his mental health journey. Since then David has focused his energies on self-healing and spreading awareness about mental health and Suicide prevention. David has a private practice and he travels around they country to share his lived experience

Mentioned

Guiding Light Wellness

ActiveMinds.org

Instagram @guidinglightwell

Decolonizing Therapy with the Rage Doctor Dr. Jennifer Mullan

JD Fuller — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Dr. Jennifer Mullan, founder of Decolonizing Therapy, wrote the book, "Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice,”. Dr. Mullan, lovingly called “The Rage Doctor”, is also an organizational consultant, teacher, course creator, community builder, and decolonized mental health movement starter. She has been featured in Allure, GQ, The Today Show, Cosmopolitan, and The Calgary Journal. She received ESSENCE magazine’s 2020 Essential Hero Award in the category of Mental Health.

What You Will Hear:

Dr. Mullan’s childhood and adolescence
Pivotal moment
Development of her new book
Connection to lineage
Unraveling the cultural and collective noose
Decolonizing therapy
Mental Health
Reclamation of the past
Cultural limitations
Rage

Quotes:

“Living in the Bay Area and doing some really deep inner work on myself and doing rage work with Ruth King and others allowed me to reframe and restructure how I allowed whiteness to see me and how I allowed that gaze or that view to impact me and my spirit.”

“For too long the goal of therapy has been to help people adapt to oppression and cope with ongoing trauma of colonial, capitalis and white supremasists.”

“That gatekeeping, even into the ivory tower, is real.”

“Decolonizing Therapy is really supposed to be a resource for a lot of therapeutic classrooms.”

“Me and rage have a love affair.”

“Rage, I believe, is the love child of ancestral trauma and all different types of trauma, shame, and the kind of grief we're not allowed to talk about, that disenfranchised, suffocated grief.”

“It is important for us to try to build new ways of coping in our bodies and our systems in ways that help us ground ourselves.”

Mentioned

Decolonizingtherapy.com

Facebook

Dr. Tasha Borchell

Maria Yellowhorse Braveheart

Stronger Relationships and Better Sex with Dr. Eric FitzMedrud Pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Dr. Eric FitzMedrud is a culturally aware clinician, trainer, speaker, podcast guest, author and a licensed psychologist. He specializes in evidence-based practices that include sex-positive wisdom and celebrating the joys of pleasure. Eric’s new book is The Better Man, A Guide to Consent, Stronger relationships and Better Sex.

What You Will Hear:

Consent conversations and pleasure
Intersection of varied bodies and culture
Vulnerability
Meta communication
Becoming a better asshole
Sexual shame and core wounds
Developing empathy

Quotes:

“The reality of vulnerability is also when we are vulnerable with each other, sometimes we hurt each other unintentionally. “

“Empathy is a two-way street, but sometimes it needs to only flow in one direction at a time.”

“if there's not something that you love, then you're dangerous because if you don't love something, then you don't have any basis for empathy. Your pain comes because you are alive. Your pain comes because you love something. And if you can't pay attention to and integrate that pain, you can't mobilize your love.”

Mentioned

@drericfitz

James Baldwin

Stronger Relationships and Better Sex with Dr. Eric FitzMedrud

JD Fuller — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0500

What You Will Hear:

Who is Eric FritzMedrud?
Relationships and sex
Misconceptions about open relationships and polyamory
Improvements as a clinician
Book: The Better Man, A Guide to Consent, stronger Relationships and Hotter Sex.
Out of control sexual behavior and porn addiction
Communication
Identifying as a man, performance demand, romantic myths and toxic masculinity
Eric’s personal experience and consent conversations

Quotes:

“If there isn't heart connection, if there isn't an ability to regulate conflict, if there isn't a lot of other capacity for relationship and self-soothing, then showing up vibrantly and energetically sexually becomes impossible.”

“If you are with a male partner and he's having a hard time showing up for you, receiving your desire, telling you what he really desires, one of the most important things that you can do is bring a non-judgmental openness.”

“it's so important to understand that it's a loss for for men and when they subscribe to a patriarchal culture as well.”

Mentioned

@drericfitz

Achieving the Impossible with Qasim Rashid

JD Fuller — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Qasim Rashid is a human rights lawyer who built his career fighting for survivors of domestic violence, asylum seekers, and low income communities. He and his family immigrated from Pakistan to the United States with his family when he was five. As a child, Qasim grew up in Section 8 housing in DuPage county. Qasim’s parents, who were both teachers, instilled in him a deep commitment of service to humanity and upholding justice. Throughout his legal career, Qasim has seen how the country’s laws and systems unfairly worked for those who already had money and power and left everyone else behind. He’s running for Congress to demand justice and ensure that the government works for everyone. Outside of public service, Qasim is an author, lawyer, and dad joke aficionado. The loves of his and Ayesha’s lives are their three children, aged 14, 10, and 7. They are trying to convince Qasim to adopt a special breed of dog that gets sad when you feed it cantaloupe…known as a melon collie.

What You Will Hear:

Qasim’s upbringing and being an immigrant
Anti-blackness and immigration
The depth of Islamophobia in the USA
Post 9/11 unity myth
How Qasim got in to law and his specific practice
Service to humanity
The power of collaborative education
Gun control and the right wing media's indoctrination tactics
Police brutality and the injustice system in the US
Qualified immunity and psychological testing
Climate crisis and poverty stats
What true government powered by the people could look like
Engaging the global majority

Quotes:

“In Pakistan I'm not really Pakistani because I was raised in the United States and the United States I'm not really American because I wasn't born here and so there's a constant struggle that's in the back of your mind and it's the duality that society wants you to force you into a box.”

“ I've been extraordinarily fortunate to have brilliant scholars guide me and teach me and the good fortune to have the sense to shut up and listen.”

“If you wanna talk to me about your values, show me your actions and service to humanity, “

“For me greatest form of worship is to serve all humanity.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your time here on Earth.” - Muhammed Ali

“I think foundationally it's important that people find their comfort zone and learn to step out of it. That's really where life begins to have, in my view, more value, more meaning and more sustainability.”

“I believe healthcare is a fundamental human right and just because someone is a bigot or a racist or an islamophobe or a homophobe doesn't change the fact that healthcare is a fundamental human right and we need to provide that support no matter what.”

“The reality is that if we continue to send law enforcement for issues that don't reflect their training, then we are perpetuating a system of violence…..because we're asking them to do things that they're just not trained to do.”

“Law enforcement responds to crime, but a living wage, healthcare, access, education, clean food, air and water, prevent crime. So if we want safer communities, invest in people, not punishments.”

“It is not diversity for the sake of diversity, it's representation for the sake of reality.”

“For us to dismantle these systems of white supremacy and the economic injustice that they uphold, we have to create a sense of reality.”

“Ensuring children have leaders and mentors that have their lived experiences allows our children to have better lived experiences as well.”

“Those systems of white supremacy are dismantled when we uphold justice, when we have representation that reflects reality and we have a multiracial, multi-cultural, multi-gender coalition of people working together for that common cause of justice.”

“ I know that which I'm asking you is impossible, but the impossible is the least that we can demand. When you look at the spectacle of human history in general and black history in particular, you are emboldened by witnessing nothing less than the perpetual achievement of the impossible.” - James Baldwin

Mentioned

@qasimrashid

Virginia Poverty Law Center

Mary Robinette

James Baldwin

The Sky Is Not The Limit with Fletcher Cleaves

JD Fuller — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Fletcher Cleaves is a native of Memphis, TN who decided to turn his tragedy into a testimony. As an advocate and motivational presenter, he speaks out against the dangers of texting and driving as well as overcoming adversity. He aspires to share his journey in hopes it will save lives and inspire others to reach their goals, regardless of the challenges they may face.

What You Will Hear:

Growing up and family dynamics
Recognizing his athleticism
Benefits from growing up and learning in different environments inner city vs suburbs
Life altering car accident, recovery and sacrifice
Becoming the Wheelchair Nomad
Sky Is Not The Limit

Quotes:

“Team sports and the way I was rendered definitely gave me the mindset of facing all the obstacles I face today.”

“If you ain't been through nothing in life, that means you ain't live long enough. So understand adversity is going to happen, It's part of life. “

“It's not what happens to you that defines you. It's how you respond to it.”

“Don't let your current circumstances dictate your future. You can always make a better tomorrow.”

“Within the path of the journey of being me I became an inspiration and I'm just so happy that something so simple as being myself can help so many people change lives.”

“How big would you dream if you knew you couldn't fail if you knew failure was impossible? “

“Stop being afraid to fail. Everything you want in life is on the other side of fear. Everything you want in life is on the other side of, I don't feel like it. So once you get past, I don't feel like it and once you get past being afraid your greatest success is right around the corner.”

Mentioned

Fletchercleaves.com

Instagram Twitter @rollinonfaith

Facebook @thewheelchairnomad

Youtube @fletchercleaves

The Urban Educator with Jasmyn Williams

JD Fuller — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Urban educator and inner-city school advocate Jasmyn Williams is an Upper Elementary School Dean in East Cleveland, Ohio. Over the years she has developed the awareness, compassion, and knowledge to effectively lead and educate students with severe behavioral needs and learning disabilities in the inner city realm. In 2019, she received a Master of Education from Ursuline College. Prior to graduate school she attended Bowling Green State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies. As a speaker with a focus on Urban Ed, Jasmyn leads professional development sessions and coaches teachers on various strategies to use when building relationships and working with Students of Color. As an advocate for Students of Color, she works to bring awareness through dialogue and community service in hopes of liberation.

What You Will Hear:

Impact of being raised by a young mother and grandparents
Providing resources rooted in wellness, equity, intellectualism and love
Leadership and being an instructional coach, an assistant principal, and an urban educator.
Urban education in non urban communities
Reading proficiency. Systemic issues in assessments and testing
Social emotional learning
Environmental effects on learning
Book suggestions (See Mentioned below)

Quotes:

“Wellness is accessible to you even if you are from an environment that is not ideal.”

“Equity is asking how can I get every student there? There can be so many different things and so my job is to figure out what is there for my children, for our students, and then what can we do to get them there.”

“I think that it's our job as educators to show what healthy love is.”

“There's just so many layers that go into a child's ability to be successful “

“The earlier we can allow children to know that they're individual, the better, because they're not forcing themselves to fit in these spaces that they just don't fit in.”

Mentioned

The Urban Edu

Black Appetite, White Food

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

The Color of Law

We Want To Do More Than Survive

The Equity and Social Justice Education

Pro-Black Education with Ernest Crim III Pt2

JD Fuller — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Ernest Crim III is an Anti-Racist Educator and hate crime survivor who uses (Black) historical narratives to empower and educate families and train educators through an equitable lens. Mr. Crim, a south side of Chicago native and University of Illinois graduate, is a former high school history educator of 12 years, who now advocates for social justice issues and teaches Black History to the world through social media with a platform that reaches over 2 million people monthly. Additionally, he is the CEO of Crim’s Cultural Consulting LLC, an international speaker, an author of two bestsellers (‘Black History Saved My Life’ and ‘The ABCS of Affirming Black Children’) and a passionate progressive education activist, who has been featured on CNN, ABC, WGN, PBS, CBS, NBC & Newsweek, amongst various other outlets.

What You Will Hear:

Attending HBCUs
The importance of community
Teaching and history
Black culture and cultural genocide
Black on black crime phenomenon
Nutritional options in black communities

Quotes:

“As black folks we have to have community to exist and to thrive and oftentimes in a majority white or mixed environment we might not be able to fully find that .”

“That was the process of enslavement, to disconnect us with who we naturally are and who we really are.”

“The engine of our group oppression is always cultural genocide,” - Asa Hilliard

“We are community first, family first, spirituality first, and all things flow from that.”

“Whoever controls your kitchen, controls your revolution.” - Elijah Muhammad

Mentioned

@MrCrim3 Instagram facebook X Youtube

@Ernest Crim III LinkedIn

Ernestcrim.com

Greg Carr

Daniel Black

Brian Midler

Asa Grant Hilliard III

Carter G. Woodson

Elijah Muhammad

Pro-Black Education with Ernest Crim III

JD Fuller — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Ernest Crim III is an Anti-Racist Educator and hate crime survivor who uses Black historical narratives to empower and educate families and train educators through an equitable lens. Mr. Crim, a south side of Chicago native and University of Illinois graduate, is a former high school history educator of 12 years, who now advocates for social justice issues and teaches Black History to the world through social media with a platform that reaches over 2 million people monthly. Additionally, he is the CEO of Crim’s Cultural Consulting LLC, an international speaker, an author of two bestsellers, ‘Black History Saved My Life’ and ‘The ABCS of Affirming Black Children’ and a passionate progressive education activist, who has been featured on CNN, ABC, WGN, PBS, CBS, NBC & Newsweek, amongst various other outlets.

What You Will Hear:

Ernest’s books, Black History Saved My Life: How My Viral Hate Crime Led to An Awakening and The ABCs of Affirming Black Children.
Raising children within the systems of the US
Creatively strategizing how we can use our past to create a better future entrenched in equitable practices.
Crim’s Cultural Consulting LLC
Standardized testing and language

Quotes:

“A hate crime is usually the one of the least racist things we deal with in the present day.”

“We need our kids to see themselves in all shades, like all of it.“

“We feel as though just playing by the rules of this society that we'll be okay and it comes to a point as black folks in this country and in the world where you're reminded that you have to do more. There's whiteness everywhere you look. That becomes the mirror, and if we look in the other mirror and don't see that then we start changing things”

“We are so accepting of so little.”

“Your household should really look like a school. I 'm not saying chalkboard. I'm saying the images your kids see, I'm saying the time you devote to talking with them and conversing with them, because we talk about equitable practices, that starts at home,”

“I'm pro-black, so it's like, equity for me means we gotta make sure that we are building things moving forward that can help us all, gotta make sure we're all good.”

“One of the things I really dislike about our public education system is it is the antithesis of science-based. It defines logic.”

Mentioned

ErnestCrim.com

Black History Saved My Life: How My Viral Hate Crime Led to An Awakening

The ABCs of Affirming Black Children.

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Finding Purpose with Daniel F. Collins

JD Fuller — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Daniel Collins has had a challenged but also blessed journey. He had it all, then lost it, more than once and now he’s coming back. Daniel is transparent about his journey and the good news is he didn't give up! Daniel continues to be an activist for anti Black racism and prison reform. He's back to give us updates and to talk about his new adventure with a wonderful company that has a unique housing solution designed to make housing more affordable. Welcome back to Change the Narrative with JD Fuller.

What You Will Hear:

Losing his professional baseball career to drugs and addiction
Daniel’s childhood and upbringing
Life altering change in prison
Blowing up on social media after his release
Mental health court, therapy and opportunity
Prison reform
Lessons learned
Project Lift
Containing Luxury building container homes

Quotes:

“I still had emptiness inside of me, and that's what addiction was for me. It was just filling that void.”

“This whole idea of incarceration in and of itself is, to me, barbaric and archaic. Like everything about it.”

“It's modern day slavery, the 13th amendment is the abolishment of slavery except when punishable by a crime.”

“The black codes literally started targeting black people for nothing other than essentially being black.”

“Slave labor was such an integral part of the southern economy that without it the economy will collapse.”

Mentioned

Instagram @confessionsofaconvict

TikTok @dannyfcollins

Diversity and Inclusion with Martin Drux

JD Fuller — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Martin Drux discuss the need for diversity and inclusion in corporate spaces. Martin is a multinational executive who manages cross-cultural teams for a Global US-headquartered consulting firm. When the world shut down Martin’s opened up and that’s when he found Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEI&B). It became his new passion and Martin is now committed to owning & driving the agenda from within the business he is in charge of. In 2023, Martin became a finalist for the AXCO Global Insurance Award in the Diversity & Inclusion category.

What You Will Hear:

Martin’s journey and background
What a multi-national executive who manages cross-cultural teams for a global US headquarters consulting firm does.
The key element of networking
Post-pandemic sustainability, recruitment policy, and practice
Lack of equity, opportunity, and access
Prevalence of anti-black racism

Quotes:

“What I think I really like is the opportunity to participate in somebody else’s lived experience.”

“I think what we need to change the narrative here is that it’s really more about looking at the entire talent out there and give an equal opportunity and really try to get the best to the top.”

“If we look at our top management it’s still very much dominated by white men.”

“I find the world more interesting where there is fair competition.”

Mentioned

Jolly Good Ginger

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Mind, Body and Community with Dr. Ally

JD Fuller — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Dr. Ally continue their conversation around mind, body, community, healing and everything next level. Dr. Allycin Powell Hicks, aka Dr. Ally has her PhD in clinical psychology. She is the host of Discovery Plus and OWN's tv show that she hosts with her mother, Dr. Cynthia, aptly named Like Mother Like Daughter. From self worth, to anxiety, to self doubt, Dr. Ally has the coolest card decks called Doux. As a consultant, a coach, a mental health expert and brand strategist she helps other and shifts their perspective aligning with their true purpose and building confidence

Mind, Body and Community with Dr. Ally

JD Fuller — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD Welcomes back Dr. Ally. Dr. Allycin Powell Hicks, aka Dr. Ally, has her PhD in clinical psychology. She is the host of Discovery Plus and OWN’s tv show that she hosts with her mother, Dr. Cynthia, aptly named Like Mother Like Daughter. From self worth, to anxiety, to self doubt, Dr. Ally has the solution. She is an entrepreneur, a media personality and the creator of one of the coolest card decks called Doux. As a consultant, a coach, a mental health expert and brand strategist she helps others and shifts their perspective aligning with their true purpose and building confidence.

AllycinHicks.com

Healing Historical and Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem Pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Resmaa Menakem is the author of “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies,” published in September 2017, which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2021 as well as "The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning," published in 2022. Resmaa is the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute. He also wrote Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy- and he tells us what to do about it. He has done more interviews than I can count, including the Breakfast Club. Resmaa has single-handedly changed JD and many others' professional and personal life.

What You Will Hear:

The Quaking of America
Healing in and through the body
What do bodies of culture need to do to continue thriving and moving forward
White bodies deflecting white body supremacy and embodied gnawing
The growth area = gnawing and discomfort
The soil of America
Trauma Trump and learned templates (victim and perpetrator)
The Mirror
What’s next for Resmaa

Quotes:

“Recent studies and discoveries increasingly point out that we heal primarily in and through the body, not just through the rational brain. We can all create more opportunities for growth in our nervous system, but we do this primarily through what our bodies experience and do not through what we think or realize cognitively.”

“We learn from what our parents or our care caregivers recoil from and lean into, not just by what the instructions that they give to us.”

“You are not defective.”

“Bodies of culture have been gnawing at us every moment we live because racial trauma persists.”

“Embodied gnawing is the way towards generative knowledge. You cannot get knowledge without gnawing.”

“The growth area is actually in the shit that you don't like to do.”

“The Dark Ages wasn't the dark ages because motherfuckers turned off the light. It was the Dark Ages because it was some brutal, foul shit happening from powerful white bodies to less powerful white bodies.”

“The plantation organized white people.”

“White folks have created a world that is on fucking fire, like literally on fire, and we keep trying to take our buckets and throw water on it, and they keep squeezing kerosene on the other side.”

Mentioned

The Quaking of America

Resmaa Menakem

Mama Rose Underground Books

Penumbra Theater Group

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Healing Historical and Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem

JD Fuller — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Resmaa Menakem is the author of “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies,” published in September 2017, which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2021 as well as "The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning," published in 2022. Resmaa is the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute. He also wrote Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy- and he tells us what to do about it. He has done more interviews than I can count, including the Breakfast Club. Resmaa has single handedly changed my professional and personal life and numerous others.

What You Will Hear:

The catalyst and ripple effect of My Grandmother’s Hands
Iatrogenesis
White supremacy trauma and how it can manifest in culture, family traits, personality traits, et cetera.
Decontextualizing trauma
The Plantation and white body supremacy
Clean pain vs dirty pain and white ferality
Our virtues and our limitations
How white bodies can hold each other accountable
Tools vs toys
The pervasiveness and persistence of white body supremacy
Human growth and healing
Privilege vs advantage
Liberatory work and appealing to the kindness of white people

Quotes:

“Trauma works in alignment with your virtues. Trauma works in alignment with what you do best. Trauma works in alignment with what fuels you.”

“The white body deems and has deemed itself the supreme standard by which all bodies, humanity shall be measured structurally and philosophically.”

“The most enduring structure in America is the plantation.”

“White bodies have collective understanding or efficacy when it comes to race.”

“A key factor in the perpetration of white body supremacy is many people's refusal to experience clean pain around the myth of race. Instead, usually out of fear, they choose the dirty pain of silence and avoidance. And inevitably or invariably, Prolong the pain.”

“Our virtues are wrapped inside of our limitations. It is only when we are close in proximity to others that we begin to intimately explore the boundaries of virtues by slamming into our limit limitations.”

“White folks want to do good shit and wanna do good things when it comes to race but they have not developed the conditioning and done any conditioning around race communally……they have to begin to get together in a room and sit with each other and try and work with not a book club. A book club is like crack to a white woman.”

“When you're talking about liberatory work, you're talking about a toy box, an exploration, a sitting with I don’t know if this is gonna work, but I'm gonna try it anyway. That's different than tools.”

“White body supremacy is the water, not the shark.”

“You can both be brutalized by something and be benefited by the brutalization at the same time.”

“In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary, either we're broken or we're healed from that brokenness, but that's not how healing operates. It's almost never

How human growth works.”

“What has happened to our peoples and continues to happen to our people ain't happening to our people individually. It's happening communally. So only developing individual response to a communal horror is inadequate. It's not enough.”

“White folks are not privileged by white body supremacy. They're advantaged by white body supremacy.”

Mentioned

TikTok @TheGhettoActivist

Human Resources and DEI with Natasha Desjardins

JD Fuller — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Natasha Desjardins is a trusted, creative, result-driven Human Resources Practitioner and DEI Strategist with expertise at the intersections of HR, DENI, and Wellness. Natasha has a proven track record of enhancing employee experience, engagement, and retention. Her impact spans industries such as Public Media/ Broadcasting and trade associations (Non- profit), Marketing and Branding Agencies (For-profit), and Federal Government Consulting Agencies. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice, a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Management with an HR focus from the University of Maryland , and a certificate to Lead in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from North Western University.We

What You Will Hear:

What is most important about Natasha
Natashas childhood in Haiti
Micro aggression vs intentional aggression
Becoming a Human Resources Practitioner
Burnout
Therapy
The biggest barrier to driving transformative change.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Mental health advocacy within HR
DEI and accessibility

Quotes:

No matter what your background is or what industry that you work in, you need a network. You need people who support you who are there for you and for me, it has been friends, family, but most importantly, my therapist.”

“There is a misconception that people get into HR because they love people.”

“Communication and follow up are keys to successful HR practices.”

“If we are inclusive, if we are truly inclusive to the diversity of our audiences, the accessibility should be covered “

Mentioned

Documenting True Stories with Pallavi Somusetty

JD Fuller — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD sits down with filmmaker Pallavi Somusetty to talk about identity, representation, consumerism, truth and filmmaking. Pallavi creates doc portraits that center BIPOC voices in the hope that we feel fully seen in the complexities of our identities and journeys, and that meaningful impact can result. Since 2020, she has been a series producer for A-Doc (including Emmy-nominated series Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond) and is a supervising producer for their 2024 shorts initiative in partnership with WORLD Channel. Pallavi's feature directorial debut in progress, COACH EMILY, is a 2023 DocLands DocPitch Industry Award recipient, and Athena’s 2022 Works in Progress Pitch Forum participant. Pallavi is also producing CHIRAKU (Dir. Neelu Bhuman) about a young transman’s dreams of becoming a commercial pilot. She is a 2023 Unlock Her Potential Mentee working with Linda Goldstein Knowlton, and a 2022 Center for Asian American Media Fellow with mentorship support from Marjan Safinia. Her award-winning short doc, Escaping Agra, which chronicles a young trans Indian American teen’s experience of being illegally detained in Agra, India after their gender and sexual orientation are discovered, has screened in festivals across the world, and her work has been supported by The Puffin Foundation, Eddie Bauer, Studio IX Project, Center for Cultural Innovation, and more. Pallavi holds a documentary-focused Master in Journalism from UC Berkeley and a BA in Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz. In her spare time, she climbs rocks with her kids and supports incarcerated pregnant people as a trained doula.

What You Will Hear:

Pallavi’s background
Getting in to film making
Feature documentary
Moving to India
Films
Coach Emily

Quotes:

Mentioned

Chandi Films

coachemilyfilm.com

Attention White Women! with Pam Ditto

JD Fuller — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Attention white women! White women unite! Pam Ditto declares all of this, not because white women are smarter, but because they use that historical narrative to not stand up for justice, injustice, and racism. Pam says that the road to success is not the one paved by the white man. She stands up to patriarchy, white people, and white women. She is sick and tired of “white is right” and white women in particular who cannot tolerate the discomfort of change. She is honest, and real and uses her voice to share not only her experience from everything from her dental procedures to her adoption to her feelings on interracial adoption.

What You Will Hear:

Uplifting marginalized voices on tiktok by passing the mic
Lessons learned from success
Indentured servitude vs chattel enslavement
What white women can learn from Pam
Privilge, the right to comfort
Continuing to learn
Is it peossibe for white people to move from denial through sympathy, past allyship to something that’s more productive in the outcome of where we are?
Mass shootings

Quotes:

“I think it's interesting that, you know, there's so much privilege around fearing,”

“If you are under threat of losing your security safety support, you never had it. So go make your own community to gather that from. That is real. That won't threaten you every time you step out of line. Because if they're watching to see if you are in line, they're not supporting you.”

“the things that we say we fear are so inconsequential.”

“Guilt becomes a guilty pleasure for white people.”

Mentioned

Tittok @pamstillwontshutup @pamwontshutup @pamwontevershutup

Intagram @

@Crutches_and_spice

For Black People with Sonia Raye and David Lee

JD Fuller — Fri, 26 May 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Description

Sonia Russell, CEO, and David L Walker Jr, CSO of BlackFullness sit down with JD to discuss Blackfullness. Sonia uses her obsession with technology and her passion for mindfulness to organize and harmonize almost every aspect of her life. She has been a black woman her whole life, a small business owner for nearly 20 years, and an active leader for more than a decade. She received her minister's license from the School of Spiritual Leadership in 2021.

David designs, builds and cultivates successful and productive sales and strategic partnerships to increase awareness, affinity, buy-in, and revenue - all with mindfulness at the core. With over 15 years of experience, David puts the FUNK in cross-functional training and leadership, and he uses his intense desire to serve to intentionally and effectively connect people, places and ideas.

What You Will Hear:

What it means to be a licensed New Though Minister with a degree from the School of Spiritual Leadership.
Benefit vs privilege
Unapologetic optimism
Blackfullness Individual sovereignty
Being intentional
Being a light and reciprocity

Quotes:

"I'm unapologetically optimistic in that I wanna be about what we can

do. I believe in us, I wanna be about that.”

“It’s not pretending that the things that we see are not happening, it is acknowledging that they are happening and knowing beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is something more expanded for all of us to experience collectively and for me to experience individually.”

“Practice makes permanent.”

Mentioned

@theblackfullness

@blackfullness

Reversing Misinformation with The Ghetto Activist

JD Fuller — Fri, 19 May 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Tony, The Ghetto Activist is a self-taught historian that focuses on Black history through an Afrocentric lens. He created his blog roughly three years ago with the primary objective of countering thousands of years of misinformation, degradation, & systemic oppression by any means necessary.

What You Will Hear:

Tony’s upbringing, influences and his mother’s impact on his life
How Tony became the Ghetto Activist
Black Amnesia, Saint Cova
The Myth, The Bible is not black history
Thinking black
Dismantling internalized racism

Quotes:

“We actually don’t know how great we once were.”

“If you're black, you should be thinking black. If you're black and you're not thinking

Black at this late date, well, I'm sorry for you.” - Malcolm X

“We sold ourselves into enslavement. You can't hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. You can't hate your origin without ending up hating yourself. You can't hate the land, your motherland, the place that you came from, and we can't hate Africa without ending up hating ourselves.” - Malcolm X

Mentioned

St Cova

Anthony Browder

TheGhettoActivist.comCC

Ghetto Sunday School

Timeless Teachings

Instagram @TheGhettoActivist

Twitter @GhettoActivist

Patreon - The Ghetto Activist

Divesting From Whiteness with Joquina Reed Pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 12 May 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Joquina M. Reed is deeply shaped by her lived experience, ancestral wisdom, formal undergraduate and education in Communications. She is the curator behind her own podcasts, AntiBlackness Reader and Divesting from Whiteness. Joquina proudest claim to fame in her life is being a fabulous aunt to 8 nieces and nephews! In addition to being Nanny Kina, she is also a DEI consultant and facilitator, researcher, learning strategist, and community advocate. Kina says, she is constantly looking for opportunities to help others enlarge themselves and step out of the boxes they no longer fit.

What You Will Hear:

Urgency, white supremacy and black murders by the state
Reaction vs response
Anti-racist ethics
J Reed Consulting inception, motivation and purpose
Divesting from whiteness
Risk taking vs bing unsafe
The fallacy of a safe space for black and brown bodies
Can we end racism?

Quotes:

“A sense of urgency is the tenant of white supremacy”

“I don't think black people should be watching other black people being murdered. “

“I am the embodiment of knowing what it feels like to not have wellbeing in the workspace of not being safe in the workplace”

“Lived experience matters.“

“If I could be got no matter what, then I might as well live as freely as I possibly can for myself and stop subscribing to their rules and regulations and prescriptions and the white math and all the other white shenanigans that white people create to govern themselves and the rest of the world.”

“Our freedom, until the world systems change, can only be ascertained in ourselves, that's the only place we have it.”

“I'm not sure how we end racism when people still believe in the construct of race.”

Mentioned

Instagram @divestingfromwhiteness

Jreedconsultingllc.com

Joquinareed.com

Divesting From Whiteness with Joquina Reed

JD Fuller — Fri, 05 May 2023 04:00:00 -0500

What You Will Hear:

Humanity and Anna Julia Cooper
Ancestry
Immigration and assimilation
Pet to Threat (Kecia M. Thomas) and Black Excellence
Collective bargaining power

Quotes:

“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.” - Anna Julia Cooper

“If there is anyone who should be sitting up there with lobster steak in a grocery cart, it should be the descendants of enslaved people who have never received reparations for building this place for free.”

“I can no longer afford to collude with whiteness and supremacy culture. Because everyone loses in it. “

“That is a product of white supremacy that we don't trust our bargaining power, and that's what white supremacy has enforced us to believe.”

Mentioned

Instagram @divestingfromwhiteness

https://www.tiktok.com/@glennblocktok

Jreedconsultingllc.com

Joquinareed.com

Systemic Change through Equitable Strategy with Glenn Block

JD Fuller — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Glenn Block is a seasoned product leader with 25 years+ of experience in software engineering and product management. He is currently the founder of two companies, one as CEO of ProdSense, where he advises early-stage companies as a Fractional CPO, and the second as CPO of a stealth home coffee roaster startup. Throughout his career, he worked at a number of hi-tech companies including Microsoft, Docusign, Auth owe, and Splunk. Glenn has been a big advocate for the open source and developer community and was a maintainer for several successful open source projects. Glenn is also a big champion and advocate for changing the tech industry and making it more inclusive. He devotes a large amount of this time to dismantling white supremacy and working to mentor and sponsor folks from underrepresented groups. He is also a volunteer coding instructor at CodeNation, helping high schoolers from marginalized backgrounds to enter the tech industry. Glenn is a lifelong learner and recently received his Executive MBA from Seattle University. He lives with his wife in San Francisco, and is just a stone's throw from his daughter, who attends USF. Please join me in welcoming Glenn Block to Change the narrative with JD Fuller.

What You Will Hear:

Ramadan and what it symbolizes for Glenn
Deciding to leave corporate America
Non-Negotiables
Partners and communication
New Company Prodsense
Race and Equity in corporate America
White supremacy, trigger words and privilege
Racist vs Anti-Racist
The reality of making an impact

Quotes:

“Ramadan is a time of learning and discipline.”

“A lot of times all we need is people to plant a seed in our minds. “

“We know that silence is violence and yet it continues. Privilege continues to silence itself in far too many ways.”

“There is no middle way. You're either a racist or you're an anti-racist.” - Ibram X. Kendi

“I started to realize that it's not just about the dealings I have with people, it's the system.

The system is the thing that has to go, and you still have to do those other things, but the change is not gonna happen. You can have these great thoughts of like, oh we'll just learn to be nice with one another, but there's a system in place that's telling you not to do those things, and as long as that system exists, things are not gonna change.”

“Whenever there's an opportunity to point out inequities or just get people to think,.

I'm trying to bring that, and that to me is powerful to be able to do that. “

“White supremacy is not a thing that is just over on the side here and sometimes pops up. It's everywhere. So we need to look at it that way.”

Mentioned

Podcast : Until The Ice Cream Truck

Hudson

Agneshka Girling

Ibram X. Kendi “How To Be an Anti-Racist”

Elizabeth Leiba “I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace”

Glenn@prodsense.net

Mental Health and Racial Trauma with Autumn Walker

JD Fuller — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Autumn Walker is a Mental Health therapist licensed in Maryland. Her passion is centered around healing anxiety and racial trauma among Black & Brown communities through a God-fident lens. After obtaining her Masters from Johns Hopkins in 2020, she combined her devotions to social justice, faith and mental health awareness to launch The Soul Reasons on social media platforms. The Soul Reasons encourages the Black community to foster a secure sense of self to both heal from and resist a racist sociopolitical system. She continues to expand her message through digital and community platforms to help others find their soul reason admist this destructive social climate.

What You Will Hear:

Autumn’s personal story and the life changing moment that influence her journey
Autumn’s awareness of racism, its power and its impact
Angel Reese
Rebranding
Anxiety and racial trauma
Countertransference. Can therapist from other cultures treating black and brown people?
Legacy

Quotes:

“I am now finding myself more connected to a call or mission to help black women to feel more secure and free in their own skin and so that they know who they are so no one can tell them otherwise .”

“Trauma, broadly is essentially, is describing any moment of time where we feel an intense level of fear or threat that can pretty much reshape our worldview our perspective.”

“ I think everything is related to capitalism.”

“I really to be change agent and let folks know that there's another way, we don't have to settle for the the status quo. I'm a strong believer in once you know who you are know who you're not.”

Mentioned

Text “Soul” (206)640-0594

Black Women’s Bodies with Jessica Wilson Pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Jessica Wilson, is a co-creator of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge that went viral in 2020. She is a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. Jessica has worked as a clinical dietitian since 2007 and is acutely aware of how both the public health and medical framing of “healthy eating” and “obesity” has contributed to disordered eating and self-blame. Jessica co-hosted My Black Body Podcast, which changed the conversation about who has eating disorders and how treatment fails so many people. Her book, It’s Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies was published on February 7, 2023, and we can’t wait to talk all about it today on CTN with JD Fuller.

What You Will Hear:

Who decides what size you are and what is healthy for you?
Questioning her education
Integrating therapy and nutrition. Identity development
White Supremacy, redlining and access
What we can do to help. Norming
Veganism and what is truly considered best for individuals
Individuality in collective cultures

Quotes:

“I really want people to have different perspectives on what it means to be be healthy.”

“It's challenging to have people embrace their culture when it has turned on them.”

“Only eating when you're hungry for physiological needs is the same concept as having sex only for procreation.

“Food is the source of happiness.“

Mentioned

JessicaWilsonMSRD.com

Twitter

Black Women’s Bodies with Jessica Wilson

JD Fuller — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 04:00:00 -0500

What You Will Hear:

Jessica’s background and what helped develop her self image
Dietetics and therapy
Neurodivergence
Regionality and intersectionality
Passion and purpose behind her book
Plastic surgery and black women’s bodies
The term obese
Racism

Quotes:

.”My blackness was by far my most salient identity in a lot of the work that I was doing,”

“Black women's body stories have been written by whiteness.”

“You're telling us from a very young age that we need to be worried about our eminent demise. But that's not because of me, it's because of medical racism. It's about white supremacy, it's about trauma and toxic stress.”

Mentioned

JessicaWilsonMSRD.com

Twitter

Organic Health and Wellness with Cassandra Geter

JD Fuller — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD sits down with Cassandra Geter to talk about organic health and wellness. With the knowledge that health and wellness are reflective of our lifestyles Cassandra founded Have Faith and Live Well with Chasadah LLC to provide health and wellness coaching services to women with chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Cassandra uses a non-judgmental approach with a healing presence to guide others to reach their goals.

What You Will Hear:

Cassandra’s attraction to chemistry
Chemistry and wellness
Pharmaceutical industry
The effects of stress on health
Chronic illnesses and diet
Faith and nutrition
Smart goals
Budgeting for healthy eating
Portion control
Teaching kids about healthy eating

Quotes:

“The pharmaceutical industry is a billion-dollar industry. It doesn't make people well, it's only good for keeping people sick.”

“Let your life be your testimony.”

“Your goals have to be time manageable and attainable and sensible.”

Mentioned

Havefaithandlivewell.com

Facebook Organically Reversing Chronic Illnesses

Instagram Cassandra1974

Expanding the inclusivity of Therapy with Marvin Toliver Pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Marvin Toliver is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, born and raised in East Oakland California. Marvin currently resides in Philadelphia Pennsylvania working as a therapist with the Radical Therapy Center. He’s also a co-founder of the mental health collective Melanated Social Work. Marvin is a queer Bi-sexual Black creator, writer, consultant, public speaker, mentor, wedding officiant, and radical educator. He encourages others to see the power within themselves and use their voices to fight for justice. Marvin’s work will be complete when white supremacy is dismantled and ALL Black people are liberated.

What You Will Hear:

Social media
Reflecting
Imposter syndrome vs internalized racism
Political aspects of being a therapist
Choosing the correct therapist for you
Reparations
Music Therapy Mondays and Black Social Work Week
TEDx Talk

Quotes:

“Therapy is not neutral”

“Each of our moral compasses are, are gonna be shaped by our environment, by our family, by our education, by our location, and by our politics.”

“I always encourage folks who are seeking therapists to ask all of the questions. Ask who you voted for in that 2020 election? Ask what you think about the Black Lives Matter movement? What you think about Palestine? All of those things are gonna inform me as a client if we're aligned and if we're not aligned, then I don't wanna work with you.”

“My ancestors already paid for this school debt.”

“To demand money from black folks, from indigenous folks for anything really, for literally anything I personally think it's criminal. The wealth, the power, influence that so many white folks have was because of enslaved Africans.”

Mentioned

It’s All About (Our) Me Power

LinkTree

MarvinToliver.com

Expanding the inclusivity of Therapy with Marvin Toliver

JD Fuller — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Marvin Toliver is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), born and raised in East Oakland, CA. Marvin currently resides in Philadelphia, PA, and works as a therapist with the Radical Therapy Center. He’s also a co-founder of the mental health collective Melanated Social Work. Marvin is a queer (Bi-sexual) Black creator, writer, consultant, public speaker, mentor, wedding officiant, and radical educator. He encourages others to see the power within themselves and use their voices to fight for justice. Marvin’s work will be complete when white supremacy is dismantled and ALL Black people are liberated.

Forever Telling Tales with Samantha Hawkins

JD Fuller — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Samantha Hawkins is a public speaker and storyteller. She writes freelance in her spare time and her essays have appeared in many print and online publications, including Madame Noire, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and two Chicken Soup for the Soul collections. Her debut children's picture book, "My Momma Marches," is forthcoming through Lantana Publishing in March 2023.

What You Will Hear:

Samantha’s childhood
Homeschooling and misconceptions
When and why Samantha starter writing
My Momma Marches
Priorities to keep changing the narrative

Quotes:

“You can't stop the power of the pen. The pen is still mighty, and that I will continue to write my heart out and lay it bare in verse.”

Mentioned

My Momma Marches

@forevertellingtales

Empowerment Through Learning with LaNysha Adams

JD Fuller — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0500

LaNysha T. Adams (@edlinguist) is an award-winning education consultant and speaker focused on teaching students to put their knowledge of self at the center of all learning. With 20 years of experience in education at school, district, and state levels, Dr. Adams holds a Ph.D. and is a certified coach on a mission to revolutionize how people learn. She is the author of the award-winning, #1 best-selling book on Amazon, Me Power.

Description

What You Will Hear:

Where and when LaNysha knew she was headed in the direction of education as a career
LaNysha’s mom and early influences
Allocation of resources for education and making a change in community
The notion of power and challenging the systems
Edlinguist.com
Leaning into listening and problem solving
Federal contracts
Interactive blog and Me Power
Empowering people to find their own power

Quotes:

“So much of what’s wrong with education has to do with the allocation of resources and how the money that is allocated for said resources to improve education goes to small businesses and big businesses.”

“I may not actually have the answer because I don’t know the genesis of the problem.”

“Everything you need for making change in your life, you have within you.”

“Even when the world is telling you, you can’t, and there is a no, if that is so important to you and you want to go after it, do it.”

Mentioned

LaNysha.com

@edlinguist Instagram twitter clubhouse

Edlinguist.com

Voiceless Behind Bars with Sarah DeArmond

JD Fuller — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Sarah DeArmond is 36 and is the CEO of the nonprofit, Voiceless Behind Bars™️ that raises money through tax-deductible donations to help pay for the legal fees for those who have been wrongfully convicted. She also uses her nonprofit as a safe space for inmates to contact her about the cruel treatment they’re facing daily in the prison system. Sarah hopes that her nonprofit can help bring more awareness to the inhumane treatment that prisoners are subjected to. Prior to running her nonprofit, Sarah spent her early twenties acting in a few indie films. She spent the rest of her twenties reviewing movies and doing interviews for a Christian film site before moving on to her own blog which she ran until her early thirties. Sarah lives in Alabama with her husband, Sean, who is a librarian and is also on the board of her nonprofit. They’ve been married for 14 years and have a dachshund, Baxter.

What You Will Hear:

What people should know about Sara DeArmond
Learning about wrongful convictions
Being diagnosed with Neurodivergence
How Sarah became so passionate about prison advocacy
Wrongful conviction statistics
Timothy McGruder wrongful conviction
Sheron Edwards wrongful conviction
Alabama’s prison system
Voiceless Behind Bars
White women’s obsession with black women. Bethany Frankel
Death penalty and wrongful executions. Nathaniel Woods

Quotes:

“This whole prison system, the justice system, it needs to be abolished completely and then we need to rebuild it.”

“People do not understand the difference between rehabilitation and punishment.”

“Wrongful convictions, they’re more common than people realize.”

“It’s more expensive for someone to be executed than being in prison for life.”

Mentioned

Voices Behind Bars

TikTok Instagram

White Abolitionist with Zach Gray

JD Fuller — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Zach Gray is more than simply a white guy from Michigan! He is very intentional about empowering individuals and families to reach their fullest potential. In Zach's Psychology Today profile he says, "our stories and life experiences are valuable and important; they inform the way we navigate and see the world". Zach believes it is possible to find healing and create change in one's life in a way that helps you find the best quality of life." Zach has lived through it and come out on the other side. I believe that we are worth all of the hard work to get to where we want to be. His clinical interests include trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, interpersonal dynamics, substance use needs, relationship issues, anger management, self-exploration, and identity development. He is intentional about creating a safe and accepting space for individuals of all different backgrounds and walks of life. Cultural competency is important to him and it is something he consistently learns about both through education and the stories from individuals within his community. He values and respects everyones life experiences.

What You Will Hear:

Zach’s background and how he got into social work
Social media
Traumatic brain injury
Adopting and raising black and brown children
Therapy
Centering black voices
Mixed race family

Quotes:

“We are here for a very short amount of time and the issues of white supremacy and racism Justice, they're life or death And I need as a white person other white people to understand that we can't just have gentle calm conversations about things that are taking people's lives”

“the one thing that has given me longevity is being authentic and standing in my truth.”

Mentioned

facebook

Smart Money Moves with Holly Reid

JD Fuller — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD is joined by certified public accountant Holly Reid to talk about financial education and the importance of imparting it early to our youth. Holly is an experienced finance professional who loves her career and believes we all have knowledge, experiences and a purpose to add value, contribute to society and enrich the lives of others. As a personal finance advocate, Holly is dedicated to helping adults and the next generation manage their finances as responsible stewards. Growing up in a household where, “we may have been poor in material possessions, but we were rich in love, family values, and an unwavering work ethic,” she speaks on how the lack exposed the economic disparities and piqued her interest to understand the economic landscape and specifically money management. In 2012, Holly created The Master Playbook to break the cycle of paycheck to paycheck living and to help adults and the next generation create a financial legacy worth leaving. She has educated thousands of people through her book, speaking engagements, and coaching sessions using sound financial principles, practical tips and her personal experiences.

What You Will Hear:

Holly’s background
Biggest and earliest lessons learned about finances
Knowledge vs. application
Spending consciously and raising awareness
Advertising, consumerism and youth
History: Black Wall Street, Tulsa Oklahoma, Birmingham
Using credit responsibly
The Master Playbook and parenting today
Celebrities and financial education

Quotes:

“One thing about personal finances is it’s very personal, what’s good for you, what process or app or thing that may work for you may not work for me and my situation, personality or what makes me feel safe or secure or stabilized.”

“Our society does not teach us to make our money work for us, it teaches us to spend.”

“Credit is one of the biggest things that tears us down.”

“The bible has the greatest number of scripture that speaks to money than any other topic.”

“If you look at the biggest lessons in my life it’s where I didn't get something I wanted or I failed at something I attempted and those are the biggest life lessons.”

Mentioned

Money Camps for Kids

The Master Playbook

@themasterplaybook Instagram Facebook TikTok LinkedIn

Culturally Responsive Teachers and Leaders with Bobby Morgan Pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Bobby Morgan continue their conversation about the current state of education and his efforts and goals to improve it. Bobby is a principal, writer, speaker, and consultant who works with other educators to promote equity and culturally responsive teaching practices. With over a decade in education, primarily in under-resourced populations, Bobby is passionate about cultivating brilliance in Black and Brown communities. Through coaching, workshops, and meaningful professional development, Bobby desires to change the educational landscape, ensuring pathways of success for students. In addition to his work within academic institutions, Bobby works as an educational advocate partnering to fight for equitable policies and legislative priorities for all students. Today we welcome Bobby Morgan with Liberation Lab to change the narrative with JD Fuller.

What You Will Hear:

Teacher shortage and challenges
Emotional and mental health in education.
Liberation Lab
School Districts being culturally responsive and providing means of accountability
Excellence in community
Who would you be without oppression?

Quotes:

“We honestly don’t pay teachers enough.”

“Educators are realizing that the same skills that they have, In the classroom can merit so much more outside of it.”

“What has rocked education to its core is the need for us to be prioritizing mental health and the ways in which we have not done that. And the ways we have not done that in a way that is even culturally responsive.”

“We should be able to inspect what we expect.”

“We've been trained as a culture to be afraid of the repercussions, and so there is power in knowing how to navigate those potential repercussions.”

“I'm not gonna leave you outside of the thing you enjoy. You're gonna be an active participant in your liberation.”

Mentioned

My Liberation Lab

info@myliberationlab.com

@liberation.lab Instagram TikTok

@liberationlab Facebook LinkedIn

Culturally Responsive Teachers and Leaders with Bobby Morgan

JD Fuller — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0500

Bobby Morgan is a principal, writer, speaker, and consultant who works with other educators to promote equity and culturally responsive teaching practices. With over a decade in education, primarily in under-resourced populations, Bobby is passionate about cultivating brilliance in Black and Brown communities. Through coaching, workshops, and meaningful professional development, Bobby desires to change the educational landscape, ensuring pathways of success for students. In addition to his work within academic institutions, Bobby works as an educational advocate partnering to fight for equitable policies and legislative priorities for all students. Today we welcome Bobby Morgan with Liberation Lab to change the narrative with JD Fuller.

What You Will Hear:

Bobby’s journey
What is it like to be Bobby
Observing the benefits of privilege
Raising children
Equity, Belonging and action
History and its accuracy
Teaching teachers, education and special education
Equity in education and teaching “trouble makers”

Quotes:

“Part of the reason I'm so passionate about the things that I am is because I know what it's like to live in a world where you're not necessarily wanted, you’re excluded and you're pushed aside.”

“If we're really gonna talk about equity beyond black boxes and anti-racist statements on your website, show me where the money is going. Show me that you're putting your finances behind the things that you say you believe.”

“For somebody of African descent in this country, you are always as good as what you could produce. Always as good as how you can help the bottom line.”

Mentioned

Teach Like a Champion

100th Episode: Meet JD

JD Fuller — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0500

J. Denise Fuller (she, her, hers) is an African American LCSW who has over 25 years of experience as a mental health clinician, educator, writer, and consultant. With a Masters of Social Work from Smith College JD has held positions as an Adjunct Professor as well as a Clinical and Area Director for outpatient mental health programs. JD is an activist and “truth teller”. As an advocate for equity and inclusion she constantly speaks out against inequality. Focusing through a mental health lens, JD is a widely sought after clinician, providing education, training and consultation on ways to navigate the difficult conversations related to systemic and internalized racism, white privilege, and the tenets of oppression. She is esteemed for her insight, empathy, authenticity, unique perceptive, and ability to empower, while providing education. JD is a firm believer that one’s truth lives in the body and the lived experience guides the process of how we integrate new information.

The youngest of nine children, JD experienced how myopic teaching distorted her understanding of American history. This realization coupled with her thesis, The Racial Identity Development of the African American Female, catalyzed a lifetime of experiential learning and commitment to teaching about and advocating for others. JD works within the Black and White continuum to facilitate the learning process in the safe space she creates in order to explore the systems that have oppressed our learning. Solution-focused in guiding change, her clinical work has been girded by her dedication to help others discover their authentic selves. JD continues to speak out wherever she sees social inequity today to Change The Narrative.

What You Will Hear:

Early life and transition into a career in mental health
Education and career trajectory
Graduate thesis “The Racial Identity Development of the African American Female.”
First experience of racism and becoming obsessed with what it means to be black
Recognizing legacy and lineage
Managing anger and making it useful/productive
Learning the truth about all of American History
Challenges faced, white supremacy, young activism
Empowering youth, accessibility and messaging
Creating economic soundness
What drives and motivates JD. Why therapy?
How do therapists self care
Self discovery, femininity, sexuality, black gay and trans community and society
Podcast experience and lessons. Decolonization of mental health
Activism 30 years ago vs today

Quotes:

“I didn’t feel seen, kids act out what they don’t have the language for…..I was a professional acter outer.”

“I was resentful for not being taught the truth.”

“Managing the anger and turning it into something useful was the most challenging.”

“Resilient only means that you can keep knocking me down and all I’m gonna do is bouncing back.”

“To be human is not to be strong it’s just to be aware of all the plethora of feelings that we are left to feel throughout our lifetime.”

“White supremacy is a constant, constant barrier to our emotional and mental health.”

“As we expand the vision for the youth there are opportunities to see different pathways.”

Healing Black Souls with Keyonia Williams

JD Fuller — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0500

At just a young age, Williams knew she wanted an impactful life filled with enriching and powering others’ lives. She had a passion for working with underserved, underrepresented, underprivileged communities, which led her to social work. Keyonia reflects on past advocacy experiences working in the foster care system. Currently, she is specializing in culturally specific counseling, coaching, consulting for individuals, groups and organizations.

What You Will Hear:

1:32 Keyonia’s cultural identity development with black pride

3:15 Growing up in an inner city as a significant catalyst for change

4:17 Inspiration to become a teacher of influence

5:27 Escaping inner cities to be faced with gentrification

6:08 Sacrificing a piece of black cultural to gentrification

7:34 Lack of resources to further strengthen the foster care system

11:37 Separating prejudice and racism from therapy

14:15 The BBS and the system’s need to take responsibility for licensure

15:13 The interconnectedness of your wellbeing and your profession

16:18 Teaching through an Afrocentric Theory Perspective

17:31 Williams current career path with cultural specific counseling

17:43 Black people receiving therapy with only Black Clinicians

21:04 Having education as access not as a privilege

23:09 Healing Black Souls program and efforts to destigmatizing/decolonizing

mental health and PTSD

28:04 Intersectionality of Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health

35:27 Parenting Classes from the Black perspective

Quotes:

“The choices we have to make come with a selling out factor.”

“ There is no good that comes from removing children from their home.”

“To think that one can practice therapy and separate who you are as an individual, your belief systems and your values is absolutely ridiculous.”

“If we are not checking in with our values and our belief systems, and how that’s showing up for us and our professional life, then we’re being problematic.”

“I am my community. My community is me.”

“As a black person seeking therapy from another black person, there’s only one thing I can do. I can show up and be my full self.”

“You cannot be Black in America and not have PTSD.”

“There is religion/religiosity, which takes on forms of a cult-like experience. There is spirituality, which can be individual, but also community, and then there’s mental health, which looks many different ways in collective cultures.”

“Black people were raised to understand, take care of, and be careful of whiteness.”

“Black babies deserve to grow up in homes that love and value them because they are not going to get that in this society.”

Mentioned

Instagram: @healing_black_souls_consulting

Healingblacksouls.org

Keyonia@healingblacksouls.org

Afrocentric Theory

Decolonizing Mental Health with Dr. Han Ren

JD Fuller — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD sits down Dr.Han Ren to talk about generational trauma, decolonizing mental health and her brilliant approach to helping people live liberated and intentional lives. Dr. Han Ren is a licensed psychologist and licensed specialist in school psychology (LSSP) practicing in Austin, Texas specializing in anxiety, perfectionism, high achievers, and children of immigrants. Although her degree specialty and background were originally with children, she has experience working with individuals across the lifespan, both individually and as part of family therapy or parent consultation. Currently Dr. Han Ren mostly works with high achieving young adults. In addition to psychotherapy she provides psychoeducational and psychological assessments. Dr. Ren has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Texas in their Special Education and Human Development and Family Sciences departments. In her former life, she was a member of Teach For America and worked as a special educator for preschoolers. Outside of the therapy chair, you can usually find her trying to keep up with her two young kids or spinning on her Peloton.

What You Will Hear:

Dr. Han Ren journey into mental health
How early attachment disruptions have affected Dr. Ren’s relationships and parenting
Immigration trauma and long term effects through generations
Decolonizing mental health
White supremacy and white fragility
Translating science and theory into stackable applications for liberated and intentional lives.
Transforming shame into guilt and religiosity
Thoughts vs feelings
Global majority, people of color, BIPOC
Final Thoughts: Decolonizing family traditions

Quotes:

“There is so much more ease when we can trust each other and ourselves.”

“It’s really, really hard when people who are used to, historically, being centered are de-centered, even if they’re not truly being de-centered.”

“If you can separate yourself from whiteness as an identity marker, you’re so much more than your whiteness.”

“People are more offended by being called a racist than they are about racism.”

“There is power in collective cohesion and in working together.”

Mentioned

Dr.HanRen.com

Instagram @dr.hanren

TikTok

Pivotpsychologyatx.com

TedX

Building Collective Power with Diana Barbadillo

JD Fuller — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Di Barbadillo is a community organizer who works alongside Black Lives Matter LA, the Check the Sheriff Coalition, and the Philippines-US Solidarity Organization (PUSO SoCal). In addition, Di is an active Legal Observer and Co-President of the Executive Board for the National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles. Di was born and raised in Los Angeles and is second-generation Filipina-American. She went to college at UCLA and law school at The University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. In her free time, she likes to organize pop-up markets for local small businesses owned by people of color. She is a power house and we are so happy to have her on CTN with JD today

What You Will Hear:

Introduction
How Di’s education facilitated her activism
Di’s parent immigration experiences
Privilege vs opportunity
Second generation defined
Cultural student groups in college
Tension and change between the black and asian communities
White supremacy and proximity to whiteness
Unifying, bonding and solidarity across cultures
The phrase “Asian Hate” and why we should stop using it
Building collective power
Conversation and facing internal conflict
LAPD
Mental health

Quotes:

“When you realize how much you didn't learn, you are kinda wondering how much of the history you were taught was revisionist, and you realized it was probably all of it.”

“Capitalism is very much like white supremacists”

“I look at Gen Z and I see a lot more open-mindedness. I see a lot more young people fighting for ethnic studies and I think if we can make people understand that we're trying to solidify a bond that used to be there and that was broken apart at some point, we're not just building something new.”

“We are not free until black people are free.”

“I takes conflict, cooperation, and solidarity moving together in different spaces.”

“Conflict is necessary. And conflict doesn't have to be a knock down, drag out, we're falling out, end all, be all like discussion.”

Mentioned

@Deeeeezzyyy

linktr.ee

Rescission Act

Redacted History: Uncovering Truth with Andre White

JD Fuller — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD sits down with Andre White Jr. to discuss history and the untold layers of it. Andre is 27 years old with roots in Cleveland, Ohio and Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a voiceover actor, marketer, content creator, anti-racist, and host of the podcast Redacted History. Andre is active on social media using his personal experiences, creativity, and extensive knowledge of history to engage his audience under the handle @Blackkout.. He's a wealth of knowledge and creativity.

What You Will Hear:

The inner city in Cleveland, OH and Charlotte, NC
Breaking into the voice over and audio industry
Redacted History Podcast
Purpose
Social media and being your authentic self
Final thoughts

Quotes:

“I would love to be afforded the opportunity someway, somehow, to go back and give back to all the black kids in Cleveland one day.”

“No one really cares about the inner city.”

“All it takes is one person to see who you are, potential, what you have to bring to the table.”

“The things that I preach about the podcast the most is that I can really be myself, for real.”

“Just encouraging people to take what you think you know, and you don’t know, and find the surface and then peel back the layers. And what you think you’re peeling back, you’re wrong because there's more to peel back and there’s more to understand, why and how things are happening around us.”

Mentioned

Redacted History Podcast Apple Spotify Youtube Instagram

@Blackkout___ tiktok Instagram

Linktr.ee

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Telling the Truth All Over The Place with Dara Starr Tucker

JD Fuller — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Dara Starr Tucker is an American singer, songwriter, social commentator and satirist. She draws from the 1960’s and 1970’s, an era that holds special significance to her musical journey.Tucker has released four studio albums: All Right Now, Soul Said Yes, The Sun Season, and Oklahoma Rain, as well as a limited-release, live album, Dara Tucker Live in 2013. Vocalist and songwriter Dara is establishing herself as one of the premiere voices in contemporary music. She is poised to establish herself as one of the fresh, contemporary voices that will help to seamlessly move one of music’s greatest traditions into the 21st century. Tucker’s new album brings to life a collection of songs that reaffirm her belief in our shared humanity. Dara is here to tell us about her journey, her passion and her plan for the future.

What You Will Hear:

Growing up in Tulsa Oklahoma in a home of ministry
Standout factor growing up as the middle child (number 3 of 7)
Establishing herself and standing out in her field and vocation
Guided by the diversity of her narrative.
How Dara’s identity was impacted by constantly moving from extreme environments, culture shock and raised under higher standards
Greatest fall and greatest comeback
Satire, comedy, social commentary and social media
Eric Monte activism, Go Fund Me fundraiser
Deflection doll
Majority culture. Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation

Quotes:

“Being black in America is very complex.”

“I do feel like I was better prepared for the realities of what the world is about from an early age”

“What is culture in the United States? At least it's not really something that's understood well and certainly not understood from the standpoint of black Americans possessing, having a sense of culture that is uniquely ours where we're seen as just a subset of American culture.”

Mentioned

Dr. Demento

Eric Monte

Norman Leer

Music

Spotify

Apple Music

I’m All Over The Place Podcast

@darastarrtucker

@daratuckerb

Black History Saved My Life with Ernest Crimm III Pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD continues her conversation with Ernest Crimm III, the man who says Black History saved his life and wrote a book about it. He is a self-proclaimed Black History Advocate who is a native of the south side of Chicago and a product of the late 80's. Mr. Crimm is a University of Illinois Urbana Champaign alumni who advocates for Black History, equity and justice as a speaker, cultural consultant, socio political commentator, cast member on the PBS documentary ‘Divided We Fall’, author of the Amazon best-seller, Black History Saved My Life, former City Council Candidate and high school social science instructor. Mr. Ernest Crimm the third is a “must follow” on social media and we am so excited to share this space with him today,

What You Will Hear:

The emotional impact of being the victim of a racially motivated attack
Unpacking racial trauma
The importance of knowing who you are and the essence of your identity
The Little Mermaid
Advice for the white community who wants to understand
The illusion of allyship
Colin Kapernick

Quotes:

“The education system is a corporate entity.”

“Traditional therapy is not for everyone but it is an important opportunity to develop awareness and insight.”

“If you don’t know who you are anyone can name you.” - African Proverb

“In this realm nothing could exist without our existence. It all comes from the motherland.”

“When a group of people doesn't truly have a history that they're proud of they will put more into mythology than what actually happened."

"Black folks who felt comfortable expressing their anger, it's justified anger. You need to hear it and stop following the people that are fed to you through mainstream media.”

“For a lot of folks, racism or being called racist, they've equated that with us being called the N word.”

“There's no allyship in unlearning, there's only abolition and there is only taking charge of unlearning.” “I'm all in these social media streets trying to disrupt your algorithm and your dancing videos with some knowledge.”

Mentioned

Instagram @ErnestCrimIII

Tik Tok @ErnestCrimIII

Black History Saved My Life with Ernest Crim III

JD Fuller — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0500

The man who says Black History Saved My Life and wrote a book about it is known as Mr. Ernest Crim III. He is a self-proclaimed Black History Advocate who is a native of the southside of Chicago and a product of the late 80's. Mr. Crim is a University of Illinois Urbana Champaign alumni who advocates for Black History, equity and justice as a speaker, cultural consultant, socio political commentator, cast member on the PBS documentary ‘Divided We Fall’, author of the Amazon best-seller, Black History Saved My Life, former City Council Candidate and high school social science instructor. Mr. Ernest Crim the third is a “must follow” on social media and we am so excited to share this space with him today,

What You Will Hear:

Being raised in Chicago and perceptions
Transition into the classroom and why Ernest left the school environment altogether.
Transformative experience moving away for college
Teaching and living what he talked about
Positive reinforcement and mindset
Ernest’s book Black History Saved My Life
Parents. Creating environments outside of school to nurture blackness
Hate crime that went viral
Most racist experiences
Internalized oppression

Quotes:

“They put us in those situations when we moved here as we left the south in search of safety and economic prosperity and it just forced us to make a way outta no way and we're still doing that now, despite all the negative press and publicity we get.”

“I took a black history course. And I think those two courses kind of encapsulate what I do now. I love journalism, I love writing, I love telling stories, and I love our history.”

“That's why there's violence and there's a lot of gang issues. It's because we are born into the situation and before we can even figure out what happens, the trauma keeps hitting us, so we're just trying to survive.”

“It was not about loving the profession, it was about loving our people.”

“Teaching is the only job where you can get in front of kids every single date and they have to be there.”

“When you say history saved your life, what it means is you found something in the past that gave you motivation to do great things moving forward.”

“We didn't have everything materially, but we were wealthy in terms of the love”

“My mom had to decide if she wanted me to go to a school that lacked resources that was all black or be bussed to a school that was all white and possibly deal with racial trauma.”

Mentioned

Instagram @ErnestCrimIII

Tik Tok @ErnestCrimIII

ErnestCrim.com

Mae Jemison

Quincy Jones

Plantation Theory with John Graham Pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD continues the conversation with scholar, author, historian, corporate consultant and truth seeker John Graham to talk about the disparities in education and corporate America as it pertains to the black experience. John Graham is an author of a book that speaks for those who've been without a voice throughout their professional career. Plantation Theory: The Black Professional’s Struggle Between Freedom & Security, showcases the realities that countless black corporate professionals face despite best efforts to prove their worthiness of opportunity. As a content marketer John has found his purpose is unlocking the hidden potential of authenticity and ensuring that the right message finds the right audience at the right time on the right platform. John self identifies as he/him, black man, husband, father, spiritualist, creative, and fraternal brother.

What You Will Hear:

Plantation Theory: The Black Professional Struggle Between Freedom and Security.
Black folks questioning the operating system in which we were programmed
Sacrificing identity for perceived success
Questioning the premises that we’ve been told/sold
The cost of excellence amongst mediocrity
Changing the language that feeds the oppression
Equity vs. equality

Quotes:

“When do we reevaluate our relationship with work and define who are the beneficiaries of our excellence and if it's not us, why do we continue to push this rock uphill to make white spaces safer rather than making more black spaces?”

“I don’t believe there is a seat at the table we have to create our own table and our own seats.”

“There’s a cost for the climb, and we’re not told about that cost.”

“When you remember that we were brought to this country to work harder than any human being has worked on earth for no money, no recognition and no control of your destiny or the outcome and outputs of your labor. Well, then you start to onnect these dots over time and you recognize well the model hasn't really changed.”

“We've been afforded access, but it's not to the top.”.

“Excellence demands that you are twice as good for half the recognition and a third of the.pay and that only leads to shortened lifespan, stress, mental health issues, heart issues, cholesterol, you name it.”

“Equity accounts for disparity between starting places and equality just gives you same treatment.”

Mentioned

PlantationTheory.com

Twitter @instagraham1906

LinkedIn @johngrahamcreative

Plantation Theory with John Graham

JD Fuller — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD sits down with scholar, author, historian, corporate consultant and truth seeker John Graham to talk about the disparities in education and corporate America as it pertains to the black experience. John Graham is the author of a book that speaks for those who've been without a voice throughout their professional career. Plantation Theory: The Black Professional’s Struggle Between Freedom & Security, showcases the realities that countless black corporate professionals face despite best efforts to prove their worthiness of opportunity. As a content marketer John has found his purpose is unlocking the hidden potential of authenticity and ensuring that the right message finds the right audience at the right time on the right platform. John self identifies as he/him, black man, husband, father, spiritualist, creative, and fraternal brother.

What You Will Hear:

Growing up in white spaces in many different places.
HBCUs
Culturally defining measures
White privilege, power dominance and fragility
Education vs. learning
Discovering his why
The design, concept and construct of race
Helping companies achieve substantial and sustainable change

Quotes:

“An HBCU can not only give you that grounding of culture and the relief of not having to don the mask in all aspects and all times of day, but also you're in an environment where your excellence is an expectation and your failures aren't a reflection on your entire race. So you truly get to be an individual and meritocracy might actually have application in your daily lived experience.”

“Education is simply an indoctrination method done in civil societies to bring the youth into adulthood under certain world views, beliefs, practices, ideologies and so forth so as to have conformity across the masses.”

“If you attend a predominantly white institution as a black student and you graduate and you feel like I've been programmed to see the world through the eyes of a cis-gendered able-bodied white man, well that's the intent so that the world beliefs, ideals, views, and status quo can now be replicated or propagated.”

“Your Why should evolve.”

“In the American construct, which is a peculiar institution unto itself, race is at the forefront. It defines who you are before you even open your mouth.”

“Race as a concept, and a construct was designed specifically to easily identify the subclass of this country. “

“If you shine a light on transgressions and how those transgressions manifest today, somebody might have to be accountable and accountability isn't aligned with the power dominant structure.”

“When you step out of homogeneous environments and you go to places where you're the other, well, now you'll start to understand what whiteness is and is not, but most people don't actively seek out discomfort.”

Mentioned

PlantationTheory.com

Twitter @instagraham1906

LinkedIn @johngrahamcreative

Inclusive Excellence with Garrison Hayes

JD Fuller — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Garrison Hayes is a Content Strategist,Social Media Marketer, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant and a Brand Consultant. He is currently DEI at Greenhouse Software and he helps Companies Amplify Diverse Voices through Powerful Video Content. He was also a Mogul Top 100 DEI Leader of 2021. Garrison is a Content Creator serving “thumb-stopping educational content to a 260,000+ follower community. He is a history devotee and a natural storyteller.

What You Will Hear:

Influencer vs content creator
Life changes due to Covid
American history
Objectifying whiteness and its social construct
NRA evolution and white supremacy
Politics, consrvative, liberals and great replacement theory
True census: latinos operating as white people
The history of tipping
Whitewashing of country music
Inclusive excellence

Quotes:

“Our influence matters and the ways in which we use our influence is really important.”

“Our past informs the present moment. It's all bearing down on the very present moment and until we are able to really look back and reckon with and understand the past, we will not understand where we are now and we certainly won't understand where we're going. And so in unearthing those untold stories I am simply trying to help us understand where we are and how we got here so that we can chart a better way.”

“White people unfortunately, are socialized to rarely examine their own racial identity.”

“When people buy into something like the NRA they're a part of it and they can't bring themselves to evolve and realize, wow, this doesn't fit my ideology anymore.”

“You can think of a ton of people who really operate in this world as white people live with white privileges in many ways, vote white vote with the white majority, right and yet when we look at the census data, somehow they're excluded from this group”.

“Basically everything that is problematicis problematic in society has racist roots in America.”

“the history of country music is actually the history of like racial congruence, like black and white people coming together in a really powerful way but of course anti-blackness and white supremacy have boxed black people and many other people of color completely out of the genre.”

Mentioned

The History of White People

@Garrionh Instagram

@GarrisonHayes TikTok

@Garrison_Hayes Twitter

@Garrison Hayes YouTube

Throughline - NPR

Immigrant to Activist with Thomas Kennedy Pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Thomas Kennedy writes about corruption and corporate greed. He is a journalist, organizer, writer and an immigrant. Thomas graduated with an International Relations major from Florida International University and a master's in Community and Social Change from the University of Miami. Thomas has worked for nonprofits and civil rights organizations, including Service Employees, International Union, The New Florida Majority and as the Political Director for the Florida Immigration Coalition, managing statewide electoral campaigns and voter registration efforts. Recently he worked for Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign where he helped manage a team of volunteers across 50 states and worked at United We Dream. As national campaign manager he currently advises progressive and immigrant rights organizations and serves at the Democratic National Committee member who is focused on reforming the institution to make it more democratic and focused on working class issues. Thomas is one of our people. He is changing the narrative.

What You Will Hear:

Getting involved in activism
The Dream Act
Thomas’s catalyst in to and successes through activism
Fighting corruption and corporate greed
Federal court law suit against DeSantis
Managing mental health within the work
Climate change, technology and the state of the world
Making a conscious choice to do the right thing
Florida election fraud and schemes
Thomas’s message

Quotes:

“I got involved in activism because of my immigration status.”

“Growing up and never seeing Congress be able to do something like immigration reform really atunes you to like looking at the legislative process and how stagnant it is

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

“I think we live in like a pivotal time in human existence right now and it's incumbent on all of us to try to steer it in the right direction because there's malicious actors, some of them in Florida, that are fighting every single day and every single night to steer us in the oppressive reactionary, fascist direction.”

“The alternative is a brighter, more tolerant, equitable future, you know, in which again, we can realize the full potential that we have as a human species and let's face it. Like we are awesome. Like we have done incredible things. We have the potential to do so many more incredible things.”

“You don’t do politics, politics is going to do you.”

“How much worse can it get? You don't know until you sit back and do nothing.”

Mentioned

@Thomaskenn Twitter Instagram

Immigrant to Activist with Thomas Kennedy

JD Fuller — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0500

What You Will Hear:

Thomas’s back story

Collapse of Argentine economy and Thomas’s family journey to the US

The undocumented experience and its challenges

Priviledge

Quotes:

“A lot of parents don't tell their children that they're undocumented.”

“If my name wasn't Thomas Kennedy, a very Anglo sounding name, and I didn't look as white passing as I do, if my name was Cesar Gomez and I was a little bit darker skin those situations could go differently because it's statistically proven that they go differently.”

Mentioned :

@Thomaskenn Twitter Instagram

Living Undocumented

Sustained Activism with Dr. Bryan Leyva pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Dr. Bryan Leyva is an AfroLatinx physician activist who studies the intersections of medicine, racism, and social inequality. He has a background in community organizing, social justice art, and public health research, and sees all his work as being part of a larger effort to decolonize and diversify medicine and achieve equity in healthcare. His research, rooted in social justice frameworks and community engagement, has been published in journals like NEJM, JAMA Internal Medicine, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Social Science & Medicine, and Implementation Science. He has been featured in several news outlets including @NBCNightlyNews. He is bold, honest, and not afraid to stay present in his truth and we are so happy he agreed to come on the show. This good doctor believes that sustained activism is rooted in something deeper than outrage and we are eager to find out what that is.

What You Will Hear:

Becoming a physician from a social justice angle
Art and creativity in activism
The Systems and powers of oppression
Political history and stunts
America is not ok.
Racism from older people
Weaponization of religion and faith
Advice for young folks
Mentorship: You can’t be what you can’t see
Being radically honest to change the narrative.

Quotes:

“I went into medicine because I didn't find people that look like me. When I was seeking healthcare, my parents didn't find that and I wanted to be the physician that I never had.”

“I view health as empowerment, and I view it as a tool for social justice. ”

“I realized that medicine has been one of the worst perpetrators of inequality in this country.

”I think creativity is so important for movements. And I've seen the power of art, creativity and changing the way people think about problems and raising consciousness.”

“America is not okay because our democracy in jeopardy, we don't trust any of our systems of power and that's a dangerous position to be in. We don't trust the Supreme court. Many folks don't trust the president left and right. Many of us are disillusioned by our elected officials in Congress and so when you have a democracy where in your three branches of government there's lack of trust, you have a dangerous situation. ”

“Encouraging folk to not ignore the racism that happens by older folk in their family and in society because those are the very people who are running our country. How old people move, determines how the laws in our, in how our systems move.”

“We need to just be very clear that having, you know, a non-white son or daughter does not make you, anti-racist having a non-white, you know, husband or wife does not make you anti-racist and even being non-white does not make you anti-racist.”

“I think we all have something unique to offer and we all have to find that voice. The power in your voice comes from the power in your experiences.”

“If you have a passion for justice and equity and anti-racism and anti-blackness then find ways that you can do it within your own community, harnessing what's unique about you and consistently.”

Mentioned

@drbryanleyva

Sustained Activism with Dr. Bryan Leyva

JD Fuller — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0500

What You Will Hear:

How Dr. Leyva identifies nationality, culturally, racially, politically and ethnicity
Black populations in Latin America
Immigration
Code switching vs being your authentic self
Activism

Quotes:

“I believe in the liberation of all black people and whether it's in the United States, whether it's in the Caribbean, whether it's in Latin America, whether it's in Africa, we all have very similar struggles.”

“People of color are the global majority and until we start acting like that, We are not gonna find the economic power that we honestly have, even in poverty.” -JD

“I don't think people of color have privilege. That's not my language. My language is that some have more access than others, but privilege in America especially is totally aligned with skin color. “- JD

“ The world is gonna wanna make you what they want you to be. Remember, and like who you are, what community you belong to and why you do what you do and who you're doing it for, I really think keeps you grounded so that when things happen, you're not shaken.”

“We must build on what's already been done.”

Mentioned

@drbryanleyva

Breaking The Rules for Good with Dr. Udit Kondal

JD Fuller — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500

Udit Kondal MD MPH is a Ventura county-based Board Certified Family Medicine Physician. He graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine, Board Certified in Family Practice (ABFM), and magna cum laude from Columbia University NY. Udit "Dr. Oo" Kondal, MD, MPH is a lifelong activist involved in Anti-police brutality work and Veganism. A budding Marxist Family doctor, multi-instrumentalist music, singer-songwriter music producer who loves to surf, skate, and play with his cat, Dr. Oo believes food and laughter are the best medicine. Dr. Oo says he believes in prevention and that good (or bad) health starts with what we eat. Welcome, Dr. Oo!

What You Will Hear:

Dr. Oo’s background, upbringing and travel
Dr. Oo’s radical beliefs toward food
The benefits of a plant based diet
Identifying as “a budding Marxist family doctor.”
Corona Virus and the best prevention for monkey pox
Getting into trouble, activism and breaking the rules

Quotes:

“There's a scheme going on here and it's making you sick. It's profiting off of your illness and your addictions.”

“If we can utilize feminism and Marxism with anti-white supremacy, if we can guide our political action that way, and our, and our professional carriers that way, I think we could have a large impact.”

“Challenge.every rule, break every rule you can and after that, then you will really know the ins and outs of that rule.”

“I like to break rules because it makes me that much more learned and so much less stressed when I need to do something. That's right on the edge.I'm not stressed. I'm like, okay, cool.”

“So getting into trouble, I think for me has made me grow.”

“No shame in getting fired for the right reason. “

Proactive Community Policing with Officer KD Kole Patterson

JD Fuller — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500

Kole Patterson is a 26 year old police officer born and raised in the Dayton Ohio area. Kole played college football at an HBCU in Charleston, West Virginia called West Virginia state university. He was a four year starter and a three-year captain. He won many awards, but takes the most pride in winning the teammate of the year award the spring of his junior year.Kole went on to become a police officer and has been doing so for three and a half years. He began to really gain social media presence during the pandemic, just showing who he was in uniform and being himself while maintaining a level of professionalism. Since then Kole's presence has taken on many forms and CTN can not wait to learn more about the man behind the moves.

What You Will Hear:

Kole’s journey growing up and attending an HBCU
Becoming a police officer
Making a difference in a system that’s built on a lot of distrust
Social media
What community policing means to Kole
What happens when Kole encounters challenging situations with other cops
How police culture needs to change

Quotes:

“It was such a life changing experience to put myself in that situation, to be the minority was just amazing and it helps me in everyday life, not just my career.”

“I like to be very proactive and not reactive.”

“It's just having a conversation with people and being genuine and showing your heart and showing that, I'm not a badge.”

“You wear a badge on your left, uh, left pectoral to protect your heart.”

“I view community policing as just putting yourself in the community in any capacity.”

“The cops are a team. They always say go home safe, but you also gotta make sure the community goes home safe as well.”

“I've always been one to advocate for just fairness, just complete fairness to everyone and all.”

Mentioned

Tiktok @officerkd @koledallas

Instagram @lordkoledallas

Facebook @kolepatterson

Young, Black and Aware with Leteria Bailey pt 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500

JD continues her conversation with Leteria Bailey. Leteria is a motivated Jamaican-American professional with a passion for serving and advocating for youth and people of color (POC). Through her work serving 5 NGOs in Montgomery County, Maryland, Leteria has researched and developed digital platforms, coordinated public facing organization events, and supported the distribution of over 1.3 million dollars to fund countywide youth development programs. She is currently working with Amgen in Senior Associate Business Communications on their Salesforce Platform. In 2016 Leteria founded Young Black and Aware to bring national awareness to police brutality and racism in communities of color. Young Black and Aware has garnered international recognition by highlighting social justice issues on a daily basis. As of January 2021, online engagement surpasses 350,000 persons monthly. Notable supporters of Young Black and Aware include American Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Activist Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, and Artist Bisa Butler.

What You Will Hear:

Raising children
Amir Locke Go Fund Me
Keeping the memory of those murdered by the police alive
Authenticity and mental health
Social media
What is next for Young, Black and Aware
Black censorship on social media
What Changing the Narrative means to Leteria
Being transparent and authentic

Quotes:

“The police can kill someone and then the taxpayers pay for it when comes to the settlement.”

“I feel like we have a cultural responsibility to come together. We don't have to wait on these schools to do anything, we have the power of the internet, social media. We don't have to wait on these systems to teach us.”

“I'm just hoping that in being transparent and authentic, I can inspire other black people to do the same.”

Mentioned:

Young Black and Aware Instagram facebook tik tok

Young, Black and Aware with Leteria Bailey

JD Fuller — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Leteria Bailey is a motivated Jamaican-American professional with a passion for serving and advocating for youth and people of color (POC). Through her work serving 5 NGOs in Montgomery County, Maryland, Leteria has researched and developed digital platforms, coordinated public facing organization events, and supported the distribution of over 1.3 million dollars to fund countywide youth development programs. She is currently working with Amgen in Senior Associate Business Communications on their Salesforce Platform. In 2016 Leteria founded Young Black and Aware to bring national awareness to police brutality and racism in communities of color. Young Black and Aware has garnered international recognition by highlighting social justice issues on a daily basis. As of January 2021, online engagement surpasses 350,000 persons monthly. Notable supporters of Young Black and Aware include American Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Activist Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, and Artist Bisa Butler.

What You Will Hear:

Leteria’s background and how identifying as a Jamaican-American woman informs who she is.
DACA
The experience of the black immigrant
Young, Black and Aware inception and growth
Developing a language and validation for processing racial trauma
Building community through Young, Black and Aware
White people’s responsibility in the deconstruction of white supremacy

Quotes:

“ if I was motivated by number of followers or number of likes. I would've stopped doing this years ago.”

“I can atleast show and speak out about stuff that's going on, if one person is affected, then I've done what I needed to do.”

“It's not that young people don't care. It's not that older, black people don't care. It's that not everybody has the emotional bandwidth to take in the impact of that which we deal with on a daily basis. Most of our community is not taught how to process racial trauma.”

“ I don't watch black men or women being shot and killed and I'm not gonna share it either. That's just something I can't do anymore. Personally, it's too much.”

“ White people are not allies in this struggle. It is their war and you can't be an ally in a war that you created. The war against white supremacy is their war. This deconstruction has to happen at their hands.”

“You love me or you know me and we have relationships with each other, but you see people like me being killed and you don't say anything?”

Mentioned

Young Black and Aware Instagram facebook tik tok

Ava Duvernay

13th

When They See Us

Multicultural Classroom with Roberto German

JD Fuller — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500

Roberto is an award-winning Dominican American educator with over 15 years of educational administrative experience. Since teaching 9th grade English, he has worked in and led schools from Prek to 12th grades in the public, private, and charter sectors. He has brought innovative leadership ideas to revamp school cultures in order to meet student needs and help them improve. His work is characterized by a passion for supporting young people, prioritizing social justice, and a dedication to excellence. Currently, he’s Co-Founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Classroom and lives in Tampa, FL.

What You Will Hear:

Collective immigration
Conversations cultivated in their home for their children
State politics and challenges
Balancing different realities. The 1/3 and 1/3 policy
The migration patterns of African-Americans
The importance of conversation and knowledge of your own history
Diversity and learning in classrooms
Being present and authentic as a teacher, leader, therapist
Creating an intentional space to speak honestly, be transparent and grow
Starting Multicultural Classroom and its mission.
Change the narrative by not being afraid to have the courage, to build community, to love radically, to stand on our values

Quotes:

“The immigrant stories, not just at the core of who we are, it's really at the core of all of our experiences.”

“We're not afraid to engage in those conversations with our children. And we think that doing so better, equips them as they continue to navigate through their own experience. We're giving them language. We're giving them tools. We're giving them the resources to, to be able to talk about these experiences that are relevant to them and to do so in a way, in which they're knowledgeable, to the extent that they're young minds permits them to be.”

“Let's not start making stuff up just for the sake of trying to protect our comfort as it relates to.

engaging in conversations about race and equity and and anything that it, doesn't reinforce the hierarchical power structures that exist in this country.”

“We all should come into it with an open mind. Now we might not agree on everything at the end of the day, but we can't even start the conversation. If we don't come in with a willingness to remain open to hearing things that challenge us open to experiencing something different. Open to seeing things from a different lens.”

“Even white folks in this country, many white folks are not necessarily fully tapped into their histories,”

“We have a lot of young people who don't feel that they are celebrated. They don't see themselves reflected in the curriculum. And in many cases, they also don't see themselves reflect. In school leadership and school staff.”

“I would love for our school leaders and our teachers to lead with curiosity, especially in those areas, in which they may feel some discomfort. Wrestle with that discomfort.”

“In these uncertain times where there is a constant tension in the air that derives from racial undertones. Let us not be afraid to have the courage, to build community, to love radically to stand on our values. This is a beautiful and ugly country in many ways. I love to see us commit to making it more beautiful than ugly.”

Mentioned

Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy

Textured Teaching A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices

MulticuturalClassroom.com

@multiculturalclassroom instagram , LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, TikTok

Podcast: Our Classroom

Black Thought with Anthony Elden

JD Fuller — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Anthony Elden is self-described as a progressive Democrat, a history teacher, a change maker, a social media content creator, and a community builder. He has campaigned and is currently running his own social media channels and platforms. Tony has been able to develop social media community, building skills, such as copywriting. Marketing. Advertising community engagement management, and much more. Tony is always teaching and helping us to learn. He is critical race theory.

What You Will Hear:

Anthony’s upbringing and how it has informed who he is today
Messages from immigration
Conscious parenting and teaching
Being the class clown, even as a teacher
Teaching middle schoolers in Florida and adults Washington DC
Running for the State Senate in Florida 2020 election
50 Inspiring Black Stories
Youtube
Generational wealth
Policy reform
Racial trauma and burn out
Black unity

Quotes:

“I wanted her to see herself in what she had,”

“In Bahamas it's harder to be a class clown because if you ever take it too far, the teachers can beat you.”

“I never, for the rest of my, high school career even thought about fighting anyone, I was no longer a hothead. I was still a class clown, butI found my barriers and my, my boundaries and I stuck to 'em.

“Adults can be pretty childish.”

“I got so caught up in doing something more, I was forgetting to live”

“Ever since I could talk, I was like, mom and dad, I am going to be the first black president.”

“Every time I, I kind of saw something that I just wanted to pursue. I pursued it.”

“I don't believe that I'm indicative of all black people, but I've wanted to provide my perspective.

“it is expensive to be poor.”

Mentioned

@Blk.thought instagram, tiktok,

50 Inspiring Black Stories

Say Their Name: Empowering People Who Are in Pain with Laura Jane Peterson

JD Fuller — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Laura Jane Peterson is a civil rights activist and community organizer who has been a sales director with a demonstrated history of growing account revenue, clients, and sales. She has the ability to imagine it and then makes it happen. Since October 2020 this innovator became the founder of Say Their Names LA which is an established network of support, mutual aid and resources for families whose loved ones were killed by police violence in LA. Laura identifies as an abolitionist, activist, beacon, explorer and empath.

What You Will Hear:

Say Their Names and Families United collaborations
Laura’s background and upbringing
Learning about different cultures
Working on Wall Street
Lessons learned and coping through the loss of her father
Police education and training
America built on tenants of racism and white supremacy
Tombstone graveyard
Say Their Names LA
Lobbying, NRA and Police Unions
Mental Health
Grassroots organizations
Training clinicians to have a multicultural lens
Changing the Narrative

Quotes:

“The reason why white America can separate themselves from the experience that is clearly before their eyes is because they have the privilege to not feel.”

“I wanna learn ways of interrupting, eradicating and addressing the realities of racism and oppression. We have to be able to impact and find our voice “ -Dr. Thema

“We know that they know how to deescalate certain situations, when it's a white person, but when it's not, they don't use those skills, they do the opposite. So it's not about training and it's not about deescalating.”

“Itt's an evolution. You have to learn. You have to learn what you believed and then unlearn that and apply something else.”

“We have a number of families who have turned their fight into getting more resources and getting police out of mental health services.”

“For us it’s really is about coming together and providing each other with support and resources that the government doesn't offer.”

“Do something. Go out. Just try, put one foot in front of the other and just try and no goal or dream is too big. If you fail, you will learn and just keep using those learns and always feel your feelings.”

Mentioned

Say Their Names LA Instagram facebook

Families United

Dignity and Power Now

Wholehearted Self Embodiment with Phoenix Gibbs

JD Fuller — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Phoenix Gibbs is a motivational speaker, affirmations, author, and self embodiment coach for single, free-spirited, aquarius lesbians. Through self embodiment, she guides them through releasing emotional and mental detachment to help attract the person who will accept them for who they are. Phoenix is also a wedding officiant and the author of a book called 365 Days of Affirmation for the Mind, Heart, Body, and Spirit, an affirmation biography about turning trauma and abuse she experienced into triumph. Phoenix’s passion is to help women unleash their full potential and show the world exactly who the F they are with no fear, no excuses, no explanations or apologies.

What You Will Hear:

Phoenix early life and traumas
Confronting her father
Phoenix’s mother and grandmother’s impact
Near death experience
People pleasing
Married to a man and becoming lesbian
Deep awakening and energy shift
Being unapologetic
Your Life, Your Purpose, No Explanations
365 Days of Affirmation for the Mind, Heart, Body, and Spirit.
Changing the narrative

Quotes:

“Our parents really don't talk about their traumas. They don't talk about their stories. They don't talk about their challenges. They just wing it day by day.”

“The legacy of regret is enough to inform anyone's journey if you're paying attention.”

“People pleasing is not as selfless as it. It's often you're trying to fill a cup that's empty so you try to get this gratification that never actually comes.”

“I realized I was entertaining one sided relationships.”

“The one constant for me was live life to the best of my ability.”

“Every minute of the day, someone's taking their last breath. And before they take their last breath, they have two choices. They think about the regret or they think about all that they did.”

“Changing the narrative means to me is being committed to shift and change wholeheartedly in all aspects of your life. Because if you want better, you have to do better”

Mentioned:

Selfembodimentphoenix.com

Socials @phoenixgibbs or @phoenixsky

Linktree/phoenixgibbs

Faithing It with Cora Jakes

JD Fuller — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Just call me Cora. She says to everyone she meets, and we do. Cora Jakes is a dedicated warrior. She's a pastor, an author, a mother and daughter to the world renowned Bishop Jakes, the first lady Serita Jakes of The Potter's House. Cora is unafraid to show the delicious imperfectly perfect human that she is, mirroring humanity for all to savor. She is a leader in the community and is a healer who also is the director of the children's ministry at The Potter's House of Dallas. We are thrilled to have this compassionate, artistic, and loving voice on our show today to share her story.

What You Will Hear:

Growing up in a legacy
Pressures of being the middle child and oldest daughter
Becoming a preacher
Religious and culture shock
Faith and white supremacy
Remaining grounded and Therapy
Mental health
Church and therapy
Faithing It and Ferocious Warrior
Being a mentor and blogging
Call Me Cora
Changing the narrative

Quotes:

“I've always been the middle man the anchor between the siblings and kind of the pillar of faith for my family.”

“I made white people comfortable using my comedic value.”

“I'm learning that therapy doesn't have to be a red button emergency. It can be just something that you use to anchor yourself and navigate through those traumatic experiences that are above you.”

“I try to keep people around me that don't think mental health is a crazy lane but that they are seeing the benefits of us being able to manage our trauma and navigate through our trauma in a healthy way.”.

“We go to church because we need help. It's the hospital. It's a place for patients.”

“Try people by the fruits that they show, not what you hear..”

Mentioned

The Potters House

Faithing It

Ferocious Warrior

Leading with Passion with Mark Itkin

JD Fuller — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Have you ever heard of the Real World, Big Brother, Biggest Loser or American Gladiator? JD’s guest in this episode is the greatest packaging agent of all time and the architect of television as we know it today. Some call it reality, some call it nonfiction and some call it unscripted. Whatever you wanna call it, Mark Itkin is responsible for it. Mark is the most respected agent in the business, even today, post-retirement. Mark is a true visionary who never takes no for an answer. If he believes, he believes. He doesn't care if it takes years to sell an idea, when he believes he's always right. How is he still making headlines? Because he doesn't stop. He's doing what he does best, packaging, creating and selling his newest show, College Bowl, is a huge hit and has been picked up for its second season.

Evolving and Setting Boundaries with Eden Alpert

JD Fuller — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0500

A native Angelina Eden Alpert has grown up in and around the music industry. Her dad is an icon, the legendary Herb Alpert. Eden is a true connector. She truly loves to connect people to worlds that they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to. Eden, who has her degree in fashion from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising uses her sense of style to create spaces where people come together to make music and often donate for her special causes. She's managing director of the incredible jazz club Vibrato Bar and Grill where everyone has played, including I AM Music production company’s, Giovanna Clayton, and Stevie Wonder, just to name a few. She was taught early on about philanthropy, and she's here to tell us all about her life today.

What You Will Hear:

Growing up as a celebrity child.
Moving to Chicago in search of a normal life.
Learning to redirect patterns.
Being adopted and meeting her biological mother.
Biggest mistakes and greatest lessons
Philanthropy and getting involved.
Being raised by an alcoholic parent.
Abuse and choosing to make change.
Sympathy vs empathy
The importance of changing the narrative one person at a time.

Quotes:

“The pain of familiarity is better, sometimes people think, than the pain of the unknown.”

“Somewhere in my forties, I discovered everyone likes me for me.”

“Oftentimes from our big, biggest mistakes come our greatest lessons.”

“Boundaries are offensive to people who don't like boundaries.”

“When you're abused as a child, any kind of abuse seems familiar.”

“We all can make choices and we all can change our story. One of the lessons I learned is to not let my story define me”

“You can love people and have nothing to do with them.”

“The more privilege you have, the more voice you should use.”

Mentioned

Vibrato Bar and Grill

Fb @EdenRueAlpert

IG @EdenAlpert

Normalizing Therapy with Priya Harpaul

JD Fuller — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Priya Harpaul is a New York-based therapist and the force behind @The_Therapy_Notebook on Instagram and TikTok. During the pandemic she started the Instagram account to give back and educate the public about mental health. Priya takes an intersectional approach to therapy knowing that our culture and how we exist in society have major influences on our mental health. Priya is on a mission to change the narrative by removing the stigma of seeking mental health services and we are here for it. Welcome Priya

What You Will Hear:

Identifying as Indo-Carribean.
Impact of cultural differences and birth order.
Respecting elders and fighting to be heard.
Deciding to become a therapist.
Collective cultures.
Biases and preconceived notions in therapy.
Understanding cultural differences.
The influences of cultural and experience on mental health.
Generational cycles and breaking negative patterns of behavior.
Mental health and psychoeducation
The Therapy Notebook- developing user friendly language for therapy
Signs of depression that don’t appear as sadness
What does the global majority need to do

Quotes:

“Family business stays in the family.”

“If you wanted to get help with your mental health, there weren't many people that looked like me in the therapy room.”

“The global majority do come from collective cultures and you can't do therapy from an individualistic european eurocentric lens that alienates the collective and wants to pathologize it.”

“Every teacher teaches from teachers from their cultural lens”

“One thing about therapy is we do not treat the diagnosis. We treat the person.”

Mentioned

PriyaHarpaul.com

Instagram @the_therapy_notebook

TikTok @the_therapy_notebook

CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Debunking the Myths of Eating Disorders with Giva Wilkerson.

JD Fuller — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Giva Wilkerson, M.A., MPA, Masters of Public Communications is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University Bloomington. She joins JD to talk about eating disorders. Giva recovered from her eating disorder and it's through that journey coupled with her perspective on life, social justice, activism, and health that have deeply changed her.

Diverse Learning with Ashley Gulyas and Megan Reid

JD Fuller — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0500

This week's guests Megan Reid and Ashely Gulyas are changing the narrative when it comes to education for kids and adults and learning through the good old fashioned book. Ashley aka “Diversify Our Parenting” is a mom, music teacher, instagrammer and Megan Reid aka “I Have a Book 4 That”, is also an author, blogger and a mother. Megan and Ashley give new meaning to unlearning white washed history. They are both teachers, moms, readers and living in accountability for diversifying our parenting and helping people find diverse books for all of life's moments, no matter how big, small or silly. One lesson we all learned during the pandemic is we don't need to be in the classroom to learn. Wherever you live, however old you are or your kids, whatever your skin color, this week’s guests will teach us how to bring diverse learning in to the classroom

What You Will Hear:

Ashley and Megan’s backgrounds and how they met.
Unlearning and relearning.
Intention vs. Impact.
Pushback from social media.
Finding equity in books.
Libraries.
Book banning.
Greatest messages imparted to Ashley and Megan’s kids and students.
Changing the narrative

Quotes:

“Guilt never hurt anybody. We've all done something different because of guilt, but shame can really hold you hostage.”

“It's absolutely clear that children from different backgrounds need to see themselves mirrored in books. We know that for sure kids learn best when they see images of themselves.”

“What is most important are the lessons that you received as children and the messages you're giving to your children.”

“In order for students to grow up and be people who help change, they have to first be able to identify the problem.”

Mentioned:

Megan IG @Ihaveabook4that

Ashley IG @diversify.our.parenting

All Are Welcome

Dismantling White Supremacy with Xavier Linka Looper

JD Fuller — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Prejudice meets power equals. Racism says our guests today Chase Linka Looper, soon to be legally Xavier Linka Looper. Xavier is a father, activist and disabled veteran. If you want to hear the true story of the birth of the United States and not the whitewashed version, you must listen to Xavier. He has made it his mission to use his white privilege responsibly. He recognizes his power and uses it to educate about racism, LGBTQ plus rights and women's rights. His platforms are quickly growing while he encourages and is sometimes provocative, but always intentional from painting his nails black, without apology, to telling the truth about white supremacy and the systems that protect it. Xavier speaks and is not afraid to ask the real questions.

What You Will Hear:

Thank you for your service vs. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Dark humor.
Race-based, intergenerational chattel slavery.
The creation of racism and race by the pale skinned.
Doctrine of discovery and manifest destiny
White privilege
Convict leasing
Individualism. Using the individualistic lens.
Understanding white privilege
Abortions and white supremacy
Dismantling white supremacy

Quotes:

“I tried my best to be what I believe to be an ally, I realized I was never truly an ally to anyone”

“Just try to be the best human you can be, that's it like, you don't need a title for it.”

“Racism came before race was ever created. it first started out as a blood quantum where people had pure blood and unclean blood.”

“White privilege is the option to not do or explain anything.”

“Marginalized groups can and will use civil rights, methods, agenda and dynamics to move their mission forward and then opt out.”

“Individualism equals white privilege.”

“White privilege isn't necessarily about what you have, it's about what you don't experience.”

“The way we dismantle white supremacy is by dismantling the white supremacy that lies within us.”

Mentioned:

The Birth Dearth

Tik Tok @logicbylink

Instagram @logicbylink

Youtube @logicbylink

Fight Goddess with Chris Jackson-Baldwin

JD Fuller — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0500

You probably don’t recognize D854/105 but this week’s guest does. They are the patent numbers for the first ever patent for a punching bag since 1800. This badass entrepreneurial fitness expert has managed a way to take out her mental energy, anguish, anger, sadness, anxiety, fill in the blank and a fitness gain in the creation of Skullz, the first double end punching bag. Chris Jackson Baldwin is impassioned about changing the fitness and empowerment narrative and she is kicking some butt on the way. She uses her tough love and can do attitude to manage physical health. She is a wife, author and JD’s close friend.

What You Will Hear:

The theme of Chris’s childhood. Living a rebellious life.
What Chris gained by enlisting in the military.
Being adopted and how finding Chris’s birth family informed her life.
Psychological warfare. Social media and negativity.
Countering propaganda and the algorithm design.
Psychological aspect of being fed fear.
How Hitler was informed by slavery. Caste
Colonization.
The detriments and depths of self hatred.
Gun reform.
New book and Chris’s journey through her wife’s cancer treatment.
Skullz boxing bag creation.
The L Project
Changing the narrative through politics

Quotes:

“Some mothers are just birth canals.”

“Turn off the news. Get your news from a non-partisan source. There are people out there really speaking truth and power.”

“You don’t think you have a will, but you do.”

“Gratitude really propels me a long way.”

“Activity is more important than anything else.”

“Tweak your diet until you find something that works for you.”

Mentioned:

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

The Zinn Education Project

The L Project

Ig @lprojectla

Twitter @lprojectla

Fight Goddess Fitness

Spook! America’s Nightmare with Meshaun Labrone pt. 2

JD Fuller — Fri, 27 May 2022 07:10:00 -0500

If the lyrics of Meshaun Labrone’s life were to tell a story it may be how it all comes true, how to be of service, how to assist and be you. When you listen to his music and watch his creativity you will hear the journey, transformation and flow of his life's intricacies and secrets. How does someone go from service, 13 years of being a state of Florida corrections officer, a metropolitan police officer in DC and still a court security officer contracted by US Marshals into what would seem to be a seismic transition in to being an acclaimed artist, actor, musician, writer, playwright, director, mentor and activist? The underlying theme of his life and all that he does is service, assistance, protection and justice. These are intertwined into all that he does. Can you hear the sirens blaring? They must be hearing the sounds of all of his acclaim, for his incredible work including his film Spook and one man show Power!

Spook! America’s Nightmare with Meshaun Labrone pt. 1

JD Fuller — Fri, 20 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Influencing and Enforcing with Judge Alex

JD Fuller — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Suzy are joined by Judge Alex, the host of the long-running hit show, Judge Alex and the CBS true crime hit Whistle Blower. What you may not know about the Cuban American former Dade county circuit judge, lawyer, speaker and author of Bench Book, a book and guide on closing arguments that is used by judges throughout Florida, is his journey. Judge Alex has lived in Florida his whole life after his family immigrated here from Cuba to flee Castro’s communist regime. He worked his way through college and law school by working as a cop. Law school til 4 pm, then like Batman, he morphed into the youngest Miami cop. When Suzy was a television agent, she sold Judge Alex’s show to Fox. Judge Alex is a no-nonsense outspoken personality who is a regular on all the new shows for his commentary. Married to Jane with 2 kids, tune in as JD and Suzy delve into Judge Alex’s story.

What You Will Hear:

Judge Alex’s upbringing, parents and fleeing Cuba.
The Immigration experience.
Working at 15 and earning a pilot’s license at 18 and traveling the world.
Setting his sights on police work.
Education creates options.
From law enforcement to law.
Being the youngest judge and first Cuban American lawyer ever elected to the circuit court bench.
Becoming a TV Judge.
Advice for judges. Influencing law vs enforcing law
Media and the division of the country. News vs. commentary

Quotes:

“We’d gone from just getting by and eeking out and existence to a comfortable lifestyle and that kind of ingrained in me the work ethic that I have.”

“The options came from my education.”

“If the job you're looking to get is something that you really want to do that you really like to do, it's a lot easier to see as something other than a job.”

“I don’t quit, I just don’t”

“Opportunities come from your educational base.”

“As a lawyer you are a hired gun. Our system is adversarial.”

“Your political views should have absolutely nothing to do with your judicial rulings. Whether you’re conservative or your’re liberal, you shouldnt be trying to create policy from the bench.”

“If you want to make law and create policy then you should be a legislator, you shouldn’t be a judge.”

“If you listen to the news, it’s demonizing your neighbor.”

“News today is so blended with opinion that no matter what, you’re gonna get the news with the opinion and with whatever slant that particular network wants its viewers to hear.”

Mentioned:

Judge Alex

Whistleblower

Furious Flower Poetry Center

Fill the Gap with Marquita Thomas

JD Fuller — Fri, 06 May 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Marquita Thomas is a speaker with her own TED talk, she is an award-winning marketing and brand consultant and an event developer who knows her way around Hollywood. She is the owner of Out and About events. Deeply understating the world of marketing, pr, creating tv, radio and multimedia campaigns as well as red carpet even productions, Marquita walks the red carpet every day. As a leader in her community, she is running for West Hollywood City Council and is currently the Executive Director of the Los Angles LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce.

What You Will Hear:

Marquita’s upbringing before coming to Los Angeles.
Going to parochial school and cleaning to pay off her tuition.
Marquita’s determination to go to Occidental College.
Humility and tenacity.
The impact the Rodney King beatings on Marquita.
How being a public persona has impacted Marquita’s personal journey.
Clarifying “coming out”.
Being on the planning commission.
Affordable housing for marginalized communities.
Inclusionary procurement.
Thriving minority businesses.
The pillars of Marquita's campaign for the West Hollywood City Council.
Mental health crisis awareness.
The most important thing to know about Marquita.
Change the narrative by filling the gap and getting involved.

Quotes:

“I lived in red states for 17 years. I moved to West Hollywood and within 4 months I got called the N world for the first time in my life.”

“Racism is a societal problem.”

“If you have more businesses run communities of color they’d be more inclusionary.”

“Until all of us are free, none of us are free.”

Mentioned:

Marquita4Weho.com

Gender Specific Medicine with Dr. Legato

JD Fuller — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Gender expert Dr. Legato joins JD and Suzy to talk about gender amd medicine.

The Injustice System with Jolly Good Ginger

JD Fuller — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Suzy welcome back Jolly Good Ginger to talk about the recent killings committed by cops and the lack of accountability in the justice system. Jolly Good Ginger has millions of followers who listen to his words and rants about racism. Born in the mountains of North Carolina, Jolly was raised not just around racists, but by them. He talks to white people about owning racism and what they can do about it. He has become a huge internet sensation. Since we’ve seen him last he has had his own TED talk and lots more in the works.

What You Will Hear:

Update on Jolly’s life since he was last on the show
TED Talk
AFTP (Always For The People) and The Families United
Defensive barriers and speaking the truth
Melissa Lucio death row
Jimmy Atchison
Patrick Lyoya
Police training and reactions
The trauma and aftermath
Systemic propaganda: the crack epidemic
Creating change and activism
How Jolly wants to change the narrative in the next 5 years.
Debating solutions not debating problems.

Quotes:

“I really felt like they knew it was a problem but it was too much to fix.”

“There’s no time out when the color of your skin is seen as a weapon.”

“Cops are reacting thinking that everything is a threat to their life and so they think they’re saving their own life, no, you’re just killing people.”

“As long as we’re training cops across the country that they’re always in danger, then this will always be the result.”

“In this country if you call yourself a patriot and you are ok with extra judicial killings when cops murder civilians, then you’re not a constitutionalist, your not a patriot, you’re a fascist.”

“The fact is, drug sentencing was created to target black people.”

“Without revolutionary change nothing changes.”

“If everyobody was debating solutions and nobody was debating problems we’d solve them all.”

Mentioned:

Valentina Orellana-Peralta

Daniel Lopez

Melissa Lucio

Jimmy Atchinson

Tik tok and IG @jolly_good_ginger

Twitter @jollygoodginger

Trauma and Healing: Coping through Laughter with Victor Gabriel

JD Fuller — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JDand Suzy welcome back Victor Gabriel. His new short film Hallelujah made its premiere at Sundance 2022. “To Know that my skin makes me royal, has been a journey.” Victor says. JD, Victor and Suzy are all connected in a special way. Vic and Suzy are colleagues, they went to Antioch together where they both got their masters in clinical psychology. JD was their favorite professor. Victor went a step further, going to AFI to finish the MFA program. Victor is just getting started, listen to this episode to hear what Victor’s new film and what he is up to next.

A More Perfect Union with Teri Ellen Cross Davis

JD Fuller — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500

“The scenes of the collection shine bright as the author tells us of the sensual, bold and unforgiving experience of growing up black in America!” shouts Madcreek Books, an imprint of the Ohio State University Press, about our esteemed guest’s latest collection of work, A More Perfect Union. Teri Ellen Cross Davis works her experience, music, identity, sexuality and vulnerability into the power of poetry. Teri is unafraid to change the narrative and swim under the sea of truth. She is a distinguished scholar and author with her multi award winning collections of movements through her revolutionary thought. Teri is a mother of 2 , a wife and an artist. As a bonus track, she is also a huge fan of Donna Summer and Prince. Tune in to listen to the beauty of her colorful worlds and she shares her story with JD today.

What You Will Hear:

The influences that led Teri to start writing poetry.
Imbedding the importance of language.
When Teri finally proclaimed herself a poet.
Children and poetry.
How being a mother has informed her journey.
Having balance and the influence of the news cycle.
Knucklehead, poem reading.
Code switching.
Introducing and the beauty of the black vernacular.
Furious Flower Poetry Center
The Goddess of Cleaning, poem reading.
The Goddess of Scars, poem reading.
When I Am the Only One in the Room
The secret to Teri and her husband’s bond.

Quotes:

“Poetry is where my heart and my soul is and that’s where my people are.”

“We have to let lose the constrictions that society presses upon us to navigate our souls in such a way to make us more consumable.”

“The real poets are the children because they haven't learned to constrict themselves and their thought process yet.”

“What you get in a giddy up is what you get in a round up.”

“You ain’t got a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of.”

Mentioned:

Solid State Books

Twitter @cross_davis

IG @haint_poet

poetsandparents.com

Nikki Giovanni

Toi Derricotte

Cornelius Eady

Lucille Clifton

Sonia Sanchez

Micheal Harper

Elizabeth Alexander

Harriett Mullen

American Blackness is Not a Monolith with Avery Kidd Waddell

JD Fuller — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:00:00 -0500

JD and Suzy are welcomed by multi hyphenate Avery Kidd Waddell. He has appeared in over 50 tv shows, over 40 commercials and he isn’t stopping anytime soon. Avery is a writer, producer, actor, father and creator, writer and actor of the multi-award winning movie and HBO’s pick for best feature film, Questions. Avery says that after watching movies all his life, he rarely saw portraits of people who look like him. He wanted to shine a light and bring forward everything as a black man and artist that he wanted to see.

What You Will Hear:

Avery’s background and upbringing.
Deciding that he wanted to write, produce and act.
Mentors, experiences, challenges and black parenting.
5 years ago and 5 years from now.
Inspiration for Questions.
Black love and American blackness
Focusing on production. Representation behind the camera.
Humanizing the black body
Changing the narrative. Meaningful conversations, portrayal and humanization.

Quotes:

“Once I got started in acting I never really felt uncomfortable.”

“I can’t think of anything more loving than preparing your child to face the world and be able to succeed.”

“Life will always be stranger than art.”

“American blackness is not a monolith.”

Mentioned:

Fb @averywaddell

IG @averykiddwaddell

Questions

Tempest Eye

Black Wealth and Health with Master Odi

JD Fuller — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Odilakachi W Hezekiah-Onwukwe, aka Master Odi, became fascinated with the idea on how human behavior could be modified simply through conversation and suggestion. He is a force of honesty. Odi specializes in afrocentric theory, racial identity, mental health wellness and financial behavioral issues. If you are a black man or woman and want to meet up with some truth, wellness, spiritual connection, and self actualization through mind, body, and spirit, in this episode, we have your man.

What You Will Hear:

Odilakachi’s background
The influence of being bi-cultural
Responsibility,accountability, marginalization and legacy
Understanding the systemic issue and perception of oppression and oppressors
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Bipolar disorder
Financial Therapy. Combining mental health and financial wealth
Odi’s experience of being fired for taking a mental health day.
Stigma about mental health and community
Doing the work

Quotes:

“As a black man the name of the game is accountability.”

“There is no price for peace of mind.”

“Accepting my shit is one thing, but doing the work to fix my shit is another.”

Mentioned:

www.blkwlth.com

All social media @mynamesuperlong

The Group Sessions

The Mindful Finance Course

Conquering Self with Dr. Allycin Powell Hicks

JD Fuller — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Dr. Allycin Powell Hicks, aka Dr. Ally, has her PhD in clinical psychology. She is the host of Discovery Plus and OWN’s tv show that she hosts with her mother, Dr. Cynthia, aptly named Like Mother Like Daughter. From self worth, to anxiety, to self doubt, Dr. Ally has the solution. She is an entrepreneur, a media personality and the creator of one of the coolest card decks called Doux. As a consultant, a coach, a mental health expert and brand strategist she helps others and shifts their perspective aligning with their true purpose and building confidence.

What You Will Hear:

Dr. Allycin’s history. Who she was before becoming Dr. Ally
Past generation’s struggles, hard work and successes.
Understanding self and Allycin’s goal.
The distinction of individual healing and becoming the best version of yourself vs collective healing.
Intergenerational trauma
Cultural competency and decolonizing mental health.
Diagnosing a sick system.
American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association apologizing for racism and the structure of pathologizing certain groups. Association of Black Psychologists rebuttal.
Cultural competency.
Like Mother Like Daughter tv show.
Doux You card deck.
How Dr. Ally stays grounded in the multicultural focus and how she adjusts the multicultural lens.

Quotes:

“She conquers who conquers herself.”

“I’m always geared to improving a person's understanding of who they are and how they function.”

“Are we truly diagnosing something that is wrong that we can actually heal in a person or is it that we are in a way penalizing a person for not fitting a sick system and we don’t want to diagnose the system?”

“There are so many conversations that we could be having to really understand everyone's true intersection.”

Mentioned:

Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks website

Association of Black Psychologists

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

Like Mother Like Daughter

My Mother Myself

Doux You Deck

Getting Unstuck with Yvonne Victor

JD Fuller — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Yvonne Victor is a certified life and business coach who transforms life through discovery, vision, strategy, action and accountability. She is the founder of Yvonne Victor Life Coach Life Design. She believes that we don't have to dream of the life we want, we can live it. She is an author, a dreamer, a life teacher, a speaker and mother and an entrepreneur. If you want the prize run the race. Listen in as she share her secrets and tools with JD on this episode.

Whiteness is a Culture and a Construct Pam Ditto

JD Fuller — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Attention white women! White women unite! Pam Ditto declares all of this, not because white women are smarter, but because they use that historical narrative to not stand up for justice, injustice and racism. Pam says that the road to success is not the one paved by the white man. She stands up to patriarchy, white people and white women. She is sick and tired of “white is right” and white women in particular who cannot tolerate the discomfort of change. She is honest, real and uses her voice to share not only her experience from everything from her dental procedures to her adoption to her feelings on interracial adoption. She says, “Don’t even get me started.” but in this episode JD and Suzy can’t wait to get her started.

What You Will Hear:

The impact of her realization and acknowledgement of her privilege growing up.
What refined Pam’s activism.
Voter registration and voter suppression.
Pam’s views on adoption.
Interracial adoption.
White women and patriarchy.
Greatest lesson learned about parenting.
TikTok and white activism.
Avoiding the white savior syndrome.

Quotes:

“Pay attention to the journey…..consider that you don’t know everything.”

“White is a construct that was meant to keep people down.”

“Representation and inclusion matter so much more to white people than we realize.”

“You have to be vulnerable enough and emotionally available enough, for your children, to be wrong.”

Mentioned:

Tiktok: @PamIam1313

Therapy is for Everyone with Mac Stanley Cazeau

JD Fuller — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 04:00:00 -0500

Mac Stanley is a licensed psychotherapist and the founder, creator and CEO of Therapy is for Everyone in New York and New Jersey, specializing in serving black men and women. Mac specializes in couples therapy where he processes everything from improving communication skills to healing from trauma and affairs to dating or recovering from a narcissist. Mac is passionate about changing the narrative in the black community and removing the stigma attached to therapy. His professional goal is teaching the black community how to obtain, sustain and enhance all aspects of black love. Mac is also extremely creative and clever. He developed a cool project during the pandemic that he tells us more about in this episode.

therapyisforeveryone.org

The Art of Aging with Barbara Rose

JD Fuller — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:00:00 -0500

In this episode JD invites Suzy’s mother Barbara Rose to discuss aging and motherhood. Listen in on a candid, heartfelt and honest conversation about motherhood and aging. Barbara Rose is an age activist, a teacher, a painter ,a poet, an author and Suzy’s mother. She has published over 13 books and won a national library award for her poetry. She has appeared on the Today Show, The Talk, E.T and Andy Cohen’s, “What what happens Live.”. She founded the first age march in history to celebrate age pride. She happens to be 85 and is just starting her career.

What You Will Hear:

What Barbara takes most pride in and what she would change
The role of motherhood
The art of aging well
Age March and ageism
Biggest regret
Future plans at 85 and people’s perceptions of age
Painting
Changing the aging narrative
Age March

Quotes:

“To age well is to have insight into yourself and compassion for others.”

“If you want something and you feel it, you can have it if you pursue it.”

“I feel we have a future everyday we breathe and purpose is the key to longevity.”

Mentioned:

Agemarch.org