Intersectionality Matters‪!‬ African American Policy Forum

It’s Freedom Summer 2024! We’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964, and kicking off our annual Critical Race Theory Summer School in the locus for the recent attacks on racial justice and democracy: Nashville, Tennessee.
Host, Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by CRT Summer School contributors, Tennessee Representative Justin Jones; Superintendent for CRT summer school and celebrated educator, radio host, and film producer—Kaye Wise Whitehead; and Tim Wise, a groundbreaking anti-racist thinker, author and educator who is also a senior fellow with the AAPF. They discuss Project 2025, the attacks on our democracy, and why Tennessee is the tip of the spear in the fight to keep democracy alive.

Join us in person and online for CRT Summer School 2024: Register now for CRT Summer School 

Hosted by: Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)

Featured Guests:
Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) 
Kaye Wise Whitehead (@kayewhitehead)
Tim Wise (@timjacobwise)

Senior Producer Nicole Edwards
Associate Producer Madison Belo
Mixing by Sean Dunnam 
Episode art by Ashley Julien
Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Join host Kimberlé Crenshaw behind the scenes at the African American Policy Forum in this series of brief, intimate conversations on intersectionality and how we can use it to interpret and navigate our multiracial democracy.
This episode features anti-racist author, educator, and lecturer Tim Wise (@timjacobwise)
Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Produced by Sr. Producer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Episode art by Ashley Julien
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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Join host Kimberlé Crenshaw behind the scenes at the African American Policy Forum in this series of brief, intimate conversations on intersectionality and how we can use it to interpret and navigate our multiracial democracy.
This episode features comedian and Emmy-nominated director CJ Hunt (http://gocjhunt.com/).
Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Produced by Sr. Producer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Episode art by Ashley Julien
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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Guest Dawn Porter, director of Luther: Never Too Much, joins host Kimberlé Crenshaw to discuss a new Luther Vandross biopic. They explore Luther's unmatched artistry, the intersections of the pop star's lived experience that stopped him from receiving the accolades he rightfully deserved, and his legacy as the soundtrack to so many lives.

Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Guest Dawn Porter (@dawnporter)
Produced by Sr. Producer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Support provided by Sana Hashmi, Jocelyn Walker, and the team at the African American Policy Forum
Episode art by Ashley Julien
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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Guest host Shermena M. Nelson is joined by Huru founder Imani Joye Samuels to discuss the life-saving importance of rest for Black women. They also unpack strategies for creating a sustainable, effective self care practice.

Shermena, Imani, and other wellness practitioners will host an evening dedicated to Black women's self care calledYou Carry the Dream: Reclaiming Rest and Resilience on March 28th during this year's Her Dream Deferred week. Join in person in NYC, or host a watch party and livestream the event from your area. Find out more here.
Featuring Shermena M Nelson
Imani Joye Samuels
Executive produced by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Produced by Sr Producer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Associate Production by Sana Hashmi
Art by Ashley Julien
Support provided by Jocelyn Walker, Kristin Penner and the team at African American Policy Forum
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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Join Kimberlé Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum at Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, 2024 at 8 pm MT for The Story of Us (Part 4), live at The Park in Park City, Utah. Register for your free pass here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-story-of-us-surviving-the-war-on-woke-black-storytelling-tickets-793686827667


In this episode, host Kimberlé Crenshaw and African American Policy Forum present the Story of Us (Part 3) panel, recorded live from the Sundance Film Festival in 2023.
As we think about the future of democracy, this instalment of Sundance's "Big Conversation" series builds on the previous two iterations of Kimberlé W. Crenshaw’s The Story of Us, and explores how cinematic storytelling has long been, and continues to be, critical to shaping the contours of democratic inclusion. Who gets to be a hero or a villain in popular depictions of American life? Who gets written out of the story altogether? And how do Hollywood portrayals influence the amount political power that various demographics of Americans hold in real life?

Featuring W Kamau Bell, the 2023 Sundance Vanguard Award winner, comic, and television host
Holly Cook Macarro, Tribal Advocate & Political Strategist
Jason Stanley, author and Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University
Roger Ross Williams, Academy Award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer

Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
Produced by Sr Producer Nicole Edwards
Mixing by Sean Dunnam
Support provided by the African American Policy Forum
Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters (X), @IMKC_podcast (Instagram)