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She Rocked ItMichelle Saahene : Raising Her Voice Against RacismMichelle Saahene’s life took a major turn in 2018, when she was one of the women responsible for the viral video of two Black men arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for not buying coffee. The incident inspired her to co-found From Privilege to Progress—a growing national movement to amplify Black voices, desegregate the public conversation about race, and inspire others to #showup against racism. More than 500,000 people now follow From Privilege to Progress on Instagram, and along with co-founder Melissa DePino, Michelle has spoken on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk, The Today Show, and NPR’s Radio Ti...
2021-06-0228 minShe Rocked ItMichelle Saahene : Raising Her Voice Against RacismMichelle Saahene’s life took a major turn in 2018, when she was one of the women responsible for the viral video of two Black men arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for not buying coffee. The incident inspired her to co-found From Privilege to Progress—a growing national movement to amplify Black voices, desegregate the public conversation about race, and inspire others to #showup against racism. More than 500,000 people now follow From Privilege to Progress on Instagram, and along with co-founder Melissa DePino, Michelle has spoken on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk, The Today Show, and NPR’s Radio Ti...
2021-06-0228 min
American Fever Dream#267 How Do We "Desegregate" Our Conversations About Race? Ft. Melissa DePino And Michelle SaaheneOn today’s episode, Amanda talks to Melissa DePino and Michelle Saahene, the women responsible for the viral video of two black men unjustly arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks. DePino and Saahene became fast friends and began Privilege To Progress, a national movement to desegregate the public conversation about race. DePino and Saahene explain why they decided to start an anti-racism movement with a relative stranger. They offer advice for how we can grow our understanding of each other’s experiences without creating more distance between us and the concept of “white identity development.” Finally, they explain how to producti...
2020-06-1141 min
Positive Solace with Attika ChoudharyShowing Up Against RacismAttika Choudhary discusses the extraordinary project of a white woman, Melissa DePino, and a black woman, Michelle Saahene, who met through the Starbucks incident in 2018 and founded “From Privilege to Progress”.Their aim is to change the way white people think from a position of privilege to understanding things from a black person’s point of view, and how we, as a community of all colours, have a duty to tackle racism by calling it out whenever we see it.They discuss the current Black Lives Matter protests sweeping across the Western world, sparked by the de...
2020-06-091h 02
Positive Solace with Attika ChoudharyShowing Up Against RacismAttika Choudhary discusses the extraordinary project of a white woman, Melissa DePino, and a black woman, Michelle Saahene, who met through the Starbucks incident in 2018 and founded “From Privilege to Progress”.Their aim is to change the way white people think from a position of privilege to understanding things from a black person’s point of view, and how we, as a community of all colours, have a duty to tackle racism by calling it out whenever we see it.They discuss the current Black Lives Matter protests sweeping across the Western world, sparked by the de...
2020-06-091h 02
Hot Marriage. Cool Parents.Ep. 74 How to Stand Up to Racism with Founders of Privilege to ProgressWe’re going to sound incredibly ignorant to some of you - but we strongly believe in being fully transparent and honest. We have been ignorant. We have had rose colored glasses on - or maybe just no glasses on because we weren’t SEEING what we were hearing. Racism. The black communty has been screaming it still exists. We never really knew what side to believe so we just moved on with life. UNTIL WE WATCHED THE VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYD. We have a lot to learn about racism...
2020-06-0841 min
The Opt-InFrom Privilege to Progress: #ShowUpMelissa DePino + Michelle Saahene tweeted the Starbucks arrest of two Black men for not buying a coffee. The tweet was heard around the world to the extent that Starbucks shut down for a day of retraining. What has unfurled is their joint venture From Privilege to Progress (P2P), a national movement to desegregate the public conversation about racism. Listen to their vastly different experiences and how their worlds collided and converged to now call on all Americans to join on the path to antiracism by learning, showing up in their everyday lives and amplifying the voices of people o...
2019-10-2955 min
Bridging PhillyFlashpoint: Trump vs. Cummings, Overdose Reversals, ICNA ReliefHost and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about President Donald Trump's criticism of Congressman Elijah Cummings and Baltimore. Were the President's comments racist? Or were they right? Melissa DePino, co-founder of Privilege to Progress joined Charles Gallagher, a professor at LaSalle University, Rev. William A Brawner from Power and Raynard Jackson, a conservative columnist and Republican political consultant in a heated discussion.
The newsmaker of the week is Roz Pichardo, founder of Operation Save Our City.
The changemaker of the week is ICNA Relief. Razin Karu, Outreach Coordinator, is guest.
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2019-08-0449 min
Jay Scott ConfidentialBest Of JSC Radio 2018: The Year That Was...Somehow we've made it to the end of one of the most ridiculous years ever! JSC Radio has grown by leaps and bounds since the start of the year and it's time once again to take a look back in this Super-Sized Year End Episode at some of the things that made JSC so damn great in 2018: *Michigan State University's protection and enabling of Larry Nassar has scarred us all. *The Perils of being a Black Journalist are real *The Philadelphia Eagles Won the Damn Super Bowl *Jazmine Duke and Her Dad tore down the house *Brittany Noble told her...
2018-12-312h 14
Jay Scott ConfidentialBest Of JSC Radio 2018: The Year That Was...Somehow we've made it to the end of one of the most ridiculous years ever! JSC Radio has grown by leaps and bounds since the start of the year and it's time once again to take a look back in this Super-Sized Year End Episode at some of the things that made JSC so damn great in 2018:
*Michigan State University's protection and enabling of Larry Nassar has scarred us all.
*The Perils of being a Black Journalist are real
*The Philadelphia Eagles Won the Damn Super Bowl
*Jazmine Duke and Her Dad tore down the house
*Brittany Noble told her...
2018-12-312h 14
Jay Scott ConfidentialEpisode 80: Podcasting #WhileBlackThe 80th Episode of the People's Podcast gets raw and real about Race. Simple and Plain.In this landmark, super-sized episode, Jay tells the story of his first experiences of Driving #WhileBlack, and talks about the perils of Living #WhileBlack.Then, we talk to the two women responsible for this year's most importantly viral video: Michelle Saahene and Melissa DePino are the reason the infamous Philly Starbucks video went nuclear back in April and they sit down to tell their story. (Interview begins at the 34:00 mark)Including: How the incident unfolded in front of...
2018-06-231h 41
Jay Scott ConfidentialEpisode 80: Podcasting #WhileBlackThe 80th Episode of the People's Podcast gets raw and real about Race. Simple and Plain. In this landmark, super-sized episode, Jay tells the story of his first experiences of Driving #WhileBlack, and talks about the perils of Living #WhileBlack.
Then, we talk to the two women responsible for this year's most importantly viral video. Michelle Saahene and Melissa DePino are the reason the infamous Philly Starbucks video went nuclear back in April and they sit down to tell their story. (Interview begins at the 34:00 mark)
Including: How the incident unfolded in front of them...
2018-06-231h 41
Toure ShowMelissa Depino: I Was In That StarbucksMelissa Depino was in that Starbucks when Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson were arrested. She saw the whole thing, before and after the video. This is her story. Living through this has changed her. Let me know what you think. Twitter: @Toure. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
2018-04-2330 min
Frankie's podcastUNCUT Starbucks Philly Police Arrest Frankie Darcell and Melissa DePino who shared arrest on socials 4 16 18UNCUT Starbucks Philly Police Arrest Frankie Darcell and Melissa DePino who shared arrest on socials 4 16 18
2018-04-1710 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaPretty Little World by Melissa Depino, Elizabeth LabanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty Little World Author: Melissa Depino, Elizabeth Laban Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For readers of Liane Moriarty and Jennifer Weiner, there’s a secret behind the row-house walls of Emerson Street. On a cozy street in Philadelphia, three neighboring families have become the best of friends. They can’t imagine life without one another—until one family outgrows their tiny row house. In a bid to stay together, a crazy idea is born: What if they tear d...
2017-01-1703 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenPretty Little World by Melissa Depino, Elizabeth LabanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty Little World Author: Melissa Depino, Elizabeth Laban Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: For readers of Liane Moriarty and Jennifer Weiner, there’s a secret behind the row-house walls of Emerson Street. On a cozy street in Philadelphia, three neighboring families have become the best of friends. They can’t imagine life without one another—until one family outgrows their tiny row house. In a bid to stay together, a crazy idea is born: What if they t...
2017-01-1703 min