Displaying 4 items of Everything's Political with the tag "community".
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Episode 4: The Power of Music: Stefon Harris & Jason Moran on Practice, Blues, Community + Harmony Cloud (Live at Express Newark)
February 28th, 2026 | Season 6 | 41 mins 41 secs
1-4-5 progression, 12 bar blues, african american history, black church music, black culture, black history month, black music, blues, blues podcast, call and response, community, dominant seventh, ear training, everything’s political podcast, express newark, gospel, harmony cloud, improvisation, jason moran, jazz, jazz education, jazz podcast, junius williams, music education, newark nj, rutgers newark, stefon harris, storytelling, thelonious monk
A Black History Month fireside conversation with Jason Moran and Stefon Harris on the Everything’s Political Podcast, recorded at Express Newark (Rutgers University–Newark) in Newark, New Jersey. Host Junius Williams explores the power of Black music—the blues, Black church traditions, and jazz—and how practice, listening, and community shape creativity and life. Includes live musical demonstrations, an accessible breakdown of the 12-bar blues, 1–4–5 progression, and dominant seventh chords, plus Stefon Harris’s new music education app, Harmony Cloud.
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The Power of the Vote – Part 2
May 13th, 2022 | Season 2 | 50 mins 20 secs
bloody sunday, civil rights, community, nonviolence, politics, selma, social justice, voting
In the last episode of Everything's Political season two, we're once again challenging our listeners to weigh in on The Power of the Vote! Junius Williams sits down with W. Mondale Robinson, principal of the Black Male Voter Project, to discuss the current state of voting, and shares more clips from his trip to this year's Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee.
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The Power of the Vote – Part 1
April 13th, 2022 | Season 2 | 1 hr 5 mins
bloody sunday, civil rights, community, nonviolence, politics, selma, social justice, voting
In this episode, Francesca speaks with Junius about his sudden decision to attend the 57th Anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. Do you know the story of Selma? Wondering why Junius was moved to attend this year?
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Healing
March 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 55 mins 21 secs
civil rights, community, detroit, healing, mental health, newark, nonviolence, politics, social justice, trauma
In Episode 6, “Healing,” host Junius Williams shows a community undergoing the healing process in Newark and Detroit — and why people can’t just heal alone. Engaging the community is an important step in normalizing mental health support and nonviolence…but how do we do it?