Life After the Impact

Life After the Impact
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This is Life After the Impact, a podcast FOR impacted families BY impacted families that focuses on what happens after the media, the lawyers, and the activists are gone. Impacted families are left to face the loss of a loved one to police sponsored violence. We will focus on their continued fight for justice and how YOU can get involved.

  1. Civil Rights and Civil Unrest Part 2: A Pattern Not an Incident

    6D AGO

    Civil Rights and Civil Unrest Part 2: A Pattern Not an Incident

    Tuesday, February 17th, hosts Roxane Johnson and LaToya Benton will be continuing their discussion, putting current civil unrest and political repression in historical context. Join us in discussion Tuesday at 9 pm EST.

    46 min
  2. Civil Rights and Civil Unrest: A Pattern Not an Incident

    6D AGO

    Civil Rights and Civil Unrest: A Pattern Not an Incident

    Tuesday, February 3rd, hosts Roxane Johnson and LaToya Benton will be putting current civil unrest and political repression in historical context. Join us in discussion Tuesday at 9 pm EST.

    31 min
  3. Life After the Impact: Justice for Chello Featuring Deonte Cooley and Malcolm Pullium

    JAN 21

    Life After the Impact: Justice for Chello Featuring Deonte Cooley and Malcolm Pullium

    🎙️ This Tuesday at 9PM — Life After the Impact We discuss the indictment in the killing of Marchello “Chello” Woodard and ask the hard questions about accountability, transparency, and justice. 🎧 Featuring community voices Deonte Cooley and Malcolm Pullium 📅 1/20 | 🕘 9PM #JusticeForChello #LifeAfterTheImpact #AccountabilityNow #EriePA #CommunityVoices #SayHisName Castill was just a teenager when her brother was killed. Since then, she has transformed grief into purpose advocating for truth, accountability, and systemic change while uplifting families impacted by police violence. In this powerful conversation, Castill speaks to the lasting impact of loss, the fight to reclaim her brother’s humanity, and what healing and justice look like beyond the moment of tragedy. Join us January 13, 2026 at 9 PM EST for an honest and moving discussion about remembrance, resilience, and life after the impact

    1h 7m
  4. Life After the Impact: Justice for Herbert Hightower Featuring His Sister Castill Hightower

    JAN 14

    Life After the Impact: Justice for Herbert Hightower Featuring His Sister Castill Hightower

    On this episode of Life After the Impact, we sit down with Castill Hightower, sister of Herbert Hightower Jr., whose life was tragically cut short during a mental health crisis involving Seattle police. Herbert’s story, long mischaracterized as “suicide by cop,” reflects a broader and troubling history of law enforcement responses to people in crisis. Castill was just a teenager when her brother was killed. Since then, she has transformed grief into purpose advocating for truth, accountability, and systemic change while uplifting families impacted by police violence. In this powerful conversation, Castill speaks to the lasting impact of loss, the fight to reclaim her brother’s humanity, and what healing and justice look like beyond the moment of tragedy. Join us January 13, 2026 at 9 PM EST for an honest and moving discussion about remembrance, resilience, and life after the impact.

    40 min
  5. Life After the Impact: 2025 The Year In Review & 2026 The Year Ahead

    JAN 7

    Life After the Impact: 2025 The Year In Review & 2026 The Year Ahead

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    39 min
  6. What Does Civic Duty Mean To You?

    12/29/2025

    What Does Civic Duty Mean To You?

    What Does Civic Duty Mean to You? Life After the Impact with: Chylanna Maley Rick Hartley Calvin Peterson Charles Elliot Hilary Robbins Hellerbach & Jabari Lane

    1h 22m
  7. Holistic Health in the Fight for Justice

    11/19/2025

    Holistic Health in the Fight for Justice

    Join Us Tuesday, November 19th for a powerful conversation on the importance of holistic health in the fight for justice — exploring how mental, emotional, and spiritual rejuvenation are essential to our collective healing and liberation. Our featured guests: Asia “Sunrise” Hawk Founder & CEO, A Sunrise Seeker Services Certified Wholistic Wellness & Nutritional Counselor | Breathologist | Reiki Practitioner | HUD Housing Counselor Asia “Sunrise” is a Certified Holistic Nutritional Counselor, Breathologist, and Reiki Practitioner with deep spiritual roots and a passion for natural living. After overcoming over a decade of addiction, ancestral trauma, and personal transformation, she answered the call to heal herself — and now helps others do the same. Through A Sunrise Seeker Services, she offers holistic assessments, treatments, workshops, and individualized guidance for those navigating addiction, trauma, and the desire to live with greater balance and intention. A Sunrise Seeker Services, LLC Healthy birthing • Healing • Natural living • Natural life transitioning Website: ASunriseSeeker.Services Tansy McNulty Founder & CEO, One Million Madly Motivated Moms (OM³) Tansy leads One Million Madly Motivated Moms, a national movement dedicated to transforming public safety through prevention strategies, supporting families impacted by police violence, and centering the mental wellness of Black families. Her leadership embodies the power of purpose, community care, and collective healing. linktr.ee/1M4 1m4.org Join us as we talk about justice, wellness, and the journey to wholeness — body, mind, and spirit. Together, we rise. #nationalcaregiversmonth

    55 min
  8. Over-Policing in Washington DC With Darby Hickey, Senior Policy Counsel at DC Justice Lab

    11/19/2025

    Over-Policing in Washington DC With Darby Hickey, Senior Policy Counsel at DC Justice Lab

    DC Justice Lab is Actively Opposing Bills in Congress to repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2021 would have the following effects: • Restore the old officer discipline process that allows officers who commit major misconduct to stay at MPD when leaders want to fire them; • Remove limits on police engaging in vehicle pursuits, which are dangerous to everyone; • Decrease access to body-worn camera footage; • Decrease training and standards for officers; • Allow MPD to hire officers who (1) were found by another law enforcement agency to have committed serious misconduct, (2) were terminated or forced to resign for disciplinary reasons, or (3) resigned to avoid disciplinary action or termination; • Decrease oversight and accountability by removing residents from the Police Complaints Board and Use of Force Review Board; • Remove the requirement that police tell people they don't have to consent to searches; • Allow more use of military weapons; and • Allow more use of internationally banned chemical weapons, riot gear, and less-lethal projectiles against people exercising first amendment rights. TUNE IN! FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

    38 min
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This is Life After the Impact, a podcast FOR impacted families BY impacted families that focuses on what happens after the media, the lawyers, and the activists are gone. Impacted families are left to face the loss of a loved one to police sponsored violence. We will focus on their continued fight for justice and how YOU can get involved.

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  • Creator
    Life After the Impact
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023
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    Life After the Impact