Breaking Stereotypes One Storybook At A Time

06/16/20 • 43 min

Strange Fruit

Kamen Edwards, author of "The One and Only Dylan St. Claire"

Kamen Edwards, author of "The One and Only Dylan St. Claire"

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How The #FeedTheWest Initiative Is Responding To Unrest In Louisville

Taylor Ryan of Change Today, Change Tomorrow joins us this week to spotlight #FeedTheWest, an initiative which provides food and educational resources to African Americans in west Louisville affected by food deserts. The lack of access to food in the West End was made worse last week by the abrupt closing of a vandalized grocery store -– the only major grocer in the neighborhood.

Later in the show, author Alexander Watson shares adventures from his recent book "River Queens: Saucy boat, stout mates, spotted dog, America."

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Celebrating Pride Online

With Pride festivals across the country being rescheduled or cancelled because of the Coronavirus outbreak, LGBTQ folks are finding inventive ways to celebrate Pride Month virtually.

This week we speak with model, social media influencer, and Pop/R&B singer Teraj about his career, how he celebrated Pride virtually this year with the South Florida Pride Collective, and how queer and trans folks can celebrate Pride while amplifying the freedom calls of #BLM.