Critical Futures – Details, episodes & analysis

We talk to Ashley Winters and Darian Wigfall about their work on the Racial Healing + Justice Fund as members of Forward Through Ferguson's Community Governance Board. We discuss their efforts to “heal the core” – that is, to create space for communities to express narratives of oppression and grief; to create spaces for community members to find sources of support to build networks of resilience; and to find and exercise their individual and/or collective power.

This is the first episode in an ongoing series titled Racial Community Healing, where we explore how the St. Louis region and other cities have developed community-driven solutions to racial injustices.

Links:

• Episode webpage
• Episode transcript
• Racial Healing + Justice Fund webpage

On today's episode, we are joined by the Executive Director of the DiasporaDNA Story Center, Monica O. Montgomery, to talk about “The Future of the Un-Museum” -- or what it means to rethink and reshape museums to be spaces where visitors actively participate in the creation of our art, our stories, and our histories.

This episode is part of an ongoing series titled THE FUTURE OF…, where we chat with experts in various sectors to learn about what they are doing to shift the critical now for a radical new future.

Links:

• Episode Webpage
• Episode Transcript

We talk to Amani Allen, Wilhelmenia Wilson, and Suzette Chaumette about their work with organizations such as Healthy Black Families to address social determinants of health through anti-racist health policy. Moreover, we discuss their efforts to build partnerships with community meaningfully and ethically – avoiding interactions with community that are rushed and transactional.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• Episode webpage
• Healthy Black Families website
• Food Indy website

We talk to Stephanie Baker, Lizzie Biddle, and Crystal Dixon from the Greensboro Health Disparities Collective (GHDC) about reaching systemic solutions to inequities in the healthcare system – and following the leadership of community partners to devise and implement those solutions.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• Episode webpage
• Greensboro Health Disparities Collective

• Episode Webpage

We talk to Arthur R. James and Johnnie (Chip) Allen about their efforts to combat structural racism in the healthcare system – and the deeply-embedded resistance they have navigated in pursuit of health equity.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• Episode webpage: https://ihje.org/podcast/s1e8-navigating-resistance-to-health-equity/
• Op-Ed:"Finding the Courage and Will to Achieve Health Equity: Asking the Right Questions," Harvard Medical School Primary Care Review

We talk to Denise Octavia Smith (Executive Director, NACHW), Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah (Co-Founder, CHASM), and Rumana Shams Rabbani (Co-Founder, CHASM) about their efforts as Community Health Workers to advance access and equity in community health and healthcare.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• The National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)
• Community Healing through Activism and Strategic Mobilization (CHASM)

We talk to Rhonda BeLue from University of Texas at San Antonio along with her community partner Michelle Lugalia-Hollon. In our conversation, we discuss how to cultivate alignment with community and for community when working to create more equitable healthcare systems.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• College for Health, Community, and Policy (HCAP)
• Layers of Change, LLC

We talk to Pat Matthews Juarez and Paul Juarez from Meharry Medical College along with their community partner Neely Williams from the Tennessee Community Engaged Alliance Against COVID-19 (TN CEAL). In our conversation, we discuss how to establish and maintain long-term community partnerships and transdisciplinary alliances that are built upon trust.

This episode is part of an ongoing series where we chat with members of the Anti-Racism Consortium. These conversations are between organizations and their community partners to highlight how to deeply work with community in a way that shares power and that moves us all towards liberation.

Links:

• Research article: "COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Among Minority Populations in Tennessee"

• YouTube channel: “#FollowtheScience with Dr. Paul Juarez”

• Center for Anti-Racism, Social Justice, and Public Health
• Article: “The Health Disparities Industry: Is it an Ethical Conundrum?”, Shaw-Ridley & Ridley