Dismantle Racism with Rev. Dr. TLC

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will be inspired by the life and work of Rev. Osagyefo Sekou. EPISODE SUMMARY: Join Rev. Dr. TLC and her guest, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou , who is an activist, theologian, author, documentary filmmaker, and blues/soul/gospel musician. Rev. Sekou will share his knowledge of what it takes to organize in troubled places like Charlottesville, VA; Beirut, Lebano...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will gain a perspective on how the word "race" perpetuates racism and it should be taken out of our vocabulary. EPISODE SUMMARY: Most of us know that race is a social construct, but are we aware of its original intent and how the creation of this category contributes to current day racism? The use of race influenc...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will learn how white antiracist leaders of the past can inform present day activism by people who are white.  EPISODE SUMMARY: Dismantling racism requires mobilizing masses of white people to get involved and stand up for racial justice. Lynn Burnett believes that if white people understood their own history of advocacy a...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will gain insight about how the embodiment of race is weaponized. EPISODE SUMMARY: What is embodiment and what does it have to do with dismantling racism and racial equity? How is it used as a weapon? We know that race is both socially constructed and non-biological. Yet, it is important to take a deep dive into the compl...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will gain valuable steps on what it takes to create social change. EPISODE SUMMARY: Change does not happen overnight, especially when it's radical change. Movements such as the Civil Rights Movement, Women's Rights, LGBTQIA Rights, and more started because a group of people saw injustices and wanted to take a stan...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will discover how communities can reconcile acts of terrorism and ways to create a new identity. Listeners will also hear how one person can make a difference. EPISODE SUMMARY: In 1902, Alonzo Tucker was lynched in front of 300 spectators in Coos Bay Oregon. He was one of 4400 racial terror lynchings in the United States...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will learn ways that all people can heal from racial trauma. EPISODE SUMMARY: Chattel slavery is one of the most visible signs of racism in America. Unfortunately, many refuse to talk about it and would rather pretend as if it never existed or that we should simply move on. It is impossible to move on or even heal from it...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will discover how to move beyond fears to a place of fulfillment in order to live a life that is in alignment with one's core values. EPISODE SUMMARY: What happens when personal beliefs collide with family beliefs? In the quest to dismantle racism, people often find themselves in a dilemma, having to decide such thing...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will have an opportunity to listen in on a dynamic dialogue and discover how one community is choosing to dismantle racism as well as the laws that negatively impact the LGBTQIA community. EPISODE SUMMARY: November 23, 2022 marked the two year  anniversary of Aidan Ellison's murder by Robert Keegan, a white man who shot him for playing his music too l...

Dismantle Racism with Rev. Dr. TLC offers open-hearted conversations about racism, how it’s hidden in plain sight, and the ways in which it's crippling America (and beyond). We will shatter bias and assumptions with our guests, who illuminate the forces at play that perpetuate systemic inequity. Rev. Dr. TLC’s audience will be invited to move from history to healing as she and her guest disman...

Thursdays 11:00am - 12:00pm (EDT) WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will have an opportunity to listen in on a dynamic interracial dialogue and discover how we can move beyond our discomfort in dismantling racism to a place of committed intention to connect on a deeper level with one another. EPISODE SUMMARY: Race is a social construct and yet we can not avoid its impact when we move thro...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will learn tools to expand their awareness about racism in their own disciplines/areas of interests and how to honor the contributions of all in the telling of our history. EPISODE SUMMARY: Jazz originated in the African American community of New Orleans. The world has been blessed by notable artists such as Eubie Blake, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Bill...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will get insight from a professional theater practitioner about the social impact of storytelling. Listeners will learn about the new project at Artreach, Inc. that aims to use theater to illuminate racial bias in mental health and healthcare . EPISODE SUMMARY: Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, "Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispo...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will learn how menopause is experienced differently because of systematic racial disparities. The audience will hear from a Workplace Menopause Strategist how she works to advocate for people going through menopause, especially in the context of professional settings.  EPISODE SUMMARY: The impact of menopause is unique to each individual. It is also the case...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners gain perspective on the role of literature in the movement to dismantle racism and other systems of oppression. The audience will hear our host and guest discuss how to tap into various healing modalities to generate strength and purpose in black bodies of culture. EPISODE SUMMARY: There is an extensive history of black people being denied access to literacy...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Get first-hand accounts of how racist ideals are upheld in places of worship in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Learn ways to recognize racism in religious spaces, and how it can compromise individual and communal spirituality. ‍ EPISODE SUMMARY: There is a long history of abusing religion in order to justify and perpetuate racism and white supremacy. Rev. Dr. TLC...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will gain insight and tools to embrace their innate divinity and sacred intelligence. The audience will learn how that inner divinity informs how they can contribute to dismantling systems of oppression habitually. ‍ EPISODE SUMMARY: Rev. Dr. TLC, who coined the term "sacred intelligence," will be joined by author, healer and astrologer, Martha Alter...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of examining, confronting, and reconciling history in order to heal racial wounds and to dismantle racism. EPISODE SUMMARY: In Part 1 of Justice for Life, Mr. Butts shared how his organization, LifeGuardian Worldwide takes a deeper dive into the core of our humanity by abiding by the spiritual basis of justi...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will get tools to identify symptoms of racism within themselves as a prerequisite to challenging harmful ideologies externally. Listeners will gain a more thorough understanding of the various ways racism presents itself, and how they can use their individual power to disrupt patterns of inequity. EPISODE SUMMARY: Rev. Dr. TLC will be joined by Waleska Lu...

The audience will learn about ancient principles that promote self-knowledge, the foundation of meaningful equity work. Listeners will gain insight and tools for engaging in the spiritual work required to dismantle systematic oppression.   Race is a social construct. To challenge it, we need to study the ways in which it has impacted our lives as well as develop the capacity to interrupt its effec...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? The audience will learn the history behind normalized present day ideals of racial purity, discrimination, and violence. Listeners will gain awareness of the inhumanity and trauma passed down in ideology, bureaucracy, and DNA. EPISODE SUMMARY: Our DNA is the storage device that holds the unvarnished truth and cannot be destroyed. This DNA holds the trauma of enslaveme...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will gain awareness of their own privileges, and how they can embrace them for the benefit of the collective. The audience will hear personal experiences of being marginalized in one social sphere while being put on a pedestal in another, and learn how to recognize their privilege when it shows up. EPISODE SUMMARY: We must be consistent in reminding ourselve...

Listeners will get a personal account of what it was like to witness integration. Gangaji will share how it catalyzed her growth and shifted her perspective as a white woman in the South. The audience will hear how the contrasting journeys of Rev. Dr. TLC and Gangaji both resulted in spiritual commitments to advocating for love and equity. EPISODE SUMMARY: It was 1962 when violent riots broke out...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Listeners will be more equipped to recognize the connections between hyper-masculinity and the perpetuation of racism. Men will be able to notice the ways hyper-masculine socialization affects their own lives, learn to better care for themselves emotionally, and be part of the solution towards dismantling these suffocating systems. EPISODE SUMMARY: Oppressive construc...

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? Dr. Palmer will share a personal account of her experience with the inner work as well as external interactions that we part of her journey with contributing to the solution. Listeners will get some context around the connections between colonialism, our economy, and racism, as well as tools to challenge these systems on a daily basis. EPISODE SUMMARY: The ideals and...