Podcast appearances and mentions of kenneth jones

Rev. Kenneth Jones, morning speaker; "Dominion;" Genesis 1:26

Alvin and German conduct a great conversation with Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center, Dr. Kenneth A. Jones, '82. He is dedicated to helping women understand their best options and make informed decisions. Throughout all stages of life, from birth onwards, he provides prevention education, diagnosis, and treatment to improve and sustain women's quality of life. Upon graduation, he earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1989 and completed his residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition to his medical expertise, Dr. Jones is a wine connoisseur who enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with friends. He is also known for his great sense of humor and love for a good joke. HE graduated from Colgate with a Bachelor's degree in Biology,

Rev. Kenneth Jones, morning speaker; "The Power of God;" 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Last week we talked about how the journey is the dream and the destination is the practice through the metaphor of teaching and learning. I want to pick that thread back up. Just as I believe creativity is the spiritual disposition of our species, I want to argue curiosity, teaching and learning are organic to our ways of being as well. So organic the debate of nature vs. nurture has been going on for centuries now. Today, I'm less interested in teasing out the difference between the gifts we're taught and the gifts we're born with. What I'm more interested in teasing out is what happened to us and how can the lessons we learned along the way serve others? Learn More About Seeda School Register for the free Worldbuilding Workshop series and learn more about the Seed A World Retreat here Download the Creative Offer Questionnaire to Oneself here Subscribe to the Seeda School newsletter here Follow Ayana on Instagram: ⁠@ayzaco⁠ Follow Seeda School on Instagram: ⁠@seedaschool Referenced Inside the Episode The Bluest Eye (pg. 17) by Toni Morrison Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire White Supremacy Culture — From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001 Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study Series edited by J. Kameron Carter and Sarah Jane Cervenak Cover Art: Two black girls look out the window of a “Freedom School”. © Ken Thompson, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Image Source

Jess Rivas, our Rising Leaders Manager, shares her journey from the streets of LA's 818 to advocating for racial equity in the outdoors. Jess discusses her evolving relationship with nature and insights on creating justice in environmental sectors.  Jess references important work on White Supremacy Culture: Tema Okun's article and website can be found here, and the Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook inspired by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun is available here. Discover how we can make the outdoors truly accessible for all. The full episode transcript can be found here. To learn about our Rising Leaders Fellowship, click here. Theme music by Joseph PowersDesign assets prepared by LQL Photo + Design

Who are we outside of white supremacy culture? Perhaps the simple answer is healers, holders, stewards. Perhaps the simple answer is the people that refuse, repair and restore. And perhaps we don't have to go anywhere to learn these skills, perhaps the best teachers and stories are already embedded in our intuition and ancestry. Perhaps the stories they're whispering invite us into a culture with more bearable and breathe-able characteristics where perfectionism becomes improvisation, individualism becomes collectivism and “right to comfort” becomes “right to transformation”. Download Syllabus or Register for Workshop (Syllabus Included) Here: https://www.seedaschool.com/treehouse This Week's Newsletter: The River That Swallows All Rivers “Creative life of refusal” is language borrowed from Alexis Pauline Gumb's essay “The God of Everyday” Follow Ayana on Instagram: ⁠@ayzaco⁠ Follow Seeda School on Instagram: ⁠@seedaschool The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (PDF) by Bessel Van Der Kolk. Referenced in podcast: Chapter 2 “Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain”, a subsection called “Adaptation or Disease” on page 38. “White Supremacy Culture” (PDF). From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001. Shared inside “Queering Wealth” workshop facilitated by Jezz Chung and Mengwen Cao! “These scalar experiments and mobile laboratories are speculative projects that envision new modalities of relation and offer blueprints for unanticipated existence.” — Saidiya Hartman, “Crawlspace Manifold” (February 12, 2023), published in “Torkwase Dyson: A Liquid Belonging” (October 3, 2023), pg.14 Cover Art: Lorraine O'Grady (American, born 1934). Art Is . . . (Girl Pointing), 1983/2009. Chromogenic photograph in 40 parts, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm.) Edition of 8 + 1 AP. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

Minda Harts is an influential author and speaker known for her bestsellers "The Memo" and "Right Within," along with the YA book "You Are More Than Magic." She is a respected voice in advocating for women of color, self-advocacy, and rebuilding trust in the workplace. Minda's impact extends to major conferences and companies, including Nike, Zoom, Best Buy, Google, and the Aspen Ideas Festival. As an NYU assistant professor and founder of the Memo LLC, she actively shapes future leaders and empowers professionals. Her expertise has been honored by LinkedIn as the top voice for equity in the workplace in 2020 and by Business Insider as one of the top 100 people transforming businesses in 2022. Currently, Minda is dedicated to her new book, delving into the essential topic of rebuilding trust in the workplace.   The key moments in this episode are: 00:08:25 - Healing from Workplace Trauma  *Please note, Amina mentions Kenneth Jones, but she meant Keith Jones 00:13:33 - Embracing Freedom in the Workplace  00:18:58 - Tactics for Building Trust  00:29:43 - Removing Barriers and Creating a Supportive Environment    Connect with Minda Harts Instagram: @mindaharts X: @mindaharts LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mindaharts Website Mindaharts.com   Connect with Amina AlTai Website: aminaaltai.com Instagram: @aminaaltai TikTok: @theaminaaltai Linkedin: linkedin/in/aminaaltai 

Episode Highlight: On this episode of the "Embracing Only" podcast, we delve into cultural intelligence in the workplace with Shiva Roofeh, a self-described organizational justice practitioner and curious rebel. Discover how you can confront prejudice in leadership and uncover your unconscious biases to ultimately make you a better and more just leader. Shiva has been a refugee, an immigrant, and a migrant, and she's lived and worked in six countries across Asia, Europe, and North America. Shiva says that her lived experience is as valuable as her work experience. She leverages both to create mile-deep change and relationships with and for her clients. She's worked with Fortune 500 companies helping leaders be and do better by understanding their systemic collective and individual power so they can use it in service of the greater good.   Key Discussion Points: 06:08 Valuing Lived Experience in Corporate Spaces: Your lived experience is as valuable as your work experience. It provides you with a unique perspective that can inform your work. 10:18 Turning Passion into a Career: Start by examining your life and your resources and take small steps towards your goals. 15:31 White-Passing Privilege: As a white-passing individual, Shiva has come to understand the power and the privilege this gives her in different spaces. 22:30 Confronting Prejudice in Leadership: If a leader truly wants to help their team become as equitable as possible, it has to start with them. 29:05 Recognizing Unconscious Biases: In your journey of discovery, you have a chance to go back and reconcile with pieces of yourself that you can fix and heal to be better for others moving forward. 35:21 Equality, Equity, and Justice: Justice involves addressing systemic inequalities, rather than simply giving everyone resources to reach the same outcome.   In Summary: Shiva Roofeh reminds us that it is an honor and a privilege to lead people and impact their lives. She challenges us to remain curious when doing the work on ourselves even when we are triggered by our learnings.   Resources from this episode: White Supremacy Culture by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun Follow Shiva on Linkedin or check out her website.   Connect with your hosts: Follow Archita on Linkedin or check out her website. Follow Olivia on Linkedin or check out her website. Follow Embracing Only on Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook, or check out the website. _________ Produced by Ideablossoms

Dawn Hudgins sits down with EVOLVE Co-Chairs Kenneth Jones and Joshua Smith to get the inside perspective on ILTA's newest event.

Have you ever wondered what propels a man from the heart of Atlanta to the pinnacle of healthcare leadership? Sit tight as we embark on a narrative with Kenneth Jones, CEO of HCA for Northwest Hospital, whose journey under his grandmother's watchful eye has led him to revolutionize patient care through technology and leadership. This episode, steeped in the wisdom of experience, offers a treasure trove of insights on not just leading, but inspiring change within the healthcare sector. Kenneth unravels the tapestry of his leadership philosophy, invites us to the NAHSE National Conference in 2024, and underscores the undeniably powerful impact of personal branding in healthcare's corridors.But that's only part of the story. We also zero in on the evolution of community hospitals, emphasizing the need for training top-tier physicians and nurses to address growing healthcare demands. Kenneth gives us a tour of the expansion of services at Northwest Hospital, from the budding graduate medical education program to the comprehensive women's health program, all underpinned by trust-building leadership. Then, we transition to dissecting the art of business development, the essence of transparent people skills, and how aligning your team with your vision is non-negotiable. And let's not forget the role of technology—it's not just a tool but a catalyst reshaping the healthcare landscape. Join us as we navigate the complex yet rewarding terrain of healthcare management and leadership with one of the industry's vanguards.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Follow The Brand! We hope you enjoyed learning about the latest marketing trends and strategies in Personal Branding, Business and Career Development, Financial Empowerment, Technology Innovation, and Executive Presence. To keep up with the latest insights and updates from us, be sure to follow us at 5starbdm.com. See you next time on Follow The Brand!

It's well understood how technology is changing law, but what may be less understood is how it is changing legal hiring. In this second installment in the new Designing Your Candidate limited series for the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast channel, Kenneth Jones, COO of law firm technology subsidiary Xerdict and business professor at Seton Hall, describes what technology skills today's technology professionals need to know — and how artificial intelligence may be set to change the entire equation. Make sure to subscribe for future episodes exploring what law firms and other professional services providers are looking for in their next crop of candidates.

I invited educator, writer, artist and activist Tema Okun (she/her) to talk with us about holiday traditions, rituals, and cultural appropriation. What she offered was deep wisdom from her personal life and decades of work as a DEI facilitator, author and professor. I hope this episode prompts reflection and provides encouragement to keep healing and growing. Tema Okun has spent over 35 years working with and for organizations, schools, and community-based institutions as a trainer, facilitator, teacher, and mentor focused on issues of racial justice and equity. She got her start at Grassroots Leadership. For 12 years she worked with the late and beloved Kenneth Jones at ChangeWork and then for another decade with Michelle Johnson and many brilliant colleagues at Dismantling Racism Works. She recently completed 6 years of co-leading the Teaching for Equity Fellows Program at Duke University, which works with faculty seeking to develop stronger skills both teaching about race and racism and across lines of race, class, and gender. She also facilitates and support leaders and organizations with colleagues at Teach.Equity.Now., housed at the Pauli Murray Center in Durham, NC. She was a member of the Educational Leadership faculty at National Louis University in Chicago and has taught undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level students in educational leadership and education. She is the author of the award-winning The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (2010, IAP) and the widely used article White Supremacy Culture, which she is asking people to stop using and instead reference a website based on a revision and update of the article in May 2021: www.whitesupremacyculture.info. She publishes regularly on the pedagogy of racial and social justice. She is a member of the Bhumisphara Sangha under the leadership of Lama Rod Owens and a participant in The Infinite Circle at Breadloaf Mountain Zen Center. She is an artist, a poet, and a writer. She lives in Carrboro, NC where she is fortunate to reside among beloved community. Her current project is deepening her ability to love her neighbor as herself. She is finding the instruction easy and the follow through challenging, given how we live in a culture that is afraid to help us do either or both. RESOURCES Design Your Year Workshop Read: Divorcing White Supremacy Culture: Coming Home to Who We Really Are Dismantling Racism: A History Lesson White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race by Ian Haney Lopez Podcasts: Ruby Sales on the On Being podcast Tema Okun and Michelle Cassandra Johnson on All the F*ck In Organizations for education, community and action: Better Neighbor Lab We Are Finding Freedom The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond White Awake

Kenneth Jones did something we've ALL thought about doing. Sure, he's in trouble now because what he did is illegal, but it HAD to be satisfying.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Cybercrimepolice der Kantonspolizei Zürich warnt aktuell vor einer neuen Masche. «Die Betrüger generieren einen QR-Code und kopieren das Logo einer bekannten Firma oder eines Online-Marktplatzes ins Werbefeld in der Mitte des Codes», sagt Kenneth Jones, Mediensprecher der Kantonspolizei Zürich. Dadurch erwecken sie den Eindruck, dass der Code tatsächlich von dieser Firma, bzw. Plattform stamme. Diese gefälschten QR-Codes brauchen sie dann für verschiedene Betrugsformen. Sie ergaunern Geld und Kreditkartendaten. Weitere Themen: - Wie die Gemeinden mehr günstige Wohnungen schaffen wollen

Welcome to a very special final episode of Season Four! In this episode, you'll learn how one foundation built the internal political will to make internal reforms so they can provide grants that better serve their grantees and their communities. Host Rusty Stahl sits down with Kenneth Jones, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Equity Officer of one of America's major foundations, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. They discuss why and how MacArthur Foundation has increased the amount of money in their grants for “indirect costs” from 15% to 29%, nearly double and one of the highest rates we know about. This is the fourth installment of our special series, Smashing the Overhead Myth Once and for All! Be sure to check out the first installment (S4E3 with Rodney Christopher of BDO), which sets the context, provides the backstory, and defines terms for the entire series. You can binge the whole series in this Spotify playlist or find them spread across Season Four on the podcast page on our website. Go to the ⁠Show Notes Page⁠ on our website for a transcript of this episode, links to the resources discussed in the episode, guest bio, and more. You can find all the episodes of this podcast plus our blog, toolkit and other resources on our website, ⁠fundthepeople.org⁠. And we invite you to learn from all the amazing past guests of Fund the People - A Podcast with Rusty Stahl at fundthepeople.org/ftp_podcast. We'll be taking a podcasting break during summer 2023. We will return this fall with Season Five. We'll amplify more great guests, transformative ideas, and practical tips for investing in the nonprofit workforce.

Welcome back to Season 2 of Elevating Brick and Mortar! The podcast about how operations and facilities drive brand performance. In this episode, we talk with Kenneth Jones, Director of Facilities at Heartland Dental. As a leading dental support organization, Heartland Dental provides administrative, clinical, and professional support to dentists, hygienists, and non-clinical teams so they can focus on delivering the highest quality dental care and experiences to the communities they serve. In this episode, Kenneth discusses tackling supply chain shortages, prioritizing the patient experience, and how he and his team are optimizing medtail. Guest Bio: Currently, Kenneth serves as the Director of Facilities at Heartland Dental and oversees the facility management teams. The team supports their existing offices with all related activities including facility repairs and maintenance. Kenneth joined Heartland Dental in May of 2015 as Project Coordination Manager after 13 years as owner of Servpro in Vincennes, IN. He also proudly served 23 years in the active and reserve component of the U.S. Army. While in the Army, Kenneth attained multiple military occupation specialties, including infantry, field artillery, and transportation, and attained the rank of First Sergeant prior to retirement in 2014.—Guest Quote“We keep these offices running. We keep them safe. And it's really telling that story that our team's goal is to keep this flywheel turning. Keep everybody going.” - Kenneth Jones Time Stamps(04:24) - Kenneth's military experience (09:48) - Heartland Dental's north star (16:48) - Preventative and proactive (26:34) - The Medtail standard (31:21) - Crazy stories in facilities (35:10) - Final thoughts —Sponsor:ServiceChannel brings you peace of mind through peak facilities performance.Rest easy knowing your locations are:Offering the best possible guest experienceLiving up to brand standardsOperating with minimal downtimeServiceChannel partners with more than 500 leading brands globally to provide visibility across operations, the flexibility to grow and adapt to consumer expectations, and accelerated performance from their asset fleet and service providers. Get to know us at Servicechannel.com—Links Connect with Kenneth Jones on LinkedInConnect with Sid Shetty on LinkedinCheck out the ServiceChannel Website 

When Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup For The Soul® series, asked Randall Kenneth Jones to write a fiction book, he thought to himself..."I think I can do this." Randy and I sit down and chat about his latest book, Ruby: Magic Comes From The Heart...how much fun it was to read, and for him to write it, as well as the story being adapted into a Hallmark Christmas Story. This is a fun episode with 2 friends. Watch on YouTube and Rumble. About Randall Kenneth Jones: Randall Kenneth Jones is an author, keynote speaker, comic actor, communications pro and host of the popular Jones.Show podcast, (Pronounced Jones Dot Show). His literary journey began with his 2016 book, a celebrity interview-infused, feel-good opus entitled Show Me: Celebrities, Business Tycoons, Rock Stars, Journalists, Humanitarians, Attack Bunnies & More! His first fiction book, RUBY, will be published on September 23 by Mark Victor Hansen of CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL fame. In the words of pop culture icon Erin Brockovich, “Ruby has much to teach about the ageless art of being human.” With his ever-expanding platform focused on looking for the BEST in people, Jones spends his days making a list and checking it twice, determined to find out who's naughty and who's nice. Jones spent several years running his boutique marketing agency in a haunted, pre-Civil War building in Leesburg, Virginia, before heading south to sunny Naples, Florida. He is also the co-host of The Amilya and Randy Show with Amilya Antonetti on Clubhouse. Today, he is in high spirits in the company of his perennially nice family, Derek, Kevin and Maribeth, and his perpetually naughty Airedale, Alexander. RandallKennethJones.com About your Awakened Nation Host, Brad Szollose: Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation®—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary. This podcast will challenge your beliefs and make you think. Think Art Bell meets Joe Rogan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/awakenednation/support

Recorded history of the Chubb family in North America dates back to 1775. Nicholas Chubb, the oldest known ancestor, is listed as a free colored male, head of a household on the 1820 census of Caswell County, North Carolina. John Henry Chubb, along with his wife, daughter and eight sons were originally in North Carolina. Kenneth Jones, another descendent of the Chubbtown founders, researched the family's history and found that the 1830 census listed Chubbs living as free blacks in North Carolina. The Chubbs and other free blacks journeyed to Georgia and settled near a creek in the northwest corner of the state sometime between 1850 and 1864.According to records of Floyd County, where Chubbtown is located, Henry Chub (spelled with one b), one of the original eight sons, purchased 120 acres for $900 in 1864, before the end of the Civil War.The settlement grew to include a church, school, post office, meeting hall and a lodge. It also had businesses such as a saw mill, cotton gin, wagon company, blacksmith, grist mill, syrup mill and a company that made caskets. The settlers farmed the land and were self-sufficient.During the Post-Reconstruction period the Chubb brothers continued purchasing real estate to become the self-sufficient community known as Chubbtown. The Chubb family remained and prospered in Floyd County, Georgia, while many southern blacks were seeking prosperity in the north. The town was spared destruction by the Union Army during the Civil War.[5] The family's prosperity declined after 1916 when a devastating flood destroyed  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I'm super excited to share this conversation with Anjali Prasertong - writer and registered dietitian, focused on food systems and racial equity. In this episode we talk about Anjali's path towards anti-racism work, why anti-racism work is so badly needed in the field of nutrition and dietetics, and how you can begin to start noticing where white supremacy culture is showing up for you, and how to find places to start unlearning white supremacy, especially if you work in nutrition, but even if you don't this is a really valuable conversation and I hope you learn a lot from it. Can I Have Another Snack? is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Subscribe to Anjali's newsletter hereFollow her work on Instagram hereFollow Laura on Instagram here Here's the transcript in full:Anjali Prasertong: And that was a really just clarifying moment for me where, you know, we're talking about all these systems in the world that we live in, that uphold white supremacy. And I just sat there and realised like, Oh, like I'm falling out of love with dietetics because I've never heard anyone talk about racism and the effect that white supremacy has on nutrition when we all know it has a huge impact. And it's, it's complicit, it's part of the system. And kind of in that moment I was like, I just wanna, like racial equity and anti-racism in food is what I'm interested in and it just doesn't feel like anything else I could do would be as impactful. So that, that was sort of the turning point for me professionally.INTRO:Laura: Hey, and welcome to the Can I Have Another Snack podcast where I'm asking my guests who or what they're nourishing right now and who or what is nourishing them. I'm Laura Thomas, an anti-diet registered nutritionist, and author of the Can I Have Another Snack newsletter.Today I'm talking to Anjali Prasertong. Anjali is a writer and registered dietitian focused on food systems and racial equity. She's originally from Los Angeles where she was a contributing editor for the award-winning food website, the Kitchen, before moving to New Orleans, Louisiana, and getting her master's of public health degree. In New Orleans, she led an innovative city-funded corner store program that increased fresh food access in low-income neighbourhoods and worked with food entrepreneurs looking to operationalise racial equity in their businesses.She currently lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and her two children. Her newsletter, anti-racist dietitian, which by the way, hard recommend, is about the intersection of nutrition and racial equity covering history, food systems, land, water, politics, basically everything that lies beyond the individual choices we make about the food that we eat.Anjali writes about what she wishes she had learned as a nutrition student, and she's creating a space that centres honesty, vulnerability, and the lived experiences of people of colour. In this episode, we talk about Anjali's path towards anti-racism work, why anti-racism work is so badly needed in the field of nutrition and dietetics, and how you can begin to start noticing where white supremacy culture is showing up for you and how to find places to start unlearning white supremacy, especially if you work in nutrition.But even if you don't, this is a really valuable conversation and I hope you learn a lot. And while you're here, just a reminder that if you're not a fully paid-up member of the, Can I have another snack community then you're missing out on so many great benefits like our Thursday discussion threads, Snacky Bits, where we're having smart conversations away from the noise and the fat-phobic trolls of social media.You'll also get access to my Dear Laura column where this month I was answering a question from a stepparent about parenting a fat child. Plus you'll get access to my anti-parenting, my anti Diet parenting, not Anti Parenting downloads, bonus podcast episodes and loads more. It's five pounds a month or 50 pounds for the year, and your support allows me to pay a podcast editor, a copy editor for my long-form essays, and it pays for the hours and hours of research and other labour that is required to produce thoughtful writing. If you need a comp subscription for any reason, then please just email hello@laurathomasphd.co.uk with snacks in the email header and we will hook you up. No questions asked. And one last favour to ask. If you're listening to this in Apple Podcasts, please go and leave a rating and review. We haven't had any reviews yet, which is a total bummer because it really helps more people find this podcast episode and hopefully feel heard and supported by these conversations. All right, team. Here's Anjali.MAIN EPISODE:Laura: So Anjali, I'd love to know who or what you are nourishing right now.Anjali: So I'm nourishing, um, my family who I'm always nourishing, uh, which is my husband Rob, and we have an eight-year-old son and a two-year-old son. But I'm also lately just been really nourishing myself. I have had a pretty big professional change in the last year and within the last two years, a lot of big life changes and it feels like the first time in a long time that I can just sort of enjoy the world around me. I mean, I think a lot of people are probably feeling similarly. And I've really been sort of getting back in touch with creativity, which used to be a big part of my life, um, and just trying to find ways to nurture that, whether it's going to museums or just spending time in nature, reading all sorts of different kinds of books and just yeah, just kind of reconnecting with that side of the world.Laura: Mmmh. That comes through in your newsletter in your Friday post where you're talking about just things that have been bringing you joy lately. And I've so appreciated getting those posts in my inbox because it's a reminder to take stock and notice the things that are bringing us joy. And yeah, as you're sort of alluding to the world has felt really heavy the past two years. I mean, it has been a heavy place, and I think we do need those reminders to connect with joy because it also, you know when you are doing, particularly if you're doing work that is rooted in social justice in some way, it's very easy to get burnt out otherwise.Anjali: Definitely. Yeah, I think. The Friday Joy pieces were sort of like, Oh, you know, I wanna have something else and, and what can be something that I don't need to do a lot of research for. But for me it's, it's been kind of a grounding practice to really think about like, what is bringing me joy, what's keeping me nourished And, I've just, in the last couple years, been able, it feels like I've been able to bring a lot of things into alignment with my life as far as being able to live my values.And, this last piece of just getting back into writing again, which is something that I had done for my entire life, but had sort of stepped away from when I was doing my studies, just getting back to writing is really, I think it feels like just completing the circle for me and, bringing me a lot of happiness and fulfilment that I feel I've been missing for a long time.Laura: I love the expression that you used there, which was kind of bringing things into alignment with your values, and I wondered if you could speak more to that idea.Anjali: Sure. So I lived in, so I'm originally from Southern California, and then I lived in New Orleans for seven years, which was an incredible experience, but it was also just a very shocking experience for this sort of escaping the California bubble and moving to the deep South for, I mean, many reasons it was shocking. But, It didn't, you know, there would be small things that would kind of, I would complain about while living there. Like, why don't I, why can't I recycle glass? Just this feels so strange to just throw this bottle into the trash or, you know, why is the school system all charter schools?So I'm trying to send my kindergartner to a school in a way that's not going to perpetuate these inequities of the educational system and it's almost impossible.Laura: Sorry to interrupt you, but we don't have charter schools here, so would you mind explaining what they are and like why that's an issue?Anjali: Sure. So charter schools are basically, for-profit schools. Usually, they have some sort of, like alternative focus or something that, um, the founders believe that the public school is not offering to students. And sometimes that can be a great fit for people. They do receive public money. So the problem with charter schools, so the problem that some people see is that it funnels children away from the local public schools.And, you know, in the United States, there's not many places where, especially these days where people of different socioeconomic status, different races, different cultures all come together in one place. So, a public school is a great site for being able to interact with all different sorts of people.So in some places, you know, charter schools are funnelling kids away and that's harming, at least I think the fabric, the social fabric of the country. And in New Orleans, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, basically the entire school system became only charter schools. So that means in New Orleans we lived down the street from a public charter school.And there was no guarantee that we would be able to get into that school. There was no guarantee that we would get into any school that was what we preferred. So, just inequitable in so many ways. One of them being like, how do you find out what school to go to? Probably through your networks. Who's in your network? Probably people like you. So it, it really creates this hierarchy of good schools which are disproportionately white because most public schools in New Orleans are almost like 90% or more black students. And then creates a system where, you know, students whose parents don't have time to go to all these open houses and decide what school they wanna send their child to can end up going to these schools that are close to failing.So it, it's just very complicated, frustrating, and inequitable system and really tests your resolve as someone who wants to live by your values of like, okay. I want to, you know, it's a, it's a lottery in the end, so you put your choices and then if, depending on where you're chosen in the lottery, you get placed in a school.So it was just a question of, all right, if he doesn't get into these schools that are, you know, in my top choices, will I send him to like a, a school that's rated a c that is, sort of close to, unable to meet the needs of its students. So we didn't, I wasn't put in that situation.He ended up getting into one of our choices, but, it, it's, yeah, so, so just that whole system and various issues with living in a deep red state in the United States. Just constantly was testing my values of like, how far am I willing to go? How much am I willing to sort of inconvenience myself or push myself to live what I believe?So when we moved to Denver, it was just like a great relief. I just felt like I had been so tired from fighting against these wins for so long that it just felt good to be like, Oh, I can just, just live my life in alignment with what I believe to be true. So, we actually, my son does go to the, the local public school now, and it's amazing.It's such a, a great community and just all these small things that have really brought me a lot of fulfilment in my life. Laura: And the other thing that you touched on was a career change. And I'm wondering if that, if you were talking about the, the sort of path that you've been on the, towards becoming an anti-racist dietician, which I know has, sort of, has seeds sown in your experiences in New Orleans. I wonder if you could tell us a bit more about that.Anjali: Sure. So, you know, moving to New Orleans was just a huge wake-up call for me, because I had been in a dietetics program, in near LA and just met amazing students. Had teachers from all over the world just bringing really diverse perspectives and never really felt the, the whiteness of the dietetics field while I was there.And also just very open to kind of alternative, you know, it's California, like alternative, cutting edge ways of approaching nutrition. And then moving to Louisiana, I had to switch to a state school that was kind of in the middle of the Cajun Bayou. So that was a huge culture shock for me.And then also just the approach to nutrition dietetics was completely different, where it was just very much by the book, this is what you're supposed to do, we're just kind of gonna scoff at any sort of alternative viewpoints.Laura: Sorry, can I just before we, before we keep going on, because I think this is important, and again, this is where like a lot of my listeners are based in the UK and Australia, weirdly, um, and, they may not have that context of what the Cajun Bayou is. Like, I know, cuz I lived in Texas for five years, so I get, I know where you're coming from, but I wonder if you could just maybe tell us a little bit more about what exactly you mean by that.Anjali: Sure. So it is like a really, in the Cajun Bayou is a really interesting place because it is so uniquely American and there's no nowhere else like it in the world. So it's sort of the area of Louisiana, close to the Gulf of Mexico. And so, it, you know, has always been a place of very waterways and very like, rich with life.Like there's a, you know, a lot of indigenous cultures that have long history there. And, so it's just an interesting place in that it combines, you know, the, those sort of the indigenous history, and also the French fur trappers that came to that area, like early in the history of the United States, because Louisiana was for a long time, like a French colony. So there's a lot of that influence. And so it's just a very unique place. So if you think about, you know, like a crawfish boil or like alligators, uh, what's the Disney movie Princess and the Frog, Like that sort of, um, swampy, the sort of Cajun accents, a lot of spicy food, um, that, that life is the Cajun Bayou.And it's interesting because it is quite rural. And so people actually do have a very close connection to their ancestor's foodways that I think is really interesting, you know, that, like people are still eating things that their great-great-great grandparents were eating, and the like recipes passed down for generations.So it does have that old, old history.Laura: Yeah. Like it's not uncommon for people to eat things like squirrels right?Anjali: Hunting's very big. Yeah. Every, a lot of people actually live next to like a canal or some other waterway. So it's really common for kids to be like driving boats from a, a young age and, living on houseboats and things like that.Laura: Well, okay, sorry for the, the little detour, but I just thought it would be helpful.Anjali: Yeah. Let me know if there's anything that's too American.Laura: And, and, and I'm wondering as well, and I don't know if this is gonna be important context for the rest of your story, but, and this again may be, uh, an assumption that I have, but I have this sense that, and especially cuz you said that it's quite rural as well, that there's a lot of poverty there. Is that fair to say?Anjali: Yeah, so that was also just a real wake-up call because, I mean, I could just feel it in going from one state school, like the state school in California to a state school in Louisiana. It was just a feeling of like, Oh, this is what happens when you disinvest from education systems and like public service and other, systems to kind of uplift the citizens of a state. I mean, halfway through my semester at school, they were like, well, the, um, we're kind of outta money so we might have to cancel all classes for next semester. So luckily that didn't happen. But, um, there is definitely a lot of poverty, a lot of, a lot of students that I went to school with, they were first-generation college students, which I had experienced in California, but often in that case it would be, you know, like a student whose family had come from Mexico or something like that. At the school in Louisiana, I met a lot of students where their fathers had like, only had, uh, eighth-grade education, had never even gone to high school. And the, a lot of them were like shrimp farmers and things like that. So, um, it was definitely much less educated as far as like receiving formal education than I had experienced before.So that was part of my sort of culture shock of like, Oh, I can't make any assumptions about people's lives, their family's lives, what they believe, what their experiences have been.Laura: So where did you go from there? Like, it sounds like you were in, in a program, and maybe it'd be helpful to explain what that program was and what you were doing there.Anjali: Sure. So I was sort of finishing up for, in order to become a dietician in the US you have to take these specific set of classes that meet sort of, you know, you studied, uh, counselling people, you studied all these things. So I, I had started that in California and had to finish it in Louisiana because, um, we moved rather suddenly due to my husband's job.And, so that, that's what I was studying, but it, uh, was gonna require two years. So after one year, I was like, I can't just do this , because it, I was. I just knew I needed some more stimulation and, and, um, I knew I had wanted to pursue my master's degree. So, I was living in New Orleans and they, they have a great program at Tulane University.And I should say, So the Bayou is, there is like a, a pretty significant black population, and also people that have indigenous, uh, ancestry. But New Orleans itself is a majority black city, so it's about 60% black residents. And, so that was also quite different for me just coming from LA which I didn't realise until later and sort of reflecting on, you know, where I had grown up.But that's really the results of like redlining and segregation where the black communities in Los Angeles are very much clustered in certain parts of the city. And so I grew up in a very racially diverse suburb, but there were not a lot of black people there because, you know, those, once you establish those lines, like they kind of persist over the generations. So New Orleans is not only a majority black city, it's also a city that's really founded on black culture. And there's an artist that had a t-shirt that was like, Everything you love about New Orleans comes from black people. And that's basically true of just all these, you know, the food, the music, all these cultural events are all rooted in, the history of black people in New Orleans. So I, you know, went to Tulane and, and they did a pretty good job of, sort of talking about, I mean, they did an excellent job of talking about the disparities between black and white people in Louisiana, in the south, in New Orleans, and, a pretty good job of, of just sort of, allowing everyone to have a perspective and, and kind of giving you the full picture. There are a lot of tensions between Tulane and the surrounding black communities. Um, just historical. Um, so that's a whole other story. But, just being in the world of public health was really eye-opening for me as far as like, oh, okay, we're not blaming people for the food choices that they make and trying to shame them. Instead, we're talking about these systemic issues of why are these the only foods they're being allowed to choose from? And, you know, what are the upstream causes of these diet-related diseases? So, so that was just felt like a revelation to me to be able to talk about those types of things.And through the program, um, I was able to do a, uh, undoing racism training with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.And that was a really just clarifying moment for me where, you know, we're talking about all these systems in the world that we live in, that uphold white supremacy. And I just sat there and realized like, Oh, like I'm falling out of love with dietetics because I've never heard anyone talk about racism and the effect that white supremacy has on nutrition when we all know it has a huge impact. And it's, it's complicit, it's part of the system. And kind of in that moment I was like, I just wanna, like racial equity and anti-racism in food is what I'm interested in and it just doesn't feel like anything else I could do would be as impactful. So that, that was sort of the turning point for me professionally.Laura: So it sounds as though, if I'm understanding you correctly, that what was being named in your public health classes around structural and social determinants of health and inequality was not been given the same air time in your nutrition and dietetics classes. So there was like this huge disconnect where in, and I'm putting words into your mouth here, so correct me if I'm wrong, but in, in nutrition and dietetics, it's very focused on the individual and, and we're counselling a single person on what they should or shouldn't eat without the broader context of those social and structural determinants that could be informing things like the amount of money that they have to afford food, the, their access to that food, you know, physical access because of where they're located, which as you've just said could be through generations of.I can't remember the exact terms that you, you used, there were specific terms, so maybe you want to jump in there. The, what was it you said?Anjali: For which part?Laura: I think basically the idea that that, like of segregation essentiallyAnjali: Oh, ohLaura: Yeah. Physical segregation.Anjali: Yeah. I mean, New Orleans has, you can look up maps. Um, I think the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation did a big project where you can actually map how people's like lifespan, expected lifespan changes by neighbourhood in New Orleans. And the neighbourhoods with the highest lifespans are the ones that are disproportionately white. And the ones with the lowest are the ones that are disproportionately black. And it's not, it's not like a, it's like 30 years difference. Like, it's not a small amount of time. And so I feel, I felt that in not addressing these issues, I mean, I still feel this way, I felt this way during my entire dietetic internship.It's like, if you don't name this, which I did not hear it named in my programs in Louisiana, then the conclusion that people might draw is that, oh, it's, it's their fault.Like there's a reason, you know, it's their fault that they're living thirty- Yes. That they're, they're, well, they're not exercising, you know, they're just, they're eating this horrible food.And that was just infuriating to me. I, I just think it's so, I think it's unfair for everyone. I think obviously it's unfair to shame people. And I mean, I saw people openly, I saw black patients openly be shamed and treated differently. But then it's also not fair to the, the dietetic interns and the students who are trying to understand the world that they're about to enter, and you're not giving them all the information that they need. You're not giving them the tools to process it. So it just feels like everybody loses.Laura: Yeah, absolutely. So one of the things that I wanted to ask you about is, you know, through your newsletter and on Instagram, you've taken this position of the anti-racist dietician and I'm, I'm really curious if you could help us understand a little bit more about what that actually means. What is the process towards becoming anti-racist in the context of nutrition and dietetics?Anjali: Yeah. Well first I wanna say I chose anti-racist because to me it felt like the antithesis of what you think of when you think of a dietician. And I wanted it to be a word that was a little bit challenging because I think especially in an overwhelmingly white field like dietetics, it's easy to hide behind words like diversity, equity, inclusion, like things that are more easy to swallow.Laura: They're palatable. Mm-hmm. Anjali: Yes. whereas anti-racist, it's like, no, this is what we're talking about. We're talking about racism and we're all part of it. So that was kind of why I went in that direction with the name And, Sorry, can you repeat the question?Laura: Yeah, no, I, I guess what I'm, I'm curious about, and sorry if I might have worded it kind of weirdly, but I suppose what I'm asking about what, what does it mean to be anti-racist in the context of nutrition and dietetics and, you know, that could be for you personally, but also kind of more broadly speaking as well.Anjali: Yeah. So I, for me, being anti-racist is not only taking a personal stance of I am dedicated to sort of rooting out racism and calling it out when I see it. I am dedicated to the lifelong practice of looking, just always trying to improve the way that I treat people, my understanding of other people's lives and, um, just being vulnerable, admitting mistakes and learning from them.I think that that is the only way to be, uh, truly anti-racist is to admit, like, you're going to make mistakes. You're going to learn things along the way. And, you have to be okay with that vulnerability and maybe even like shame and humiliation about how you made someone else feel. And I think that, I wish that we could bring this into the dietetics education of just that viewpoint.Like, um, getting comfortable with that. Honestly, I think it starts with being in a group of people who aren't like you. And so you can't be assured that what you say is going to be acceptable and understandable by everyone. You need to be challenged by people who are bringing other viewpoints to the table and who feel comfortable, and safe enough to call you on that.And it's when, if the room is 83% white as it is in dietetics in the us, no person of colour or very few will feel comfortable stepping up and speaking up because it is not a safe space for them.Laura: Yeah, so I think it's, you know, safe to say that nutrition and dietetics has a white supremacy problem, both in terms of the makeup and representation of people who actually become dieticians. And we were kind of speaking off mic a little bit before about just the, the barriers of entry to accessing nutrition and dietetics as a profession.But then I think there are also the structural things as well that are upheld by institutions that, that hold power within the profession. So in the US it's the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In the UK it's the Association for Nutrition in the British Dietetic Association. And I think they form some like mega conglomerate of nutrition associations as well, which is also like really weird power hoarding.But, yeah, so I, I'm wondering, you know, for maybe any, Nutrition students or actual practicing professionals who are newer to this work and, and don't really fully understand like the, the extent of the problem besides just, you know, representation in invert commas. It maybe it would be helpful for us to give some examples of, you know, where it maybe shows up in our counselling and our recommendations and maybe some of the structural side of things as well.Anjali: Sure. Um, well, I can also talk a little bit about I, what I see as the missed opportunities that if, so first, I mean, the first just huge missed opportunity is to just admit mistakes and say we're sorry. You know, dietetics was a field that was established to kind of give white women scientific legitimacy and like many fields established to empower white women, it, it's did that by disempowering women and men of colour. And so I think it starts with that, just admitting, you know, we have made mistakes along the way, but we want to, to do better. You can't really heal and change until you take that first step. And in not taking that step and in sort of doubling down on No, we're, we're making the changes that need to be made, just don't ask too much about what we're doing. They're just missing out on an opportunity to really serve, really like serve dieticians better by giving them the resources they need to more effectively and empathetically work with clients of colour and, and communities of colour, you know, immigrant communities. I was talking to a friend and just talking about like, how amazing would it be if, if we could turn to our professional organization for resources around, you know, like culturally appropriate recommended food lists for different diet-related diseases for, for patients of all different cultures. They have the money to do that, you know, they have money to do so many things, and it seems like that is just a baseline, just very baseline what, what dieticians need in order to better serve the people that they work with.Laura: Just to kind of like, just to go back a, a tiny second, I, I think what we're saying is that the, the roots of the nutrition and dietetic profession were sort of established in the image of white supremacy, I think is maybe one, one way to, to think about it. And for context, for people who, who maybe aren't familiar, didactics is an evolution of home economics as a profession. And at the time of its creation, it was considered to be this like super empowering scientific evolution of that profession. But what Anjali, you are saying is that yes, and it only liberated and empowered white women.And as a result, ended up creating this deep inequity in, not just in the people who could access the profession, but also in the way that we practice nutrition and dietetics. Because it's then not reflective and not inclusive of the folks that we are going, that we are, you know, ostensibly trying to help.Anjali: Yeah. Because if it's only white women deciding what healthy food is, and then, and those white women are the ones that the government are like, oh, they are the ones that are following the latest scientific research and they're the experts. So we're gonna ask them what is healthy food. And now the government is using their ideas around healthy food to inform so many different policies from what we serve in schools, to what's on My Plate, which is what we, we use to kind of talk about the ideal healthy diet.And in just kind of, you know, we talked a little bit about the characteristics earlier off mic, talked about some of the characteristics of white supremacy that show up in dietetics, and there are so many, but, um, just this is making me think about the worship of the written word.And now that, now that it's all about, like, well we're scientific, so you have to take us seriously because we're a scientific profession now. So if it hasn't been published in a peer-reviewed journal, is it true? But so many cultures, you know, nutrition knowledge is passed down. Through oral, through, you know, people who maybe don't have a scientific degree, but have been taking care of members of their community for their entire lives, like at these other alternative ways of passing down important nutrition know knowledge.But because it is not written down in a venue that is deemed, you know, authoritative, then it doesn't, it's not true. It doesn't matter.Laura: Oh, so many things that I just wanna kind of like touch on, you know, that, that you've mentioned there, cuz this is like a really important aspect of what we're talking about. So first of all, you mentioned white supremacy culture and I don't think a lot of people are aware that the, the characteristics of white supremacy culture have been kind of, not that this is like the be all and end almost, you know, comprehensive, there's lots of ways that white supremacy culture shows up. But what we are talking about specifically when we say the characteristics of white supremacy culture is from a piece by Kenneth Jones and Tema Oak Hunt from the Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change text, which I'll link to in the show notes.And I think it's a really important read for people who are like, aren't familiar with what we're talking about when we talk about the characteristics of white supremacy culture. So that's the first thing that I wanted to say. And then, yeah, this, the second thing around what you're naming is epistemologies or, or ways of knowing, that, that are outside the realms of science.And you know, in nutrition and dietetics, we are told, we are taught that science is the be all and end all. And if there isn't any evidence to support a recommendation, then we can't use it. And what ends up happening is, I mean so many things, but we end up weaponising science to gaslight recommendations that, or medicines that, have been passed down through different cultures for, you know, eons and eons. And then I think about what happens there in terms of, of a really creating a really imbalanced power dynamic as well between the, the clinician, the practitioner and the client and, and how that really renders people powerless in that interaction.Anjali: Yeah, absolutely. And I'm also, when, when you're talking about it now, I'm just thinking about it, you know, if you are a nutrition student or an intern coming from a culture that does have these long cultural practices that sort of disagree with, with what your textbook is saying, just that feeling of disconnection and pain that, that causes of, okay well I either have to sort of turn my back on my family, my friends, my ancestors, or be weak in front of my professors and my fellow interns. So we're just putting, we're putting people from other cultures that want to enter the field into a really painful place, I think.Laura: Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I'm wondering, I think that was a helpful way to kind of illustrate what some of you know, why this is something that we need to address in the field of nutrition, not just in field of nutrition and dietetics, but everywhere, but, you know, using the lens of nutrition and dietetics. I wondered, you know, if we could talk maybe a little bit more about something you touched on before, which was about nutrition recommendations in things like, you know, the dietary guidelines that were recommended and something that you wrote about recently, which I'll link to as well, is the recommendation that, you know, everyone should have milk. And this is a very specifically US example, but I think it's a really good one, a really important one. Would you mind sharing a little bit more about, you know, how the, the unbearable whiteness of milk?Anjali: Okay. . Yeah, so, I don't know how it is in the UK but um, the My Plate, which sort of is the consumer-facing ideal plate for people, has a serving of dairy on this side. And It all struck me as interesting, even as a student or just like confusing because, I think something like 60% of the world, 65% of the world actually can't digest lactose as adults.So because of this recommendation for dairy in schools in the US, students have to take a carton of milk with their lunch unless they have a written note from a doctor exempting them, in which case they can take something like soy milk.Laura: So, can I just clarify something? And again, like my, I haven't worked or studied in the US for a long time, but my understanding was that, and I think this is why it's particularly pernicious, is that if you are on, So there's like different tiers of school lunches in the US, there's kids who just pay full price because they can afford it. And so this program is kind of means based. And for, poorer kids, they can either get a reduced cost or free lunch. However, if you're, if you're just buying your lunch, you can just, I think you can just get whatever you want off of the line. But if you are, if you qualify for a reduced or free lunch, you have to take certain components. So you have to take like a fruit, a vegetable, the whole grain, the protein, and this carton of milk. Is that, is that still theAnjali: Thank you for clarifying. So the reason why it needs to be on the tray is so the school can get reimbursed by the federal government for that meal. So it's most relevant for students who are getting the free or reduced-price lunch, because meals...Laura: Sorry, I was just gonna say, those are disproportionately the people who can't drink the milk. Anjali: Oh, yeah, so it's mostly, it varies by like racial background, but the major, like vast majority of people of colour do not have the ability to digest lactose in adulthood. So it doesn't quite, you know, this whole program was set up in the 1940s, so in a lot of ways it doesn't really make sense anymore, just because, you know, that was like a different time when the country had different needs of not only needing to support the dairy system, but also, you know, kids were suffering more from like under nutrition and milk was a very easy way to get a lot of calories, fat, vitamins, things like that. So it's just a different time and place and it's also why are we operating... in the article I talk about if, if, you know, lactose intolerance, only affected 5% of the population, which is the case if you have Northern European ancestry, then it would make sense that it's on those who can't digest lactose to get the note from the doctor exempt, you know, get their alternative drink.But we're operating from a place where public schools in the US are disproportionate and recipients of free and reduced lunch in particular, are disproportionately black and brown students who disproportionately cannot digest lactose. But we aren't starting with their reality as the defaults.Instead, it's sort of the reality of the white students who can drink lactose and, and they're the starting place. Because, you know, if you are studying any sort of like health behaviour you know, anytime you erect a barrier to get to the sort of outcome you're looking for, it's going to, people are gonna drop off. So if it's you have to go, well, first you have to have health insurance and have a doctor for your child. Already a barrier. Then you have to take time off work to bring your child to the doctor in order to get the, get the diagnosis of lactose intolerance and get the note to give to your school. So just all these different barriers that are erected, that are making it harder for families of colour to just get a drink that's not going to cause their child's digestive distress. It just seems really, I don't know, kind of,Laura: Regressive and backwards and yeah, like harmful, violent.Anjali: Mm-hmm.Laura: I mean, and like, I think we could spend all day talking about how this shows up. You know, I'm thinking about it in the, the context of parenting for a second as well, and how these nutrition recommendations kind of filter through to the public, but in a way that becomes like, again, like slow violence where, I'm thinking of it in the context of infant feeding, for example, and I'm not sure how it is in the US now, but in the UK there's this like real push, especially from white nutritionists on Instagram, that you should be pushing green foods first for your child to help them develop a taste for savoury foods.And, there are these like really wild, kind of like two-week feeding schedules with like different savoury tastes for your infant that you need to start them on. You're like nodding, like, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Right? And like I had, you know, I have friends who, we have kids around the same age and they, when they came to weaning, they were coming to me being like really stressed out about this green foods first thing, because that's not the foods, those aren't the foods that they eat culturally. And they were really concerned that they were doing harm or, or like causing this irreparable damage to their child by not giving them these foods and just causing so much stress and anxiety.So it's just like another way that this, this shows up in the world of parenting. And yeah, like I said, we could probably sit and think of examples all day long, I just thought that was a pertinent one as well.Anjali: Yeah. I just have no more patience for making people feel bad about their choices based on these white-centered principles of what is healthy. And it, it's just really frustrating. I think living in a place like New Orleans that has a food culture that is really strong and vibrant and really different from, pretty much every recommendation that is, is given by any sort of nutrition body, I really, I just couldn't stomach telling people, you know, Oh, that dish your grandmother has been making for your entire life that her grandmother made for her entire life, it's just, you just shouldn't be eating it.Laura: Or here's a way to healthify it and completely likeAnjali: Oh yes, Um, and yeah, uh, it was just embarrassing and sad. I just couldn't do it. I just couldn't, I couldn't stomach it anymore.Laura: So, I'm just wondering for students or professionals who are, are listening to this or reading the transcript and resonating with what you're saying, who are feeling that discomfort in their body when they're, you know, their preceptors in their internship are like, You have to recommend brown rice when like this, the person in front of them, all, all their family knows is, is white rice. And that's just like one tiny example obviously, but one of many, yeah, that they're feeling that discomfort and that disconnect and they, they want to kind of, I suppose, interrogate this a little bit more and, and start to make changes in their practice and, and, and have the tools, I suppose to create change more systemically. Aside from your substack, which I will obviously link to, what are the, the resources and, and the places that you are looking to, to help with this work?Anjali: So, I would say just in, just to find a safe person or place, in person to discuss those things. It's really hard and potentially dangerous to your internship to speak up in the moment because there is that power, um, differential between preceptors and the interns. But I also think it's really important to be able to process it. I was lucky in my internship, and I, I don't know if this is always the case, but in, in most of my rotations I had a partner and my car kind of became, or her car were like the places where we just deconstructed what we had seen. You know? Did that give you a weird feeling? Me too. And just being able to talk about that and, you know, if you can't find that in person, then just talking to someone on the phone, just anyone where you can just decompress, get it out and, and walk through it, because I think it is, it just kind of like rocks you from the inside to witness these moments that you know are wrong and harmful and to not be able to speak about them. And then honestly, I, it's kind of been frustrating because I set up my Instagram in 2020 when it was like, Oh, I think dieticians are ready to talk about this.Had to step away because like you had a, had a, an infant and just couldn't, couldn't keep up with it. And came back to it earlier this year to to take a deep dive with my newsletter and was like, Wait, nothing has happened. No other avenues have opened up. I'm in a couple Facebook groups, one called hashtag inclusive dietetics that was, I think, established for some sort of research study, and it's not that active. But that's like one small place where, you know, for example, a student recently posted about a problematic assignment that she got, she or, or they. And then that's kind of it.So honestly, with, with my newsletter, I hope to build up a community where people can gather, that do wanna talk about these issues because I, I myself, I'm kind of like want to create the thing that I have been unable to find. Outside of nutrition, dietetics, I think there are a lot of, places to gather, you know, I find a lot of affinity in my public health groups because racism as a public health problem is something that we study. And I am involved with a couple local food policy councils. That's something I wanna write about, um, upcoming is just like how much opportunity there is to both like support change in the food system through a local food policy council, but also just meet like-minded people.And I very rarely meet dieticians who are part of these councils. But you know, each, each one has a racial equity subcommittee that I'm also a part of. So it's just a place to be able to talk through some of these issues. And a lot of times they can be very localised to where you live. Like what is the history of your town, what kinds of racist systems were established over the years and how can you dismantle them?And to be honest, like it's much easier to pass policy change at the local level and can, can make a huge impact, people that live there. So personally, that's where I find that kind of support.Laura: Yeah. So it's, it sounds like what has been really important to you is, is kind of getting stuck in, into that, like, into the, the work as it were, like doing the work, getting involved at a local kind of policy level, organisational level. And what I might do as well is just link in the show notes to a couple of like books and resources and things if people want to just kind of maybe, you know, and I'm speaking from my experience here, like I don't always feel like I have the language and the tools and that's also white supremacy culture showing like it doesn't have to be perfect, but if you want to have kind of a baseline understanding of like, you know, some of the issues, some of the ways that white supremacy, you know, shows up, then there are definitely a couple of books that might be able to help you with that as you're trying to find your feet. And I'm speaking specifically to white people here. And I think the other thing that I wanted to say is, you know, white nutritionists, dietitians, white students, it's on you to be doing the work that might not be safe for our colleagues of colour whether that's in professional organisations, whether that's in university settings. Like I, I get, like, I get that it's also, you know, when it's your degree, it's, it can also be not safe to, to say anything but where you have some power to push back, please use that, you know, and keep yourself safe also.Anjali: I think it's so important that everyone do some sort of anti-racism training that forces you to confront your own internalised issues. And I, you know, I think reading books and educating yourself is so important, but there's no replacement for that experience of, especially if you can be in a room or in a Zoom space with people from other backgrounds from you and make mistakes. I think that's such an important experience to have, just to know that I can make mistakes and I will bounce back from it. Also, maybe if you're not used to, I'm shouldn't be speaking right now. Like, this isn't my place to speak. No one needs to know my opinion on this right now. And I feel those spaces are places where you will get called out on that. And I think that's a good experience. So I went through the Undergoing Racism Training, through the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Highly recommend that. I believe it's a three day training if you can get your employer to pay for anything like that. I think this type of training is more helpful than say, like an anti-bias training because really talking about the roots of things, after I did the training, I basically felt like sick, like I felt like I had a cold for like three days afterwards because I just really had to go deep into myself, both my own internalised issues about others, and then also realising like how white supremacy had affected me. So I think it's important, you know, BIPOC people, white people, everyone should do that type of really challenging work least once in your life.Laura: Yeah. And, I think what you're naming there is so important. It's something that with, that folks with a lot of privilege especially are not at all used to, which is sitting with discomfort. And I think that's what your invitation is really, is to sit in the discomfort and that's where deep learning and deep growth happens. You know, we can intellectualise things all we want by reading it in a book, but the actual work is in sitting in that discomfort and you're only gonna be put in that discomfort if you're, you know, in a room full of people that will challenge you and, will push you.So yeah, thank you for, for naming that. And, I will link to that training in the show notes. And also I'll include some trainings for UK-based folk as well because there are some great people in the UK doing this work in earlier settings in, you know, other organisational settings. So yeah, please check those out. Before we like wrap up, was there anything else that like, felt really important to say.Anjali: Um, just that, you know, I think that people do have the ability and the opportunity to make change in their individual workplaces. Even if, you know that isn't coming from the higher ups in the nutrition and dietetics world. You can, you can change, you know, how you interact with clients to make it less you know, rooted in paternalism or, do more to create true deep community engagement with the communities that you, you work with.And, until, until we do get that wide-scale change, I think, like, don't feel, don't feel disempowered, don't feel crushed by how much needs to get done. I think there are small changes that people can make, just by changing their mindset and, and taking that step to serve people better.Laura: Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for that. I think that's, it can feel, yeah, when you are trying to tackle a huge system that can feel really disempowering. So just thinking about, okay, what are the, what are the little things that I can do to make someone I'm working with feel more comfortable, feel more held and seen and, yeah, not lectured to.At the end of every episode we share something that we've been snacking on. So it can be a literal snack or it can be just something that you recommend and want to share with the audience. So, do you mind sharing what you are snacking on right now?Anjali: Yeah, so my mine is sort of a like a life practice and then with an actual physical product to recommend. So life practice is that on Fridays, in my household we started doing screen-free 24 hours. So starting on Friday when my kids get home from school. And that's been really great just in general cuz I have an eight-year-old and he was getting towards the, like I just wanna be on my iPad all the time. It was really difficult at first. My husband described it as watching train spotting like the first night that he couldn't have his screen after school he was just sort of lying in the snow.We've been doing this for about nine months now. But now, you know, everyone's sort of in a rhythm and after, our two-year-old goes to bed, my husband, eight-year-old, and I play a board game together. That's sort of our wind down thing on Fridays. So, that's been really nice because I love board games, played a lot of them with my family growing up and, my husband and I are kind of into a lot of like indie board games. So one that we've been playing all at lately is called Wingspan and it's very peaceful and soothing. You just have these different habitats and you populate them with birds. So the cards are like really beautiful, these watercolour paintings of birds with different facts about them. It has a lot of components that I won't go into, but it's just, it's very fun. Like you do different rounds, there's these little egg sort of game pieces that are really satisfying in their colour. You know, like I feel like the feeling of a game piece is like 25% of the experience of playing a game. So yeah, it's just a fun, interesting, sort of unique game that is a really good time for the whole family. So we've been into that.Laura: That's really cute. I need to check that out. My husband loves an obscure board game. Our like cupboards are full of things that we can never play because our toddler does not sleep.Anjali: Aw.Laura: I'm also jealous of, of the fact that your child like, goes to bed time that allows you to still have somewhat of an evening.Okay. So my, my snack, if you will, is actually a meal. This is a recipe that has been kind of having like a bit of a moment on Instagram, so people might have seen it, but it's Ruby Tandoh's Chilli Crisp Gnocchi. I don't know if you are familiar with Ruby's work, but like, she just released her cookbook, Cook As You Are, in the US and like she shared this recipe and it's just kind of like taken on a life of its own it seems. But it's the simplest, easiest, quickest like week-time dinner that has like five ingredients, literally takes 15 minutes and is so delicious.So, you basically just cook the gnocchi, then you melt some butter in a fry pan, toss in the chilli crisp oil, add in some capers, and then like coat the gnocchi with that mixture and then add some parmesan and it sounds bonkers, but it's so delicious and I..Anjali: ThatLaura: I keep a couple of gnocchi aside for my two-year-old who probably won't eat anyway because he is two, and like just put some like, but like melted butter and cheese on that for him.And then I just like stir fry some veggies quickly on the side and that's like it, and it's so delicious and so easy. So I'll link to the recipe for that. Her cookbook is really good as well. It's all about like really quick and accessible meals that don't have a ton of ingredients and it's like split into sections of like, I'm really hungry and I wanna eat right now, versus like recipes where you have a bit more time to invest in them. So yeah, that's my thing.Anjali, can you please share where we can find you on the internet?Anjali: Sure. So, um, you. Read and subscribe to my Substack at anjaliruth.substack.com. Um, my first name is A-N-J-A-L-I. My middle name is Ruth, named after my great aunt. And then my Instagram is @antiracistrd - those are the two best ways. Yeah.Laura: Yeah, I'll link to all of that in the show notes. And also like some of the, the pieces that we mentioned you've talked about like sort of your path to becoming anti-racist dietician and also like that whole milk fiasco. So I'll link to both of those. Anjali, it was really great to actually be able to talk to you in real life as opposed to just messaging on the internet. So thank you for being here and I'm excited for everyone to go check out your newsletter cause it really is great.Anjali: Thanks so much, Laura.OUTRO:Laura Thomas: Thank you so much for listening to this week's episode of Can I Have Another Snack? If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to rate and review in your podcast player and head over to laurathomas.substack.com for the full transcript of this conversation, plus links we discussed in the episode and how you can find out more about this week's guest. While you're over there, consider signing up for either a free or paid subscription Can I Have Another Snack? newsletter, where I'm exploring topics around bodies, identity and appetite, especially as it relates to parenting. Also, it's totally cool if you're not a parent, you're welcome too. We're building a really awesome community of cool, creative and smart people who are committed to ending the tyranny of body shame and intergenerational transmission of disordered eating. Can I Have Another Snack? is hosted by me, Laura Thomas, edited by Joeli Kelly, our funky artwork is by Caitlin Preyser. And the music is by Jason Barkhouse. And lastly Fiona Bray keeps me on track and makes sure this episode gets out every week. This episode wouldn't be possible without your support. So thank you for being here and valuing my work and I'll catch you next week. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurathomas.substack.com/subscribe

Director Thomas W. Jones II and playwright Kenneth Jones share details on Georgia Ensemble Theatre's production of “Alabama Story.” Plus, Robert J. Lang, a world-renowned origami artist and physicist, tells us about his collaborative designs on view at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court decision that signals the likely overturning of Federal Protections from Roe v. Wade, there has been a lot of - understandable- reactions. But being reactionary and quick to act without the necessary preparations leads to a lot of trouble - and fast. This episode is going to take on the responses I've witnessed over the last week to the leaked draft opinion and use the White Supremacy Culture document  by Tema Okun and the late Kenneth Jones to help me break down how these responses by particularly cis- white- women  are still rooted in WSC. Then I'll use the solutions provided to help us then begin to imagine new ways to respond and fix the mistakes we have collectively made through our community organizing efforts in the past. Community Orgs  & Abortion Funds to Support Sister SongIndigenous Women RisingChicago Abortion Fund Lilith Fund Visit the National Network of Abortion Funds to find more places to support! Support the show

On today's episode of Hangout with Sujata, Kenneth Jones appears on the podcast to share some of his experiences with Sujata. Kenny, as he is more fondly known, started his own podcast, Things Money Can't Buy, and he details the dynamics of starting out on his own during the pandemic. He embodies a never-say-die attitude that explains his constant evolution to master the next chapter in his life. Playlist in this episode includes: Andretti Notes by Curren$y My Bible by Nas Paranoid by Sheer Louch Misty by Curren$y Something Gotta Change by Larry June

Sgt. Maj. Roger Rendon, Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Jones, and Lt. Col. Joel Gleason join the NCO Journal to discuss their recently published article, "The Role of the Sending Unit."

"Growing up in Port Neches in the late 40's early 50's--that's as close to Mayberry USA as you're gonna get!"--Dr. Rodney LeBoeufDr. Rodney LeBoeuf was an integral part of the legacy of excellence of Port Neches-Groves ISD, as a student, as a teacher/coach, and ultimately as PN-G's high school principal.Hear Dr. LeBoeuf talk about:Growing up in Port Neches;The Indians' 1953 State Championship playoff run, upon which he was co-captain;His brother, PN-G's legendary running back Gordon LeBoeuf;Coaching on the staffs of both Bum Phillips and Ken Watson;His role in hiring legendary coaches Doug Ethridge and Barbara Comeaux;Many colorful and elaborative stories about his colleagues and their times at Port Neches-Groves ISD;and much, much, more!!The podcast brings up a wide range of names from Southeast Texas, including "Big Joe" Joseph LeBoeuf, E. O. Griner, Dad and Mom LeBoeuf, Constable/Chief Marvin Holt, Deputy Asa D. Frazier, Choir teacher Jonathan P. Lancaster, Gene McCollum, Coach Lewis Ford, Gilbert Massey, Margaret Dalton, Lena Faye Hawthorne, Mary Buck, Shelby Buck, Thomas Harvey, Hubert Miller, Nick Frankovic, Dan Fells, Irene Ford, Nelda LeBoeuf, Wanda Carole Wrinkle Ford, Joe Williamson, Lynne James, Frank Gioviale, Roy Esquivel, Richard Briggs, Bob Briggs, Tommy Atkins, Murphy Broussard, Kenneth Jones, Gordon LeBoeuf, Dan Miller, Don Miller, Jackie Hathorn, Gene Powell, Jim Fairman, Jim "J. B." Higgins, P. J. Granger, Wilford Moore, Bum Phillips, Wade Phillips, Laurie Nunez Phillips, Stinky Nunez, Ken Watson, Dr. Oliver Monk, Doug Ethridge, Matt Burnett, Mike Havard, Andy Gilbert, Jimmy Burnett, Barbara Comeaux, Laura LeBoeuf, Julie LeBoeuf, Molly LeBoeuf...and more!! Also included are some other well known names in the state of Texas, including King Hill, Carlos Esquivel, Tiny Ellison, Bear Bryant, John David Crow, Jasper Flanagan, Dr. Harold Hawkins, and Dr. John Hoyle.So round up your local Aunt Bee, Barney, Gomer, Opie, Miss Crump, and others, and take a trip down memory lane with Dr. Rodney LeBoeuf...Right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!

FASD Hope is a podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over nineteen years of lived experience.   Welcome to the Season 2 Premiere Episode!  FASD Hope is honored to feature Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones. Dr. Kenneth Jones is the Chief of the Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology at the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD, Medical Director of the MotherToBaby California Pregnancy Health Information Line and Co-Director of the Center for Better Beginnings. He is a pediatrician by training, specializing in the identification and treatment of birth defects. He is actively involved in research, teaching, clinical work, university and public service. Dr. Jones is considered the leading expert of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), one of the diagnoses under the FASD umbrella. Dr. Jones was one of two doctors at the University of Washington, who first identified Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the United States in 1973. Dr. Jones' research has focused on the evaluation and diagnosis of birth defects, identifying the mechanisms of normal and abnormal fetal development and the recognition of new environmental agents that cause birth defects. His work on the recognition of new human teratogens is primarily focused through MotherToBaby California, a counseling and research program funded in part by the state of California and monies received from the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) as a part of a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Jones has authored over 400 publications in scientific journals as well as several books and he is the author of the textbook titled "Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation." This is an episode that the listener can glean SO MUCH INFORMATION!  Among the many topics discussed in this information-filled episode include: Dr. Jones' career, stigma, his work, goals for 2022 and answering listeners' questions.   EPISODE RESOURCES - Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones - https://www.rchsd.org/doctors/kenneth-lyons-jones-md/ https://betterbeginnings.org/who-we-are/leadership/ https://betterbeginnings.org/who-we-are/leadership/dr-kenneth-lyons-jones-md/ https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/pediatrics/Divisions/dysmorphology/about/Pages/Dysmorphology_Teratology_Division_Members.aspx https://pediatrics.med.ubc.ca/2018/03/20/a-retrospective-look-at-43-years-of-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-fasd-how-did-we-get-here-from-where-we-started/ https://www.facebook.com/UCSDcbb/ https://twitter.com/ucsdcbb https://www.instagram.com/ucsdcbb/   FASD Hope Resources - FASD Hope - https://www.fasdhope.com/ natalie@fasdhope.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fasdhope/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fasdhope1 Twitter - https://twitter.com/fasdhope LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-vecchione-17212160/ Clubhouse - @natalievecc Check out our new book “Blazing New Homeschool Trails: Educating and Launching Teens with Developmental Disabilities” by Natalie Vecchione & Cindy LaJoy  BUY IT NOW!    

Encouragement for the Graveyard Shift - Pastor Kenneth Jones

Tallahassee filmmaker Kenneth Jones' movie will receive its local premiere along with community conversations on Alzheimer's and those who care for its patients Nov. 5-7. He speaks about the film and is joined by Frenchtown Activist Miaisha Mitchell and Alzheimer's Project Executive Director John Trombetta.

Rev. Kenneth Jones

In this episode, I had the special honor of welcoming Tema Okun to the podcast to talk about her personal journey in education, her evolution as an antiracist scholar under the mentorship of the late Dr. Kenneth Jones, the publishing of her widely used article, "White Supremacy Culture", the need for white educators to transition from performative ally to active co-conspirator, and much more! To learn more about Tema's work, you can visit the White Supremacy Culture website at whitesupremacyculture.info or you can follow her on Instagram (@okuntema) and Twitter (@TemaOkun). BIO: Tema Okun has spent over 30 years working with and for organizations, schools, and community-based institutions as a trainer, facilitator, and coach focused on issues of racial justice and equity. Dr. Okun currently co-leads the Teaching for Equity Fellows Program at Duke University, which works with faculty seeking to develop stronger skills both teaching about race and racism and across lines of race, class, and gender. She was a member of the Educational Leadership faculty at National Louis University in Chicago and has taught undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level students in educational leadership and education. She is the author of the award-winning The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (2010, IAP) and the widely used article White Supremacy Culture. She publishes regularly on the pedagogy of racial and social justice. Tema is a participant in the Living School for Action and Contemplation and a member of the Bhumisphara Sangha under the leadership of Lama Rod Owens. She is an artist, a poet, and a writer. She lives in Durham, NC where she is fortunate to reside among beloved community. Her current project is deepening her ability to love her neighbor as herself. She is finding the instruction easy and the follow through challenging, given how we live in a culture that is afraid to help us do either or both. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators/support

We chat with two great actors about local theatre right in your own backyard of Fairfield County!Music Theatre of Connecticut launches New Voices — a non-musical pilot program that gives a spotlight to five contemporary plays by living authors in staged readings — Oct. 11 with Jeff Talbott's mysterious relationship drama i. The 2021-22 series also includes the comedy Hollywood, Nebraska by Kenneth Jones, Oregon by Laura Darrell, Dirty Book by Joe Landry and Kevin Renn's Mulatto Boy.Elissa DeMaria and Jeff Gurner, in tandem with managing director and co-founder Jim Schilling, curated the program. MTC's executive artistic director and co-founder is Kevin Connors. Using a reading agreement with Actors' Equity Association, the series in Norwalk, CT, explores plays that have been previously produced, read or developed elsewhere, allowing actors and directors associated with MTC to use their creative muscles; to give MTC audiences added variety of programming choices; and for playwrights to look at material with fresh eyes and ears. Playwrights are invited to attend audience talkbacks in person or virtually.Jeff Gurner will direct the four-character relationship drama i, featuring Elissa DeMaria, Jacob Heimer, Cynthia Hannah and Ebbe Bassey. The play had its world premiere by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Find a perusal copy of the script at New Play Exchange.Nora Chester (seated) and Elizabeth Howell in the Wyoming Theatre Festival workshop of “Hollywood, Nebraska.”Elissa DeMaria will direct Jones' six-actor comedy Hollywood, Nebraska, about two actresses and estranged childhood friends returning the their dying hometown. It was previously seen in a workshop production by Wyoming Theatre Festival, as well as in readings by Off-Broadway's TACT and Actors Theatre of Indiana. You can find a perusal copy of it on New Play Exchange.For tickets and more info log on to:https://www.musictheatreofct.com/newvoices

Episode 24.  We are all born into this society, however, we aren't  born into a society that is equal for all.  According to Dr. Tema Okun, we are born into a white supremacy culture.  In this episode, Linda  shares the work and words  of Dr. Tema Okun from her website whitesupremacyculture.info. What is the history of white supremacy culture? What is its impact on ALL people? What is intersectionality? These questions are answered along with Dr. Okun's thoughts about "source" or "divine" or whatever you choose to call your higher power. Dr. Okun has spent over 30 years working with and for organizations, schools, and community-based institutions as a trainer, facilitator, teacher, and mentor focused on issues of racial justice and equity. For 12 years she worked with the late and beloved Kenneth Jones at ChangeWork and then for another decade with Michelle Johnson and many brilliant colleagues at DismantlingRacismWorks. Dr. Okun currently co-leads the Teaching for Equity Fellows Program at Duke University, which works with faculty seeking to develop stronger skills both teaching about race and racism and across lines of race, class, and gender. She is the author of the award-winning The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (2010, IAP) and the widely used article White Supremacy Culture. 

QUICK EPISODE OVERVIEWApril and Tracie take the time to unpack a phrase that often comes up when Jews Talk Racial Justice: "white supremacy." The phrase has entered the lexicon of individual antiracists and movements alike, but what exactly does it mean? April and Tracie define the term, investigate the discomfort it can generate, and riff on the ways in which discussing "white supremacy culture" may be a way to reclaim agency and power.Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/Read more of Tracie's thoughts at her blog, bmoreincremental.comResources:Baratunde Thurston's TED TalkTracie's 18 Days Exploring Racial JusticeMore about Critical Race TheoryRead more about bell hooks from the bell hooks instituteExplore the life and impact of Audre LordeRacial Equity ToolsJane Elliot's famous question to white folksCharacteristics of white supremacy culture as defined by Jewish scholar Tema Okun and Kenneth Jones (again, in a more visual presentation).Another clear explanation of white supremacy and its history of violence, by Betita Martinez.Robin DiAngelo unpacks the good/bad binary in this articleAmadou Diallo was an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who was shot over 40 times (19 bullets struck him) by New York City police officers in February 1999.Learn more about Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has spent 40 years in jail after a trial that supporters claim was shoddy at best and unconstitutional at worst.DISCUSSION QUESTIONSApril notes that different folks have different relationships to the term “white supremacy.” What’s your relationship to it? When did you first hear or learn about this term? Tracie notes that for many white folks in particular, the use of the phrase seems fairly recent when referring to anything other than the KKK. Why do you think that is? Has this been your experience? As April says when referencing broader scholarship and critical race theory, naming white supremacy is “scary because it's naming the elephant in the room, it's naming the wallpaper, it's naming the infrastructure of the building that you're in.” But doing so is also a “powerful contradiction” to racism. How does naming it make a difference and advance racial justice? Why is it, in general, important to name larger patterns, and where else might you have noticed this in your experiences?April explains the relationship between white supremacy and patriarchy, saying that “white supremacy is a corolla

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to talk with me about Critical Race Theory ("CRT"). We look at recent news articles about CRT infiltrating schools and making parents upset. What is a "critical theory"? We see that it's unquestionably Marxism and Freudianism combined. It looks for two classes in history: oppressors and oppressed. What is the goal of a critical theory? We notice that it's end goal is to impose Marxism as a solution to historical ills. We check out the New York Times' "1619 Project" to see how it wants to define U.S. history in terms of CRT. Next, we read parts of the "About" section of the Black Lives Matter ("BLM") website to see that the stated goals seem laudable. However, if words mean how BLM treats them, this mission can have dangerous effects and a never-ending pursuit. We also listen to the viral video from Patrice Cullors, one of the three Black women co-founders of BLM where she said that they were "trained Marxists." Finally, as CRT is infiltrating churches, we turn to the Scriptures to see how our Christian identity and unity is in Christ, not our ethnicity and history. Sources Cited: Dana Kennedy, "https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/how-parents-are-fighting-critical-race-theory-in-nyc-schools (Inside the growing underground network of parents fighting ‘anti-racism' in NYC schools)," New York Post, April 24, 2021. "https://www.fairforall.org/fundraiser-for-gabrielle-clark (Help Gabrielle & William Clark)," Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism, Accessed May 2, 2021. Good Hope (channel), "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBD-F9iB_Vg (Black Lives Matter is Led by "Trained Marxists" (Patrice Cullors | Co-Founder))," YouTube, Accessed May 2, 2021. Dave Breese. https://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Rule-World-Grave/dp/0802484484 (Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave). Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1992. Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, "http://cwsworkshop.org/PARC_site_B/dr-culture.html (White Supremacy Culture)," Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, ChangeWork, 2001. Brandon Clay and Frost Smith, "https://answersingenesis.org/racism/critical-race-theory-church/ (Critical Race Theory in the Church)," Answers In Genesis, September 29, 2020. Scriptures Referenced: Philippians 3:7-10,13-19 Philippians 4:11 Galatians 3:26-29 Galatians 6:2 Colossians 3:9-15 John 17:21 1 Peter 5:5 Podcast Promotion: https://prescribedtruth.com/ (Prescribed Truth) with Jamal Bandy Truthspresso episode 0066: "https://www.truthspresso.com/episode/0066 (Critical Race Theory or Christ? - A Discussion with Jamal Bandy part 2)" ***** Like what you hear? https://www.truthspresso.com/donate (Donate) to Truthspresso and give a shot of support! *****

Finishing off the April Toolkit we continue discussing PWIs but this week we’re talking about Professional (workplace) PWIs. We begin by chatting about the overlapping similarities between Academic and professional predominantly white institutions. Throughout the podcast we combat the white supremacy structure that American capitalism was built upon and the lasting effect on BIPOC in the workplace. Articles mentioned in this week’s episode: In this episode we will dive into: ·      The emotional impact of Affirmative Action on BIPOC in the workplace. ·      The correlation of white supremacy and toxic work environments. ·      The relationship between white supremacy and capitalism. ·      How the hiring of (a few) BIPOC does NOT change the root issue of racism in the workplace. ·      Diversity training should not always fall upon the shoulders of your BIPOC coworkers. ·      We walk through the article from this month’s toolkit, The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun ·      The challenges of calling out racism, microaggressions, and racial biases in the workplace verse the Academic sitting. ·      What about being mixed race in a PWI? ·      What are some ways to thrive in PWIs for BIOPC and Unicorns? ·      How can our co-conspirators put activism in action in the workplace?   We delightfully end in our Happy Place this week, hint*- You find out how we really feel about peanuts and what to do with Unsolved Mysteries withdrawal. https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html https://hbr.org/2019/11/toward-a-racially-just-workplace Thanks to Josef Scott of Citizens of Tape City for our theme music and Dollipop Art for our podcast artwork - you can find her on instagram @dollipop.art. We want to hear from you! If you have a question you'd like us to answer or a topic you'd like us to cover on the show, drop us a line at biracialunicorns@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (505) 585-1808. Like us on facebook or follow us on instagram to join in on the discussion - we're @biracialunicorns. We're now on twitter as @biracialmagic so catch us there too. If you'd like to support the show with some cash money visit us at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/biracialunicorn Please review us wherever you get your podcasts or even better tell your friends to listen. :D Find out more at https://biracialunicorns.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

A look at the practices & principles that guide decisions impacting children, families, & educators.   Resources mentioned in this episode: - Department of Youth & Family Services, Community Hubs Initiative https://www.dcyf.org/care - The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture (From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001) See "Paternalism"  https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html Made possible with support by BANDTEC. Modern Jazz Samba by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4063-modern-jazz-samba

April's toolkit is here! This month we're looking at how we survive operating within Predominantly White Institutions. Watch: Blurred Lines: A Documentary on the Declining Differences Between Historically Black Colleges & Universities in Today's Society by Elynor Moss (https://bit.ly/3m35Os5) Watch: Dear White People (show, streaming on Netflix) Read: Your Predominantly White Organization (Yes, Even Yours) is Exactly One Live-Tweeted Racist Event Away from Public Disgrace by Brigitte Fielder (https://bit.ly/2QPdUct) Read: How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (wherever you find your books, we always recommend checking your library first, this book has seen a lot of popularity so your library probably has it - if not, check your local bookshop or bookshop.org - there's a workbook too) Follow: @changethemuseum on Instagram Act: send us your "Surviving PWIs" stories via email or social media for us to share on instagram. Act: Research PWIs in your field/take a look at a PWI you work at and consider this list: White Supremacy Culture Characteristics by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun (https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html) Thanks to Josef Scott of Citizens of Tape City for our theme music and Dollipop Art for our podcast artwork - you can find her on instagram @dollipop.art. We want to hear from you! If you have a question you'd like us to answer or a topic you'd like us to cover on the show, drop us a line at biracialunicorns@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (505) 585-1808. Like us on facebook or follow us on instagram to join in on the discussion - we're @biracialunicorns. We're now on twitter as @biracialmagic so catch us there too. If you'd like to support the show with some cash money visit us at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/biracialunicorn Please review us wherever you get your podcasts or even better tell your friends to listen. :D Find out more at https://biracialunicorns.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-54Links referenced in/relevant to episode 54:-Washington Post story on the Washington Football Team replacing its cheerleaders with a coed dance team: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/03/03/washington-football-team-cheerleaders-replaced/-New York Times piece on dancer bodies: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/arts/dance/what-is-a-ballet-body.html-Actors' Equity statement on the Open Culture program: https://www.actorsequity.org/news/PR/OpenCultureDisappointment/-Denver Post story on Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's company closure and organizational evolution: https://theknow.denverpost.com/2021/03/09/aspen-santa-fe-ballet-closes-coronavirus/254403/-Sydnie Mosley's Dance Magazine essay on not creating for the sake of creating: https://www.dancemagazine.com/virtual-burnout-2650626814.html-Al Blackstone's Dance Teacher love letter to the dance studio: https://dance-teacher.com/al-blackstone-dance-studio/-Dance/USA's second COVID impact survey: https://s-a39abb-i.sgizmo.com/s3/i-zYkAqbH1dQ67H04kbl-4331405/?sguid=zYkAqbH1dQ67H04kbl-Excerpt from from "Dismantling Racism:  A Workbook for Social Change Groups," by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html-Dance/USA site: https://www.danceusa.org/-Dance/USA social pages:https://www.instagram.com/danceusaorg/https://twitter.com/DanceUSAorghttps://www.facebook.com/DanceUSAorg

How can we draw inspiration from Jewish traditions to show up for others? In this episode, Madison Slobin and Becca Schwenk tell us about Shiva Delivers, an initiative they organized in the Spring of 2020 where Jewish community members prepared meals in an effort to stand in solidarity with the Black community following the murder of George Floyd. The resource Becca mentions, "The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture," from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, can be found here: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html And you can check out Strategem: The Podcast here: https://www.welcometostratagem.com/podcast

Part 2 of our series on the 13 characteristics of white supremacy culture. Today's episode discusses the toxic perfectionism that white supremacy perpetuates, and the fallacy of either/or thinking. The trio shares their experiences with being frozen by the perfectionist white gaze, and their path towards liberating themselves from the detrimental expectations. The descriptions of these characteristics come from "Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change GroupsDismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups" by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun Music: It Just Makes Me Happy by Dj Quads

I talk through the cycle of cultural appropriation from a white witch's perspective. “Whiteness” and our lost lineage of relationship with land and community contribute to the spiritual lack that leads to cultural appropriation. I invite you into the journey of rediscovery of lineage, of subversive decolonization, of the necessary work to dismantle white supremacy for individual and communal healing!Resources include :Characteristics of White Supremacy from “Dismantling Racism: a Workbook for Social Change Groups” by Kenneth Jones and Tema OkunInes Talamantez - University of Santa Barbara, Dept. of Religious Studues; Mescalero Apache

April and Tracie take the time to unpack a phrase that often comes up when Jews Talk Racial Justice: "white supremacy." The phrase has entered the lexicon of individual antiracists and movements alike, but what exactly does it mean? April and Tracie define the term, investigate the discomfort it can generate, and riff on the ways in which discussing "white supremacy culture" may be a way to reclaim agency and power. Resources:Baratunde Thurston's TED TalkTracie's 18 Days Exploring Racial JusticeMore about Critical Race TheoryRead more about bell hooks from the bell hooks instituteExplore the life and impact of Audre LordeRacial Equity Tools Jane Elliot's famous question to white folksCharacteristics of white supremacy culture as defined by Jewish scholar Tema Okun and Kenneth Jones (again, in a more visual presentation). Another clear explanation of white supremacy and its history of violence, by Betita Martinez.Robin DiAngelo unpacks the good/bad binary in this articleAmadou Diallo was an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who was shot over 40 times (19 bullets struck him) by New York City police officers in February 1999. Learn more about Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has spent 40 years in jail after a trial that supporters claim was shoddy at best and unconstitutional at worst.

Kenneth Jones https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protests-erupt-omaha-after-police-fatally-shoot-black-man-during-n1248561 #peoplearerevolting twitter.com/peoplerevolting Peoplearerevolting.com movingtrainradio.com

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: More and more Republicans are breaking with Donald Trump over his need to concede. His campaign lost a big court ruling in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Meanwhile, Joe Biden is getting ready to announce some staff and cabinet picks. One key adviser has a complicated relationship with the tech industry. And lastly, Trump’s legal problems are piling up as his White House exit nears. Between the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and the Internal Revenue Service, he’s in for a long slog. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Donald Trump is increasingly isolated in his refusal to acknowledge reality. Several prominent Republicans said over the weekend that Trump’s legal arguments have run their course, the Washington Post reports. They called on him to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, or at least allow the transition process to begin. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie said yesterday on ABC that the conduct of Trump’s legal team has been QUOTE a national embarrassment ENDQUOTE. Also yesterday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan told Trump to QUOTE stop golfing and concede ENDQUOTE. And Saturday night, after a federal judge threw out Trump’s legal attempt to invalidate all of Pennsylvania’s votes, Republican Senator Pat Toomey congratulated Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris on their victory. Toomey encouraged Trump to accept that result, saying that Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options. Toomey also noted that the judge who ruled against Trump, Matthew Brann, is a longtime conservative Republican. In a scathing ruling late Saturday, Judge Brann compared the campaign’s legal arguments to Frankenstein’s Monster, the Associated Press reports. Brann concluded that Trump offered only speculative accusations, not proof of rampant corruption. Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani is now appealing the ruling to the federal Third Circuit Court. Michigan Republican Fred Upton also expressed that the election is over for Trump, at least in his state, CBS News reports. Upton said there is no evidence of mass fraud, and Biden’s lead of one hundred and fifty four thousand votes is too large to overcome. For the most part, the Post reports, local and state officials have either remained silent or moved forward with the process of certifying election results. In Maricopa County, Arizona, the Republican-led Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Friday to certify the county’s results. The board chairman declared there was no evidence of fraud or misconduct, and QUOTE that is with a big zero ENDQUOTE. Sounds like a lot of people aren’t getting Trump’s memos anymore! BIDEN NAMING CABINET TOMORROW Joe Biden’s transition team will announce its first cabinet appointments on Tuesday. Jennifer Psaki, a senior adviser to the team, told CNN that Biden’s cabinet and team will look like America in terms of ideology and background. Some key personnel are already known. Reuters reports that Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability. These are indicators of how the Biden administration may come down on key tech policy issues. Bruce Reed, a former Biden chief of staff, is expected to take a major role in the new administration. Reuters says Reed helped negotiate with the tech industry and legislators on behalf of backers of a ballot initiative that led to the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act. Privacy advocates see that law as a possible model for a national law. Reed also co-authored a chapter in a book published last month denouncing the federal law known as Section 230, which makes it impossible to sue internet companies over the content of user postings. Reed and his co-author, Stanford University lecturer James Steyer, wrote that if tech companies sell ads that run alongside harmful content, they should be considered complicit in the harm. And QUOTE in the long run, the only real way to moderate content is to moderate the business model ENDQUOTE. Silicon Valley isn’t going to like that. Reed, a veteran political operative, was chief of staff for Biden from 2011 to 2013 when Biden was vice president, Reuters reports. In that role he succeeded Ron Klain, who was recently named incoming White House chief of staff. How cozy! TRUMP'S LEGAL TROUBLES MOUNT Here’s something fun to think about: Donald Trump’s enormous looming legal headaches. The Washington Post reports that the swirl of criminal investigations and civil complaints stemming from Trump’s business activities and personal conduct could prove serious once he departs the White House. As it stands, Trump faces several lawsuits and at least two active investigations by state or local authorities in New York alone. The Manhattan district attorney's ongoing investigation into Trump and his family-run business appears to be the most significant problem he faces, per the Post. Were Trump to be charged and convicted, he could face the prospect of incarceration. Separately, the New York State Attorney General's Office is conducting a wide- reaching civil fraud investigation, including into whether Trump and the Trump Organization sought to minimize tax liability by misrepresenting to lenders the value of certain assets. Then there's the Internal Revenue Service. As the New York Times has reported, Trump could owe the government as much as $100 million. Trump also will have to face a pair of high- profile defamation lawsuits in New York, stemming from accusations of personal misconduct. Trump's lawyers are likely to be most focused on minimizing the risk of criminal prosecution, the Post says. He could attempt to achieve this on his own at the federal level by preemptively pardoning himself and members of his inner circle. There is no consensus among constitutional law experts on whether a president can pardon himself. And, importantly, any pardons would not be binding on state and local authorities, whom experts view as his biggest threat. Please, tell me, where do I buy tickets? AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks, Reuters reports. It’s the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon since the 1970s. Good luck! The Guardian reports that Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, the former Labor and Liberal leaders of Australia, are to appear as joint star witnesses at an upcoming parliamentary inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media dominance. Murdoch owns major newspapers across that country as well as Sky News Australia, a network modeled on Fox News. Here’s hoping that the inquiry proves, if nothing else, expensive for Murdoch. Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged regional capital of Tigray that there will be QUOTE no mercy ENDQUOTE in a threatened offensive, the AP reports. Human Rights Watch says the threat could violate international law. Communications and transport to Tigray are almost completely severed, and the United Nations says about two million people there urgently need food, fuel, medical and other supplies. Protests erupted in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend after city police fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop on Thursday night. NBC News reports Omaha police killed Kenneth Jones, 35, after yelling at him to show his hands. One protest organizer told the Obama World-Herald that QUOTE until police prove that they didn’t murder a Black man, we’re not shutting up – not one bit ENDQUOTE. Seems only reasonable. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. NOV 23, 2020 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

This episode features Kenneth Jones, President of AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston. Here, he discusses the importance of consistency as a leader, how the recent COVID-19 surge has affected the community in his area, and more.

We are all familiar with scandals happening within the church. We are all familiar with pastors being a large part of those scandals. What if I told you that every pastor is apart of a HUGE scandal. The scandal of grace! When God calls a sinful person to be the shepherd of a church, it is an example of how scandalous God’s love for His children is. We sit with pastor Kenneth Jones of Redeemer City Church in Washington DC to listen to just how scandalous it is that he is called pastor and son of the Most-High God.

All oppressions are interlinked. You cannot be fully supportive of the antiviolence movement without rejecting white supremacy and embracing antiracism. Sarah and William are joined by THREE amazing guests this week! Mona, Molly, and Rita are champions of racial equity work at TCFV and are here to talk with Sarah and William about white supremacy. What is it? How is it perpetuated? Is it the same thing as racism? What does being antiracist mean? Join them as they navigate this conversation, keeping in mind that white supremacy, racism, and their antiracist antidotes are complex topics and cannot be fully discussed in a single episode. So look out for a part two...In the meantime, if you have any question/comments, please reach out to us at prevention@tcfv.org. Resources & References Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore balance (Note: Correction, to the source.): https://www.decolonizingwealth.com/thebook Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001: https://www.dismantlingracism.org/

The Dismantling Racism Episode This episode is sparked by the work of: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001 On this episode Alex shares these concepts with Bree and London, they discuss them, get real in how they inadvertently partipante in these habits and discuss the impact on themselves or others. We discuss: -"I'm a good person" - What does that even mean -Listening -Learning about history and how it's told through different perspectives -Showing up for racial justice -View point If you want to dig in further in this topic checkout: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html www.showingupforracialjustice.org Thank you for listening! Please share this podcast, subscribe, and write us a great review. Follow Flip the Lens on IG @FliptheLensPodcast Flip the Lens is all about authenticity. We are addicted to pretending, to looking good, to doing what we should or shouldn't, to being right, to not speaking up, to manicuring how the world sees us. Well, fuck that! It's a waste of our time, energy, creativity, and power. Bree Holland, London Papamichael, and Alex Terranova are committed to living authentically and here to open the conversation, be vulnerable, and demonstrate in life none of us know what the fuck we are doing, but it's more fun to at least being doing it authenticity.  Meet Your Hosts: Alex Terranova is a DreamMason and knows you are one too. He's the Author of Fictional Authenticity, Creator of Fictional Authenticity-The Course, Hosts The DreamMason Podcast, Co-Hosts The Coaching Show Podcast, is a successful Certified Personal & Professional Performance Coach who supports strong and successful high achievers to unmask convention, embrace the rebel within, and more deeply explore the complex and agitated edges of our existence to create more clarity, freedom, and success in their lives.  Email: Alex@TheDreamMason.com IG: @InspirationalAlex Web: www.thedreammason.com Bree Holland is a beast. You don't even realize. She's a mother of 3 young girls, engaged to her soulmate, and the Creator of BlushingConfidence, a lifestyle brand & blog. She also runs The Wellness Studio, which helps babes not suck at self care and if that wasn't enough she's the owner of Level Up, a bullet proof system and mentorship program supporting burned out Mom's to create a paycheck and attach it to their self care routine.  Email: breegholland@gmail.com @BlushingConfidence www.blushingconfidence.com London Papamichael, aka the other Greek Freak, is a Motivational Speaker, successful Los Angeles based personal trainer, creator of Forgiveness, a documentary, has worked with Super Bowl Champ Steve Weatherford, and is the visionary mind behind the forthcoming success isn't a solo sport program Email: itslondonbro@gmail.com @itslondonbro

What do humanism and creedless Christianity have in common? And what's the need for a creed anyway? The gang throw out their two cents and discuss an article about Bart Campolo, who recently renounced his Christian faith and declared himself an agnostic humanist. Serious blind spots and weaknesses in luke-warm, doctrine-lite theology are exposed on this week's episode, where we find that ethics without doctrine and without Christ simply cannot answer the question of evil, among other universal dilemmas. It's a touchy topic, but thankfully our sensitive, smooth-talking Todd "Barry White" Pruitt sets the tone and keeps it cool.If you have enjoyed this Bully Pulpit, then you will benefit from Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms by Kenneth Jones. Visit Reformed Resources for your free audio download! Barry & Todd: Separated at Birth?