A conversation with award-winning filmmaker, Gilda Sheppard. Gilda Louise Sheppard was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She is an award-winning filmmaker whose documentaries include stories of resilience of Liberian women and children refugees in Ghana; three generations of Black families in an urban neighborhood; and a film ethnography of stories from folklore started by Zora Neale Hurston in Alabama's AfricanTown. She is currently working on Since I Been Down, a film t

A conversation with Judge William Murphy and Amy Fettig. This month, Amy Fettig joined our conversation with Judge Murphy for The Justice Beat's legal hour. The purpose of the legal hour is to provide our listening audience with advocacy strategies, litigation strategies, and/or next steps for tackling social justice reform issues. This week, we had the opportunity to speak at length with Fettig and Murphy regarding criminal justice reform and sentencing. William H. Murphy, J

A conversation with Dr. Thomas Fuentes, Judge David Morris, & Judge William Murphy. Once a month, we will be hosting a legal hour moderated by Judge William Murphy. The purpose of the legal hour is to provide our listening audience with advocacy strategies, litigation strategies, and/or next steps for tackling social justice reform issues. This week, we had the opportunity to speak with Judge David Morris and Dr. Thomas Fuentes regarding issues surrounding policing. Morris an

(as it relates to the Black Lives Matter movement) This week's guest on The Justice Beat Talk Show was Jonathon Peck, CEO of Civic Lab, a nonprofit community-facing "do tank" dedicated to accelerating and deepening grassroots democracy, civil engagement, and social justice efforts through collaboration, education and innovation. We spoke at length with Mr. Peck about socialization and liberation in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Cycle of Socialization hel

The Bloody Summer of 2020, the mob that stormed the Capitol, defunding the police, and more. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme." During the red summer of 1919, cities across America were plagued by unrest when white mobs continuously incited brutality against Black people. During this time, communities were still fighting a third wave of the pandemic known as the Spanish flu. Sound familiar? This period shows uncanny resemblance to this past summer, which