The Coronavirus — and a Bit of Levity, Too
‘Community Influencer’ Ronnika (R.J.) Williams Works Out a Formula of Engagement with Her Facebook Audience BENTON HARBOR, Mich.— Sometimes you can serve up a serious message with a side order of humor. If you do it right, it makes for easier digestion. Ronnika (R.J.)...
His ‘Boil-Over’ Point
The George Floyd Killing Provokes a Torrent of Thoughts about Racism in America from a 62-year-old Black Man BENTON HARBOR, Mich.— My friend James “Terry” Stokes called me up the other day. It had been a few weeks since we’d connected. We talked briefly about...
Terry Stokes, in Short Takes
Terry Stokes in his apartment in Benton Harbor, Mich. Wide-Ranging Thoughts on Racism, American-Style An hour-and-a-half interview with Terry Stokes unleashed a torrent of thoughts on why white people act the way they do, and how he and other Black people have...
Brave Talks Story: Kyndall McCoy
Young Woman Is Discovering Through Community Grand Rounds How Systemic Racism Is Causing Poor Health in Her Hometown BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – It can be eye-opening when what you learned in your college classroom comes true in real life, explaining a mystery. And...Healing the Trauma of Racism
How to build trust through community influencers. https://lynntodman.org/how-to-build-trust-in-a-pandemic/
% of registered voters who say it “really matters” who wins the presidential election
2000 50%
2004 67%
2008 63%
2012 63%
2016 74%
2020 83%
-Pew
Brave Talks takes aim at racism: Small group setting allows more honest look at racial divide http://heraldpalladium.mi.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=27debca13
