Let's Talk Justice

Join Charles Cheek for another exciting and interactive Front Porch Conversation. Co-hosts for this show will be Gail Roberts-House (Made To Flourish - Hampton Roads City Network Leader) and Justin House (Made To Flourish - Richmond City Network Leader). We will have an interactive discussion on "Seeking the Common Good Through Networks and Development" with special guests Chris Robertson (Made To Flourish - Director of City Networks) and Roni Gonzalez Leahy (Made To Flourish - Regional...

Join Charles Cheek and Justin House as we have a conversation with our guests Rev. Dr. Laura Shannon-McDaniel, Network Catalyst - Uptick for the Baptist General Association of VIrginia and Rev. Dr. Charlie Self, Made To Flourish's Director of Learning Communities. "Hope In The Midst of Suffering: Overcoming Blindness of the Head, Heart and Mind"...How has Church leadership and congregations positioned themselves to address the systemic pain and suffering from within and in the communities...

Join Charles Cheek for another exciting show. We will have several members of the Navajo Tribe as our guests on this show. Join our guests Chamisa Piechowski-Begay and her mother Alta Piechowski-Begay as they will enlightened us as to why Covid19 has taken such a toll on the families on the reservations. Also,we will have a conversation, with them, about life on the reservation and their historical perspective on disease and other experiences that have effected the lives of the Navajos. You...

Join Charles Cheek and his special co-host, for this conversation, Gail Roberts - House for another show on Front Porch Conversation on Justice. This show will feature a panel of female Pastors who are raising Black sons in America. We will discuss their anxieties, fears and thoughts as they have this awesome responsibility of raising a Black Male Son in America. "Even before her son was born, she was preoccupied with one thing – how she would prepare him for survival"(Jesmyn Ward). Our...

"Being Black, Poor or a Person of Color should not be a Death Sentence in America". Join Charles Cheek as he hosts another show on an issue that is prevalent in our daily conversations. With the recent incident between law enforcement and a Black man, there has been a continuing of the issues that address "Privilege" and how it allows segments of the population to take advantage of another without regard of life, liberty and status. Join our guests Latisha Handie and Imara Gabe Diaz as they...

"I am a privileged, black man who chose to assimilate into white dominant culture since the age of 10. I didn't understand the bondage I was putting myself under, that has taken me decades to overcome." (Byron McMillan, Albuquerque, NM...article published in the Oneing Publication of the Center for Action and Contemplation) "As a white, being the socially favored majority race in our culture becomes normal in ways you cannot even comprehend until you are awakened by exposure. Only because I...

Join us as we have a discussion about Mental Health and Wellness. Stress, Fear and Domestic violence has increased in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay-at-home orders have also heightened the intensity of mental health issues. All are areas where parents, families, pastors, congregations and communities are being affected in ways unknown to our present generations. We will have a discussion with mental health and medical professionals. Our guests will include Dr. Charlene...

Join Justin House and Charles Cheek as they host another dynamic hour of conversation concerning the Economic Impact of the Pandemic on the Black Church and the Black Community. Our guests will be Dr. Luke Bobo, Made To Flourish Director of Strategic Partnerships and Rev. Dr. Leo Whitaker, Executive Minister of the Baptist Church Convention of Virginia. "Our racialized economic system continues today because racist attitudes and practices are woven into its very fabric." ( Race, Economics...

Join us on the Front Porch Conversation as we have a conversation with two recent college graduates who decided to enter the VB Fellows program after graduation last year. The "VB Fellows program is a faith-based leadership development program in Virginia Beach (Va) for recent college graduates." One of our VB Fellows guest will be Lindsey McLucas, who is from Virginia and graduated from James Madison University with a Technical Writing degree. She is passionate about seeing the church...

Join me as we have a conversation with a domestic violence provider and a homeless individual with a family. We will examine the hardship of being trapped and surviving during a Pandemic. Mrs. Darryle Brown, Community Advocate for the Transistions Domestic Violence Service located on the Virginia Peninsula will bring insight into the conversation on the rise of domestic assaults and homelessness during this Pandemic period. Also, we will have a homeless female who is trapped in this Pandemic...

Join us as we discuss the pandemic response as seen through the lens of some African American Pastors. Join our guests Pastor Larisa Harris of St. John Evangelical Christian Church (Hampton, Va) and Pastor Michael Silver of Mount Calvary Baptist Church (Newport News,Va). There are many factors that set this pandemic apart from others. And, yet in the African American community there are similar patterns that relate to culture, history and faith values. Ministering to the sick and the...

Join us as we discuss the pandemic response as seen through the lens of some African American Pastors. Join our guests Pastor Larisa Harris of St. John Evangelical Christian Church (Hampton, Va) and Pastor Michael Silver of Mount Calvary Baptist Church (Newport News,Va). There are many factors that set this pandemic apart from others. And, yet in the African American community there are similar patterns that relate to culture, history and faith values. Ministering to the sick and the...

"We should know a lot more about the affects of the virus and downturn in the economy on already hurting communities about two weeks from now. I feel like I am overwhelmed with the fear I’m seeing with communities already on the margins… which means they have no margin to weather this crisis." (Mike Gregg, Pastor in Dallas, Texas) Join me as I have a discussion with our guests, Pastor Justin House (Richmond,Va.), Bishop Designate Gail Roberts-House (Hampton, Va) and Pastor Natalie...

Diane E. Miller will be our guest on this show as we discuss Generational Privilege:An Inherent Myth of Entitlement. Why isn't Generational Privilege discussed when thre are discussions of racism, classism and privilege? Where does it rank in the conversations of status and privilege? Does it inhibit relationships in the social justice arena? Diane brings a wealth of knowledge and thought into this conversation. She has written extensively on 'White Privilege" and has entered into arenas of...

Join us for another edition of Front Porch Conversaation on Justice as we have a discussion with Dr. Luke Bobo, author of Race, Economics and Apologetics: Is there a Connection?...What Is A Racialized Economy? Luke Bobo serves as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Made to Flourish (see madetoflourish.org). He formerly worked as the Curriculum Director and Resident Theologian for Biblical Business Training (Chesterfield, MO) and as an Associate Professor and Department Chair for...

Join me on another edition of "Front Porch Conversation on Justice" as we welcome Angela Antoine, founder of House of Dream Outreach and ReEntry Program, about Mass Incarceration and the upcoming "Locked In Solidarity" event that is being hosted here in Hampton, Virginia...one of many sites nationally that will be addressing this issue as part of the Christian Community Development Association's (CCDA) national Locked In Solidarity week February 10-16th (the only site in...

Join my guests Nikki Curry and Johnnie Maples, who are part of the leadership, of the Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals, an affiliate chapter of the National Association of Black Journalist, on Monday, February 4th at 2:00pm as we discuss a topic of importance during this 2019 Black History Month. We will dive into and discuss why folks are always coming into the Black Community for stories or news reports after incidents, only to portray the worst of the community. We will examine who...

Join in the conversation on Monday, November 26th at 10:00am (Eastern Time) and meet two of our new co-hosts...Cheryl Miller and Summer Shine. Join the Conversation with these two ladies and their guest, from Texas, as they talk about the "Intersection of Recovery, Faith and Economics". Two powerful experiences that have explored and successfully integrated lessons learned, into Spirtitual and Economic Faith that is helping their communities and others to flourish. Learn about there amazing...

Join in the conversation on Monday, November 19th and Monday, November 26th at 10:00am (Eastern Time) and meet two of our new co-hosts...Cheryl Miller and Summer Shine. Join the Conversation with these two ladies, from Texas, as they talk about the "Intersection of Recovery, Faith and Economics". Two powerful experiences that have explored and successfully integrated lessons learned, into Spirtitual and Economic Faith that is helping their communities and others to flourish. Learn about...

"I believe that art is essential to the wellbeing of people; as we create we show the wonder of what it means to be human, to be made in God’s image. Through my painting I seek to reveal the inner beauty that is hidden deep within our souls, that secret place where we all carry God’s sacred fingerprint." (Kathleen Self) "Pause. Breathe. Pray. Love your neighbor through your good work and acts of kindness. Read history. Stay alert to opportunities to serve. Foster justice. Turn off the media...