Ferguson Response Network Podcast Ep 26 – The Year We Stepped Into Our Power – 2015 Year End Recap

FRN Podcast – Ferguson Response Network

https://fergusonresponse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FRN_Ep26.mp3

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Jonathan Newsome, @AbsurdistWords, @VeryWhiteGuy & Komesia Umstead to talk all about the year that was 2015. Including: #TamirRice, #BlackXmas, Bree Newsome, #M4BL, #StoneMountain7, #ConcernedStudent1950, Freddie Gray & #BaltimoreUprising, #TransLiberationTuesday, #StayMadAbby, Women’s Freedom Conference and more.

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Host Contact:

LeslieMac

• Twitter: @LeslieMac
• Website: interracialjawn.com

Ricky L. Hinds II

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VeryWhiteGuy:

• Twitter: @VeryWhiteGuy

Jonathan Newton

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Komesia Umstead

• Twitter: @KomesiaU
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/komesia.umstead

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 26

Opening Song

• #BlackLivesMatter song by adrienne maree brown
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=grgbHsw_3YI

• 2015 Countdown Lists
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/behold-30-of-the-best-blackgirlmagic-moments-from-2015_56720e3ce4b0648fe3023868
  • http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/12/the_winners_of_2015.html?wpisrc=topstories
  • http://www.colorlines.com/articles/15-remarkable-women-color-who-rocked-2015
  • http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/12/the_winners_of_2015.html?wpisrc=topstories
  • http://www.buzzfeed.com/kelleylcarter/can-you-feel-a-brand-new-day#.ngpwBwx7a
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/18-times-black-twitter-broke-the-internet-in-2015_56686a65e4b0f290e5217d78?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047
  • http://www.phillyvoice.com/top-10-black-twitter-hashtags-2015/
• Indictments in Freddie Gray death
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/us/six-baltimore-officers-indicted-in-death-of-freddie-gray.html?_r=0
• Heritage of Hate
  • http://www.riseupga.org/heritageofhate
• Women’s Freedom Conference
  • http://womensfreedomconference.com/

How To Discuss Race With Black People

• Part I: Beginner: http://absurdistwords.tumblr.com/post/113096095809/how-to-discuss-race-with-black-people-faq-pt-1
• Part II: Intermediate: http://absurdistwords.tumblr.com/post/119378080664/how-to-discuss-race-with-black-people-part-2
• Part III: Advanced: http://absurdistwords.tumblr.com/post/134564084479/how-to-discuss-race-with-black-people-part-3