The Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast

The Leadership Center for Social Justice
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The Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast seeks to open a space for critical theological conversations about pressing social issues we face in our world today. New episodes released every other week!

  1. 04/17/2024

    Organizing in the Spirit of Accompaniment (live event)

    This episode features a presentation from Rev. Dr. Ry Siggelkow and Ricardo Perez on Organizing in the Spirit of Accompaniment.  In this episode,  Ry and Ricardo share stories of accompaniment through Ella Baker, SNCC, the Zapatistas and Pueblo de Lucha y Esperanza.  Resources -The Zapatista Principles -Pueblos de Lucha y Esperanza Episode Transcription available here Host: Ry O. Siggelkow Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj Episode Recorded on October 24th, 2023 You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    1h 17m

  2. 03/20/2024

    What’s My Part?: A Conversation with Jamil Stamschror-Lott

    This episode is a re-release of the Soul of Social Transformation Podcast hosted by Rev. Dr. Gary Green II and Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis. How do the unique vocational gifts of each of us within the collaborative, collective, and necessarily ongoing nature of social justice work? How might our contributions relate to the wider community that is seeking wholeness? What is our responsibility to one another to create a better world? How do we find meaning and purpose in our part of the work, trusting others to do theirs? We're speaking with Jamil Stamschror-Lott. He and his wife are the founders of Creative Kuponya, a mental health practice in Minneapolis. In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, mental health experts have seen a rise in Black people seeking therapy and Creative Kuponya looks to create a place for Black people to connect with Black therapists. His work has been featured in the New York Times. Resources -Creative Kuponya Episode Transcription available here Host: Gary F. Green II, Justin Sabia-Tanis Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    49 min

  3. 03/06/2024

    The Sanctuary Movement and Faith-Filled Civil Initiative: A Conversation with John Fife

    This episode features a conversation with former pastor and co-founder of No More Deaths, Rev. John Fife. John reflects on the sanctuary movement that his church in Tucson, Arizona built in the 1980’s. He shares how the movement has changed and shifted in the decades since and how social change arose out of a deep commitment to faith and the initiative of communities to protect and care for each other.  Resources -No More Deaths/ No Más Muertes Episode Transcription available here Host: Ry O. Siggelkow Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj Episode Recorded on December 11th, 2023 You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    1h 4m

  4. 02/21/2024

    Playing the Game: Unmarking "Beast" from the Bodies of Young Black Men: A Conversation with Gary F. Green II

    This episode features a conversation with theologian and professor, Rev. Dr. Gary F. Green II. Dr. Green shares about his research and his dissertation, Playing the Game: Unmarking “Beast” from the Bodies of Young Black Men. He reflects on the societal creation of realities and the potential of “play space” to release us from cultural codes and routines that recreate race and racism. Resources -Black Athleticism beyond “Beast”: Social Transformation Lunch led by Gary Green -Gary F. Green II Episode Transcription available here Host: Ry O. Siggelkow Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj Episode Recorded on November 28th, 2022 You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    35 min

  5. 02/07/2024

    Hospitality, Compassion and the Transformative Power of Love: A Conversation with Rachel E. Harding

    This episode features a conversation with Rachel E. Harding. Rachel is an associate professor of Indigenous Spiritual traditions in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Rachel also co-directs the Veterans of Hope project, a community initiative on religion, creativity, and inclusive democracy. A native of Georgia, she is a writer, historian, and poet, and a specialist in religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. In her scholarship, she examines the relationship between religion, creativity, and social justice activism in cross-cultural perspective. In this episode, Rachel shares about the book that she wrote with her mother, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering. Rachel shares stories about the spirit and the faith that sustained social justice work in her family's life and in her own life. Resources -Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering -The Veterans of Hope Project -Rachel E. Harding Website Episode Transcription available here Host: Ry O. Siggelkow Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj Episode Recorded on December 4th, 2023 You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    1h 22m

  6. 01/24/2024

    The Soul of Social Justice: A Conversation with DeWayne Davis

    This episode is a re-release of the Soul of Social Transformation Podcast hosted by Rev. Dr. Gary Green II and Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis. In this episode, we look at our visions for a different world and what it takes to get there. What does vocation mean? What is our life’s work meant to be and how does that relate to the changes we need to see around us? Before serving as Lead Pastor for Plymouth Congregational, our guest DeWayne Davis previously worked as a policy analyst in the Office of Governmental Relations for the Episcopal Church, as a lobbyist for Sallie Mae, and a decade as a Senior Legislative Assistant for three members of the U.S. Congress. He is married to Kareem Murphy, director of Government Relations for Hennepin County. Resources -More info on DeWayne Davis Episode Transcription available here Host: Gary F. Green II, Justin Sabia-Tanis Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    56 min

  7. 01/11/2024

    Accompaniment: A Conversation with Alice Lynd

    This episode features a conversation with author, lawyer, and veteran activist Alice Lynd. Alice shares about the work of accompaniment to which she and her late husband Staughton Lynd committed their life. In this episode, Lynd shares her wisdom about the practice of nonviolence, Quaker liberation theology, and the meaning of accompaniment. In memory of Staughton (1929-2022) and in collaboration with Alice, his lifelong companion and co-conspirator, the Leadership Center for Social Justice is excited to announce "Acting Together: A Series on Accompaniment," featuring conversations that explore the various dimensions of accompaniment and the possibilities it holds today for social justice. This special episode with Alice Lynd is intended to introduce listeners to some of the themes of this series. If you enjoyed this episode and are interested in learning more about how accompaniment relates to care work and social justice, please join us on January 31 at 6:30pm (CT) in-person or online for "Caregivers in a Care-Less Society: A Panel on Care Work and Social Justice" featuring practitioners and scholars working at the intersections of pastoral and health care, disability justice, and social medicine.  Resources -Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change -We Won’t Go: Personal Accounts of War Objectors -Nonviolence in America -Liberation Theology for Quakers Episode Transcription available here Host: Ry O. Siggelkow Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj Episode Recorded on October 21st, 2023 You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    1h 11m

  8. 12/15/2023

    The Ground We Stand On: A Conversation with Jim Bear Jacobs

    This episode is a re-release of the Soul of Social Transformation Podcast hosted by Rev. Dr. Gary Green II and Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis. This episode will invite participants to see themselves as a part of a long path of justice work, with foundations laid by our ancestors and continuing to this day. We will consider who created the ground we stand on and how we take participatory ownership in the work ahead. If the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, who has contributed to its bending and how? And what is our responsibility for what is needed in the future? Our guest is Jim Bear Jacobs, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation, an American Indian tribe located in central Wisconsin. He is Program Director for Racial Justice for the Minnesota Council of Churches and is founder of “Healing Minnesota Stories,” an initiative dedicated to creating events of dialogue, education, and healing, particularly within faith communities. Resources -Healing Minnesota Stories Episode Transcription available here Host: Gary F. Green II, Justin Sabia-Tanis Producer: Adam Pfuhl Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua You can find out more about the Leadership Center for Social Justice on our website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

    59 min
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