Down Home

Tony Smith, a former resident of The Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children, joins us this week to tell us about his journey through the system and his path to activism.

Jason and Derek talk to former professional basketball player Will Njoku about his Nova Scotian experience and his motivational speaking philosophies.

In this episode we catch up with old high school friend Lindsay Sharpe, and talk about his experience of being a white person living in the predominantly Black neighbourhood of the North End of Halif…

This week Jason and Derek talk to Patty Jones about his early days of Halifax hip-hop, and his activist parents Rocky and Joan Jones.

Join Derek and Jay as they talk to Walter Borden about the origins of his acting career and his early days of activism.

This week we have a conversation with Ena Maxim about her Scotian roots and systemic racism in education.

Jay and D have a conversation with Jay's brother, Corey Skinner, about his perspective of being a Black Canadian living in the United States.

This week Jay and D talk to their mothers about the experience of growing up in Halifax Nova Scotia in the 60's and 70's

In this episode Jay and D continue their conversation with Kevin Yarde about systemic racism here in Canada.

Jason and Derek talk about their history and Scotian experience.

Jay and D talk to long time friend, Kevin Yarde, about systemic racism here in Canada.