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Sacred & ProfaneWhat the Future HoldsWe started our series with an exploration of how religious doctrine and belief became deeply entwined with both colonialism and the petroleum industry. We followed the stories of contemporary Americans whose religious beliefs -- and beliefs about climate -- shape their determination to stop pipelines and restore local ecosystems. But what about our future? We spoke with the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond about climate justice, and her hopes for a new vision where care for our neighbors and care for the environment go hand in hand.2024-09-1018 min
Under the Radar PodcastWorcester found a solution to the lifeguard shortageThis week on Under the Radar's Local News Roundtable — City Hall shifts, ballot questions, lifeguard news and more.Boston’s Environmental Chief is moving on. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond used her three-year cabinet tenure to amplify equity in the city’s environmental policies from expanding the city’s green jobs to reducing heat islands in neighborhoods. She left the position to focus on her role as a pastor at Dorchester’s New Roots AME Church.Plus, advocates for rideshare companies are hyping up their public campaign for a potential November ballot question that would decide whether their driv...2024-05-1933 min
The Common The NAACP National Convention is back in Boston This week, people from all over the country are coming to Boston to participate in the 114th NAACP National Convention. The convention runs from July 26 through 31 and includes speakers such as Vice President Kamala Harris, rapper Meek Mill and Boston’s own Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space, Mariama White-Hammond.
There will also be workshops and social events, all aimed at fostering community and advocacy in Boston and across the country. Today, NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan joins The Common with more on the event, and the significance it holds for Boston.
Greater Bo...2023-07-2514 min
treehugger podcastClimate Resilience with Kylie FlanaganKyle Flanagan asks us how we can truly address the roots of the climate crisis, and how we can keep each other safe in the years to come—while making sure that no one gets left behind. She wrote Climate Resilience, robust with short essays edited from interviews with 39 individuals who have been cultivating resilience for decades. There is a chapter dedicated to ecological restoration and issues related to river restoration, shifting the framing of environmental injustices, soil health, community composting and good fire. Intersecting with restoration, Kylie and the cohort of climate imaginaries foreground skills required in a wa...2023-07-1639 min
Stories From The StageTake a StandIn this episode, Reverend Mariama White-Hammond gets down and dirty for a cause. Myles Green stops ignoring his stutter and takes a turn as a public speaker. And Tereza Lee speaks up about her undocumented status – and changes the world. Show you appreciate these extraordinary storytellers by making a donation in any amount at give.worldchannel.org/stories.2022-08-1527 min
USGBCBoston Keynote, A Conversation with Chief Mariama White-HammondUSGBC Live is the leading event for the future of buildings, cities and communities. Content at USGBC Live shares how to implement LEED, offers networking opportunities beyond the event to meet others in the industry, reveals new green building strategies that help with real world issues and explores the latest in green building technology platforms, including updates to LEED.
Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space with the City of Boston joins us for our closing session. As Chief, Rev. White-Hammond oversees policy and programs on energy, climate change, sustainability, historic preservation and open...2022-07-1146 min
Climate ChangedHow Do We Stop Doing Things That Make No Sense? with special guest Rev. Mariama White-HammondIn this very first episode of the new Climate Changed podcast you will experience:
Introductions by the co-hosts, Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis
A centering practice led by Peterson Toscano
Remarks about the state of our world and churches by Rev. Mariama White-Hammond
Ben and Nicole’s deep and moving discussion about those remarks
Next Steps
Next Steps for Engaged Hope
Hear more of Rev. Mariama White-Hammond from the 2021 Convocation
Do one small thing to defy the powers that be
Stage a small protest at a street corner
Hand out cookies or free bottles of water
Greet a...2022-06-2841 min
Spirit in ActionRoots to Stand Strong in Climate ChangedGuest-hosts today are Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis, of the BTS Center & the brand-new Climate Changed podcast, accompanied by Peterson Toscano. They will explain who they are and what their podcast is all about, but, in short, they are addressing the need for spiritual leadership in a climate-changed world. Their guest is Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the City of Boston and the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church in Dorchester, a multi-racial, multi-class community.2022-06-1755 minSpirit in ActionRoots to Stand Strong in Climate ChangeGuest-hosts today are Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis, of the BTS Center & the brand-new Climate Changed podcast, accompanied by Peterson Toscano. They will explain who they are and what their podcast is all about, but, in short, they are addressing the need for spiritual leadership in a climate-changed world. Their guest is Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the City of Boston and the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church in Dorchester, a multi-racial, multi-class community.2022-06-1755 minClimate ChangedComing Soon: Climate Changed PodcastPeterson Toscano, host of Citizens Climate Radio, produces the new Climate Changed podcast. He finds hosts, Nicole Diroff and Ben Yosua-Davis, the perfect friends to talk him down when he is feeling overwhelmed by climate change. Their honesty, vulnerability, and resourcefulness provide him with fresh perspectives and much needed determination.
Episodes One and Two premiere June 2022
Episode 1: How Do We Stop Doing Things that Make No Sense? With Rev. Mariama White-Hammond
Episode 2: Where Do You Find Hope? With Corina Newsome
Episode 3: What Do We Tell the Children? With Craig Santos Perez2022-06-0800 minClimate ChangedSeason One Promo: Parenting in a Climate Changed WorldBen Yosua-Davis and Nicole Diroff are the hosts of the new Climate Changed podcast. They also have something else in common. They are both parents.
Ben is a father to two amazing children. Michael, is his six year-old creative social butterfly. Genevieve is his sweet and ferocious two year old."
Nicole is a mother to a second grader.
Parenting comes with so many unique joys and challenges, and parenting in a climate-changed world in particular, raises so many questions for us.
As our children are discovering the wonders of the natural world, H...2022-05-2002 min
Climate ChangedAnnouncing Climate Changed! A short preview of season oneClimate Changed is a brand new podcast about pursuing faith, life, and love in a climate-changed world. Hosted by Nicole Diroff and Ben Yosua-Davis. Climate Changed features guests who deepen the conversation while also stirring the waters. The Climate Changed podcast is a project of The BTS Center.
In this extended promo you will about the podcast and from some of the guests who will appear on Season One including
Corina Newsome, one of co-organizers of the inaugural #BlackBirdersWeek
Keyana Pardilla, a young Penobscot woman in Maine who connects modern science with ancient indigenous practices
Pacific I...2022-05-2005 min
New England WeekendConnecting Bostonians to Affordable Renewable Energy, and Cradles to Crayons Keeps Kids WarmEnergy prices are on the rise, and the worst of winter hasn't even hit yet. Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, the Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space for the City of Boston, joins Nichole to talk about the Hub's "Community Choice" electricity program. The City works with outside vendors to connect Boston residents with affordable electricity, which, depending on the program chosen, can consist of 100% renewable energy. Aubrey Conquergood, Executive Director of Cradles to Crayons Boston, returns to the show for an update on the non-profit's efforts to provide families in need with seasonally-appropriate clothing for children. Aubrey also has details...2021-12-1836 min
Gibrán's PodcastGibran's Podcast: Episode 18 - New Roots with Rev. Mariama White HammondThere is so much exciting talk about emergence these days! How do you apply this thinking to something like the Church? How can you make room for the new when a tradition is 2000 years old?
Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is finding out. She is a founder of New Roots AME Church, an Emergent Church in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Where I live! Reverend Mariama says that Emergent Churches believe God is doing something new in this moment. And that it is our job to move with spirit and make ourselves available for God to emerge.
In this podcast episode we dive in...2021-01-121h 17
JFK Library ForumsClimate Change, Survival, and Deepening Our HumanityAward-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon and the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church and fellow with the Green Justice Coalition, discuss how the belief systems that define and maintain our societies impact the planet and influence our survival with Porsha Olayiwola, the City of Boston's Poet Laureate. Co-presented in conjunction with the city wide read of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower and in association with Parable Path Boston, ArtsEmerson, New Roots AME Church and the Boston Public Library. For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.2020-11-181h 31
Mrs. Green's World PodcastUsing Love to Transform Ourselves and the World: Moving Toward Peace and JusticeReverend Mariama White-Hammond, Speaker & Consultant, Fellow Green Justice Coalition and Pastor, New Roots AME Church Impact Earth: Spirituality, E2 What does it look like when we approach inequality and the effects of war, natural disasters and political and economic injustice through the lens of love? Our consumption is causing the collapse of our planet […]2020-11-101h 02
Talk! with MarieTalk! with Marie | Building Bridges | Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Founding Pastor of New RootsMarie interviews Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Founding Pastor of New Roots AME Church about activism, faith, self-care, leadership, and Harriet Tubman’s courage. To learn more about Rev. Mariama’s work & New Roots, visit www.newroots.church
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Organizing for Change37 - We Can Work Together with Reverend Mariama White-HammondIf you would like to be an insider to the Organizing for Change Podcast, join our email list. You will be the first to know about upcoming episodes and you will get a summary after each episode with links to anything we have talked about emailed right to your inbox. Just click on the link in the notes to join our community today!
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Tiny SparkIn Climate Crisis, We Need Love Even More Than SciencePastor and activist, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond describes how her experience of racial and economic injustice led her to fight for the planet as a whole and explains why it is time to “live differently.”2019-10-1127 min
TILclimateTIL what I can doHere at TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), there’s one question we get from our listeners more than any other: “What can I do to make a difference on climate change?” In this special episode of the podcast, three guests who have made acting on climate a big part of their lives join interim host Aaron Krol to share their stories and their advice for those who want to do more. Together, we discuss how to mobilize and inspire others, how small individual actions can lead to large societal ones, and why your contributions to a cooler, more resilient future...2019-10-0317 min
Fully Yours20. Climate, the Spirit and Remembering Who We AreIn this gem of a conversation, Christy and Eva talk with pastor and ecological/ social justice activist and speaker Rev. Mariama White-Hammond. She shares about the spiritual nature of climate change and many of our contemporary issues, the need for finding joy in the natural world, and in discerning what is ours to do.2019-08-2000 min
Cooler EarthE1: "We need all hands on deck" Boston native Reverend Mariama White-Hammond recently started her own congregation in the city, with a hope to make climate justice a central pillar of her message. I talked with her about the role of faith and spirituality in conveying the message about a changing climate, the forces that keep her going in advocating for social and environmental justice, and why to her, giving up is just not an option. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-04-0400 min
Bethel Audio ProductionFather's Day 8am - AudioHappy Father's Day
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Luke 10:25-372018-06-1737 minBethel Audio ProductionEarth Day 2018 8am - AudioEarth Day
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Genesis 12018-04-2255 min
The Climate Workshop PodcastClimate change, economic inequality, toxic masculinity, and more with Rev. Mariama White-HammondTim DeChristopher talks with Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, the Minister for Ecological Justice at Bethel AME Church in Boston, MA. Rev. Mariama shares her deep ecological view of climate and social justice. She talks about her role as a black minister challenging the predominantly white climate movement to recognize that the problem is much bigger than parts per million. This episode connects the dots between climate change and economic inequality, toxic masculinity, mass incarceration, and more. Not only has Rev. Mariama done groundbreaking work on community climate resilience, she also won her fantasy football league last year!
Follow Rev. Mariama White-Hammond...2017-12-1842 min
The Climate Workshop PodcastClimate change, economic inequality, toxic masculinity, and more with Rev. Mariama White-HammondTim DeChristopher talks with Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, the Minister for Ecological Justice at Bethel AME Church in Boston, MA. Rev. Mariama shares her deep ecological view of climate and social justice. She talks about her role as a black minister challenging the predominantly white climate movement to recognize that the problem is much bigger than parts per million. This episode connects the dots between climate change and economic inequality, toxic masculinity, mass incarceration, and more. Not only has Rev. Mariama done groundbreaking work on community climate resilience, she also won her fantasy football league last year!
Follow Rev. Mariama White-Hammond...2017-12-1800 minBethel Audio ProductionCreation Care Sunday: The Power of Water - AudioCreation Care Sunday: The Power of Water
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Jeremiah 2:4-92017-09-2437 minBethel Audio ProductionEnd the Depression Cycle - AudioEnd the Depression Cycle
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1 Kings 19:1-92017-04-3035 min
National Council of ChurchesStanding with Standing Rock: "Water Protectors" and the New SelmaIn early November, hundreds of clergy came to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, at the invitation of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, to join in the protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through reservation land. I attended that protest, and while there I met Mariama White-Hammond, today’s guest. Today we will talk with two leaders concerned with this controversial pipeline and hear about the issues that come together in it: water quality, the rights of indigenous people, and climate change. The Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has said about the protests at Standing Rock...2016-11-1733 min
Irenicast - A Progressive Christian PodcastYou Are Creative - The Art of Self Expression You are creative. Many times in life we convince ourselves that we are not creative. That creativity is reserved for the special and talented. This week Jeff and Mona debunk that idea and celebrate the creativity of everyone. Our hosts discuss the relationship between creativity and talent and offer up their own creative methods. The episode ends in a creative exercise with the segment, Good News, Bad News. Announcements (02:18) You Are Creative Conversation (03:19) Good News, Bad News Segment (50:07) RELEVANT LINKS The Creative Habit: Learn...2016-07-121h 00
Irenicast - A Progressive Christian PodcastCriminal Justice and Restoration - Why the Lock Up Should Be on Lockdown Criminal justice is a complex topic with many ethical streams. This week the team takes on a bird's eye view of justice in the prison industry, capital punishment and immigration, to name a few, and hidden factors many might not think of in these issues. They explore what it might mean to seek restorative justice, both in the ways we challenge our systems and in how we treat others. The episode ends with a new round of Famous Christians for 100, where they try to guess who said what in the media recently. Host C...2015-06-301h 02Irenicast - A Progressive Christian PodcastRacism and Dialogue BONUS Episode – Interview with Mariama White-Hammond In this bonus episode we continue the conversation on racism and dialogue. Mona interviews Mariama White-Hammond, a community organizer and minister in Boston. Mariama shares insights from her personal experiences and her understandings on issues of racism in context of greater US society and civil rights history. Mona and Mariama engage in a heartfelt conversation about what it might mean to live and dialogue in fearless, interconnected ways. HELPFUL LINKS FROM MARIAMA Check out and support Project Hip-Hop (organization) Dear White Facebook Friends: I Need You to Respect What Black America is Fee...2015-05-011h 10