Catalyst For Harmony

Go Back & Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey

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In April 2026, a group of pastors, educators, students, and leaders traveled together from New Orleans to Memphis on a Sankofa pilgrimage led by Catalyst for Harmony. They visited Whitney Plantation, the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Edmund Pettus Bridge, 16th Street Baptist Church, and the National Civil Rights Museum. Along the way, they had the kind of conversations most people never get to hear. Go Back and Get It is a 7-episode audio documentary that captures those conversations as they happened: on the bus, in hotel lobbies, at park benches, and in the q...

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Episode 5: A Question for the Church 02.07.2026 40:00

Episode 5: A Question for the Church Go Back and Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey The centerpiece of the series. Dr. Glenn Bracey sits down with four members of one church, Bethel Christian Fellowship in Minneapolis, to ask what they wish their congregation could see from this trip. Pastor Stanley Roberts breaks down recounting the tunnel where enslaved people walked from the boat to the auction bl...

Episode 4: Kelly Ingram Park and The Next Generation 02.07.2026 21:01

Episode 4: Kelly Ingram Park and The Next Generation Go Back and Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey Three friends in their 20s sit on a bench in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, the site of the 1963 children's march where fire hoses and police dogs were turned on young protesters. Daniel grew up Black with white parents in suburban Minnesota where there were 10 Black people in his town and h...

Episode 3: Race, History, and the Educational Impact 17.06.2026 30:16

Episode 3: Race, History, and the Educational Impact Go Back and Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey After visiting the EJI Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, five educators and one ministry leader sit down to wrestle with the question they can't escape: how do you go back to your classroom after this? Dr. Glenn Bracey opens with raw honesty about not knowing how to teach h...

Episode 2: The Sheer Weight of It 10.06.2026 43:29

Go Back and Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey Day one hits hard. Participants reflect on their first encounters with Whitney Plantation and the sites across New Orleans and Biloxi. Dr. Glenn Bracey fields questions from the group following his presentation on The Religion of Whiteness, the book he co-authored with Dr. Michael Emerson. Then a group of pastors and ministry leaders sit down to wrestle...

Episode 1: Why Sankofa 10.06.2026 22:39

Go Back and Get It: A Sankofa Audio Journey Before the bus rolls, the leaders behind the Sankofa pilgrimage sit down to talk about why this trip exists. Andy Gray, Sharleatha Collins, and Dr. Michael Emerson share the origins of their passion for racial harmony, the experiences that shaped their commitment to this work, and what they hope participants will carry with them after a week traveling fr...