The Truth Telling Project: A Truth Initiative for Ferguson and Beyond w/ Dr. David Ragland

On this week's episode of Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Dr. David Ragland, codirector of the Truth Telling Project for Ferguson and Beyond, about the role of truth telling in ending racism, police brutality, and systemic injustice and oppression.Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest:Dr. David Ragland is the codirector of the Truth Telling Project. He is also on the board of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Related Links:The Truth Telling Projecthttp://thetruthtellingproject.org/Twitter: @TruthtellersUSADavid Ragland on Twitter: @davidragland1We Stay Woke on Twitter: @westaywoke2KLiving Room Conversationshttp://thetruthtellingproject.org/living-room-conversationsGreensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commissionhttp://www.greensborotrc.org/Dr. King's Beyond Vietnam Speechhttp://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_beyond_vietnam/Music By: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgAbout Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/