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Chris and Jesse are joined again by the Rev. Dr. Gary Peluso-Verdend, executive director of the Center for Religion in Public Life at the Phillips Theological Seminary. They discuss the capital insurrection, the role that white supremacy and white Christian supremacy played in that, and how the entire history of western civilization is sadly tainted by white Christian supremacy and racism. More importantly however, they also discuss what you can do to fight it.

Check out Dr. Gary Peluso-Verdend's blog here: Blog Posts Archives - Phillips Theological Seminary (ptstulsa.edu)

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Dr. View (Dr. Stevie Johnson), the creative director for the Fire in Little Africa project, a multimedia project geared towards healing social injustices and exposing local talents. Dr. View talks with us about what the project entails and what people can expect; he discusses the cultural scene that has developed within Tulsa’s Greenwood District in recent years; he also discusses the racial issues that are still effecting the country today.

 To learn more about the FILA project, you can find them here website, or on Instagram

You can find Dr. View's dissertation here: CURRICULUM OF THE MIND: A BLACKCRIT, NARRATIVE INQUIRY, HIP-HOP ALBUM ON ANTI-BLACKNESS & FREEDOM FOR BLACK MALE COLLEGIANS AT HISTORICALLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Lindsay Jordan, who is the Founder & CEO of Write On Fundraising. Her company helps nonprofit organizations meet their fundraising goals by providing expert-level grant writing, policy design, research and evaluation, and program development services. They talk with Lindsay about how Write on Fundraising came to be, how fundraising itself has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic and why nonprofits often fail at keeping talented employees.

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Ken Levit, Executive Director of the George Kaiser Family Foundation to talk about what the Foundation did to pivot during the pandemic, what their plans are for 2021, and most importantly, what secrets can he reveal from his time as General Council for the CIA. Please check out our end of 2020 episode to hear all about what has Ken excited for 2021.

To learn more about GKFF check out their website, Or on Facebook

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Jesse and Chris are joined by Executive Director of TYPROS (Tulsa Young Professionals) Andrea Pemberton. Andrea talks about her journey to Tulsa, how TYPROS got her where she is today, and what they are building towards in 2021. She gives Pod4Good an exclusive preview into a new program, that will help young professionals learn about what they will need to run for public office. She discusses what she has been doing to stay sane during the pandemic, and what this economic downturn has done for young professionals.

Check out TYPROS either on their website https://www.typros.org/, or Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/typros, or Twitter, https://twitter.com/TYPros, or Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/typros/

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Kuma Roberts, Vice-President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce. She tells us about how she became a DEI expert, what she has learned in that time, what does DEI look like when it comes to businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, and how to learn from your own biases. Kuma is also the Executive Director of Mosiac. Mosiac will educate, lead and influence businesses on creative diverse and inclusvie workforce cultures to enhance their competitive advantage. Mosaic holds regular meeting on the third Tuesday of every month from 8:15-9:30 a.m. at Oklahomans for Equality, 621 E 4th St. (Currently on Zoom, check their Facebook page for more info.) Individuals and corporate representatives are all welcome!

Mosaic on the Web: Home - Mosaic (mosaictulsa.com)

Mosaic on Facebook: Mosaic Tulsa | Facebook

Great Quotes:

 “it made me think a lot more about the way I say things and that I too have my own biases and my own things that I say that are uncomfortable and make people feel some kind of way.”

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Chris and Jesse are joined by Obum Ukabam, who by day is the Head of Admissions & Marketing Manager at Holberton Tulsa, but by night is a leader and volunteer for so many organizations that Jesse actually had to increase his own speech rate to name them all. Hear him discuss his passion for the Tulsa Debate League, FC Tulsa partnering with the Dream Center, and Holberton, of course.

With Giving Tuesday coming up, we at Pod4Good are asking you to help Obum raise money for the Tulsa Debate League. You can help students learn all the useful skills debate offers and help train the next generation of leaders. Please Donate Here and follow them on Facebook.

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Carlos Moreno joins Jesse and Chris to discuss the Victory of Greenwood, a project that endeavors to tell the story of Greenwood from the perspective of the heroes and entrepreneurs who built Greenwood and then rebuilt it after its destruction. They are doing that via a book, that will come out in May 2021, a collection of those stories being published in the New Tulsa Star, an upcoming exhibit at the Center for Public Secrets and coming in 2021, a podcast.

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For the1 year anniversary of Pod4Good, Chris and Jesse host a livestream with some of our favorite guests and friends from the past year. We start off with recent guest Tommy Yap to update us on the Tulsa Voter Van and how they need funds to help buy cleaning supplies. Donate at www.donate.tulsavotervan.com. Then they are joined by Fairy Godmother of Pod4Good, Marcia Bruno-Todd and her daughter and occasional fan of the show, Emilia. She finally answers the most important question, who is Marcia's favorite. The answer is Jesse (yay!)

Next is a panel discussion with Arielle Davis, Laura Bellis, Kara Joy McKee, Matt Gleason, Quraysh Ali Lansana and special guest DeVon Douglass.

It is both fun and passionate episode, and please donate to the Tulsa Voter Van and don't forget to subscribe to Pod4Good anywhere podcasts can be found.

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Tyrance Billingsley II joins Jesse and Chris to talk about Black Tech Street. Black Tech Street looks to build a thriving capitol of Black tech in Tulsa, starting on the grounds of Black Wall Street. Tyrance talks about his vision for Black Tech Street as a way to create both innovation and wealth for Tulsa's Black community and why using technology is the key. He also says that his driving philosophy in life is built around the idea of Ubuntu (not the operating system for my fellow tech nerds out there) but the Zulu word Ubuntu, which sometimes gets translated as "I am because we are" or "humanity towards others." Listen to a fantastic discussion that covers all of the pillars of that helped shape Black Tech Street. You might also enjoy a brief discussion on the series finale of Game of Thrones.

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