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Power 2 Change
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Throughout the past two months, Action 2 News has spoken with community members every Thursday night about racism, social justice and the Power 2 Change.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
"When the title came up -- ’the first Black person,’ and it comes up a lot -- then it started to sink in that I’m not only representing myself but I’m representing a culture. I’m representing a genre of people that you can’t see."
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
In our extended interview, Manitowoc council member Aaron Bailey tells us why representation is important for the Power 2 Change.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Aaron Bailey tells us why he almost didn’t apply for city council and why representation made the difference.
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Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Get 2 The Point Podcasts
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Robertson -- author, business consultant and anti-racism educator -- talks about racial literacy and implicit bias and how recognizing these gives us the Power 2 Change.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
When you stereotype, Robertson says, "You end up possibly not having great relationships with people who you might have more in common with than you ever suspected.... You miss out on a lot of opportunities and all the opportunities that diversity brings."
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Robin Tinnon talks about what it takes to have a more cohesive community.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
"This savior mentality that we’ve created as a culture -- Black folks don’t need to be saved. They need to be loved, they need to be invested in, they need to be provided resources that will help them to be successful."
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Robin Tinnon saw a need to support families after providing program and education for Black youth in our community.
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Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Moore gives a very honest insight into his own struggles and how it helped create the person he is today.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Eddie Moore's story is marked by overcoming addiction and using those hard lessons to propel his work in fighting racism.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:08 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
While Davis works to connect people, resources and ideas, she’s also leading important discussions on racial disparities.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Davis was homeless for a time growing up, became an attorney, then judge, worked in ministry and oversaw Freedom House in Green Bay before stepping into the lead role at United Way.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
This is the second appearance on our Get 2 the Point podcast for Davis, the president and CEO of the Brown County United Way.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Alexandra Ritchie works in higher education, in the admissions office at UW-Green Bay. Earlier this year following social justice protests, Ritchie penned a letter to her colleagues about issues of race, and ways that UWGB could have an impact on the entire student body.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Alexandra Ritchie penned an open letter to her colleagues about the role higher education should take in achieving racial equity
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Alexandra Ritchie of UWGB believes that higher education has a prominent role in helping student achieve equity.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
The pastor of Breakthrough Covenant in Appleton believes in the power of the pulpit to help with racial reconciliation.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
While their love and respect for each other is clear, Charles and Stacy say it hasn’t always been an easy road as an interracial couple.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
"You will begin to learn things that perhaps shatter stereotypes, beliefs that are just not accurate, and give you some surprises that are pretty sweet, you know?”
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 10:02 PM CDT
Through her work at the YWCA, Renita Robinson is carrying out the mission of “Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women."
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
The conversations she’s sharing with us are the same ones she’s having with her adult children and within the community as a self-described “change agent.”
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
"You will begin to learn things that perhaps shatter stereotypes, beliefs that are just not accurate, and give you some surprises that are pretty sweet, you know?”
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By Cami Rapson
Sydney speaks candidly for Power 2 Change about his first memories of racism and how he believes the conversation about race can begin.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:01 PM CDT
Super Bowl champion and founder of My Brother's Keeper, Harry Sydney speaks candidly about his first memories of racism and how he believes the conversation about race can begin.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2020 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Dakota Sherek
A new organization in Appleton is working to make a difference with a free farmer's market.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Tia Johnson
People from different racial backgrounds came together to celebrate this holiday by dancing, eating, playing sports or just socializing.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 9:40 AM CDT
June 19 marks the date a Union general in Texas told slaves in the state that they were free. This was more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Kati Anderson
Sisters raise more than $600 for "We All Rise" with lemonade sales.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 9:58 PM CST
The Boys & Girls Club on S. Oneida St. used Black History Month Family Night for the grand unveiling.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 7:01 PM CST
|By Tia Johnson
That store was a place where Fadia would make her mark in the Appleton community.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 9:32 PM CST
|By Tia Johnson
Barbershops have had a prominent role in the black community for years.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2020 at 4:14 PM CST
|By Tia Johnson
On any day of the week, the sweet aroma of soul food hangs in the air and drifts down the street in Appleton.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2019 at 2:33 PM CST
|By By MARINA AFFO
Before opening his barbershop, Walker cut hair out of his home. Many players would come and get their trims while discussing their lives, struggles, goals and identities. He knows many of their families and they know him because of the trust they’ve built over the years.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2018 at 10:04 PM CST
|By Cearron Bagenda
Dozens in the Fox Valley attended the 19th Annual Black History Program at UW Fox Valley on Saturday
Updated: Feb. 14, 2018 at 4:27 PM CST
February is Black History Month, and this week hundreds of students and educators around the Fox Valley are engaging in leadership workshops.