Moving Forward - Ep 27 - Thoughts on Talks

In this bonus episode, Rev. Mike and Malayna continue the talk with Salaam Thompson and Rev. Nancy Woods about the New Paradigm we all envision and how to get Moving Forward with a world in which #Black Lives Matter. We cover a good amount of history, and you'll find informational links below for those. Here's some studying you can do! Part 1 with Salaam Thompson Salaam shares tales from growing up in Chicago's south side Gangster Disciples - Larry Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_Disciples Black Disciples - David Barksdale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Disciples Emmett Till - 14-year old lynched in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till Fred Hampton - Black Panther leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton "Karens" - entitled white women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang) Salaaam's metaphor of trying to cash an old check as if the bank hadn't changed. Reconstruction & Civil Rights Amendments https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Data/Constitutional-Amendments-and-Legislation/ Amy Cooper weaponizes whiteness against Christian Cooper https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-video-african-american-trnd/index.html Confederate Statues removed https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-06-16/confederate-statues-removed Chokehold Law https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877527974/how-decades-of-bans-on-police-chokeholds-have-fallen-short Paul Butler, author of the book Chokehold https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/11/chokehold-book-paul-butler-us-police-african-americans The Ezra Klein Show on Paul Butler https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-former-prosecutors-case-for-prison-abolition/id1081584611?i=1000477131355 Mulford Act - CA Gov. Ronald Reagan v Black Panthers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Only Met Once https://www.biography.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-malcolm-x-meeting Fruit of Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_Islam Rev. Nancy Woods joined for Part 2 My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakhem Book: https://smile.amazon.com/My-Grandmothers-Hands-Racialized-Pathway/dp/1942094477/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22ASBLU7YLWH6&dchild=1&keywords=my+grandmother%27s+hands&qid=1592455245&sprefix=My+grand%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1 Resmaa Menakhem Video interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8NKF5to-0 NFL and NBA internal strife https://sports.yahoo.com/the-nf-ls-black-lives-matter-statement-was-years-in-the-making-013616877.html https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2020/06/17/nba-players-union-issues-statement-vowing-to-support-social-justice/ Michael Beckwith on Victim Consciousness https://www.legends.report/video-michael-beckwith-oprah-winfrey-dont-be-a-victim/ Creating a World that Works for All by Sharif Abdullah https://commonway.org/product/creating-a-world-that-works-for-all/ Neighborhood Councils https://empowerla.org/ Folding a Ceremonial Flag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7yMakv5Dwg James Baldwin https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2020/06/03/reading-james-baldwin-can-help-heal-wounds-racial-division "Hood Classics" Film List from Salaam Menace 2 Society Juice New Jack City Above the Rim Belly Find more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hood_films #BlackLivesMatter heart art by Jenny Hahn of JennyHahnArt.com