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Gabor Maté: How Capitalism Makes Us Sick: An Interview on Health and Politics

By Ryan Meili — 2014

Doctor Gabor Maté is the award-winning author of the books When the Body Says No, Hold On To Your Kids, and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. He was recently invited to speak at a conference of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, which includes seven Saskatchewan First Nations. I took the opportunity to interview Dr. Maté about his writing and the intersection between health and politics.

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The Trauma of Slavery Is Encoded in the Genes of Black People

Studies done on Jewish holocaust survivors show trauma is passed down from generation to generation through DNA. Over hundreds of years of slavery, is it plausible Black people have that traumatic experience encoded in their DNA?

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2016
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Disrupting White Supremacy: Seeking Justice, Caring for Community: Preparing for the Days Ahead

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, in partnership with the Minnesota Council of Churches and the Minnesota Conference of the UCC, hosted a virtual public conversation in preparation for the trials of the former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

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Traci Blackmon
2021
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

From the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2020
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Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Preaches to Disciples of Christ General Assembly

In this far-reaching address, Rev. Jones describes the ways that white supremacy, greed, and the disregard for our environment have wounded our nation. She then offers a new path forward, one grounded in the love of Christ, and God's demand for justice.

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Serene Jones
2017
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2021 Knippa Lecture Series Serene Jones Hd 720P

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones talks about the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Masacre in her Knippa Interfaith/Ecumenical Lecture entitled "Trauma and Grace: an Oklahoma History.

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Serene Jones
2021
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Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

Begin Again is one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. Just as in Baldwin’s “after times,” argues Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
2020
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Civil Rights 1963 - James Baldwin and Marlon Brando

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James Baldwin
2014
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Glennon Doyle Melton’s Important Message for White Feminists | SuperSoul Sessions | OWN

New York Times best-selling author Glennon Doyle Melton calls on white feminists to acknowledge their frequent absence from other civil rights struggles.

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Glennon Doyle
2017
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The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness

In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process.

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Rhonda Magee, Jon Kabat-Zinn (foreword)
2019
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Poverty and Economic Inequality