Black Lives Matter: Turning Points in Storytelling

A bridge episode in which I reflect on a historic and eventful month of June, including Juneteenth, and reflect on some of the stories that come together in the broader story of making sure that Black Lives Matter. I dive into the story of the 2009 arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and walk through the official police report as an example of systematic storytelling that dehumanizes Black lives. A lot has changed since 2009, but we are at a moment when we are all called to find ways to join our stories together to change the systems that dismiss Black lives. How can storytelling help us in not just telling but making stories that matter, so that we are not just spectators but we are actively crafting turning points at this critical moment in history?