She Shifted Podcast

No More Root Drama- Keeping the Conversation on Racism Going Part 1


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Tafeni L. English is the director of the SPLC’s Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) in Montgomery, Alabama. The CRMC is an interpretive center that provides visitors with a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement and includes the Civil Rights Memorial, which honors 40 men, women, and children killed during the movement. In addition to overseeing the CRMC, English regularly travels across the country to speak about combating hate and extremism.  This episode Tafeni addresses the impact did her personal experiences have had on your professional desire to educate others about the civil rights movement and the continued efforts for civil and human rights today?  Tafeni will address what's going on in our nation today and as the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Memorial Center if she believes that people can be oblivious to the depth of racism in this country? She will share insight from her article  It's time to demand justice for black people,  she wrote…." Understanding the past sheds light on where we are now", did she think people have forgotten, dismissed the past as that was then this is now?  She will shed light on the impact racism has had on the various domains of wellness in African Americans.  Respond to how critical is it for each generation to participate in devising means to which real change can occur. The role women play in the current civil rights movement.  As a prayer warrior….and social justice advocate for over 20 years, you've seen and heard a lot around injustice. How essential is it for us to pray for strategy as we continue to navigate racism and injustice  Tafeni will educate some of us and remind most of us to shift.

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