Connecting the Dots- With McKinney, Buchanan, and Aamodt
Bio: Cynthia McKinney was the 2008 Green Party Candidate for President and is a former US Congresswoman, the first Black woman to hold the position in Georgia. She is the author of Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom and editor of The Illegal War On Libya and How the US Creates “Sh*thole” Countries . She holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Ph.D. from Antioch University. She is an Assistant Professor at North South University, and an international peace and human rights activist, noted for her inconvenient truth-telling about the U.S.war machine.
Discussion topics:
- The fact finding mission she led in China just before the Covid-19 crisis erupted and her resulting book “WHEN CHINA SNEEZES: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis“
- The propaganda that centered on Chinese authorities treatment of Muslim people in China
- How the war on drugs incited the first militarization of the police
- How hybrid and biological warfare has been militarized
Bio: Shonda Buchanan is an award-winning poet and educator born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families. Her first book of poetry, Who’s Afraid of Black Indians?, was nominated for the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the Library of Virginia Book Awards. She is a journalist, culture and literary arts ambassador and lecturer, and has a long list of accomplishments.
Discussion topics:
- The first indentured servants in the 1600s, why some were enslaved and what contributed to the blending of Indigenous and Black people
- Why our indoctrination into the narrative of the “winners of the wars” demands a new instruction
- Why a “grasping of the roots” is a necessary move to begin racial conciliation
- Covert and overt racism affects on society and on Black Indians
Bio: Vincent BlackHawk Aamodt is a writer, director, and editor with a large portfolio of films, shorts, and commercials; including Ghost Riders, Culture is Prevention, and soon to be released Winter Thunder. He is a graduate of The Art Center of Design and attended American Film Institute in L.A. His company, Blackhawk Content, creates and produces documentary features, commercials, short films and web series content
Discussion topics:
- How Covid-19 continues to affect Indigenous communities
- Jason Mamoa’s support of the Navajo Nation
Native prayer presented by Verona Iriarte
Host: Jay Winter Nightwolf
