Podcast appearances and mentions of Kimberly L Jones

Kimberly Latrice Jones is an American author and filmmaker, known for the New York Times bestselling young adult novel, I'm Not Dying With You Tonight and for the viral video How Can We Win published during the George Floyd protest. The book was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2020. That same year, a seven-minute video featuring Kim using a Monopoly analogy to explain the history of racism and its impact on Black Americans went viral, being shared by Trevor Noah, LeBron James, Madonna, and more. The viral video was featured on shows like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. She has subsequently signed an overall deal with Warner Brothers via her production company Push Films with her partner DeWayne “Duprano” Martin. Kim's literary roots run deep. She served on the Selection Committee for the Library of Congress' 2016-2017 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, the 2015 Children's Choice Illustrator Committee for The Children's Book Council, and the advisory board that created the Creative and Innovative Education Master's Degree program at Georgia State University. She has been featured in Ms. Magazine, Seventeen, Paste Magazine, Bustle, Hello Giggles, Book List, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, and was Book Brahmin in an issue of Shelf Awareness. She received one of the inaugural James Patterson Holiday Bookseller Bonus grants while working at the famous children's bookstore, Little Shop of Stories. Most recently, Kim's bestselling novel, I'm Not Dying With You Tonight, co-authored with Gilly Segal, was nominated for an NAACP Image award, Georgia Author Of The Year award, and the Cybils Awards. I'm Not Dying With You Tonight was selected as the September 2019 book club pick for the Barnes & Noble YA book club and Overdrive's Big Library Read.

New York Times Bestselling Author + Activist Kimberly L. Jones drops knowledge in this powerful episode on the racial wealth gaps in the US, exploring how the cards have been stacked against Black Americans.Did you know that between the 1920s and the 1960s the US government underwrote 200 Billion in lending for home ownership. 98% went to White America, 2% went to everybody else, which is Black, Latinx, Asian, and Native America - combined. Kimberly L. Jones leaves us with this and other gems of knowledge that help us be the change we want to see.Follow Kimberly:instagram.com/kimberlylatricejonestwitter.com/kimlatricejonesFor more information about the sponsor of this show First Boulevard, a financial technology company designed to build generational wealth for Black America, visit www.firstboulevard.com/

This week we chat with YouTuber and collaborator Turin about his choice of documentary: Ava DuVernay's 13th (also famed for her work on Selma (2014), A Wrinkle In Time (2018) and When They See US (2019).) 13th is currently available to stream via Netflix, but you can also watch it for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8 It is mandatory viewing. Share it with your old folks, your younger siblings, your students, your colleagues - share it with everyone! The documentary combines archival footage with the testimony of scholars and educators, in order to reveal the manner in which US society has continued to perpetuate a system of enslavement, via the oppression of Black folks and the imposition of racialized stereotypes. This film will make you reasses everything you thought you knew about the "American" way of life. We end the episode with the words of Kimberly L. Jones, who gives an impassioned speech about the economics of "looting" in the US. She is a published writer, film director and a former bookseller who devotes her time to a huge range of projects. You can find out more about her work here: https://www.kimjoneswrites.com To watch the full video of her speech use this link: https://youtu.be/llci8MVh8J4 For more on Turin's work - and to hear the both us using a range of daft voices - check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb8lhKcNLdD2e80K2PPNiw/featured (and of course like and subscribe). Finally, for more info on how to help incarcerated folks in the US, check out the good work that the Ashville Prisonbooks group are doing: avlpb.org/prison/ Businesses such as JC Penny, Victoria's Secret, McDonald's, Wendy's, Starbucks, Verizon and Sprint are among the many who use prison labour. Be sure to vet everything you buy if not making purchases from an independent retailer.

In episode 653, Miles and guest host Jamie Loftus are joined by Joelle Smith to discuss the oscars being delayed and good films to watch, and more! Plus we're joined by activist and author Kimberly Jones to talk about her viral video "How Can We Win" and how education of black history is lacking, and more. FOOTNOTES: The Oscars have been delayed until April 2021 WATCH: How Can We Win by: Kimberly L. Jones Kimberly's Instagram: @kimberlylatricejones Kimberly's Twitter: @kimlatricejones Kimberly Jones website WATCH: Chloe x Halle - Tipsy Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Jesse and Brittany discuss their new experiences in quarantine, listener emails related to Bernie Sanders and news consumption, coping with the times, and how to deal with the police, the movement to defund the police, the world’s show of support for Black Lives Matter and bringing down the statues, and Takin’ Care of Biz featuring... The post #680 – “Masked Adventures, Defund the Police, Worldwide Support for Protests, and Takin’ Care of Biz feat. Kimberly L. Jones.” appeared first on I Doubt It with Dollemore Podcast.