In this episode, Donzel welcomes Jon Melrod, activist and best-selling author of the new book, FIGHTING TIMES: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War. Jon shares why and how he gave up his privilege and even risked his life to be a soldier over the last 60 years on the front lines of the war to fight against racism, classism, and sexism and become one of the very few people to have done all of the following - confront the KKK in Mississippi, Volunteer for SNCC and the Black Panther Party and even serve as a body guard for a senior Black Panther official, while also being investigated by the FBI for his actions. Jon shares his incredible and inspiring story and provides our most powerful example yet of H.O.P.E. - How Optimist People Endure.

In this episode, Donzel honors the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop or Rap Music by discussing the once powerful, but now fading, impact of socially conscious Rap and Emcee icons Chuck D and KRS-One, and welcomes to the show the socially conscious musical collective known as MCE to discuss their mission of using their musical talents to uplift their community and spread anti-racism, and we’ll also play samples of MCE’s music, including their latest release, "1955 UnTILL", a tribute to Emmitt Till.

In this milestone 30th episode, Donzel for the first time records LIVE on-site at the Minnesota State Fair at the first ever Cultural Destinations booth, and interviews booth creator Dr. Bruce Corrie, as well as special guests St. Paul Cultural Entrepreneur, Kemet Imhotep and long-time ARCC Members Joanell Leggett and Annie Bui to hear their collective views on the importance of the role of Cultural Destinations and ARCC in combating racism and exclusion. 

In this episode, Donzel welcomes physician and healthcare executive, Dr. Tamika Lasege to the show to tell her incredibly inspiring story and share her perspective on racism in healthcare and the resulting long-standing disparities in care and outcomes for people of color, most acutely black people, that even she, a doctor, has personally experienced.

In this episode, Donzel welcomes trail blazer and author of the new book, 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑁****𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, Dr. Otto Stallworth, Jr., MD MBA who against incredible odds rose from the Jim Crow South to become a successful doctor, entrepreneur and entertainment manager to share his incredible story and discuss topics from his new memoir ranging from Angela Davis, Condoleezza Rice and LSD to how the current tone in the US feels dangerously reminiscent of George Wallace’s segregated Alabama.

In this episode, Donzel welcomes attorney, philanthropist and author, K. Braeden Anderson, who made headlines in 2015 as the first Division I Men’s College Basketball player to compete while also being an active full-time law student, to share his amazing and inspiring story, discuss his new book BLACK RESILIENCE: The Blueprint for Black Triumph in the Face of Racism, and talk about what it will take to overcome racism and create true equality in America.

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In this episode, Donzel welcomes ARCC Board Members Adrienne Lynne Casamayor, Jennifer Koenen and Erika Thiem, to the show for some REAL TALK to help commemorate International Women’s Day by discussing the importance of this day, the issues women are currently facing, the intersectionality of race and gender, and their call to action to everyone one of us for what we can do to drive positive change and spread anti-misogyny, anti-racism and anti-hate in our communities.

In this episode, Donzel explains why Black history is American history and shouldn’t just be acknowledged in February, but, instead, integrated into the everyday consciousness of the country because although black people played, arguably, the most central role in founding, preserving and building the USA into the richest and most powerful country in the world, they have benefited and been acknowledged the least.

In this episode, Donzel welcomes ARCC member and community organizer and activist, Tracy Leggett, to the show as they pay tribute to International Holocaust Remembrance Day by reminding us all the “Never Again” means “NEVER FORGET”, and that it is an important now, more than ever, to stand up, speak out and take action against anti-Semitism to achieve our vision of building a world free of racism, bigotry and hate.

In this episode, Donzel honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and shares his message of hope by defining it in a new way. He explains how the ARCC vision of building a world free of racism, bigotry, and hate, relies on H.O.P.E. or How Optimistic People ENDURE, by relaying his own personal experiences, and discussing the NFL Playoffs and the miraculous story or Damar Hamlin.