In this episode we talk with Jimmy McGee, the CEO and President of the Impact Movement—an organization whose primary focus is to help develop students of African descent into leaders who impact the world for good. Part of that process involves helping students to become agents of justice whatever their vocations might be. For any of us who would dedicate themselves to seeking justice, McGee contends, we must resolve to do so for the long run.
Guest: Jimmy McGee - CEO & President of Impact Movement - a non profit serving black college students
Mentions:
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Jelani Day - student served by Impact at Illinois State University who went missing
Emmett Till - student whose murder prompted outrage and fueled the Civil Rights movement
Flint, Michigan - still no clean water
Book - The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
urban food deserts - no fresh food; children have adult teeth come in already rotten.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia renovated
Milwaukee - most segregated city in US
Impact Movement grad - Ryan Haygood - NCAAP Defense fund; President of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Dr. C. T. Vivian - lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr.
Book: Eyes on the Prize; companion to the PBS series - Eyes on the Prize
John Stott - book: Between Two Worlds
Sankofa - image from West Africa - fetch from your past to know your future
Dave Dennis - long time civil rights activist
Diane Nash - civil rights activist
Freedom Rides
Keywords: earth justice, Flint Michigan, Black
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