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Dr. Byron Green-Calisch shares how he turned 14 years of higher education and leadership research into consulting, public media work, and activism in Florida. He shares how racialized campus crime alerts and gaps in leadership education shaped his scholarship and pushed him to claim roles as educator, activist, and healer, grounded in collective liberation and a desire to help the helpers.
Byron also tells the origin story of the cookout moment that led him to co-found Justice Over Everything with State Rep. Michele Rayner, Esq., a coalition-based social justice center that leads with an intersectional approach dedicated to activating, fortifying, and uplifting communities in the margins of the margins.
We talk about the importance of intergenerational work, supporting the helpers, and why creating spaces for activism and healing are necessary for lasting change.
Connect with Byron on Instagram @Dr_BGC and @Justice_over_Everything
00:00 Cookout Reality Check
00:46 Elders to Us Moment
01:14 Stepping Up Ourselves
01:47 Justice Center Vision
03:11 The Village Program
03:39 Fixing the Burning House
04:18 Florida as National Playbook
05:01 Coalition Umbrella Model
05:20 Never Stop Fighting
33:22 Coaching for Community
34:31 Building a Justice Hub
36:35 Educate Before Activate
38:09 Hidden Dangers in Bills
42:29 Moments That Affirm
47:15 Passing the Baton
51:45 Influences and Mentors
01:02:04 Support Networks and Sacrifice
01:03:40 Three Social Justice Prompts
01:08:32 Message to the Future
01:09:54 Recreating Home
01:11:16 Closing and How to Support
Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/SocialJusticeOriginStories
Visit the Social Justice Origin Stories Project Website: https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com
Listen to Social Justice Origin Stories on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories/id1771268991
Follow Social Justice Origin Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialjusticeoriginstories/
Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.
By Relando Thompkins-JonesDr. Byron Green-Calisch shares how he turned 14 years of higher education and leadership research into consulting, public media work, and activism in Florida. He shares how racialized campus crime alerts and gaps in leadership education shaped his scholarship and pushed him to claim roles as educator, activist, and healer, grounded in collective liberation and a desire to help the helpers.
Byron also tells the origin story of the cookout moment that led him to co-found Justice Over Everything with State Rep. Michele Rayner, Esq., a coalition-based social justice center that leads with an intersectional approach dedicated to activating, fortifying, and uplifting communities in the margins of the margins.
We talk about the importance of intergenerational work, supporting the helpers, and why creating spaces for activism and healing are necessary for lasting change.
Connect with Byron on Instagram @Dr_BGC and @Justice_over_Everything
00:00 Cookout Reality Check
00:46 Elders to Us Moment
01:14 Stepping Up Ourselves
01:47 Justice Center Vision
03:11 The Village Program
03:39 Fixing the Burning House
04:18 Florida as National Playbook
05:01 Coalition Umbrella Model
05:20 Never Stop Fighting
33:22 Coaching for Community
34:31 Building a Justice Hub
36:35 Educate Before Activate
38:09 Hidden Dangers in Bills
42:29 Moments That Affirm
47:15 Passing the Baton
51:45 Influences and Mentors
01:02:04 Support Networks and Sacrifice
01:03:40 Three Social Justice Prompts
01:08:32 Message to the Future
01:09:54 Recreating Home
01:11:16 Closing and How to Support
Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/SocialJusticeOriginStories
Visit the Social Justice Origin Stories Project Website: https://socialjusticeoriginstories.com
Listen to Social Justice Origin Stories on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-justice-origin-stories/id1771268991
Follow Social Justice Origin Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialjusticeoriginstories/
Social Justice Origin Stories is produced, edited, and hosted by Relando Thompkins-Jones.