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The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering amount of wrongdoing—more than 100 crimes and counting. Once a high-flying, smooth-talking, pedigreed Southern lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is now disbarred and disgraced. For more than a decade, prosecutors asserted that Alex was secretly a fraud, a thief, a drug trafficker, and an all-around phony. On the night of June 7, 2021, they claimed, he also became a killer, shooting dead his wife and son in a desperate bid to escape accountability. The many crimes of Alex Murdaugh, exposed piecemeal over the last two years, have appalled the general public. Yet his implosion—the spectacular manner in which he has turned his vaunted family name to mud—has also proved mesmerizing. With every revelation, Alex Murdaugh has been shown to be a man without bottom, though he insists he never harmed his family. Remarkably, all of his misdeeds have precedent. In Swamp Kings, Jason Ryan reveals Alex's evil actions are only the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to the Murdaugh family of Hampton County, history has a way of repeating itself. For every alleged, headline-grabbing crime associated with Alex Murdaugh, mirror-image incidents have played out within his family's past, including parallel instances of fraud, theft, illicit trafficking of babies and booze, calamitous boat crashes, and even alleged murder. There were some crimes committed by Alex's kin that even he would not dare mimic. Covering a century of depravity in an impoverished and isolated stretch of the Deep South, Swamp Kings weaves together the jaw-dropping narratives of generations of Murdaughs before culminating in the telling of a murder trial for the ages. Page after page the family's legacy is laid bare as a spotlight is finally trained on the Murdaugh men who have long lorded over the South Carolina Lowcountry. Jason Ryan is an author and journalist based in Charleston, South Carolina. He is a former reporter for The State and The Beaufort Gazette and has written for The Daily Beast and Agence-France Presse, including coverage of the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and the ensuing trial of killer Dylann Roof. He is the author of Jackpot: High Times, High Seas and the Sting that Launched the War on Drugs; Hell-Bent: One Man's Crusade to Crush the Hawaiian Mob(currently under option to HBOMax), and Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Derby and the Thrilling First Flights that Opened the Pacific.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2015, then-South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley led the way for the removal of the Confederate Flag from the state Capitol. The move came after a white gunman had murdered nine Black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.Fast forward almost eight years. At a town hall in New Hampshire, a voter asked Haley what she believed caused the Civil War. Haley failed to identify slavery in her answer, and she's been trying to clean up that misstep ever since.When Haley rose to political prominence a decade ago, she was touted as the future of an inclusive and diverse Republican party. Now, in 2024, she's trying to win the Republican nomination against Donald Trump, who has used divisive rhetoric and politics to build a political base with unwavering support.Can Haley win over those voters and the nomination without losing herself?Email us at considerthis@npr.org

On today's show: 1. President Biden to visit Emanuel AME Church on Monday https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/biden-will-start-the-year-at-sites-of-national-trauma-to-warn-about-dire-stakes-of-the-2024-election/ 1a. Charleston Mayor-Elect William Cogswell Invites President Biden to Speak at Inauguration - https://holycitysinner.com/politics/charleston-mayor-elect-william-cogswell-invites-president-bi/ 2. South Carolina Republican Party's political director jailed on assault-by-mob charge in Horry County - https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/south-carolina-republican-partys-political-director-jailed-on-assault-by-mob-charge-in-horry-county/ This episode's music is by Tyler Boone (tylerboonemusic.com). The episode was produced by LMC Soundsystem.

REVIEW: Biden to visit Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church 'Why?' asked Duke Buckner, a candidate for SC's 6th US Congressional District:''On Monday, President Biden is scheduled to be at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. This is the church where nine parishioners were murdered during a bible study in 2015. The last reported time President Biden was in South Carolina was in the summer of 2022 when he was vacationing on luxurious Kiawah Island. Now, less than a year before the 2024 presidential election, he will be visiting a historic Black church in Charleston. Why?'Take a listen to more and click here for the full print context of Buckner's published review:'It is my sincere hope that President Biden will speak at the church about reconciliation and healing; the love of God and how we should love our neighbor as ourself. I hope he will talk about how we can come together as Americans and not allow ourselves to be divided by race, gender, political or socio-economic lines. He should not disrespect or dishonor the Church or its members by making offensive racist comments like he did at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner last year where he called famed Hip Hop Artist LL Cool J a “Boy”.'Special thanks to Disaster Plus for powering this #BigFailFriday edition of the Kelly Golden Show Podcast

Top headlines for Jan. 4, 2023:SC lawmaker hopes to remove the smell of marijuana as a reason for probable causeTouchberry sworn in as next mayor of SummervilleBill would require parental consent for SC teens to fill prescriptions Family of Berkeley Co. man gets $660k payout following man's deathMurdaugh request for new trial must go to SC Supreme Court, chief justice ordersSC capitol one of several evacuated after email bomb threat‘Absolute mess': Parents, teachers scramble after school opening delayed againPresident Biden to visit Charleston Monday, speak at Emanuel AME Church

Reverend Risher - Author, Event speaker, Ordained Pastor, Writer, and Gun Violence Prevention activist - joins Tavis to honor the memory of those lost in the Emanuel AME Church shooting and guide us through her remarkable path to forgiveness and offers us a powerful lesson in resilience, faith, and the capacity for love to triumph over hate.

On April 27, writer Christopher Graham, delivered a lecture about his book Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church. When a young man enamored with Confederate iconography murdered worshipers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015, the rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond called his congregation to examine its own racial history and former identity as the “Church of the Confederacy.” St. Paul's, in downtown Richmond, had been the home to wealthy and influential Virginians, and during the Civil War had hosted Confederate leaders, including Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. The people of St. Paul's reveled in the notoriety and built its postwar identity around its Confederate connections. This book is a result of a congregational self-study, and chronicles how this church understood Christian teachings and practice regarding race relations from the 1840s to our present moment. Along the way, it reveals a few unexpected moments in the evolution of a Lost Cause institution, while contemplating the ways that people change over time and use historical imagination to manifest a present reality. In the end, we learn reasons for hope and sobering lessons for those who wish to do the right thing. Christopher Graham is a historian, museum curator, and member of St. Paul's. He is the author of Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

This month's Book Club we have author of For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre, Sharon Risher. "The instant her phone rang, Reverend Sharon Risher sensed something was horribly wrong. Something had happened at Emanuel AME Church, the church of her youth in Charleston, South Carolina, and she knew her mother was likely in the church at Bible study. Even before she heard the news, her chaplain's instinct told her the awful truth: her mother was dead, along with two cousins. What she couldn't imagine was that they had been murdered by a white supremacist. Plunged into the depths of mourning and anger and shock, Sharon could have wallowed in the pain. Instead, she chose the path of forgiveness and hope - eventually forgiving the convicted killer for his crime."   For an excerpt from this book, visit our blog Visit Sharon Risher's website To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org  Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/ 

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Pastor Carey Anderson about his campaign for State Representative in the 30th Legislative District - why he decided to run, how the last legislative session went and his thoughts on addressing issues such as housing affordability and zoning, homelessness, public safety, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate change. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find more information about Pastor Carey at https://www.electpastorcarey.com/   Resources Campaign Website - Pastor Carey Anderson: https://www.electpastorcarey.com/   Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Well, I am just delighted today to welcome to the program, a candidate for State Representative in the 30th Legislative District down in Federal Way, Pastor Carey Anderson. Thank you so much for joining us today. [00:00:53] Pastor Carey Anderson: Crystal, it's an honor to be with you, and let me just say right off the bat - thank you for inviting me to be a part of this wonderful, wonderful podcast. I'm just elated to be invited today, and I appreciate the work that you do. [00:01:09] Crystal Fincher: Thank you so much. I appreciate the work that you do, my South King County brethren and leader of so many, and just appreciate the time that you've taken to join here. So I guess I wanna start off asking - you've done so much, you've accomplished so much. What is it that made you think - you know what, it is time for me to run for office? [00:01:33] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, that's an excellent question. Let me say to our audience - the 30th district is a new district, and I'm running to bring proven new leadership to the new 30th District. The realignment of the boundaries from the 2020 Census shows that Federal Way is a BIPOC-majority city now, the 30th District is growing. I live in Federal Way, I'm the pastor of First AME Church in Auburn and Seattle - Seattle is the mother church. And about 19 years ago, we saw the trend of gentrification and so we started a satellite in the south portion of King County. So, First AME Church is the oldest Black church in the state - 1886 - and so, we see it as a part of our mission to always speak truth to power. So I am running to bring proven new leadership to the new 30th District. And if I could just take a moment - when we're talking about the crime, we're talking about the homeless, we're talking about the issues of housing, we're talking about funding of our schools, we're talking about public safety. Well, these are things that I have been doing in my entire ministry - 44 years in ministry, 38 years as a senior pastor, 18 years as the pastor of First AME Church - matter of fact, in its 100+ years of existence, I'm the longest serving pastor. My boots have been on the ground, fighting all of those things and addressing all of those things. And I want to do it in this open seat - no one has ever served the new 30th District before. And it is time for proven new leadership for the new 30th District. And I'm sure we'll get into some of the specifics a little later. [00:03:34] Crystal Fincher: Well, and looking at this new 30th District - you're running for the seat that is being vacated by Representative Jesse Johnson, who has done a lot of work in the community, certainly made his imprint on the Legislature in the time that he was there. Some of that, including police accountability legislation and other legislation that we saw passed in 2020, and then rolled back in 2022, along with a number of other things. We're dealing with a - how we're gonna treat revenue - are we gonna raise more progressive revenue, or move - continue to move - in a regressive direction. Action on the transportation package, stagnation on affordable housing and the middle housing bill there - as you evaluate this past legislative session, what did you think about it? What did you agree with? What did you disagree with? [00:04:40] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, first of all, let me commend the work and applaud the work of Representative Jesse Johnson. When he was first running for City Council, we supported him. When he went into the State Legislature, First AME supported him. He came and presented at our church and at both campuses, matter of fact, and we supported him wholeheartedly. I was disappointed to see him leave the seat because we need that type of leadership. And certainly with the police accountability reforms that he pushed through the Legislature - it was a herculean job, but the job is not complete. And so when we talk about fighting crime, let's just stay right there for a moment. I applaud the work of our police force and law enforcement. However, I don't believe that we should put the entire burden of fighting crime on the police. There are other matters and other variables that go along with property crimes and low-level offenders such as drug abuse, mental health, and some of those types of things that cause an environment for crime. And I am trained as a substance abuse counselor, I am trained - I'm the only candidate trained in mental health. I did it, I've been doing it for some 30+ years. And so these are some of the other things that we must address because when we talk about crime and we talk about housing, it's not enough just to find affordable housing and place people in affordable housing. But many times, if they have mental health issues, if they have, if they're suffering from addiction, we need wraparound services. And so this is going to take critical thinking, it's going to take people that have been in the field to know what to say, how to say it, and drum up the support to build collegiality - to really change our community and change the 30th LD. So these are some of the things that I hope to bring to the State Legislature, as a legislator. [00:07:00] Crystal Fincher: You talked just a little bit, just now - obviously issues of addiction, in addition to homelessness. Housing affordability is such an important issue and one that a lot of people are struggling with - the cost of rents have been skyrocketing, cost of daycare skyrocketing - so much is making things really hard for people just to survive. They can be working one, two jobs - it's still not enough. Minimum wage is not sufficient for allowing people to live independently and to afford an average rent. What should be done to make housing more affordable in the 30th District? [00:07:47] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, thank you for that question - it's really a challenging question, but I do want our audience to know, I've been involved in affordable housing for many, many years, even in my first church in Nevada - we built housing, affordable housing for seniors. First AME Church has been involved in the housing arena through our nonprofit since 1969. And we had three apartment complexes in Seattle, and we formed about five or six years ago - the FAME - Equity Alliance of Western Washington, which is another housing corporation that I serve as the chair of the board. And we just broke ground in January of this year on a $36 million, 119-unit complex - the Elizabeth Thomas Holmes - in South King County. So we're moving down this way - it's an issue that's very personal to me, I've been involved in it. I know that we have to find more housing for struggling families, and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund has money in it. We got to move it quickly and quicker than we have been moving it so that we can build a housing inventory for persons that are really trying to build a home for their loved ones, their children, their families, for sustaining the family unit. And these are things that I've been involved in, engaged in - and you would not imagine, Crystal, how many people come to First AME Church asking for rental assistance, needing food - which we try to provide on a regular basis, since the pandemic in particular. And we do that because we understand the need - I see it on a regular, regular basis. We even have a home, a parsonage - that we rent it out, bringing it out for, since my time, is 18 years at First Family Church. And so during the pandemic, those families that were living in the home could not pay their rent. And so we elected a moral decision to let them stay and not evict them. Matter of fact, we were - they were part of the persons that came for food every Friday in our Friday drive-by - I'm not talking about shooting, I'm talking about groceries. And so we would feed them, give them groceries - I'm not talking about meat, cheese and milk. I'm talking about more than that - meats, vegetables, wholesome grains - so that the family could be fed a nutritional meal. And also we provided vaccinations for COVID-19, as well as boosters. We continue to do that, and so we boosted and vaccinated over 6,000 people - and fed them as well. So we elected to eat the rent so that these families could stay in their home and not be put out on the street. And the Lord makes a way, somehow. So, we're involved in it and engaged in housing - I will continue to do that as a State legislator. [00:11:14] Crystal Fincher: One of the big issues this past legislative session was the missing middle housing bill. And you're absolutely right - we need to designate more housing as affordable housing, find affordable housing. One of the big problems is just that there just is not the supply of housing at all - of all different types and at all levels. Here in the state, we have not been building to keep up with the increase in population and the trends in the flow in population. And so allowing more density, more inclusive zoning was put on the table and all of the data shows that's a necessary ingredient of increasing affordability, of helping to stem the skyrocketing costs of rent and housing. Would you have voted for that missing middle housing bill? [00:12:16] Pastor Carey Anderson: Yes, I would. And let me say this - we have to have more deep-dive conversations for this issue of affordability and housing. And the conversation should center, not so much on - do we wanna build a threeplex or a fourplex in a single-family neighborhood - or what do we really value? If we as a state, if we as people value sheltering and allowing people the opportunity to live a decent life like you are living, then we're gonna have to have those types of conversations. But I believe that there are ways in which we can build housing in single-story homes and two-story homes that are aesthetically beautiful. It would not really disrupt the aesthetic beauty of the community and the neighborhood. These are discussions that I believe would prove to be very valuable instead of just a NIMBY attitude, because today they're homeless, today they're in need - but you miss a couple of paychecks yourself, you get laid off of your job, let another pandemic come and affect and impact your family - you may be the one next in line. And so we have to be very careful at the rocks we throw and the fingers we point because it could easily - you could be up today and you can be down tomorrow. So it's a collective effort - it's going to take collective and courageous conversations so that we could truly address the problem of affordability and density and providing the needed housing inventory for families to live sustained lives. [00:14:11] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. Absolutely well said. We talked about public safety earlier - certainly talked about policing, have talked about the need to intervene in a lot of different ways. Safety is a really big conversation, and right now there are a lot of people in our communities fearing for their safety. Hate crimes are near all-time highs, we're seeing hate and bias-motivated crimes, we're seeing harassment and targeting of the LGBTQ community and others for their ethnic heritage, for their religion. What do you say to people who right now are scared and worried, and who are looking at the two parties going in very different directions, and worried that they can't count on the Supreme Court for safety or rights anymore, and increasingly they're relying on local leadership to make sure that people are safe and respected and protected in communities. What do you see as your responsibility in that area, and how will you lead to make sure that everyone in our communities feel safe? [00:15:36] Pastor Carey Anderson: Thank you. Excellent question, Crystal. Public safety is a major issue today, and I believe that we have made some major strides, but there's still a long way to go. And as I had said earlier, I believe that - I don't believe that we should put the entire burden on fighting crime left to law enforcement. When George Floyd was murdered and the unrest happened in Seattle in particular - but across the country - the East Precinct in Seattle was overtaken by the protestors. The East Precinct in Seattle is two blocks from First AME Church. I led the charge in convening the mayor and her staff, the Chief of Police at the time and her command staff, and the leaders of CHOP to come to First AME Church - there was about 75 of us in total. We did so with the sole purpose of learning how to talk, learning how to listen to one another. You have to understand - lives had been lost, bloodshed had been spilled on the pavements and on the streets of our cities behind the George Floyd murder. But out of the conversations - without news media, without the news outlets, without reporters - we were able to come and de-escalate the tension. And out of that, we were able to encourage Mayor Durkan, who was serving at the time, to put money into the BIPOC community - $30 million. She formed a task force that I was privileged to be a founding member of - the Equities Community Initiative Task Force - where we put together teams to talk about what are the central and acentric needs of our BIPOC community. Housing was one, entrepreneurship, looking at closing the wealth gap between Black and Brown people against the dominant culture. And so if we were able to do that there, I believe through our State Legislature, we can form ways of bridging some of these issues. Let me say this, Crystal - every first responder doesn't need to have a gun and a badge. Some of the things that we're dealing with now, we need to put funding into training more officers, law enforcement sensitivity training, cultural sensitivity training. I'm an endangered species as an African American male, even at my age - I'm not 25 - but I'm still an endangered species when pulled over by law enforcement. And so we've got to find ways of how to communicate better, how to empower faith groups, how to empower addiction counselors, how to empower and utilize mental health professionals and social workers to become our first responders. There was a time, a couple of summers ago, when the City SPD, Seattle Police Department, used the United Black Christian Clergy of Western Washington, which I'm a member of, and they would call us in dire situations with street violence amongst gangs. And we were able to find family members, we were able to find gatekeepers to try and de-escalate some of the violence as opposed to law enforcement just going in and pointing a gun and wearing a badge. I think that we must work collectively in this issue, if we're going to really bring about public safety, [00:19:35] Crystal Fincher: I completely agree with that. And then also talking about people's basic rights and people remaining safe regardless of who they are, what their background is, what their gender or sexuality is. [00:19:52] Pastor Carey Anderson: And can I say this - when you talk about the LGBTQIA+, we have to understand - they are a part of our community, just like we are a part. There's a collective we, and the Pride Parade in Seattle was right at the Central and the Capitol Hill area - where is First AME Church, right in the Capitol Hill area. We have always been, and there were even members of the 30th LD Dems, who said I was a homophobe. I said, how dare you? If you even Google Pastor Carey Anderson, you will find out that we are a welcoming church, a welcoming faith group. I am certainly not a homophobe - if anybody is, it's you - because we have always had our doors open for any and everybody. And we'll continue to do that - that's who we are, that's our value. God is a God of love. And so we must precipitate that type of love no matter who you are, and whose you are, because we're all children of God. I have walked with our Jewish brothers and sisters when Temple De Hirsch - our sister congregation right across the street from First AME Church, within walking distance - when they were defaced, their building was defaced, there were bomb threats. I stood with the Jewish brothers and sisters - Rabbi Weiner is a brother of mine from a different mother, we eat together, we worship together. And the Muslim community - we are tight with them - when they were going through threats, bomb threats, defacing of their temples and their mosques, we were right there with them standing by their side. And when Mother Emanuel AME Church back in 2015 lost nine people inclusive of the pastor - this is an AME church. First AME Church was the hub for the Seattle Pacific Northwest area, and we held prayer vigils, we led a 3000-person march through the City, and we engaged peace talks, and with celebratory singing. But we have to stop the killing, and this is what it's about. This is who we must become, and this is what I want to do, as the next voice in Olympia for the 30th District. I'm not talking about what I'm going to do, I'm talking about what I've done and what I continue to do. [00:22:40] Crystal Fincher: And I guess my question - especially, you've been doing work - in your capacity as a State legislator, particularly at this time where there are so many attacks on people because of their identity. And as we see rhetoric ratcheting up - the type of rhetoric that we know leads to violence - what more can be done to protect our LGBTQ community legislatively, to help protect people's rights, to help keep people safe, to help people just feel loved and seen in our community. What can be done in your role as a legislator? [00:23:26] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, first of all, we need to enforce our equal protections under the laws even more. And we've got to not just put it out there in writing, but we must practice it indeed. We must have an open-door policy, we must train the legislators in terms of what a community looks like from people that are other than you. They look different, they have different values and culture, but they're still a part of this community. So I can love you no matter who you are. Although you may not have the same value that I have - just because you're a person, I am obligated to love you, and to stand in your shoes, and to understand your pain, understand your wants, and understand your desires and your hopes. This is what we must do if we're gonna represent all of the people that we are elected to serve. [00:24:27] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. We also are facing a climate crisis. We are at a point where climate change is happening, we are experiencing extreme heat, extreme cold events, flooding. Marginalized people in our community, lower-income people, BIPOC communities are being hurt worst and first by this climate crisis. And we have work to do to keep it from getting worse, we have work to do to mitigate the impacts that it's currently having. So I guess in - as you're looking at running, as you're looking at legislating, what action would you take to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution? [00:25:19] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, first of all, when the dominant culture sniffs, has the sniffles, those who are in poverty, those who are living beneath the poverty line, catch the flu. And so we've got to, first of all, realize the disparities, the health disparities. I'm so thankful for the Governor's supplemental budget, that calls for $64 billion, over $64 billion, of priority areas. One of those areas is climate. And so I would be supportive of the Governor's supplemental budget for 2022. Also, when we look at that, one of the other priorities is that of poverty. One in five persons are living in poverty. There are 1.7 million people in this state that are living in poverty. So when we're talking about climate change and gas emissions and things of that nature - trying to be a 2035 clean air environment, which is a very ambitious goal to meet, but we gotta start somewhere. But when we look at the disparities, 1.7 million are living in poverty. And then when you go a little deeper, you find out over half, or nearly half, are people of color. So we are the ones that are the most impacted, as you have so eloquently said. So as a State legislator, I would be in support of the Governor's supplemental plan and would be pushing for the implementation of it. I'm not gonna be Black when necessary and BIPOC when convenient. I am who I am, and these are priorities and we've got to speak truth to power. We've got to have these courageous conversations and that's what I'd be willing to do, as your State legislator. [00:27:16] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely - also in this, transportation is the sector most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions in our state. We just passed, as a state, a transportation package that had record investments in transit and mobility - which we all desperately need - but also continue to widen highways and invest billions in doing that. And especially with the impacts, as you just talked about, in the BIPOC community - just people who are in close proximity to roads and highways - the pollution that comes from those are disproportionately causing asthma, heart disease, lung disease in our communities. We now have tons of data showing that widening highways doesn't reduce traffic, it increases traffic and increases emissions. Would you be supportive in future highway packages of highway expansion, or do you think we should cap it at where it's at and focus on investing more in transit and mobility solutions for people who walk, bike and ride. [00:28:43] Pastor Carey Anderson: Yes, excellent question. I think we need to take a serious look at a moratorium on expansion for our highways and really look at some of the measures to bring public transportation and make that more accessible. Here in the 30th District, the transportation - Sound Transit - is moving this way. And a lot of people, though we may live in the Federal Way, 30th District area, we are working in Seattle - let's be clear about it. And so, once that is really completed - that project - that will help ease some of the traffic flow and the emissions that are going out, because I'd rather spend a minimal amount of time and read a book while I'm traveling quickly and swiftly to my job in Seattle, than being stuck in traffic and then having the propensity to get into an accident or having someone hit me or falling asleep while we're in a dead zone deadlock and gridlock and those kinds of things. So I know that a lot of the transit money has already been bonded out. So it's gonna be a difficult thing to look at, but I'd certainly be in favor of a moratorium. [00:30:09] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, that makes sense. And as you are considering your race, your opponent, just the dynamics of what is happening in Federal Way today and what residents are going through and what they want. Why are you the person who they should choose to represent them? [00:30:33] Pastor Carey Anderson: Russell Wilson used to say this when he was with the Seahawks - why not me? So, when we look at public safety, when we look at safe neighborhoods, funding our schools, affordable housing, quality healthcare for seniors, clean environment, and issues surrounding equity for all - I'm the only candidate who has been a K-12 public school teacher. And I'm for state funding - I'm the only candidate who has championed $400 million of state funding for immediate reinvestment into our communities. We've got a $200 million allocation that's gonna drop next month. And the RFPs are soon to be online. And so I was one, along with four others, who helped champion that $400 million state funding for immediate reinvestment into our communities. I'm the only candidate who has been using our church as a clinic for patients, for COVID vaccinations and boosters, and feeding people - to the tune of feeding, we've done nearly 15,000. For boosting and vaccinating people, over 6,000. And we continue to do that through partnerships. I'm the only candidate that provides jobs through affordable housing - our affordable housing projects and my church-based nonprofit organizations. And as I had said earlier, our project just broke ground in January 2022, providing 119 units of affordable housing at a cost of over $36 million. No one else has done that, no one else has been involved in leading the community. I'm just talking about - I'm not talking about Emmett Till, but I am talking about Trayvon Martin, I am talking about Michael Brown, I am talking about the mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. I am talking about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery. First AME Church, through this pastor and the leadership that I provided for this community - I was the one out in the street, I was the one organizing these marches along with my colleagues, I was the one that's speaking truth to power, I was the one that convened the mayor, the chief of police who has endorsed me. WEA has endorsed me, the Retired Public Employees Council has endorsed me, and we're still getting endorsements as we speak - because my boots are on the ground. You don't have to wait for Day One to start pushing the button - what are you gonna do? I'm gonna continue to do what I've always done. And so this is my pledge, this is who I am as a person - and preaching and politics have never been separated in my book. And from the historical tradition of the African Methodist Episcopal Church - we were the first to seek public office in state and federal levels in our denomination and have led the charge and led the way. The Reverend Raphael Warnock is standing on the shoulders of historical path and I'm standing on those same shoulders. [00:33:48] Crystal Fincher: We're at an interesting time in our country and there certainly is a lot going on. You're coming to this race as a pastor. Your faith has informed how you have walked through life and how you have chosen to serve others in the community. We also see examples of some people who may be opposing you in this race, and some churches that are much more exclusive, that talk much more pointedly about who is and who is not welcome, who is and who is not moral or just or right in our society, allowed in our society. And we're having lots of conversations about what is the appropriate delineation between church and state. As someone whose faith is important to them, who you are walking into this role as a pastor, what role does faith play in how you serve, and I guess, through this candidacy. And what would you say to people who look around at other examples of religious leadership that they don't feel loved or included by - that you, as a pastor, would be the right choice. What would you say to folks who are thinking that? [00:35:17] Pastor Carey Anderson: Well, you've asked a series of questions, actually. I would like to start by saying - we sang a song when I was coming up in California and They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love. And so my faith is rooted and grounded in love - love for neighbor, and love for self, and love for a community. And so, this is what informs my walk, it informs my talk. I want to be able to stand in the shoes of other people. It's not until you stand in their shoes that you understand their pain, and once you understand their pain, then you can begin to have discussions on how to mitigate the pain, how to address the pain, and how to walk with them through the pain. And so this is what I endeavor to do. The Bible says in the New Testament - we walk by faith and not by sight. So faith is what leads me, every morning, to get up. And it doesn't matter to me if you're Muslim, Jewish, atheist, or whoever you may be. You are a person, you are valued, and you are loved. What is it that we can do to help your walk? What is it that we can do to inform your viability, sustainability for you and your family and your loved ones? That's what we should be about. [00:36:57] Crystal Fincher: Thank you so much, Pastor Carey. If people wanna find out more about your campaign or get involved, where can they go to find out more information? [00:37:06] Pastor Carey Anderson: Google me and go to my, our website - Pastor Carey Anderson or Reverend Dr. Carey Anderson. But our campaign website is electpastorcarey.com and you can go there, and we're still getting lots of hits and the phone number is there 253-296-6370. Well, you're welcome to join us, you're welcome to wave with us, you're welcome to walk with us, you're welcome to phonebank, textbank with us, and to follow us as we follow our call and commitment. So, these are simple ways, but it means so much - reaching people one at a time, one neighborhood at a time, one household at a time, one person at a time. And that's what we're about. [00:38:05] Crystal Fincher: Well, thank you so much for spending time with us today, Pastor Carey Anderson. Thank you so much - we'll continue to follow you on your journey. [00:38:14] Pastor Carey Anderson: Thank you for having me, Crystal. It has certainly been an honor, and it's certainly been a joy to see the work that you and your team are doing. And I am not going to turn this off. I'm gonna keep you in my heart and I'm gonna keep the work that you do in my soul. So thank you so much. God bless you and God keep you. [00:38:37] Crystal Fincher: Thank you. I thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler with assistance from Shannon Cheng. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, spelled F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-I. Now you can follow Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - we'll talk to you next time.

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On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young white man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African-Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. Myra's murder devastated Anthony, yet he chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter. Many in the church and community still struggle to understand Reverend Thompson's deliberate choice to forgive the racist murderer. But as Charlestonians witnessed this incredible act of forgiveness, something significant happened within the community. Instead of the expected racial riots in the aftermath of the shooting, black and white leaders and residents united, coming together peaceably and even showing acts of selfless love. In this candid conversation, Anthony Thompson candidly shares the details of that awful night, the grief he experienced, and the radical choice to forgive the killer. But beyond that, Reverend Thompson shares a compelling vision of the power of forgiveness to transform our lives--personally, in our communities, and even in our nation. Be inspired by this remarkable story and discover how the difficult decision to forgive can become the key to radical change.

Part 2 - On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young white man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African-Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. Myra's murder devastated Anthony, yet he chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter. Many in the church and community still struggle to understand Reverend Thompson's deliberate choice to forgive the racist murderer. But as Charlestonians witnessed this incredible act of forgiveness, something significant happened within the community. Instead of the expected racial riots in the aftermath of the shooting, black and white leaders and residents united, coming together peaceably and even showing acts of selfless love. In this candid conversation, Anthony Thompson candidly shares the details of that awful night, the the grief he experienced, and the radical choice to forgive the killer. But beyond that, Reverend Thompson shares a compelling vision of the power of forgiveness to transform our lives--personally, in our communities, and even in our nation. Be inspired by this remarkable story and discover how the difficult decision to forgive can become the key to radical change.

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young white man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African-Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. Myra's murder devastated Anthony, yet he chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter. Many in the church and community still struggle to understand Reverend Thompson's deliberate choice to forgive the racist murderer. But as Charlestonians witnessed this incredible act of forgiveness, something significant happened within the community. Instead of the expected racial riots in the aftermath of the shooting, black and white leaders and residents united, coming together peaceably and even showing acts of selfless love. In this candid conversation, Anthony Thompson candidly shares the details of that awful night, the grief he experienced, and the radical choice to forgive the killer. But beyond that, Reverend Thompson shares a compelling vision of the power of forgiveness to transform our lives--personally, in our communities, and even in our nation. Be inspired by this remarkable story and discover how the difficult decision to forgive can become the key to radical change.

What does forgiveness mean to you? This question has been posed to me countless times since 2014, when my father and son were murdered due to one person's hatred of Jews. You can hear and read my story, Healing a Shattered Soul, to find my answer.This same question passed my lips as I interviewed Chris Singleton, a former professional baseball player, author, inspirational speaker, husband, father and a son that ANY mother would want for themselves. Sharonda Coleman - Singleton lost her life to gun violence in the hate crime that took the lives of 9 African Americans while they were praying during Bible study on June 17, 2015, inside their Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. While Chris tells me that he uses the name of the murderer who took his mother's life, I am not yet ready to give him a mention.Important in our conversation, you will hear Chris answer my question about forgiveness, why he specifically humanizes the murderer by using his name and how precious his mother's memory is to him. She taught her children about faith. “Faith is like a blanket, a hug and a kiss on the cheek”, Chris shares.Celebrate the good!Chris explains to us the necessity of sitting in the sorrow and pain of great loss, processing this to our best ability and then stepping into creating happiness and celebrating the good.In 2015, an ESPN E60 program highlighting Chris speaking at a vigil held for his mother, on his college baseball field, drew the attention of my close friend, Dominic DeCicco. Dom was quick to let me know that somehow Chris was speaking about his mother in the same way I spoke about Dad and Reat only hours after their murders. This program led me to a conversation with Chris' then college baseball coach, Stuart Lake, and finally a live conversation with Chris, himself. We've connected about 4 times since 2015, but none of these phone calls lasted very long or produced an outcome that kept us in meaningful contact.Our conversation for this podcast is the first time we have seen one another, albeit virtually. I was emotional and tearful as we began. You see, I lost my son and Chris lost his mom. Chris reminds me of Reat. Chris reminds me of who Reat would be and should have been.Chris speaks publicly and has authored two books, “Different - A Story About Loving Your Neighbor” and “Your Life Matters”. His work has been recognized by the Obama Foundation as he espouses from every vantage point that “love is stronger than hate”.If you haven't yet decided to follow Chris on social media or hire him to present at your school, religious institution or place of business, act now. He is booking into April 2022 as a highly sought after inspirational presenter to humans of all ages. One great anecdote he uses with children is the fact that his loving mother, Sharonda, had a tattoo of an ice cream cone, aka “sexy chocolate”.Take a listen to Real Grief - Real Healing with Mindy Corporon in episode 46, #Can't Let Mom's Down, to hear the full story and celebrate the good.Resources for this episode:June 17, 2015 - Charleston shootingThe Obama Foundation•Find Mindy on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MindyCorporonLLCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindycorporon/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MindyCorporonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindycorporon/•This channel is made possible because of listeners just like you. If you would like to support the channel with your tax-deductible contribution on an ongoing basis or through a one-time gift, head over to ExperienceOfTheSoul.com/support.Real Grief - Real Healing is copyright 2021, Mindy Corporon. All Rights Reserved. Our theme music is composed by Dave Kropf and used with permission.The Experience of the Soul Podcast Channel is a production of 818 Studios.

Host Farai Chideya talks about the power of forgiveness with Sharon Risher, whose relatives were among the Mother Emanuel shooting victims. Michael Arad, the architect behind the new memorial to the Emanuel Nine, discusses the collaborative process of designing an homage to the congregation. Civil rights leader Rashad Robinson talks about the final report from the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder. On Sippin' the Political Tea, Karen Attiah of the Washington Post and Khiara Bridges of UC Berkeley examine the way politicians use Critical Race Theory to win elections.EPISODE RUNDOWN0:15 A family member of those slain at Emanuel AME Church in 2015 on the recent settlement by the Department of Justice12:36 Architect Michael Arad on building a memorial honoring the “Emanuel Nine”19:14 Civil rights leader Rashad Robinson on the Aspen Institute's report on information disorder31:30 Sippin' the Political Tea: columnist Karen Attiah and law professor Khiara Bridges examine the impact of critical race theory on our politics right now

Settlement Reached With Survivors & Families of Emanuel AME Church Shooting Victims (BCNN1 10.30.21) by Daniel Whyte III

Words are important. Over the course of our nation's history, some of our most challenging moments have found us in need of words to comfort us, calm us, help us grieve, and to inspire us. Many of our national leaders have stepped up as leaders should and offered that kind of support. In September of 2015, a gunman joined a prayer group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, and opened fire. Seventeen church members died, including Pastor Clementa C. Pinckney. In the days following, President Barack Obama offered words of comfort and hope, and he ended his speech by singing "Amazing Grace." MESSAGE: "A Word About Grace" by Kenny Bishop SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5: 1 Learn more about us at www.bluegrasschurch.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/bluegrasucc Twitter: www.twitter.com/bluegrasucc Instagram: www.instagram.com/bluegrasucc YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/lexbluegrasucc

Tyra is joined by Mrs Polly Sheppard, survivor of the tragic Emanuel AME Church shooting to discuss Resilience Through Your Grief with Shamiquia "Shameek" McPherson, LPCS and Elder Shepherd Drayton Jr.

Ka'mya Manigault survived the massacre at Mother Emanuel in Charleston, SC back in June 2015 when her grandmother encouraged her to play dead. Manigault talks about her experience and life after the shooting in her first public interview.

On June 17, 2015, twelve members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening Bible study. He arrived with a pistol, 88 bullets, and hopes of starting a race war. Dylann Roof's massacre of nine innocents during their closing prayer horrified the nation. Two days later, some relatives of the dead stood at Roof's hearing and said, “I forgive you.” That grace offered the country a hopeful ending to an awful story. But for the survivors and victims' families, the journey had just begun.

Welcome to Episode 16 -Chris Singleton is an author and speaker. On June 17, 2015, nine people were murdered in a race motivated mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Chris' mother Sharonda Coleman Singleton was one of those people who were killed. You can learn more about how Chris is honoring his mother's memory at ChrisSingleton.com. ------------------------------------- Follow us on Instagram: @AthletesforJustice Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here. Order Chris' books here.

How can you forgive the unforgiveable? On June 17, 2015, the Reverend Sharon Risher's life change in a flash! The instant her phone rang, she sensed something was horribly wrong. Something had happened at Emanuel AME Church, the church of her youth in Charleston, South Carolina, and she knew her mother was likely in the church at Bible study. Even before she heard the news, her chaplain's instinct told her the awful truth: her mother was dead, along with two cousins. What she couldn't imagine was that they had been murdered by a white supremacist. Plunged into the depths of mourning and anger and shock, Sharon could have wallowed in the pain. Instead, she chose the path of forgiveness and hope - eventually forgiving the convicted killer for his crime. Reverend Risher is the author of For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre. In this powerful memoir of faith, family, and loss, Sharon begins the story with her mother, Ethel Lee Lance, seeking refuge in the church from poverty and scorn and raising her family despite unfathomable violence that rattled Sharon to her core years later; how Sharon overcame her own struggles and answered the call to ministry; and how, in the loss of her dear mother, Sharon has become a nationally known speaker as she shares her raw, riveting, story of losing loved ones to gun violence and racism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patricia-bligen-jones/message

On June 17, 2015, a young, white man walked into Emanuel AME Church and murdered nine people after their Bible study. This conversation is with a family member of one of the nine people lost. We discuss the racial climate of Charleston, SC that led to the shooting. We also discuss the legacy of the Emanuel 9 and how the foundation is turning the 17th of each month into a day to celebrate their legacy.For more information, go to https://emanuelnine.org/Blog post for this episode- http://ruthennaporterfield.com/2020/10/06/when-your-hometown-becomes-a-headline/

Barack Obama goes to Charleston, South Carolina in the wake of a white supremacist’s massacre of innocents at Emanuel AME Church. In word and in song the 44th President contemplates tragedy and grace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s 30-minute walk is dedicated to a living legend, the fearless Bree Newsome Bass.On June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome committed one of the greatest acts of civil disobedience seen in our lifetime when she scaled the 30-foot flag pole on the grounds of the South Carolina State House and removed the confederate flag. Carried literally by the faith of her ancestors, who’d been enslaved in South Carolina. Bree, a woman of just 30 with no training, made the ascent of a lifetime. She climbed up the flagpole in a defiant act of bravery and snatched down a flag that was raised as a symbol of protest against the civil rights movement and the fight for Black liberation. The saying goes, “If not us, who? If not now, when?” After nine Black members of Emanuel AME Church were massacred during bible study by a white supremacist, Bree Newsome said she realized that now was the time for courage and she never looked back.There is so much to learn from this young Black warrior queen, who upon reaching the top of the flag pole yelled down to the police below saying, “You come against me with hatred and oppression and violence. I come against you in the name of God. This flag comes down today.” That was some Miss Celie level, "until you do right by me," energy that unleashed a wave of justice that five years later is still reverberating across this country as monuments to the confederacy continue to fall.Bree Newsome is about that life and we're going to get into it on today’s call! And by the end, you’ll be walking away with some strategies and ideas to not only help the revolution but to also start toppling the personal monuments in your own life. The monuments you have built to things and people that never served you and should no longer be allowed to take up space in your life.Join the second edition of GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp at blackhistorybootcamp.com to receive specially curated emails with inspiring words, survival tips, speeches + dedicated songs to listen to for each episode. Together we will discover the stories and explore the pivotal moments from some of the most powerful movements in Black history.Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to the music or speech excerpts played during this broadcast. Original content can be found here:Sheri Jones-Moffett - Encourage Yourself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAt2L7aeH1IBree Newsome: Charlottesville is Latest Chapter in Long U.S. History of White Supremacist Terror:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPSotUPQRsc

Hello Internet! In This Episode: Erin and Weer’d discuss some corrections on Ken and Karen in St. Louis,  as well as some recent protests with some groups we didn't think would get along but are glad they did; Weer'd brings us part 1 of a series of fisks of the Brady Campaign's panel discussion of self-loathing gun owners; Xander talks about physical fitness and some simple exercises; and David talks about gun safes for safe storage of your firearms. Did you know that we have a Patreon? Join now for the low, low cost of $4/month (that’s $1/podcast) and you’ll get to listen to our podcast on Friday instead of Mondays, as well as patron-only content like mag dump episodes, our hilarious blooper reels and film tracks. Show Notes Main Topic: St Louis Couple Explains why they pointed guns at protesters Black Lives Matter Protesters Unite with Right Wing Protesters for Virginia Gun Rights Rally. WA Gun Store Owner on the Frontlines of Surge in Support for 2A Independent Thoughts: Partner Leg Throwdown Exercise Weer’d Audio Fisk: Brady Campaign-Gun Owners for Gun Violence Prevention Kyleanne Hunter- Brady Campaign FBI agent: SHOOTER reached out to other white supremacists before Emanuel AME Church shooting Weer’d World: Blog Fisk Of Moms Demand Action on the Virginia 2A Rally How Criminals get their guns Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 16 Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 17 Gun Lovers and Other Strangers: Handgun Radio 280 - Generations Browning Liberty Rhino Stack-On Erin’s Stack-On Gun Cabinet Steelwater Homeland Fort Knox Goldenrod Dehumidifier Cordless Rechargeable Dehumidifier Hornady - Cordless Led Safe Light Pistol Racks Pistol Hangers

Former VP Joe Biden acknowledged the fifth anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Iowa Governor says she'll sign an executive order to restore the right to vote for Iowans with past felony convictions. Plus, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes announcements about political speech on the platform.

BONUS EPISODE On June 17, 2015, nine people were murdered in a race motivated mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Sharonda Coleman Singleton was one of those people who were killed. Her son, Chris Singleton joins us today to remember that horrific day, the conversations he was having on race 5 years ago and why they continue to be important conversations to have today. Chris shares why his faith in Christ has helped fuel him to continue sharing his mother's memory and why forgiveness has truly given him freedom to not hold on to bitterness and anger. 

Jennifer Berry Hawes shares remarkable testimonials from the 2015 shooting at  Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Hawes recalls conversations with the three surviving victims and discusses her book, "Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness.” Jennifer Berry Hawes works on the newspaper's Watchdog and Public Service team focusing on investigations and long-form narratives. She has worked on the newspaper's staff for 15 years covering religion, healthcare and other beats. Hawes led the newspaper's coverage of the Emanuel AME Church massacre and published a book about the tragedy with St. Martin's Press entitled, "Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness."

On June 17, 2015, twelve members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening Bible study. He arrived with a pistol, 88 bullets, and hopes of starting a race war. Dylann Roof’s massacre of nine innocents during their closing prayer horrified the nation. Two days later, some relatives of the dead stood at Roof’s hearing and said, “I forgive you.” That grace offered the country a hopeful ending to an awful story. But for the survivors and victims’ families, the journey had just begun. In Grace Will Lead Us Home (2019, St. Martin’s Press) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes provides a definitive account of the tragedy’s aftermath. She talks with Walter Edgar about the effects of the tragedy on victims' families, survivors, first responders, the City of Charleston, and the state of South Carolina. - Originally broadcast 10/25/19 - *This program will be pre-empted on Feb 28* | News & Talk

In the conclusion of our three part series on the Charleston Church Massacre, we discuss the aftermath of the shooting and the effect it had on the church and community. We also discuss the sentencing of the assailant.Audience SurveyEpisode PageNamUs Case - NamUs #UP13772NamUs Case - NamUs #UP13773Episode Sources:https://www.onthisday.com/date/2015 - 2015 Informationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina - Charleston, SC Wikihttps://motheremanuel.com/about-us/ - The AME Church website.https://emanuelempowerment.org/ - Mother Emanuel Empowerment Center - MEEC website.https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629424811/architect-unveils-design-for-mother-emanuel-ame-church-memorial - Architect Unveils Design For Emanuel AME Church Memorial - NPR article by Camila Domonoske (July 16, 2018).A Short History of Charleston - Book by Robert Rosen (Second edition published in 1992).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_Gullah_Island - Gullah Gullah Island Wikipedia page.https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/emanuel-ame-church/ - Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church page on the United States Civil Rights Trail website.https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/06/08/481149042/how-a-shooting-changed-charlestons-oldest-black-church - How a Shooting Changed Charleston’s Oldest Black Church - NPR article by Debbie Elliot (June 8, 2016).https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/18/415452594/mother-emanuel-church-suffers-a-new-loss-in-charleston - ‘Mother Emanuel’ Church Suffers A New Loss In Charleston - NPR article by Bill Chappell (June 18, 2015).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/us/charleston-church-distributes-1-5-million-to-families-of-victims.html - Charleston Church Distributes $1.5 Million to Families of Victims - NYT article by The Associated Press (May 8, 2016).https://discoversouthcarolina.com/products/3404 - Emanuel AME Church’s page on Discover South Carolina website.https://www.postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/slavery-in-charleston-a-chronicle-of-human-bondage-in-the/article_54334e04-4834-50b7-990b-f81fa3c2804a.html - Slavery in Charelston: A chronicle of human bondage in the Holy City - The Post and Courier article by Brian Hicks (April 9, 2011).https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston.html - Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to Death in Charleston Church Massacre - NYT article by Alan Blinder and Kevin Sack (January 10, 2017).https://time.com/5647304/white-nationalist-terrorism-united-states/ - ‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism - Time Magazine article by Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan (August 8, 2019).https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/04/el-paso-shooting-white-nationalist-supremacy-violence-christchurch - 'White power ideology': why El Paso is part of a growing global threat - Guardian article by Lois Beckett and Jason Wilson (August 5, 2019).https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/conversation-christian-picciolini/595543/ - A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come - The Atlantic Article by Yara Bayoumy And Kathy Gilsinan (August 6, 2019).https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/domestic-terrorism-white-supremacists-islamic-state-recruits - White supremacists and Islamic State recruits have more in common than you might think - LA Times article by Melissa Etehad (August 7, 2019).https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/thousands-gather-for-funeral-of-clementa-pinckney-in-charleston.html?module=inline - President Obama Eulogizes Charleston Pastor as One Who Understood Grace - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Gardiner Harris (June 25, 2015).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/dylann-roof-shooting-charleston-south-carolina-church-video.html?module=inline - Jurors Hear Dylann Roof Explain Shooting in Video: ‘I Had to Do It’ - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (December 9, 2016).https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/no-regrets-from-dylann-roof-in-jailhouse-manifesto.html?module=inline - No Regrets From Dylann Roof in Jailhouse Manifesto - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (January 5, 2017).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston.html?module=inline - Spared by Gunman in Charleston, Churchgoer Describes Night of Terror - The New York Times article by Alan Blinder and Kevin Sack (December 14, 2016).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/dylann-roof-trial.html?module=inline - Heart-Rending Testimony as Dylann Roof Trial Opens - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (December 7, 2016).https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/15/593799322/sister-of-charleston-shooter-dylann-roof-arrested-after-menacing-social-media-po - Sister Of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested After Menacing Social Media Post - NPR article by Scott Neuman (March 15, 2018).https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist - A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof - GQ article by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (August 21, 2017).https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/7/18215634/dylann-roof-charleston-church-shooter-bowl-gang - An online subculture celebrating the Charleston church shooter appears to be inspiring copycat plots - Vox article by Zack Beauchamp (February 7, 2019).https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/charleston-shooter-dylann-roof-moved-death-row-terre-haute-federal-n749671 - Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Moved to Death Row in Terre Haute Federal Prison - NBC News article by Avalon Zoppo (April 22, 2017).https://www.postandcourier.com/news/now-that-capital-punishment-is-back-dylann-roof-s-execution/article_764cb004-af0c-11e9-b949-a7d20c2c791a.html - Now that capital punishment is back, Dylann Roof’s execution can move forward - The Post and Courier article by Michael Majchrowicz and Gregory Yee Mmajchrowicz (July 25, 2019).https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/31/us/dylann-roof-survivors-lawsuit/index.html - Families of Dylann Roof victims can sue US government, court rules - CNN article by Jay Croft (August 31, 2019).https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dylann-roof-drove-second-black-church-charleston-shooting/ - Dylann Roof drove toward second black church after Charleston shooting, prosecutors say - CBS News article (February 22, 2017).https://www.apnews.com/f56b7776bbd940ecaee34845fca86da6 - Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case - AP article by Denise Lavoie (August 30, 2019).https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist - Episode Imagehttps://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/the-story-behind-all-those-nazi-clown-memes.htm - “Behind the Bastards” Episode 90 - The Story Behind All Those Nazi / Clown MemesCleanser:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls - Robert Smalls Wikipedia PageSocial Media:WebsiteInstagramTwitterIntro Music:She-Wolf In My Heart (bonus) by Sergey Cheremisinov is licensed under a Attribution License.Outro Music:Trio for Piano Violin and Viola by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

The Christian talk show continues. Alleged misuse of funds at Emanuel AME Church. More artists join Kirk Franklin in boycotting The Dove Awards. A grandmother was arrested for leaving a child at home alone while she went to church and more. Watch us live every Tuesday at 9 PM ET at http://facebook.com/ttyneighbor. Connect With Us: Twitter - http://twitter.com/ttyneighbor Instagram - http://instagram.com/ttyneighbor YouTube --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode is part one of our three part series on the Charleston Church Massacre which occurred in Charleston, SC in 2015. In part one we cover the history of Charleston, black history in Charleston (especially regarding Christianity), and how Roof and others like him are radicalized into white supremacy.Audience SurveyEpisode PageCase Updates Sources:https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/10/12/hearing-set-consider-dna-testing-case-executed-man.html - Hearing Set to Consider DNA Testing in Case of Man Executed for Killing Marine - Military.com article by the Associated Press (October 12, 2019).https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/128214/itali-marlowe-is-the-20th-trans-person-to-be-killed-in-the-us-this-year/ - Itali Marlowe is the 20th trans person to be killed in the US this year - Gay Times article by Sam Damshenas (October 10, 2019).Episode Sources:https://www.onthisday.com/date/2015 - 2015 Informationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina - Charleston, SC Wikihttps://motheremanuel.com/about-us/ - The AME Church website.https://emanuelempowerment.org/ - Mother Emanuel Empowerment Center - MEEC website.https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629424811/architect-unveils-design-for-mother-emanuel-ame-church-memorial - Architect Unveils Design For Emanuel AME Church Memorial - NPR article by Camila Domonoske (July 16, 2018).A Short History of Charleston - Book by Robert Rosen (Second edition published in 1992).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_Gullah_Island - Gullah Gullah Island Wikipedia page.https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/emanuel-ame-church/ - Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church page on the United States Civil Rights Trail website.https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/06/08/481149042/how-a-shooting-changed-charlestons-oldest-black-church - How a Shooting Changed Charleston’s Oldest Black Church - NPR article by Debbie Elliot (June 8, 2016).https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/18/415452594/mother-emanuel-church-suffers-a-new-loss-in-charleston - ‘Mother Emanuel’ Church Suffers A New Loss In Charleston - NPR article by Bill Chappell (June 18, 2015).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/us/charleston-church-distributes-1-5-million-to-families-of-victims.html - Charleston Church Distributes $1.5 Million to Families of Victims - NYT article by The Associated Press (May 8, 2016).https://discoversouthcarolina.com/products/3404 - Emanuel AME Church’s page on Discover South Carolina website.https://www.postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/slavery-in-charleston-a-chronicle-of-human-bondage-in-the/article_54334e04-4834-50b7-990b-f81fa3c2804a.html - Slavery in Charelston: A chronicle of human bondage in the Holy City - The Post and Courier article by Brian Hicks (April 9, 2011).https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston.html - Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to Death in Charleston Church Massacre - NYT article by Alan Blinder and Kevin Sack (January 10, 2017).https://time.com/5647304/white-nationalist-terrorism-united-states/ - ‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism - Time Magazine article by Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan (August 8, 2019).https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/04/el-paso-shooting-white-nationalist-supremacy-violence-christchurch - 'White power ideology': why El Paso is part of a growing global threat - Guardian article by Lois Beckett and Jason Wilson (August 5, 2019).https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/conversation-christian-picciolini/595543/ - A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come - The Atlantic Article by Yara Bayoumy And Kathy Gilsinan (August 6, 2019).https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/domestic-terrorism-white-supremacists-islamic-state-recruits - White supremacists and Islamic State recruits have more in common than you might think - LA Times article by Melissa Etehad (August 7, 2019).https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/thousands-gather-for-funeral-of-clementa-pinckney-in-charleston.html?module=inline - President Obama Eulogizes Charleston Pastor as One Who Understood Grace - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Gardiner Harris (June 25, 2015).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/dylann-roof-shooting-charleston-south-carolina-church-video.html?module=inline - Jurors Hear Dylann Roof Explain Shooting in Video: ‘I Had to Do It’ - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (December 9, 2016).https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/no-regrets-from-dylann-roof-in-jailhouse-manifesto.html?module=inline - No Regrets From Dylann Roof in Jailhouse Manifesto - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (January 5, 2017).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston.html?module=inline - Spared by Gunman in Charleston, Churchgoer Describes Night of Terror - The New York Times article by Alan Blinder and Kevin Sack (December 14, 2016).https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/dylann-roof-trial.html?module=inline - Heart-Rending Testimony as Dylann Roof Trial Opens - The New York Times article by Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder (December 7, 2016).https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/15/593799322/sister-of-charleston-shooter-dylann-roof-arrested-after-menacing-social-media-po - Sister Of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested After Menacing Social Media Post - NPR article by Scott Neuman (March 15, 2018).https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist - A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof - GQ article by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (August 21, 2017).https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/7/18215634/dylann-roof-charleston-church-shooter-bowl-gang - An online subculture celebrating the Charleston church shooter appears to be inspiring copycat plots - Vox article by Zack Beauchamp (February 7, 2019).https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/charleston-shooter-dylann-roof-moved-death-row-terre-haute-federal-n749671 - Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Moved to Death Row in Terre Haute Federal Prison - NBC News article by Avalon Zoppo (April 22, 2017).https://www.postandcourier.com/news/now-that-capital-punishment-is-back-dylann-roof-s-execution/article_764cb004-af0c-11e9-b949-a7d20c2c791a.html - Now that capital punishment is back, Dylann Roof’s execution can move forward - The Post and Courier article by Michael Majchrowicz and Gregory Yee Mmajchrowicz (July 25, 2019).https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/31/us/dylann-roof-survivors-lawsuit/index.html - Families of Dylann Roof victims can sue US government, court rules - CNN article by Jay Croft (August 31, 2019).https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dylann-roof-drove-second-black-church-charleston-shooting/ - Dylann Roof drove toward second black church after Charleston shooting, prosecutors say - CBS News article (February 22, 2017).https://www.apnews.com/f56b7776bbd940ecaee34845fca86da6 - Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case - AP article by Denise Lavoie (August 30, 2019).https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist - Episode ImageSocial Media:WebsiteInstagramTwitterIntro Music:She-Wolf In My Heart (bonus) by Sergey Cheremisinov is licensed under a Attribution License.Outro Music:Trio for Piano Violin and Viola by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Saxophonist and Kent State University music teacher Chris Coles has spent the past two years creating a performance piece that he hopes will raise awareness about racial injustice. Nine Lives Project tells the story of the 2015 shooting in Charleston, S.C., where a white supremacist killed nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church. Coles says it was a turning point in his life.

On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker gave a speech on gun violence and white nationalism at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the same church that lost nine of its members to a white supremacist gunman four years ago. Following his speech, the presidential hopeful sat down with Isaac Dovere in the pastor's office to discuss his plans for ending gun violence in America and why he believes that "we can't let these conversations devolve into the impotent simplicity of who is or isn't a racist." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After 16 years, the Trump administration is bringing back the federal death penalty. Reverend Sharon Risher, who lost her mother, two cousins, and a childhood friend in the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, explains how she feels about the possibility of Dylann Roof being executed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emanuel - The Documentary On June 17, 2015, Dylan Roof, a 21 year old while supremacist, walked into a bible study at Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, opened fire and shot down nine people, in a senseless act of terror. It’s the story that rocked a city and a nation. Marking the 4th anniversary of the tragic event, Executive Producers Stephen Curry and Viola Davis, co-producer Mariska Hargitay, and Director Brian Ivie, present EMANUEL, the documentary. This documentary, is a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate, and the healing power of forgiveness. In this episode of Faith and Fame, I’ll be joined by Director, Brian Ivie, and Rose Simmons - who is the daughter of the late Reverend Daniel Simmons Sr., who was tragically killed in the Charleston Shooting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's episode:June 17th, 2015 changed the lives of many families, friends, and the community as 9 people lost their lives in a church shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Four years later, the tragedy and loss still hits deep for many. A new documentary titled “Emanuel” sheds life on the aftermath. Hopefully, it will also help us to never forget.Thanks for listening to The Juice Talk Radio Podcast!

Emanuel Connects Us with Tragedy and Triumph Some historical events are etched in our minds by date, or at least by the dates when we traditionally remember them — December 25th for Christmas, July 4th for Independence Day, but how about June 17th? That's when nine members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, one of the oldest black congregations in South Carolina and possibly in the United States, were fatally shot by a white gunman. The movie, ‘Emanuel’, helps us to remember. It also helps us to understand in a way that wasn't possible in the chaos of the tragedy in 2015. Music credit: lavelman, http://www.freesfx.co.uk Photo and Audio clip: Fair Use

Emanuel Connects Us with Tragedy and TriumphSome historical events are etched in our minds by date, or at least by the dates when we traditionally remember them — December 25th for Christmas, July 4th for Independence Day, but how about June 17th? That's when nine members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, one of the oldest black congregations in South Carolina and possibly in the United States, were fatally shot by a white gunman. The movie, ‘Emanuel’, helps us to remember. It also helps us to understand in a way that wasn't possible in the chaos of the tragedy in 2015.Music credit: lavelman, http://www.freesfx.co.ukPhoto and Audio clip: Fair Use

When filmmaker Brian Ivie heard about the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, he knew he had to tell the story. Not the story of the shooting, but the story of the relatives of the victims, who, in court, shocked the world when they forgave the killer. That story is now told in the film “Emanuel,” which appears around the country on June 17 and 19 only. Speaking at this year's William Wilberforce weekend, Brian's topic was “Can Christianity answer tragedy,” a question he answered by sharing the lessons learned from the Charleston shooting and from another film he produced, “The Drop Box,” about a Korean pastor who rescues unwanted infants. Resources "Emanuel: The Untold Story of the Victims and Survivors of the Charleston Church Shooting In theaters June 17 and 19

5.14.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered live from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC: We're previewing a preview of a powerful new documentary honoring the nine Emanuel AME Church shooting victims + A Texas cop guns down an unarmed pregnant Black woman; The NYPD officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner claims he saved his life; Teens are using burners to keep their parents from knowing what they are doing; White men show the world what they think of Black women in a new movie called 'Loqueesha'.

Episode 291 Chris Singleton is a former pro baseball player, selected in the 19th round of the 2017 MLB Amateur Draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played his college ball at Charleston Southern University and after playing two seasons professionally, he announced his retirement in April of 2019. He is currently in his new role of Director of Community Outreach for the Charleston RiverDogs. Chris' mother, Sharonda Coleman Singleton, was killed in the June 2015 mass-shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, that also took the lives of 8 other people. A new documentary titled "Emanuel," produced by basketball star Stephen Curry, will take a look back at that horrific day and will be released on the 4 year anniversary of the shooting, June 17, 2019. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Chris about his baseball retirement, why now is the right time to step away, dealing with grief, trusting God when nothing makes sense, and what he's learned about forgiveness. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

We honor the victims of the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand. What is President Trump's role in recent mass murders and white terrorism by semi-automatic weapons? In Memoriam: Susie Jackson, who was killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. With hosts Paul Rowley and Tricia Cooke.

Encore release November 22, 2018. Encore release August 15, 2017. We discuss the issues surrounding the recent massacre by a racist terrorist of nine black worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, including race, religion, politics, gun control and the Confederate flag. Plus: Do you watch Orange Is the New Black? Apparently the lead character has come out as a fan of science, Hitchens and all that jazz.

Join Krista Weber Huang as we both celebrate Father's Day and remember the tragedy of the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC three years ago. We'll explore together the emotional and complex intersectionality of gender, race, culture, and genes in the nurture vs nature debate and how our UU faith call us to respond with open minds and open hearts. Krista Weber Huang is UU Candidate for Ministry who graduated from Meadville Lombard in 2016 and completed a year long Chaplain Residency at Baptist Health System in San Antonio, TX in late 2017. She is a life long learner who is excited by exploring how different disciplines intersect and how we can live out UU values on a daily basis. In her free time she plays cooperative board games, engages in various forms of art and movement, and is a science fiction/fantasy fan. She and her spouse are excited to be expecting their first child in September.

In the first segment, Jenn and Daren talk about recent situations when the police have been called without good cause and why they are so problematic. In the second segment, they discuss the disparate responses police officers provide to white people vs. Black people and how unnecessarily bringing the police into situations can often end with Black people dead. In the third segment, Jenn and Daren discuss their own personal experiences with the police and why they have so little faith in the police force. Articles for reference: * Calling the Police on Black People Can Put Them in Danger https://www.teenvogue.com/story/calling-the-police-on-black-people-can-put-them-in-danger * The Massacre at Emanuel AME Church and Our “White Problem” http://watercoolerconvos.com/2015/06/18/the-massacre-at-emanuel-ame-church-and-our-white-problem/ * Men arrested at Starbucks share what manager said before police arrived https://thegrio.com/2018/04/19/men-arrested-at-starbucks-describe-what-manager-told-them-before-police-arrived/ * Watch: LA Fitness Calls Police On Black Men For Not Breaking The Law https://newsone.com/3793912/la-fitness-calls-racial-profiling/ * Stop Calling the Police on Black People Just Because You’re Annoyed; You’re Gonna Get Someone Killed https://www.theroot.com/stop-calling-the-police-on-black-people-just-because-yo-1825486062 * The Waffle House shooting suspect had his guns taken away -- twice https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/travis-reinking-guns-trnd/index.html * Travis Reinking, Waffle House shooter arrested after five day manhunt ends http://blackyouthproject.com/travis-reinking-waffle-house-shooter-arrested-after-five-day-manhunt-ends/ www.ThatBlackCouple.com FB: www.facebook.com/ThatBlackCouple Twitter: www.twitter.com/ThatBlkCouple Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatblkcouple Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/that-black-couple Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I7nue367hsfjdjbsyxed2tpeoca?t=That_Black_Couple_Podcast Email: ThatBLKCouple@gmail.com Podcast Summary: This is an accidentally funny podcast about the realities of Blackness and adult life. We do “adult” differently. We are That Black Couple. Our goal is to create a space for Black millennials to discuss and embody adult life on their own terms. We aren’t beholden to “traditional” gender or parenting roles, queerness is fluid and present in the ways we show up in our relationships and in the world, and we want to build community with other 30-something Black folx who are trying to figure this ish out.

Dylann Roof's murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC shocked the nation in 2015, the most appalling act of right-wing terrorism in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing - and the first inspired by the proliferation of racist, neo-fascist, and Alt-Right ideas online. Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's masterful 2017 essay for GQ captures the heroism of Roof's victims, the rage of their survivors, and the world of Roof himself, who emerges as both mentally unstable and also utterly earnest in his racist ideology. He was also clearly infatuated with a certain mythologized version of American history, which is what Joe & Josh spend most of this episode talking about. They also ask if the word "terrorism" has any value, discuss American gun culture, and return to the Confederate monuments debate.“A Most American Terrorist” by Rachel Khaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 2017https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist“Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville” by Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/144320/racism-medievalism-white-supremacists-charlottesville“The War on White Heritage,” by Samuel Francis, American Renaissance, 2000https://www.amren.com/news/2015/06/the-war-on-white-heritage/Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com

Dylann Roof's murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC shocked the nation in 2015, the most appalling act of right-wing terrorism in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing - and the first inspired by the proliferation of racist, neo-fascist, and Alt-Right ideas online. Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's masterful 2017 essay for GQ captures the heroism of Roof's victims, the rage of their survivors, and the world of Roof himself, who emerges as both mentally unstable and also utterly earnest in his racist ideology. He was also clearly infatuated with a certain mythologized version of American history, which is what Joe & Josh spend most of this episode talking about. They also ask if the word "terrorism" has any value, discuss American gun culture, and return to the Confederate monuments debate.“A Most American Terrorist” by Rachel Khaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 2017https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist“Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville” by Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/144320/racism-medievalism-white-supremacists-charlottesville“The War on White Heritage,” by Samuel Francis, American Renaissance, 2000https://www.amren.com/news/2015/06/the-war-on-white-heritage/Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com

This week we have a double episode release for Black History Month! Historian Mari N. Crabtree is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the College of Charleston and works on lynching, narrativity, and memory in the South. She researches and teaches Black history not far from Emanuel AME Church, the site of the massacre committed by Dylann Roof, and in South Carolina, where Bree Newsome took down the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds. We talk with Professor Crabtree about how the past collapses into the present amidst the protests against and counter-protests for Bree Newsome's talk at the College for Black History Month. Mari, Liz Wayne, and Xine Yao discuss Dr Martin Luther King Jr, the institution of Black History Month, the North/South dichotomy -- and how Mari is teaching a class based on our episode about Asian American and African American crosscultural influences! Mari Crabtree's reflections on Black History Month: http://blogs.cofc.edu/aast/2017/02/21/reflections-on-black-history-month/ More on Professor Crabtree: http://african-american-studies.cofc.edu/program/faculty-pages/crabtree-mari.php

(Originally published June 17, 2016) The Rev. Waltrina Middleton, founder of Cleveland Action, speaks with Faithfully Podcast about how forced narratives of forgiveness dominated media coverage of a racist gunman’s murder of 9 Christians during a Bible study at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015.

This years’ Nobel Prize nominations recently came out. The nominees this year include Pope Francis, athletes, politicians, human rights advocates…and a small church, Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Find out more about this church's story now.

College Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, Knoxville, TN. July, 2015. Part One of a tour of churches that burned in the ten days following the shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.Music by Gentry Densley Donate God's Power Church of Christ, Macon, Georgia. July, 2015. The second stop on a tour of churches in the South that burned following the Charleston massacre on June 17, 2015.Music by Gentry Densley Donate This is where the church used to be. The burned remains had been cleared away, leaving only the sign. Greeleyville, SC, July 2015. Part three, in Greeleyville, S.C., where the cause of the fire was determined to be a lightning strike.Music by Gentry Densley Donate The church burned down and was cleared away. Warrenville, SC, July, 2015. The final episode, in Warrenville, SC, where whites and Blacks may or may not get along.Music by Gentry Densley Donate Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, July, 2015. A board with signatures outside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, July, 2015.

As Americans wrestle with the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, and as we observe the 14th anniversary of terror attacks on New York and Washington, BackStory returns to our episode on domestic terrorism. What are the origins of domestic terrorism in the United States? And what kinds of people and movements have been labeled as “terrorist?” Brian, Ed, Peter and their guests explore the relationship between terror and the state and ask when, if ever, terrorism is justified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Charleston to Pluto: Looking To The Heavens and Close To HomeThis week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, Interfaith Alliance Executive Director Rabbi Jack Moline is filling in for Welton Gaddy as host. We’ll check in with PICO National Network’s Pastor Mike McBride about his organization’s broad response to the tragedy in Charleston. We’ll hear from Celene Ibrahim-Lizzio about a new training program for the next generation of interfaith leaders. And Jack and Rabbi Elliot Dorff will reflect on NASA’s mission to Pluto and our spiritual connection to the stars. Finally, Jack leaves us with some thoughts about the American flag and the historical role of religion in American public life. Faith in Times of Tragedy When tragedy struck Chattanooga, Tennessee this week, too many of us had still not healed from last month’s tragic shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Miraculously, though, the struggle to move forward has manifested itself not in hatred, blame, or anger, but, instead, in a new sense of community and support. We have taken the Confederate battle flag down from the South Carolina statehouse and approached the discussion of racism across the country with new, more understanding, eyes. Today the Director of PICO Network’s LiveFree Campaign and pastor of “The Way” Christian Center in West Berkeley, CA, Pastor Mike McBride, joins us to discuss PICO’s activism since Charleston, the meaning of activism, and how to bring faith-based messages to more secular communities. The Necessity and Future of Diversity in Belief Exciting interfaith initiatives have sprung up all over the world as we grow to more fully respect the diverse beliefs in our global community. Nowhere is this newfound necessity more clearly understood than in programming at Newton Andover Theological Seminary and Hebrew College in Boston, Massachusetts. We’re joined today by Islamic Scholar-in-Residence, Celene Ibrahim-Lizzio, to talk about the history of collaboration between these two institutions, and a new interreligious leadership degree program that seeks to meet the need for a new generation of interfaith community. How and Why We Decide Who and What to Believe In This week marked an exciting discovery as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to reach the dwarf planet, Pluto. In light of this new innovation in the scientific community, we ask ourselves what it is about the sky and stars that inspires so much belief and questioning. We’re joined by Rabbi Elliot Dorff, professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University, to ask what we really are looking for when we look up to the sky, the celestial aspects of Jewish teaching, and the relevance of new space discoveries to faith leaders and scholars. American Christianity: Our State Culture, If Not Religion In the final part of our show, we will reflect on Christianity in America. Though it is officially stated that, “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,” there is no denying the presence of a Christian culture in American society. However, how does that change when America’s openness towards new definitions of equality, freedom, and accessibility translate into openness towards new, diverse sets of faith in our culture? Rabbi Moline will discuss Christian culture in America’s history and why it is so important to celebrate the diversity of faith in American society.

Charleston Shooting. June 17th, 2015. A young man entered Emanuel AME Church and sat for about an hour as a Reverend led members of the church through bible study. He later stood up and announced that he was there ‘to shoot black people’. Nine of the twelve in attendance would lose their lives. With race […] The post Charleston Shooting – 131 – Generation Why appeared first on The Generation Why Podcast.

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Episode 20: Newsworthy: - The Confederate Flag Issue: The Civil War, Why the slaves were freed, and How that relates to today. - South Carolina Racist-Terrorist Massacre: The History of the Emanuel AME Church and Why the media is pretending they DON'T know why Dylan Roof did it. **MOMENT OF SILENCE for the victims** -GOP returning $ from White Supremacy Groups...all of a sudden..after this terrorist act.. but otherwise, they would've kept the $. - "8 Steps to Improve the African-American Community" by Byron Allen #bruh (I know, but trust me, just listen) Sports: #DEAD till training camp Relationship: “Doing your job?” Call to Action: Spread the word and… "Mentees!” For Topics, Comments or concerns, please email:REALNEWSNETWORK5@gmail.com

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From Sunday's sermon on June 28th, CJ Dates reflects on the story of Noah, and what Emanuel AME might teach us about building arks in the midst of our own floods.

Racism in Our Nation and LGBT Rights Around the WorldThis week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, host Rev. Welton Gaddy reflects on the mass shooting earlier this month in Charleston, South Carolina. He’ll speak with Anthea Butler, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, for analysis of the language being used to report on the tragedy. We’ll also hear from th Rev. Ed Kosak and Cookie Washington for a spiritual perspective from Charleston. Finally, while marriage equality changes the contour of LGBT rights in America, Welton checks in with two advocates about the evolving nature of LGBT rights around the world. The Unconscious Racism in Our Words and on Our Screens While many of us struggled to find some sense, some understanding in the murders in Charleston, Dr. Anthea Butler wrote an incisive commentary in the Washington Post. In a piece titled “Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?” she discusses the racist bias, whether conscious or unconscious, that she sees pervading our language and the mainstream media today. Butler, a Contributing Editor at Religion Dispatches and a professor of religion and Africana studies, will join Welton this week to expand on her article and to share her thoughts on symbols of racism such as the Confederate flag. Reflecting on the Strength of Faith and Forgiveness in the Aftermath of Charleston Shooting When nine African-Americans were shot and killed in their place of worship last week, many felt angry and vengeful, but the members of the Emanuel AME Church immediately began making statements of forgiveness. The Rev. Ed Kosak and Cookie Washington, who jointly led an interfaith vigil in remembrance of the victims last Saturday at their faith community – Charleston Unity Church – join Welton to discuss the strength of the faith community in Charleston and the ways in which people from different faith backgrounds have been able to come together in support of each other. Washington and Kosak will also share opinions on the discussion of racism and other issues that have surfaced following the shooting. Gay and Muslim: Parvez Sharma Discusses his Journey to Mecca Widely recognized as a leader in both the progressive Muslim and LGBT communities, filmmaker Parvez Sharma has just released his latest documentary, titled A Sinner in Mecca, and he will be joining Welton to talk about his experience while on his religious pilgrimage to the holiest city of Islam. While Islam is known for its strict guidelines on sexuality, young, progressive Muslims are working to evolve within their religion. Sharma will share his impactful journey and his hopes of its effects on the future. What happens at a Pride Festival in a Former Member of the Soviet Union? State of Belief’s own Ray Kirstein attended the Europride festival in Riga, Latvia last weekend, and will share the experience of attending LGBT seminars and a pride parade that had been threatened with violence in a country not known for its tolerance of LGBT people. Ray will discuss the origins of the most pernicious anti-gay attitudes in Eastern Europe, and talk about the most important things he took away from his time in the former Soviet republic.

After horrible tragedies, like the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, most partisan politicians give some daylight between the tragedy and their own agenda. Not Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Michael Medved explains. Mike Gallagher speaks with Pastor Dimas Salaberrios who personally assisted those hurting in the wake of the shooting. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, discusses his new book with Michael Medved. Bill Bennett turns to Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol to talk about why, on Iran, George W. Bush was right and Barack Obama is wrong. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal shares his personal faith conversion with Michael Medved. Hugh Hewitt talks with Hoover Institution's Lanhee Chen about the Supreme Court's disgraceful 6-3 decision to embrace Obamacare--again. Chen argues that Justice Roberts' contortions of language do real violence to the rule of law. Guest host Larry Elder on the Dennis Prager Show believes that race is not an epidemic in the U.S., but Democrats have a lot to gain by treating it that way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Governor Christie's record on guns was already facing heavy scrutiny before the events of June 17th, when nine people were shot and killed in the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In early June, Governor Christie traveled to South Carolina where he tried to gain credibility with the gun rights crowd - claiming that no new gun laws were made in New Jersey since he became governor. And in New Jersey he recently pardoned two people for illegally transporting guns in the state. Sounds like a guy big on the Second Amendment. But dig a little deeper and his track record tells a more complicated story. Olivia Nuzzi who covers politics for The Daily Beast and New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz join host David Furst to help explain the Governor's gun politics. Also this week: we learned that Cami Anderson, the controversial superintendent of the Newark public school system, will be leaving on July 8th. Governor Christie also announced that three of his cabinet members will be leaving within the next few weeks. We'll talk about the changes with the Star-Ledger's Tom Moran. Check out the WNYC Data News App: The Christie Tracker.  

Allen Sanders, right, kneels next to his wife, Georgette, both of McClellanville, S.C., as they pray at a sidewalk memorial on June 20, 2015, in memory of the shooting victims in front of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. "You can't have love and hate residing in the heart at the same time," said Georgette. "We're just going to have to love one another," her husband added. 

Members of the Charleston Comedy Community discuss their thoughts and reactions to the heartbreaking shooting at Emanuel AME Church that occurred on June 17th and various topics related to and branching off from there. Host Michael Clayton is joined by Rossi Brown, Jon Antoine, Andy Rider, and Hagan Chase Ragland for this episode. Follow me on Twitter at: @ClaytonComedy

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

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Rabbi Knopf's message for Shabbat Parashat Korah (June 19-20, 2015). A Jewish response to last week's horrific attack on Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.

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Bryne and JR. welcome blogger and activist Grace Sandra to reflect on the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and the strange case of Rachel Dolezal pretending to be black. We investigate what race is, how it's similar to and different...

A Facebook picture may provide some insight into the political beliefs of Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old man who has been identified by authorities as the suspect in a shooting that left nine people dead at a Charleston, South Carolina, church on Wednesday evening.Authorities are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. The Emanuel AME Church where the crime took place is a historically black congregation. Witnesses have reportedly said the killer declared he was there "to shoot black people."Roof was arrested on Thursday. Before he was taken into custody, the sheriff's office in Berkeley County South Carolina sent out two photos of Roof, including one from a Facebook profile that bears his name. In the Facebook photo, Roof is wearing two patches that have been identified by many observers as the flags of Rhodesia and apartheid-era South Africa. Both of these flags represent defunct African governments whose regimes were controlled by white minorities. Both countries had racial segregation policies, and as a result they are admired by many American white supremacists. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/charleston-shooting-suspect-wore-apartheid-flag-patch-2015-6#ixzz3dTC8XADN

Keith and Naomi discuss the Charleston shootings, and tie in racism, gun culture and the socio-political context of the domestic terror attack. They also remember the nine fallen members of Emanuel AME Church. The killer's name will not be mentioned during the broadcast.  Hosted by sociologist Keith Brekhus from Montana along with Liberal Fix Producer Naomi Minogue.  Every week the two of them feature a special guest and/or tackle tough issues with a perspective that comes from outside the beltway. If you are interested in being a guest and for any other inquiries or comments concerning the show please contact our producer Naomi De Luna Minogue via email: naomi@liberalfixradio.com Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference.

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Raymond explores the connections between a 21st Century mass shooting and a 19th century slave rebellion that both took place in the same church in Charleston, SC.  He probes into the possible motives which may have been the catalysts for Dylann Storm Roof to open fire on the congregation at the historic Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015.  Raymond ponders the significance of one of the victims, Reverend and Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was an up and coming figure in the Democratic Party.  This recent mass shooting has a historical correlation to one of the founders of the Emanuel AME Church, Denmark Vesey, and the Vesey Rebellion of 1822.  The subsequent kangaroo trial and executions were criticized by Governor Thomas Bennett for the lack of due process and damaging South Carolina's reputation.   Show Reference Links: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist History 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 with Professor David W. Blight of Yale University Unedited video of the shooting of Walter Scott on April 4, 2015 The Shadow of Ideas Website: shadowofideas.com Email: shadowofideas@gmail.com Become a Patron: http://www.patreon.com/shadowofideas Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shadowofideas Follow us on Twitter: @shadow_of_ideas Subscribe in ITunes:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-ideas-history-politics/id995813969