Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Hear the Race Forward team give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Deepen your racial justice lens and get inspired to drive action. Subscribe today!
- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 08: Honoring Juneteenth, and a Conversation with Race Forward’s President, Glenn Harris
Glenn Harris, President of Race Forward and Publisher of Colorlines, joins Hiba and Chevon for a timely conversation on “the moment” our nation is facing, and the disproportionate impacts COVID-19 ha…
Episode 07: BLACK LIVES MATTER
After a two month hiatus, Chevon and Hiba are back!
In this hour long conversation, our hosts address the events of the past few months, from the coronavirus pandemic to the recent Black lives lost t…
Momentum Returns June 9th!
Episode 06: Hyping Census 2020 with Maria Dautruche: My Family Matters, My Family Counts!
We’re talking all about the upcoming Census 2020, and the “My Family Matters, My Family Counts" campaign!
In this episode, Maria Dautruche, Vice President for Foundation Partnerships at the National…
Episode 05: Kenrya Rankin, Fighting White Supremacy, and Black Romance Literature
Kenrya Rankin, author, activist, doula, and former senior editorial director of Colorlines, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about everything from ‘freedom dreaming’ to Black love and sex in books and p…
Episode 04: Angela Glover Blackwell, “Who Do We Think We Are” Colorlines Series, Discussing Lizzo and Body Positivity
Angela Glover Blackwell, founder in residence at Policylink, and host of the new Radical Imagination Podcast, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about her longtime work as a leading voice in the movement …
Episode 03: Kassandra Frederique Talking about Race and Marijuana, Police Abolition, and Stigma
Kassandra Frederique, managing director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at Drug Policy Alliance, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about her work in advancing policy and community solutions to reduce t…
Episode 02: The “Joker” and Cancel Culture, and Immigration & an Expanded Lens on the Crisis at the Border with Tsion Gurmu
In this episode of Momentum, Hiba and Chevon take on ‘cancel culture’ in the comedy world, discussing “Joker” director Todd Phillips recent comments about not being able to make comedy films because …
Episode 01: Introduction To Momentum With Chevon and Hiba
In this very first episode of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, get to know co-hosts Hiba and Chevon as they record from the new Race Forward offices in midtown Manhattan, sipping on Big Freedia wine…