Dust + Dignity Podcast
The Dust + Dignity Podcast explores the connections between leadership, social justice and music. The host, Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. will interview inspiring leaders from all walks of life to tap into the important work that they do that is social justice oriented. You will learn some of their tips in their field and what leadership looks like for them. The backdrop of these conversations is to learn how music has shaped these leaders character and how it influenced their work. We hope you leave each episode inspired and motivate to impact others.
Episodes
Part 2 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with the Nostalgia King, Skeme Richards for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. When you think of Philadelphia’s rich history of musical contributions, you instantly notice that it is also a city known for birthing some of the greatest internationally known DJ’s who are masters of their crafts. One such person who has deep roots and co...
Part 1 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with the Nostalgia King, Skeme Richards for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. When you think of Philadelphia’s rich history of musical contributions, you instantly notice that it is also a city known for birthing some of the greatest internationally known DJ’s who are masters of their crafts. One such person who has deep roots and co...
Part 2 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with Tone B. Nimble for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. Anthony Fields, aka Tone B. Nimble, has been a vital entity, on the music scene, for over 35 years. His calling started in the mid-1980’s as a DJ spinning House, Disco, and Electro in Chicago’s flourishing underground scene. With an open mind and ear, Tone branched out into hi...
Part 1 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with Tone B. Nimble for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. Anthony Fields, aka Tone B. Nimble, has been a vital entity, on the music scene, for over 35 years. His calling started in the mid-1980’s as a DJ spinning House, Disco, and Electro in Chicago’s flourishing underground scene. With an open mind and ear, Tone branched out into hi...
Part 2 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with King Britt for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. King is a 30+ year producer, composer and performer in the global advancement of electronic music. As a composer and producer, his practice has led to numerous original and remix music collaborations.
As Teaching Professor in Computer Music at the University of Cal...
Part 1 of 2 from Dr. Campbell's interview with King Britt for our Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music special season. King is a 30+ year producer, composer and performer in the global advancement of electronic music. As a composer and producer, his practice has led to numerous original and remix music collaborations.
As Teaching Professor in Computer Music at the University o...
To kick off season 5 of the Dust + Dignity Podcast we thought we would provide some context for our special season entitled: Champions of the Culture: Modern Advocates Preserving Black Music. Dr. Campbell has again been awarded a CASAA Scholar-Advocate Fellowship to continue his research and scholarship focusing on leadership, social justice and music. He will be using a mix of archival research, storytelling, and qualitative ana...
We can’t discuss Black music without mentioning the drum. I’m sure this season will continue to have drum references throughout but I think it’s important to discuss the origin of the instrument.
Drums hold a very special place in African history and culture.
For the Western world, drums are mainly relegated to the realm of entertainment, adding another musical dimension to songs and other performances. In Africa, drums hold various...
To celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday Dr. Campbell explores Dr. King’s “Drum Major Instinct” sermon he delivered on February 4, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. This sermon is an important lesson to understanding Dr. King’s theory of service. He wanted us all to work to create a more just, democratic society and how his thoughts continue to resonate in contemporary struggles. Many of which we still battle today.
As...
To kick off season 4 of the Dust + Dignity Podcast we thought we would provide some context for our special season entitled: Black Music's Roots in Social Justice Advocacy. Dr. Campbell was one of 5 awardees of CASAA's Inaugural Scholar-Advocate Program. CASAA is the Center for Anti Racist Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action at Arcadia University. This season will triangulate archival research, storytelling and strategi...
To kick off season 3 of the Dust + Dignity Podcast we thought we would do something a little different and focus on a single album. We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins on Folkways Records . This 1961 recording of spirituals, gospel and new music to "express the spirit of freedom" was the result of an effort by producer and performer Guy Carawan to bring together singers representative of hundred...
Philadelphia-based poet, singer, educator and curator Yolanda Wisher is the author of Monk Eats an Afro (Hanging Loose Press, 2014) and the co-editor of Peace is a Haiku Song (Philadelphia Mural Arts, 2013). Wisher was named the inaugural Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1999 and the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia for 2016-2017. A Pew and Cave Canem Fellow, Wisher was awarded the Leeway Foundation's Tra...
As the Fall 2020 election approaches, Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr. wanted to stress the importance of voting. Going to the archives, Dr. Campbell connects Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's powerful words of encouragement to vote from 1964 to 2020's similar political climate.
Dr. Brian Peterson is the Director of Makuu, the University of Pennsylvania’s Black Cultural Center, and a lecturer at Penn. Over his twenty years in higher education he has built student success programs covering the spectrum of access and completion. Dr. Peterson is a three-time graduate of the University of Pennsylvania – first from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and later earning his masters and doctorate from ...
Sarah Mueller is a cinephile, a life-long learner and (very proud) 18 year community-rooted resident of Philadelphia. Sarah is the Director and Founder of, cinéSPEAK, a Philadelphia-based justice-centered independent cinema organization. They work to bring together communities over thought-provoking film and important conversation. Using cinema as a gathering tool to spark dialogue and new relationships amongst neighbors, they conn...
Rochelle Nichols-Solomon is an educator and social justice activist with more than thirty years working on major school, district and community initiatives aimed at increasing education excellence and equity for students of color and low-income communities. Rochelle’s long community history includes working with numerous organizations and serving on local and national non-profit Boards revolving around issues of public education, c...
Kicking off season 2 of the Dust + Dignity Podcast, with a conversation we had with TY (Ben Chijioke). He is an hip hop artist, producer and cultural ambassador. I like to also call him the Mayor of Brixton. He has released his first album in 2001 and has not stopped. Numerous releases, collaborations and perspectives. TY is a creative at heART with plenty to say.
In this latest episode of the Dust + Dignity Podcast, we were able to chat with Deborah Gordon Klehr. She is the Executive Director of the Education Law Center, a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring access to a quality public education for all children in Pennsylvania. Deborah brings extensive expertise on education law and policy issues, including fairness in school discipline, fair funding for public educ...
In this latest episode of the Dust + Dignity Podcast, we were able to chat with Samantha-Jane Ofoegbu. She is an artist, fashion designer, cultural ambassador, entrepreneur and emcee. Ms. Ofoegbu started writing, recording and performing music in Liverpool under the name Phoenix Black. Years later she started trading in Brixton (London, UK) outdoor market as a self taught fashion designer with her label GeoD by Samantha-J. Rounding...
In this latest episode of the Dust + Dignity Podcast, we were able to chat with a leader and academic scholar Dr. Jeffrey Carroll. Dr. Jeffrey N. Carroll is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Chestnut Hill College. His teaching and research specializes in American Politics and its intersection with urban affairs, social geography, and civic engagement. In January 2019, he was appointed chair to the Center for Data & So...
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