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Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

231. Bishop Omar in Memoriam

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Youtube: https://youtu.be/c7fsVYlFsX0 As the election mounts, it seems like the country has never been less unified, but today's AMAZING #BetterTogether shows us there's still hope - lots of it. Bishop Omar is a widely respected community leader in Dallas, who began his career as Texas' first gang negotiator, a job where he was asked to go into prisons and negotiate tense dynamics between some of the state's most notorious gang leaders, including Bloods, Crips, and Neo-Nazis.Omar's revolutionary approach to gang negotiations centers on recognizing the humanity in all people, and figuring out our "intersections of agreement" so that we can take steps forward, together, rather than backwards. Omar's beautifully articulate storytelling and outlook really spoke to me, and had me emotional! This is an INCREDIBLE episode, and I believe that Omar is offering tools that can help heal the ever-increasing divide in our country. Watch, listen, subscribe to my channel (link in bio), and please share this episode with 3 people who need some #BishopOmar in their life. Also, make sure to watch #BetterTogether every weekday! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, so Macy's as you may or may not know is a place I used to work at a store

0:05.6

I still shop at and have been incredible supporters of our show for all of the above reasons

0:11.4

Be sure to visit macy's dot com backslash heel squad and explore my favorite finds thanks to my newborn little Athena

0:18.9

I recently added the most adorable baby clothes including some super practical baby gear stuff that I have in my home

0:26.7

and is on my personal wish list and I invite you to take a peek but whether it's for your baby your own fashion or home

0:32.8

Macy's has got you covered head over to macy's dot com forward slash heel squad for all your shopping needs

0:38.1

Happy shopping friends. Hi everyone

0:40.7

So we are here because we have some really sad news

0:46.4

We

0:47.9

heard the other day that Bishop Omar who we had on the show a few months ago has passed

0:53.8

So we wanted to replay and rerun his episode for you guys. He's such a beautiful soul

1:01.4

We're all really shaken up when we heard the news. He's it's devastating. Yeah, I feel like we've lost so many people

1:09.4

Beautiful people during this pandemic. He was a friend of Maria's and the show and someone we

1:15.9

You know, we're expecting to get a lot closer to yeah, and he was somebody that I felt

1:22.3

was really going to make an impact and and and and us all moving forward and

1:31.0

It's just shocking and I can only hope that his teachings and the interviews he's done can be preserved

1:39.1

in a way so we can't learn from him and his his

1:43.7

His legend it's a it's a very

1:46.7

very sad and very shocking and

1:50.5

Anyway, we just thought it was appropriate to play his interview and yeah, and if

1:57.4

If it touches you which it will and I'm sure a lot of you have already seen it but rewatch it relisten

2:02.9

Yeah, I'm sure you'll pick up some new things and if it does if it touches you please send it send it to a family member send it to a friend

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