July 27, 2020

229 – Courageous Conversations

29 minutes

Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dave Stachowiak are joined by Dr. April Harris Akinloye, the former Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator at Vanguard University. Together they take part in a Courageous Conversation, which is an initiative that was launched to bring the community together to have a safe place where they could discuss very uncomfortable topics that touched upon things that were happening throughout society and our country at large. They predominately discuss how to navigate representation, right, and resources as parents.

Dr. April Harris Akinloye

A diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professional with 18+ years of experience leading teams into strategic analysis of practices, policies, and communication. Facilitates institutional culture change by bridging intercultural and intergenerational perspectives through critical analysis, organizational accountability, and collaboration. Delivers DEI initiatives that are practical, measurable, and manifest representation of all constituents. Known for exceptional communication skills that cultivate trust and influence across all roles and functions.

Key Points

The model of three Rs, representation, right, and resources can be used as a starting place to evaluate yourself and others.

Being an ally is speaking up for those without a voice. You are speaking through your actions: what you do, how you act, who you interact with, and who you bring alongside you in whatever environment you’re in.

Bettering our society when raising kids that are part of a structure where they enjoy a privilege, can start as basic as teaching them to treat others the way they want to be treated.

The more we begin to value each other in the different ways that we have expertise and resources, the more we can become inclusive and develop authentic give and take relationships.

Resources

What is Juneteenth and When is It?

CCCU Magazine: Diversity Matters

Healing Racial Trauma

Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion? by Antipas Harris

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates

The Cross the Lynching Tree by James Cone

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Justice by Latasha Morrison

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

Roadmap to Reconciliation by Brenda Salter McNeil

The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

Mindful of Race by Ruth King

Walls Can Fall by Kenneth Ulmer

Real Talk with Dumas Podcast

Truth’s Table Podcast

Hope & Hard Pills Podcast

Anti-Racist Pod Squad Podcast

Pass the Mic Podcast

Netflix Film: 13th

Netflix TV Show: When They See Us

Film: Just Mercy

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Transcript

Dave [00:00:00] You’re listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast; this is episode number 229 – Courageous Conversations.

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