Dr. Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil's career interest is culturally-sensitive, ecologically-appropriate, and evidence-based practices for low-income urban youth and families. His current research focuses on family-focused interventions for youth with trauma and co-occurring disruptive behavior and community violence exposure that is provided through university-community partnerships, service system collaborations, and national provider networks. Dr. Abdul-Adil is also one of the originators and nationally-renowned experts on using modern Rap music and Hip-Hop culture to enrich psychosocial interventions for urban youth.

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Christian nationalism has become a buzzword among conservative activists such as Congresswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk. We believe we need to call it what it is: Christian Fascism. For this episode, we had a great conversation with Andrew Griffin and Glen McDaniel, two musicians of faith who are continuously deconstructing the phenomena of White Christian Culture, how it affects our society, and how we may confront this socially learned sickness.

Christian nationalists believe the United States is meant to be a Christian nation and seek to "reclaim" the nation for God. Support for right-wing politicians and social issues, such as immigration, gun, and poverty legislation, is better understood as Christian nationalism rather than evangelicalism per se.

Christian nationalism's fundamental tenets can be summarized as follows:

1. The federal government should declare the United States a Christian nation.
2. The federal government should advocate Christian values.
3. The federal government should not enforce the strict separation of church and state.
4. The federal government should allow religious symbols in public spaces.
5. The success of the United States is part of God's plan.
6. The federal government should allow prayer in public schools.

• Andrew Griffin: https://www.andrewgriffinmusic.com/
• Simply Three: https://simplythreemusic.com/

• Richard Rohr: https://cac.org/about/our-teachers/richard-rohr/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rohr
• African Origins of Christianity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP73uEFASQg
• Jabari Osaze: https://www.instagram.com/jabariosaze/
• Labinth - Jealous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXD52y9jsOU
• White Christian Nationalism: The Deep Story Behind the Capitol Insurrection: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/white-christian-nationalism-the-deep-story-behind-the-capitol-insurrection
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_nationalism
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fascism
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_right

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Listen to Lecolion's album “Legacy: Music for Bassoon by African-American Composers.”

After over 20 years as a performing bassoonist, 15 years as a music professor, and ten years as an arts administrator, Lecolion Washington has established himself as a leader for the next generation of arts entrepreneurs; and he has been a staunch advocate for the relevance of music as an agent for social change.
 
Lecolion is the Executive Director of Community Music Center of Boston. Before moving to Boston, Lecolion was the Co-Founder/Executive Director of the PRIZM Ensemble in Memphis from 2009-2017, and he was the founder of the PRIZM International Chamber Music Festival. In 2015, he was named one of the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40. He was selected as a 2019 Musical America’s Top Professional of the Year, honoring Innovators, Independent Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs celebrated as a 2020 Boston HUBWeek “Change Maker,” and he is the 2020 Chamber Music America Conference Planning Committee Chair. He was selected as one of Musical America’s 2019 Professionals of the Year, honoring Innovators, Independent Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs celebrated as a 2020 Boston HUBWeek “Change Maker,” and was a 2020 Chamber Music America Conference Planning Committee Chair. Lecolion was a recipient of the Sphinx’s Organization’s MPower Artist Grant to support a mentorship initiative for young artists and entrepreneurs in 2020-21.
 
Lecolion has performed solo recitals and master classes at colleges and universities worldwide as a bassoonist. He has been a featured solo and chamber musician throughout the U.S., Brazil, South Africa, Canada, and Switzerland. As an orchestral musician, Lecolion has performed as guest principal and/or co-principal bassoon with orchestras such as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra. He served on the faculty of the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in South Africa from 2006-2013. His CD entitled “Legacy: Music for Bassoon by African-American Composers” was released on the Albany Records label.

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A Cincinnati police officer has had her police powers suspended after her body camera caught her saying a racial slur while stuck in traffic on duty in April. Officer Valentino believed she had been desensitized by music and hearing people talk on the street. Constant exposure has allowed this slur to slip into Officer Valentino's vernacular.

Yeah. It's bullshit.

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White people struggle to talk about race. So, here is Dorian talking to DeMarisa about being the only white person at an event for Juneteenth, in which DeMarisa was a panelist. Let the uncomfortableness begin! 

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DeMarisa shares with us about her journey to Chicago and her visit to the Hampton House with H.O.L.L.A.

https://www.savethehamptonhouse.org/

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DeMarisa and Dorian discuss a real-life situation involving youth facing direct impact from the prison industrial complex and pipeline.

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DeMarisa Steeley and Dorian Wallace explore the integrative effects of music and other creative practices and their therapeutic impact on the trauma of colonialism, classism, racism, mass incarceration, and culture.

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Dorian has started working at Rikers Island Correctional Facility as RMAS Arts Program Coordinator. In this episode, he talks about developing music therapy-based programs to help incarcerated persons cope with their current situation.
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Forensic Music Therapy: A Treatment for Men and Women in Secure Hospital Settings by Stella Compton Dickinson
https://www.amazon.com/Forensic-Music-Therapy-Treatment-Hospital/dp/1849052522

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
https://newjimcrow.com/about/buy

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

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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Punish-Prison-Michel-Foucault/dp/0679752552

So Many Tears by Tupac Shakur

https://genius.com/2pac-so-many-tears-lyrics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Many_Tears

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