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Dr. Michelle Johnson and #C3TalkToMe Media presents the stories of Black women with farming roots in Kalamazoo, Cass, and Van Buren Counties. Raising Hay digs through layers of pride and the challenges of Black farmers and rural and urban residents’ agricultural enterprises. The episodes also explore the lives of Black women artists as they reveal the links between creativity, identity, land, farming and legacy. Moments pieced together before and during the pandemic - and linked to broad-based Black activism in the United States - reveal the essential nature of Black people’s relationships with the land. The series adds (Add the title for the Water podcast), a Seth Bernard (check spelling) interview with Dr. Michelle S. Johnson on the eve of the 2017 (?) election. Johnson discusses her environmental roots in Saginaw and the intersection of industry, toxicity, development and stewardship. The Lecture Land Legacy: A Black Kalamazoo Land and Ethic will contextualize the 5 podcasts, including my interview from the State of Water. The conversation will articulate a distinctive environmental perspective at the intersection of place, ancestry, food and cultural insistence.
Episodes
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
41 min
Dr. Johnson was featured in this series and her words ring true to the theme of Raising Hay.
Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
10 min
In Black Resorting in Michigan:The Syncopate Pilot, Dr. Michelle S. Johnson highlights Michigan’s "other" Black resort, Paradise Lake in Cass County Michigan. One of many Black resorts in western Michigan, Johnson roots her discussion in resistance to slavery and her own family history.
Apr 24, 2022
Apr 24, 2022
59 min
Talking with Heather Mitchell is a perfect way to spend time! On this episode of Syncopate's Raising Hay series, Heather elevates a unique and representative history of Black land and culture as she paints the legacy of joy in family, land, food and art.
Apr 17, 2022
Apr 17, 2022
27 min
On this episode of Syncopate's Raising Hay series, Salina shares her insights about racialized corruption, family, sustainability and the legacy of her grandparents land.
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
27 min
On this episode of Syncopate's Raising Hay series, Linsay Kelly discusses her art and places of origin, sustainability and greens, Cass County Black family networks, and how family stories are shaped, forgotten and recovered.
Apr 3, 2022
Apr 3, 2022
48 min
On this episode of Syncopate's Raising Hay series, we hear Remi reflect on the possibilities of Black people finding equitable solutions within and without established systems hindered by racialized power disparities, Black people’s essential relationship to the land, family legacy and art.
Jul 13, 2021