In this last episode of the season, Senator Turner reflects. She inspires us to focus on life as a journey, not a destination. Speaking from the heart, SNT stays true-to-form and gets deep in her inspirational quotes to demonstrate the message that life is not a straight line; it is bumpy as hell, but we’ve GOTS to keep on keepin’ on. #HELLOSomebody 

Links:

“Life is a journey, not a destination” - Ralph Waldo Emmerson

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/24142-life-is-a-journey-not-a-destination

Songs:

Love Lifted Me

https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/love-lifted-me1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZik72kD_NA

Please Be Patient With Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DluynRKEBjc

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Senator Turner highlights civil-rights trailblazer Ella Baker (1903-1986). SNT plants revolutionary seeds in us today as Ella Baker did to millions of others decades ago. One main thought? The time for radical change has always been now. #HelloSomebody

LINKS:

Ella Baker

https://ellabakercenter.org/who-was-ella-baker/

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker by Joanne Grant

https://icarusfilms.com/if-ell1

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Dr. Barbara Ransby

https://barbararansby.com/ella-baker/

On MLK Day, Honor the Mother  of the Civil Rights Movement by Julie Sceflo

https://time.com/4633460/mlk-day-ella-baker/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10210195622059859&id=1769929223291470&locale2=ne_NP&_rdr

Still I Rise by Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise

Diane Nash

https://www.biography.com/activist/diane-nash

Claudette Colvin

https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin

Films about Rosa Parks

https://1883magazine.com/5-history-films-you-should-see-that-told-rosa-parks-story/

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Author, Marisa Renee Lee speaks with Senator Turner about healing, love and loss during a grieving experience. Marisa talks about grief, healing oneself and confirming that it's ok to maintain a spiritual relationship with a loved one that you've lost - that is a form of healing. While in the process of redefining her personal grief process, Marisa wrote a book called Grief is Love (April 2022). Grief is Love gives us the most uplifting and personal story of Marisa’s journey. As we read through her experiences she hopes to help others who are navigating through loss and healing.

Links:

Book- Grief is Love

https://www.target.com/p/grief-is-love-by-marisa-renee-lee-hardcover/-/A-84196806?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012764139&CPNG=PLA_Entertainment%2BShopping_Local%7CEntertainment_Ecomm_Hardlines&adgroup=SC_Entertainment&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=m&location=9015309&targetid=pla-82461913489&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=CjwKCAjww8mWBhABEiwAl6-2RWn1viemequuXf2gZb24LRODuosqvfuHgUcTW74bharoi-HiPUbafxoCxdkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Quote by Hellen Keller-

https://www.all-greatquotes.com/those-who-have-known-suffering/amp/ 

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Senator Turner speaks with historian, educator, and author who is currently an Adjunct History Professor at Cuyahoga Community College, Sherlynn Allen-Harris.  They take a moment to discuss how the status quo and legislators have the power to encourage change instead of enforce the unbalanced racial power structures that affect all communities, especially the Black community. Senator Turner and Sherlynn lift up the fact that we must not allow uncomfortably distract us from teaching about our country’s history - the ugly and not so cute. With talks of regression, Sherlynn lays out how capitalism and the desire for profit plays a significant role in our society.

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Senator Turner speaks with Councilwoman Tara Mosely and Dr. N.J. Akbar to update and review the circumstances around the Jayland Walker police shooting in Akron, Ohio on June 27, 2022. In this painful moment, they uphold the family's request for peaceful protests, for non-local residents to remain at home, and for transparency and accountability from the police department.

LINKS:

Councilwoman Tara Mosley

https://www.akroncitycouncil.org/node/22

Dr. N.J. Akbar

https://njakbar.com/about-nj

The Ohio Task force on Community and Police Relations

https://www.ocjs.ohio.gov/ohiocollaborative/links/recommendations.pdf

https://ocjs.ohio.gov/otfcpr/index.html

Additional links:

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/03/kristi-noem-abortion-children-00043886

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/us/highland-park-illinois-shooting-july-fourth-parade-wednesday/index.html

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SNT is “madder than a mother f*cker” and joins you in the outrage over the Supreme Court reversal on Roe v. Wade on June 24th.  She doesn’t stop with expressing her anger; in this episode she offers real solutions that we must do now in order to protect the democracy we have left. As SNT says, “EVERYBODY is Somebody in this episode.” Everybody must take action. #HelloEVERYBODY

LINKS:

Marianne Williamson - https://twitter.com/marwilliamson

Pastor Bernice King - https://twitter.com/BerniceKing

The Onion- https://twitter.com/TheOnion

Elie Mystal – https://twitter.com/elienyc

Article: Ending Roe is Institutional Suicide for Supreme Court by Noah Feldman

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-24/supreme-court-abortion-ruling-in-dobbs-is-institutional-suicide

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ending-roe-is-institutional-suicide-for-supreme-court/2022/06/24/b76e7650-f3db-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html

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Senator Turner welcomes 35-year veteran educator and author, Mary Cole Watson to #HelloSomebody to discuss her book, “Wisdom Warriors.” A series of 22 educational stories, this book seeks to empower young African-American readers with factual and historical knowledge to dispel social stereotypes and rhetoric that keeps them from reaching their full potential. Both SNT and Mrs. Watson share some personal stories from their own youth that contributed to the type of pain @thewisdomwarriors works to heal. Listen in for a lovely conversation.

LINKS:

Mary Cole Watson

https://www.wisdomwarriors2020.com/

Marcus Garvey

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/twenty/tkeyinfo/garvey.htm

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/garvey-biography/

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Senator Turner connects with dynamic leader, Chris Smalls (@chris.smalls_), president of The @amazonlaborunion. These two amplify the mighty power community and grassroots organizations can have in the fight for what’s right. Listen and learn! #solidarityforever #HelloSomebody!

Links:

Chris Smalls

https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/

https://www.instagram.com/chris.smalls_/

www.twitter.com/Shut_downAmazon

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Ben Cohen makes a repeat appearance with Senator Turner to discuss the domino effect of the criminalization of cannabis on Black folk’s generational wealth. They also touch on economic justice and the military industrial complex. These two friends keep the faith and keep up the fight to change systems.

Ben Cohen (Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream), Ben’s Best

https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2019/04/420-cannabis-justice

Above the Law: How "Qualified Immunity" Protects Violent Police by Ben Cohen, With A Foreword By Michael Render ("Killer Mike")

https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/above-the-law/

The Last Prisoner Project

Cannabis criminal reform

https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/

Wanda James

https://www.wandaljames.com/

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/

Drop the Mic Now

https://twitter.com/DTMICNow

https://www.instagram.com/dropthemicnow/

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SNT begins this special episode with the intention to talk about the lesson of the final bone, The Backbone, in our Three Bones Series. However, this episode was previously recorded in the wake of the Uvalde, TX massacre of children and the Buffalo, NY anti-Black racist murders of 10 Black people. With a heavy heart, Senator Turner speaks on gun politics, reform, and the triggering trauma of violence. She sends love and resilience to each of you.

LINKS:

Learn more about the Hello Somebody Three Bones series (Wishbone, Jawbone, Backbone)

https://www.hellosomebodypodcast.com/podcast/get-to-the-backbone

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guys Guide to the Constitution – Elie Mystal

https://www.harvard.com/book/allow_me_to_retort/

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