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In this week's episode we welcome Dr. Patrick Morriss back to the pod to discuss how instructor beliefs, about our students, our subject areas, ourselves, impact our classrooms and drive the educational outcomes of our students. LinksPlease note - any books linked here are likely Amazon Associates links. Clicking on them and purchasing through them helps support the show. Thanks for your support! https://checkit.clontz.org/ Episode 78 – Looking more at Proficiency Scales – Doing “Bee” Work: An Interview with Patrick MorrissThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard RothsteinRace for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorPoverty, by America, by Matthew DesmondRehumanizing Mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Students, by Rochelle GutierrezArise: The Art of Transformational Coaching, by Elena AguilarVisible Learning: The Sequel: A Synthesis of Over 2,100 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement, by John HattieMathfest, by the MAAResourcesThe Center for Grading Reform - seeking to advance education in the United States by supporting effective grading reform at all levels through conferences, educational workshops, professional development, research and scholarship, influencing public policy, and community building.The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education & K-12.Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:The Grading for Growth BlogThe Grading ConferenceThe Intentional Academia BlogRecommended Books on Alternative Grading:Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David Clark

In observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025. In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America's troubled housing situation.   Newly educated and informed communities across the nation began to take action.  As Richard toured the country educating local communities, the communities began reviewing their housing policies and initiating changes. Realizing direction was needed to help communities get started and move the process forward, Richard enlisted his daughter, Leah Rothstein, to co-author "Just Action."  "Just Action" provides concrete examples of what communities can do to improve local housing policies. Paired with an active "Just Action Substack" column, challenging segregated housing is happening across the nation. Visit: https://www.justactionbook.org/ 

Father-daughter duo Mike Bontrager and Stephanie Almanza join Phil and Grace to share their approach to building both for-profit and nonprofit ventures in their local community that are rooted in trust, partnership, and shared goals. Mike offers insight into how he found success in the financial industry by putting trust ahead of profit and how that principle has informed his philanthropic and entrepreneurial ventures in his hometown of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The two also discuss how they chose to invest locally and the way they work in partnership with other community nonprofits, city government, and their neighbors to help build a thriving community. Additional Resources Square Roots Collective Voices Underground Project Praxis Labs The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul From the Revolution to the Civil War by Andrew Delbanco The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

What can donors do to address the seemingly intractable problem of homelessness? Susan Thomas, president of the Melville Charitable Trust, joins Phil and Grace to discuss the systems and barriers in place in the U.S. that result in well over a half million unhoused Americans. Susan draws on her own personal and familial story as well as decades of experience, arguing that homelessness and structural racism are intrinsically linked, both historically and today. Additional Resources Melville Charitable Trust The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Listen to “Heather McGhee on the Zero Sum Lie” on the Giving Done Right podcast

On this episode, Amie Medley, who loves a long book, discusses her big reading project, which is reading every author who has won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and what she has discovered through that endeavor. We also discuss the ups and downs of book clubs, the benefits she finds from ereaders, and her love for a book that I can't help but roll my eyes at.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda Nora Goes off Script by Annabel Monaghan  Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro    Books Highlighted by Aime: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace  The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein  The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich  Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Faith, Hope, and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O'Hagan  Satantango by László Krasznahorkai Beloved by Toni Morrison  Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison  Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  North Woods by Daniel Mason  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  2666 by Roberto Bolaño  Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron Charlotte's Web by E.B. White  The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle  Animal Farm by George Orwell  The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Gilead by Marilynne Robinson  Jack by Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson  Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen  The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk  The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann  My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante  Erasure by Percival Everett  Exit West by Mohsin Hamid  Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesamyn Ward  Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson  The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe  Verity by Colleen Hoover  The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai  The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño  M Train: A Memoir by Patti Smith  The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Richard and Leah Rothstein join the podcast to discuss the history of government action that aided in the creation and enforcement of segregation in American Neighborhoods--and, importantly, what all citizens can do in their communities to undo those injustices.  Mr. Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, which recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide, creating racially homogenous neighborhoods in patterns that violate the Constitution and require remediation.  The book has almost 18,000 reviews and a 4.8 rating on Amazon. He is a graduate of Harvard University and previously served as the former national education columnist for The New York Times. Ms. Leah Rothstein also works on public policy and community change, from the grassroots to the halls of government. She led the Alameda County and San Francisco probation departments' research on reforming community corrections policy and practice to be focused on rehabilitation, not punishment. She has been a consultant to nonprofit housing developers, cities and counties, redevelopment agencies, and private firms on community development and affordable housing issues. Her policy work is informed by her years as a community organizer with PUEBLO and Californians for Justice, and as a labor organizer with the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE).  Their new book, Just Action, discusses local and community initiatives that all citizens can take to begin remedying the wrongs of the past.  Other Links: Just Action on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Action-Challenge-Segregation-Enacted/dp/1324093242#customerReviews Just Action Book page with links and resources: https://www.justactionbook.org/ 

On today episode, Aaron Ross Powell is joined by guest Richard Rothstein,  a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. His latest book is Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.He and Aaron discuss the root of America's modern segregation, the role of the Supreme Court in its development, and what we can do to remedy it. We hope you enjoy it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theunpopulist.net

Richard Rothstein's 2017 book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, and co-author Leah Rothstein join us to talk about housing segregation, how past policies still effect marginalized communities today, and how affordable housing and diverse housing opportunities leads to more diverse communities.Facepalm America: facepalmamerica.comTwitter: @FacepalmUSAFind Beowulf: @BeowulfRochlenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.

Leah Rothstein, author and activist, discusses her book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Her father, Richard Rothstein, wrote the award-winning New York Times Bestseller The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2018)which Bill Gates named as one of his "Amazing Books" of the year. Rothstein challenges the notion, or myth as they would say,  that segregation in American society is accidental or a simple preference. He documents how legislation and lawmakers intentionally created the segregation we know today that has had adverse economic consequences for all Americans. Leah took her father's challenge to write a book filled with ideas about how we can encourage action toward justice and equality in our institutions and neighborhoods. Leah was the keynote speaker at the Greenline Housing event that addresses the wealth disparity in real estate that continues to this day.  SHOW NOTESGREENLINE HOUSING interview with Founder/Director Jasmine ShupperKen's SubstackSupport the show

Richard Rothstein, distinguished fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the author of many books including The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Liveright, 2017) and co-author of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law (Liveright, 2023), and Leah Rothstein, community organizer and co-author of Just Action, talk about their books on segregation, and reflect on Dr. King's legacy.

One of the 4 Practices of Belonging is Advocacy. In the latest edition of the We Belong Here podcast, we are gracious to explore this topic in detail In 2017, Richard Rothstein published The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. It clearly spelled out the non-accidental history of racial segregation in the United States. Upon finishing the book, Richard's daughter Leah Rothstein wondered what to do with this information. The answer? A new book published this past June called Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Listen to their origin stories, discussions about how change can happen more at the local level than the federal, the importance of Belonging in starting this advocacy work, and clear examples of communities who have already started to advocate for the removal and change of segregation-building laws and policies through relationships. Both authors confessed that they felt more hopeful about collective change upon finishing the research for this book. That should give us all hope that WE can create impactful changes to create the equitable and just world we want for all. To follow this issue more closely, please subscribe to the Just Action substack! Thank you again to the Big Phony, a Korean-American singer/songwriter living in Seoul, South Korea for allowing us to use his music in our intro and outro, all royalty-free!

We're having a conversation about homelessness with my son-in-law, Alex, because Jesus calls us to love our neighbor and care about the most vulnerable. resources: *if you have questions for Alex, you can contact him at alex.madrid@onecollective.org *if you'd like to support Alex, you can do so here: http://give.onecollective.org/30US3504 *One Collective Elgin website: www.onecollectiveelgin.org Book Recommendations:  - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate  - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothsein - No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions by Ryan Berg - Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women by Elliot Liebow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elisabeth-klein/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elisabeth-klein/support

In an Oxide and Friends tradition, Bryan and Adam invite the community to share book recommendations.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on included Steve Klabnik, Tom Lyon, Ian Grunert, Owen Anderson, phillipov, makowski, and saethlin. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Elon Jet High Noon: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems by Southwick, Karen Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology by Paul Rabinow Sun Labs vs. SunSoft Water Fight 1992 Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town Hardcover by Stacy Horn Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust Kindle Edition by Alan Payne A History of Silicon Valley - Vol 1: The 20th Century Paperback by Piero Scaruffi H-E-B Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Arion Press) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future Hardcover by Jill Lepore UNIVAC and the 1952 Presidential Election NPR: The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting by Judith Brett Bryan had a reading list for his wedding?! (his wife confirms) The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes Harp in the South by Ruth Park Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Death of the Lucky Country by Donald Horne 30 Days in Sydney by Peter Carey Leviathan by John Birmingham The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes Barbarians Led by Bill Gates by Jennifer Edstrom and, Marlin Eller Murray Sargent's account of how his Scroll Screen Tracer got Windows to work in protected mode Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure by Jerry Kaplan DeviceScript Washington: A Life by Chernow California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Acts of the Apostles: Mind over Matter: Volume Blue by John F.X. Sundman Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman The Predictors: How a Band of Maverick Physicists Used Chaos Theory to Trade Their Way to a Fortune on Wall Street by Thomas A. Bass The Eudaemonic Pie: The Bizarre True Story of How a Band of Physicists and Computer Wizards Took On Las Vegas by Thomas A Bass Some of the other books mentioned in the Discord channel: Herr aller Dinge/Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert A. Simon California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid by Katherine Blunt The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution Hardcover by Gregory Zuckerman The Predictors: How a Band of Maverick Physicists Used Chaos Theory to Trade Their Way to a Fortune on Wall Street by Thomas A. Bass The Eudaemonic Pie: The Bizarre True Story of How a Band of Physicists and Computer Wizards Took On Las Vegas by Thomas A Bass Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life by Emanuel Derman It's a Nonlinear World by Richard H. Enns Not technically books, but suggested reading nonetheless by folks in Discord: The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President by Steve Henn, NPR How a brilliant debugger (Scroll Screen Tracer by Murray Sargent) turned Windows OS into the IBM OS/2 crusher and gave Microsoft its killer product. DeviceScript: TypeScript for Tiny IoT Devices Bob and Ray | Slow Talkers of America | Audio Recording (YouTube) Ursula K. Le Guin The Maintenance Race by Stewart Brand If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

This week: we give a final reminder about the picnic for non-believers on July 16th, we talk about Uri Geller, we discuss motives behind recent LGBTQA+ rights attacks, and we cover a petition from American Atheists' to protect the free speech rights of non-believers. The FFRF update includes the impeached ex-President's remarks about atheists. After a rant about a pastor's curious position on marital sex without consent, you can listen to a special conversation among four of our Filthy Monkey Brains. Don't miss their humorous discussion on a cringeworthy Supreme Court decision about religious exemptions at work, the implications of the Defense Bill Amendment, and a misguided request about CRT. Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, Lexin_Music, Tommy Mutiu, and lemonmusicstudio for the music tracks.  Here are the links we provide for more information about the episode: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/why-is-the-new-york-times-glorifying https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-is-the-gop-escalating-attacks-on-trans-rights-experts-say-the-goal-is-to-make-sure-evangelicals-vote https://www.atheists.org/2023/07/lindke-v-freed-amicus-brief/ https://ffrf.org/news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lakd2WUZg&feature=share https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-marital-rape-states-ohio-minnesota.html https://nypost.com/2023/03/05/ri-mom-says-teachers-union-treated-her-like-enemy-of-the-state/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/04/justices-look-for-common-ground-in-postal-workers-religious-liberty-case/ https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/gop-congressman-targets-churchstate Monica also would like to recommend the following books about Black History: The Warmth of Other Suns -The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson. The Color of Law - A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein.  And the following book wasn't referenced by name but it's interesting to understand Rosa Parks' work as a field officer for the NAACP before the Civil Rights movement went national: At the Dark End of the Street (Black Women, Hope & Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power), by Danielle L. McGuire Our sponsors are: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNLou/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/louatheists/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffrfky/ https://www.facebook.com/communityofreasonohky https://www.facebook.com/kysecular  

In this bonus episode, we are joined by a member of the NAR staff, Alexia Smokler, a staff executive to NAR's Fair Housing Policy Committee. That description does not begin to convey all the work that she does on our behalf and on behalf of the clients we serve. She has been key in developing the Bias Override class and Fairhaven.realtor. We are excited to discuss the programs she manages as well as learn what agents are doing in the marketplace, in this bonus episode!   [1:40] Monica welcomes and introduces Alexia Smokler, the Director of Fair Housing Policy and Programs for NAR.  [2:19] Alexia discusses several of the educational programs she delivers such as Fairhaven, implicit bias training, NAR's Fair Housing Champion award, and licensure reform efforts under the ACT Initiative, which NAR rolled out after the Newsday investigation in Long Island. [3:52] Monica asks Alexia for definitions of Fair Housing, DEI, and Implicit Bias. [8:18] Alexia discusses the difference between prejudice and discrimination. [8:50] It's important to distinguish that you can be engaging in discrimination without holding feelings of prejudice. This is discussed in the Implicit Bias course.  [13:06] Alexia describes the Bias Override course. The problem with mental shortcuts is when they're about people and they're based on stereotypes.  [16:57] The Bias Override course brings new terms to your mind. It helps you describe things you have felt and gives a name to it. Monica speaks of the trip she and her daughter took to Japan where there are not a lot of Westerners.  [19:02] Alexia ties Monica's Japan experience to the Bias Override course. She had the experience of being the minority and being the out-group.  [20:53] Alexia speaks of studies that show that discrimination shrinks the economy. The wealth they would have generated that would have created more jobs does not get created. [21:56] Morgan Stanley's study found that lending discrimination had kept five million people out of home ownership nationwide. [25:03] The wealth gap is not just attributable to differences in income. It's also because of the historical support of White people to become homeowners. [25:48] Alexia tells how the government involved itself in home ownership. They created the FHA which distributed loans according to redlining maps and most of the mortgages went to White people.  [26:54] Black GIs were not able to get mortgages from lenders. They didn't get to buy a house and pass that wealth down.  [28:53] Lending discrimination is a big problem and it's not just against People of Color. It's also against women and people with disabilities. Loan officers need more Fair Housing training. Monica cites the books The Sum of Us and The Color of Law. [31:30] In a couple of decades, we'll be a majority-minority country. There will be no one majority group. We need to be ready to serve different kinds of people or we will miss out. [32:56] Fairhaven.realtor is an interactive real estate simulation. You go into a fictional town and your task is to sell four homes in six months. You go through different scenarios where you encounter different kinds of discrimination taken from real Fair Housing cases or members' FAQs.  [43:09] The Fair Housing Champion Award was launched as part of the culture change around Fair Housing to celebrate people who are helping clients overcome historic barriers. Alexia discusses one applicant who stood out.  [49:28] Alexia's final word: What agents do is much more important than a transaction. It's about the wealth that's generated from a transaction that will impact generations.  [50:37] The minimum that agents can do is to keep the highest standard of compliance with the law and take training and classes. Alexia offers ideas on how to help make it better in your community. [53:04] All NAR certification and designation courses give you skills that help you level up your business so you can serve all your clients and your community better.    Tweetables:   “DEI supports Fair Housing. So, if we're inclusive, if we're diverse, and if we're open to different perspectives, then it naturally follows that we're going to treat consumers better because we have that lens on how we approach everybody.” — Alexia Smokler   “Once you start making those assumptions, you're down a dangerous road.” — Alexia Smokler   “Black folks earn 60% of the income that White people earn. But they have only about 12% of the wealth. … The average wealth of a White person [with] a high school education is higher than the wealth of a Black or Hispanic person who has a college education.” — Alexia Smokler   “Loan officers need more Fair Housing training.” — Alexia Smokler   Guest Links:   Alexia Smokler asmokler@nar.realtor Fair Housing Champions: https://www.nar.realtor/fair-housing/fair-housing-champion-award Bias Override Class: https://www.nar.realtor/fair-housing/bias-override-overcoming-barriers-to-fair-housing The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein Long Island Divided   NAR Resource Links At Home With Diversity® Bias Override Class Fairhaven.REALTOR NAR's ACT! initiative   Additional Links:   Microcourses found at Learning.REALTOR. Use the coupon code PODCAST to obtain 15% off the price of any microcourse!   Crdpodcast.realtor Learning.REALTOR — for NAR Online Education Training4RE.com — List of Classroom Courses from NAR and its affiliates CRD.Realtor — List of all courses offered   Host Information: Monica Neubauer Speaker/Podcaster/REALTOR® Monica@MonicaNeubauer.com MonicaNeubauer.com FranklinTNBlog.com   Monica's Facebook Page Facebook.com/Monica.Neubauer Instagram Instagram.com/MonicaNeubauerSpeaks   Guest Bio   Alexia Smokler Alexia Smokler represents NAR's positions on Fair Housing to Congress and federal agencies and leads NAR's ACT! initiative, which emphasizes Accountability, Culture Change, and Training to advance fair housing in the industry. She led the development of Fairhaven: A Fair Housing Simulation, and Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing. Alexia also oversees NAR's discrimination self-testing program for real estate brokerages, NAR's fair housing real estate licensure reform efforts, and other projects aimed at closing racial and ethnic homeownership gaps. Alexia serves as staff executive to NAR's Fair Housing Policy Committee and writes and speaks regularly on fair housing issues to audiences around the country. Her 2021 cover story for REALTOR® Magazine, Repairers of the Breach, won several awards for excellence in business-to-business journalism.   Before joining NAR, Alexia worked in fair housing enforcement at HUD, on the staff of Congressman John Conyers, Jr., and with nonprofit civil rights organizations. She is admitted to practice law in Maryland and holds a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; a master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs; and a bachelor's degree in government from Smith College. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.  

Join Justine Johnson, the friendly Director of Member Engagement at California Mobility Center, as she shares her inspiring career journey in transportation planning. Justine's expertise in mobility and community engagement is unparalleled from her work at the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission to managing government and community relations for the NYC Ferry project. She addresses challenges like electrification and grid reliability, advocating for the inclusion of emerging companies in shaping the transportation sector. Join us for an engaging conversation on the intersection of transportation, policy, and community with Justine Johnson's remarkable journey.Connect with Justine Johnson;LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-johnson-92631514/Book RecommendationsMovie: Black PantherBook: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinBook: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonBook: Race After Technology by Ruha BenjaminPlease Rate & Review on your listening platform. Follow us on Instagram & LinkedIn @CareerCheatCode032 | Mobility Matters with Justine Johnson

Richard Rothstein discusses his book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, which recovers a forgotten history of how […]

Grace Anderson is a dreamer, a builder, and a Black queer feminist who writes and imagines futures where choice is a human right. In this conversation we discuss why she loves to giggle and fly downhills on her bike, solo adventures in the outdoors, the importance of journaling, and learning that it's important to build what you're for and not what you're against. Faith and Grace also talk a lot about their identity as Black women, their journeys to develop and exude a strong pride specifically in that identity, and why it feels so important to them to continue to center Black women in so much of the work. This episode includes a pretty incredible reading list too by the end, so make sure to check out the related links. Connect with Grace via Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amaze_me_grace/ ALL THE LINKS: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by Dr. Carolyn Finney The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection by Dorceta E. Taylor How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariama Kaba The Nap MinistryMapping Our Social Change roles in Times of Crisis by Deepa IyerMORE LINKS FROM THE DEBRIEF, COMING SOON! Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGAMjwr_j8 The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"https://www.biography.com/musicians/billie-holiday-strange-fruit How white Americans used lynchings to terrorize and control black people, The Guardian (trigger warning: graphic images and stories)https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama Jim Crow Lawshttps://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal on the Underground Railroadhttps://www.audubon.org/news/harriet-tubman-unsung-naturalist-used-owl-calls-signal-underground-railroad 1921 Tulsa Race Massacrehttps://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ Emmett Tillhttps://www.history.com/topics/black-history/emmett-till-1 Historical Database of Sundown Townshttps://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/ Sundown Town research specific to Oregon, where Faith liveshttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/oregonmulticulturalarchives/2019/06/05/sundown-towns-2019/ The Jim Crow Roots of Loitering Lawshttps://the-ard.com/2022/05/31/the-jim-crow-roots-of-loitering-laws/ A Visual History of Loitering Lawshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-21/what-is-loitering-really AMERICA RECKONS WITH RACIAL INJUSTICELaw Professor On Misdemeanor Offenses And Racism In The Criminal SystemHeard on All Things Considered, 2020https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/12/876221163/law-professor-on-how-misdemeanors-sweep-blacks-into-the-criminal-system Sharecropping: Slavery By Another Namehttps://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/

In this episode we welcome Matt Difanis and Robert Morris. April is Fair Housing Month, as people know, and we gratefully, as an organization, are getting more education and more awareness on the need for us to be more systemic, and more attentive, in order to provide excellent care to all who come to us. Matt Difanis and Robert Morris have been instrumental at the national level with course materials, ethics reconsiderations, and other conversations that are helping us pay more attention. They teachboth the At Home with Diversity course and Bias Overide. They are grateful to be sharing these classes and this information with our members. In this episode, they share their stories on what has led them to be so committed to getting the message of Fair Housing out to others.   Matt:  [1:40] Let me start by saying none of this was on my radar up until just a few years ago. [2:00] I had the privilege of serving as the 2018 President of the Illinois REALTORS® and that meant I was on the leadership teams starting in 2016. And 2017, the year I was President-Elect, Illinois, like a lot of other associations, including NAR, was prepping for 50-year Fair Housing Act retrospectives and commemorative activities. [2:20] As Illinois prepared, I got my first bit of exposure to the absolutely awful history of our industry's involvement in housing discrimination [2:59] So, I went from unaware to aware, not just of our history of housing discrimination but also the hangover effect that still exists. [5:09] And so when you look at people who make it through to leadershp, it's important to recognize, they've had to be the minority of the minority who were willing to just go find a battering ram and just find a way to break through it. [5:28] And then, I had the opportunity after my time on the Illinois REALTORS® leadership team, I had the opportunity to serve as the 2020 President of the NAR Pro Standards Committee. [5:46] We were doing things virtually. And George Floyd was murdered on viral video, and the country was on fire, and we had a proliferation of hate speech. [6:04] Because of numerous requests made to them, President Vince Malta kicked over a request to my committee to look and see if there was a possible code of ethics solution. [6:57] You don't get to be a REALTOR® and engage in bigoted hate speech anywhere. [7:17] That led to the opportunity to do speaking and training. So, it's a genuine passion of mine.   Robert: [9:23] “Now mine's a little bit different. As you guys know, I consider myself, maybe it's just my opinion, a Southern Gentleman, and I have been reared in the South my entire life. And so, as an American who happens to be Black, living in the South, it has always been an adventure. [10:28] So, my walk has been that way the whole time. I've gotten into this particular arena because I want to change hearts and minds. [10:59] And the other part is the fear factor that has always been associated with things that are different, things that people don't necessarily understand. [11:16] And so, my philosophy is that I meet people where they are because everybody's at a different stage, they've been exposed to different things, and depending on the culture that they've been reared in, depending on the influences that they've had. [11:38] One of the things I talk about is how culture affects us and that if we were reared in a culture by people that trusted us or by people we trusted and we loved, and they taught us things, based on their point of reference. [12:21] So I'd ask the question, “Why do you feel the way you feel about me if I have never done anything to you?” [13:06] So how are you going to respond now, based on what that is? So I think that discovery is important. [13:26] And my mission — and like Matt, I have been blessed to be exposed to tens of hundreds of people, to share thoughts with them. [12:53] So, in that walk that I've had, now for probably 20 years — that has been the mission, that I want people to have a better understanding of all of us and where we are, and just understanding that we are all just human beings. [14:41] I've never heard a person on a donor's list make that sort of request. They just want to live and we're more alike than we are different.   Monica: [15:33] And now you're talking about something that is even more near to you. I'll briefly share my story as well because I came into it very differently and my experience is more international. [16:05] When I got older, I went to New York City, and then, ultimately, I went to live overseas, in another culture. [16:38] I was looking around, looking at the way people were talking to me and treating me and the way they did things, and I said, “These people really do not view the world and think about things the same way I do. [17:09]  My mother was a Swedish immigrant. But the Swedish culture wasn't that different. It is kind of different from the Southern culture. But I'd always been in kind of a multicultural situation without realizing it. This really opened my eyes. [19:44] I call myself a hobby sociologist because I find so much of this fascinating. But then there came a time when I became more involved. [20:41] After seeing the memorial park in Tulsa,things opened up for me even more, and then, of course, the journey that Matt described about so many of the changes that happened in 2019 with the Newsday report (on housing discrimination). [22:22] People need to be exposed to different stories, and different journeys, and when they are… just like me, to grow and then finally find a place to speak what I had learned. [22:52] This journey has been fun in many respects. I feel very grateful to have had it. But isn't that the perspective that we all want to take, hopefully, when we go through something that's hard or different, that it changes us for the good?   Discussion: [23:57] Monica stresses Robert's point about fear and his question, “Have I caused you to feel that way? Has anybody actually caused you to feel that way in a personal engagement?” [24:36] People are not born prejudiced. In their formative years, they were taught it or observed it from the people that mattered the most to them. [30:18] Robert teaches that the construct has been put together for those who were in authority and power. Robert talks about meeting people where they are. The Fair Housing Act covers everyone. [34:10] They discuss equity and equality. [49:11] Robert says we need to revisit constructs that are not equitable, and that involves changing hearts and minds. [53:31] Robert explains the terms Black American and African American. [58:04] Matt shares two favorite books. [1:01:41] Matt's last words: Matt was very trepidatious about going into unfamiliar spaces where he was going to be the outlier. Most of White America don't take that opportunity. Matt invites you to seek out and enter unfamiliar spaces as a listener. [1:02:56] Robert says, with Dr. King, I'd love to get to a place where I'm not judged by the color of my skin but by the content of my character. In America, if you work hard, you should be able to experience the American Dream.         Tweetables:   “And then [I] looked at the lack of inclusion that I was oblivious to, but like in 2017, the Illinois REALTORS®Board of Directors, the whole board: 100% white and 68% male! Home to a city many of you have heard of, Chicago. We didn't look like the state at all!” — Matt   “It's not just about Black and White. There are a lot of different pieces to that puzzle.” — Robert   “We need to be able to give people targeted resources to offset structural disadvantages that we collectively as an industry inflicted on large swaths of our population.” — Matt   “As human beings, mindwise, you might say, ‘Yeah, it's bad, but I kind of like the gig I've got.' and … ‘I don't necessarily want to give up that.' That's human nature.” — Robert   “We're not that much different. … All of the things that you would want in your family are what all families would want. And hopefully, we can find a way as we travel this journey that we can become closer and better in those respects.” — Robert   Guest Links:   Robert Morris — Linkedin.com/in/robertmorrisseminars Harvard Implicit Bias Test — Project Implicit Implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/agg/blindspot/indexrk.htm   Matt Difanis Website — Mattdifanis.com The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson   The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee   NAR Resource Links Nar.realtor/fair-housing Nar.realtor/fair-housing/fair-housing-compiled-resources Fairhaven.REALTOR   Additional Links:   Micro courses found at Learning.REALTOR. Use the coupon code PODCAST to obtain 15% off the price of any online class!   Crdpodcast.com   Learning.REALTOR for NAR Online Education Training4RE.com — List of Classroom Courses from NAR and its affiliates   New! Home Finance Resource (HFR) Certification   crd@nar.realtor   Host Information: Monica Neubauer Speaker/Podcaster/REALTOR® Monica@MonicaNeubauer.com MonicaNeubauer.com FranklinTNBlog.com   Monica's Facebook Page Facebook.com/Monica.Neubauer Instagram Instagram.com/MonicaNeubauerSpeaks   Guest Bios   Robert Morris Robert Morris has been actively involved in real estate sales and training since 1985. He recently received the Tennessee REALTORS® Educator of the year award for the second time and served as President of the Middle Tennessee Association of REALTORS® from 2020‒2021.   Robert graduated from the NAR Leadership Academy in 2022 and serves as a NAR Director from Tennessee REALTORS® for 2022‒2024. He has also been inducted into the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC) Hall of Fame for 2022. Robert is an international speaker, certified instructor, and professional development consultant on the Dynamic Directions, Inc. team and he is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of every person he meets.   Matt Difanis Matt considers himself the world's most improbable DEI and fair housing evangelist. Matt served as the 2018 President of the 50,000 member Illinois REALTORS® trade organization. During his four years on the state leadership team, he went from unaware of any of these issues to aware, then concerned, and eventually outraged. In the last few years, he has developed a reputation for building bridges to historically marginalized groups that have been impacted by housing discrimination — particularly the Black community.   Matt served as the 2020 Chair of the National Association of REALTORS® Professional Standards Committee, which is charged with updating and interpreting the NAR Code of Ethics. During his time leading that group, he advanced a series of proposals that eventually became Standard of Practice 10-5 in the Code of Ethics — a ban on discriminatory hate speech by REALTORS®. That journey has landed Matt in the pages of The New York Times, in a Bloomberg Businessweek feature about housing discrimination, as a live guest on Bloomberg Quicktake, and as the exclusive guest for a full hour on the Tavis Smiley Show on KBLA in Los Angeles.   Matt is a full-time practitioner and multi-office broker-owner in Champaign, Illinois, where he leads a highly inclusive real estate team. On Sunday mornings, you can find him in the tech booth of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, a historically Black church, where he runs sound and the live stream, as well as doing volunteer photography.   Matt earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and his juris doctor from the University of Illinois.

Housing and school segregation are closely intertwined, yet the story of how that came to be is rarely taught. The students at EPIC Theatre Ensemble were commissioned to write a play about this topic through the EPIC Next Program. Through extensive research, starting with the Segregated by Design website (an exploration of Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law), and including interviews with over 30 stakeholders in education and housing, the students created Between The Lines, an original play exploring the connections between America's housing policies and educational segregation. They set out to answer the questions, how have we managed to parcel out privilege in a public school system that's supposed to be free and open to everyone? Their art serves both as an outlet for the shock they felt in learning this history, and also an invitation to deeper, more productive civic dialog about a topic that can often be fraught.  We are joined by student actor, Dilisima Vickers, and co-artistic director, Jim Wallert, to discuss how the show came to be, and what they learned through making it. We also share excerpts from the show, including an original song called Segregated by Design, Jane Crow Real Estate, and a game show called The Color Code.  LINKS: EpicTheaterEnsemble.org Trailer for Between The Lines S6E2 – EPIC's “Nothing About Us”: Youth Theater on Integration Citizen Artists: A Guide to Helping Young People Make Plays That Change the World Segregated by Design website The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America- by Richard Rothstein All Quiet on the Western Front Poverty, Race, and Research Action Council - the organization that commissioned Between the Lines Interview from PRRAC's Journal with Dilisima about Between the Lines Use these links or start at our Bookshop.org storefront to support local bookstores, and send a portion of the proceeds back to us. Join our Patreon to support this work, and connect with us and other listeners to discuss these issues even further. Let us know what you think of this episode, suggest future topics, or share your story with us – @integratedschls on twitter, IntegratedSchools on Facebook, or email us hello@integratedschools.org. We're thrilled to be part of Connectd Podcasts, a network dedicated to helping shows like ours grow and thrive. For more info, or to check out their other amazing shows, head over to their website. The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits. This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Val Brown. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits. Music by Kevin Casey.

Season Finale: Vern Granger,  Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Connecticut AND the Chair of the Board for the National Association for College Admission Counseling shares what it takes to manage two jobs that, in themselves, are more than full-time jobs. We also discuss Vern's World Cup predictions, the finer points of bacon, proper peanut butter choices, and the virtue of the handwritten note.  Rapid DescentWalkout songs:  Big Poppa by the Notorious B.I.G. and Sumthin' Sumthin' by MaxwellBest recent read: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinEager to read next: Stealing Home: Los Angeles, The Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between  by Eric NusbaumFavorite podcast: The 2 Robbies with Robbie Mustoe and Robbie EarleFavorite thing to make in the kitchen: PB&J, BLT, and/or Chicken ParmesanWhat he uses to take and keep notes: paper and pen (but, to be clear, it's a fountain pen).Memorable bit of advice: "If you're going to hoot with the owls, you better know how to crow with the roosters."Bucket list: Travel to South Africa.Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.

Richard Rothstein - Best-selling author of “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” and Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute. He joins Tavis for a conversation about the ‘redress movement' to rectify segregation – which he'll outline in his new upcoming book “Just Action: Creating a Movement That Can End Segregation Enacted under the Color of Law” (expected in June 2023).

We often associate historical discussions with the past which leads us to believe there are no impacts on the present. Sam and Natalie explain exactly why not everything historical is left in the past. The co-hosts dive into the history of zoning ordinances, exclusionary zoning, redlining, and unpack how these practices continue to impact folks today. Listen to get the full story! Urban Planning is Not Boring announces our BOOK CLUB! We are SO excited to launch our book club, and the first book that we will be reading is “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein. We invite you all to join us in reading this book; we will be reading Chapters 1 through 4 and discussing this first section in our episode that we will release August 22. If you have any comments, questions, observations, etc. from the book, we encourage you to DM us on Instagram @urbanplanningisnotboring or email us at urbanplanningisnotboringpod@gmail.com by August 19! We would love to chat about any listener comments/questions. To listen to the NPR Code Switch video: Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History To rent free ebooks and audiobooks with your library card, download the Libby App! Other Sources: A Brief History of American Zoning Understanding Exclusionary Zoning and Its Impact on Concentrated Poverty For more information: Down-Zoning and Exclusionary Zoning in California Law America’s racist housing rules really can be fixed Effective Zoning Reform Isn’t as Simple as It Seems

In this episode, Christopher and Maggie have a conversation with Maureen O'Connell, Associate Professor at LaSalle University. We discuss her book Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness. We discuss how the white church, not just the Catholic Church, has been complicit in propogating anti-blackness and what we can do to undo those knots. We discuss how racism is baked into our society in its laws and customs. And we discuss how we as Christians can work towards justice.   Christopher and Maggie are spiritual directors that like talking about spiritual things. Spiritual direction is a listening ministry that creates a sacred space for you to listen to God, see where God is at work in your life, and grow in awareness of who you were created to be. We would love to hear from you! Email Christopher and Maggie at SDTASinfo@gmail.com.    Resources mentioned in this episode:  Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness by Maureen O'Connell The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein   Our ministries: Christopher: Steppingstoneslife.com  Maggie: Ravachministries.org 

Ben Cohen makes a repeat appearance with Senator Turner to discuss the domino effect of the criminalization of cannabis on Black folk's generational wealth. They also touch on economic justice and the military industrial complex. These two friends keep the faith and keep up the fight to change systems.   Ben Cohen (Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream), Ben's Best https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2019/04/420-cannabis-justice   Above the Law: How "Qualified Immunity" Protects Violent Police by Ben Cohen, With A Foreword By Michael Render ("Killer Mike") https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/above-the-law/   The Last Prisoner Project Cannabis criminal reform https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/ Wanda James https://www.wandaljames.com/ The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/ Drop the Mic Now https://twitter.com/DTMICNow https://www.instagram.com/dropthemicnow/     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special live episode talking about The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein.

The Government Law Review and the Government Law Center hosted its spring panel discussion continuing the discussion surrounding redlining—the discriminatory practice of withholding services to neighborhoods labeled as ‘hazardous' under existing public policy—and its proven detrimental side effects for people of color. Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, delivered a keynote address to start the event. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. There was a panel discussion moderated by Albany Law School Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom featuring: Stuart Rossman - Director of Litigation, National Consumer Law Center Matthew Lasner - Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Hunter College Charnelle Hicks - Founder of CHPlanning, Ltd. Sara Niles - Attorney with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division LaDale Winling – Author and Professor of History at Virginia Tech

In this episode, Amber Cherie and TaylerBri invite their cousin Ashley Tarver into the innercircle to share her journey to the multiple successes she has achieved. As a mother, entrepreneur, senior pharmaceutical sales representative, chef, real estate professional, and beauty guru she is multifaceted and enters each endeavor with a strong connection to family and faith. Listen to feel the fire to live your most free life. Word of the Week: unabashed Self Care Tip of the Week: Do one thing each day that you don't want to do Tip of the Week: Give someone a compliment or acknowledge them

Rebroadcasting for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We're joined by Nicole Magliore to discuss the book "Why We Can't Wait" by Martin Luther King, Jr. – Not only do we discuss the book, but what white Christians can do to make a difference in a country that is still so stuck in white supremacy and systemic racism. This, my friends, is a fantastic episode. Intro * Guest: Nicole Magloire * Her blog: Give the Grave Only Bones (https://nicolemagloire.com) * Her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NicoleRMagloire) * Nathan is an anti-pizza communist Book Discussion * “Why We Can't Wait” (https://amzn.to/3ia6c8g) by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. * Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs) * The Good Samaritan (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=NIV) * The 10 Commandments of Non-violence (https://www.buffaloquakers.org/blog/2018/3/27/martin-luther-kings-ten-commandments-for-non-violence) * The of practice "redlining" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining) * Jim Crow Laws (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws) * Homestead Acts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Acts) “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” (https://amzn.to/3yYbwlo) by Richard Rothstein “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” (https://amzn.to/3wOkQ9h) by Kelly Brown Douglas James Baldwin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin) “I Am Not Your Negro” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Your_Negro) Malcolm X (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) Tulsa Race Massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre) “…punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation” Exodus 20:4-6 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex+20%3A4-6&version=NIV) “…he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” Exodus 34:6-7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+34%3A6-7&version=NIV) Create on-ramps for people - DeRay Mckesson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeRay_Mckesson) “What can I do where I am with what I have?” Ask questions Create onramps Read read read Use that knowledge to impact the world Don't think you're ever done learning Join our Patreon (http://patreon.com/followingthefire) - we'd love your support and we have some fantastic patron perks!

Most of us believe that leadership is not for everyone. Also, very often, we doubt our ability to lead. My guest today challenges these perceptions about leadership through his most recent book. He demonstrates how to harness this doubt, uncertainty, and insecurity to develop into the extraordinary leader you were born to be. He has decades of experience leading organizations and teams. He is the CEO of Concord Leadership Group. His failures and successes compelled him to study leadership for over three decades, culminating in completing a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and certification as a Franklin Covey Coach. Marc Pitman, a CEO, author, personal & organization leadership expert, coach certification provider, leadership keynote speaker, joins with today's episode of pursuit of learning to share his million worth wisdom and experience on leadership. Starting the conversation, he highlights the significance of focusing on our strengths rather than on what we lack. Also, he describes how his frustration with people not knowing about executive coaching ended up with his recent book - The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be. Besides his recent publication, he is also the author of Ask Without Fear!, which you can find in several languages, including Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Mandarin. Marc assists leaders in leading their teams more effectively and with less stress by combining his ongoing education with his own experience. He is also the executive director of TheNonprofitAcademy.com and a former member of Rogare's Advisory Panel; a prestigious international think tank focused on fundraising. We discuss our own experiences with the evolution of leadership and the various forms of leadership during the chat. Throughout the interview, he brings up various topics from his works. Most importantly, he discusses the issue of using predefined templates in coaching rather than developing individualized ways to solve problems. Apart from that, Marc divides leadership into four quadrants and provides an in-depth explanation of each component in a mind-blowing manner. In the latter part of the conversation, we talk about numerous personal assessments, their validity, and the takeaways. Marc's knowledge and enthusiasm captivate audiences worldwide, both in person and through online presentations. As a result, he has garnered attention from various media outlets, including The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Real Simple, SUCCESS Magazine, NBC, Al Jazeera, and Fox News.Resources:Connect with Marc: ConcordLeadershipGroup.com/LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcapitman/Instagram: @marcpitmanTwitter: @marcapitmanMentioned in the episode:The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be: goodreads.com/book/show/56953397-the-surprising-gift-of-doubt?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Qv57DpA0Cl&rank=1The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America: goodreads.com/book/show/32191706-the-color-of-law?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=J19bcVl6st&rank=1Podcast: By the book: bythebookpod.com/Podcast: From founder to CEO: fromfoundertoceo.com/podcasts/

Dorian has started working at Rikers Island Correctional Facility as RMAS Arts Program Coordinator. In this episode, he talks about developing music therapy-based programs to help incarcerated persons cope with their current situation....Forensic Music Therapy: A Treatment for Men and Women in Secure Hospital Settings by Stella Compton Dickinsonhttps://www.amazon.com/Forensic-Music-Therapy-Treatment-Hospital/dp/1849052522The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexanderhttps://newjimcrow.com/about/buyThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothsteinh]]ttps://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucaulthttps://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Punish-Prison-Michel-Foucault/dp/0679752552So Many Tears by Tupac Shakurhttps://genius.com/2pac-so-many-tears-lyricshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Many_TearsSupport the show

It's spooky season! Time to take on the beloved camp classic Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Frank Oz. Come for the catchy tunes and impeccable comedic choices, stick around for the white flight narrative. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com with any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References Sontag, “Notes on Camp” Scooby Doo deep dive Director's cut ending of Little Shop Musicals with Zack, The Complete(ish) History of the Original Ending of Little Shop of Horrors How to make split pea soup Cher playing all the parts in West Side Story Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Liveright, 2017. Redlining map of Saint Paul Jensen, Marc. “‘Feed Me!': Power Struggles and the Portrayal of Race in Little Shop of Horrors.” Cinema Journal, vol. 48, no. 1, Society of Cinema & Media Studies, Fall 2008, pp. 51–67. Mandracchia, Christen. “‘Don't Feed the Plants!': Monstrous Normativity and Disidentification in Little Shop of Horrors.” Studies in Musical Theatre, vol. 13, no. 3, Dec. 2019, pp. 309–16.

Can you imagine your perfect city? Victoria (or Vee) Paykar can. This week we examine why designing fair, and accessible transportation policies require empathy. With this crash course in equity and intersectionality, listen and learn about what it takes to uplift communities disproportionately affected by environmental racism.---Various vittles from our chat with VeeConnect with Victoria Paykar on LinkedInMeet transportation advocate Tamika ButlerLearn about the Intersectional EnvironmentalistWatch L.A.'s Dodger Stadium's violent origin on VoxLearn about BIPOC and listen to NPR's Code Switch: Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'? episode on the topicLearn about President Biden's proposed infrastructure funding framework and read Ale's blog postRead about the built environmentLearn about marginalism and intersectionality on the Privilege Wheel by Sylvia DuckworthWatch Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 RaceLearn about the electric vehicle models and which electric vehicle may best fit your lifestyleRead about micromobility and learn about the 15-Minute CityAll We Can Save author Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's Venn diagram on what you should do about the climate crisisRead The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinRead The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi KlineRead The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert ReichLearn about redlining and Redlining and Coastal Access Inequity in San DiegoRead the Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles MontgomerySpecial thanks to Vee Paykar. Feelanthrope is produced by Ally Celones Senturk. Our audio engineer and composer is Kory Hilpmann, with original music by Danny Nguyen. Our designer is Kait Kolsky.

Civil engineering is famously known for its positive impacts on society once a project is completed and fully functioning. Today's episode, however, will make you reflect on societal questions that play a crucial role in our communities long before the project is even approved. Today's guest is Collin Yarbrough, a pipeline engineer, bakery owner, and the author of Paved A Way. During his graduate studies, he was required to write a paper that later turned into his groundbreaking book, which tells the stories of how infrastructure projects have been silently contributing to social issues such as racism. What You'll Learn: ● How Collin Got into Engineering ● Collin's Tough Life Period After the Recession of 2008 ● 3 Key Concepts to Make a Pivot in Life or Career ● What Led Him to Write His Book ● How Infrastructure Projects Can be Tied to Social Issues ● How Cities Can Avoid These Social Problems ● What Engineers Themselves Can Do About it Our Partners: School of PE - http://www.civilengineeringacademy.com/sope KiwiCo - http://civilengineeringacademy.com/kiwi Resources Mentioned (some links are affiliate links): Collin Yarbrough (LinkedIn) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/collin-yarbrough-1b3a6717 Collin Yarbrough (Email) - yarbrocr@gmail.com Collin Yarbrough (@collinwritesdesign) - https://www.instagram.com/collinwritesdesign/?hl=en Paved A Way: Infrastructure, Policy and Racism in an American City, by Collin Yarbrough - ibit.ly/9E3L The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein - ibit.ly/m3M4 Clarkson University- https://www.clarkson.edu Southern Methodist University - https://www.smu.edu Georgetown University - https://www.georgetown.edu Creators Institute - https://www.creator.institute Dallas Morning News - https://www.dallasnews.com Dallas Express - https://dallasexpress.com Nasher Sculpture Center - https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org Meyerson Symphony Center - https://www.dallassymphony.org CEA Resources: The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course - https://civilpereviewcourse.com The Ultimate Civil FE Review Course - https://civilfereviewcourse.com CEA Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeFLBZ2gk0uO5M9uE2zj0Q CEA Free Facebook Community - https://ceacommunity.com CEA Website - https://civilengineeringacademy.com Reach out to Isaac - isaac@civilengineeringacademy.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/civilengineeringacademy/message

Richard Rothstein is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

Come and take a walk with me. A closer walk would be, to see what I see. Jump in and get a perspective on Juneteenth, the Caste System, and the controversial Critical Race Theory.  Amy Hunter, VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions has a crucial conversation on the business of cattle slavery, second class citizenship, and encouraging new narratives around racism and oppression in America. WhatchaTribe this one will do more than make you shift in your seat. The Call to Action is to become a straight soulja if ain't body told ya'…..liberty for all… How can we be free, it takes you and me…working together in harmony, and peace, and love, and all of the above… Resources: Social Justice Organizations: http://www.startguide.org/orgs/orgs06.html Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson  The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by  Isabel Wilkerson Critical Race Theory in Education: All God's Children Got a Song by Adrienne D. Dixson On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed  Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery Paperback by Deborah Willis & Barbara Krauthamer Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slaveryby Deborah Willis & Barbara Krauthamer Reflections on Whiteness as Property by Cheryl I. Harris https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/134-Harv.-L.-Rev.-F.-1-2.pdf Critical Race Theory—What It Is Not! by Gloria Ladson-Billings  Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education Race Still Matters by Gloria Ladson Billings https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hD3qp2tvrLcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA110&dq=gloria+ladson+billings+critical+race+theory&ots=aLDljx0oBZ&sig=gQMuVm9x9Pamsdj7R2DlPGITTBU#v=onepage&q=gloria%20ladson%20billings%20critical%20race%20theory&f=false The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein  The New Jim Crow (Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - 10th Anniversary Edition) by Michelle Alexander  

We're joined by Nicole Magliore to discuss the book "Why We Can't Wait" by Martin Luther King, Jr. – Not only do we discuss the book, but what white Christians can do to make a difference in a country that is still so stuck in white supremacy and systemic racism. This, my friends, is a fantastic episode. Intro * Guest: Nicole Magloire * Her blog: Give the Grave Only Bones (https://nicolemagloire.com) * Her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NicoleRMagloire) * Nathan is an anti-pizza communist Book Discussion * “Why We Can't Wait” (https://amzn.to/3ia6c8g) by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. * Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs) * The Good Samaritan (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=NIV) * The 10 Commandments of Non-violence (https://www.buffaloquakers.org/blog/2018/3/27/martin-luther-kings-ten-commandments-for-non-violence) * The of practice "redlining" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining) * Jim Crow Laws (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws) * Homestead Acts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Acts) “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” (https://amzn.to/3yYbwlo) by Richard Rothstein “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” (https://amzn.to/3wOkQ9h) by Kelly Brown Douglas James Baldwin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin) “I Am Not Your Negro” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Your_Negro) Malcolm X (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) Tulsa Race Massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre) “…punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation” Exodus 20:4-6 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex+20%3A4-6&version=NIV) “…he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” Exodus 34:6-7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+34%3A6-7&version=NIV) Create on-ramps for people - DeRay Mckesson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeRay_Mckesson) “What can I do where I am with what I have?” Ask questions Create onramps Read read read Use that knowledge to impact the world Don't think you're ever done learning Join our Patreon (http://patreon.com/followingthefire) - we'd love your support and we have some fantastic patron perks! Special Guest: Nicole Magloire.

In this powerful episode, Laverne talks with Richard Rothstein, the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein breaks down how the government implemented housing policies in order to segregate Black people primarily in the 1930s and 50s. Though many decades ago, the effects are as present as ever in the education gap, income gap, wealth gap, and “slums.” As violations of the Constitution, it is a requirement to correct past injustices. // INFO: New Movement to Redress Racial Segregation Email to Get Involved: carrie@nmrrs.org // Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. // Please rate, review, subscribe and share The Laverne Cox Show with everyone you know. You can find Laverne on Instagram and Twitter @LaverneCox and on Facebook at @LaverneCoxForReal. As always, stay in the love. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week, we're breaking down some of the big takeaways from our conversation with community and climate activist Reverend Yearwood. He shared a powerful call to action for EVERYONE to organize & mobilize on the journey to centering justice in the climate crisis conversation. Join us as we dive into Reverend Yearwood's 3 MOST impactful clips to better understand the deep connection between climate and ALL aspects of our lives, so we can stand in solidarity with the problem and be a part of the solution.  We're exploring: The disproportionate amount of BIPOC exploited by redlining and gentrification Courthney shares why siloing can happen in ANY community Emily questions the willingness to accept the extractive mentality of fossil fuels How the poverty mindset impacts climate justice Courthney and Emily get personal about feelings of hypocrisy Using your privilege for a greater good And so much more! Resources mentioned in this episode: “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein: https://www.tatteredcover.com/book/9781631494536 “The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave” by Willie Lynch: https://www.tatteredcover.com/book/9789562916554 Let's talk about it! Connect with us to continue the conversation: Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehumanizepodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thehumanizepodcast  Email: info@thehumanizepodcast.com

For this episode, Cindy and Jen committed to reading at least 20 minutes per day for pleasure. There are a lot of known benefits to reading: Lower stress levels. Slow cognitive decline. Improve sleep. Enhance social skills. Improve focus. Engage imagination and creativity. Improve language development and so much more for children. Read what you like! Don't worry about reading best sellers or what you think you “should” read. Some places to buy books, besides Amazon: bookshop.org bookoutlet.com thriftbooks.com halfpricebooks.com Ways to fit in more reading, from the Happier Podcast with Gretchen Rubin: Read 21 in 21 tracker Tips for reading more Books we read: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Taking Point: A Navy SEAL's 10 Fail Safe Principles for Leading through Change by Brent Gleeson Anxious People by Fredrik Backman My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Lots of ideas and resources are out there for starting a social justice book club of your own, including many virtual clubs you may be able to join. Reach out to Jen if you want to talk about anything like that. And read the news for personal education, not for stress relief!

Alex Gumbs, Vice President of The Channel Partner Group and Member of Cardinal Health's Diversity & Inclusion Council, joins Liz in an important conversation about his experience with leadership and diversity in the remote workplace. Alex weighs in on how the transition to working from home will shift how we operate in the future, along with his experience taking on a leadership role during the pandemic. Alex also provides listeners with key takeaways he's observed in Cardinal Health's philosophy on diversity and inclusion, impacts diversity and inclusion have on the medical device industry, positive ways in which having a diverse team may affect a group's performance, and wraps up the discussion by offering several external resources to help further educate and spark necessary conversations within our communities. Alex's Reading List: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism —by Robin DiAngelo The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations —by Robert Livingston The Law of Color: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America —by Richard Rothstein

Prof. Sachs speaks with historian Richard Rothstein about his groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, in which Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions. Rather, he makes clear that it was the laws and policy decisions of local, state, and federal governments that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to affect Black Americans to this day.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:Richard Rothstein. (2020, Jan. 20). The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share. The New York Times. Richard Rothstein. (2020, Aug. 14). The Black Lives Next Door. The New York Times.  Richard Rothstein. (2004), Modern Segregation.Federal Housing Administration (FHA)Levittown, NYFifth Amendment to the US ConstitutionThirteenth Amendment to the US ConstitutionFourteenth Amendment to the US ConstitutionParents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007)Braden v. United States :: 365 U.S. 431 (1961)Princeton's decision to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from its school of public policy  and residential collegeThe Warren Court (1953 – 1969)American ApartheidBlack Lives MatterThe First Step Towards Reparations in Evanston, Illinois. The Takeaway. 

Thanks for listening in 2020! Year End Book ReviewsAaron:Stop Trying by Cary Schmidt Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon NorthupIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A JacobsAdrian: Atomic Habits by James ClearMisreading Scripture with Western by Eyes E. Randolph RichardsAnton:Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee BrownSundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. LoewenThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein*This podcast may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission.

Welcome to Four Degrees to the Streets! In the first episode of the podcast, Nimo and Jasmine define urban planning and a brief history of racism in the United States. Press play to hear: An analysis of the American Planning Association (APA) statement on Righting the Wrongs of Racial Inequality (published May 2020).  Are some of the most influential urban planners racist in their policies? Think Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. A breakdown of federal policy decisions that altered communities based on race. Specifically the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the Federal Housing Administration Underwriting Manual, and racial zoning as a tool to segregate neighborhoods. Thank you for listening and tune in every-other Tuesday where Nimo and Jas keep it Four Degrees to the Streets. Follow us on https://twitter.com/the4degreespod (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/the4degreespod/ (Instagram) @the4degreespod. Or send us an email to connect with us! Resources: https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/020/ (U.S. Census Bureau: The Great Migration) https://www.amazon.com/Warmth-Other-Suns-Americas-Migration/dp/0679763880 (The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration) https://planning.org/policy/statements/2020/may31/ (APA Statement on Righting the Wrongs of Racial Inequality) https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245 (The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York) https://www.npr.org/2020/07/05/887386869/how-transportation-racism-shaped-america (NPR: 'The Wrong Complexion For Protection.' How Race Shaped America's Roadways And Cities) https://prrac.org/the-interstates-and-the-cities-highways-housing-and-the-freeway-revolt/ (The Interstates and the Cities: Highways, Housing, and the Freeway Revolt) https://www.amazon.com/Color-Law-Forgotten-Government-Segregated/dp/1631494538/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=color+of+law&qid=1606260571&s=books&sr=1-1 (The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America) https://www.amazon.com/Ground-Up-Environmental-Movement-Critical/dp/0814715370 (From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement)

In this episode, Earl and Nicholas Wiggins, founder of Nico Giles Media (NGM), - a mission-driven production company focused on the development of socially-conscious documentaries, films, live-events, branded content and related media projects - discuss opportunity zones, equitable education, and "Land of Opportunity," a documentary produced by the NGM team, for PBS, based on one of the chapters out of the book, “The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.”

 Checking in Krishon and Danielle Allen:Danielle Allen says this is “the longest year of our entire lives.”When the pandemic hit she became the pseudo-teacher, scheduling “classes” between her work conference call. Krishon became the principal. Krishon noted it they were trying to condense an 8 hour day school day in to two hours. He said to his kids, “You can prolong it with whining or you can get it done.”Krishon said in March he had to learn Zoom with this kids. The struggle was how to still be productive in his job, because nothing is stopping even in the pandemic, while also assuring the kids don't fall behind in school. Even with all the pressure at the end of the school year, the grade came out as pass or fail and they laughed it off, they could have just done “mid-level work.”Danielle is an operations management for a tech company and Krishon does I.T. Management for the dept of the navy. They have 11 and 8 year old daughters. Danielle remarked it was a weird time to transition into Middle School.Her oldest quickly got in the flow to online learning; her teachers posted all the assignments for the whole week and she was able to work at her own pace. The youngest saw her sister working and tried to do work ahead of time so she could have a long weekend. It was a “get through to the end of the school year and get to summer.” There was also a shift or discovery about productivity when the girls would come to “school” in their pajamas vs. when they got up and got dressed.  Danielle C. identified it as a mindset shift, and they were able to implement it in the entire household.The way we learn subjects is totally different than the way their kids are now. Krishon said “ It was survival mode for all of us. Don't tell me what your teachers said about how to do this math.” They had to google common core just to understand what the kids needed to learn. They had to fill the learning gap. And in the end taught their kids two ways to do math! Krishon said for this fall they are still feeling like it's going back to March since we don't know how long this virtual school is going to last and they still have to work full time jobs. The dynamic of the aspect continues to force them to prepare for the unknown. Danielle feels that having a set schedule is helpful for creating subject in the household, especially as she is going into work a couple of days a week. She goes back to work “carefully.” Thankfully her office has few people and the space allows for good distancing as well as she maintains good health habits. They have a “decontamination” process for when they return home. She doesn't want to put her family at risk and she does what she needs to do in order to keep her family safe. Danielle says this has unfortunately made people not want to socialize. Everyone is more mindful. There's stress for getting used to the process and talking through masks. But it's what needs to be done for all people to be safe. Krishon says mask wearing has become polarized and political, everything is heightened where they are in Maryland, being so close to Washington DC.Danielle C. says that Mexico and Morocco isn't having the same tension with mask wearing.Krishon looked back to see how long things have taken before to make changes including smoking indoors, seat belt wearing… There's fight and registration before change will happen; both sides argue their case and compromise is finally reached. It's always for the safety of the majority of the population. Danielle says we need to be thinking for the greater good, for the collective, not just for individual rights and how it's affecting me. Krishon spent a bit of time in Japan and at first he was taken aback by mask wearing, asking, “do I need to wear a mask?” But they he learned that when someone is feeling under the weather there, they wear a mask as a way to protect everyone else. Danielle C. says it feels like we are each fighting in our own corner. Krishon says ultimately he and Danielle are responsible for the health and well being of their family. Even if the schools said “hey, everyone come on back to in person school” they had been making decisions to look into alternative schooling so their kids could be at home until they felt is was safe. There's so much information coming as us and we have to filter what is real, what information is going to help us make a good decision for our family.  The necessary step is to say I am responsible for my kids.Krishon looked at the response to COVID is regional. There are places in the country could send their kids to school and it would probably be okay. But where they are in DC they are heavily impacted. He said he is watching the COVID numbers. And they want to be able to support their family and so it puts all of them at risk if the kids are in school physically. Their kids have a level of anxiety because Krishon and Danielle haven't totally shielded them from all the information. They wanted to keep them informed without adding so much stress. Danielle C. says that as we talk about the pandemic is disproportionately affecting brown and black bodies she heard someone say, “the pandemic will stave us because we can't work, or it will kill us because we are working.” Krishon says “Responses vary and there isn't a one-size-fits-all” for the pandemic.Danielle A. says she tries to help her girls see the bigger picture of life, that you'll be able to look back one day and say yeah that was a hard year but it didn't stop me from finishing school or had such an impact that I wasn't able to become a successful and productive adult. They encourage them to always look for the positive and something to be grateful. Being always in the house was a big transition, especially since Krishon did so much traveling for work and they were busy with school and sports… But they appreciate all the time together with games nights, movies, date-night in… We survived COVID and we're still marriage! There can be some tension if in your marriage you're with each other all day and you've heard how their day was because you were with them. Krishon says you can't lean on your norms of play-by-play of our days; you get to stretch and go into the deeper conversations that add to your relationships. Danielle C says it's an invitation to a different kind of knowing, a different kind of being together, something deeper. Krishon says while they still want away time with each other, it has turned into chilling and waiting together.---Krishon is reading: “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard RothsteinsKrishon is listening to: the Lincoln Project PodcastKristhon is Inspired by: People are still going forward over 3 months after George Floyd and people haven't not gone back to their regular routines, they are still fighting. Danielle is reading: “Caste” The Origins of our Discontents” by Isabel WilkersonDanielle is Listening to: 90s RnB, Monica and BrandyDanielle is inspired by: what could be after the country reaches the tipping point, seeing what we do with this moment in history--- Krishon has his own podcast chatting with everyday heros, ideas and sharing stories of the people for the people. We're more similar than we are different, if we could just pause and listen to each other. The podcast is called “Taking Steps.” Find him on Instagram @takingstepspodcast

Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, the aunt and niece duo, for Episode 2 of Why Are they So Angry? This episode focuses on how de jure segregation promulgated in federal, state, and local laws unconstitutionally barred Black/African Americans from owning homes and land. Being able to live in safe, secure housing and buy property to create generational wealth encapsulates the “American Dream”. Historically, for many Black/African Americans that dream has been a nightmare. You will hear that the outcome of segregation resulted in land theft, deteriorating neighborhoods, and the current day wealth chasm between whites and Black/African Americans. The episode draws heavily on Richard Rothstein's book The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America along with several recent studies and news articles about racial inequity in housing and real estate. Partial Citations: ”A Look at Housing Inequality and Racism in America,” By: Dina Williams, Forbes Magazine, June 3, 2020. “Black homeowners face discrimination in appraisals,” By Debra Kamin, New York Times, Published Aug. 25, 2020, Updated Aug. 27, 2020. “Black Homeownership: The Role of Temporal Changes and Residential Segregation at the End of the 20th Century”, By: Lance Freeman, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 2 (JUNE 2005), pp. 403-426. “Defending the Home: Ossian Sweet and the Struggle Against Segregation in 1920s Detroit”, Victoria W. Wolcott, OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 7, No. 4, African-American History (Summer, 1993), pp. 23-27. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, By: Richard Rothstein, Liveright Publishing Company, 2017. “The Trial of Henry Sweet: Clarence Darrow confronts the issues of the day”, By: James W. McElhaney, ABA Journal, Vol. 78, No. 7 (JULY 1992), pp. 73-74. “University launches investigation after a Black professor was asked by campus security to prove she lived in her own house,” By Alaa Elassar, CNN, Wed August 26, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carol-francois/support

Brandon Thorpe, Owner of Visionary Lending & Anton Keith, Owner of The Humble Savage Brand both provide their perspectives on equality, leadership, and the police. Both men are from inner cities and are now entrepreneurs and leaders in their communities. Anton is a former police officer and Brandon works in the mortgage industry. Listen in and consider how your perspective and experiences can make foster change.  Brandon Thorpe, Owner of Visionary Lendinghttps://visionarylending.netThe Visionary Experience Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/992041Suggested resources: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard RothsteinHow to Be an Anti-Racist: Kendi, Ibram XAnton Keith, Owner of The Humble Savage Brandhttps://thehumblesavagebrand.comGreater Everyday Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-greater-everyday-podcast/id1502753445

It's a different perspective from a different panel, but the mission remains the same: educate the misinformed, activate the undiscovered leaders, awaken those on the fringe. The Launchcast premieres Part 3 The Protest Series: "How to Be a Human Being" with episode 129, our second in a series of panel discussions. Last week we spoke to 2 teenagers and 3 twenty-somethings who are leading the fight in their generation. In this episode, George has a discussion with 2 eclectic panelists that have a lifetime of stories to tell, a wealth of knowledge to impart, and 2 microphones to do it with. FULL TRANSPARENCY: In order to have a conversation that considers all perspectives, we had 2 white guests booked onto this episode. They backed out at the last minute. This isn't about color, but in order to work together towards progress, EVERYONE who wants to show up needs to ACTUALLY show up. At the tail end of the conversation George turned this panel into an UNPANEL and gave our guests the opportunity to ask George any questions that the conversation had awakened within them. This was a damn good one. Panelists include: Dr. Paul Prosper: Paul as born in Kingston, Jamaica & moved to New York, at the age of 10. Paul finished up high school at the Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA), an all-boys boarding military high school in Virginia. He attended The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina and upon graduation from The Citadel, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He has since received his Masters in Human Relations and his doctorate in management. Dr. Prosper is now an Active Duty Major and is a Senior Director on the Air Force's $330 million mighty E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Paul was an Assistant Professor of Management in the Management Department at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO up until Sept. 2019. His teaching areas of expertise were Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and is certified as a “Senior Professional in Human Resources” by the Human Resources Certification Institute. Paul also runs Prosperous Investments, LLC, a is a business real estate investment company that also has a tremendous outreach program that provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Hana Getachew:  Brooklyn based designer Hana Getachew started Bolé Road Textiles out of a desire to merge her love of Ethiopian handwoven fabrics with her career in interior design.  During her eleven years at a major New York City architecture firm Hana realized her affinity for vibrant colors and graphic patterns was a direct result of her upbringing in a home filled with amazing traditional Ethiopian textiles. Her designs for Bolé Road are an homage to that cultural inheritance and a reflection of her own personal global modern aesthetic. Hana was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After a few years in Montreal, her family settled in New York. A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in interior design, Hana was formerly Associate Principal at Studios Architecture in New York City. During her time there she helped design the flagships and headquarters of some of the city's most prominent companies. Hosted by entrepreneur and keynote/TEDx speaker George Andriopoulos. Follow @launchpadceo on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Follow Hana and @boleroadtextiles on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest and visit Bole Road Textiles at https://boleroadtextiles.com. Follow Paul and Prosperous Investments on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and at https://pprosperllc.com. Visit http://thelaunchcast.com or more show info and to download/stream the podcast.   Recommended reads from Dr. Prosper: A People's History of the United States https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0062397346/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Jlb8EbW3YQT8E Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0883780305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lob8Eb9PX7GQR The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1631494538/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dpb8Eb9BSRBR1 The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0465049664/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Rpb8EbXR9Y6DW Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0805086846/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_oqb8EbSB49Z5C This episode is sponsored by Swanson Health. 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