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33. Kendrick Glover: An Advocate, Pt.1

Grantley Martelly — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 03:31:07 +0000

Kendrick Glover is the founder of Glover Empowerment Mentoring (GEM) based in Kent, WA. Kendrick was born in Natchez, Mississippi and after some wandering years moved to Seattle to get away from further trouble. In Seattle, he found his calling to teach young people to find their path to their full potential. At GEM he is doing just that. With strong faith and determination, he and his team are making a big difference in the lives of hundreds of young people of color every year.
This two-part episode is challenging and inspiring and you will find it one that you will come back to and share with others trying to navigate where they fit and how they can make a difference.

#faith; #race; #reconciliation; #kendrickglover; #strongchildren
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32: Letter To My White Friends Still Struggling With Calls For Justice

Grantley Martelly — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 03:57:02 +0000

This letter to my white friends who are still struggling with calls for racial and social justice and who, at times, feel that they are being called racist simply because they are white. It has taken me many versions to come to this recording and it is intended to help clarify some of the terminology and challenges that they may be struggling with while encouraging dialogue to try to better understand the historic and institutional foundations behind the movement.
All white people are not racist because simply they are white. The racism that is being referred to is the institutional and power structures that continue to benefit one group above the other and that need to be dismantled. The concept of individual responsibility versus community complicity is explained in this episode.

#race, #racism, #priviledge, #faith, #reconciliation, #bible
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23: Danielle Fontaine – My Daughter Married a Black Man Pt.1

Grantley Martelly — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 05:13:15 +0000

In her book, Still Time on Pye Pond, author Danielle Fontaine tells the story of how she has dealt with the racial rift in our family that developed when her daughter married our son. The resulting inter-racial union brought out a demonstration of racism that shocked the entire family. Danielle tells how she found voice in her photographs and encaustic artworks resulting in the book that documents and expresses, in part, her emotions and pain.

#race, reconciliation, #racism, #artist, #daniellefontaineartist

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18: Chitra Hanstad – Knowing Your Neighbor, Pt.1

Grantley Martelly — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:06:31 +0000

Chitra Hanstad is the Executive Director of World Relief Seattle, however, her journey to this place serves as a timely reminder that our neighborhood is global. From India to the United States, back to India, around the world, and again in the United States her service to humanity spans the globe and her faith is lived out wherever she goes.
World Relief Seattle serves people at some of their most vulnerable places in life: relocating to a new country typically with little resources and many times, language barriers. In spite of what can at times seem insurmountable obstacles, the team at World Relief Seattle continues to find ways, and sometimes miracles, to accomplish their work.

#chitrahanstad, #race, #racism, # justice, #reconciliation, #refugees, #asilym

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17: King County Council Member, Dave Upthegrove Pt.2

Grantley Martelly — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:18:35 +0000

In part 2 of my interview, Dave discusses some of his successes while working across differences and keeping our focus on why we are serving others. Dave discusses successes in protecting youth in police custody, setting up programs to help in early childhood education, bridging the education gap in the transition from school to college/community college, working to give voice to the voiceless. He also gives some ideas on how to get involved in changing your local community.

#daveupthegrove; #race: racism; #refugee; #politics; #education; #faith; #reconciliation

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12: An Outlaw

Grantley Martelly — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:50:02 +0000

Some people use Romans 13 as a means to justify following unjust and immoral laws and political persuasions. I dispute that interpretation in this short episode. There are many places where strict interpretation without biblical continuity would lead to contradictions and injustice.

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11: Police Chief Rafael Padilla

Grantley Martelly — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 03:58:26 +0000

Chief Rafael Padilla is the police chief of Kent, WA, the 10th most diverse city in the United States. We discuss his journey of faith and the challenges of leading a police department in the present climate of racial unrest and calls for reforms in modern policing. He discusses his efforts to establish accountability, credibility, and performance standards in his department in a city where diversity of ethnicity, faith, language, customs, and cultures are present at every turn.

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10:The Queen of Katwe

Grantley Martelly — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:03:03 +0000

Miss Phiona Mutesi is called, The Queen of Katwe. However, her life has not been one of royalty, splendor, and riches. Coming from the despair of poverty and living on the streets, she became a national chess champion of Uganda and a world-class chess player. A book was written about her and Disney produced a movie with the same title, The Queen of Katwe. This is her story, her triumph, and her vision of the future she intends to build.

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8: Are We Not One – A Town Hall in the City of Kent, WA -Part 1

Grantley Martelly — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:16:50 +0000

Are We Not One?-Conversations on Racial Reconciliation was a Town Hall held for the City of Kent, WA on September 19, 2020. The town hall was hosted by, and held at Hillside Church Kent and included Mayor Dana Ralph, Police Chief Padilla, and Councilmember Brenda Fincher as well as leaders in the faith community, Native American, and the non-profit community such as Hillside Church, Christ the King Bible Fellowship, Glover Empowerment Mentoring, World Relief Seattle and the Sto:Lo nation.

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9: Are We Not One? – A Town Hall in the City of Kent, WA, Part 2

Grantley Martelly — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:10:18 +0000

Are We Not One?-Conversations on Racial Reconciliation was a Town Hall held for the City of Kent, WA on September 19, 2020. The town hall was hosted by, and held at Hillside Church Kent and included Mayor Dana Ralph, Police Chief Padilla, and Councilmember Brenda Fincher as well as leaders in the faith community, native American, and the non-profit community such as Hillside Church, Christ the King Bible Fellowship, Glover Empowerment Mentoring, World Relief Seattle and the Sto:Lo nation.

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#race

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