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Posts Tagged ‘stories’

MCNP: How athlete and activist Maxwell Pearce uses his platform to speak out against police brutality

As a professional athlete and current Harlem Globetrotters, Maxwell Pearce stands in solidarity as fellow NBA & WNBA players use their platforms to disrupt pro sports in wake of the Jacob Blake shooting by police.

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MCNP: Harlem Globetrotter Max Pearce talks sports activism in today’s climate

American actress and singer Vanessa Williams joins fellow Horace Greeley High alum and host Lauren Stockmon Brown to discuss the complexity of identity politics.

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MCNP: Vanessa Williams talks ‘Bad Hair’, identity politics & navigating high school

American actress and singer Vanessa Williams joins fellow Horace Greeley High alum and host Lauren Stockmon Brown to discuss the complexity of identity politics.

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Season 2, Episode 5: Richard Pryor’s Smith College professor daughter & granddaughter discuss the ‘N Word’ & respectability politics

Famous 1970’s comedian Richard Pryor had his own journey around the “N word,” and current Smith College Professor, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor explains how her father disavowed his own use of the word.

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My Colorful Nana Project: “Education unlocks human stories & makes ‘othering’ people harder” an interview with Chidi Asoluka

Chidi Asoluka and MCNP founder Lauren Stockmon Brown question how we can collectively liberate the minds of young people

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