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Race & the Pandemic/Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories

Season 48 Episode 16

Stephen has a frank conversation about the connection between race, health and the COVID-19 pandemic. How are health disparities in urban cities like Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago contributing to the spread of the coronavirus? Plus, we'll meet up with master storyteller and Detroit native Shannon Cason, famous for his Homemade Stories Podcast. Episode 4816

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A Preview of the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival
26:46
A Preview of the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival
Home repairs, Detroit Poet Laureate, Collard Green Cook-off
26:46
BridgeDetroit’s Community Conversation, Detroit’s Poet Laureate, Collard Green Cook-off.
James Baldwin art, Campus Summer Fest, Downtown Boxing Gym
26:46
James Baldwin exhibit at The Wright, Marygrove Campus Summer Fest, Downtown Boxing Gym.
Detroit’s Black churches respond to gun violence
25:46
Detroit’s Black churches rally support after mass shooting and The Four Tops’ Duke Fakir.
Maternal mortality rates, Summer Discovery program
26:46
Maternal mortality rates in Michigan and United Way’s free Summer Discovery program.
Forgotten Harvest CEO Adrian Lewis, Reparations town hall
26:46
Meet Forgotten Harvest’s new CEO Adrian Lewis and a conversation on reparations.
Neighborhoods Day, African World Festival, Sky Covington
26:46
ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day, African World Festival and jazz artist Sky Covington.
Renowned Poet Nikki Giovanni, Rosie White’s Black history impersonations
26:46
A conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and an eight-year-old Detroit girl’s viral story.
Black Music Month, 17th annual Silence the Violence march
26:46
Black religious music’s influence and the 17th annual Silence the Violence march.
‘7 Mile + Livernois,’ Community Empowerment Speaker Series
23:55
“Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois” exhibit and DABO’s Community Empowerment Speaker Series.
Black churches provide sanctuary, support for mental health
26:46
Black churches provide sanctuary and support for youth facing mental health challenges.
CCH Pounder art exhibit, Michigan Roundtable new leadership
26:46
CCH Pounder’s art exhibit at The Wright, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion.
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