Dismantle Racism with Rev. Dr. TLC

The audience with discover how to use one's gifts to promote racial equity. Join Rev. Dr. TLC as she sits down with her returning guest, Michael Grant. He is the President and Founder of Give Music Inc. a Springfield-based non-profit organization whose mission is to help the world express itself through entertainment technology.  Michael will discuss his work with incarcerated youth, most of w...

The audience will gain awareness of legalized hate and ways to change such a legacy. In her book The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, Sarah L. Sanderson tells two stories. The first is the story of Jacob Vanderpool, the only person to be legally exiled from the Oregon Territory for being Black in a state that prohibited Black residents for over 75 years. The second story Sarah...

The Martin Luther King Center in Newport, RI strives to bring equity to the community by offering over 25 programs designed to address educational, nutritional, emotional wellbeing, and more. Executive Director Heather Strout says that they are committed to anti-racism training as a staff and board. The journey to dismantling racism is often frustrating and difficult, and those on the journey must...

EPISODE SUMMARY:  The audience will gain awareness of what first generation college students bring to the table. Being a first-generation student is a deeply intersectional identity as it takes into account issues of race, class, gender, immigrant status, and sexual orientation.  Most importantly, it brings to the forefront issues of social capital. Often the assumption is that first-gen students...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Listeners will open up to new ways of understanding and healing the Israel-Palestinian conflict. "The Wall Between is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish and Palestinian communities in the Diaspora. Distrust, enmity, and hate are common currencies. They manifest at university campuses, schools and school boards, at political events, on social media, and in academi...

The audience will hear how racism impacts mental health. Racism is a public health crisis that impacts each of us on every level of life - education, medical, relationships, politics, communities, personal (how we see ourselves), judicial, the church, mental health, criminal justice, LGBTQ, academia, etc. We all have a lifelong journey to help each other and ourselves to be free without fear. We c...

EPISODE SUMMARY: The audience will hear how navigating whiteness may impact one's sense of self. Navigating whiteness and white culture is common for people of color. Often it is necessary to preserve one's life and livelihood. Many BIPOC have had to make the difficult decision to move out of neighborhoods that are populated with people of color to white neighborhoods in order to set their...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will gain perspective on how to make a personal impact on dismantling racism. EPISODE SUMMARY: Take a walk through your neighborhood. Explore your community. Look closely at what's happening in the world. What do you see? What do you notice about racial inequities? What is lacking within your racial group? What needs to change? Answering these questio...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Celebrating 100 episodes of the Dismantle Racism Show. How strange to say those words. What exactly are we celebrating? We shouldn't have to dismantle racism. It shouldn't exist. True. True. True. Sadly, it does exist, and I'm grateful to be a part of the change that I want to see in the world. So... I am celebrating the call that I have to engage in the work of racial...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?  The audience will gain insight on the implications of access and opportunity, or lack thereof, to what some consider basic rights. EPISODE SUMMARY: President Lyndon B. Johnson said,  “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fa...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will gain perspective o what diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging mean from an academic perspective. EPISODE SUMMARY: In 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, there was an uptick in conversation about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Organizations, corporations, and academic institutions were taking a look at the ways in which they eng...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Guest will learn the contributions of West African Dance and how it informs the discussion or racial equity. EPISODE SUMMARY: Historically, images of Africa have ranged from offensive narratives like those shown on Tarzan to those that show malnourished children. While some of those images have improved and we see a plethora of videos of individuals dancing to African...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will discover ways to write a new story of racial and social injustices. EPISODE SUMMARY: Mississippi is replete with stories of injustice: lynchings, racial equities, health care disparities, poor water supply for people of color, and more. There have been many changes since slavery, Jim Crow, and the like but inequities remain. How do we write a new story...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?  The audience will hear how the models in Rev. Dr. TLC helped her to learn how to navigate and dismantle racism without even talking about it. EPISODE SUMMARY: Rev. Dr. TLC grew up in a close-knit thriving black community. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 45 minutes from where she lived. James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi, which was 15...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will hear the value of interpreting religious and biblical text through a womanist lens. EPISODE SUMMARY: The noted author, Alice Walker coined the phrase "womanist" in the early 80s. In short, a womanist is an individual who is focused on issues that are specific to black women in particular but also addresses is...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Guests will discover how farming leads to healing. EPISODE SUMMARY: Less than two percent (2%) of farmers are people who are black. Over 50% of US farms are run by women, according to a 2017 census report. Structural racism has impacted the economic success of many farmers of color, particularly as it relates to receiving loans to sup...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will get a glimpse of how racism impacts medical/mental health treatment, diagnoses, and prevalence.  EPISODE SUMMARY: There is often a sentiment that when folks of color talk about racism or discrimination that we are "playing the race card." There isn't such a thing as a "race card." The truth is the...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) Episode title: Moving From Not Racist to Anti-Racist WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will discover why not being a racist is not enough to dismantle racism. EPISODE SUMMARY: Have you ever heard or made the statement "I'm not a racist?" Often this statement is made when one feels that they have to prove that they "accept everyone" or...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The importance of engaging history through art and music as a means to enhance curriculum standards. EPISODE SUMMARY: Reggie Harris is a songwriter, storyteller, and lecturer who engages all the senses to help expand the knowledge base in the fields of music, history, and the social sciences. He has helped teachers, students and commu...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will discover how everyday expressions, beliefs, and behaviors unintentionally perpetuate racism. EPISODE SUMMARY: Join Rev. Dr. TLC, as she invites back to the show Ricky Wade , cofounder of the American Redneck Company. He is an advocate for ending race in America which is the biggest offender of racism. He believes tha...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? To learn about the racial disparities that exists and ways to promote economic development and investments in communities of color. EPISODE SUMMARY: In 1865, formerly enslaved people of African descent were promised 40 acres of land as reparation. It never happened. In 1921, Black Wall Street located in the Greenwood District of Tulsa...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) Episode title:  Race Between Us WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will get a perspective of what reparations mean and the importance of eliminating the description of blackness and whiteness. EPISODE SUMMARY: Join Rev. Dr. TLC as she sits down with Brenda Bailey Lett, Project Manager of N'COBRA's Coordinating Reparations Initiative. They will disc...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) ‍ WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will be inspired to reflect on their own stories, what calls them to the work of social justice, and why it is critical that these stories, particularly of women, become a part of our archives. ‍ EPISODE SUMMARY: Join Rev. Dr. TLC as she brings back guest host, Angela Todd (historian and archivist ) as they delve into Part...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) ‍ WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? ​​Listeners will be inspired to reflect on their own stories and what calls them to the work of social justice. ‍ EPISODE SUMMARY: Join Rev. Dr. TLC and guest host, Angela Todd (historian and archivist) as they delve into Part 2 of What Made Me Who I Am." They will take a look at some of the powerful women in Rev. Dr. TLC's...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? ​​Listeners will be inspired to reflect on their own stories and what calls them to the work of social justice. EPISODE SUMMARY: Most of us don't just wake up one day and say "I'm going to fight for social justice." Likely, the notion to stand up for others, to empower one another, and to be concerned for humanity has...