Roundtable: The Ferguson Uprisings of 2014

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Over 10 years later and still relevant... Jemar is joined by Tyler Burns & Michelle Higgins to discuss the events in Ferguson surrounding the killing of Michael Brown, race relations in America, and the role of the church in the midst of injustice. Note: Episode recorded live via Google Hangout on Aug 19, 2014. At that time we experienced a few delays in connection causing some of the sporadic audio issues you hear during this episode. Original Airdate: August 19, 2014 Support this podcast on patreon at www.patreon.com/PassTheMic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks this is Dr. Jemar Tisbee co-host of Pass the Mike and what you're
0:10.3	about to hear comes from 10 years ago.
0:13.7	This is all the way back when we were called the Reformed
0:16.2	African American Network before we changed our name
0:18.8	to the witness, a Black Christian collective.
0:20.9	It is also the first appearance of Michelle Higgins. And we and we are talking about Ferguson. She's coming straight from a protest there. You hear it in her voice.
0:30.0	It's also, I believe, the second appearance of Tyler Burns, our current co-host, who's been on the mic for many, many years now, but this is early on. So what you're about to hear is literally a pace of history. It is a flashback to a very tense
0:44.9	time in our nation and these are our thoughts there and on the 10 year
0:49.6	anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown we thought it would be good to bring this episode back and
0:55.3	hear what we were thinking then as well as how far we've come or not. So enjoy
1:01.4	this episode of Pass the Mic.
1:03.3	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church.
1:11.3	This is Pass the Mic.
1:13.0	Welcome to Pass the Mic.
1:18.0	This is Jemar Tisbee and today we are discussing the ongoing situation in Ferguson, Missouri.
1:25.2	We're doing a live show today, so we're glad all of you who joined us right now.
1:30.8	We have two guests today.
1:33.0	One is Tyler Burns.
1:35.0	He's been on the show before.
1:36.0	Tyler is a youth minister in Pensacola, Florida.
1:40.0	He's written some for Ran and always provides helpful insight and commentary on lots of issues.
1:48.0	We've also got Michelle Higgins.
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