InflexionPoint Podcast: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out
Enter a brave space to ponder solving The Cairo Question. Engage in dialogue based on the premise that dismantling racism goes beyond laws and legislation or politics or economics. It's an inside job where personal transformation and accountability impact social change in multiple dimensions: individual, interpersonal, systemic, and structural. It's a place to get comfortable with deconstructing your inner thoughts, ideas, and beliefs to examine what flows out into the world through your words, actions, and behaviors, particularly towards others who are different from yourself.
Episodes
September 20, 2023 • 57 mins
Antiracism Activation: Family Engagement and Generational Leadership Thank you for joining us for the newest episode of InflexionPoint Podcast where we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of self-awareness, understanding, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact. In this eiposode we interview the son of Gail Hun...
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September 6, 2023 • 56 mins
CONVERSATION: The Power of Leadership in Organizational DNA The Sankofa Leadership Continuum - a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires resistance, activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transformation. In this conversation we tak...
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August 16, 2023 • 56 mins
Conversation: The Power of Visual Racial Literacy. "...race is not only a social construction; it is visually mediated (Acuff Kraehe, 2020). The ability to perceive racial differences requires that one first learn the visual, symbolic, and aesthetic codes and conventions of racist ideology." In this continuing series on generational leadership we discuss "Visual Racial Literacy: A Not-So-New 21st Century Skill", an article writte...
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August 2, 2023 • 54 mins
Conversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features wisdom from Jen Franks Ahaghotu. Jen is the Disruptive Truth Teller. She is t...
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July 19, 2023 • 59 mins
https://youtu.be/KIbF2Fm_sOI The Sankofa Leadership Continuum is a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transformation. Question: How do we apply generational leadership as a grassroots re...
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July 5, 2023 • 58 mins
Conversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features Mr. Nathaniel Lee Fletcher, recent graduate from Waynesburg University with a ...
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June 21, 2023 • 56 mins
The Conversation Continues: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features Mr. Ja'Quan Lavender, Founder/Executive Director of the Ja'Quan ...
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June 7, 2023 • 57 mins
Conversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership? In this new series on generational leadership we introduce the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emergent leaders of the future. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this throughline inspires activism, art, literature, et...
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May 17, 2023 • 55 mins
Conversation: Are "Thoughts and Prayers" Just Idle Lamentations Without a Clear Path to Action? It sometime feels as if America's triple threat of fear, racism, and guns has lulled some of us into idle lamentations that preclude any meaningful action toward gun reform. According to the New York Times, other countries have had a mass shootings and subsequently changed their gun laws. Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway,...
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May 3, 2023 • 57 mins
America's Triple Threat: Fear. Racism. Guns. "Firearm-related violence is a significant threat to public health and safety in America. However, research highlights a critical disparity in firearm-related deaths by race...Taken as a whole, findings suggest that gun owners are more likely to be more vigilant toward people of color because of stereotypical assumptions that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be involved wi...
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April 19, 2023 • 56 mins
I'm Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black by Sharon Hurley Hall, antiracism activist, writer, and educator. Some days the anti-racism drum beats loudly in my head. That s when I write pieces like the next few, articles that show the awfulness of racism, driving the point home repeatedly. An Exciting Conversation Awaits with Our Esteemed Guest Sharon Hurley Hall! Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, educ...
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April 5, 2023 • 57 mins
Antiracism Mastermind Group Book Talk I'm Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black written by Sharon Hurley Hall, antiracism activist, writer, and educator. Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, educator, and in-demand speaker. Firmly committed to doing her part to eliminate racism, she is the Founder and Curator-in-Chief of Sharon s Anti-Racism Newsletter. In her newsletter, Sharon writes about existing while...
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March 15, 2023 • 58 mins
Embracing equity isn't just about what we say or write about. International Women's Day (IWD) is the "celebration of social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women" and has been observed since the early 1900s. It s a collective movement felt and activated around the world. The theme for International Women's Day 2023 is Embrace Equity. Equity is not something that should be up for debate. It is something we all ne...
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March 1, 2023 • 59 mins
Join the conversation as Anita, Mavis, and Gail discuss The Sting of Adultification Bias Felt By Black Girls. New York Times Article April 17, 2020 Why Won t Society Let Black Girls Be Children? Adultification means teachers, parents and law enforcement are less protective and more punitive with certain kids. They never saw a child : Ruby Bridges and the Adultification of Black Girls, February 11, 2021 This article appeared on...
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February 15, 2023 • 58 mins
The Art of Conversation. Active/Intentional Listening. What Do You Trust, Statistics, Lived Experiences, or Both? At InflexionPoint Podcast we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of learning, understanding, and taking action. Moreover we strive towards increasing historical and racial literacy by harmonizing historical truth ...
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February 1, 2023 • 58 mins
Theme of the Conversation: Racial Literacy This definition of racial literacy is from National Council of Teachers of English (NCTA). Racial literacy is a skill and practice by which individuals can probe the existence of racism and examine the effects of race and institutionalized systems on their experiences and representation in US society.https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SquireOfficePolicyBrief_RacialLiteracy_April20...
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January 18, 2023 • 58 mins
TRIBUTE TO PHANGISILE MTSHALI On December 21, 2022 InflexionPoint Podcast featured a powerful guest and dear friend, Phangisile Mtshali from South Africa. We had an in-depth conversation about the historical plight of Black South African farmers, which in many ways is similar to the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States. This is evident when you think of land as power and the role of the government in both nations...
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January 4, 2023 • 58 mins
Anita, Mavis, and Gail discuss the the first year of InflexionPoint Podcast in terms of the most personally impactful and transformational episodes. They describe the show as influential in terms of historical and racial literacy. Racial Literacy: (1) a concept developed by sociologist France Winddance Twine, UC Santa Barbara Dept of Sociology. She describes it as "a form of racial socialization and antiracist training that ... p...
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December 21, 2022 • 57 mins
Being Black Globally - The Plight of Black Farmers in South Africa This is the fourth and final episode in a series on The Plight of Black Farmers. This final eposide on The Plight of Black Farmers features Phangisile Mtshali, a farmer in South Africa. In this conversation she shares her personal experience with farming and the vision she has for the future of her farm. She was born into a family of farmers. Her paternal grandpare...
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December 7, 2022 • 58 mins
Discussion: Laws of the Land in South Africa Dating Back to the 1913 Land Act and Group Areas Act of 1950, Cornerstones of Apartheid Policy and Segregation
The Plight of Black Farmers in South Africa: Land stolen under apartheid still hasn t been given back.
Broken land promises reveal how South Africa s Black farmers were set up to fail. Agricultural Apartheid is alive and well in South Africa as millions go hungry. The white minor...
The Plight of Black Farmers in South Africa: Land stolen under apartheid still hasn t been given back.
Broken land promises reveal how South Africa s Black farmers were set up to fail. Agricultural Apartheid is alive and well in South Africa as millions go hungry. The white minor...
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