Determine Our Future

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Aaron Shawn Harper, or Shawn to his friends, is one of the nation’s leading motivational speakers. Shawn is a seven-year former NFL offensive lineman for the Rams, the Oilers, the Colts, and NFL Europe. Shawn conquered the business world after his football success by owning and operating American Services and Protection, a multi-million-dollar security services firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Shawn also speaks across the country, covering topics like overcoming adversity, building effective teams, and creating a winning culture.
I’m interested to speak to Shawn about his areas of expertise, which are numerous, and also about his experiences in professional sports, and the differences in a few key areas between Shawn’s time in the NFL and what players are experiencing now.

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I feel like my bio subject for this week needs no introduction, and also the longest intro in the world! Josephine Baker was an entertainer, singer, dancer, actor, fighter and spy in the French Resistance, mother to twelve adopted children, Civil Rights activist in both Europe and the US, and incredible speaker and inspiration to the world. Let’s get started, because a life lived this well, is going to take a while to tell.

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What are the life lessons I want to teach my kids? In my first Life Lessons episode, E11, I talked about how I want to teach my children to be good human beings, and make a positive difference in the world. In Part 2, E18, my close friend Jennifer and I talked about what we want to teach our children with our similar yet different perspectives, through their childhood, teen years and into adulthood.
So I thought I would wrap up the topic, at least for now, with a Part 3. This is kind of all the odds and ends, but I still think each individual topic is important. I’ll include resources for each of the topics I talk about today, so you can get yourself ready to teach your own kiddos.
Raising children and making sure they have all the tools they need to make a great life? It’s a huge job. We started in Episodes 11 and 18; let’s continue.

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Dr. Kara Ayers, PhD, is the Associate Director and an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati, at the college’s Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Kara is also the Director of the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities, and a Co-Founder of the Disabled Parenting Project.
Dr. Ayers works to teach others about disability identity and culture, bioethics, community inclusion, and reducing stigma for those with disabilities. Kara has spoken at the White House, and has given many media interviews on these topics. Kara also serves on multiple task forces and national and state coalitions related to improving outcomes for people with disabilities.

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This episode contains descriptions of violence and explicit language.
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Okay listeners, I get that this is pretty arrogant of me, to suggest that I have the answer to the entire policing system in the US, when so many experts are already working on this, and people are so divided politically as to whether there is a policing problem at all. But I have been thinking about this for a while, and listening to experts, and reading tons of materials on these issues. I’m also trying to come at this from a place of common sense, which I will explain later on in the episode. 
I’m also trying to approach these issues from a perspective of trying to help society’s members before jail or prison comes into the picture, because I think it’s clear that just throwing a ton of people into prison isn’t helping anyone, law-abiding citizen or not. Prevention is a better solution than punishment. So, come on this fanciful ride with me, where we figure out a utopian system of policing in the US, which ironically, doesn’t involve as much policing as you might think is needed.
Trying to redo the entire US policing system? It’s a big job. Let’s get started.

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The Reverend Dr. Marcia Ledford is so many things! Marcia is a Civil Rights attorney and an Episcopal priest. Marcia’s ministry is located in southwest Detroit, and includes a large Latinx population. Marcia is a lesbian and is proud to be a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and has been with her partner for 32 years, legally married for 7 years.
Marcia has founded a mission called Political Theology Matters, LLC; in this mission, Marcia helps others develop their public theology mission and helps to broadcast messaging for greater social justice. I can’t think of anyone better than a Civil Rights attorney, member of the LGBTQ+ community and a priest, to educate us on all these matters. Marcia and my pronouns are she/her/hers.

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My second favorite performance of Amanda’s (after the Inauguration performance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGo3lZM3jjw
It’s a little different for me, and also incredible, to talk about someone who is in their early 20’s and already making their positive and important mark on American history and really the history of the world.
Amanda Gorman is the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. Amanda’s poem, “The Hill We Climb” and Amanda’s impassioned and powerful reading at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 Inauguration, moved the country and inspired so many people to continue to push for positive change in racial equity and other social justice issues. I’m so excited to talk about Amanda Gorman and while talking about her past, to wonder about how much else Amanda could possibly accomplish.
Trying to do justice to such an amazing person and their accomplishments? It’s a big job. Let’s get started.

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As we talked about in the last episode, Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis is an activist, sociologist and criminologist, educator, and researcher. Dr. Dennis founded 365 Diversity, which provides results-based services for decision makers in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, businesses, and for-profit and non-profit organizations. This is Part 2 of our interview.
Let’s jump in!

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