Lifting the Veil: Recent Episodes
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Hosts Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck covers, and uncover, the truth about African-American history. Misconceptions, lies, skewed facts, and untruths about the African-American narrative get straightened out here, once and for all.
The ladies lift the veil this week with their guests Renata Barnes and Tomia MacQueen.Renata was raised in Hopewell Valley, NJ and is proud to serve as the Associate Director of the Outdoor Equity Alliance. A graduate of Mercer County Community College and New York University, Renata has long been passionate about issues of racial equity, equality, and justice. Tomia is the Founder of Dance for LIFE (Love, Inspiration, Faith and Empowerment), Gardening for LIFE and Wildflower Farm. An educator for over 18 years and a Master Gardener of 14 years, Tomia now proudly serves her local communities with healthy food and the knowledge of how to grow their own.
Kristal Langford returns this week to talk more in-depth about The Van Wickle Slave Ring.Kristal hails from the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. The memorial centers around the 137 Lost Souls whose freedom was stolen by the corrupt Van Wickle Slave Ring, ensuring that whatever names that were able to be recovered were not lost to history again, but are memorialized.
This Week, the ladies sit with Kristal Langford from The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. The memorial centers around the 137 Lost Souls whose freedom was stolen by the corrupt Van Wickle Slave Ring, ensuring that whatever names that were able to be recovered were not lost to history again, but are memorialized.
Gordon Mikoski visits the studio again this week to continue talking to Bev and Lady Elaine. Gordon is an associate professor of Christian education, earned his MDiv and MA degrees from the Seminary, and his Ph.D. from Emory University. His research and teaching interests focus on Christian education, the sacraments, the doctrine of the Trinity, and practical theology. He has written and edited several books, including Integrating Work in Theological Education, co-edited with Kathleen Cahalan and Ed Foley (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017); Opening the Field of Practical Theology, co-edited with Kathleen Cahalan (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014); Straining at the Oars: Case Studies in Pastoral Leadership, with H. Dana Fearon III (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013); With Piety and Learning: The History of Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1812-2012, with Richard R. Osmer (Münster, Germany: Lit Verlag, 2011); and Baptism and Christian Identity: Teaching in the Triune Name (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009). He serves as the editor for Theology Today and as the director of the Ph.D. program at the Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served a church in the Detroit area for eight years before returning to academia.
Gordon Mikoski, MDiv '88, MA '89, associate professor of Christian education, earned his MDiv and MA degrees from the Seminary, and his PhD from Emory University. His research and teaching interests focus on Christian education, the sacraments, the doctrine of the Trinity, and practical theology. He has written and edited several books, including: Integrating Work in Theological Education, co-edited with Kathleen Cahalan and Ed Foley (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017); Opening the Field of Practical Theology, co-edited with Kathleen Cahalan (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014); Straining at the Oars: Case Studies in Pastoral Leadership, with H. Dana Fearon III (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013); With Piety and Learning: The History of Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1812-2012, with Richard R. Osmer (Münster, Germany: Lit Verlag, 2011); and Baptism and Christian Identity: Teaching in the Triune Name (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009). He serves as the editor for Theology Today and as the director of the PhD program at the Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served a church in the Detroit area for eight years before returning to academia.
"It's ok to be private, but it's not ok prideful", says Pastor Avril Lewis who returns this week for another session with Beverly and Lady Elaine!
Avril Lewis joins Bev and Lady Elaine in the studio this week. Avril is known for having an anointing to heal. She has healing in her hands, hugs, and heart. When she is not spending time with her family, she is spending time praying for and with others while counseling through the sound doctrine of the word of God! Living by her motto: When people know that you care it helps them gain the strength to fight, the strength to endure, and the strength to WIN, Avril accomplishes her goal daily through Sista 2 Sista Inc. www.SisterToSister.us
Avril Lewis joins Bev and Lady Elaine in the studio this week. Avril is known for having an anointing to heal. She has healing in her hands, hugs, and heart. When she is not spending time with her family, she is spending time praying for and with others while counseling through the sound doctrine of the word of God! Living by her motto: When people know that you care it helps them gain the strength to fight, the strength to endure, and the strength to WIN, Avril accomplishes her goal daily through Sista 2 Sista Inc. www.SisterToSister.us
Jean-Pierre Brutus returns this week to continue the discussion with Bev and Lady Elaine on Reparations.
Jean-Pierre is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Prior to joining the Institute, Jean-Pierre worked at Bronx Legal Services, where he represented indigent Bronx tenants facing eviction in various courts and administrative proceedings. Jean-Pierre is a 2007 graduate of Georgetown University, graduating with a major in Sociology and a minor in African American Studies. As a graduate of the JD/PhD program at Northwestern University, Jean-Pierre is a graduate of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and he earned his PhD in African American Studies from The Graduate School at Northwestern University. As a law student, Jean-Pierre served as a senior articles editor for the Journal of Law and Social Policy. As a PhD student, he also served as an assistant editor of the Journal of Africana Religions. Jean-Pierre wrote a dissertation that examined the origins of black politics outside of the traditional public sphere to conceptualize the counter-public of black politics as bifurcated into a civil and uncivil black politics.
The ladies sit with Jean-Pierre Brutus in the studio this week to talk about, you guessed it: Reparations.
Jean-Pierre is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.
Prior to joining the Institute, Jean-Pierre worked at Bronx Legal Services, where he represented indigent Bronx tenants facing eviction in various courts and administrative proceedings.
Jean-Pierre is a 2007 graduate of Georgetown University, graduating with a major in Sociology and a minor in African American Studies. As a graduate of the JD/PhD program at Northwestern University, Jean-Pierre is a graduate of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and he earned his PhD in African American Studies from The Graduate School at Northwestern University. As a law student, Jean-Pierre served as a senior articles editor for the Journal of Law and Social Policy. As a PhD student, he also served as an assistant editor of the Journal of Africana Religions. Jean-Pierre wrote a dissertation that examined the origins of black politics outside of the traditional public sphere to conceptualize the counter-public of black politics as bifurcated into a civil and uncivil black politics.
Co-owner of New Pod City, as well as fellow podcaster, Christina Sasso, sits with Beverly and Elaine this week. Christina shares about growing up in Brooklyn, NY during the blackout in 1977 and the "white filght" that followed as well as the difference between "Prejudice" and "Racism".
September is sickle cell anemia awareness month. Beverly and Lady Elaine return this week with their guest. Kira Dineen from the award-winning, DNA Today podcast to discuss SCA.
Kira Dineen, MS, LCGC, CG(ASCP)CM, has a decade of podcast experience fueled by a passion for genetics and science communication.
She has hosted and produced 6 podcasts. Her main show, "DNA Today", is a genetics podcast in the top 1% of podcasts globally. The show won the Best 2020 and 2021 Science and Medicine Podcast Awards. Over the last 10 years, the podcast has produced over 200 episodes.
As a licensed certified genetic counselor, Kira Dineen meets with patients who are pregnant or planning pregnancies to obtain family health history and explore genetic testing options. Kira is also certified as a Cytogenetic Technologist and has worked in laboratories performing karyotypes and FISH on constitutional and cancer samples.
Speaking Topics: -Genetic Counseling -Direct-To-Consumer DNA Tests (23andMe, AncestryDNA, etc.) -Preconception & Pregnancy Genetics Tests (Carrier Screening & Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening) -Family Health History -Hereditary Cancer Syndromes -CRISPR -Science Communications -Cytogenetics (Karyotypes & FISH)
In the link below you will find Kira Dineen's Media Kit including her bio, speaking topics, previous podcast appearances, and podcast reach. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/4ffb45f6e4b0620caf90d8b6/t/61b10e5ed5a6970e4f5a7735/1638993509911/Kira+Dineen+Podcaster+Media+Kit.pdf
This week, Beverly and Lady Elaine sit with Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps and returning guest, Cat Hogan.
Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps has been a leader dedicated to public service. She is President and CEO of 1804 Consultants, an organization dedicated to the advancement of educational and cultural organizations. She is a founding partner of the Sankofa Collaborative — an organization dedicated to helping individuals, schools, museums, and libraries present, research, discuss, and interpret, African American history and culture.
Cat Hogan serves as Treasurer of Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM). She has over 25 years of professional experience in Finance & Administration and is able to capitalize on that and her experiences on the boards of both The Hopewell Museum and The First Baptist Church of Pennington for the Benefit of SSAAM.
This week, Beverly and Lady Elaine sit with Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps and returning guest, Cat Hogan.
Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps has been a leader dedicated to public service. She is President and CEO of 1804 Consultants, an organization dedicated to the advancement of educational and cultural organizations. She is a founding partner of the Sankofa Collaborative — an organization dedicated to helping individuals, schools, museums, and libraries present, research, discuss, and interpret, African American history and culture.
Cat Hogan serves as Treasurer of Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM). She has over 25 years of professional experience in Finance & Administration and is able to capitalize on that and her experiences on the boards of both The Hopewell Museum and The First Baptist Church of Pennington for the Benefit of SSAAM.
Noelle Lorraine Williams returns this week with Bev and Lady Elaine in studio. James Earl Jones lends his voice to this episode as Frederick Douglas and the 3 further discuss the 4th of July and other issues. Noelle Lorraine is an artist whose life's work exemplifies her continued interest in engaging people in conversations using art, history, and contemporary culture, as well as writing about spirituality in the United States.
Bev and Lady Elaine sit with Noelle Lorraine Williams in the studio to discuss the 4th of July and other issues. Noelle Lorraine is an artist whose life's work exemplifies her continued interest in engaging people in conversations using art, history, and contemporary culture, as well as writing about spirituality in the United States.
Brad Fay returns this week! A resident of Griggstown village in Franklin Township, Brad is a former Montgomery Township Committeeman (2006-2011) and Deputy Mayor (2008). In Montgomery, he served on the Landmarks Commission and Environmental Commission. He also is a past president of the Van Harlingen Historical Society in Montgomery. Professionally, Brad is the owner of a communications agency, Stepping Stone Strategies, that specializes in historic and environmental preservation, and the founder of Discover Central New Jersey, an agritourism and heritage tourism platform.
Bev and Elaine sit with Brad Fay in the studio this week. A resident of Griggstown village in Franklin Township, Brad is a former Montgomery Township Committeeman (2006-2011) and Deputy Mayor (2008). In Montgomery, he served on the Landmarks Commission and Environmental Commission. He also is a past president of the Van Harlingen Historical Society in Montgomery. Professionally, Brad is the owner of a communications agency, Stepping Stone Strategies, that specializes in historic and environmental preservation, and the founder of Discover Central New Jersey, an agritourism and heritage tourism platform.
Raquel Mazon Jeffers and Joie Toussaint-Parrish return to the studio with Beverly and Elaine this week on Lifting the Veil. Raquel is a senior director for U.S. Initiatives at The Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP), and Joie holds an Ed.S in Counseling from Rider University and is the founder of Joie de Vivre Family Services.
Raquel Mazon Jeffers and Joie Toussaint-Parrish sit down in the studio with Beverly and Elaine this week on Lifting the veil.
Raquel is a senior director for U.S. Initiatives at The Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP), where she provides strategic guidance to the principal investors on modernizing the public health system.
Joie holds an Ed.S in Counseling from Rider University. Joie is the founder of Joie de Vivre Family Services. She is a Master Teacher, Educator, Birth Doula, Life coach, Parent Coach, Wife, and Mother. Joie holds an Administrative Certification from New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association and has taught and coached for the Trenton Public School System in New Jersey for over twenty years.
Joining the veil today is Algernon Ward. As an African American, Algernon says that wearing the uniform of a colonial soldier is a vocation.
Calling it “a privilege and a pleasure” to continue to do his part to help expose the previously ignored role that people of color, both free and slave, played in founding America, Ward himself now has a new and unique place in telling that story.
Born and raised in Trenton, he regularly offers active performances as a Colonial Soldier, Civil War Soldier, or Needham Roberts, also known as the “Harlem Hellfighter” of World War I. Algernon's image is now immortalized, thanks to its inclusion in a recent painting by prominent traditional academic realist painter Don Troiani, titled “Brave Men As They Always Fought.”
For the second time, Bev and Elaine sit with the former guest, Shanel Y. Robinson. Shanel has 30 years of proven leadership and man ... Moreagement experience and 15 years of civic involvement in Franklin Township. She attended Southern University A&M College where she was inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society), where she obtained her electronics background and used those skills to serve in the United States Air Force Reserves for 8 years as an Avionics Specialist. Councilwoman Robinson is currently an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-certified Information Technologies Manager at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, New Jersey where she has been employed for the past 15 years. In this role, her responsibilities are, but not limited to, managing IT Helpdesk and Desktop Support Services, plan goals and objectives for the service desk, and assist the CTO in planning/managing the annual budget for service desk operations. In addition to her duties as an IT Manager, she serves as a Project Manager, sings with the choir, a former member of the Leadership Development Team, Diversity Committee, and Space Planning Committee. As a councilwoman, she sits on the following committees and/or serves as council liaison: Financial Oversight, Hamilton Business Street Advisory, Housing Authority, Fire Prevention, Public Safety, IT Steering Committee, Fire Chiefs Committee, and PRAB (Puerto Rican Action Board).
Bev and Elaine sit with the extraordinary Shanel Y. Robinson this week. Shanel has 30 years of proven leadership and management experience and 15 years of civic involvement in Franklin Township. She attended Southern University A&M College where she was inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society), where she obtained her electronics background and used those skills to serve in the United States Air Force Reserves for 8 years as an Avionics Specialist. Councilwoman Robinson is currently an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-certified Information Technologies Manager at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, New Jersey where she has been employed for the past 15 years. In this role, her responsibilities are, but not limited to, managing IT Helpdesk and Desktop Support Services, plan goals and objectives for the service desk, and assist the CTO in planning/managing the annual budget for service desk operations. In addition to her duties as an IT Manager, she serves as a Project Manager, sings with the choir, a former member of the Leadership Development Team, Diversity Committee, and Space Planning Committee. As a councilwoman, she sits on the following committees and/or serves as council liaison: Financial Oversight, Hamilton Business Street Advisory, Housing Authority, Fire Prevention, Public Safety, IT Steering Committee, Fire Chiefs Committee, and PRAB (Puerto Rican Action Board).
Dr. Evelyn McDowell returns this week to continue her talk about some misunderstandings and untruths about the African-American community.
Dr. Evelyn McDowell joins the podcast this week to talk about some misunderstandings and untruths about the African-American community.
This week, Donneta Johnson and Cat Holden return to speak with Beverly and Elaine.
Donnetta Johnson and Cat Holden. Donnetta became the Executive Director of the ector of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) in October 2021. She is a community leader and Hillsborough business owner who began her career as a pioneering Black woman in technology, working as a programmer and senior project manager at AT&T. Donnetta left her corporate career to pursue her passion for entrepreneurship as the founder of the Allegra School of Music and Arts in 1999. She is also the founder of the Hillsborough Music Festival, which promotes local businesses in partnership with government and the arts in support of youth mental health and suicide prevention.
Cat Hogan serves as Treasurer of Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM). She has over 25 years of professional experience in Finance & Administration and is able to capitalize on that and her experiences on the boards of both The Hopewell Museum and The First Baptist Church of Pennington for the Benefit of SSAAM.
This week, Beverly and Elaine sit with Donnetta Johnson and Cat Holden.
Donnetta became the Executive Director of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) in October 2021. She is a community leader and Hillsborough business owner who began her career as a pioneering Black woman in technology, working as a programmer and senior project manager at AT&T. Donnetta left her corporate career to pursue her passion for entrepreneurship as the founder of the Allegra School of Music and Arts in 1999. She is also the founder of the Hillsborough Music Festival, which promotes local businesses in partnership with government and the arts in support of youth mental health and suicide prevention.
Cat Hogan serves as Treasurer of Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM). She has over 25 years of professional experience in Finance & Administration and is able to capitalize on that and her experiences on the boards of both The Hopewell Museum and The First Baptist Church of Pennington for the Benefit of SSAAM.
This week, Larry Kidder returns to speak with Bev and Elaine. Larry taught high school history for forty years and has been a volunt eer interpreter and historian for Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell, New Jersey for thirty years. He is a member of the Washington Crossing American Revolutionary War Round Table, the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums, and serves on the New Jersey Living History Advisory Council and the Crossroads of the American Revolution Advisory Council.
Bev and Elaine speak with Larry Kidder this week. Larry taught high school history for forty years and has been a volunteer interpreter and historian for Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell, New Jersey for thirty years. He is a member of the Washington Crossing American Revolutionary War Round Table, the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums, and serves on the New Jersey Living History Advisory Council and the Crossroads of the American Revolution Advisory Council.
Bev and Elaine sit with Dolly Marshall this week. Dolly is on a mission to restore the wooded portion of a historically Black cemetery that has been inaccessible for more than 50 years. She is also the volunteer coordinator and public relations manager for Mount Peace Cemetery Association said the mission is to uncover hidden history.
The cemetery has a long history dating back to 1900 when it was first established and it started stating internments in 1902.
Meet hosts Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck in the pilot episode of "Lifting the Veil". These 2 powerful women are going to teach you some things NOT taught in school. Enjoy!