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The drumbeat of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area is not politics. It's go-go music.The genre developed by Chuck Brown in 1976 features syncopated rhythms, a large ensemble of musicians and a rich drum beat to create a live experience that has fans dancing 'till they can't dance no more. Go-go has been nurtured by D.C. natives for decades, from the time the District was considered a majority Black “Chocolate City,” and the music has significantly influenced the broader region into Maryland and Virginia, known as the DMV. Its influence can be seen from fashion to food to lingo, especially among Black residents of the region.Go-go became the official music of Washington, D.C. in 2020, and in early 2025 the Go-Go Museum and Café will open in the southeast neighborhood of Anacostia — the cultural heart of Chocolate City. However, it wasn't an easy road for go-go to become widely celebrated in the District. Its evolution mirrors the trials and transformations of a rapidly changing D.C. and the feeling of many Black people who have found it harder and harder to call Washington home.In this episode, host Kai Wright hands the mic to producer Siona Peterous, who grew up in the DMV and has spent much of her adult life immersed in D.C.'s vibrant arts and culture scene. With a deep love for go-go, Peterous sits down to learn more about it from the co-founders of the Go-Go Museum and Café, Ronald Moten and Dr. Natalie Hopkinson. She also talks with Chris Proctor, lead talker of the Take Over Band (T.O.B.), which will celebrate 20 years in the go-go scene this Christmas Day.This episode serves as a primer to the complex and rich history of go-go, taking listeners on a journey to explore how the genre was born, how it became a cultural touchstone during some of D.C.'s darker times, and breaking down the elements that make go-go so unique. Whether you're new to the sound or already a fan, this episode will help you better understand what makes go-go such a powerful, enduring force in the city's identity.After you listen to the show, check out our playlist of go-go essentials here. Tell us what you think. We're @noteswithkai on Instagram and X (Twitter). Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or record one here.Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.

Southeast DC is home to some of the city's most interesting spots to check out. LaVondra Shinholster, a DC influencer who you might know as @typicalblaqueen, is from the area. We sat down to discuss her favorite Southeast gems and why the quadrant reflects the tensions of the city itself.  Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. You can also become a member, with ad-free listening, for as little as $8 a month.  Learn more about the sponsors of this December 11th episode: District Bridges Paulson & Nace Jones Dairy Farm Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast episode of "The Truth in This Art," host Rob Lee interviews James Watkins, an advocate for social change and youth empowerment. Watkins shares his journey from Southeast DC to empowering youth through the Queen Bees music program. He discusses the transformative power of storytelling and music, highlighting the creation of "Lifeguard," a song about suicide prevention. Watkins reflects on his screenwriting pursuits, emphasizing character-driven stories and the importance of relatable or unique narratives. The episode delves into the significance of diverse inspirations and maintaining a playful approach to creativity, with James advocating for openness in the creative process.

Interview by Manny Akiio   / mannyakiio   We recently sat down with DC artist Young Jose for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about coming up in Southeast DC, jumping off the porch, losing close ones around him, starting to pursue music in high school, having a wide range of musical inspirations, his breakthrough song “Hard 4 Dat”, the importance of fatherhood to him, explains how his song “All I Got” with OMB Peezy was created, his SXSW experience earlier this year, his new album ‘No Excuses No Regrets', wanting to provide for his family, giving back to his community, working with No Savage, upcoming tour, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we interview Ernest Clover, who is the Executive Director of the DC Dream Center. Ernest shares about the role of the Dream Center in Southeast DC and his vision of a "Beautiful Becoming". You can learn more about the incredible impact that Ernest and others are having in the community by visiting dcdreamcenter.com .

In this episode of the Kids Can Be Big podcast, hosts Tamia and Kemonte dive into the reality of growing up in Southeast DC. They explore the challenges and dangers that young people face in their communities, from gun violence to the loss of loved ones. Through heartfelt conversations with their peers, they discuss the impact of feeling unsafe and the ways it has shaped their lives. Join them as they seek to find solutions and create a safer future for themselves and their community. Follow The Creative School and Join the Network at TheCreative.School

Welcome to Episode 66 of The Things We All Carry. This is the second in a series of impromptu pop-up style interviews that I conducted a few weeks ago.  Chris and Dan joined me for a conversation from their firehouse in DC.  32 Engine is based in Southeast DC. And Chris is the wagon driver. Dan is a Lieutenant as well as being a member of his department's peer support team. Dana and I have interacted off and on via social media for a while now always seeming to almost cross paths. I appreciated the time to sit, have a conversation and at least put a voice to the name.  The city was kind enough to give us an uninterrupted hour on a Saturday night. And I will tell you that Dan texted me the next morning to report they ended up running 20 calls that shift. Our conversation was unscripted and as impromptu as it gets. We hit on a variety of topics to include peer support, line of duty deaths, living and working in the chaos, and crew life. This audio will seem a little raw and I left it that way on purpose after all they were calling in from the bay of their firehouse while on shift. I felt that deserve to be heard that way.

Rianna Rios joins Bram ahead of her fight with Cara McLaughlin in the Co-Main Event of Beltway Battles: Round Four at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southeast DC. Bram and her chat about it being the first women's match in Beltway Battles' history, her inspirations, training and more! The Bram Weinstein Show Live Weekdays: 3:00pm-6:00pm EST Listen Live: ESPN 630 App | Sportscapitoldc.com | ESPN 630 AM Podcast: Apple | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Twitter: @RealBramW | @Mike_Callow | @ESPN630DCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winter is a 18-Year-Old D.C. Native residing in Southeast DC. A graduating senior at McKinley Technology H.S. Winter and Ed sit down to discuss life in DC from the view of a youth perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dreamsbyanymeans/message

This episode is an edited recording from the February 2023 Live Show at the Octagon Museum featuring a conversation with Sarah Shoenfeld and Derek Musgrove. The focus of the discussion was on the work we've been doing to elevate 20th century Civil Rights sites and Black Power sites within Washington, DC. Links:Black Power Sites in Washington, DC - website Derek mentioned20th Century Civil Rights Sites in DC - website Sarah mentionedChocolate City by Derek Musgrove & Chris Myers AschArchitects Foundation YouTube ChannelDC Legacy ProjectPrologue DCQuinn EvansTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's MusicBios: Sarah Shoenfeld is an independent scholar and public historian in Washington DC. Her work has addressed the history and evolution of DC neighborhoods; the city's racialized housing landscape and planning regime; the intersection of race and historic preservation; and the history of organizing for civil rights, Black power, and Black governance. She co-founded the digital public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, which documents the historic extent of racially restricted housing in the District along with other mechanisms of segregation and displacement. She is also on the leadership team of the DC Legacy Project, which is working to secure the future public use of five historically landmarked public housing buildings for cultural and educational activities at Barry Farm, in Southeast DC. George Derek Musgrove, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He earned his Ph.D. from New York University and is a current DC resident with his wife and two sons. He is the author of: Rumor, Repression, and Racial Politics: How the Harassment of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America (U. of Georgia, 2012), as well as the co-author, with Chris Myers Asch, of Chocolate City, A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital (UNC, 2017), In addition to being an author he also created a web-based map called “Black Power in Washington, D.C" which highlights Black Power activism in the nation's capital. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, National Public Radio, the New York Times and The Root. He is currently working on a book project tentatively titled “We must take to the streets again”: The Black...

Interview by Manny Akiio https://www.instagram.com/mannyakiio We recently sat down with DC artist Young Jose for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about coming up in Southeast DC, jumping off the porch, losing close ones around him, starting to pursue music in high school, having a wide range of musical inspirations, his breakthrough song “Hard 4 Dat”, the importance of fatherhood to him, explains how his song “All I Got” with OMB Peezy was created, his SXSW experience earlier this year, his new album ‘No Excuses No Regrets', wanting to provide for his family, giving back to his community, working with No Savage, upcoming tour, and much more!

It's DMV Black Restaurant Week. It runs until November 13 and the now three-term DC mayor, Muriel Bowser, kicked off the week announcing seven new Food Access Fund grants to small businesses in Wards 7 and 8. We talk to Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio – who oversees the program – and Melvin Hines – owner of DCity Smokehouse – who received one of these grants.

It's Black restaurant week here in DC. It runs until November 13 and the now three-term DC mayor, Muriel Bowser, kicked off the week announcing seven new Food Access Fund grants to small businesses in Wards 7 and 8. We talk to Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio – who oversees the program – and Melvin Hines – owner of DCity Smokehouse – who received one of these grants.

Sa Roc is a Hip-Hop artist who grew up in Southeast DC. She is arguably one of the most lyrical and conscious MCs in the game today. She has been able to amass a global reach with her music with the help of her exclusive DJ and producer Sol Messiah. She has produced over 13 albums and mixtapes and has been featured in the Prestigeous Tiny Desk Concert. She has performed on stages all over the world and has collaborated with artist such as Black Thought, Styles P, David Banner, Chronixx, Loaded Lux, Brother Ali, Jay Electronica, Rapsody, and many more. Check out her latest Album The Sharecroppers Daughter and support her work through her website. Sa-Roc Check out our website for more awesome interviews: https://mastermine.podcastpage.io --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mastermine-mrg/message

John and Craig weigh in on writing partner romances, voice-y scripts, character chemistry and end-of-draft treats in this week's listener questions. We also host a round of How Would This Be A Movie, featuring stories on treasure hunts, jailed activists, and a sports scam. We look at how these news articles would translate to film/television and most importantly, whether they should be adapted at all. In our bonus segment the guys share hacks for remembering new people and make a pitch for name tags on set. Links: Eric Webb's Twitter and Memorial Fundraiser Mystery of the Buried Owl by Phil Hoad for the Guardian Rodney Stotts Used to Hustle Drugs in Southeast DC. Now He's One of the Few Black Master Falconers in America by Rodney Stotts for the Washingtonian This lawyer should be world-famous for his battle with Chevron – but he's in jail by Erin Brockovich for the Guardian It Really Wasn't Cricket: The Strange Case of the Fake Indian Premier League by Sameer Yasir for the NY Times Werewords Game Tiramisu Recipe in the New York Times Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Sign Up for the Inneresting Newsletter Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription! Craig Mazin on Twitter John August on Twitter John on Instagram Outro by Owen Danoff (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here.

David Bridgeforth of DBQ Magazine is the special guest host and talks to Sampson about his upbringing as a young black queer boy in Southeast DC.

Listen as we sit down with the Ladies of Above the Flame Cigars, African American women owned boutique cigar company offering premium quality hand rolled cigars whose foundation is built on integrity, professionalism, commitment and respect. We find out these ladies who are family decided to start a cigar company during the pandemic. What's more interesting is their story growing up in Southeast DC. https://abovetheflamecigars.com

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Atlanta' Will Come To An End Following Fourth Season Airing This Fall Amazon Studios Announces Romantic Comedy-Drama ‘Harlem' Has Been Renewed For Season Two! Bronny James Jr's Draft Projections Will Make LeBron Happy LeBron is gearing up to play wherever Bronny lands. YNW Melly: New Evidence Reportedly Proves He Shot & Killed His 2 Friends The evidence presented reportedly proves that YNW Melly pulled the trigger and killed his two friends. The kayne Doc being made from the inspiration off of “hoop dreams” a old school basketball doc! Damn the way treated him at Roc fella at first was super sad like Damnnnnnn (( you can see it on his face how frustrated he was getting with everybody playing big on him )) do y'all ever think about what happens to people who started with kayne Tommy brother got to much pride / do you think Tommy and scarface going become a thing thing ? Hold up is her dad trying get to trick off? How they make that Old Lebron and young Lebron commercial? Timeout Morgan played Howard at the all-star game that's tuff I love the NBA New DJ school opening in Southeast DC is free for children in Ward 8 Sometimes I miss the radio cause all music ain't for everyone you Need the Dj to separate some of us Highlights versus- Ai vs Tmac So y'all mom and dad didn't celebrate Valentine's Day? (( all y'all post Ari tho )) Have you ever call a 1-800 number b4? Did y'all know they pick the super bowl MVP 2mins b4 the game over Draymond Green's house robbed while he was at the Super Bowl. The thieves made off with more than $1 million in jewelry and other goods.

Dr. Keita Vanterpool of Chirokei Consulting LLC is a chiropractor in Washington, DC. She battled a debilitating autoimmune disease suddenly and unexpectedly as a teenager. In this episode, you'll hear how the condition (though she no longer claims to have it) positively shaped her self-care, perspective on life and beauty, and her approach to caring for her chiropractic patients in Southeast DC, a predominantly African American and socioeconomically diverse region of the Nation's Capitol. She is also on a mission to ensure parity in Medicare and representation in the chiropractic community as the first Black woman elected to the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, where she now serves as vice president. Settle into a comfortable place as you hear more from this trailblazer and Dr. Vanterpool's triumphant autoimmune health journey. Learn more about Chirokei Consulting at chirokei.intouch@gmail.com, (202) 536-2473 and www.chirokei.com. Learn more about Emily Brown and online health coaching and nutrition therapy services at www.bridgeintegrativehealth.com.

Powerful conversation with TrapSouljah. Independent artist with his own record label. TrapSouljah is from Southeast DC. He explained how he started rapping while giving his life story. And why he went to school to study musical production. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deonte-dsmooth-flowers/support

Today on the show: Hot enough for you? There's new evidence that not everyone feels heat the same way. Young men and women in Southeast DC are finding a new route to prosperity--the construction trades. And racial discrimination even in temporary hiring. All that, and more!

Peace good people! Today Karega and Felicia discuss their time in Southeast DC where Karega served as a teacher and a dean of students. It was here where he learned what can happen when trust happens, and how to build community in some of the hardest spaces. Also, it is here where Karega meets his first mentors in love and in grief as he deals with the tragedy of losing his brother. Who were your first mentors in grief? In love? Let us know. Connect with Karega @karegabailey and Felicia @fefemonique Don't forget to pick up your copy of SOL AffirmationsIf you want to continue to hold space with us, make sure you're following the podcast.========Looking for more Black Love content? Check out  Black Love+  . Black Love+ is the premier destination for all things Black Love. Download it today from your favorite app store! Shout out to our launch partner, Target!Connect with us:@blacklove on Instagram@blacklovedoc on Facebook@blacklovedoc on Twitter

Recently we sat down with music video director FoolWithTheCamera for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! Fool has worked with a lot of Atlanta's biggest stars including Gunna, Young Nudy, Lil Baby, Young Thug, T.I. and many more! During our conversation he discussed the following topics: 0:33​ Talks about the very successful year he is having in 2019 so far 1:39​ Speaks on growing up in Southeast DC, compares DC to the rest of DMV and talks about moving to Atlanta with just $150 in his pocket and explains the transition moving to ATL 8:02​ Explains what influenced him to be a videographer, how he came up with his name “FoolWithTheCamera” & spending his last $1200 on his first camera 11:06​ Talks about not feeling challenged as a photographer, teaching himself how to shoot & edit, getting paid $500 for his first music video 12:45​ Reveals which of his music videos was the first get a million views, explains why he relocated to Atlanta 15:55​ Explains why he was never anybody's “in-house” videographer 19:34​ Talks about working with Gunna on “Oh Okay” feat. Lil Baby & Young Thug music video that has almost 100 million views, the “Drip Or Drown” music video & watching Gunna blow up 23:13​ Speaks on working on set with Young Nudy and shares a funny story about Megan Thee Stallion 25:19​ Talks about working with Quando Rondo and explains why his “In My Section” is his personal favorite music video he's done so far 27:12​ Speaks on somebody breaking into his car and stealing his camera and hard drive, explains why he enjoys working with the RED camera and explains why having a budget is so important for shooting a music video 31:13​ Explains why video directors are so important right now in 2019, talks about one of the wildest things he's seen on set before and shares advice for upcoming video directors 33:40​ Reveals his “Do's & Don'ts” for rappers when they are on set for a music video and explains how to reach out for booking a music video 37:43​ Talks about starting his own label “Roth Records”, his artist Troux & explains what he looks for when he signs an artist 41:04​ Speaks on going to Dubai to film a fashion video --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dirtyglovebastard/support

We debate what we think the real purpose of humans are. Kaliq goes off a little about Southeast DC mosquitoes. We later discussed what we would do if our Uber/Lyft driver made a drug stop while we're in the car. Explicit content. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/treeville/support

It doesn’t get more raw than this. Listen to DC rapper, Young Fre$h, talk about his experience being stabbed 12x by his best friend, shot twice in Southeast DC, but still hungry to be an example of greatness for his community. We get his reactions to whether or not Megan Thee Stallion is a snitch, his daughter’s social media success, and a peek of his new album, “Hardest Out.”

Will the violence ever stop. Multiple people shot at a block party. Neighbors beefing out of control and who's going to stop any of this and how. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

2020 has started off as a deadly year in the District of Columbia, with nearly 30 homicides in the first three months alone. Wards 5 and 6 have seen the bulk of the year's violence to-date, with seven homicides apiece. Ward 8 had seen five homicides to-date, including, as of March 3, the city's two most recent homicides. One of those was the murder of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes, which was caught on a nearby home's doorbell camera. As of the beginning of March, D.C.'s homicide rate was running on par with 2019, and well ahead of 2018 and 2017, which ended February with 17 and 14 homicides, respectively. As of March 3, only seven of the city's 29 homicides had resulted in arrests. Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Peter Newsham said the city is on pace to have the same number of murders in 2020 as in 2019. Last year there were 166, which marks a 10-year high. Of that total, 58 of the victims were under the age of 24, 153 were black and 154 were men. “We’re unnecessarily losing people to gun violence,” Newsham said. So far this year, there have been 68 gunshot victims. Last year there was a total of 690. As for the suspects of the crimes, 92% had prior arrests. The average number of arrests they had was 10. Half were gun-related and 59% were for violent crimes. “We want to ensure that small group of repeat violent offenders are held accountable. I think we’ll be able to impact that homicide number we’re seeing,” Newsham said. In a city convulsed by Black Lives Matter protests and experiencing a surge of deadly violence, the Fourth of July cookout was supposed to be a small step forward. The family-focused event was organized by Crystal McNeal, whose job as a city “violence interrupter” means she spends her days with some of the District’s most hardened criminals, mediating disputes and trying to persuade them to put down their firearms. Davon McNeal 11-year-old was fatally shot after the anti-violence cookout. Christopher Brown 17 years old and father of 2 (1 child otw) was killed in the mass shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning. 20 others wounded after mass shooting at cookout in Southeast DC including an off duty police officer who’s still in critical condition fighting for her life. It’s the state of violence in the pandemic! #therealtalkpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the6thman/support

Amerikan Therapy sits down with three black male police officers from around the country to understand what their experiences are like in this new social climate. We ask the tough questions regarding seemingly unending cases of unarmed black people being murdered by the police and those acting in a policing capacity. We don't hold back and neither do these black police officers. This episode will have you on the edge of your seat and ready to jump on the Amerikan Therapy virtual couch to weigh in. Get ready to hear both sides of a very tough debate on policing in America. Keenon M. James serves as Deputy Director for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) where he oversees the organization’s mission to enact and impart fairness in policing and the criminal justice system. Mr. James combines over 15 years of experience and expertise in criminal justice research, public safety policy, and community engagement to address the pressing issues related to community-police relations, civil rights, and the integrity of policing. Prior to joining the leadership team at NOBLE, Mr. James led the team at the US Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Collaborative Reform Initiative which engaged communities and police departments following high profile officer use-of-force incidents including Ferguson, Missouri (Michael Brown), St. Anthony, Minnesota (Philando Castile), North Charleston, South Carolina (Walter Scott), and San Francisco, California (Mario Woods). A graduate of North Carolina Central University, in addition to numerous service awards from local and federal law enforcement agencies, Keenon James has received honors from his alma mater for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the university’s 40 Under 40 alumni award. Taj Beaufort was born in 1986 in Newark, New Jersey. He completed college with a degree in Public Administration from Virginia State University. Post-college, Taj became a Deputy Sheriff with the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office in the Corrections Division. After serving Loudoun County for three years, Taj transferred to Fairfax County Police Department where he spent seven years doing patrol work and numerous plainclothes assignments. Taj is currently serving as a Detective in the Personnel Division which handles recruiting, background investigations, physical abilities, testing, and more. Bo Braxton is a husband and a father of two going into his 10th year as a Law Enforcement Officer. Bo has been featured on ABC’s Channel 7 News with Nancy Chen, highlighting Public Safety Personnel who make positive impacts on their community outside of their normal work duties. Bo was recognized for his work as a mentor to at-risk youth in Southeast DC. Most recently, Bo has been working closely with community outreach officers throughout Fairfax county in order to create greater community engagement. Bo's goal is to continue to assist with bridging the gap between police officers and the communities they serve. His passion is motivating young like-minded individuals to consider a career in law enforcement in order to continue to drive positive change. ​Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AMERIKANTHERAPY)

This month we read two stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones: "An Orange Line Train to Ballston" and "Gospel". Both share some common themes, and in this podcast episode we talk about how those themes reveal truth about the human experience, particularly truth about the human experience in Southeast DC. Jones is writing about his hometown and the people who call it home along with him; and for many readers, it may be a view of the city and its people they have never witnessed or acknowledged.

JusPaul and I talk about growing up in Southeast DC and how his music career began as a battle rapper at 11 years old. We chat about travelling and going off the beaten path to learn more than the mainstream historical sites and understand the actual culture of an area. Lastly, he shares his dream musical performance and also his fool proof way of finding new good music: listen to artists from the DMV. JusPaul's Social Media (IG: @JusPaul, Twitter: @JusPaul202, www.JusPaulMusic.com)

Welcome to episode 19 of the Plantarion Podcast!  Danni McGhee talks with Dr. Baruch of ELife Restaurants (formally known as Everlasting Life) to discuss why he was motivated to bring plant-based food options to the black community.  He's a native Washingtonian and has been vegan for 44 years.  Through his experience, he saw a need in the black community for access to better, healthier food options.  This inspired him to not only provide healthy food options but also use media to educate the community on why eating healthier is important within the under served communities.SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION PODCAST ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER!Interview with Dr Baruch Ben-Yehudah of Elife RestaurantEverlasting Life Restaurant is not just another vegan restaurant, it is a place of peace, hope and inspiration in the midst of a community plagued with an astounding number sick and obese residents who have been drowning in a sea of poor dietary habits for decades. Located in a strip mall just minutes away from the nation’s capital, the establishment is surrounded by fast food restaurants with no source of fresh, healthy food for miles. “I see a community that was left without, underserved,”says Everlasting Life’s founder, Dr. Baruch. “It is gross what is being done to our people. But rather than curse the darkness, I made it a mission of Everlasting Life to shine that light.”Dr. Baruch Ben-Yehudah (known as Dr. Baruch), who has been vegan since 1978, founded Everlasting Life with the idea that one should not have to leave one’s own neighborhood to find something healthy to eat. He looked around and realized there were only unhealthy restaurants serving his largely African American community. His observation is based on an awareness that stemmed from an experience he had 24 years ago. While setting up speakers at a food conference, he heard one of the speakers practicing her speech in which she said, ‘If you can control a man’s food, you can control a man.’ A statement that triggered both his heart and his business mind and led him to asking the very important question: ‘Who is controlling my food?’ That was the impetus for his first business, a food co-op in the garage of his Temple Hills home in the early 90s. He later opened a restaurant on Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC, Everlasting Life Café and in 2001 he opened Everlasting Life Restaurant and Lounge in Capitol Heights, MD. Everlasting Life is now scheduled to open a new location December 2018 in Anacostia.  Anacostia particularly special in offering Dr. Baruch a homecoming, given his Southeast DC roots. “Our food is our medicine,” Ben-Yehudah says. “We call Everlasting Life a ‘hospi-rant,’ a hospital restaurant.Everlasting Life, now Elife Restaurant, is a cafeteria-style restaurant offering fresh salads, whole plant-based entrees and side dishes, vegan desserts, juices and smoothies. Visit one of our locations: Capitol Heights, Takoma Park and Anacostia. (DC Metro Area)Follow Dr Baruch & the Elife BrandElife WebsiteElife Restaurant FacebookElife Restaurant InstagramElife Media GroupDr Baruch FacebookDr Baruch InstagramDr Baruch YouTube Follow Plantarion on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & Youtube!SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EPISODE ON OUR LATEST INSTAGRAM POST!CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION ON YOUTUBE  

Today's a first. The first time there is a man on the Feminine & Fulfilled podcast. I broke the 'rules' for a very important discussion on race in America. There was no better guest than my own husband, Antonio Glenn. As an attorney, entrepreneur, father, husband and so much more... Antonio shares all facets on what it means to be Black in America. He shares his own powerful story of growing up in the streets of Southeast DC and why the discussion today is a Civil right one that affects each of us. This episode is profound, eye opening and will leave you with a clear sense of how to move forward.

In this episode of the Church Planting Podcast, Clint Clifton sits down with Thabiti Anybwile to discuss his testimony and hear what he has to say about his church planting journey. Thabiti Anyabwile (MS, North Carolina State University) is a pastor at Anacostia River Church in southeast Washington, DC, and a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. He’s the author of several books, including What Is a Healthy Church Member?, Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons, Reviving the Black Church, and others. He and his wife, Kristie, have three children.CREW MEDIA CPP – THABITIALBERT: This is the Church Planting Podcast. Thank you for tuning inALBERT: Every week we sit down with leaders who are shaping church planting efforts.ALBERT: Here’s your host Josh Turansky and Clint CliftonJOSH TURANSKY: Hey welcome to the church planting podcast my name is Josh Turansky. And that clicking noise you here is Clint Clifton…CLINT CLIFTON: Hey Josh.JOSH TURANSKY: …were recording this uh remotely. And uh Clint uh where are you recording from? What’s your space look like? CLINT CLIFTON: Well I’m in DC right now. I’m in my, in my office. Uhm good awesomeJOSH TURANSKY: I’m in my office which is the basement of a real houseCLINT CLIFTON: YeahJOSH TURANSKY: All the pipes and the wires lead uh, in here it’s very exciting.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. Everything looked cool in BaltimoreJOSH TURANSKY: It does. And this and this sound, this recording will be great as long as no one flushes the toiletCLINT CLIFTON: Oh yeah. Well it’s kinda cool like a uhm a graveyard or something. You know its like a little bit scary…JOSH TURANSKY: Yeah. CLINT CLIFTON: …but coolJOSH TURANSKY: Yeah. I love it.CLINT CLIFTON: You know I was in New York city all week. I uh stayed uhm down just right there by the Empire State building a for a meeting and boy that’s a scary city. Holy smokesJOSH and CLIFF: JOSH TURANSKY: Yeah. Oh it that there’s nothing like New York city it’s it’s cool.CLINT CLIFTON: I’m so glad I don’t live there. Cause I was pretty excited going I’ve been I’ve been there quite a few times but I was excited that I had a little down time with this meeting kinda walk around and boy I mean it’s yeah it’s a it’s a its’a not place I probably not like to live.JOSH TURANSKY: Yeah… CLINT CLIFTON: But I’m thankful that couple-minded people go move there but…JOSH TURANSKY: AmenJOSH TURANSKY: Yeah. It’s always amazes me that people will plant a church in such a dense area but then I think people probably think well I was nuts for planting in Baltimore so…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.JOSH TURANSKY: God give you grace to go to the place you’re called to yeah so.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah, He does.JOSH TURANSKY: This episode we’re gonna talk with Thabiti eh, Thabiti AnyabwileCLINT CLIFTON: JOSH TURANSKY: Did I did I pronounce that right?CLINT CLIFTON: That was like no not at allCLINT CLIFTON: It’s Thabiti uh commonlyJOSH TURANSKY: ThabitiCLINT CLIFTON: Commonly uhm you know messed up and uhm we talked about this just a little bit in the interview but, uhm ah Thabiti was born as Ron Burns which is so interesting people always asking where’s he from? And he answers North Carolina like he’s a uhm ethnically speaking standard uhm African-American born in North Carolina uh… JOSH TURANSKY: YeahCLINT CLIFTON: …with the name Ron Burns. And uhm, so his he’ll share some of his testament as to how he came to faith and or not didn’t came to faith excuse me. Converted to Islam and changes his name uhm…JOSH TURANSKY: Ah that’s rightCLINT CLIFTON: when he converted to Islam. And uhm so yeah. Fascinating man and like one of the most fascinating guys I’ve ever hung out with. Brilliant and that’s about itJOSH TURANSKY: He came on my radar. Sorry. He came on my radar when uhm, the black lives matter thing was going on and really hadn’t reached to uh a loud point. I think that was in 2015 and 2016. And he wrote uhm from his perspective as he was coming back from DC…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahJOSH TURANSKY: …and his concern about racial issues.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahJOSH TURANSKY: I think he wrote that on uh the Gospel Coalition website.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. Yeah he regularly writes on Gospel Coaltion. His probably one of the clearest voices in African-American Evangelical from an African-American Evangelical poppette perspective. He has a ministry called the front porch. Uh that’s ah you know writes and uh communicates uhm on social issues whole wide range of things and he’s he’s both brilliantly sort of kind of been pastoral and uhm sharp in his rebuke. You know in a way… JOSH TURANSKY: mhCLINT CLIFTON: …yeah its just a few people can pull off being that sharply uhm like you know exact with their rebukes. Ah but also, full of pastoral wisdom and kindness and gentleness. He’s very gentle man and uhm and his in a neighborhood in Washington that’s you know uhm no known you know for murder crimes and he went right into the thick of it and…JOSH TURANSKY: mhCLINT CLIFTON: …his really planted a fantastic church there called Anacostia River ChurchJOSH TURANSKY: Yeah wow powerful. So this is your interview that your did with him. You sat down with him had this discussion uhm let’s jump right into that right nowHave you ever had that experience of hearing a great idea? I mean a truly great idea and thinking “Oh! Why couldn’t that have been my idea?” Well I had that experience recently when I ran across a company called SpaceTogether. Now SpaceTogether was founded by a church planter and SpaceTogether is to the church world what AirBNB is to your family. It let’s you rent out your church spaces easily as AirBNB lets you rent out your home. You can rent out a part of the building for like a specific day and time or you can rent out the building in an ongoing way in a time where your facilities is under-utilized. And SpaceTogether has this great technology that helps you take under-utilized church space and create new opportunities for your congregation. Now exclusively for church planting podcast listeners SpaceTogether is offering a $1.00 posting fee. You can post your space on SpaceTogether for just $1.00 when you use the coupon code planter. And if you’re a church planter that needs space go on SpaceTogether and look at the places they’re offering and maybe you’ll find the perfect spot for your new church. You can learn more about SpaceTogether at the website spacetogether.comCLINT CLIFTON: Alright Pastor T thank you for joining me today. THABITI ANYBWILE: It’s good to be with you man. Thank you for having meCLINT CLIFTON: Yes so I wanna talk about your church planting journey at Anacostia River Church in Washington. But before we do that you have such an interesting back story do you mind uh sharing a little bit about where you came from? How you came to faith in Jesus?THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm. Grew up in the barbecue capital of the world – Lexington, North Carolina. More pork barbecue than any place in the planetCLINT CLIFTON: Is that vinegar-based?THABITI ANYBWILE: Oh no. That’s Eastern North Carolina I’m from Lexington North Carolina …CLINT CLIFTON: Oh right. Okay. Oh okay so its tomato-based. Oh manTHABITI ANYBWILE: So we got Lexington in Dallas right. So It’s the good stuff. Uhm this is a civil war between me and my wife. She’s from Eastern North Carolina so uhm. But I grew up there small town, North Carolina, bible belt. Youngest of 8 children. Uhm, All I really knew and in uh about the faith was uhm when my older brothers was getting into trouble…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …they went to church.CLINT CLIFTON: OkayTHABITI ANYBWILE: Trying to get themselves together. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: So church was a little bit more like rehab. CLINT CLIFTON: No.THABITI ANYBWILE: So uhm and and I saw that cycle of my older brothers in and out kinda of trouble and some moral reform and things of that sort.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm I got in trouble for the first time in my life really uhm as a rising junior in high school.CLINT CLIFTON: OkayTHABITI ANYBWILE: And uh had been like an ace student in a small-town athlete all that kind of stuff. And I thought “Oh man I’m in trouble. I don’t like this feeling. I’ve broken my mom’s heart. What should I do?” and a thought came to me ‘I should go to church.’CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Go to this little church and I think the Gospel is pretty much assumed?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: and not made clear? And uh I attend that church for 3-4 months and I thought “Okay. I need to make this stick.” So I joined the church responded to an alter call still not understanding the Gospel. Uhm become a member of that little church in some ways being socialized into the church. Bur wasn’t Born Again.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: And the outcome of that was uh a year or so later. Uhm I stopped attending. Went back to my sin. Uh went off to college angry young manCLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm there I met some Muslim men who introduced me to Islam. CLINT CLIFTON: Well.THABITI ANYBWILE: And converted to Islam. Practicing Muslim for about 4-5 years. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Before hearing the Gospel preached at a local church here in the DC area. My wife and I had miscarried our first child. A few months before Uhm Islam itself has started to crumble… CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …Uhm theologically for me. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: So I had had to sort of moved to a period bouncing between Agnosticism and Atheism. CLINT CLIFTON: OkayTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and were sitting in this little church and this pastor preaches uh an exposition Exodus 32CLINT CLIFTON: OkayTHABITI ANYBWILE: And it was a long Gospel. Uhm you know as he preached on idolatry from that golden passage. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uh I had come to realize. Islam was idolatry and I was convicted…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …And he preached Christ from that passage and for the first time the Gospel clicked…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …made sense. By the spirits working my heart.CLINT CLIFTON: And why were you in DC?THABITI ANYBWILE: Came to visit my sister-in-law. CLINT CLIFTON: Oh you were just visiting.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uh we were. It was interesting After the miscarriage I was sitting in that home a lot of days when I should have been at work just really depressed. Because that had been the sort of the birth of that child had a become our hope…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: And uhm, and so we lost that baby and so we were then hopeless. And then we were away. Then this preacher comes on television. He had a regular show on B&T. And uh he’s just preaching and it’s like someone had rewritten the bible. So the Lord started drawing me by His word. And so we discovered that Temple Hills… CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …was just outside of DC southeast DC where were are now. And my sister-in-law lived here. So we decided to come and visit my sister-in-law and then go to that church in Sunday. And uh the Lord ah met us in that church. My wife and I both were converted that Sunday. CLINT CLIFTON: And was that Eric Cragnon at that time? Who was it at the time?THABITI ANYBWILE: No no no it’s a guy names John Cherry. CLINT CLIFTON: John CherryTHABITI ANYBWILE: No no no it’s a guy names John Cherry. He’s gonna be with the Lord now. His son is is pastoring the church currently. So yeah we were converted under Pastor Cherry’s uh preaching. And uh began to grow under his his teaching and preaching.CLINT CLIFTON: WowTHABITI ANYBWILE: VIa these things that the kids won’t remember the call cassette tapes. CLINT CLIFTON: cassette tapes.THABITI ANYBWILE: All that all that good stuff but that’s…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …but that’s how the Lord saved usCLINT CLIFTON: Were you brushed over the uh the uh time of Islam in your life. That was a prolonged period of time. How long… THABITI ANYBWILE: Spent 4-5 years. CLINT CLIFTON: 4-5 years and…THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah.CLINT CLIFTON: …and the and you took your Islamic faith seriously.THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah. Absolutely. So I was a bit of campus Saul.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Because I had this experience in this little church that left me thinking Christianity was falseCLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and so, I would describe myself as an enemy to the cause really. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm zealous for Islam I lead uh at the time were a number of uhm college peers into Islam… CLINT CLIFTON: Oh.THABITI ANYBWILE: …was was zealous for the religion.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. So much so that you’ve changed your nameTHABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah…CLINT CLIFTON: ExactlyTHABITI ANYBWILE: Well that’s pretty typical to Muslim converts. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and I didn’t choose an Arabic attribute. Normally you would choose an Arabic attribute…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: But at the same time this was also the hayday of AfrocentrismCLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm so like my Lefie Ashanti, 91 barr Names most of your listeners would not know.CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: Who were in the late 80s and 90s at the forefront of Afrocentrism. And so the other thing that’s happening for me is I’m discovering sort of my own ethnic and racial…CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: …heritage. And so I chose the chose an African names.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Thabiti is borrowed from the Arabic but is a Swahili name it means loosely translated a True man…CLINT CLIFTON: AhTHABITI ANYBWILE: An upright man. And Anyabwile means God has set me free. YeahCLINT CLIFTON: And so the the logistics going through your name change like that you were in CollegeTHABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm.CLINT CLIFTON: And so you talked to your family about that. You did that legally.THABITI ANYBWILE: I did.CLINT AND THABITI: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: It’s it’s scary how easily it is legally. At the time you go down to the courthouse file uh name change certificate…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: posted on the courthouse not its been going for 5 days. Come back get it stamped and now you’ve legally got a new name. CLINT CLIFTON: Wow.THABITI ANYBWILE: So I I think they should make it tougher than that CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: But at the time that that process was simple. It was interesting the whole period of Islam with my family. As I said I would’ve regarded as my family as as nominally Christian.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm in my little town in North Carolina nobody never met a Muslim. You know and when I came home and talking about Islam. Uhm there was lots of kind of concerned curiosity.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: My mom when she’d grow concerned like that she just kinda listens. I would I would learn years later that she just prayed for me…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …spent years praying for me. Ah my siblings as I said I was the youngest of 8 kids. Their love language public ridiculeCLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: So uhm my siblings were like “Oh you’re not gonna eat this pork-chop sandwich?” CLINT CLIFTON: Oh. YesTHABITI ANYBWILE: You know and so and so uh there were lots of ribbing got lower questions “Why do you this? What does this mean?”CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: that kind of thing. You know?CLINT CLIFTON: Do you think they saw it as phase? As a phase?THABITI ANYBWILE: Uh probably. My siblings probably thought of it more as a phase. But my mom I think mom took it seriously. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: As I said my mom uh prayed uh faithfully for me. CLINT CLIFTON: Okay that’s interesting. I know there’s a lot to talk about in that category but uhm a few years ago you were pastoring a church in Grand Cayman Island…THABITI ANYBWILE: MhCLINT CLIFTON: …so tell us about that ministry. And why you decided to transition from that into church planting?THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah went there 2006 with no return ticket. I mean you get called to serve in the Carribean you don’t plan to come back so... Uh lovely church there yeah Saint Seth the uh first Baptist church of Grand Cayman. And at the time was a membership of uh I don’t know 300 to 350 people. Uhm from probably 35 Nationalities. Very diverse church. Uh International church. Uhm loved the gospel, loved each other, loved the country. And so it was a sweet 8 years serving with the men there on the eldership. Serving with the saints there at the church. And as I said we didn’t, my wife and I didn’t go with the idea that this we’re gonna be here for couple years and come back…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …We went to live the rest of our lives there. My son was born there. So he would regard himself as a CaymanianCLINT CLIFTON: MhTHABITI ANYBWILE: In his in his heart. Uhm, but probably about we were there for 8 years probably ‘bout year 5 or 6.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Through a set of interest things I found myself involved in uh I realized that some of what I thought was happening in a way of church planting and training guys for uh the ministry. In predominanty African-American context, wasn’t happening widely as I I had thought. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: There was a lot more work adjacent to those contexts. But not a lot of work in those contexts. At least from my sort of theological kind of tribe.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and so that began a season of praying and fasting for me and my wife. And I committed to my elders there that ever I had a serious thought about doing something other than pastoring that church…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: … they’d be the first to know. So my wife and I had a relationship retreat at the end of which she asked me the money question She said, “If you’ve never pastored in a predominantly African-American context were you could do some of the things the Lord had called you to do… CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: …training guys and planting other churches and so on but you are faithful for the rest for your ministry. And you never did that, would you, would you regret it?CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: And it’s about 2 o’clock in the morning on a Saturday morning and I was half-sleeping when she asked the question. And I sat up straight in the bed wide awake and thought “Yeah. I would regret that.”CLINT CLIFTON: Wow.THABITI ANYBWILE: So that Monday I began contacting my elders and said, “I just had a serious thought.” CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: About maybe doing something different. And we spent about a year together. Uhm praying, thinking through the ministry there…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …Thinking through what it would mean to come plant some place else…CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: thinking about the neighborhood the Lord began to draw us to… CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: And so they were really the counsel of men who helped me discern the sense of calling…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …And that and at the end of that year, uhm they affirmed that sense of calling.CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm they were kind enough to say basically. “We would rather you stay here.”CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: “But we don’t detect any sin in your motives…”CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: “And we see the need that you see…”CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: “And we’ll be supportive if that what the Lord calls you to do.” And so yeah that’s how we wound up making the decision to come back States side. CLINT CLIFTON: And you came back to your community you’re from Washington. Uhm, tell our listeners that doesn’t know Anacostia about Anacostia.THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah. It’s the part of Washington that they’ve never visitedCLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm Washington really is a tale of two cities.CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: A river runs through it. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Used all the clichés in the book title, right?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: The Anacostia River sort of divides what most people think of as Washington when you think of monuments and Capitol Hill and the white house…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: From the eastern and south-eastern part of the city. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: which is entirely residential. Yeah it’s a food dessert…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm has no significant business industry to speak of. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Is 92%? 94% African-American… CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …would trail the rest of the city if the median income of the city is $92,000.00? I think it’s like $92,000.00 household income it’s like $92,000.00 median income in this part of the city. Minimum income in this city is $32,000.00. So this is the uh poor uhm section of the city…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …with all the problem that come with that. With density and poverty come crime, struggling schools all those kinds of things. Uhm so this is the neglected part of Washington DC. You know?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. And uhm what was it I know you said you wanted be in a primarily African-American community, but what was it about Anacostia specifically that made you come here? THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah. Well its interesting. Southeast DC, Anacostia in particular, was going back to the 80s.,,CLINT CLIFTON: Mh.THABITI ANYBWILE: …when my sister-in-law lived in here, that was our introduction to DC…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: We knew nothing about the monuments…CLINT CLIFTON: Right. THABITI ANYBWILE: and anything of that sort. My sister-in-law lived in uh if you’re from DC you would notice a place lived in uh high-rise building called Mulberry Plaza on Good Hope road. Uhm and so we used to go visit her and get off the highway. Start immediately dodging the crater-sized potholes and make our way to Mulberry Plaza. This is back in the days where you need an invitation to come to the Southeast. It’s the height of the crack epidemic, the violence was out of control. Uhm, but their beautiful people who live here like my sister-in-law, right? And so we used to spend our time here in Southeast. This was back again late 80s and 90s. So when we fast forward 20 some years. When we started thinking about planting and asking the question where, people were making lots of suggestions. You know?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: ‘Why don’t you go to Charlotte? Or this place? Philadelphia da da da?’ And none of them seem to stick subjectively. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: And ironically, we had uh a couple come here from the Cayman Island. I had performed their weddings some years before. He’s from England. And he comes, and with his little soft British accent said “Have you thought about Anacostia?” And I’m thinking to myself “What do you know about Anacostia?” right?CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: But flares go off. And that might be it. And it’s interesting as time went on that though just began dominating my heart…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: with sense of Anacostia. This is where Fredrick Douglas made his home. CLINT CLIFTON: Yep. THABITI ANYBWILE: With rich history. Uhm this is in some ways, I would argue are the cultural capital of African-American DC.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: From Go-go music to mumbo sauce and all the things that Washingtonians love…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm, for all of its difficulties there’s just a lot of culture here…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: There’s a lot of richness here. There’s a lot of historical heritage here. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: And wonderful people here. And so our heart just began to be drawn inexorably towards Anacostia. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. But for a church planter. And the experience I have with church planters you are way over the age than what’s expected. I mean you have…THABITI ANYBWILE: that’s a very polite way of calling me old I appreciate that. CLINT CLIFTON: …and uh kids and their teens. And uhm you look living uh living a presumably comfortable life in uh in Cayman that transition couldn’t have been easy.THABITI ANYBWILE: Well, God’s just been gracious with us. Uhm, it’s been hardest for my son who was born in the Cayman Islands. Who only knew is flip-flops and shorts and snorkeling and beaches. I mean that was uh, that was his life and he loved it. His a bougie kind of kid. CLINT CLIFTON: THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm He knew nothing about States, and life here. And certainly nothing of an inner city and the problems here. So, he’s the one who’s had the hardest transition…CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: back in the States. The girls have lived here before in DC…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm. THABITI ANYBWILE: Capitol Hill. We were in a different church and so on. So they had uh, we left when they were 6 and 8. Came back and they’re like uhm, 14 15.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm. THABITI ANYBWILE: But they had some categories.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm, so they adjusted a bit better. Uhm, but God’s been gracious to us. So the sense of of things being hard, uhm have been met with God’s kindness. And we haven’t felt as as I’m sure many other folks would sometimes feel and that sort. So we hadn’t felt sort of uhm, the hardest things. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: I mean you’ve showed up uhm on a morning to do this conversation. My staff literally two blocks from the office… CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …just witnessed a shooting and a man bleeding in the street. Alright, so hard stuff has been happening all the time all around us. But God has comforted us. And been kind to us. And that sense of being in the middle of His calling?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Has just given us great liberty and great security even in the midst of a lot of hard things. CLINT CLIFTON: I guess if there’s a person listening would you address them to call to plant and they’d be wrestling with a call to plant in a place that’s hard for them to imagine them and their family being happy. And what would you have to say to them?THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah man, Clint Imma tell you what, part of what scared me in the Cayman Islands.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uh in that process of discerning whether or not to stay or not?CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: It became really clear to me that I could stay and be really comfortable…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …and that there’d be no challenges there. And nobody prodding me along spiritually to grow. Uhm, and that seemed to be a slow pleasant path…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …to a potential kind of spiritual deathCLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm so I was quickened by the idea that I shouldn’t need to be where my own soul sank.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: In a place that made me live in a more lean way…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: uhm that broke the tentacles of the world…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …off of my affections and desires. That if I wanted to live in comfort, I was living for the long thing…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …and If I were living at the expense of Gospel proclamation in communities that needed the Gospel…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …uhm, then I was doing a sinfully selfish thingCLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and so, the Lord just dealt with me and my heart in those ways… CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm. YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …and uhm and and so the idea coming as an older guy to plant a church in a tough neighborhood when I could’ve chosen uhm a softer path if you will. That that didn’t feel like any sacrifice to me because I needed it for my own soul…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …And I was convinced because of the reality of Hell and judgment…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …that it needed to be done. You know? In in all kinds of communities. But in in this community that we felt called to especially. CLINT CLIFTON: Did it take convincing with your wife and children?THABITI ANYBWILE: No that that my son was the slowest to get he was like “Why are we doing this?” Yeah. CLINT CLIFTON: How old was he?THABITI ANYBWILE: He was 6 at the timeCLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: You know? So he’s now the classic third culture kid…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …in between and and not really at home. But he took convincing. Uhm, but no my wife’s all-in men. And my wife will go through a wall for the Lord…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …and for the Gospel. And so, we shared this sense of calling that to us was affirmation. But I’ll tell you the other thing uhm planting as an older guy…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …Right? When you planted as a younger guy there’s a sense of which much of your life is still being aimed at uhm, stability and security and a sense of arriving.CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: …You planted an older guy you you’ve been living on that plain for a little bit.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Right? And you’re looking around and thinking “Okay is this it?” Uhm and, and I think out of that maybe older guys ought to have a clearer sense of what’s eternally important? CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and older guys ought to have maybe a more settled maturity that keeps them from being fattish…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …or easily discouraged or other things. CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: That maybe younger guys fail. So actually, we need more older guys planting churches. Uhm and maybe given the last 10 15 years of their ministry. Uhm to getting new work started in a way that hopefully gives them balances and ballast.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah that’s really good. I I have planted unwisely when I was 24 years old. I was unprepared in so many ways. And uhm, tourists have kind of been ingracious to me, and I grew through out the process but uhm I’ve told guys over and over again if I had to do it I certainly would have spent a lot more time uhm, preparing and sort of sharpening the axe so to speak, getting ready but the, we don’t have many uhm church planters in your age category. But the ones that are in your age category are more effective free-fall church planters. Yeah, generally speaking. And uh, definitely less tossed about the kind of difficulty struggles that come along with church planting. They’re more sober minded what they’re going into.THABITI ANYBWILE: I pray so. I hope so. But hopefully you’ve workedyou’re your theological commitments…CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: …you’ve worked out your ministry, philosophy, you know you’ve you’ve done that you know, in the ministry perhaps someplace else. Uhm, you’ve you’ve walked through the ups and downs of of caring for people Pastorally. And uh you perhaps then have a more well-formed sense of you’re not just church planting but your Pastor planting. You know you’re trying to put a Pastor in a context to build a church and hopefully that gives the work that more stability uhm just borne out of experience and hopefully some wisdom from experience. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. So on the issue of sort of race in the church when you think about when you spend a lot of your days right now influencing, teaching, writing to, speaking to primarily to white Pastoral audience. What do we, what do we need to know here, understand uhm about the current racial situation and our role as Pastors that we that we don’t understand.THABITI ANYBWILE: That’s a good question. Uhm, I’m reading Thomas Kidd’s new book right now who is an Evangelical. And uh, part of what that book is illustrating is that our racial problems are not new problems.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: That Evangelicalism as a movement uh, has always in some sense multi-Ethnic (?)CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: But it’s always also been complicated by uhm racial fault lines, racial sins, racial misunderstanding and so on. So you know, Whitfield can you know? Lead revivals…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …and convince State Legislators to uhm, enact slavery, and build plantations, build orphanages using slave labor. Well that crack you know in the foundations, right there from the beginning. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: And so part of what I would say to those pastors is man, read some good books on the issue. Thomas Kidd’s books is a great book uhm, Mark Knowles and David Bevington editor series on Evangelicalism 4-5 volumes…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …History of Evangelicalism. They do a good job in treating some of these issues especially Mark Knowles 2nd volume as a walk through that history. Uhm be honest about the history let the history inform us, it’s meant to be a blessing to us…CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: …not a threat. That’s the first thing I would say. Second thing I would say is uhm, try to learn not to bristle at unpleasant news and messages that are made to you to try and help you understand how other people are feeling and and engaging things. So for example if someone talks to you about privilege or White privilege don’t get offended by the labelling…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …try to understand what the other person is saying… CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …Try to enter into the experience and to see without, without again bristling at the label to see okay are they articulating a truth here? CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: What specifically is true? What might be off? What might be accurate? How should I benefit from them? So just sort of acquire a humble posture…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …of receiving. You know, hard truth. CLINT CLIFTON: Sort of a fundamental Christian posture.THABITI ANYBWILE: That’s exactly right. Years ago I heard Joel McArthur said “Hard truth makes soft people.” CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Now if that’s true, and I think it is. It’s true not just when were talking generally about the Gospel…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …its true when were saying hard things to each other about other topics too.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm and so, to receive that as a wound of a friend…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: It creates softness were there hadn’t been. So I would say that humble posture of receiving hard things. But I mean you agree with everything… CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …but try to listen well. Uhm, and then last thing I would say is. There’s a sense in which where were well pass the sell by date… CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …on quote-unquote conversations or the race conversations. Uhm, commit yourself to be a person of action. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: Right? So commit yourself to dealing some hard things perhaps. CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: And often times they’re only hard because of privilege. Because of being accustomed of being in control or being the majority or whatever the case maybe. But commit yourself to doing those things. CLINT CLIFTON: Could you give me an example of of...THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah I’m thinking of a church right now where it’s revealing its entire collection of processes and culture and thinking about “Okay were were people are hearing from our church family about where ethnic minorities feel comfortable, where they feel alienated, where they feel like they have access or don’t have access and and what are we doing to address that…?” CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …beyond sort of platitudes or general messages. How does that inform our hiring process…CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm.THABITI ANYBWILE: …So say we want a diversified church, what are we doing to diversify the staff? I mean really what actions are we taking?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm, in this particular church has a school and other so they’re just working through all of the ministries that hard conversation that really is about asking the next question or what do we do? What do we, how do we actually put shoe leather to this? And that it’ll look different for different churches. And I’m just sort of pressing the point about let’s get beyond the conversation. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: and say if this is a 300-year-old problem dating back to Whitfield and others…CLINT CLIFTON: MhmTHABITI ANYBWILE: Uh, we should probably have more progress under our beltCLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uh, and let’s be the generation that actually makes somes progress that makes some action and some risk in that way. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. That’s really helpful thank you for saying that. So going back to the church planting itself. The church is rooted now, how long how long you’ve been doing this?THABITI ANYBWILE: So it’ll be 5 years in April. Rooted rooted feels generous but I’ll take it. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. I know it feels fragile but really but in church planting terms you’re rootedTHABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm.CLINT CLIFTON: And so uhm, you’ve made the decision to lead the church to multiply early. I think in your like 2 or 3 years…THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm.CLINT CLIFTON: you guys sent out a church planter…THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm.CLINT CLIFTON: …just just in the city here. Walk us through making a decision like that.THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm. Well we wanted to make planting churches to be in our DNA CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: and so uh from the start we’ve had a missions budget that’s included International missions and uhm planting. So in that first year we actually contributed to another church plan uh financially in in Philadelphia CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Uhm, when we started church we had a Pastor an elder with us Jeremy McClain CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Who lived in Northeast DC just a couple of street. Very similar neighborhood as ours. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: He’s had a long ministry on this side of the river. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Running after school program and so on. And he’s been bleeding for a church in that neighborhood. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: And uhm, and we so like yeah we want to be planting in neighborhoods like this around the city and the country. Uhm and so through partnership with McClain Bible and Jeremy sense of calling with let’s about year 2 let’s go ahead and plant a new work.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: And uhm, and so it felt it felt right to us. It felt like what the folks in Acts might have done.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: And say Hey the Gospel is needed over there. Hey come help us over here. Uhm and let’s send, let’s send a team. ‘Cause we had about 8-9 people who lived in that neighborhood…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: …and another 3-4 who were willing to move to do that work. And uhm so we thought that okay that might be enough of a team to get a new gospel word started there. And uh, through that partnership with McClain, Jeremy’s calling, that team’s calling. We were privileged to send them off uhm going on about 2 years ago now.CLINT CLIFTON: Mhm. Most Pastors would have had the impulse or church planters would have the impulse or the thought or maybe advice for others that would have said “Yeah, maybe you should plant churches but maybe not on the 1st year 2 to 3 years. Uh so certainly you thought that uh…THABITI ANYBWILE: …and they maybe right they maybe wise. But for us you know it was like. We want to see the Gospel multiply. Not just our main membership.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: Right. So if there’s a choice keeping 12 more people here. Right ‘cause were talking about 12-15 people here…CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: And seeing a regular gospel witness form in a neighborhood that needs another one. Okay that’s a no brainer for me.CLINT CLIFTON: Right. Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: We want to see that witness form because we want to see that gospel multiplyCLINT CLIFTON: You say, you say it like it’s a no brainer but You and I both know most Pastors don’t think like that.THABITI ANYBWILE: Welll well it is because we’re selfish and insecure. Right?CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah.THABITI ANYBWILE: You know, and I have it in my heart at times too. We’re like uh, again Jeremy’s a Pastor with us. We only had three.CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: Right? So we’re going to lose a pastor…CLINT CLIFTON: Right.THABITI ANYBWILE: We’re going to lose 12 other folks Uhm in a town where it’s hard to do ministry.CLINT CLIFTON: Yep. THABITI ANYBWILE: You feel like you need to have every hands on deck. On one level you do.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. THABITI ANYBWILE: And as a new plant You feel like okay every new member gets us that much closed to being rooted and being established. Why would you send them off, till certain metrics are ticked. Well because in God’s economy you know ,right? It’s giving, it’s investing, it’s dying it’s planting that seed that actually gets multiplied. And so it becomes a question of Faith. And whether were living by faith. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah. That’s very John 12. Sort of sit down. THABITI ANYBWILE: Yeah that’s right. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah yeah that’s encouraging to hear. I see more and more Pastors I’m encouraged by. See more and more church plants while buying early.CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah yeah that’s encouraging to hear. I see more and more Pastors I’m encouraged by. See more and more church plants while buying early. And statistically speaking, you don’t know how much weight we put into this sort of thing. But churches don’t multiply in their first 5 years are very unlikely. They’re never multiply and you know I think about our church we we tried to we attempted to plant early. And sometimes failed…THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm. CLINT CLIFTON: and sometimes exceeded. THABITI ANYBWILE: Mhm. CLINT CLIFTON: And uhm but uhm every time we attempted to plant we learn something about doing it a little bit better. And certainly stretched and grew our faith congregations caused us to focus on kingdom issue rather than local issues.THABITI ANYBWILE: Amen.CLINT CLIFTON: …in a way that was really healthy for our church. I think it trained us in a good way. I hope that’s trueTHABITI ANYBWILE: I think that’s spot on. I think that’s been our experience too right?.uhm and that and that willingness to try and say a church succeed and sort of walk away with your tail between your legs discouraged. We go like Nope. Were going to keep trying and pleading with the Lord the blessings. CLINT CLIFTON: Yep. THABITI ANYBWILE: that’s been life giving to us and every time we’ve sent you know people away, the Lord has added. The Lord has brought more folks. Its almost as if His saying “If you’ll be faithful with a little I’ll make you faithful over much. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: that’s been life giving to us and every time we’ve sent you know people away, the Lord has added. The Lord has brought more folks. Its almost as if His saying “If you’ll be faithful with a little I’ll make you faithful over much.” Right? Which is right out from the scripture. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: So that’s been our experience too. We were joyous as a church to see them go off. But there was some of our dearest friends. So we also wept, uhm but between mad and supporting missionaries early on. We sent out first short term team to Mombasa Kenya, were about a year and a half old. Uhm and so, seeing missions teams go off and things of that sort. Uhm, its just gave us a heightened sense of the Lord’s at work here. CLINT CLIFTON: YeahTHABITI ANYBWILE: And good things are happening here even before we thought they would and you know isn’t that wonderful? Let’s ask for more. CLINT CLIFTON: Yeah thanks. Uh, Pastor T, would you mind closing today by praying for the church planters who are listening and would you send them and strengthen them?THABITI ANYBWILE: I would be happy to. Father we thank you so much for raising up men to herald your gospel. For sending us into the world to make Jesus known to the flourishes of preaching. We believe that the flourishes of teaching is Your power and that the Gospel is Your power to save all those who believe. Lord in, uhm, new and bustling suburban communities and hard scrapple, inner city, neighborhoods, rural areas yes Lord and everything in between, we praise You for the power of Your gospel to convert and to build a church. And we just pray that you would encourage those whom you have called. You would give them confidence for their calling. We pray that you would give them. Wisdom and in some cases perhaps beyond their years in their experience. You give them a subtleness oh Lord in the truth of your scripture. And that you would quicken older men and older women to go out on church planting teams and to uh add Lord the blessings of experience uhm, to your work. Do all these things for your glory and for the spread of the good news and uh The salvations of the nations we pray. Bless the work of name. Bless the work of Nham, bless the work of the News City Network, bless Clint in his work and encouraging in equipping planters raise up a legion of Gospel uhm driven sold-out men and women to take the good news to the nations we pray. In Jesus name Amen CLINT CLIFTON: Amen. Thanks PastorALBERT: Where do church planters come from? Well they don’t come from seminaries and they don’t come from a factory. Church Planters come from congregations. Their developed by Pastors who love and are prepared for Gospel ministry and sent out. But many churches don’t know where to begin and many Pastors are overwhelmed with the day to day duties of Pastoral ministry and don’t have time to put together a robust training program for the people in their congregation to be equipped. The North American Nation Board is helping with this. They have developed a thing called the Multiplication Pipeline. And it’s a three-level training course that takes place through multiple years for you to have the material and the guidance to get somebody in your congregation ready for church planting. The Multiplication Pipeline is available on Nhams’ website, you can find it at nham.net/pipeline.ALBERT: Thank you for listening to the church planting podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review of your favorite podcast today.Today’s episode of the church planting podcast is sponsored by News City Network, The Church Planting Ministry of McClain Bible. A special thanks to todays guest Garrett Kell for taking time to join us. Josh Turansky produces todays show. Zukey Bastien was our show runner and her husband Nick was our editor. Thanks to Hudson Turansky and Marvin Moore who provided administrative and web support for the program and last but not least thanks to you for listening through to the end of the church planting podcast. Hey if you’d like to know more information about the show visit our brand-new website www.churchplantingpodcast.org. There you can see past episodes as well as notes as links for today’s show. And be sure to tune in next week our guest will be Svava who happens to be the master of the gift.

You asked for a live recording of #TheShapeUp, and well we try to give the people what they want. On April 27, 2019 at Lee’s Barbershop in Southeast DC, Starting With Today’s The Shape Up topic was Relationship and Anxiety specifically with Black Women. As you can imagine, the conversation led by Tariiq Omari Walton, LGMFT touched on everything from solving problems (27:57), learning to listen (30:06), frustration (37:13), and defining peace on your own terms (38:07). Check it out, share, all that. Charlyn Anderson, Founder of SWT

Alex and I talk about growing up in Southeast DC and the changes that have come with being a lifetime Washingtonian. She shares her transition into veganism and gives advice for people looking to start Living On The Vedge. She lets me in on her secret dream job and we discuss the importance of self-care. Alex's Social Media (IG: @LivingOnTheVedgeLLC, CookingOnTheVedge.com)

The beginning. The truth about how Amy, Alyson and Elizabeth first got together in the basement of their parents house in 1980. Their first band, Quiver was formed and they moved into Southeast DC and the craziness began. LISTEN ON ITUNES :: LISTEN ON ANDROID :: LISTEN ON STITCHER The girl band BETTY has been […]

The beginning. The truth about how Amy, Alyson and Elizabeth first got together in the basement of their parents house in 1980. Their first band, Quiver was formed and they moved into Southeast DC and the craziness began. LISTEN ON ITUNES :: LISTEN ON ANDROID :: LISTEN ON STITCHER The girl band BETTY has been […]

The Shape Up Podcast launches with a recap of our of Enthusiastic Consent barbershop talk that took place at Lee’s Barbershop in Southeast DC. Take a journey we discuss the importance of mental health in the Black community (5:59) the breakdown of enthusiastic consent and the dangers of how "one stroke pass NO is 5 to 10" (15:11) the understanding of coercion vs. persuasion (38:35) and the safety of Black women(45:22). Tariiq Omari Walton, LMFT Lawrence V. Cosby, Esq. Charlyn Anderson, Founder of SWT J. Hall, Host lnk.bio/panel SWT - startingwithtoday.org/ #TheShapeUp #SWTfiVe #OurStoriesOurSpaces

Back in 1996, two men launched a mentoring program in an underserved Southeast DC neighborhood where far too many youths grow up without appropriate role models. Twenty years later, the Dream Center opened a new facility just behind its original home in the Southeast White House with the goal of encouraging local children and adults to dream big while receiving a range of services designed to help them honor their God-given potential.Today we’re joined by Ernest Clover, the Director of both the Dream Center and Southeast White House. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ernest began volunteering at the Southeast White House in 2007 while serving as an intern on Capitol Hill. His experience left such an impression on him that he decided to return as a mentor after completing his master’s degree seven years ago, and he has been there ever since. Ernest joins us to talk about the Dream Center’s approach of letting the community inform what services they provide, and the new facility they opened in 2016.

Our monthly segment The F-word: The editors of Luqman Nation join us to talk about open racists and fascists running for elected office in the U.S. and examine how the Tea Party took over of the Republican Party. Also, Lydia Curtis reports from the memorial service for Arthur Mitchell, founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem. Headlines: -The Senate voted Thursday 51 to 46 to end U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal war on Yemen.- Senators also approved a separate resolution to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia responsible for the death of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. -Chantal James reports on immigrant solidarity march to the home of Stephen Miller, sponsored by WERK-Climate activists are scrambling to save the landmark Clean Energy DC Act.-Controversial Vote expected on New Hospital for Southeast DC.-A Grassroots Effort to Repeal the DC Council Repeal of Initiative 77 is  Thwarted by the Courts.-Capital Bop Series is Back and New Documentary about Sandra Bland is on HBO.  Photo of Jacqueline and Abdushshahid Luqman from Facebook.

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/OTG-DEC7-2018SMALL.mp3 The Facts and Fiction of George H.W. Bush...The Segregationist Roots of the 'School Choice' Movement...Plus Headlines on the Green New Deal and More. Headlines: -More than 30 members of the faculty at Temple University, where Marc Lamont Hill teaches, have signed an open letter voicing support for him and no confidence in the chairman of the board of the university, Patrick O’Connor. -Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speak at Climate Crisis Town Hall on Capitol Hill -The DC Council voted to require that George Washington University Hospital, owned by Universal Health Services, honor union contracts and allow participation from Howard University Hospital at a new hospital planned for Southeast DC. -Reading of new book, "Plan Colombia," about history US disruption in South America. -The DC Metro Coalition in Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution presents “The Return of the Granma Ship,” a fundraiser. -Dec. 10, 2018 is the deadline for the House of Representatives to reverse the FCC's deeply unpopular repeal of net neutrality. Voices: Gerald Horne, Dianne Ravitch, Pam Tau Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Craft beers have become as diverse – and as delicious – as wine. What started as folks making homebrews in the tib (OK, we’re exaggerating a little to make s point) has become big business, with major breweries buying up-and-coming breweries in order to stay competitive. That said, we thought we’d go back to craft brewing’s roots and take a deep dive into the subject with folks who came from and know the homebrewing scene cold. Joining us on Industry Night with Foodie and the Beast are: President Michael Stein and CEO Peter Jones OF Lost Lagers, the premier beverage research firm in D.C. Michael and Pewter help us experience history through beer, recreating extinct ales and lost lagers with some of the best breweries in the country and teaching homebrew classes at The Hill Center in Southeast DC. Michael has served his historic beers at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s Food History Program and serves as beer historian at DC Brau Brewing Company, LLC, the first production brewery in DC since 1956. Peter is a certified beer judge, and longtime homebrewer who also is Education Chair for the DC Homebrewers Club, Peter has taught a variety of topics and techniques for brewing novices through experts. Also joining in is Sara Bondioli, current president of the DC Homebrewers club and a co-founder of the club's women's brewing group, HOPS. The conversation is scintillating, as always, and the homebrews we taste are beyond good. Listen in!!!

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OTG-OCT5-2018-SMALL.mp3 This show includes part four of our series, "DC in the Era of Climate Change," focusing on the impact of climate change on human health. Pictured: Katie Huffling, executive director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. (Photo by Esther Iverem) Also part two of our interview with the novelist Walter Mosley. Headlines: --Hundreds Arrested at Kavanaugh Protests on Capitol Hill. --World's Richest Man, Jeff Bezos, Gives Amazon Workers $15 Minimum Wage. --Activists Mark 18th Year of Afghanistan War. --Professor Gerald Horne on the U.S. and Iran, Kavanaugh and Trump Tax Fraud. --Culture and Media: the National Solar Tour, the new Entertainment and Sports Arena, opens in Southeast DC, the DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival 2018 Continues through Sunday October 7. Voices: Walter Mosley, Katie Huffling, Lois Wessel, Gerald Horne, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rhonda Hamilton

Chris sits down with Wizards Owner Ted Leonsis as the new facility in Southeast DC is unveiled to the public. Then his triumvirate of producers come on for their preseason predictions including a unanimous choice for Southeast Division champ.

It's FRIIIIIDAAAYYY! We’re a week away from the 2nd annual 2018 DC Black Film Festival! Make sure you check it out www.dcbff.org to find out the films and events that you can see August 16-18th in Southeast DC at the Miracle Theatre!   I'm continuing my talk w/ filmmakers whose films will be in the DC Black Film Festival showcase. Kickin‘ the show off I have Joe Marshall, writer/director of Here Kitty, which will screen during our We Still Dealin’ With This block. Then I talk with Joseph E. Austin II, writer/director of 1 Chance, one of our Opening Night Films. I have Jennifer Lewis, director of Austin’s Voice, which will play during our We Still Dealin‘ With This block as well. Finally, we’ll hear from Blake Bynum, director of Buried, which will play during our Friends: How Many Of Us Have Them block. Another great round of interviews from filmmakers you’ll be able to see next week at the DC Black Film Festival. Check out Joe and Here Kitty on Instagram at: @joelumberjack  Catch Joseph and 1 Chance on Instagram: @JosephAustinII Did you listen to the podcast? Jennifer isn't on social: :) The orginal Paper Boy, Blake can be found on Instagram/twitter here: @itsdapaperboy Picture Lock Links: Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/ Get a partner as passionate as you in your film or film event's publicity: www.picturelockpr.com Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-sampsons-picture-lock/id639359584?mt=2 Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/picturelockshow SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/picturelockshow YouTube CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/picturelockshow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/picturelockshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/picturelockshow PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/picturelockshow

Happy Friday folks! All films and their descriptions for the 2nd annual 2018 DC Black Film Festival and our special guests are up at dcbff.org! Make sure you check it out to find out the films that you can see August 16-18th in Southeast DC at the Miracle Theatre!   This week I’m still talking w/ filmmakers whose films will be in the DC Black Film Festival showcase. On this episode, I’m talking with two filmmakers from our History and Hidden Figures block, which will take a look at stories from our history and hidden figures that should be known Friday August 17th beginning at 9AM. I have the writer/producer/director/star of Padlock Men, Lewis T. Powell and writer/director of Riverment, Shayla Racquel. Then, I have to filmmakers from our Friends: How Many of Us Have Them film block which will play Saturday August 18th from 11:20AM to 1:50PM, and focuses on films of friendship...or the lack theereof. I have interviews with the writer/director of Blue Diamonds, Patrick House and the director and producer of the web series Lost Kings, Terrance Smalls and Michael Faulkner respectively.  Check out Padlock Men here: https://www.facebook.com/padlockmen/ Learn more about Riverment here: https://rivermentfilm.com/ Get those Blue Diamonds here: https://www.patrickhousefilms.com/bluediamondsfilm1/ Find Baltimore's Lost Kings here: https://www.facebook.com/lostkingstheseries/ Picture Lock Links: Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/ Get a partner as passionate as you in your film or film event's publicity: www.picturelockpr.com Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-sampsons-picture-lock/id639359584?mt=2 Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/picturelockshow SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/picturelockshow YouTube CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/picturelockshow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/picturelockshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/picturelockshow PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/picturelockshow

Happy Friday my peoples! The full line up for the 2nd annual 2018 DC Black Film Festival is up at http://dcbff.org/2018schedule/! Make sure you check it out to find out the films that you can see August 16-18th in Southeast DC at the Miracle Theatre!  Today’s episode is a little manic in a variety of ways. First, I talk with Kalina Bertin, the director/producer of the documentary Manic. It's a film in which she struggles to make sense of the legacy of mental illness wreaking havoc over her siblings’ lives. Then I have an interview with Rachel Wortell, the co-writer/director of the comedy/mystery A Sibling Mystery. The zany thing about our interview is that Rachel was outside when we recorded so the radio and podcast episode is alive w/ the sound of nature! :) Then I talk with Emily Aguilar and Faith Deveaux of the film Clara’s Ultimate Christmas. The only thing manic about that interview is how quickly we had to get everything in...so there’s a couple times I had to edit out us talking over each other...but it’s a great interview. Finally, I talk with Amanda Lundquist, writer/director of Pinsky. What's wild there was how much fun we had talking about making a film w/ a predominately female above the line crew. In fact, it was great talking to all of these women in film! Check out Kalina's work here: http://www.kalinabertin.com/ Solve Rachel's mystery here: http://www.asiblingmystery.com/ Get Christmas in July here: http://www.emilyaguilar.com/clara-s-ultimate-christmas.html Check out Pinsky here: http://www.pinskythemovie.com/ Picture Lock Links: Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/ Get a partner as passionate as you in your film or film event's publicity: www.picturelockpr.com Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-sampsons-picture-lock/id639359584?mt=2 Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/picturelockshow SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/picturelockshow YouTube CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/picturelockshow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/picturelockshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/picturelockshow PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/picturelockshow

Raza and Coppo sit with Keyonna aka KMJ6, the owner of the Congress Heights Arts + Culture Center (CHACC) in SouthEast DC and UxU client. The three discuss a major topic that was an underlining theme in Keyonna's recently recorded interview that was produced by UxU and an ongoing theme of BossTalk as a whole. SELF AWARENESS Join the conversation and learn how Self-Awareness touches both the business and personal parts of your life and how mastering learning yourself will unlock your true potential!

We chopped it up with community activist, attorney, and owner of Stoop Law Firm Ari Theresa for this week's episode. This one goes untitled because we thought it would be unfair attempting to condense the invaluable work Ari does everyday. Oftentimes, the most influential among us aren't poppin' on the 'gram. We covered everything from being a fourth generation Washingtonian, why he started Stoop Law in DC's Historic Anacostia neighborhood, representing the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association (BFTAA), black capitalists and exploitation, and why the media exploits Southeast DC as the epicenter for all struggle in the Nation's Capital. Spread the word and follow us. All The Fly Kids on everything. Where to find Ari: Facebook - Ari Theresa (He accepts all friend requests) Stoop Law Firm 1604 V Street SE Washington, DC 20020 (202) 651-1148 actheresa[at]stooplaw.com

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners’ Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners' Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners’ Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FINAL-OTG-FEB4-2016.mp3 Launching Black History Month, what the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent reported at the end of their recent visit to the United States, conversations with Gullah people of Hilton Head, S.C. and what Angela Davis had to say about the Black Lives Matter Movement during a recent visit to D.C. Plus Side-Eye on Election 2016 is all about the Iowa Caucuses. Guests and Voices: Dr. Margaret Flowers, Mireille Fanon Mendes France, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Saundra Renee Smith, Alfred Murray, James St. Clair, Emory Campbell, Angela Davis, Ericka Totten, Kymone Freeman, Eugene Puryear. Headlines: TPP=Betrayal protests at the White House. The preliminary report of the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent from their U.S. visit. Airbnb blasted for listing homes to rent in illegal Israeli settlements. Effort launched to change to name of Ballou High School in Southeast DC to Marion Barry High School. Frank Ballou, who the school is named after, was a staunch racist and segregationist who served as the superintendent of D.C. Public schools from 1923-1940. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks about student debt and possible remedies in Congress. Producer and Host: Esther Iverem Contributors: Chantal James at Student Debt Day and TPP=Betrayal White House Protest Jamila Bey and Amy Alexander with 'Side-Eye' Special thanks to DC Grassroots Media and Kymone Freeman of WEACT Radio

This week we had the pleasure of talking with YV, an upcoming rapper from Southeast DC. We talked about the violence and criminal culture and DC and YV shared his advice on how to get out of that environment. Our second interview was with Gurl Talk Publications. Gurl Talk promoted their new book and gave us some insight on what it is like to be in a salon and the secrets that are shared. This is a show you do not want to miss.