Black Teens Being EP 05: Walking Blind
In this episode teens speak vulnerably about violence, prejudice, stress and other societal fears and pressures they have. Adults often invalidate teens, and these…
BTB EP 04: Nigel Shelby and Teen Suicide
In this episode we hear from teens and parents reflecting on the tragic suicide of Nigel Shelby, a young man who took his own…
Parenting in the Age of Police Brutality
In this episode of Message in Your Ear we hear from teens about their encounters with law enforcement. We also talk to parents about…
Black Teens Being: Challenging Your Beliefs
Our podcast Message in Your Ear featuring the voices and experiences of Black Teens hosted and created by David Person is available on Apple Podcast, Google…
Message in Your Ear
S1 EP1: Black Teens Being In this episode David talks with Ariana Brown and Jaylen Rogers about what it means to be a black…
NASA’s Hidden Figures Helped Us Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
Editor’s Note: This repost from 2016 is in honor of one of the hidden figures of NASA, Katherine Johnson (August 26, 1918-February 24, 2020)….
Legacy and Grace of Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson does not have the booming baritone of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His tone is softer, his pitch higher. But his words…
ALLIES
After the 2014 killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the Rev. Jim Wallis joined in the protests that followed….
Why Pastors Took a Knee for the NFL Blackout
Long before Debleaire Snell became a pastor, he was a football fan. He played in a Pop Warner league as a child and intramural football…
Sisterhood
Violence tore at the fabric of a friendship—where can they go for healing? After the massacre in “Mother Emmanuel” AME Church in Charleston, South…