The New Activist

The New Activist


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Eugene Cho, Looking Back on 2020
December 17, 2020

Rev. Eugene Cho is the President & CEO of Bread for the World and Bread Institute, a non-partisan Christian advocacy organization urging both national and global decision makers to help end hunger – both in the United States and around the...

Propaganda, Looking Back on 2020
December 07, 2020

Propaganda hails from L.A. and is a poet, political activist, husband, father, academic, emcee, and co-host of The Red Couch Podcast with Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty. And, as the name of the show implies, they sit on a red couch and wake us all up with...

Anu George Canjanathoppil, A Journey of Heroism and Healing
November 23, 2020

Trigger warning: In this episode there are descriptions of physical abuse. Anu George Canjanathoppil is the Executive Director of IJM Canada and joined IJM in 2011 as the Director of Legal in the Chennai office. In 2012, she led IJM’s Google-funded...

Dr. Sandra Morgan, Combating Human Trafficking
November 09, 2020

Dr. Sandra Morgan is the Director of the Global Center for Women and Justice, an organization that equips students to address the global status of women and vulnerable populations through collaborative and restorative justice principles.  In...

Timotheus Pope, Activism on the Front Line
October 26, 2020

Timotheus Pope is the director of Citikidz, a Christian sports camp in Rector, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. His staff is dedicated to teaching, training, and transforming urban America through culturally relevant Christian sports camps. Mr. Pope's...

Dr. Willie James Jennings, Has Christinity Failed to Heal Social Divisions?
October 12, 2020

Dr. Jennings is an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. He is an author of multiple works, including the 2010 book, “The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race.” In this, Dr....

Dr. Lucretia Berry, Talking to Kids about Race
September 28, 2020

Dr. Lucretia Berry is an anti-racism curriculum specialist, a writer, the author of What LIES Between Us Journal & Guide: Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing, and the co-founder of Brownicity. Brownicity provides space to live in the...

Bethaney Wilkinson, Bridging The Diversity Gap
September 14, 2020

Bethaney Wilkinson has spent more than a decade exploring the intersections of community, racial justice, and social change as a writer, leader, and social entrepreneur. In addition, she founded The Diversity Gap, a groundbreaking initiative that...

Jemar Tisby, The Church’s Complicity in Racism
August 24, 2020

Today, we continue our ongoing conversation about racism in America by examining the church and its role in perpetuating this tragedy. To guide us in this conversation is the incredible, wise, Jemar Tisby. Jemar is president of The Witness: A Black...

Sam Acho, Race and Sports in America
August 10, 2020

What happens in sports is so often a reflection of what’s happening in America and around the world. To that end, we are honored to have NFL player Sam Acho on the show to discuss how the sports world is responding to COVID-19 and the Black Lives...