Chasing Justice

Propaganda encourages Gen Z to stay sharp, fact-check, and not get caught up in emotional reactions. Let's dive into the importance of local elections, the traps of single-issue voting, and how to avoid disinformation.

Mentioned in this episode: ballotpedia.org

Propaganda is an artist, author whose music and prose explore themes of divergence and connection. His worldview was shaped by his father, a former Black Panther, and the multicultural Latino LA neighborhood where he gre up. Prop taught high school for six years, and helped found two charter schools in LA. He is a published author and podcast host sharing his insights on politics and culture through Hood Politics with Prop.

Lashunda Lott, a Chicago native, is a deacon at Grace and Peace Church and a graduate of North Park University in Biblical and Theological Studies. She creates content for Chasing Justice and co-leads the "H.E.R" podcast, exploring topics from the perspective of young Black women. Outside of ministry, Lashunda works with her mom at La'Delish Catering. Passionate about outreach, Lashunda builds community through creative methods, sharing God's truth and love.

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Let's dive into the power of voting and why it's about more than just picking the next president! Our guest, Kayla Griffin, a passionate advocate for voting rights, shares how decisions made at the local level—from school boards to public funding—affect our daily lives just as much as national elections.

Mentioned in this Episode: www.vote411.org | www.vote.org | www.whenweallvote.org

Kayla Griffin, a native of Youngstown, OH, is a dedicated public servant committed to uplifting her community. She serves as the Ohio State Director for All Voting is Local and President of the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP. Kayla is also an ordained elder, published author, and speaker, using her platform to advocate for justice and equity.

Our host for this episode is Elena De La Paz! She is a Content Creator with Chasing Justice passionate about storytelling that challenges the "othering" of people, aiming to reveal our shared humanity. As a biracial person of color and an advocate for multicultural and intercultural living, Elena works with migrant communities abroad with Casa Esperanza. while exploring hospitality, generosity, and solidarity across cultures, races, and languages. Casa Esperanza is serving the migrant population that is passing through the northern border town of Los Chiles, Costa Rica, providing free meals and lodging to families in vulnerable situations.

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Let's be real—disagreements are everywhere in the work of justice, especially during an election year. But how do we handle them without losing focus on the bigger mission?

In this episode of Chasing Justice, we're breaking down how to keep it respectful and productive. Tune in for some helpful tips!

Mentioned in this episode:

The episode was in partnership with @iamccda We hope to see folks at the National Conference in Portland.

https://ccda.org/train-connect/ccda-national-conference

ccda.org/conference

Roslyn Hernández is the CJ Podcast Producer. She Produces The FYI on Youth Ministry podcast at the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI). Roslyn lived in México City as a child and grew up in the Central Valley of California. Roslyn hosts the Bible Tea with Roslyn Hernández podcast, she is also a Spiritual Director and writer.

Benji Moncivaiz is COO of CJ and has been in Organizational Development consulting for mission-driven organizations at the intersection of social justice, technology, and community building. As a Latino who has lived and worked in various countries he lives in the liminal spaces.

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This season of the Chasing Justice podcast, Sandra will be handing the mic to the Chasing Justice team of Gen Z and young Millennial leaders who are making a difference in their communities as we explore what it means to be engaged socially and civically together. This season, we're going to be hearing from a range of young leaders on topics surrounding civic engagement beyond voting, how to choose which issues to engage in, the challenge of disagreeing well, and how collective action makes a difference. Mentioned in this episode: ccda.org/conference

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Peacemakers desire harmony and unity, but they also seek justice. Marlena Graves shares how her empathy and discernment cultivate a willingness to find common ground and potential wisdom in opposing viewpoints. She also talks about the tensions Peacemakers feel between truth-telling and the fear of potential relational loss.

Marlena Graves is the Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation at Northeastern

Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University. She has written five books and over two hundred articles for outlets like Christianity Today, Relevant, Sojourners, and Christian Century. She also has pastoral, church planting, nonprofit, and board membership experience. Her activism work focuses mainly on solidarity with the poor, immigration issues, and police brutality. She is married to Shawn, a philosophy professor, and has three growing girls. As a missionary to the American Church, Marlena wants people to know God delights in them. She loves to laugh, be in nature, be with family and friends, and hopes to leave a little bit of shalom in her wake.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Way Up is Down

Enneagram 9 Devotional

Bearing God

https://marlenagraves.com

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Our Enthusiast guest is Danielle Coke Balfour! In this conversation, Dani shares the lows, highs, and challenges of her activism journey. She also talks about the ways in which she brings hope and practical optimism to her justice work. Listen in to hear Dani's stories and advice about how to manages anxiety in activism.

Danielle Coke is a graphic designer turned artist, advocate, speaker, and entrepreneur. She's the founder of Oh Happy Dani, an illustration-based educational platform that uses artwork and resources to make complex ideas surrounding racial justice more accessible for the

everyday advocate. Danielle works to inspire her community of over half a million people across social media to do good daily, right where they are. Danielle hopes to inspire others to embody their values and live a life of sustainable activism by using what they have to impact the world around them.

Mentioned in the episode:

@ohhappydani

https://ohhappydani.com

A Heart on Fire: 100 Meditations on Loving Your Neighbors Well

The Middle Passage

Live Justly Cohort

Martin Luther King

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Challengers are the people we tend to think about when we think about activists. In this episode, Terence Lester shares his activism story, insights about how to channel anger, and the benefits of boundaries. Whether you're a Challenger yourself or intrigued by the dynamic ways individuals of this archetype engage in social justice, listen to this episode for valuable wisdom and meaningful reflection.

Terence is a storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, and author who is the Founder and Executive Director of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising poverty and homelessness awareness and community mobilization. The children's book he co-authored with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Zion, which deals with homelessness, belonging, inclusion, and encouraging children to serve others with empathy and compassion drops in March of 2024.

Learn more about Terence here

Find books by Terence at InterVarsity Press

Howard Thurman

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Many of us have to be careful with burnout, but investigators preemptively manage it. Join this conversation to hear how one of the most withdrawn types of the enneagram engages in justice. Roslyn Hernández shares about how she's starting her social justice journey and the self knowledge that helps her engage justice with self-care, compassion and strategic thinking.

Roslyn M. Hernández is podcast producer at Chasing Justice, a contributor at Think Christian and on staff at the Fuller Youth Institute. She holds a BA with majors in Film & Media Studies and Spanish and a minor in Art History from UCSB, as well as an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. Roslyn is training to as a spiritual director and is passionate about pop culture, culinary traditions, and decolonizing theology and life.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Rigoberta Menchú

Mare Advertencia Lirika, mare.advertencia.lirika

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Loyalists provide courageous support for marginalized groups, rooted in their own need for security and stability. Barnabas Lin shares how intersectionality, tensions between commitment and critique, and integrity are part of his activism journey as a loyalist.

Barnabas serves as Theologian in Residence at Bethel Community Church as he works on a PhD in Theological Ethics. He has over a decade disciplining Asian Americans and training young ministers through InterVarsity. Barnabas is concerned with living the just and peaceable way of Jesus and helping activate Christians to participate in the flourishing of all creation. Barnabas likes to bake sourdough, musical theater, and learning to surf.

Instagram: @barn.a.bas

Audre Lorde (PBS)

"The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"

"Poetry is Not A Luxury"

Kiyoshi Kuromiya

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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is an award-winning writer, editor, speaker, communications consultant, and former Inc.com columnist. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, Image Journal, and dozens of other publications in the US, Asia, and Africa. She serves as the editorial director of PAX, a Christian nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and equipping the next generation of BIPOC contemplative activists and is a high school instructor of social innovation at Valley Christian Schools. Dorcas has nearly twenty years of experience as a nonprofit and social enterprise professional. She and her entrepreneur husband have been married for eighteen years and have two young sons.

Dorcas has a BA in communication and an MA in sociology from Stanford University, as well as a professional editing certificate from the University of California, Berkeley.

show notes link to her activists.

Dorcas page

Book

Howard Thurman

Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark

Richard and Mildred Loving,

hsperson.com, https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/

www.chengtozun.com

@chengtozun on IG, FB, and LinkedIn;

www.chengtozun.com/books for links to buy the book

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