The Wisdom & The Work

The Wisdom & The Work

The Wisdom & The Work is a podcast that emphasizes the value of privileging the wisdom of Black and Brown people, and challenging white people to step up and do the work, in order to move towards racial justice.

Episodes

February 14, 2023 63 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Jennifer Bailey and Margaret Ernst, colleagues who are working together to build radically inclusive spaces by disrupting systems that render any human as other and establishing an authentic community. Jen is an ordained minister, public theologian, and national leader in the multi-faith movement for justice. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Faith Matters Network. Margaret ...

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Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Carl W Kenney II and Julia Bowden, two activist leaders whose relationship is deeply rooted in their faith-led justice work. Carl is a Pastor and award-winning author, who is known, among other things, for his popular blog Rev-elution. Julia is an elder in full connection with the NC Conference of the United Methodist  Church. She has been a hospital chaplain and a United Methodist Pastor....

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January 27, 2023 55 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Shantell Hinton-Hill and Lyndsey Godwin, two of who met at the intersection of their common struggle to make sense of their multiple identities and what they mean for living integral and ethical lives. Shantell is Senior Equity Officer at The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock, Arkansas. Lyndsey is an organizer and activist with a focus on queer liberation and reproductive free...

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January 20, 2023 51 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Whitney Tucker and Wesley Tharpe to discuss their professional policy work to make space across our country for all to be “as big as they are.” Whitney is the Deputy Director for Research and Wesley is Deputy Director of State Policy Research at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The honesty and trust in their relationship acknowledges that while they are partners in racial justic...

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January 13, 2023 61 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Keith Daniel and Tom Droege to discuss their very intentional efforts to build a working relationship of parity, while still managing deeply embedded power dynamics as a result of the white dominant system we all live in. Keith and Tom are partners in Resilient Ventures the goal of which is to close the existing wealth gap by expanding access to capital, networks, and opportunity for Afric...

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January 6, 2023 50 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Sabrina Slade and Kellan Moore to discuss how they communicate, listen to one another and build trust in their working relationship.  Sabrina is CEO of Racial Equity and Advocacy and Kellan is the Executive Director of John Rex Endowment in Raleigh, NC.  Together they are committed to “turning philanthropy on its head.”

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December 30, 2022 52 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Melissa Forde and LaTonya McKoy to talk about the tools they have been using to decenter whiteness.

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December 23, 2022 53 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with Anika Whitfield and Zachary crow to discuss their work battling the injustices of capitalism and white supremacy.

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December 16, 2022 59 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with two friends, Melvin Bray and Sharon Groves talk about the mutuality of their liberation as they work in tandem to build racial equity.

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December 9, 2022 44 mins

Join Sterling Freeman as he sits down with two faith leaders to discuss how to build racial equity from the margins.

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December 9, 2022 46 mins

Join host Sterling Freeman as he sits down to chat with guests Kathleen Crabbs and Gita Gulati-Partee. 

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December 9, 2022 31 secs

Hosted by Sterling Freeman and produced by Crystal Cheatham, “The Wisdom & The Work” features activists, scholars and “scholactivists” who have dedicated themselves to racial justice. Join us tomorrow, January 6th on the anniversary of the capitol insurrection to relive how far we’ve come in a year since that tragic day. What can we do to dismantle and change our collective behaviour? Listen to The Wisdom and The Work starting Janu...

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