I have a very timely “Prez Paul Podcast” episode to share with you today. Our Nazareth College community has grown a lot this year, facing the pain of racial struggles in our community and our country, and through our active movement to be an equity-minded community — one in which all are welcomed and belong, all are supported and empowered, and all are engaged in learning about and eliminating systemic racism to realize a better world for all.
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and March 23 will be the one-year anniversary of Daniel Prude's arrest and restraint in Rochester. Mr. Prude died seven days later on March 30, 2020, after he was removed from life support.
Beginning Sunday, March 21, we have a special guest visiting campus to help foster our Nazareth community’s continued learning and growth. Activist, musician, and storyteller Reggie Harris’ weeklong fellowship includes classes, programs, and workshops.
Reggie also serves as the guide for our annual Civil Rights Journey, a Solidarity and Social Justice Retreat sponsored by our Center for Spirituality. We talk about the Civil Rights journe, with some students who have been part of this life-changing experience, and we explore Reggie’s fellowship at Nazareth.
Here are a few highlights of the podcast and their time codes:
3:40 When the pandemic cancelled the Nazareth Civil Rights Journey, learn how it turned into a week-long fellowship with Reggie Harris, March 21-25, 2021
6:50 Reggie Harris talks about Nazareth’s active role in racial justice
10:05 Four Nazareth students share a personal story from the Civil Rights Journey and how it has a lasting impact on how they deal with social injustices
11:45 How grad student Serena Viktora used the emotion she felt learning of 14-year old Emmett Till’s story on the Civil Rights Journey into activism and work on Daniel’s Law (named after Daniel Prude)
14:30 Why the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL had a profound effect on Nazareth graduate student Rameen Copeland and gave him the courage to speak up against injustice
16:30 Naz student Carolyn Carlic shares what she did, as an environmental sciences major, after learning that a small rural town outside Selma, AL they visited only recently received running water
19:00 Nazareth student Nate Allen remembers the words of Joanne Bland, former director of the National Voting Rights Museum, as she teaches future generations that they are all “the most important piece of the puzzle”
21:00 What would each guest say to someone who may have interest in going on the Civil Rights Journey in January 2022?
25:00 Serena says one word — Sankofa — speaks directly to the importance of this trip for other international students
26:45 Jamie Fazio talks about the transformation that happens on this trip and how we are called to respond to the needs of our time
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