Be the Bridge Podcast

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. Be the Bridge's Sixth Birthday It is important in this bridge building work to be reminded of the good being done on a local level. So for this episode, guest host Dr. Will Gravely is joined by three women who are leading and reproducing [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. Juneteenth What is the significance of Juneteenth becoming a national holiday? How should we celebrate Juneteenth? What are the links between faith and freedom? Listen in to pastor, content creator, and scholar Rasool Berry share the important historical and spiritual contexts of Juneteenth, where [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. "The Heartbeat" -- BTB Groups As we celebrate our birthday, we are peering into the heartbeat of the organization: Be the Bridge groups. Guest podcast host and board member, Dr. Will Gravely, connects with two Be the Bridge group leaders. Regina Alexander and Leah [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. In the midst of so much tragedy and so much to lament after weeks of white supremacy raging through racial terrorism and gun massacres, Latasha Morrison spoke with trauma therapist Dr. Anita Phillips for a timely and needed word. Dr. Anita shares about the [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. If you've ever wondered... About the term and concept of whiteness How there can be such differences between white Christians and BIPOC Christians How reconciliation and justice play a role in spiritual maturity ...then this conversation is for you! Pastor David Swanson joins Latasha [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. “We've always heard local and global. But I think this term [glocal] was just an opportunity to really imagine how we look at the world, especially as a people of faith, recognizing that in order to reach people, you no longer have to [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. Did you know that we have a program for young bridge-builders?Be the Bridge Youth is committed to helping young people—from middle school through college—create brave spaces on their campuses and in their communities where the truth is told, justice is fought for and reconciliation is possible.Our [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. In 1912, white people in Forsyth County, Georgia violently forced every Black resident—nearly 1,100 total—out of their communities following the rape and death of an 18-year-old white woman named Mae Crowe. Now, Forsyth is confronting its dark and racist past and working [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. Author, speaker and bridge-builder Dorena Williamson joins host Latasha Morrison to talk about her latest children’s book, Crowned with Glory, as well as the beauty of Black hair, the joy of Black culture, and the need for representation in literature and publishing. [...]

Find this episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream your podcasts. After losing his father, suffering a life-altering car accident, and losing his college scholarship, Michael Phillips turned to selling drugs to make ends meet. But when he was arrested, the judge gave him a choice: Go to a special college program for [...]