AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we have the honor and privilege to talk with the person who most directly shaped our commitment to movement, humanity, and liberation: the inimitable Kesho Scott. A former Black Panther and longtime professor of Sociology and American Studies at Grinnell College, Kesho breaks down the stages of mentorship, the foundations of a humanizing mentorship relationship, her own experience being mentored by Grace Lee Boggs and Jimmy Boggs, and so much more. The conversation was too good to cut, so we're dropping the first half this week and will have the second half next week. Levitate with us!

SHOW NOTES

Grace Lee Boggs - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520272590/the-next-american-revolution

Jimmy Boggs - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/748147.Revolution_And_Evolution_In_The_Twentieth_Century

Angela Davis - https://airgoradio.com/airgo/2021/1/14/episode-270-angela-davis

Stokely Carmichael - https://snccdigital.org/people/stokely-carmichael/

Walter Rodney - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2785-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa

Audre Lorde - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde

Exterminate All the Brutes - https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes

Republic of New Afrika - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_New_Afrika

League of Revolutionary Black Workers - https://www.revolutionaryblackworkers.org/

Gloria Anzaldúa - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gloria-e-anzaldua

Huey Newton - https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/huey-p-newton-born/

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