Ps Mike McBride: #BlackLivesMatter feat. Flewnt

Episode 17 June 16, 2020 00:57:13
Ps Mike McBride: #BlackLivesMatter feat. Flewnt
Inverse Podcast
Ps Mike McBride: #BlackLivesMatter feat. Flewnt

Jun 16 2020 | 00:57:13

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Show Notes

Pastor Michael McBride is a nationally respected faith leader who was active in the Ferguson uprisings and many subsequent uprisings including this current global #BlackLivesMatter moment. “Pastor Mike” as he’s affectionately know on this streets, helps bridge, train and support millennials and religious institutions working on racial justice and black liberation. He has been a frequent contributor to the New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, The Huffington Post and many other media outlets providing commentary on issues related to faith and racial justice. In 2016 he was appointed as an Advisor on President Obama’s Faith Based Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. His leadership includes the movement to implement public health and community centered gun violence prevention programs. The campaigns that he has co-led have contributed to 30-50% reductions of gun related homicides in Oakland, CA, Stockton, CA, Camden, NJ, Baton Rouge, LA, and many other cities across the country. He is the Founder and Lead Pastor of The Way Church in Berkeley, CA. He also serves as the Director of Faith in Action’s LIVE FREE gun violence prevention campaign. He is a Co-Founder of the Black Church PAC and the National Black Brown Gun Violence Prevention Consortium, which works to center black and brown gun violence prevention practitioners and scale up life-saving interventions related to urban and communal violence. Website: pastormikemcbride.com Twitter: @impastormike_ Follow Flewnt here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Z7NTJcWCg7WUuVLVxK9SW?si=n7BjzmgAQN6vKF0OT5MSIA

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