Mixed in America

For my final episode of season two, I want to wish you all a happy Juneteenth. June 19th, 1865 is an extremely significant day in American history and it should absolutely be celebrated.

Jeff Thomas is the Dean of Student Life at Maranatha Christian Academy. We talk about unity, embracing his blackness, and how he is empowering the next generation at our old high school.

In this episode I talk about the death of another black man in Minnesota, this time even closer to where I live.   Are thoughts and prayers enough, or do we need to do more?

For this episode, I have a conversation with Finah Davies. She is a Sophomore in high school, but definitely wise beyond her years. We talk about growing up black in today's America and what her African heritage means to her.

I recently had the incredible opportunity to speak at my church's youth about race. I wanted to share it with you for this week's episode of Mixed in America.

In this episode I talk with Crystal Benton about raising a biracial daughter and how we all need to do a better job of connecting with people as humans first.

My college roommate, Chris Villalobos, joins me for a conversation about his family, his culture and his time working with families down at the Mexican border.

Pastor Vince Freeman is back for part 2. We talk about black history, microaggressions, and why representation matters.

Mixed In America | Diversity in the Church: https://youtu.be/sCLpPP1sCUA 

How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history: https://youtu.be/dOkFXPblLpU

Freedom Church Pastor, Terrance Reeves-Chong talks about his family history, growing up half-black in a small Missouri town and how the Church needs to stand up for what's right – even when it's not popular.

Mixed in America is back for season 2. In the first episode I talk about keeping the conversation going.