An Impeccable Legacy w/ Carey Peck and Chris Peck, social justice activists and educators - S5E13pt1

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Two generations of social activists discuss the legacy of Gregory Peck, famously known for many films including his role as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird. His son Carey and grandson Chris take us behind the scenes and talk about what inspired Gregory to take on Harper Lee's pivotal character, as well as powerful and controversial roles in other classic films dealing with antisemitism and also addressing the pain of war. Both Carey and Chris discuss their important work, as well. They are passionate about being a resource to disempowered communities and are committed to facilitating ways for people to make changes in their lives. Here are some of the great books Chris recommended in today's episode... White Fragility: https://g.co/kgs/SfUE5u Between the World and Me: https://g.co/kgs/BYVHJx How to be an Anti-Racist: https://g.co/kgs/Q3me5j The New Jim Crow: https://g.co/kgs/sQ7zHx Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:14.0	Hi, everybody.
0:16.1	Welcome to a very special show.
0:19.3	This is part one of a two-part conversation that I had the pleasure of having
0:26.7	with Carrie Peck and Chris Peck. The actor and social justice activist Gregory Peck,
0:37.0	who most of you have heard of, left us a lovely, lovely legacy
0:42.7	through film, through doing so many important things from behind the scenes, and through providing
0:52.4	us with descendants of his who have helped our world in so many ways
0:59.7	and continue to do so.
1:01.9	And I wanted to give them a chance today to talk about Gregory Peck, their father and
1:09.4	grandfather, and also to talk about social change
1:13.8	and making a difference and how you go about it, the pushback that you get, and how you keep
1:21.2	pushing forward. So on the show today, we have Carrie Peck, Gregory Peck's son.
1:29.8	He has spent 30 years in public service.
1:34.0	First, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and then with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
1:40.8	He developed small business offices of those two agencies and then wrote grants and administered
1:48.4	after school programs to fight addiction and tobacco and drug use.
1:54.8	He developed and is still in contract to run a computer education program with the L-A-USD, which focuses on cybersecurity,
2:04.4	something we all need. And then we have Kerry's son, Chris. Chris is an English and social
2:12.9	justice educator who is taught in Hawaii, Venezuela, and Los Angeles. And this year, he traveled around the
2:20.8	world and into classrooms recording the Traveling Teacher Podcast, his podcast. And he discusses
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