Voices of Resilience
Voices of Resilience
Podcast Description
The Voices of Resilience podcast is a Gaylord News production. I am your host, LJ Golston. Eight of my fellow Gaylord College classmates and I spent weeks embedded in the George Floyd Square neighborhood and the Greenwood District of Tulsa. WeWe are grateful to The Agape Movement, who hosted our visit in Minneapolis and the Black Wall Street Times, who did the same while we were in Tulsa. Both organizations connected us with the people directly impacted by the communities’ history. We could not have done this without Brenda Stewart, Steve Floyd, Marquise Brown from Agape and KingDemetrius Penndelton provided us a podcast space in his Listen Media Gallery. In Tulsa, Eddie Washington and Nehemia Frank were instrumental in connecting us to descendants of the massacre and sponsored our working space at Atento Captial.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of resilience, community healing, and social equity, with episodes featuring discussions like Thomas McLaurin's insights on justice and community initiatives, Jordan-Powell Karis's art as a form of protest, and Keeng Cut's reflections on the cultural significance of music in the Greenwood District. Specific focus areas include the impact of the George Floyd incident, historical inequalities, and the transformative power of art and music.
The Voices of Resilience podcast is a Gaylord News production. I am your host, LJ Golston. Eight of my fellow Gaylord College classmates and I spent weeks embedded in the George Floyd Square neighborhood and the Greenwood District of Tulsa. We
We are grateful to The Agape Movement, who hosted our visit in Minneapolis and the Black Wall Street Times, who did the same while we were in Tulsa. Both organizations connected us with the people directly impacted by the communities’ history.
We could not have done this without Brenda Stewart, Steve Floyd, Marquise Brown from Agape and KingDemetrius Penndelton provided us a podcast space in his Listen Media Gallery. In Tulsa, Eddie Washington and Nehemia Frank were instrumental in connecting us to descendants of the massacre and sponsored our working space at Atento Captial.
Qur guest, Jordan-Powell Karis, is a visionary artist and activist who created
a powerful piece of protest art. The raised fist sculpture, standing at the heart of George Floyd Square, has become a beacon of solidarity, a rallying cry for change. It is a striking memorial for George Floyd along with countless others affected by police brutality.
We discussed healing and resistance through art and how he found himself ingrained in the 38th and Chicago community of South Minneapolis. We sat down at the Listen Media Gallery on May 25, 2024, the anniversary of Floyd's murder. Photojournalist and documentarian KingDemetrius Pendleton owns the gallery directly across the street from where George died.
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