Several weeks ago we spoke with Joe White, Pastor of Neighborhood Church in Fresno about his lifelong commitment to seeing neighborhoods improved in Fresno and how each of us can be part of that change.

Joe White

Neighborhood Church

Jackson Community Development Corporation

Lowell Neighborhood

Dickey Playground

Edison High School

Wise Old Owl

Vancouver

Granville Chapel Vancouver BC

Alta Vista Tract Fresno

National Main Street

Esther Carver-Lowell CDC

John Perkins

Hanford Thursday Night Market Place

Vision 22 Fresno

Paraclete Missionary Baptist Church

Paul’s Leadership Coaching Cohort

What’s on your mind?

Conspiracy Theories

Doing Household Projects

Andy Crouch

Gazebo Gardens

Transcript: Transcribed by AI, not 100% guaranteed accurate.

[00:00:00] Joe White: [00:00:00] I think it's the responsibility that we have.  Fresno is, we all know it's fifth poorest city in America.

[00:00:04]we have 22 of the highest concentrated poverty neighborhoods, , which makes, pushing big rocks up Hill,  very difficult.  and so , , the reality is we're in such a desperate situation.  If you do have. resources available to you as I do.

[00:00:19] It's not the time to sit in the stands. 

[00:00:21] Two Guys Liner: [00:00:21] podcast of two guys talking. Fresno are two guys are mr. Fresno, Craig Sharpton. I'm longtime radio talk show host, Paul swear, engine Paul and Craig talking Fresno on the two guys talking Fresno podcast. Now here's Craig and Paul 

[00:00:37] Paul Swearengin: [00:00:37] and we're zooming 

[00:00:38] Craig Scharton: [00:00:38] again. Yeah, I love it. 

[00:00:41] Paul Swearengin: [00:00:41] we are we're properly social distancing, Ashley and I went and went grocery shopping.  I don't know what the decorum is on this cause there was a dad and his sort of.

[00:00:51] You know, older teenage son, and as we're coming down the aisle, they'll be coming the other way. And we kept running into each other in that same way. And they didn't know social distancing at [00:01:00] all. And they had no masks. And like, even with like reach over our cart to get some, I was like, actually, and I laid her, like I was low key, really bugged by this, you know?

[00:01:10] And didn't know, I said, what is the decorum? When do we get to say, Hey, bud, back off with your, with your virus germs, my friend. 

[00:01:18] Craig Scharton: [00:01:18] Yeah, it was, I talked to a lady who was at the grocery store and, you know, after you're done the, but you haven't finished bagging, the checker started checking the next person and the other lady started coming and bagging right next to her and even grabbed a couple of her items.

[00:01:37] And she was 

[00:01:38] Joe White: [00:01:38] like, 

[00:01:38] Craig Scharton: [00:01:38] I just wasn't going to kill her. And I had to like yell at the clerk and go, why would you start what with one birth or when the other person wasn't done called the manager and everything else. 

[00:01:50] Paul Swearengin: [00:01:50] It's the other skill we're having to learn in this time is bagging our own groceries. So that's, that's another thing we're going to come out of this with a lot of skills to zoom [00:02:00] skills, bagging our groceries, making masks.

[00:02:03] Craig Scharton: [00:02:03] My pepper spray handy.

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[00:02:08] Paul Swearengin: [00:02:08] Alright. We have a great guest today on the show. This is going to be fun.