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Accomplices for Justice - Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes

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Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

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A special edition of Building Better Stories including 30 minutes with Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade, and more thoughts about James, by Percival Everett.
Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together.
Let's move our conversations into public libraries, schools, and college campuses!
Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss where we go on issues of DEI and Affirmative Action, remembering Roy Ayers, and more.
Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility. Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series. Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum.
Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.
Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.
Solidarity - an essential aspect of freedom - and what we are to do about it.
Factuality - truth as an essential aspect of freedom.
Inspired by Mary Anne Franks' "Fearless Speech" Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, and guests, discuss how free speech and justice form a center in our struggles to make things better for everyone.
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at Adam Gopnik's, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism". Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This episode, we look at John McWhorter's, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America". Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Minority rule in America - its awful and long history, from the Constitutional Convention, to its harrowing present in State Houses and the Supreme Court - and what to do about it. Talking about Ari Berman's excellent book: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It.
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at VP Kamala Harris' nomination - what are its impacts on patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and gender in America?
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice and against the structures of predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at the environmental racism, especially in Buffalo, with expert Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts.
Live and in person from the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, talking about housing inequity, the need for honest history, and so much more.
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at the history of the racial wealth gap and what to do about it with the wisdom of Dorothy A. Brown's, The Whiteness of Wealth, to guide us. Check out The Whiteness of Wealth here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/the-whiteness-of-wealth-by-dorothy-a-brown/
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