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- A Comic & Journalist Talk about the 3rd Eye Opening
Russ Green is a DC area based comic, writer, husband and father. He’s written for B.E.T. and other publications. His work aims to make us all think and laugh.
Find out more about Green on his Instagram @russ_jokes and here:
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg48 min - Young South Asian Activism
In this show Charu speaks to Vandana Pawa. Pawa is a community focused thought leader, writer, and educator whose passion lies in transforming institutions to create equitable spaces for learning, development, and civic participation. In creating these equitable spaces, those with barriers to success have the capacity to thrive in their work. She has held a variety of meaningful roles that have expanded her passion for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Civics focused work, including overseeing the Center for Community Action and Research at Pace University and the CommUNITY Education Program at Indiana University Bloomington, serving as the Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy Chair for the Asian Pacific Islander American Network for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and serving as a member of the Young Leaders Institute with national organization South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT).
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg21 min - Housing Equity, Environmental Justice and Black Lives Mattering
In this conversation Charu talks to Willie Jones, a community organizer and ordained minister in the Charlotte area.
In September 2014, Willie M. Jones retired from his position as Senior Vice President and Director of The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) after nearly 29 years with the organization. Mr. Jones was responsible for new project and program development across 16 states and the District of Columbia. He produced several thousand units of affordable urban housing while at TCB valued at approximately $500,000,000.
During his tenure at TCB, he led teams in securing and deploying six HOPE VI Grants exceeding $25 million. In 2009, Mr. Jones led the project team in winning a $78 million NSP2 award. This funding supported the development of over 1,500 units of housing. Mr. Jones managed the loan program. In 2012, he led another project team in securing nearly $30 million in funding for a revitalization program in Cincinnati, OH.
Mr. Jones has received multiple awards for his work in affordable housing and community economic development, particularly his work against redlining in urban minority neighborhoods. He was one architect behind the creation of the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation and served as the first community Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Community and Banking Council. Because of this work, he completed a three-year term on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2015, Mr. Jones was inducted into the Affordable Housing Finance magazine's Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of affordable housing.
Mr. Jones moved to the Charlotte, North Carolina area resigning from the Board of Directors of the Urban Edge Housing Corporation after serving four years. He previously was on the boards of two other CDCs serving the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. He was an officer at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he served as a Senior Steward, board chair of the Pastoral Residency Program (funded by the Lilly Endowment to help new pastors in transitioning from seminary student to full-time pastor), and the Pastor's Advisory Team that led a Chapter 11 Restructuring.
Since retiring, Mr. Jones has focused on strengthening the intersection between the faith community and community economic development. He volunteers as a mentor to recently released African Americans with the Exodus Foundation. He is the Board President of the Zachariah Alexander CDC, an affiliate of St. Paul Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. He assisted in closing the financing on a 112-unit family and 72-unit elderly affordable housing projects, both in rapidly gentrifying African American neighborhoods. He helped a local Presbyterian church draft an RFP and selecting a development partner to invest $2 million from its capital campaign towards producing affordable housing.
Mr. Jones is a 1974 graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology concentrating in Urban Planning. Before joining The Community Builders, Inc., he served as an assistant to the Dean at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. While employed at The Community Builders, he also served on the faculty at Tufts University's Urban and Environmental Policy Program and the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning's Professional Dwww.charukumarhia.com
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg31 min - Breaker of Chains, Breaker of Cycles
It’s not just a Game of Thrones reference, breaking chains and cycles that hold our society back is the work of the most brave among us.
As Season 5 of The Story with Charu starts - we talk about what are the things we need to work on ending.www.charukumarhia.com
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg13 min - The Pandemic Summer
Periodically I like to talk to my kids about what’s up and their thoughts. It’s a record for them to listen to decades later since they are also living thru history. In this episode they tell me how the summer went, their thoughts on sheltering in place thru Covid-19 and about returning to a virtual school.
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg14 min - Back to “School”
Across the country kids are returning to “school” - most in a way none of us are too thrilled about. As the strain of keeping kids focused and still working stresses families - women shoulder most of the burden. Working mother of 4, Jessica Milicevic talks about the mess and stress of motherhood.
Check out her heart felt story here:
https://www.businessinsider.com/type-a-mom-have-it-all-mental-breakdown
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg26 min - Slave Sleepover
Journalist and writer Charu Kumarhia interviews Joe McGill, the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project.
McGill became interested in spending the night at former slave cabins and dwellings thru his work as a Civil War re-enacter. The work allows him to share the story of his own ancestors before the tales are lost forever. He’s stayed at dozens of slave quarters across the country and aims to represent all of American history to the public.
Find more about the Slave Dwelling Project here:
https://slavedwellingproject.org/
Other articles/work about Joe McGill:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-mans-epic-quest-to-visit-every-former-slave-dwelling-in-the-united-states-12080/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRPRGaJwkowww.charukumarhia.com
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg32 min - South Asians Uplifting Black Lives
Journalist Charu Kumarhia talks with Swati Rayasam, an Indian activist based in the San Francisco/Bay Area about the intersection of South Asian identity and support of BLM.
You can find more on Rayasam’s work as a co-coordinator with Alliance of South Asians Taking Action here:
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg32 min - The Waving Man
Mike Knox has been sitting on his front porch in his small town waving at people for decades. The suburb of Charlotte may be growing, and traffic may be increasing but Knox still tries to sit out and wave hello to drivers going by daily. In this episode he talks about how the global pandemic has affected people and the changes he has seen over the past several years.
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg13 min - History Before Us, Part 2
Frederick Murphy, known to those lucky enough to know him “Murph”, calls himself a gatekeeper in capturing, preserving and advocating for history. He’s especially adept at those parts of history most of us don’t know much about...
In this interview (part 2 of a 2) Journalist Charu Kumarhia talks to Murph about how while exploring his own history, he became a documentarian and a filmmaker.
Follow Murph on Instagram: @historybeforeus
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VqE2HKl-9oNDnhz_xP9dg34 min
About The Story with Charu
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What are the stories we are told and what are the stories we believe? In most newsrooms across the world there is a morning meeting where reporters discuss the most important stories of the day and…
which ones to put resources into covering. We live in a time where information comes at us fast. It’s hard to take a breath or know what to trust. Knowledge is power, and when you know better you do better. I want to explore the questions we need to be asking, the stories we need to hear and what exactly is the truth.