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Power Perspectives

Power Perspectives

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 Power Perspectives was co-created and co-hosted by ShaVunda Brown, community storyteller at Pillsbury United Communities and Andrea Pierre, KRSM radio station manager. The show is a narrative project of Pillsbury United Communities, a 140 year old nonprofit that co-creates enduring change toward a just society in Minneapolis and beyond. The show originally aired live on KRSM Radio, a low-power FM radio station based out of Waite House Community Center in the Phillips Neighborhood of South Minneapolis from September 2021-January 2023.© 2023 Pillsbury United Communities Art Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode 8: DejaJoelle

    Episode 8: DejaJoelle
    Feb 27 2023
    During this episode we speak with DejaJoelle who has developed a specific aesthetic that drives the work that she shares. Using Dance, Revolutionary Love Practices, meditation, and affirmation DejaJoelle’s mission is to help guide other Black women who have had their bodies abused, used, and taken away from them towards healing and reclamation. DejaJoelle does not claim to be a therapist and owns her title of a Healing Artist using art to soothe and develop the spirit. DejaJoelle’s mission is to eradicate Sexual trauma, exploitation, and trafficking, in our communities by sharing her journey and techniques with Black communities across the globe.
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    49 mins
  • Episode 9: Bobby Joe Champion/Black Visions

    Episode 9: Bobby Joe Champion/Black Visions
    Feb 27 2023
    During this episode we announce Senator Bobby Joe Champion's historic election as the first African American and first person of color as President of the Mn Senate. Senator Bobby Joe Champion attended North High School and graduated with degrees in Political Science and Law from Macalester College and William Mitchell College of Law. Champion is now a practicing attorney with skill sets in negotiation, extensive legal and business analysis, and advocacy. Champion is a lifelong resident of North Minneapolis and currently lives in the Lyn Park neighborhood with his wife Angela, a pharmacist, and their two sons.Champion has also worked for Flyte Tyme Productions and Flyte Tyme’s Grammy Award-winning producers Terry Lewis and James “Jimmy Jam” Harris.In his legal work, Champion has also served with Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Legal Rights Center, and as an Assistant Attorney General under both Skip Humphrey and Mike Hatch. Champion was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2008 and has been a diligent public servant in job creation, affordable housing, ending homelessness, transportation, conservation, combating climate change, education, healthcare, and equity and criminal justice reform. Champion has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2012. During the second half of this episode we speak with Communications Strategist Ja'Mon Kimbrough and Membership Programming Organizer Lexi Collins of Black Visions
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    51 mins
  • Episode 7: Benefits Cliff Conversation with Roxanne O'Brien, Milla Crawford and Luz Francisco

    Episode 7: Benefits Cliff Conversation with Roxanne O'Brien, Milla Crawford and Luz Francisco
    Feb 1 2023
    At the beginning of 2022, Pillsbury United Communities Narrative Team Members Kenzie O'Keefe and ShaVunda Brown set out to work with community members most affected by the benefits cliff, to document their stories and experiences with the understanding that those most affected are the best equipped to design solutions to them. During this episode we speak with Co-founder of Community Members for Environmental Justice Roxanne O'Brian, Nonprofit Building Manager Luz Francisco and Small Business Owner Milla Crawford about their experiences.
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    51 mins
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