Today, guest host, Krystal Warner, sits down with Russell Fugett for a season 1 recap. Russell shares his favorite moments from this season’s episodes along with some “roses and thorns”. We close with his hopes for the future of the Necessary Trouble Show and his hopes for America.

 

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Today, we sat down with Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Principal Investigator and Director of the MOTHER Lab (Maternal Outcomes for Translational Health Equity Research), and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine, to discuss her research in black maternal health disparities and the explicit racism that leads to these disparities. We also chat with Brenna Miller, Kelechi Offor and Keri Carvalho from the MOTHER Lab. Then close with how partners can support, uplift, and play a role in protecting and addressing these disparities as well as how women can advocate for themselves.

 

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Today, we caught up with MLB All-Star and World Baseball Classic Champion, Adam Jones. Adam is back from Japan, where he currently plays for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. He is also a member of the Players Alliance, a group of baseball players united to create “increased opportunities for the Black community in every aspect of the game and beyond.” Adam shares his perspective on Black Lives Matter, including the protest in Japan he was a part of. He also tells us what role he might plan on Team USA during the Summer '21 Olympics, which happen to be in Japan.

 

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On today’s episode, Russell is joined by Amiri Nash, the 2021 DC Youth Poet Laureate, writer and Brown University class of ‘24. They discuss Amiri’s latest piece in Teen Vogue on the importance of his vote in light of his grandmother’s health during COVID and the racism of the Trump Presidency. We also dive into his piece in Out Magazine on the intersectionality of blackness and queerness and how ally’s can help prevent bullying. He ends with telling us about the DC Youth Poet Laureate competition and his upcoming TedX talk.

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On today’s episode, we discuss the history and evolution of SARS and the #EndSARS movement with Irene Ojo-Felix, features editor at Models.com and casting director. She discusses the current state in Nigeria now that SARS has been “disbanded” and how social media has empowered Nigerians in the fight against police brutality. She urges us to continue to support, spread awareness, and put pressure on Nigerian officials to support the movement.

 

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On today’s episode, Russell sits down with Christina Lewis, social entrepreneur, writer and investor, to discuss her latest piece in Shape Magazine on what VP Kamala Harris’ win means to her. She shares the importance of doing more than what we’ve been taught for the black community and the launch of GiveBlck.org, a comprehensive database of black-founded nonprofits. We close with the legacy her father, Reginald F Lewis, left behind and how he always made it a priority to support and uplift the community.

 

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Russell shares some lessons from his book, Patience Perseverance Prayer, that can help us begin to shift our focus from the fear driven partiship that divides Americans. To truly save the soul of America, we must do the work we need in our families and communities to make progress towards the vision of Dr. King's beloved community.

 

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On today’s episode, Delilah Agho-Otoghile, co-founder of VoteSimple, joins us for an election day recap and the process we saw on voter turnout and how that impacted the election in Texas. She shares the backstory of VoteSimple and how they registered 10,000 new voters. To close, we discuss the future of voting and how the nation can make it easier to register and cast our vote.

 

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On today’s episode, Paul Kendrick, executive director of Rust Belt Rising, returns to discuss the state of the election in the rust belt states and how he’s helping folks have a plan to get the vote out. Carmina Taylor, the founding leader of the We Can’t Wait PA Statewide Coalition, also joins us to discuss how she’s getting the vote out in rural PA, where voters maybe disengaged and need uplifting. Then Ernesto Apreza, the Colorado State Director with the Biden for President Campaign, explains importance of the Latinx vote and the future for the community beyond election day.

 

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