250 - Be The Bridge - with Faitth Brooks

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Faitth Brooks is the Director of Operations at Be the Bridge to Racial Unity, an organization dedicated to empowering people and culture towards racial equality, healing and reconciliation. On today’s episode, we sit down with Faitth to learn more about the work of Be the Bridge, how we can be allies that make a difference, and her important perspective on what it is like to be a black woman in America. Be the Bridge is a well of information that helps educate, inform, and then act at a fundamental level in people’s families and communities. In today’s conversation, Faitth describes the powerful result of taking small steps towards change. If you want to find out more information about the work Be the Bridge does, download Be the Bridge’s resource guide, or join a group, you can visit:https://bethebridge.com or visit them on instagram: @beabridgebuilder For more information about Faitth, please visit: https://www.faitthbrooks.com or Instagram: @faitthb Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - apple.co/1Lla1Nj Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Instagram: @voxpodcast Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford www.timothyjohnstafford.com Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

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0:00.0	Hey everybody Mike, Mike, Bonnie, Tim, and Faith are here coming at you live.
0:12.0	Tim is in Northern California, Bonnie, Austin, Texas.
0:16.0	Faith, where are you coming at us from?
0:18.0	Atlanta, Georgia.
0:20.0	That's what I'm talking about.
0:21.0	Oh my goodness, and yours truly coming from Columbus, Ohio, we really do represent the 50 states.
0:26.4	And that geographical territory, right? Can you think of anything we're missing? No. Michigan, not missing at all. No need for them and Maine.
0:35.0	What's going on in Maine right now does anyone know?
0:38.0	Nope, that's exactly right.
0:40.0	So I'm okay with 49 states, that's fine.
0:42.0	Bonnie and Tim, updates on what's happening these days.
0:47.0	Are you still quarantining?
0:48.0	Are you still, you know, as summer has hit?
0:51.0	What's the status with like social visits we opened in
0:56.4	Texas like for one of the first to open open real fast and furious that's the
1:01.8	Texas way yeah and then whoops everything has tripled and so now the they're wanting to shut
1:08.6	it all back down again they're like don't go anywhere don't leave your house
1:11.1	don't do anything. Dang.
1:13.0	So we're just stand up.
1:15.0	That's California too.
1:16.0	Oh, there you go.
1:17.0	We did a good job.
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