Accomplices for Justice - Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes

Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together.

Let's move our conversations into public libraries, schools, and college campuses!

Solidarity - an essential aspect of freedom - and what we are to do about it.

Factuality - truth as an essential aspect of freedom.

Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility.
Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series.
Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum.

Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss where we go on issues of DEI and Affirmative Action, remembering Roy Ayers, and more.

Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.

Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.

Inspired by Mary Anne Franks' "Fearless Speech" Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, and guests, discuss how free speech and justice form a center in our struggles to make things better for everyone.

Minority rule in America - its awful and long history, from the Constitutional Convention, to its harrowing present in State Houses and the Supreme Court - and what to do about it.

Talking about Ari Berman's excellent book: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It.

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we look at VP Kamala Harris' nomination - what are its impacts on patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and gender in America?

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice and against the structures of predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we look at the environmental racism, especially in Buffalo, with expert Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts.

Live and in person from the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, talking about housing inequity, the need for honest history, and so much more.