InflexionPoint Podcast: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out

Community Conversations 2024 At InflexionPoint Podcast we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic community conversations. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of critical self-reflection, in-depth perspective-taking, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact. The 2024 theme explores the Art of Community Conversations in today's clim...

Parables for Understanding a Nation's Sins At InflexionPoint Podcast we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of self-awareness, in-depth perspective-taking, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact. The 2024 theme explores the Art of Community Conversations in today's climate of...

Kwanzaa Principle of Imani (Faith) The Imani principle calls for us to believe in ourselves and our capacity to bring about a better society and a better world. On the 7th Day of Kwanzaa, Imani Day, we give thanks and remembrance to family, friends, and historical figures who have contributed to their lives and the betterment of America. This day we remember the faith that our family members and a...

Ujamaa Collective, An Experience That Lasts! Fair Trade | Meaningful Work | Community | Creativity | Wellness FEATURED GUEST: FRANKIE HARRIS, BOUTIQUE MERCHANDISER/SPECIAL EVENT DECORATOR  Ujamaa Collective is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded with a social mission to act as a catalyst to advance Africana Women by providing a fair trade marketplace for cultural, artistic and entrepreneuria...

THE FUTURE EMERGES FROM THE PAST... What Is Your Key Antiracism Challenge? In this episode Anita and Mavis continue their Community Conversation making it personal. They each discuss what they define as their Key Racism Challenge. Points of Reflection: • Based on your George Floyd origin story, what is your definition of yourself after vs before the murder? Has there been a shift? • What is most c...

The Roots of Policing in America: Slave Patrols  To understand community policing in a contemporary context requires a look through the long lens of history, enslavement, and slave patrols. Where and why did it begin? Charleston City Watch and Guard (1790s) Charleston, NC Slave Patrols - Majority black (slaves) population Minority white population terrified at the possibility of slave uprisings wa...

Don't miss this episode of #InflexionPointPodcast on The Transformation Network™. Join Anita, Mavis, and Gail as they discuss "The Art of Community Conversations in Today's Climate of EDI, Antiracism, and Book Banning."   Why Community Conversations? These are an essential tool for promoting dialogue and understanding within communities. The PRESS Model, developed by Robert Livingston, is a valuab...

Meet Guest Khamil Bailey, Founder of Cocoapreneur, Co-Founder of Greenwood Week Pittsburgh, and The Greenwood Plan | Corporate Consultant | Speaker | Black Business Advocate Khamil's Backstory Begins in East Orange, NJ Then Evolves After Attending University of Pittsburgh. Khamil's vision of thriving Black communities was planted in her home city of East Orange, NJ; and then transplanted to the ci...

Final Community Conversation on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa. Mavis, Gail, and Anita finish up the series of Community Conversations about the Nguzo Saba: The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa. The goal with the series was to drive home the point that Kwanzaa Principles are working ideals. These ideals can be embedded into everyday life, particularly on the journey towards antiracist activation. In this epis...

Collective Work & Responsibility. Cooperative Economics. Purpose. In the previous episode we opened up our community conversation with a discussion of the first 2 principles of the Nguzo Saba, Unity and Self Determination. In this episode we discuss the next 3 principles — Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, and Purpose, providig personal experiences and examples of work...

Happy New Year! Thank you for joining us for the first episode of InflexionPoint Podcast in 2024. This the spot where we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of self-awareness, understanding, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact. As a matter of fact the 2024 Theme is Communit...

Book Discussion - White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones Land, Labor, and Slavery “It's nothing short of astonishing that a religious tradition with this relentless emphasis on salvation and one so hyper attuned to personal sin can simultaneously maintain such blindness to social sins swirling about it, such as slavery and race-based segregation a...

Dr. Robert P. Jones: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy emphasizes the importance of truth-telling and cross-cultural conversations in addressing the legacy of white supremacy and working towards a more equitable future. Robert P. Jones, President/Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Dr. Jones serves on the national program committee for the American Academy of Religion. Jone...

Dr. Robert P. Jones: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy emphasizes the importance of truth-telling and cross-cultural conversations in addressing the legacy of white supremacy and working towards a more equitable future. Robert P. Jones, President/Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) . Dr. Jones serves on the national program committee for the American Academy of Religion. Jon...

Synopsis: A 2022 period film drama based on true events of desegregation and busing in Boston schools in 1974. The District Court of Massachusetts ordered Boston to integrate its public school system, using busing. The order was met with White community pushback, fury and violence. The film centers on police officer Bill Coughlin, an Irish cop, confronting fierce social pressure when tasked to pro...

Films That Spark Community Conversations   "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" - Hosted by Presbyterian Church of Sudbury MA Documentary Film Presented by Jeffrey Robinson, lawyer and social justice advocate. In Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America , Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from, and who we want to be.  Anchored...

Photo Credit: Homer G. Phillips Hospital, A Prominent Landmark in The Ville, St. Louis, MO. Courtesy Onegentlemanofverona (CC BY-SA 3.0) Racism Is a Disruptor of Health and Wellness & Integration Is Not Synomymous with Equity The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1937-1979, a segregated hospital in the heart of Black St Louis, Missouri The Ville and Its Champions of the Community: Kids rais...

FRANCERIA MOORE: LEVERAGING THE POWER OF STORYTELLING TO EXAMINE MINDSETS AND EMPOWER EQUITY Franceria Moore holds over 15 years of organizational leadership experience in the human services and nonprofit sectors, focusing on equity and belonging in programming, strategic organizational development, poverty reduction, and adult learning design. From 2019-2022 she led the redesign of the Kellogg Fo...

Antiracism Activation: Family Engagement and Generational Leadership Thank you for joining us for the newest episode of InflexionPoint Podcast where we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of self-awareness, understanding, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact.  In this eiposo...

CONVERSATION: The Power of Leadership in Organizational DNA The Sankofa Leadership Continuum - a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders  of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires resistance, activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transform...

Conversation: The Power of Visual Racial Literacy. "...race is not only a social construction; it is visually mediated (Acuff & Kraehe, 2020). The ability to perceive racial differences requires that one first learn the visual, symbolic, and aesthetic codes and conventions of racist ideology." In this continuing series on generational leadership we discuss "Visual Racial Literacy: A Not-So-New...

Conversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership?   In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features wisdom from Jen Franks Ahaghotu. Jen is th...

https://youtu.be/KIbF2Fm_sOI   The Sankofa Leadership Continuum is a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders  of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transformation. Question: How do we apply generat...

Conversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features Mr. Nathaniel Lee Fletcher, recent graduate...

The Conversation Continues: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features Mr. Ja'Quan Lavender, Founder/...