Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free
Society & Culture
Tammy Tai & Greg Ball
Did you know that Boston played a major role in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? I didn't. Turns out Boston was where he got his PhD, studied with his mentor Howard Thurman, and met Coretta Scott.
Clearly, Boston was a significant place in both their lives. In 2022 a sculpture will be installed on the Boston Common in honor of them both. But that is just one part of what is happening.
King Boston, an organization dedicated to uplifting the role that Boston played in their lives, is creating numerous initiatives and programs with the goal of continuing and expanding the work that they were both so dedicated to.
In this conversation I speak with Tammy Tai and Greg Ball of King Boston about Martin and Coretta King as well as about what their vision is for how they can move Boston from being one of the most racist cities in the country to a city that honors and lives out the vision of the Kings.
In this conversation Tammy and Greg also give us insight into Dr. King as he truly was rather than the incomplete, and perhaps more palatable version for some, that most are familiar with.
I loved talking with them, I love what they are part of, and I think that anyone who holds Dr. and Mrs. King up as models and icons owes it to themselves to hear what King Boston is doing.
For a written transcript of this conversation go here.
Three Action Steps:
Connect with them at KingBoston.org (especially if you live nearby, get involved with their initiatives).
Spread the word about the work they are doing.
Financially support their work if you can.
Resources:
King Boston
Connect with Tammy and Greg:
Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
Connect with Tammy at King Boston
Connect with Greg on LinkedIn
Connect with Greg at King Boston
Getting Me Cheap
Navigating being undocumented in the U.S.
Kat & Omkari interview each other
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class w/ Blair Kelley
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself w/author David Mura
Leah Penniman and Black Earth Wisdom
Bridging the Societal Divide with Debilyn Molineaux
Black Athletes and Sports Justice with Shaun Anderson
Critical Media Literacy with Allison Butler
Young People are the Future, He’s Helping Elect Them
Emerald Garner is Seeking Justice
The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance
Kelli Stewart Saving At Risk Black Boys with Baseball
Will Jawando on the Importance of Black Fathers
Detoxing from America’s wellness culture with Kerri Kelly
Shawn Ginwright and The Four Pivots
Tatenda Musapatike: Changing How We Get Out the Vote!
Nisha Anand and the Power of Choosing Common Ground
The Fight for America’s Soul with Scholar Obery Hendricks
Land Justice & Liberation with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Dairyland Frights
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL