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Kelli and Michael Paul continue their conversation with Allan-Charles Chipman, Executive Director of Initiatives of Change USA. In this portion of the the interview, the three talk about the death of Irvo Otieno, a young man in a mental health crisis who died at the hands of nearly a dozen prison personnel, and why such untimely and misdiagnosed deaths persist and how to prevent them.

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Kelli and Michael Paul welcome Allan-Charles Chipman to the show. Chipman is the Executive Director of Initiatives of Change USA, a global network of people of diverse cultures and backgrounds committed to healing historical harms, whose mission is to inspire, equip, and accompany changemakers in the pursuit of a just, connected, and peaceful world.

In this conversation, the trio talk about Chipman's work in Richmond and beyond to create new mindsets, new cycles and new futures for people of color across the country.

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Kelli and Michael Paul catch up on the news out of Virginia of the state's chief of diversity, equity and inclusion referring to DEI initiatives as "it's dead." The pair also discuss Governor Glenn Youngkin's ceremonial recognition of Jewish people and that, "hate is wrong. Love is right." and omitting any reference to racism in that ceremony or statement which came a week after his own official had said that DEI is dead.

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Kelli and Michael Paul catch up on the national mental health conversation and the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train and how race factors into the equation.

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Kelli Lemon and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Michael Paul Williams are back with a new episode of After the Monuments where the duo discuss the social and cultural progress, or lack thereof, in the three years since the murder of George Floyd and the protests and cultural-awakening it sparked.

Read more from Michael Paul Williams on Richmond.com and in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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Kelli and Michael Paul are checking in on some of the topics Michael Paul has been writing about including the death of a inmate in mental health crisis at the hands of nearly a dozen law enforcement officials, renaming a Virginia school and the topic of whether Buckhead can secede from Atlanta.

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In this episode, Kelli and Michal Paul talk with The New York Times Magazine and 1619 Project contributor Linda Villarosa about her new book, Under the Skin: Racism, Inequality, and the Health of a Nation. In the conversation and book, Linda shares troubling statistics that college-educated Black mothers are more likely to die, almost die, or lose their babies than white mothers who haven’t finished high school.

Linda also shares that some of today’s medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies, causing disproportionate suffering. After the Monuments  is supported by Massey Cancer Center.

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Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with urban agriculturalist Duran Chavis to hear about environmental justice and developing community green spaces. As Duron points out, some of the issues that Black communities faced before the monuments came down still persist today. After the Monuments is presented by Massey Cancer Center.

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Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with urban agriculturalist Duran Chavis to hear about environmental justice and developing community green spaces. As Duron points out, some of the issues that Black communities faced before the monuments came down still persist today.

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Kelli and Michael Paul welcome Sheri Shannon to studio to talk about her work as the co-founder of Southside ReLeaf, a volunteer-run organization committed to building a healthy, equitable and sustainable environment for all residents in South Richmond.

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Kelli and Michael Paul welcome Marland Buckner to the show to share his first-hand experience with the monument removal and civil unrest in Richmond in 2020 and since. Marland lived across the street from the Jefferson Davis monument, until it's removal, which was ground-zero of 2020 civil protests in Richmond. Additionally, Marland was the interim Executive Director of the Black History Museum which has taken possession of Richmond's confederate monuments since their removal.

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Kelli Lemon and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Paul Williams are back for a new episode of After the Monuments. In this episode the two are catching up on recent events such us the removal of Richmond's last-standing Confederate monument, the Virginia governor's proposed history standards and the story of the six-year-old in Newport News, Virginia who shot a teacher.

More episodes of After the Monuments will follow weekly.

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Kelli Lemon and RTD Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist return for a check-in with discussion on the New York Times investigation into Bon Secours and their Richmond Community Hospital. They cover the community organization that had been in charge of the some local predominately Black cemeteries that recently disbanded and the battle over a monument that is still up in Matthews County.

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Kelli Lemon and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams return for another episode of After the Monuments where this week they're talking about white supremacy in law enforcement, Mississippi's drinking water and more. Presented by Massey Cancer Center and supported by Team Henry Enterprises. 

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Michael Paul Williams and Kelli Lemon are back in the studio talking about some of the recent events in world news. Topics of discussion include the varying response in America to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the recent progression in Richmond of the Confederate monuments. Some monuments will go on loan to a museum in Los Angeles while others will stay in Richmond and continue to be under consideration as to what their future should be.

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While Kelli and Michael Paul have been doing After the Monuments, Michael Paul has been doing another podcast with a friend of ours, Mallory Noe-Payne. Mallory is a local radio reporter here in Richmond who spent the majority of 2021 researching in Germany for the very podcast she’s producing with Michael Paul called Memory Wars. It’s a great listen that we think listeners of After the Monuments will really enjoy and they record it in out studio so it all goes together nicely. It’s about how Germany has worked since World War II to overcome their history of hate and discrimination and whether or not America ever can overcome ours. It fits well with what we talk about on After the Monuments. 

We'll be back soon with a new episode of After the Monuments.

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In this episode of After the Monuments, Kelli and Michael Paul are reviewing some of the racially sensitive stories in the news including what Richmond, Virginia police originally reported as a thwarted mass shooting plan but may not have actually been, the search and seizure of confidential documents at the former President's private residence in Mar-a-Lago and with the retirement of Serena Williams, Kelli and Michael Paul reminisce on Richmond native Arthur Ashe and others who used their position in sports to promote a social message.

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During this special series of After the Monuments, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with folks who were involved and nearby the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville about the Confederate monuments in that city that ultimately turned violent and led to the death of a young woman.

In the finale of the series, Kelli and Michael Paul are recapping what they heard from guests and sharing feelings of their own just a few days before the five year anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

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During this special series of After the Monuments, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with folks who were involved and nearby the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville about the Confederate monuments in that city that ultimately turned violent and led to the death of a young woman.

In this episode, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with Kristin Szakos. During the time of the rally, and before, Kristin was a member of the Charlottesville City Council. She perhaps the first council member to recommend the removal of the Confederate monuments which she did during her campaign for council in 2013.

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During this special series of After the Monuments, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with folks who were involved and nearby the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville about the Confederate monuments in that city that ultimately turned violent and led to the death of a young woman.

In this episode, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with Dr. Wes Bellamy again. Dr. Bellamy recalls the events in Charlottesville immediately before, during and after the deadly Unite the Right Rally in 2017.

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