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Knowledge and Nourishment: Reflecting on the Election

This episode was arranged to hold space for the community to process the election results, and to share directly from the administration where they see Union’s place in the world following the election. President Jones was joined by Executive Vice President Fred Davie, Dean Pamela Cooper-White, and EDS at Union Dean Kelly Brown Douglas.

Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote

Dean Kelly Brown Douglas speaks with Union's Vice President of Communications & Marketing Robin Reese, about the award-winning film Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote. Suppressed 2020 is a short, powerful documentary that investigates voter suppression in the 2018 mid-term elections. By revealing deeply personal accounts from voters of color from across the state of Georgia, they discover deliberate, widespread voter suppression. Dean Douglas and Robin Reese debrief the film and reflect on continued efforts to suppress the vote, specifically in communities of color, in Georgia and across the nation.

To watch "Suppressions 2020: The Fight to Vote" visit https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed 

 

The Just Vote: The Souls to the Polls with Rev Gregory Lewis

Dean Kelly Brown Douglas speaks with Rev. Gregory Lewis, Founder and President of Souls to the Polls and Pastors United. They discuss his experience fighting Covid-19, Black Lives Matter, and faith leaders’ role in getting out the vote.

Fighting Voter Suppression with Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner

In this episode of The Just Vote, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas speaks with Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. They explore voter suppression and the dangerous role of white supremacy and white nationalism in this election.

The Just Vote with The Rev. Traci Blackmon

In this episode of The Just Vote, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas speaks with The Rev. Traci Blackmon. Rev. Blackmon is the Associate General Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. They discuss voter suppression issues in the upcoming election and faith leaders' role to inform their communities of the moral imperative to participate in voting.

Voting Rights in America

Dean Kelly Brown Douglas was joined by Ari Berman for a lecture and conversation on Wednesday, October 14th. They discussed his book Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

The Just Vote with Robert P. Jones

This conversation took place on Thursday, September 3, 2020 when Dean Douglas will spoke with Robert P. Jones, CEO and Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI).

 

Mr. Jones and Dean Douglas discussed PRRI’s public opinion research which illuminates America’s changing cultural, religious, and political landscape, and this conversation helps us better understand the important cultural and religious dynamics shaping American society and politics. They also discussed Jones' recently released book White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity.

 

 

Music credit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiWZiGCI8I 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmWSAF7NQI

The Just Vote with Rashad Robinson

Mr. Robinson and Color Of Change develop innovative strategies to bring about system change in the industries that affect Black people’s lives. Dean Douglas will discuss Mr. Robinson’s leadership and the more than 7 million Color Of Change members who are building power for Black communities.

The Just Vote is a series of Facebook Live conversations that will explore the issues of justice that hang in the balance in this upcoming election. Dean Kelly Brown Douglas will examine the forces attacking our access to the ballot and the importance of voter mobilization this November. These 30-minute conversations featured on the EDS at Union Facebook page will invite religious, political, and thought leaders to discuss their work on the front lines of the fight for voting rights in America.

Time of Two Pandemics: COVID and White Supremacy

In this Theology in the Public Square interview, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas will speak with The Rev. Canon Dr. Vicentia Kgabe, rector of College of Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa. Born in Soweto, Dr Kgabe attended schools in Soweto and trained at the College of the Transfiguration. She continued her theological education at the University of Pretoria, where she obtained a Ph.D. in Practical Theology.

Dean Douglas and Dr. Kgabe will discuss the increased spread of coronavirus in South Africa, which recently surpassed its 500,000 confirmed Covid-19 infection, as well the continued issue of white racism which remains a societal and an institutionalized problem in post- Apartheid South Africa. This conversation took place on Facebook Live, Wednesday, August 12, 2020.

Faith, Justice, and the Black Lives Matter movement with Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett is an NFL Football player, the author of "Things That Make White People Uncomfortable", and co-host of the podcast Mouthpeace with Michael Bennett & Pele Bennett. This conversation took place on July 16, 2020.