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Join Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor for the reClaimed podcast. Conversations that shed hopeful light on challenging subjects and social justice issues.

Personal and Social Change with Jean Latting 11/30/2018

Personal and Social Change with Jean Latting In Part 15 of Redlining & White Noise, Dr. Jean Kantamu Latting joins us to talk about personal and social change. “If we imitate the worst of the oppressor,” she says, “we create a backlash and will not make progress.” She speaks with us about the difference between the middle ground and centered space, makes a distinction between agreement and acceptance, and offers her wisdom about how we grant permission for people to change. Dr. Jean Kantamu Latting is President of Leading Consciously, an organization dedicated to building community among those who wish to make a difference in their work and personal and community lives based on the concepts and skills developed in her book, . Professor Emerita at the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston, she has spent her adult life teaching on empowerment, social justice theories, and organizational behavior and change. In addition, she has done extensive research on personal, organizational, and social change in the context of social hierarchies and multiple group identities. For more about Dr. Latting and to have her consult with your organization, please visit her website, . Her book, Reframing Change: How to Deal with Workplace Dynamics, Influence Others, and Bring People Together to Initiate Positive Change, is available . For more information, see show notes for this episode at . /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7748942

Complicity, Culpability, and Responsibility with Dain and Constance Perry 11/16/2018

Complicity, Culpability, and Responsibility with Dain and Constance Perry In Part 14 of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor speak with Dain and Constance Perry. Dain is a direct descendant of James DeWolf who was the patriarch of America’s leading slave trading enterprise and at the time of his death, the second wealthiest person in America. In this moving episode of Redlining & White Noise, we talk with the Perrys about family history, get their lived wisdom about Complicity, Culpability, and Responsibility, and hear their thoughts on what’s necessary to heal the ongoing wound of America’s original sin. Resources mentioned in this episode: Traces of the Trade film Recommended Reading For more on this episode, visit . /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7584176

Life After Hate with Sammy Rangel 10/19/2018

Life After Hate with Sammy Rangel In Part 13 of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor speak with Sammy Rangel, Executive Director of Life After Hate. In this moving conversation, Sammy shares his story of gang violence, incarceration, and how he became immersed in violent extremism. He talks about his transformation from a life of hate to a life of compassion and the organization he co-founded to help others do the same. For more on this episode, visit . /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7240442

Whiteness and Land Domination with Jonathan Russell 10/12/2018

Whiteness and Land Domination with Jonathan Russell In Part 12 of Redlining & White Noise, our friend Jonathan Russell joins us for a conversation about whiteness and land domination. Using his recent article, the ‘white lie’ connecting President Trump’s pardon of arsonists, current immigration policy, and Charlottesville as a launch point, this episode focuses on the historical and contemporary linkage between racial identity and property ownership. Jonathan Russell is the Vice President of Programs at Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond, California. He is also a Contributing Fellow at the University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture and is an Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy and Religion at Chaffey College. We discuss the ideas of two additional writers in this episode: George Lipsitz- Willie James Jennings- /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7159796

Implicit Bias with Edward Palmer 09/28/2018

Implicit Bias with Edward Palmer Redlining & White Noise Part 11 | Implicit Bias with Edward Palmer In part 11 of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor speak with Pastor Edward Palmer about Implicit Bias. In this passionate and informed conversation, Pastor Palmer combines personal experience and professional training to inform us about what implicit bias is, how it shapes other-izing decisions and behavior, and what we can do to recognize and mitigate its influence. Pastor Edward Palmer is Senior Pastor of The Sign of The Dove Ministries, International, in Radcliff, Kentucky. He is the National Vice Chair for the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and serves on the Kentucky Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. Pastor Palmer is an expert trainer on implicit bias which he leads around the country. More information on Pastor Palmer is available here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7102021

Who Lynched Willie Earle with Will Willimon 09/21/2018

Who Lynched Willie Earle with Will Willimon In part 10 of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor speak with Will Willimon about his book Who Lynched Willie Earle?, based on the true story of pastor Hawley Lynn’s March of 1947 sermon of the same title. Will walks us through the story of the last recorded lynching in Greenville, South Carolina, the complicity of the mainline Protestant church, and how the church can facilitate racial healing. In his distinguished career, Bishop William Willimon served as Bishop in the United Methodist Church and as dean of Duke Chapel. He is currently professor of Christian ministry at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of many books, including most recently . More information about William Willimon is available here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7072959

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap with Eureka Gilkey 09/14/2018

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap with Eureka Gilkey In part 9 of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor are on location at Project Row Houses in Houston to talk with Eureka Gilkey about Closing the Racial Wealth Gap. Eureka Gilkey is the Executive Director of Project Row Houses, an innovative organization in the Third Ward, which combines art, community development, and historic cultural representation to offer creative solutions for building economic vibrancy for this redlined neighborhood. For more information on Project Row Houses, visit /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/7045629

Redlining and its Legacy with Preston Allen 08/31/2018

Redlining and its Legacy with Preston Allen In this episode of Redlining & White Noise, we get to the topic of Redlining. Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor meet with Preston Allen, Director for Community Development at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, located in the Third Ward of Houston. We talk about what redlining is and--beginning in the early part of the 20th Century--how the U.S. government, through redlining policy, intentionally and systematically segregated African American neighborhoods to limit wealth-building opportunities. We also discuss the current ramifications of the federal government’s complicity in this institutional practice of racialized otherization and stripping of wealth. Rev. Preston Allen is Director for Non-Profits and Community Development at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston's Third Ward. He is a leader in criminal justice reform efforts. For further reading: Resource articles about the history and practice of redlining: We reference Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, , particularly chapter six, “The Case for Reparations.” You can find his book . /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6990985

The Second Coming of the KKK with Linda Gordon 08/24/2018

The Second Coming of the KKK with Linda Gordon In the 7th episode of Redlining & White Noise, Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor are joined by the award-winning author, Linda Gordon. A renowned historian, Linda is the Florence Kelley Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition. In this enlightening episode, we learn about the KKK of the 1920s, the most significant social movement in America at the time. Linda walks us through a part of American history that is not commonly known and exposes its connection to our current times. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6963766

Field Trip To Morton Cemetery 08/17/2018

Field Trip To Morton Cemetery In Part 6 of Redlining & White Noise: Field Trip to Morton Cemetery, Charles and Gregg take a trip back in time to the beginning of Texas -- and into Charles’ personal history. Located along the banks of the Brazos River in Ft. Bend County and established in 1825, Morton Cemetery in Richmond is the final resting place for many first settlers of the colony. For more, visit /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6936088

Telling the Truth About History with Jay Jenkins 08/10/2018

Telling the Truth About History with Jay Jenkins In Part 5 of Redlining & White Noise, we talk with our friend, Jay Jenkins, Harris County Project Attorney with the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. Our topic, Telling the Truth About History, builds on last week’s conversation about the discovery of the skeletal remains of 95 African-Americans in Sugar Land, Tx. As an attorney and advocate for criminal justice reform, Jay shares how he got involved with Reggie Moore’s efforts, how this discovery impacts our understanding of history, and how the convict-leasing system ungirds mass incarceration in America. Information about Jay Jenkins is here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6909585

95 Bodies and Convict-Leasing 08/03/2018

95 Bodies and Convict-Leasing In Part 4 of Redlining & White Noise, a conversation with Reginald Moore about 95 Bodies & Convict-Leasing. A former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Corrections, Reggie has spent years uncovering the dehumanizing policies and practices of convict-leasing, which began in the years of Reconstruction. He has discovered the remains of 95 bodies buried beneath the soil of the proposed site of a new school in Sugar Land, Texas. Reggie works tirelessly to represent their voices and seek accountability for what happened. The 95 bodies are a small percentage of the more than 3500 black Texans who were exploited and died in the convict leasing system between 1866 and 1912. For more, visit /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6883608

Reconstruction with Merline Pitre 07/27/2018

Reconstruction with Merline Pitre In Part 3 of Redlining & White Noise, we go to the campus of Texas Southern University to speak with Dr. Merline Pitre about the tumultuous period in American history known as Reconstruction and its aftermath. Merline Pitre is Professor of History and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Science at Texas Southern University. A former President of the Texas State Historical Association, she is author of several books including , and . /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6856591

The History of Enslavement with Gerald Horne 07/20/2018

The History of Enslavement with Gerald Horne In Part 2 of Redlining & White Noise, we speak with Dr. Gerald Horne about America's history of enslaving human beings from Africa. Gerald Horne is an African-American historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne is the author of more than thirty books and one hundred scholarly articles and reviews. His current research includes an examination of U.S.-Southern African relations since the so-called “Anglo-Boer War” at the end of the 19th century and an analysis of the Political Economy of the music called “Jazz” from the late 19th century to the present. Gerald Horne's latest book, discussed in this episode, is "The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Carribean." It can be found here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6834242

Breathing the Same Air with Rudy Rasmus 07/13/2018

Breathing the Same Air with Rudy Rasmus In Part 1 of our new series Redlining & White Noise: The Otherization of African Americans, we speak with Rudy Rasmus at his coffee shop in Houston, . Rev. Rudy Rasmus is a pastor, author, and global humanitarian. Along with his wife, Juanita, he leads the nine-thousand-member in Houston, one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the country. Pastor Rudy coordinates domestic and global anti-hunger initiatives in conjunction with concert tours by longtime friend and church member Beyoncé Knowles. A former columnist for O Magazine, Rudy and his wife Juanita have two daughters. View and purchase Rudy’s book /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6805257

Homies with Gabriel Lopez and George Nunez (Encore) 04/13/2018

Homies with Gabriel Lopez and George Nunez (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg are joined by Gabriel Lopez and George Nunez, to discuss Homeboy Industries, how it helped them change their lives, and how they experience kinship. Gabriel Lopez is a Senior Navigator at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California, the largest gang intervention program in the world and founded by Father Greg Boyle. George Nunez is a member of the Security staff at Homeboy Industries. Both are former clients. The Homeboy Industries website is here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6476789

The Difficulty of Forgiveness (Encore) 04/06/2018

The Difficulty of Forgiveness (Encore) In this encore episode, Charles and Matt examine forgiveness and its challenges, its relationship to the criminal justice system and kinship, and the importance of seeking it. Miroslav Volf's book "The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World" is discussed in this episode. It can be found here: /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6451598

Good Friday is Hope (Encore) 03/30/2018

Good Friday is Hope (Encore) In this encore episode, Charles, Matt and, Gregg discuss the powerful meaning of Good Friday, the road to the cross, the suffering of God, and the emergence of light. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6421071

Terrorism and our Loving God with Mustafa Tameez (Encore) 03/23/2018

Terrorism and our Loving God with Mustafa Tameez (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg are joined for another encore episode by Mustafa Tameez, Managing Director of Outreach Strategists, for an illuminating discussion about ISIL, ways to combat terrorism in the US, and how our faith communities provide the key to combating it. Mustafa has had a distinguished career in public affairs and communications and has also advised successful candidates for mayor of Houston, state legislature, and Congress, as well as nonprofits. He has consulted on national security with the Department of Homeland Security. Mustafa is a regular contributor to Fox News, the Houston Chronicle, nd the Texas Tribune. More information about Mustafa is available here: http://www.outreachstrategists.com/who-we-are/leadership/ /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6399074

The Value of Life and the Criminal Justice System with Mustafa Tameez (Encore) 03/16/2018

The Value of Life and the Criminal Justice System with Mustafa Tameez (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg are joined by Mustafa Tameez, Managing Director of Outreach Strategists, to discuss the American criminal justice system, how we got to the present era of mass incarceration, and where we go from here. Mustafa has had a distinguished career in public affairs and communications and has also advised successful candidates for mayor of Houston, state legislature, and Congress, as well as nonprofits. He has consulted on national security with the Department of Homeland Security. Mustafa is a regular contributor to Fox News, the Houston Chronicle, nd the Texas Tribune. More information about Mustafa is available here: http://www.outreachstrategists.com/who-we-are/leadership/ /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6372171

The 21st Century City with Steve Klineberg (Encore) 03/09/2018

The 21st Century City with Steve Klineberg (Encore) Gregg and Charles are joined by Steve Klineberg to learn about the results from the 35th Houston Area Survey, the diversity it points to, and how the 21st Century city can thrive. Dr. Stephen Klineberg is the Founding Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, where he is also a Professor of Sociology. He has been conducting the Houston Area Survey since 1982. The 35th Houston Area Survey can be read in its entirety here: https://kinder.rice.edu/has/ More information about Steve Klineberg can be seen here: https://kinder.rice.edu/people/leaders/ /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6342723

Go where love has not yet arrived with Adriana Garcia (Encore) 03/02/2018

Go where love has not yet arrived with Adriana Garcia (Encore) Charles and Gregg are joined in this encore episode by reVision staff member Adriana Garcia, formerly a student at Rice University researching gangs and incarceration, along with the social factors contributing to both. Adriana has an inspirational personal journey that has led her from the barrio of Pacoima, California to academia. She shares her uniquely personal view of the issues facing families and kids on the edge. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6320472

Readiness for Change (Encore) 02/23/2018

Readiness for Change (Encore) Charles Rotramel and Gregg Taylor talk about how people change their lives, with a focus on the Readiness for Change model, the five stages of change, and the ways forward to hope. James Prochaska and colleagues developed the Readiness for Change model, officially known as the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). Details are here: James Prochaska's best known book is Changing for Good: Dan Gilbert's TED Talk, The psychology of your future self /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6288809

Trauma and Redemption (Encore) 02/16/2018

Trauma and Redemption (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg speak in this encore episode about trauma, how it manifests itself in the lives of people, responses by those affected by it, and the redemption of everyone in the cycle of trauma. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6267076

Redemptive Communities (Encore) 02/09/2018

Redemptive Communities (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg talk in this encore episode about communities of redemption, focusing on Matt's research into trauma and recovery, how people who have experienced enormously difficulty move to change, and how we can respond. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6238425

The People are My Prophet 02/02/2018

The People are My Prophet In an encore episode, Charles and Matt talk about El Salvador, Archbishop Oscar Romero, and the crucifixion as it is perpetrated today. /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6212752

Teen Substance Abuse (Encore) 01/26/2018

Teen Substance Abuse (Encore) Charles, Matt, and Gregg look at recent trends in adolescent substance abuse, how to prevent it, and what factors make a difference in the lives of teens. The article referenced in this episode is here: Additional resources can be found here: SAMHSA: National Association of Christian Recovery: The Council on Recovery: The Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/ /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6187690

Farewell to Matt 01/19/2018

Farewell to Matt Charles, Matt, and Gregg mark Matt's departure from the podcast with a look back at the great discussions we have had and a look forward at Matt's crucial work. This podcast will continue and will take a brief hiatus while we retool and reorganize. We will be posting encore episodes for a few weeks and then we will be back with new episodes. Please stick with us. Matt's ongoing projects are: Project Curate Iconoclast Artists /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6162682

Rituals of Reintegration with Shadd Maruna (Part 2 Encore) 01/12/2018

Rituals of Reintegration with Shadd Maruna (Part 2 Encore) Charles and Matt, and Gregg are joined in an encore episode by Dr. Shadd Maruna for an inspiring discussion of how our society labels those in the criminal justice system and processes them out of the community. The group then envision rituals of reintegration that will heal and reconnect. Shadd is now Professor of Criminology at the University of Manchester is one of the world's leading criminology researchers, particularly on re-entry. Shadd is the author of the book "Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives." He joins the podcast from Ireland. More information about Shadd is available here: The special issue on judicial rehabilitation can be found here: His Twitter is @Criminology /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6137859

Rituals of Reintegration with Shadd Maruna (Part 1 Encore) 01/04/2018

Rituals of Reintegration with Shadd Maruna (Part 1 Encore) Charles and Matt, and Gregg are joined in an encore episode by Dr. Shadd Maruna for an inspiring discussion of how our society labels those in the criminal justice system and processes them out of the community. The group then envision rituals of reintegration that will heal and reconnect. Shadd is now Professor of Criminology at the University of Manchester is one of the world's leading criminology researchers, particularly on re-entry. Shadd is the author of the book "Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives." He joins the podcast from Ireland. More information about Shadd is available here: The special issue on judicial rehabilitation can be found here: His Twitter is @Criminology /episode/index/show/reclaimed/id/6113726

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