We have not one, not two, but THREE incredible guests on today's brand new episode: Reynolds Chapman, Tammy Rodman, and Keith Daniel of DurhamCares. Tune in as we try to answer the questions "Who are my neighbors? And how do I love them?" 0:00 Episode Starts 0:44 Personal check-in 1:19 Rob talks about excitement of fall and change 3:28 Jes talks about doing 75Hard 5:53 Rob introduces the concept of neighbor and the questions “Who ismy neighbor? How do I love my neighbor?” 7: Rob welcomes https://durhamcares.org/ (DurhamCares) employees Reynolds Chapman, Tammy Rodman, and Keith Daniels, co-hosts of thehttps://linktr.ee/WhoismyneighborPodcast ( Who Is My Neighbor? Podcast) 8:14 Why this podcast and why now? 9:23 People are looking for ways to navigate & to elevate people’s stories 10:00 Jes asks about a specific standout story 10:21 Tammy mentions https://open.spotify.com/episode/42TNsUg6APtwDFXuirBQJ2 (conversation) with Ivan Almonte and Miriam Valle about COVID and the Latina community 11:20 Tammy mentions https://open.spotify.com/episode/0JDwlCZHN2osTXW0vsz4ng (conversation) with Jovonia Lewis and the issues in Durham’s public schools that have been revealed 13:45 Keith tells about 15-year-old family member who was shot in Durham 14:25 Theological ethical theory about walking alongside people even when you don’t have the answers 14:58 Our neighbors are closer than we think 17:10 What is the answer to the question, “Who is my neighbor?” 17:22 Reynolds talks about the Good Samaritan 18:13 So many people who can teach us what it looks like to be a neighbor 18:57 Hearing stories helps you see into people’s humanity 20:29 What is your hope for your podcast for your listeners? 20:37 Gaining hope and desire to get past biases 21:44 It doesn’t matter that no one knows your story, it matters that someone wants to 23:52 Hearing someone’s story requires you to get proximate 25:15 Proximity breeds empathy that turns into action 28:00 At the heart of what we want to do is compassion 28:13 Cross the street 29:33 Reynolds shares that other “samaritans” give him hope 30:24 Learning is growing 30:44 Subscribe to Who is My Neighbor podcast and listen to the stories 32:27 Tammy shares that all that she can offer is prayer 35:55 Words are what we have right now, so let’s speak life 38:05 Rob mentions Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope 39:26 Video curriculum being created to take them through the city 40:25 Learn more about Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope https://durhamcares.org/pilgrimage/ (here) 41:51 Guests sign off conversation 42:05 Jes points that what stands out was that you can’t isolate your own experience when engaging with other people in any way 44:14 Rob shares that he loves story-driven work DurhamCares do makes it very relational 45:37 Whoever you consider to be the last person to be your neighbor, has something to teach you 48:14 Sign off 48:16 Outro 48:39 Preview of next episode with Harvey Hinton Thank you to DJ Pdogg and Producer Lo Key for our awesome music throughout the show! Follow DJ Pdogg online: http://www.djpdogg.com/ (www.djpdogg.com) https://twitter.com/DJPdogg?s=20 (Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/djpdogg/ (Instagram)
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Our hosts: Jes Averhart, cofounder of https://bwshomecoming.com/ (Black Wallstreet Homecoming) Rob Shields, executive director of the https://www.recitynetwork.org/ (Recity Network.)
Our Producer: Ben Azevedo, owner of https://www.bearcaveaudio.com/ (Bear Cave Audio)