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Bryan Stevenson, the prominent lawyer and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has blazed a trail representing the poor, wrongly convicted and those on death row. Geoff Bennett sat down with Stevenson to discuss his career and the re-release of his best-selling book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Bryan Stevenson, the prominent lawyer and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has blazed a trail representing the poor, wrongly convicted and those on death row. Geoff Bennett sat down with Stevenson to discuss his career and the re-release of his best-selling book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni invite you to share your teaching stories and they tell of a few lessons from the road on episode 530 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It's interesting how much comes back to a caravan and a road trip, because that's where it all started. -Dave Stachowiak There's a lot of people who want to help you. You need to teach them how. -Dave Stachowiak The more folks we can take along on the trip and share stories, the better. -Dave Stachowiak Resources The Teaching in Higher Ed Story Caravan Coaching for Leaders Podcast 661: How to Tell a Story About Yourself, with David Hutchens Coaching for Leaders Podcast 691: Bringing Your Strengths to a Big Job, with General CQ Brown, Jr. Permission Slip, by Bryan Mathers Join the Story Caravan Tell someone else about the Story Caravan Donate a prize Open Working The Visual Thinker Bonnie Powers Free Hexagonal Thinking Digital Toolkit from NowSparkCreativity 5 Creative Ways to Use Hexagonal Thinking Cult of Pedagogy episode on hexagonal thinking - where you can also hear the correct way to pronounce hexagonal, unlike how Bonni said the word throughout the entire episode

In this season of Interactions, Terri Montague and Brandon Paradise, engage with contemporary leaders and social change agents regarding the influence and convergence of Christianity, the law, and racial justice. Today's guest is Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, and the author of the 2014 memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.This book was adapted for film in 2019 and features Michael B Jordan. Stevenson is also the creator of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, and a winner of a MacArthur Genius Grant. This podcast is produced by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in collaboration with Canopy Forum.‌Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonCenter for the Study of Law and Religion: Center for the Study of Law and Religion | Emory University School of Law | Atlanta, GACanopy Forum: Canopy Forum

I got a phone call at 1-833-READ-A-LOT from Austin Wong in Oregon telling me we had to get Bryan Stevenson on 3 Books. I looked into Austin's request and came upon Bryan's incredible bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. I listened to his 10-million plus hit TED Talk "We need to talk about an injustice" and approached the Equal Justice Initiative to have him on as a guest.   We finally found a time to have the conversation way down in Austin, Texas, where we were both scheduled to speak at the same conference. He came to my hotel room at 7am -- 7am! -- and we had a wonderful exchange in front of floor-to-ceiling glass windows with the sun brightening the Texas hills outside our window. I then went downstairs two hours later and watched Bryan captivate a room full of 700 people and get the loudest standing O I may have ever heard. This is a man on a mission. And his work and his words are so vital.   Bryan Stevenson has been representing capital defendants and death row prisoners in the deep South since 1985 when he was a staff attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1989 he has been Executive Director and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a private non profit law organization that focuses on social justice and human rights in the context of criminal justice reform in the US. In practice? Bryan and his team take on the cases nobody else wants: litigating on behalf of condemned prisoners, people sentenced to die in prison at age 13, disabled prisoners sentenced to death, people wrongly convicted or charged, and others whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct.   Bryan has won the McArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award, multiple Human Rights Awards, and the ACLU National Medal of Liberty. He has a degree from Harvard Law and more honorary degrees than anyone I've interviewed before including from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn and it goes on and on.   His book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a captivating must-read with 23,268 reviews on Amazon as of right now. It's been turned into a movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. Perhaps interesting: all 3 of Bryan's formative books are fiction. Buckle up for a heart-shaking conversation around hope, justice, slavery, capital punishment, truth, trust and much, much more. It's an honor to help amplify the incredible work of Bryan Stevenson. Thank you to Bryan, Caitlin, McCarthy Tétrault, and the Equal Justice Initiative for helping to make this conversation happen.   Let's flip the page into Chapter 116 now…   What You'll Learn: What is the Equal Justice Initiative? How can cultural institutions help redress the wrongs of oppression? What is strategic rest? What was it like being in a segregated school? What is the true power of reading? What does it mean to be sentenced to die in prison? What is freedom? How is justice served by the law? What is narrative work? How can we begin to deal with true reconciliation? Why must we speak of genocide in North America? How has false narrative perpetuated racism? Why does capitalism perpetuate racism? Why is truth so essential? What is the history of the death penalty? What is the link between racial bias and the death penalty? What is happening with the Supreme Court? Why are fear and anger such powerful forces? How can a book teach compassion? How must we cultivate optimism? Why is hope essential?   You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/116   Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.     Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list    3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

Noah Nix is a third year law student at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. Currently, Noah is serving as a legal intern in the Appellate & Trial Groups at the office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming. He is based in the Denver, Colorado office. Noah will graduate from law school in spring 2023.During his time at the University of Georgia School of Law, Noah has argued in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as part of the Appellate Litigation Clinic at UGA Law. After law school, Noah will serve as a law clerk on the Colorado Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Noah is a graduate of Fordham University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree and where he was a Division 1 athlete. Connect with Noah on LinkedIn.Follow Noah on Twitter.Noah mentioned a few books during our discussion - Check them out below:Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Half American by Matthew F. DelmontFind us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hey, you! Yeah, YOU! What are you doing reading this podcast description when you could be reading one of the books recommended by Medicus team members in our newest reading list episode?!?! Stop wasting time and get going! Content covered: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson God's Hospital: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet “What I Would Give” by Rafael Campo (poem) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity by Izzeldin Abuelaish Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss Episode produced by: Brendan Connolly Contributors: Monica Contractor, Rasa Valiauga, Lauren Hekman, Isabelle Tan www.medicuspodcast.com | medicuspodcast@gmail.com | Donate: http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/medicus/message

Drawing on the history of Freedom Summer, the African American Policy Forum launched its Critical Race Theory Summer School in 2020 as a response to the state-sanctioned murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless Black lives that spurred the subsequent summer of racial reckoning. Next week (7/18-22), in the face of a rapidly advancing assault on racial justice, we convene for another edition of Summer School under the theme: “Teaching Truth to Power”. The program will take place over the course of 5 jam-packed days, and will feature 100 instructors, 21 channels and 85+ classes. In anticipation of next week's gathering, which we encourage all listeners to attend, we're going to spend today's episode taking a stroll down memory lane. For the last two years, Intersectionality Matters! has been tracking and analyzing the right wing attacks on CRT and other social justice education. Listen along as Kimberlé revisits our continuing coverage of this backlash- pulling out some of her favorite clips from past episodes to elevate how CRT offers a prism that allows us to see what is truly at stake. In addition to resurfacing highlights from past episodes like Story of Us, The Insurgent Origins of Critical Race Theory, Educators Ungagged, and Having Our Say, this episode also shares information about some of the fascinating classes lined up to be taught next week by a Who's Who cast of academics, activists and advocates committed to defending and expanding our multiracial democracy. Check out our website to register now! https://www.aapf.org/crtsummerschool. CRT Summer School is running from July 18-22, 2022 and all content for our students will be available on demand until September. There's a sliding scale for tuition, group rates, and scholarships so everyone can attend. CE/CLE/CTLE credits are available. There is no daylight between democracy and antiracism, and CRT Summer School could not come at a more important or poignant moment than now to show us exactly why that is. Today's episode features: DAVID BLIGHT - Professor of American History, Yale University; Author, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom SUMI CHO - Director of Strategic Initiatives, AAPF; Former law professor who taught CRT for 25 years ALICIA GARZA - Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter; Principal, Black Futures Lab MATTHEW HAWN - 10-year educator and baseball coach; Former teacher at Sullivan Central High School in Blountville, Tennessee GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS - Pedagogical theorist & educator; Author, The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children KIRSTEN WEST SAVALI - VP, Content: iOne Digital BRYAN STEVENSON - Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Co-produced by Ashley Julien Supported provided by Destiny Spruill, Kevin Minofu, Rebecca Scheckman, and the African American Policy Forum Music by Blue Dot Sessions Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

We chat with Kelly MacDonald about his recommended listen, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson. Plus, we press Pause or Play on the Mystery novel, The madness of crowds By Louise Penny.

Lisa is solo today.  Her guest is Douglas Abrams who talks about the book he did with Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times.Doug Abrams is a multiple New York Times-bestselling author as well as an editor, literary agent, and film producer who is committed to helping catalyze the next evolutionary stage of our global culture. He co-wrote "The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World" with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu and "The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times" with Jane Goodall. He has coauthored many bestselling non-fiction books and has has written two novels, "The Lost Diary of Don Juan" and "Eye of the Whale", which together have been translated into over thirty languages.  Doug is the Founder and President of Idea Architects, a creative book and media company helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world.  As a literary agent and editor, he has also worked with Bryan Stevenson on his #1 New York Times bestseller "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" and Stephen Hawking on his last book, the globalbestseller "Brief Answers to the Big Questions."  He has had the privilege of working with many great thought leaders, visionary scientists, and humanitarians including Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela, Jody Williams, and Elizabeth Blackburn.  Doug has also worked with Desmond Tutu as his coauthor, editor, and literary agent for almost two decades.  Dialogue is key to Doug's work, and he believes that genius is a collaborative process. His goal is to bring people together in a cultural conversation through books and media that transform lives and ultimately the world.  Books and films he has developed have been credited with convincing then-President Bill Clinton to stop the genocide in Kosovo (THE BRIDGE BETRAYED), for launching the modern anti-slavery movement (DISPOSSIBLE PEOPLE), and for helping to expand a mass incarceration reform movement (JUST MERCY, a book and film starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx). Throughout all of his wide-ranging projects, Doug aspires to help build a prism through which life-changing conversations and experiences can be created and nourished.  He has had the privilege of interviewing global heroes and icons including Jimmy Carter, Bono, Carlos Santana, Richard Branson, and many others.   He was also on the founding team of JustGive.org, a philanthropy website that has pioneered new forms of giving and been responsible for giving over half a billion dollars to charity. He lives with his wife, Rachel, an integrative family physician, author, and lifelong conversation partner. He has three grown children, Jesse, Kayla, and Eliana.Book description: **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy, explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. In The Book of Hope, Jane focuses on her "Four Reasons for Hope": The Amazing Human Intellect, The Resilience of Nature, The Power of Young People, and The Indomitable Human Spirit.Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our ch

How to embrace what's right and corrective, redemptive and restorative — and an insistence that each of us is more than the worst thing we've done — these are gifts Bryan Stevenson offers with his life. He's brought the language of mercy and redemption into American culture in recent years, growing out of his work as a lawyer with the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama. Now the groundbreaking museum they created in Montgomery has dramatically expanded — a new way of engaging the full and ongoing legacy of slavery in U.S. history. Krista draws out his spirit — and his moral imagination.Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Bryan Stevenson — Finding the Courage for What's Redemptive." Find the transcript for that show at onbeing.org.

How to embrace what's right and corrective, redemptive and restorative — and an insistence that each of us is more than the worst thing we've done — these are gifts Bryan Stevenson offers with his life. He's brought the language of mercy and redemption into American culture in recent years, growing out of his work as a lawyer with the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama. Now the groundbreaking museum they created in Montgomery has dramatically expanded — a new way of engaging the full and ongoing legacy of slavery in U.S. history. Krista draws out his spirit — and his moral imagination.Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.This show originally aired in December, 2020.

SUMMARY Dr. Fred Luskin, author of the bestselling book Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness, founded and currently serves as Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. His forgiveness work has been applied the world over in veteran's hospitals, churches, in resolving legal disputes, with cancer patients as psychoeducation, and in psychotherapy. Luskin has had extraordinary success helping people recover from the murder of their family members as a result of political violence in Northern Ireland, as an aftermath of the attacks on 911, in Sierra Leone after their civil war, and in artic Canada where native populations deal with the loss of their ancestral lands. LESSONS FROM LUSKIN How do grudges start? “Renting too much space in our mind to a problem comes from taking something too personally. Blaming someone else for our feelings then takes away our power, and we progress to forming our grievance story. Behind the process lies our tendency to make unenforceable rules that the world or other people are supposed to follow.” What stops us from forgiving? “The major obstacle to forgiving is a lack of understanding just what forgiveness is. Some of us confuse forgiveness with condoning unkind actions.” What is forgiveness? “Forgiveness is the feeling of peace that emerges as you take your hurt less personally, take responsibility for how you feel, and become a hero instead of a victim in the story you tell.” Why should we forgive? “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it changes the present. Forgiveness means that even though you are wounded you choose to hurt and suffer less. Forgiveness means you become a part of the solution. Forgiveness is the understanding that hurt is a normal part of life. Forgiveness is for you and no one else.” BUY Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness RECOMMENDATION Read the book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption." Connect with us on social media! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

I'll never pass up a chance to talk to a bookseller! Marianne Reiner of Run for Cover Books in San Diego joined me to talk books today. We talked about the special handwritten notes she adds to the books she sells, and how a non-reading child can become a book obsessed adult if they can only find the right book. We also talked some heavy subjects, including white privilege and the books that make you confront that. Marianne considers “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson to be a fundamental book, and I completely agree.   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Marianne Reiner Website/Instagram/Facebook/Twitter   Do you know a young person who'd like to appear on the 2nd Annual Kids/YA Gift Guide Episode? GO HERE!   Discussed in this episode: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Oprah's Book Club Reese Book Club Read with Jenna Target Book Club Susie Morgenstern The Equal Justice Initiative Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson Becoming by Michelle Obama Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama Amnesty International Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong Immediate Family by Ashley Nelson Levy Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School by Courtney E. Martin Howard Zinn, historian, playwright, and activist Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen   Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive Clip: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal   (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

I'll never pass up a chance to talk to a bookseller! Marianne Reiner of Run for Cover Books in San Diego joined me to talk books today. We talked about the special handwritten notes she adds to the books she sells, and how a non-reading child can become a book obsessed adult if they can only find the right book. We also talked some heavy subjects, including white privilege and the books that make you confront that. Marianne considers “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson to be a fundamental book, and I completely agree.   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Marianne Reiner Website/Instagram/Facebook/Twitter   Do you know a young person who'd like to appear on the 2nd Annual Kids/YA Gift Guide Episode? GO HERE!   Discussed in this episode: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Oprah's Book Club Reese Book Club Read with Jenna Target Book Club Susie Morgenstern The Equal Justice Initiative Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson Becoming by Michelle Obama Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama Amnesty International Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong Immediate Family by Ashley Nelson Levy Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School by Courtney E. Martin Howard Zinn, historian, playwright, and activist Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen   Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive Clip: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal   (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

I invite you to check out an interview on TPT where several community leaders and I share our thoughts on: "Trial & Tribulation: Where Do We Go From Here?" one year after the death of George Floyd.  https://www.tptoriginals.org/trial-tribulation-where-do-we-go-from-here/ I also invite you to check out an interview I did through Club Book, where I interviewed Ian Manuel, author of the highly anticipated book, My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption. https://www.clubbook.org/club-book-episode-122-ian-manuel/ "Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for a crime committed at the age of 13, Manuel languished in prison for 26 years. Thanks to a coalition of supporters, including renowned activist Bryan Stevenson and the woman shot by Manuel in 1990, Manuel received a fair resentencing from the Florida Court of Appeal in 2010. His story is told in Stevenson's #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (2014), as well as in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof's Tightrope: Americans Reach for Hope (2020)." Manuel finally tells the story in his own words in his memoir, which I highly recommend that you purchase.   

With Bryan Stevenson, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ruha Benjamin, and David Blight In the second half of a two-part episode on the stories that shape our understanding of America, Kimberlé Crenshaw and special guests explore the ways that film and other technologies have reproduced and popularized these dominant stories. The episode examines Hollywood’s role in writing and rewriting history, and asks how we can begin writing new stories that tell the full story of us. With:
 RUHA BENJAMIN- Professor of American Studies, Princeton University; Author, Race After Technology DAVID BLIGHT - Professor of American History, Yale University; Author, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom BRYAN STEVENSON - Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption VIET THANH NGUYEN- Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California; Author, The Sympathizer Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
 Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Support provided by Amarachi Anakaraonye, Rebecca Scheckman, Destiny Spruill, and the African American Policy Forum
 Music by Blue Dot Sessions
 Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

Podcast Synopsis: Dr. Howard C. Stevenson: The Racial Dance.   Recently, I spoke with Dr Howard Stevenson about racial literacy, prayer and protest, and the psychology of proximity. We discussed the integration of his work as a psychologist within the frame racial threat, the need for racial socialization, and how people deal with situations of racial threat.   Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative at Penn, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, community and justice institutions.   He is a nationally recognized clinical psychologist, writer, and researcher on negotiating racial conflicts using racial literacy for independent and public K-12 schooling, community mental health centers, teachers, police and parents. Two National Institutes of Health funded research projects he leads examine the benefits of racial literacy and culturally responsive interventions. The PLAAY (Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth) Project uses basketball and group therapy to help youth and parents cope with stress and trauma from violence and social rejection and Dr. Stevenson co-leads the SHAPE-UP: Barbers Building Better Brothers Project with Drs. Lorretta and John Jemmott, which trains Black barbers as health educators to teach Black 18-24 year old males to reduce their risk of -- HIV/STDS and retaliation violence -- while they are cutting hair.   Backed by a $12 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at REC, Howard also co-directs Forward Promise, a national philanthropic office that promotes a culture of health for boys and young men of color, to help them heal from the trauma of historical and present-day dehumanization, discrimination and colonization.   Dr. Stevenson is the recipient of the 2020 Gittler Prize, by Brandeis University, for outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic, and religious relations. Also, recently, he was listed in the RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings of the top university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy.   His recent best-selling book, Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make  a Difference, is designed to reduce racial threat reactions in face-to-face encounters. His brother, Bryan Stevenson, wrote Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. He is the father if two sons, Bryan and Julian.

In part one of a special two-part episode that asks, “What’s the story of America, and how can it be told differently?” Kimberlé Crenshaw sits down with a panel of esteemed thinkers and storytellers to examine the origins, implications and failings of America’s grand narratives. The conversation delves into the stories that drove the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and those that informed liberal responses to it. How did the stories that shape our understanding of America get established in the first place, and what histories got buried in the process? In what ways have storytelling industries like Hollywood helped construct myths of American innocence? All that and more. With:
 RUHA BENJAMIN- Professor of American Studies, Princeton University; Author, Race After Technology DAVID BLIGHT - Professor of American History, Yale University; Author, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom BRYAN STEVENSON - Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption VIET THANH NGUYEN- Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California; Author, The Sympathizer Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
 Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Support provided by Amarachi Anakaraonye, Rebecca Scheckman, Destiny Spruill, and the African American Policy Forum
 Music by Blue Dot Sessions
 Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

Join Chris Jackson and Elizabeth Méndez Berry on the One World team as they explore the deeply entrenched problems in our criminal justice systems that prevent justice from actually being served, and how we can start to create a fairer, more equitable world for individuals and communities as a whole. Featuring expert perspectives from Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, and Ibram X. Kendi, Director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University and bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist. For more information on One World and these authors, visit www.oneworldlit.com.

This is episode 24 and I'm recapping some of my favorite reads from 2020, some of the most meaningful action steps I took this year, and discussing what this year has held and what I hope for in 2021.Listen in!SHOW NOTES:My favorite fiction read for this year: The Scent Keeper by Erica BauermeisterMy favorite debut novel this year: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréMy favorite non-fiction read: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonMy favorite romance read: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, and the sequel The Happy Ever After PlaylistMy favorite self-help read: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode— and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi KolberMy favorite memoir: Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by my friend Wendi NunneryMy favorite Christian read: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places by Chuck deGroat and Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley NikondehaMy favorite young adult read: The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoMy favorite poetry read: What Kind of Woman by Kate BaerMy favorite thriller: The Guest List by Lucy FoleyMy favorite fantasy read: A Court of Thorns of Roses, or the whole trilogy reallyThe rings I get engraved with my word of the year Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Mentioned in this episode: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (listen to our podcast episode with Quan here!) How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan (listen to our podcast episode with Meredith here!) You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (listen to our podcast episode with Leah here!) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (listen to our podcast with Alexis here!) After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America by Jessica Goudeau (listen to our podcast with Jessica here!) Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor    Honorable Mentions Two Old Women: An Alaska Tale of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder (listen to our podcast with Rachel here!) Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell (listen to our podcast with Amanda here!) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicone Valley Startup by John Carreyrou  The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid  The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya -- Shop all our authors' books and book recommendations on our Bookshop.org page! -- We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our December spotlight organization is Vermillion Ink Press. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. --   Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Pinterest: feministbookclub Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates Bookshop.org shop: Feminist Book Club Bookshop -- This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Sioux peoples.   Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose  

Podcast: On Being with Krista Tippett (LS 75 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Bryan Stevenson — Love is the MotivePub date: 2020-12-03How to embrace what's right and corrective, redemptive and restorative — and an insistence that each of us is more than the worst thing we've done — these are gifts Bryan Stevenson offers with his life. He's brought the language of mercy and redemption into American culture in recent years, growing out of his work as a lawyer to people unfairly on death row, people who are mentally ill and incarcerated, and children tried as adults. Krista draws out his spirit and his moral imagination.Bryan Stevenson  – is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice at New York University School of Law. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from On Being Studios, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

How to embrace what’s right and corrective, redemptive and restorative — and an insistence that each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve done — these are gifts Bryan Stevenson offers with his life. He’s brought the language of mercy and redemption into American culture in recent years, growing out of his work as a lawyer to people unfairly on death row, people who are mentally ill and incarcerated, and children tried as adults. Krista draws out his spirit and his moral imagination.Bryan Stevenson  – is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice at New York University School of Law. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

How to embrace what’s right and corrective, redemptive and restorative — and an insistence that each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve done — these are gifts Bryan Stevenson offers with his life. He’s brought the language of mercy and redemption into American culture in recent years, growing out of his work as a lawyer to people unfairly on death row, people who are mentally ill and incarcerated, and children tried as adults. Krista draws out his spirit and his moral imagination.Bryan Stevenson  – is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice at New York University School of Law. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Bryan Stevenson —Love is the Motive." Find the transcript for that show at onbeing.org.

So this week for we had to talk about the longest result to presidency EVER!!! The race to 270 had everyone on the edge of their seat waiting for it to be over with a winner. What we learned during this election was that people were TIRED of the Tyrant that occupies the White House and was ready to serve him his eviction notice immediately. We also highlighted in our BlackLight Bryan Stevenson the lawyer/social justice activist and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative as well as a law professor at New York University School of Law. He was also depicted in the legal drama film "Just Mercy" A Story of Justice and Redemption! And you already know we wrapped up with some random talk.

This week, Brooke, Shannon, and Melissa discuss some of their favorite memoirs. There is quite a bit of discussion of sexual assault here, so keep that in mind if that's something you're sensitive to. Books mentioned include: Chanel Miller: Know My Name: A Memoir Rachael Denhollander, what Is a Girl Worth: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics Iyanla Vanzant, Yesterday, I Cried Betty White, Here We Go Again: My Life In Television Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Ginger Gaffney, Half Broke: A Memoir Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake: A Memoir Elton John: Me Jessye Norman, Stand Up Straight and Sing Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara discuss Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's Punching the Air. After our Bookish Check-in, we share our opinions about the book and some favorite quotations, and then each of us offers another book we think would pair well with this YA novel in verse. Finally, we end by sharing some new favorites we've discovered lately.   Bookish Check-in Ashley - Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji Jen - Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom Sara - Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow   Our Pairings Ashley - Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage Jen - Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce Sara - Ellen Hopkins’s Burned   Mentioned in Episode Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Wes Moore's The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Nic Stone's Dear Martin “Wait for It” from Hamilton West Wing Weekly Song Exploder podcast and Netflix series Partners podcast   Give Me One - A Recent Favorite Ashley - Kim’s Convenience on Netflix Jen - In the Dark, most recent episode with Curtis Flowers Sara - Hamilton   Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.     Want to support Unabridged? Check out our Merch Store! Become a patron on Patreon.​ Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram. Like and follow our Facebook Page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher. Check us out on Podbean.   Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Justin is out being a football champion, go local football team! So, Bruce decided to share what he was invited to share with our church's young adult group. Bruce shares a different view of mercy, not as a withholding of God's punishment, but rather as Jesus communicated it, which was the compassionate care of someone In distress.Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson (Book)Just Mercy (Movie)

Gabe Flateman was one of several co-founders at Casper who took a painful, opaque experience and brought transparency, simplicity and joy to consumers.  Now, Flateman is poised to do the same in healthcare.  As co-founder and CTO of Tomorrow Health, Flateman is rethinking the world of home-based services such as Durable Medical Equipment which is often wrought with complexity and delays putting some of healthcare’s most vulnerable populations at risk.  Hear how Flateman has learned from his experiences at Casper and elsewhere to rethink the consumer experience in home care. Having founded several companies, Flateman shares his journey, views on culture and some advice is you are thinking about a startup.   Show notes: The Price We Pay: What Broke American Healthcare – and How to Fix it by Marty Makary; Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Podcasts:  This American Life; The Daily; Radiolab

On the Well Woman Show this week, I share part two in a series of conversations with black, indigenous and women of color colleagues and friends, and together we explore anti-racism and racial justice - what it means not only in the big picture but how our daily lives are impacted, what we're reading, what we're doing and where we go from here. I'm in conversation with my colleague Angelica Archuleta, and we exploring racial justice from our unique perspectives and lived experiences. Angelica Archuleta was born in Santa Fe, raised in Espanola and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a Lupus survivor since the age of ten, her passion for human rights is rooted in her lived experiences. All the information shared today can be found at the show notes at http://wellwomanlife.com/210show (wellwomanlife.com/210show)  The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from High Desert Yoga in Albuquerque. All the information shared today can be found at the show notes at http://wellwomanlife.com/210show (wellwomanlife.com/210show) You can find part one of this series at http://wellwomanlife.com/206show (wellwomanlife.com/206show) You can find Liberatory Consciousness Framework by Barbara J Love at https://bit.ly/30pxPjt (https://bit.ly/30pxPjt) The Resources Angelica recommended were: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (the movie) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in The Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D And find all the past episodes of the WWS featuring black, indigenous, and women of color at http://wellwomanlife.com/womenofcolor (wellwomanlife.com/womenofcolor). Also, there is a list of resources that I developed, and Angelica added to http://wellwomanlife.com/anti-racism (wellwomanlife.com/anti-racism). You can also continue the conversation in the Well Woman Life community group at http://wellwomanlife.com/facebook (wellwomanlife.com/facebook) Sign up for The Well Woman Academy™: http://wellwomanlife.com/academy (http://wellwomanlife.com/academy) The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from High Desert Yoga in Albuquerque. Support this podcast

Black Lives Matter. Black Stories Matter. Share them. Say their names. Don’t let them be silenced. Resources - Advancement Project’s List of Organizations (https://advancementproject.org/how-you-can-act-now-to-address-police-violence/) - Bookshop’s Antiracist Reading Recs (https://bookshop.org/lists/antiracist-reading-recs) - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spotlights the last 50 years of African-American history in “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise” now streaming in full for free online (https://watch.weta.org/show/black-america-mlk-and-still-i-rise/) - Guide to Ally-ship: read the short guide here (https://guidetoallyship.com/) - 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship: on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/CA04VKDAyjb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) - An anti-racist reading list from Ibram X Kendi (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html) - List of Black-Owned bookstores in the U.S. (https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php) - The Conscious Kid (https://www.theconsciouskid.org/about/) : A resource to help educate children on racial bias and promoting positive identity development - I have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest by Tochi Onyebuchi (https://www.tor.com/2020/06/01/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-the-duty-of-the-black-writer-during-times-of-american-unrest/) - Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough (https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/ibram-x-kendi-on-why-not-being-racist-is-not-enough) Accounts to Follow on Social Media - The Conscious Kid on Instagram (https://instagram.com/theconsciouskid?igshid=9p7j4jyk7wn3) - Spinesvines on Instagram (https://instagram.com/spinesvines?igshid=1itc7byp0ob5l) - The Stacks Podcast on Instagram (https://instagram.com/thestackspod?igshid=1ocj4sd78c8ak) - Diverse Spines on Instagram (https://instagram.com/diversespines?igshid=9n2shtxu7gsv) - Bowties and Books on Instagram (https://instagram.com/bowtiesandbooks?igshid=t3167ozs7bbv) Where to Donate - Black Live Matter: donate here (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019) - Campaign Zero: donate here (https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision) - The Bail Project: donate here (https://bailproject.org/) Podcasts/Podcast Episodes - Code Switch Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-switch/id1112190608): hosted by journalists of color, the podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. - Deadline City Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deadline-citys-podcast/id1482022414): hosted by authors Dhonielle Clayton & Zoraida Cordova who talk about the publishing industry and their writing journeys. - First Draft Podcast’s (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-draft-with-sarah-enni/id896407410?i=1000452748799) interview with Jason Reynolds, discusses his book LOOK BOTH WAYS, his childhood growing up in DC, his writing career, and more. - The Stacks Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-112-r-eric-thomas-here-for-it/id1362164483?i=1000475188487) interview with R. Eric Thomas, author of HERE FOR IT, a collection of humorous and thoughtful essays centering around his identities of Black, Christian, Gay, and American. - The Reading Women’s (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-women/id1118019442?i=1000465359770) interview with Kiley Reid, author of SUCH A FUN AGE. Black Stories on Youtube - Let’s Talk About Race: Nic Stone & Jodi Picoult (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQcUPRqbUuA) - Amber Ruffin’s Experience with Police on Late Night with Seth Meyers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o6OEyfuJU8) - This is My Story - The FBE Cast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FowNV-PvcyY) - Untold Story of Black Suffragettes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzpc6u2PJ5U) Tara’s Book Rec Sister Outsider - on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/sister-outsider-essays-and-speeches-9780143134442/9781580911863) Audre Lourde is a legend. When I read Sister Outsider for the first time a few years ago I felt empowered, I felt rage, I felt sickened - I cried a number of times. Ultimately, it’s a plea for hope and change. Why I picked it? A stunning number of my friends on Goodreads have not read this book. It’s older, but I think it’s just as important now as when it was published. Meredith’s Book Rec Dear Martin on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JkaNZk39FR&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/dear-martin/9781101939529) This book might be short, but its impact is huge as it tackles racial discrimination, police brutality, and the inequality in the American school system. Why I picked it? This is one of those books that sticks with you. I ugly cried during portions of it, but was still left with hope at the end. It’s also a great time to read it because Nic Stone is publishing a sequel called DEAR JUSTYCE in September 2020 that deals with the very real issues facing Black boys and other minorities in the American justice system. Jeannette’s Book Rec All American Boys on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25657130-all-american-boys) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/all-american-boys-reprint/9781481463348) Told from the two perspectives of Rashad and Quinn, this book explores the idea of police brutality and the trauma and impact it has on the victim and their community, but it also shows a white teen dealing with his privilege and what his responsibility is as someone who knows the truth behind the incident. Why I picked it? This book is so powerful in the way it handles real issues of discrimination and privilege. It made me think, it made me cry, and it has never really left me. Non-Fiction Book Recs - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/born-a-crime-stories-from-a-south-african-childhood/9780399588198) - March on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29436571-march) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/march-book-one-9781603093002/9781603093002) - How to be An Antiracist on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an-antiracist?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=RcrqyFlOBY&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-be-an-antiracist/9780525509288) - So You Want to Talk About Race on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=kHNRRrmlzG&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580058827) - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=A9O5vRwRbM&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-anniversary/9781620971932) - Heavy: An American Memoir on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29430746-heavy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=drcUZW2fhg&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/heavy-an-american-memoir/9781501125669) - White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43708708-white-fragility?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=qvf4zvOBvd&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/white-fragility-why-it-s-so-hard-for-white-people-to-talk-about-racism/9780807047415) - Just Mercy:A Story of Justice and Redemption on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just-mercy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=i5URE53cNm&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/just-mercy-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption/9780812984965) - Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25898216-stamped-from-the-beginning?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ySHfnhQvR5&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/stamped-from-the-beginning-the-definitive-history-of-racist-ideas-in-america-9781568585987/9781568585987) - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52220686-stamped?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GzTXW6dN5T&rank=2) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/stamped-racism-antiracism-and-you-a-remix-of-the-national-book-award-winning-stamped-from-the-beginning/9780316453691) - Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45915136-here-for-it?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=FFJht955IC&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/here-for-it-or-how-to-save-your-soul-in-america-essays/9780525621034) - I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13214.I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=FVDgMjJy5I&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/9780345514400) - The Fire Next Time on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/464260.The_Fire_Next_Time?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VjShxSnbiF&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-fire-next-time/9780679744726) - Between the World and Me on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Fui0mGBH9g&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/between-the-world-and-me/9780812993547) - Sister Outsider on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4DXMxZmpPV&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/sister-outsider-essays-and-speeches-9780143134442/9781580911863) - Becoming on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38746485-becoming?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=sRwlA7QlrN&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/becoming/9781524763138) - Brown Girl Dreaming on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821284-brown-girl-dreaming?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=MqwNGFAQWX&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/brown-girl-dreaming/9780147515827) Fiction Book Recs - The Hate U Give on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-hate-u-give/9780062498533) - The Fifth Season on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19161852-the-fifth-season?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VFZbxrH0N1&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-fifth-season/9780316229296) - Kindred on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60931.Kindred?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=qNDoKp897l&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/kindred-9780807083697/9780807083697) - Homegoing on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27071490-homegoing?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ACZZCRQs1w&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/homegoing-9781101947135/9781101971062) - Invisible Man on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16981.Invisible_Man?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JSTgSxWdMc&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/invisible-man-9780679732761/9780679732761) - The Underground Railroad on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29584452-the-underground-railroad?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Hq6NJPQMHK&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-underground-railroad-9780385542364/9780345804327) - The Nickel Boys on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42270835-the-nickel-boys?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=kn9mpwcpny&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-nickel-boys-winner-2020-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction/9780385537070) - Long Way Down on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22552026-long-way-down?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=G3pOQt7HjY&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/long-way-down-9781481438254/9781481438261) - The Belles on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23197837-the-belles?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=HaoMmcEL2S&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/the-belles/9781484732519) - A Phoenix First Must Burn on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49619831-a-phoenix-first-must-burn?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QKOjX8e7i7&rank=2) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/a-phoenix-first-must-burn-sixteen-stories-of-black-girl-magic-resistance-and-hope/9781984835659) - All American Boys on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25657130-all-american-boys?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Fsje5QTOC9&rank=1) and Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/books/all-american-boys-reprint/9781481463348) - 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Another recommendation for yo today. This time it's Just Mercy. The movie is now available to watch for free. Check this website to see where you can view it: https://www.justmercyfilm.com/ And this film is based on Bryan Stevenson's memoir, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Check your local area before Amazon: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812984965 Be sure to follow the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Google Podcasts to receive all new episodes as they become available.

I hope this information is helpful and insightful, and I apologize if we forgot to cover some essential bases. There’s so much history about this important issue that people must be educated on during these trying times. Ways to help support the BLM movement: Ways you can help: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Barack Obama's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5X31igzCL/ Chris Cuomo's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAwUrNQJ_aO/ Georgetown Law link History: https://www.zinnedproject.org/ If you want to find specific articles about black American history I linked some below. Articles (all found from the Zinn Education Project): Tulsa Massacre: https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/burning-tulsa-the-legacy-of-black-dispossession/ Segregation: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/color-line-colonial-laws The Necessity to Teach Reconstruction: https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/when-black-lives-mattered/ Housing Segregation: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/how-red-lines-built-white-wealth-color-of-law-lesson Teaching SNCC: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-sncc Books: Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Mercy-Story-Justice-Redemption/dp/08129849 Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, Wayne Au's Teaching for Black Lives: https://www.rethinkingschools.org/books/title/teaching-for-black-lives Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve's Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: https://www.audible.com/pd/Never-Caught-the-Story-of-Ona-Judge-Audiobook/150827830X? Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds's Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning: https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Antiracism-National-Award-winning-Beginning/dp/0316453692 Blair Imani's Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Our-Way-Home-Migration-ebook/dp/B07QWH7YXR Podcasts: 1619 Project (from New York Times) Code Switch (from NPR) School Colors (from NPR) Uncivil (from Gimlet Media) Scene on Radio (from John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika) Justice in America (from Josie Duffy Rice with guest hosts Darnell Moore, Donovan X. Ramsey, Derecka Purnell, and Zak Cheney Rice)

Today’s episode I believe is of the most important conversations I’ve recorded to date. I sat down to interview Garry Thorton, who has more than thirty years of experience as a teacher, coach, counselor and administrator in both public and private education. Garry also used to be my HS Principal. Garry is a black man who grew up in a very different world than I did, however he has spent well over the last decade living and teaching in North County San Diego, which if who aren’t familiar, it is an affluent, predominantly white community. I wanted to sit down with Garry because due to the recent protests and the murder of George Floyd, there has rightfully been a huge light shed on the systemic racism that is rampant in our country today in 2020. As things have been escalating, I’ve been asking and wondering myself “What can I do as a white privileged person to help?” There are so any other questions and topics I wanted to ask Garry, however the lens of what can privileged white people do to help the black community is the main guiding star for the conversation today, as well as how white people of privilege can better educate themselves in order to take empowered actions in creating a just society, starting with you and I. So without further ado, today’s episode with Garry Thoron. Show Notes / Links Garry Thorton’s Website: http://www.gwthornton.com/ Garry Thorton’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwthornton/ The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+invisible+man&qid=1591122855&s=books&sr=1-1 To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0060935464/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25D0YCZFQS8CH&dchild=1&keywords=to+kill+a+mockingbird&qid=1591122834&s=books&sprefix=to+kill+a+%2Cstripbooks%2C228&sr=1-1 A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Unseen-American-Odyssey-League/dp/0767901266 Brian Branks Story (CA Innocence Project) https://californiainnocenceproject.org/read-their-stories/brian-banks/ Rachel Cargle’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgufOtRq488 California Innocence Project: https://californiainnocenceproject.org/ Just Mercy Film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4916630/ Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, book by Bryan Stevenson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JYWVYLY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Today's show will take a leaning to the French people and their culture. First off, I want to thank all my fans from France. I was checking out my dHarmic Evolution Podcast download stats, and right behind America, France is the country with the 2nd highest download stats. So thank you to all you French fans of the podcast! Weird enough though, I don't think I've hosted any French guests on the show before. Having hosted artists from over 35 different countries, I am still looking to host a French artist. So if you're listening to the show and know a French singer/songwriter, author, speaker, or thought leader, kindly recommend them to me and I'd love to have them on the show. They can reach me at james@thejamesoconnoragency.com With the quarantine going on, I've been spending a lot of my extra time running, praying, and reading books. Running is really helping me keep fit since there aren't any yoga studios open just yet. I've also discovered and learned so much info in front of the recent Tech books I've been reading. I'm a new student of Cryptocurrency and the book “Crypto Facts” alongside George Gilder's “Life After Google” are some of the masterpieces that I've been reading to help increase my knowledge of this new space. Thank you, France! Having dedicated the show to my French fans, I figured I'd entertain all of you with some top, interesting facts about the French and their culture, most of which just might blow your mind! But before that, I wanna share an off the book fact that I recently learned from a World War 2 documentary I was watching. Did you know that the Germans, when attacking France, were pumped up on Methylphenidate to keep them up and running for 3 straight days? A task the French thought it would take the Germans at least 2 weeks to accomplish, the Germans were able to break through into Paris in just 3 days! With that said, here are some of the top facts about the French and their culture that I bet you didn't know. • France is sometimes known as The Hexagon due to the fact that it has six sides • When all of French's possessions worldwide are taken into account. France occupies 12 time zones. The most of any country. • Paris was a roman city originally. It was known as Lutetia • In addition to being the most studied language in the world after English. Alongside, Italian and Spanish, French is one of the most romantic languages. The duo has origins in Latin. • The French army was the first to use camouflage as a war tactic in world war 1 • Over one-half of the traffic roundabouts worldwide is located in France. • In the Second World War, when Hitler visited the Eiffel Tower, the French cut all of the lift cables. This forced him to climb the stairs if he wanted to enjoy the view from the top. • King Louis the 19th had the shortest reign in history: 20 minutes. His father had abdicated the throne, and Louis followed him in abdicating in favor of his nephew. • France made history in 2016 by banning supermarkets from throwing out unsold food items. These stores are now required to donate food to charities and food banks. • During the Second World War, the Mosque of Paris protected French Jews from the Nazis by supplying them with Muslim Identification cards. • The famous Lascaux Caves in France have rock paintings in them dating back over 17,000 years. • The Louvre Museum in Paris is consistently the most visited museum in the world. Over 9 million visitors go through their doors annually. • By the 1660s France already had a form of public transportation. It consisted of horse-drawn wagons that followed a set schedule along specific routes. • For 214 years it was illegal in Paris for women to wear pants. This ended in 2012. • The highest mountain in France is Mont Blanc. At 15,780 feet, Mont Blanc is a part of the French Alps. • Despite France's reputation as a culinary mecca, French males have the lowest percentage of obesity in Europe. • In order to be a taxi driver in Paris, you would have to pay almost 200,000 Euros to get your license. • France is divided into 13 Regions, which are divided into 101 Departments. There are also 5 ROMs or overseas regions which are part of France. In December 2015, the regions were reorganized to the 13 current regions, down from the previous number of 22. • The oldest person in the world was (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), a French woman who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. • No country has won more Nobel Prizes for Literature than France. • The French rail system, at 29,000 km, is second only to Germany's in length. • The actual name France came from a Germanic tribe. They used the word “frank”, which meant “free” in their native tongue. •Champagne comes exclusively from the Champagne region of France. If it doesn't come from there, it is simply referred to as a sparkling wine. Timestamps (3:58) Reading my way through the quarantine (10:11) Honoring my French fans (15:07) German soldiers - The original Meth users (16:20) About the French culture from my trip (18:36) Interesting facts about France and the French (32:57) Listen to “Tango On” Selected Links and Mentions Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy Cryptofacts Vol 1 Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption 111Interesting facts about France Hitler, Meth, and the War: Sleepless on the Western Front As always, thanks a lot for being a part of the dHarmic evolution podcast, be sure to subscribe to the podcast and connect with us on social media. 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An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Mentioned in this episode: BookRiot reading log - template here Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno (FBC interview here) Educated by Tara Westover The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland (FBC interview here) Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow What They Don't Know by Nicole Maggi (FBC interview forthcoming) A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen (FBC interview forthcoming) Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness Naturally Tan by Tan France Trust Exercise by Susan Choi These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton (FBC interview forthcoming) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson -- Shop all our authors' books and book recommendations on our Bookshop.org page! -- We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our May charity is The Letter Project. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. Our May book of the month is GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob. Hear our interview with Mira here.   --   Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Pinterest: feministbookclub Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates Bookshop.org shop: Feminist Book Club Bookshop -- This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples.   Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript77  

Bryan Stevenson writes a powerful true story about the Equal Justice Initiative, the people we represent, and the importance of fighting injustice. His latest, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a New York Times bestseller and this year’s Book In Common. Also, Author TJ Richardson captures the essence of pursuing your goals amongst hardships in Where I Wanna Be . Richardson speaks about his journey as a nontraditional student.

Tells the true story of a death row inmate, played by Jamie Foxx, who fights his unjust conviction with the help of a young lawyer played by Michael B. Jordan. Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, an African American, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative in 1989. The EJI provides legal assistance to prisoners on death row. Stevenson's career expanded over the years to include involvement in a lot of civil and human rights issues. In 2014 he published a memoir that achieved considerable acclaim, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.” Although the book profiles Stevenson's early life and career in general, it focuses on one case in particular that he took on, that of Walter McMillian, a black pulp wood worker in Alabama who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1988. Now the story has been made into a film. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, it's called Just Mercy. The film opens with McMillian, whose nickname for some unexplained reason is “Johnny D.,” getting stopped by police as he is driving home from work in June of 1987. Right away, we see how he puts his hands over the steering wheel to show that he is unarmed, and how carefully and fearfully he weighs his words when asked questions by the officer shining a flashlight on him. After being ordered out of the car with his hands up, he learns that he's been arrested for the murder of an 18-year-old white woman seven months earlier. Johnny D. is played by Jamie Foxx, and it's Foxx's alert and passionate performance that centers the film. The movie now introduces us to the young lawyer Bryan Stevenson, played by Michael B. Jordan. A Delaware native and Harvard Law School graduate, Stevenson decides to go to Alabama to work with death row inmates rather than take the possibly lucrative career that is open to him. There's a scene where his worrying mother pleads with him to be careful. It's the 1980s, but it's still dangerous for a black man to fight for justice in the South. What we don't learn in the film is that Stevenson was awarded a MacArthur grant to help him do this vital work. In any case, he comes to Montgomery only to find that the person who volunteered to help him, Eva Ansley (played by Brie Larson) got the office she had rented pulled away from her when the owner found out what it was going to be used for. Eventually they set up shop somewhere else, and Stevenson gets down to his work at the state prison. When he reads up on McMillian's case, he realizes that the evidence was incredibly flimsy. Everything rested on one witness, a felon telling an improbable story in order to get a better deal; while at the same time there are several witnesses confirming McMillian's alibi, witnesses who were ignored by a police chief and a D.A. anxious to get a conviction in a case, the murder of this young woman, that prompted a lot of rage in the community. Stevenson decides to work towards getting a retrial, and although he knows it won't be easy, it still ends up being a lot more difficult than he had anticipated. Michael B. Jordan has become a star in a pretty short time, and in this movie he has a strong, solid presence, playing someone who lives by a simple faith that justice must be served, no matter what. Brie Larson is also fine as his sidekick. Two of the supporting actors are very impressive. Rob Morgan plays another death row inmate who has PTSD from his time in Vietnam. This man's agony over his own actions—he did kill someone—and the nightmares and self-doubt that he can't escape, really packs a punch here. Tim Blake Nelson is also on hand as the white man whose testimony convicted McMillian. He's mentally unstable, and comes off at first as a contemptuous low-life, but then Nelson and the screenplay invest the character with unexpected nuance. Most of all, tho

Lori describes the wrongful conviction of Walter MacMillian from “Just Mercy – A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. Was this simply a mistake, or something worse? Special guest Tina Soloman of Holding Out Hope joins Lori to discuss how her work with female inmates has tried, and also strengthened, her faith. Join the Unlovely Truth Group on FaceBook to join the discussion! Learn more about the incredible work of Bryan Stevenson and Tina Soloman at these sites: eji.org – the Equal Justice Initiative founded by Bryan Stevenson holdingouthope.org – founded by Tina Soloman tinasoloman.com

Career Q&A with Michael B. Jordan on December 6, 2018. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Actor, producer, CEO and visionary Michael B. Jordan most recently starred in Marvel’s Black Panther for which he received critical acclaim for his role as Erik Killmonger. It marked Jordan’s third feature directed by Ryan Coogler. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios in February 2018 and went on to make over $1.3 billion worldwide. In 2015, Jordan starred in MGM and Warner Bros.’ Creed alongside Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson. For his performance directed by Coogler, Jordan garnered numerous accolades including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture and the NAACP’s Entertainer of the Year Award. Jordan will reprise his role as Adonis Creed and serve as an executive producer in Creed II, which is set to release on November 21, 2018. Later this year, Jordan is set to begin production on the upcoming Warner Bros. legal drama Just Mercy, directed by Destin Crettin. Based on the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Jordan will play Bryan Stevenson, a gifted young lawyer’s defense of the most vulnerable in our country and his fight for equal justice in a flawed legal system. Additionally, he will star in 20th Century Fox’s A Bittersweet Life, an action-thriller remake of the cult classic 2005 Korean film, and will reteam with Coogler in Wrong Answer, which follows the true story of how Atlanta high school educators participated in an intricate, systemic standardized-test cheating scandal in 2013. Jordan garnered industry-wide attention for his breakout role in Fruitvale Station, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 among other accolades that year. The film, which marked his first collaboration with Coogler, is an account of Oscar Grant's controversial slaying by police officers on a San Francisco train platform. For his performance as Oscar, Jordan took home the award for Breakthrough Actor at the 2013 National Board of Review Awards, the 2013 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actor. In 2016, Jordan launched his own production company, Outlier Society Productions, with a multiyear first-look deal with Skydance Media. Jordan is currently executive producing and will guest star in the sci-fi hour-long series Raising Dion, which has a straight-to-series order from Netflix. Through Outlier Society, Jordan will make his feature film directorial debut and produce the film adaptation of the David Barclay Moore novel, The Stars Beneath Our Feet. He is also slated to executive produce the forthcoming untitled drama series for the Oprah Winfrey Network from Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, the animated Skydance project Super Day Care, and the upcoming anime-style 3D series Gen:Lock in which Jordan will also voice the main character Julian Chase. His previous film credits include 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four, 20th Century Fox’s box office hit Chronicle, Focus Features’ That Awkward Moment and the George Lucas produced film Redtails. Jordan also starred in three of television’s most critically acclaimed shows of all time – HBO’s dramatic hit series The Wire and NBC’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood. In May 2018, Jordan starred as Guy Montag in the Emmy-nominated HBO Films’ adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, Jordan also served as an executive producer.

In this episode, I’m chatting with author Nefertiti Austin about her latest book, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America. We talk about her journey to adoption as a single Black woman and some of the issues faced by mothers of color and adoptive mothers. When she couldn’t find any books on the topic while going through the adoption process, she decided to write her own.   Big Ideas Fostered and adopted kids need to be given age-appropriate information from caregivers about their situations. Good communication is critical to helping kids understand what is going on around them. It’s important to never talk badly about a child’s biological parents, no matter the situation. Allow kids to try new things and leave the door open for them to pursue their interests. The term ‘crack babies’ is a misnomer; there is no evidence to support the idea that children exposed to substances in utero can’t thrive in a healthy, stable home environment. People should not be afraid to adopt a child who might be born addicted. Single mothers need to find positive male role models for their children. They can find support from men in the community through sports, church, friendships, and extended family. The Anti-Bias Education that has emerged in recent years is hopefully moving the needle, but the best way to help communities overcome racial prejudices and discrimination is for more families to connect with people who are different from them. If you are adopting a child of a different race, do your homework, understand their culture, and make friends with people of their race. It’s important to respect cultural differences. Quotes Nefertiti: “I always wanted a family, wanted to be married and have children but as I got older, what was really important to me was helping a child in need.” Audrey: “it seems like because of your experience, you understand that adopted kids need a lot of talking to and explaining about their situation.” Nefertiti: “When I became a mom, I made a point to talk about adoption with my kids when they were very young. I started using the word ‘adoption’ and reading books to them so that it was really normalized.” Nefertiti: “I make a point to let them know that I’m so happy that they chose me, that I love them, and this is just the best place for all of us.” Nefertiti: “Your ‘parents’ are the people who provide a home for you, feed you, love you, help you with your homework, and help you kind of get on in the world.” Audrey: “One of the reasons people choose adoption is to give kids the opportunity to have the family that all children deserve.” Nefertiti: “I was looking for words, for information, for contexts to be able to share with people and it wasn’t there I had to create it for myself.” Nefertiti: “The child’s trajectory turned on the environment; that seemed to be the biggest thing that was going to either help a child thrive or not.” Nefertiti: “When you take a look at those families where drugs, violence, or neglect play a central role in a child’s life, if you remove those barriers and put them in a stable, loving household, then it is 180 degrees from what they first thought.” Audrey: “You really had a plan to have a community in place to support your family. You had role models--men, aunts and uncles, and miscellaneous people--creating a support network.” Nefertiti: “Any woman who is going to have a child of the opposite sex, whether you give birth or not, that child needs his community." Audrey: “I think reading to kids and having them develop a love of reading is just so important because it opens up the world to them, whatever they decide to be interested in, they can then go out and find it.” Audrey: “I really appreciate that you wrote this book because I think it’s not only going to be helpful for the people who are in your same circumstances, black mothers, adopting as single women, but also in the general adoption community.” Nefertiti: “If a child can go to a loving, stable home, a home where the parents have really thought about what that’s going to mean (being in a mixed family), then they should go there.” Nefertiti: “The best way to move the needle is through interpersonal relations. You can read anything, but you have an emotional distance from it. It doesn’t impact you and it’s hard to see your own bias. It’s hard to see your own privilege. It requires people sitting down with one another and listening to stories about each other.” Nefertiti: “My book isn’t specifically for black mothers. There really is something for everyone. It’s important that all mothers come together—period. There is a racial hierarchy in motherhood and that needs to go away.” Nefertiti: “I think moms have a lot of power and our voices collectively could make a huge difference. If we could come together and really support each other, our kids would feel a lot better about themselves, who they’re friends with and be less suspicious of the ‘other’.” Audrey: “You can’t ‘other’ people you are friends with.” Resources/Books Mentioned Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Angie Thomas’ On The Come Upand The Hate U Give About Nefertiti [caption id="attachment_6387" align="alignright" width="438"]Nefertiti Austin[/caption] Author and memoirist, Nefertiti Austin writes about the erasure of diverse voices in motherhood. Her work around this topic has been short-listed for literary awards and appeared in the “Huffington Post”, MUTHA, “The Establishment”, matermea.com, Essence.com, “Adoptive Families” magazine, PBS SoCal’s “To Foster Change” and PBS Parents. She was the subject of an article on race and adoption in “The Atlantic” and appeared on “HuffPost Live” and “One Bad Mother”, where she shared her journey to adoption as a single Black woman. Nefertiti’s expertise stems from firsthand experience and degrees in U.S. History and African-American Studies. Nefertiti is a former Certified PS-MAPP Trainer, where she co-led classes for participants wanting to attain a license to foster and/or adopt children from the foster care system. An alumna of Breadloaf Writers’ Conference and VONA, her first two novels, Eternity and Abandon, helped usher in the Black Romance genre in the mid-1990s. Contact Nefertiti www.nefertitiaustin.com Instagram.com/iamnefertitiaustin Twitter.com/nefertitiaustin Facebook.com/nefertitiaustin If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to: Episode 55: Raising Kids who Love to Read with Anne Driscoll Episode 61: National Adoption Awareness Month Episode 93: Teaching Healthy Relationship Skills to Improve Lives Three Strategies for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults

Episode Seventy Eight Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donatedirectly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalong –Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (record date 6/27/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston (CW)Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF) release date 6/11/19– Just Read –Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)look for our discussion of this co-readalong with Jenny of Reading Envy – it will air on June 18, 2019Chris and Emily both watched this documentary – Margaret Mitchell: American RebelThe Americans on D-Day & in Normandy – Brooke S. Blades (CW)– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily attended Book Expo 2019Chris and Emily were guests on our friend Russell’s Booktube Channel where we reflected on our Book Expo experience, you can see the video HERE.– Upcoming Jaunts –Emily is off on a trip to Ireland and Portugal and will seek out bookish adventure– Upcoming Reads –Chris is going to read lots of Willa Cather in preparation for trip to the Willa Cather SeminarNever Have I Ever – Joshilyn Jackson (EF) release date 7/30/19If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca Marais (EF) release date 7/16/19All Grown Up – Jami Attenberg (EF)The Butterfly Girl – Rene Denfeld (EF) release date 10/1/19– Also Mentioned –James Benn Billy Boyle seriesThe Middlesteins – Jami AttenbergRed at the Bone – Jacqueline Woodson They Called Us Enemy – George Takei release date 7/16/19Words Without BordersLost in the Spanish Quarter – Heidi Goodrich release date 9/10/19Jamilah King co-host of The Mother Jones PodcastGrace Ellis – Lumber Janes seriesHarley Quinn: Breaking Glass – Mariko Tamaki release date 9/3/2019The Gravity of Us – Phil Stamper release date 2/4/20Deep River – Karl Marlantes release date 7/2/2019 Matterhorn – Karl MarlantesPritzker Military Museum & LibraryWord BookstoresLoyalty BookstoreWell-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Glory Edim What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence – edited by Michele Filgate Light from Other Stars – Erica SwylerThe Book of Speculation – Erica SwylerJust Ask!:Be Different, Be Brave, Be You – Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael Lopez release date 9/3/19}Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan StevensonCheck out the Serial Reader AppHum if You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisThe Middlesteins – Jami AttenbergAlso by Rene Denfeld: The Enchanted and The Child FinderThe Chelsea Girls – Fiona Davis

REFLECTION QUOTES “The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It's when mercy is least expected that it is most potent – strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering.” ~Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, activist in Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption “Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.” ~Rebecca Goldstein, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away “Christianity was also, to my surprise, radical – far more radical than the leftist ideologies with which I had previously been enamored.” “Christianity, it turned out, looked nothing like the caricature I once held…. God wants broken people, not self-righteous ones. And salvation is not about us earning our way to some place in the clouds through good works. On the contrary; there is nothing we can do to reconcile ourselves to God. As a historian, this made profound sense to me. I was too aware of the cycles of poverty, violence and injustice in human history to think that some utopian design of our own, scientific or otherwise, might save us.” ~Dr. Sarah Irving-Stonebraker (PhD, Cambridge) Australian historian “The letter of the law is too cold and formal to have a beneficial influence on society. Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relations, there is an atmosphere of moral mediocrity, paralyzing man's noblest impulses.” ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn in his 1978 Harvard Address “Power is perhaps humanity's most dangerous drug.” ~Rebecca McLaughlin, (PhD, Cambridge) author and activist SERMON PASSAGE Genesis 33:18-35:4 (ESV) Genesis 33 18 And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19 And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Genesis 34 1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. 3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.” 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not be done. 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. 9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.” 11 Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. 12 Ask me for as great a bride-price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.” 13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised. 16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.” 18 Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem. 19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father's house. 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 21 “These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.” 24 And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and went away. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. 29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.” 31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?” Genesis 35 1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

Something Old:   Josh's: Run Lola Run (1998): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1   Skye's: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1   Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption https://www.amazon.com/Just-Mercy-Story-Justice-Redemption/dp/081298496X   Something New: Captain Marvel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSbk_tTsjk   Josh's Proposal:  Captain marvel demonstrates why film studios are so desperate to create a Cinematic Universe.   Skye's Proposal: Every time Marvel has introduced a new Character, they have done it by introducing a new Genre of film.   Something Borrowed:  https://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/anna-boden-ryan-fleck/3913929   Something Blew:   Josh's: Paddleton (2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8041276/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2   Skye's: Aquaman (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477834/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1   Jason's: The Twilight Zone - “The Comedian” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19GO8-Rrn0g

This past fall, eight La Salle students (Senior Joseph Kenzakowski and Juniors Eric Ford, Eyoel Kassa-Darge, Quinn Lanahan, Luke Melinson, Justin Morgan, Thomas Newell, and Patrick Voigt) and our principal, Mr. O'Toole, attended a speech at Villanova University given by author Bryan Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson's book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption was the summer reading book in 2018 for all our sophomores and juniors and seniors in some elective courses. This critically acclaimed work, coincidentally, was the “One Book” reading for Villanova this year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bryan Stevenson is a a civil rights attorney who represents prisoners on death row. Described as “America’s Nelson Mandela,” his Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit law firm based in Alabama, is dedicated to challenging racial injustice and ending mass incarceration. Stevenson is also the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.  REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Q&A Michael Cohen’s prepared opening statement before the House Oversight Committee Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee An article from the Washington Post about Representative Matt Gaetz’s tweet and the Florida Bar’s investigation  Rule 35 - Correcting or reducing a sentence Stevenson & EJI Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy The movie adaptation of Just Mercy(2020) The Equal Justice Initiative EJI’s The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration EJI’s The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (and efforts to create memorials in Berlin and South Africa) Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 SCOTUS decisions concerning the death penalty: Furman v. Georgia (1972), Gregg v. Georgia(1976), McCleskey v. Kemp(1987) An article in the Washington Post on the McCleskey opinion and dissent (“fear of too much justice”) A 1994 paper by David Baldus and co. addressing to the “inevitability doctrine” SCOTUS decisions concerning life sentences without parole for juveniles: Graham v. Florida(2010), Miller v. Alabama (2010), Sullivan v. Florida(2010), Jackson v. Hobbes(2012) The SCOTUS decision that struck down the death penalty for juveniles: Roper v. Simmons, 2005 (and an article from the NYT analyzing the court opinion) The SCOTUS decision that struck down the death penalty for mentally ill folks: Atkins v. Virginia, 2002 The SCOTUS decision that justified Japanese internment: Korematsu v. United States ,1944 An article in the Washington Post on court nominees refusing to answer questions about Brown v. Board of Education The Scottsboro Boys case and the ultimate pardon of the wrongfully accused Congress An article from the Asia Society on the history of Asian exclusion acts History of The Klu Klux Klan Act Constitutional Amendments Eighth Amendment Thirteenth Amendment Alabama An article in the New Yorker about Alabama judges’ power to “override” jury rulings and impose the death penalty Articles in Slate about Alabama’s Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee Day Articles in the Washington Post about Goodloe Sutton’s editorial calling for the return of the KKK and his subsequent resignation and replacement. Plus, Senator Jones and Representative Sewell’s reactions to Sutton Judicial elections An article by Adam Liptak in the NYT on judicial elections, and analysis from The Brennan Center on how judicial elections impact sentencing A 2012 article from the Yale Law Journal, “The Origins of the Elected Prosecutor” Recently elected District Attorneys in Philadelphia, Chicago, Brooklyn, Baltimore Relevant news An article from the NYT about Virginia officials wearing blackface in the past A timeline from the NYT on Jussie Smollett, plus an update on his role on the TV series, “Empire.”  Do you have a question for Preet? Tweet it to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail. 

Here, at the holidays, I wanted to share some of my favorite episodes of the show with you. Bryan Stevenson tops the list. He’s the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the author of the remarkable book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, a MacArthur genius, and so much more. There are some people you meet who seem like they’re operating on a higher plane of decency, grace, and thoughtfulness. Stevenson is one of them. His thoughts on justice, on poverty, on racism, and on shame have stayed with me ever since this conversation, and they’ll do the same for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, activist, author, and founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization that provides legal aid to prisoners lacking effective representation. He joins David to talk about his experience growing up in a segregated county in southern Delaware, the national narrative of racial difference prevailing even after the Civil War, its implications on present-day politics, and his personal mission to provide legal aid to those disenfranchised by the U.S. criminal justice system. His best-selling book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption," chronicles the true stories of inmates on death row that Stevenson represented.

REFLECTION QUOTES “A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” ~Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in Lady Windermere's Fan “One even wonders whether some current churchgoers might…be resistant were they to encounter a Christianity that is deep, costly, and demanding.” ~David F. Wells in God in the Whirlwind: How the Holy-love of God Reorients Our World “Anyone who has once been horrified by the dreadfulness of his own sin that nailed Jesus to the cross will no longer be horrified by even the rankest sins of a brother.” ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian who lost his life defying Hitler “The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It's when mercy is least expected that it is most potent—strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering.” ~Brian Stephenson in Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption “Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either…. Christian faith does not involve repressing one's anxiety in order to appear strong. On the contrary, it means recognizing one's weakness, accepting the inward truth about oneself, confessing one's anxiety, and still to believe, that is to say that the Christian puts his trust not in his own strength, but in the grace of God.” ~Paul Tournier (1898-1986), the Swiss physician and author “Jesus is a teacher who doesn't just inform our intellect but forms our very loves. He isn't content to simply deposit new ideas into your mind; he is after nothing less than your wants, your loves, your longings.” ~James K.A. Smith in You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit “It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.” ~Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329-390), Archbishop of Constantinople SERMON PASSAGE Jude (ESV) 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. 14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Welcome to The Book Love Foundation Podcast! And thank you for joining us in this celebration of teaching and the joy of learning. This episode is part of a series of special shows for winter break 2017! In each episode, we will help you figure what to do with those book store gift cards by sharing some titles you may want to add to your classroom library. Today Penny talks with Aeriale Johnson! Subscribe in iTunes Donate to the Book Love Foundation Season 2 Ep 9 Show notes Aeriale Johnson  serves children and their communities as a kindergarten teacher at Washington Elementary School in San Jose, CA. Prior to that, she taught in rural Alaska for 11 years and Florida for eight years. Her research focuses on both exploring and eliminating word poverty and the impact of the vestiges of colonialism on public school education in rural and urban settings throughout the world. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, served on the ILA Rural Diversity Committee from 2012-14, has presented at ILA and NCTE, and is currently a Heinemann Fellow. Find Aeriale on Twitter and Facebook. Here are her book recommendations… Where the Past Begins, by Amy Tan My Name is Not Easy, by Debby Dahl Edwardson (Also mentioned: Blessings Bead and Whale Snow.) The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon (Also mentioned: How It Went Down and X, a novel, written with Ilyasah Shabazz.) Other texts mentioned: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, by Alex Kotlowitz The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Refugee, by Alan Gratz At the end of this special series, a list of all the suggested titles will be sent to everybody on the Teacher Learning Sessions email list. If you are not yet on the list, you can go to Teacher Learning Sessions.com and sign up there. It is quick and easy, and you will receive that list directly to your inbox. If you already are on the list, thank you! Thank you for listening to this episode of the Book Love Foundation podcast. The Book Love Foundation is a non-profit 501 3(c) dedicated to putting books in the hands of teachers dedicated to nurturing the individual reading lives of their middle and high school students. In the past five years, we have awarded $223,000. If you can help us in our mission, visit booklovefoundation.org and make a donation. 100% of what you give goes to books. – Penny The post 2017 Winter Break #5 appeared first on Teacher Learning Sessions. ★ Support this podcast ★

Episode 12 Show Notes -Biblio Adventure- Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Rhode Island to hear Bryan Stevenson speak. Bryan Stevenson is the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption He is the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Listen to his TED TALK. He was awarded the 2017 Stowe Prize and will be visiting Hartford, CT in June: https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/worxcms_published/calendar_page1103.shtml TO DONATE to the Equal Justice Initiative: DONATE NOW Michael Kindness made a book recommendation for a release in January 2018: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin Books on the Nightstand was a great podcast about books. Sadly, they are no longer recording but you can listen to past episodes by visiting the website or iTunes.

Equality brings the passion out in our teen reporters and hosts. Asya Gonzalez focuses on women's equality at home, in the workplace, and in society and doesn't like the term “women's lib” because it insinuates inequality. Brigitte wants to see more equality in entertainment with lead roles depicting people from all nations as well as in education. Zahra wants to see every individual treated with respect as she discusses equality versus equity, oppression versus privilege. Maria Wong concentrates on the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. highlighting the inequality in the Alabama justice system, and the need for equality -- which can be achieved through justice and mercy. Dictionary Reference defines Equality as “The state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace”. We all have red blood. Everyone is equal. Equality equals freedom.

Equality brings the passion out in our teen reporters and hosts. Asya Gonzalez focuses on women's equality at home, in the workplace, and in society and doesn't like the term “women's lib” because it insinuates inequality. Brigitte wants to see more equality in entertainment with lead roles depicting people from all nations as well as in education. Zahra wants to see every individual treated with respect as she discusses equality versus equity, oppression versus privilege. Maria Wong concentrates on the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. highlighting the inequality in the Alabama justice system, and the need for equality -- which can be achieved through justice and mercy. Dictionary Reference defines Equality as “The state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace”. We all have red blood. Everyone is equal. Equality equals freedom.

In this episode David Blight speaks with Bryan Stevenson, the founding director of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Mr. Stevenson was here at Yale University to give the annual Parks-King Lecture at the Yale Divinity School.

In this episode David Blight speaks with Bryan Stevenson, the founding director of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Mr. Stevenson was here at Yale University to give the annual Parks-King Lecture at the Yale Divinity School.

Why in the hell did I do this?!   Sometimes in your career you have to face difficult situations. Situations that will make you doubt of yourself and what your doing. Be strong, move forward. You’ll learn a lot from those bad experiences.   There’s always something to learn and to improve.   Hacking’s Hack: Given the fact that both of the examples in the show touched on the issue of race and African - American defendants. A book. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. Spiegel & Grau; Reprint edition (August 18, 2015).   Tyson’s Tip: Be a go getter. If you wanna do something, go do it. Jump in, take risks.   The Maximum Lawyer Podcast. Partner up, and maximize your firm.

Jessica Jackson Sloan is the youngest-ever elected official in the charming city of Mill Valley, California, located just 14 miles north of San Francisco. In her role as vice mayor of the city where she grew up, Jessica works on local politics. That would be enough of an accomplishment for many to be satisfied, but not Jessica, who has deep life experiences that motivated her to spend her time helping those less fortunate.   As national director of #cut50, a truly bipartisan initiative to end mass incarceration, Jessica works with her colleagues and a team of notable influencers (like Alicia Keys and Richard Branson) to cut the prison population in the United States by half within the next 10 years. The organization works to raise the issue in media and inform others that the issue has become massive – and not only is a huge resource suck in our society, but also one that has the potential for alternative options that would keep our communities safer.   Prior to her dual jobs, Jessica worked on death penalty cases, saying that when serving those on death row, “You see the worst of the worst of the system … Unfortunately the client pays the ultimate price … their life.” It was this background that prompted Jessica to join politics in the first place, as she had a desire to move into policy work to broaden her impact.   In episode 18 of I Want Her Job: The Podcast, we hear about how Jessica’s very personal story led her to law school and then her work on death penalty cases and eventually, at #cut50 and for the city of Mill Valley. Her story is one you’ll want to hear.   TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S SHOW: On Campaign Fundraising: Despite her experience with nonprofit fundraising, Jessica says that raising money for her campaign felt harder. “You have to sell yourself. If it’s an issue you’re passionate [about] and you’ve already been sold on [it], then it’s kind of easier to sell than to sell yourself, and brag on yourself, and ask close friends and family for money,” she says. Taking Action: One issue Jessica felt passionate about that she took action on as an elected official dealt with smoking in multi-family housing. While living in multi-family housing herself, Jessica’s neighbor fell asleep – cigarette in mouth – and burned down the neighboring apartment, as well as half of Jessica’s apartment – including her daughter’s room. Fortunately, she and her daughter were gone at the time. In addition to her personal experience, Jessica pointed out that the complications of smoke for neighbors with conditions like asthma, and the fact that many of these units share central air made smoking a problem. The ordinance is now passed, and tenants of multi-family housing can no longer smoke. On Thinking Local: “It feels like sometimes when you’re working on bigger issues on a national or state scale, things take a really long time to get done. On the local level, there’s an immediate return on your investment of energy,” Jessica says. Day In The Life: While Jessica attends official meetings on the first and third Monday of each month, she’s called on throughout the week to attend additional meetings, including participation in additional boards she shits on and the democratic party. When not working on city politics, Jessica spends her time leading #cut50 and taking care of her family. By The Numbers: The United States has 5 percent of the world’s population, yet it comprises 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated population. The U.S. is jailing people at a rate higher than any country.  Cost Versus Return: More than $80 billion is spent on the U.S. justice system in one year. “With that $80 billion a year, you would think that we’re taking individuals and turning out Harvard grads … In fact, the majority of people who get out of the prison system end up back in within five years, with our recidivism rates around 70 to 80 percent,” Jessica says. On Cut50: Right now the nonprofit is focused on federal sentencing reform, Jessica says. The nonprofit has worked the past 18 months to call on Congress to pass comprehensive justice reform. Of the 2.2 million incarcerated individuals in the U.S. right now, only about 200,000 are in the federal system. Despite this, Jessica says that Cut50 decided to start at the federal level to send a strong message to states and governors. How To Get Involved: Get informed by visiting cut50.org. You also can join more than 1 million other individuals and sign the petition for justice reform on change.org. Also, Jessica advises to start local – look at practices employed by your local Sheriff’s Office and police. Vote for district attorneys and judges that align with reform. Hitting Home: Jessica shares her personal story of dealing with incarceration. Her then-husband served more than three years in Georgia, right after her oldest daughter was born. “I saw firsthand how corrupt the system was, how they broke our family by charging excessive amounts for phone calls … the restrictions they put on visitation and whether or not I could bring the baby in … restrictions on even things like writing letters … All of this was because he had a drug problem, and he could have gotten help with rehabilitation, but instead he was incarcerated and never got that treatment he really needed,” she says. On Working Bi-Partisan: Running a bi-partisan organization can be tricky. But Jessica tells those on both sides of the aisle, “When it was my husband who was behind bars, and my child who was growing up without their child at home, I didn’t’ care whether it was a Republican who brought my husband home, or if it was a Democrat who brought him home, I just wanted him home.” Getting Into Government: Jessica’s advice for women considering jobs in local government is to be brave, have the ability to laugh at yourself, allow yourself to make mistakes and then learn from those moments. On The Topic: Podcast editor Polina recommends everyone read Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson to learn more about the issue of incarceration. Connect With #cut50: You can show your support by following #cut50 on Facebook and Twitter and by donating here.

Rev. Linda Lawrence We will explore some of the stories and issues raised in this year’s UU Common Read –”Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. Although the subject matter of the book is tough – “defending the poor, the wrongly condemned, and those trapped in the furthest reaches of our […]

Sep,. 5, 2015. Bryan Stevenson discusses "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Bryan Stevenson is a professor of law at New York University Law School and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a private, nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Alabama. He works to challenge bias against the poor and people of color and has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners as well as argued five times before the Supreme Court. He has received numerous awards for his public service, advocacy and law work, including the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, the 2009 Gruber Prize for Justice and Smithsonian magazine's 2012 American Ingenuity Award for Social Progress. His new best-selling book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption," is the winner of the NAACP’s Image Award for Best Nonfiction, and accounts Stevenson’s experiences in the pursuit of justice. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6991

Public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV to discuss his new book "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption," which chronicles his experiences working with inmates on death row.