In this episode, Corey sits down with Ben McBride who is a native of San Francisco, spiritual leader and longtime activist for peace and justice in the Bay Area. In 2008, he relocated his family to a difficult neighborhood in Oakland called the “Kill Zone” to understand and respond to the epidemic of gun violence, firsthand. During this tenure, he was an instrumental leader of relaunching Oakland’s first successful iteration of Operation Ceasefire, a data-driven, violence reduction strategy, contributing heavily to a 50% reduction in homicides over five years.
Corey and Ben talk about justice, "woke culture" and the nuances of trying to promote justice in a polarized society.
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Episode 35 (Jesus and Black People) with Andre Henry
Episode 34 (The Spirit of Resistance) with Linda Sarsour
Episode 33 (People of Good Will - Talking Grass Roots Reparations) with Tori Williams Douglass
Episode 32 (Jesus "Still" Loves You) with Jon Sloan
Episode 31 (Cotton built America - a Juneteenth Conversation) with Lettie Shumate
Episode 30 (The Black Dollar, Justice, and Power) with Jimi Cravity
Episode 29 (The Kids are Alright) with Tiana Day
Episode 28 (Interesting To Say the Least) with Eric Reid
Episode 27 (Raising Kids in an Anti-Black World - A Sitcom of Grief) with Julie Leak
Episode 26 (Whiteness is Awful) with Science Mike
Episode 25 (Why Can't Q Go to Recess) with Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft
Episode 24 (Spoiler Alert - What You're Facing is Grief - Coping with Covid-19) with Dani Fitch
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Episode 21 (I Am Not a Virus) with Kathy Khang
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